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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1982)
Page 2 tìecember 7, 1982 1983 budget reviewed at meeting by D onna Behrend As happens every year at about this time, Tribal members gathered a t the Agency Long- house to discuss the upcoming year’s budget. Over 100 people attended the meeting which was presided over by Tribal Secre tary Treasurer Ralph Minnick. The first part of the agenda was dedicated to the reading of the newly written mission state ments, an over view of the Tribal from last year’s $16,003,148 bud Constitution by Chief Nelson get - a reduction of about $3.5 Wallula turn, a look at this year’s million. The overall cuts repre BIA activities by superintendent sent a staff reduction of 60 full, Merritt Youngdeer, an expla or part-time positions. Over 40 of nation of the budget and remarks the positions involved are on the budget and process by vacant. Council members. All Council Total federal and state members agreed that preparing funding supporting programs the 1983 budget was the most and services within the annual difficult undertaken by the 1983 tribal budget it $1,687,242. council ever. This funding comes from BIA, The $12,52,408 budget repre IHS, the state of Oregon, the sents a 22 percent reduction Department of Education, DA, EDA, and various other agencies. Following the presentation of the budget, the floor was opened for questions. Sal Sahme asked about the contracting of the PL 638 funds for education and commented that the education department is currently under ing that we don’t have the staff to handle the workload,” said Sahme. Councilmen Mike Clements explained that the tribe is con sidering contracting education and the Bureau is in the middle of reorganizing education. ‘’Be cause of the reduction in federal funding for education.” ex plained Clements, “We have increased the tribal allocation for scholarships from $105,000 to $250,000.” Louie P itt questioned the BIA’s cutting above the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC). “Why is there so much variance,” P itt said. “I wish we (tribal mem bers) were more involved (in the decision to cut above the AAC). I feel we’re on the outside looking in.” Superintendent Merritt Youngdeer and forest manager Bob Harned explained that the Bureau is allowed to cut 10 percent above or below the AAC- But a t the end of a five-year period, “we can’t exceed the AAC by 2 percent on the average, said Harned. In the 1982 calendar year, the AAC was 103.4 million board feet. In the Warm Springs block, 91 million board feet of chargeable volume were cut; 32 million board feet were in the McQuinn strip block. Youngdeer said that the management of the forest is a partnership. “We have to work with Council to decide how we’re going to handle the forest. It’s a partnership. I don’t want to leave a legacy I won’t be comfortable with. Your elected people have made the best decisions pos sible.” Marie Calica also brought up the question of education, asking why there wasn’t a “key person at the head of education. Who makes the decisions?” Com munity Services manager Ed Manion answered, saying “Jody (Calica) was appointed, about a month ago, as education direc tor. But he has many other responsibilities. As soon as the other responsibilities are cleared up, he’ll assume the education responsibilities” full time. Grant Waheneka stated that the record’s center is a very important p art of culture pre servation; “We can’t afford to let the record’s center will be par tially ($25,000) funded through revenue sharing funds and a grant ($25,000). “Money was appropriated to keep the re cord’s center open and it will be under the supervision of the purchasing department.” Aurolyn Stwyer commended the expedience of the budget. “I’m glad to see the cuts-some Indian rock group to appear at Kah-Nee-Ta-------------------------------- For the first tim e ever X-I-T will be appearing in Central O regon, December 10 and 11. X -I-T is an A m erican Rock band which is well known throughout Indian C ountry and Europe. The group is com posed of four Full-blooded Am erican Indians. They are billed as “ T he sound of A m e r ic a n I n d i a n R o c k - Crossing of Indian T ribes.” Planned are two concerts and two dances to be held during the second week of D e c e m b e r. O n F rid a y , D ecem ber 10 the groups will give a concert for the M adras Ju n io r High students only at 2:30 p.m. Friday evening a concert perform ance will be given a t C e n tra l O re g o n Com m unity College’s Pinck ney Center for the A rts from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ticket will be $6 a t the door. A student dance will be held later that night a t Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge with X -I-T billed as the sta r a ttra c tio n . Long Voyagers, a band form ally of M adras, will also be playing at the dance. They will open the dance and play until the arrival of X-I-T. Ticket sales will be limited and will cost $5 per pefson. S aturday evening at Kah- N ee-T a Lodge X -I-T will play for a public dance. Long Distance Voyagers will also be playing at the dance. The dance will start a t 9 p.m. Admission will be $7 per ticket and sold only to adults. The num ber of tickets sold: will be limited. Tickets can be; purchased from M arie Calica: a t the M adras Ju n io r High school, M ary A nstett a t the W arm Springs A dm inistration building, and from the M adras H igh S chool In d ian C lub president, Sonya Bryant. The band has gained fame throughout Europe and The United States. Their music is more then ju st rock n’ roll. It carries a message to young Indians ab o u t the pride in their c u ltu re . T o m Bee, X -I-T band mem ber and songwriter, has w ritten songs ab o u t Indian co n tem p o rary , life an d its values. X -I-T m usic deals w ith the Am erican Indians in the past and present. In the two music album s “Plight of the R e d m a n ” a n d ‘‘S i l e n t W a r r io r ,” a p h ilo s o p h ic a l viewpoint is the them e of the music. The music seeks to show pride in the Indian heritage and to prom ote a unity am ong the listeners of their music. Bells and drum beats add to their music a touch o f original Indian rhythm. The monies earned through the concerts and dances will p ay b a n d e x p e n se s, w ith p o rtio n s going to various Indian Clubs at the school to assist them in future program s for the students. X -I-T ta p e s ca n be purchased from M arie Calica, M adras Ju n io r High liaison. Tapes, records, posters and buttons will be offered for sale a t the concerts and dances. S p ily a y T y m o o * * ★ * ★★ * * Spilyay Tymoo S ta ff* * * * * * * * MANAGING EDITOR ............................. ASSISTANT EDITOR ........................... Dark'room/Writer Reporter Typesetter ........Sid Miller Donna Behrend Marsha Shewczyk Pat Leno Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. 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