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
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