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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1983)
OREGON H IS T O R IC A L S O C IE T Ï 1230 SU PARK AVE PORTLAND, OR 9 7 2 0 5 V - _ ■ • VOL. 8 NO 2 OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY s U.S. Pottage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Worm Spring*, OR Spllyay Tymoo photo by Showezyk WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Shuffling up a storm Lin M iss Warm Springs contestants demonstrate the Shuffle at the pageant held fo r girls between the ages o f 3 and 17. Legislation approves land claims^distribution by Marsha Shewczyk L e g is la tio n h a s b e e n approved authorizing the distribution of $1.25 million to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation for 1.6 million acres involved in the Treaty of 1855. Congress passed Public Law 97-436, final phase of the Warm Springs Judgement Awards Claim, on January 8, 1983. Weather JAN. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 HI 47 50 51 50 54 52 43 33 36 39 41 40 40 38 44 52 LOW 37 27 29 25 24 28 23 26 33 32 35 34 28 23 28 39 A ccording to the act distribution is to be made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs operating with guidelines outlined in the congressional act. For clarification of the Public Law 97-436 an interview was conducted with Warm Springs Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent Merritt Youngdeer. Question: W hat is th is ju d g e m e n t e n title d th a t C o n g re s s h a s r e c e n tly approved affecting the Warm Springs Reservation? Answer: The Warm Springs Judgement Awards Claim. Q: How much was awarded in the Warm Springs Judgement Awards Claim. A: A final award of $1.25 million was made. This amount will accrue interest until it is distrubuted. It is now about $2.6 million. Q: When was the judgement claim awarded? A: This was awarded October 17, 1973 by docket 198 before the Indian Claims Commis sion. It was agreed upon that the United States owed that amount. Q: What is the judgement for? A: It represents additional compensation for the cession of land under the treaty of June 25, 1855. The treaty provided for a certain thing. This is additional compensation for land, additional to the treaty. Q: What is Public Law 97-436? A: There is a gap between the time the judgem ent was awarded and the distribution. It was up to the Tribe to determine how to distribute it. The final plan had to go through the legislative route. That legislation was passed into law in January (January 8, 1983). The law determines who is eligible and how it is to be paid. Q: Who are eligible for participation in the distribu tion of the Warm Springs Judgement Award Claim? A: The judgement is paid to descendants of the Wasco and Wyampum Indians who are also known as Warm Springs or Walla Walla Indians, who are parties to the 1855 treaty upon which the claim in docket 198 is based. There were some major concessions made toward the end so it would pass. There are two major changes I need to cover. Most award claims state distribution is to be made to those who are living on the date the bill is made into law. The roll the Secretary of Interio'. Continued on page 11 IHS changes policy As of January 12, 1983, Indian Health Services (IHS) has limited direct and contract health care to tribal members only, according to Warm Springs service unit director Garet Soules. According to a memo distributed earlier this week, “Non-Indian spouses (male or female) and other non-Indian m e m b ers o f a n In d ia n household are no longer eligible for contract health services or direct IHS services.” The only exceptions to this ruling are non—Indian women who are pregnant with eligible Indian children. The women would be cared for during the duration of their pregnancy th ro u g h p o stp artu m ; and non-Indian members of an eligible Indian household if the ISH medical officer determines that care is necessary to control acute infectious disease or a public health hazard. Soules said this reduction in services will have a “considerable impact on the patient load” at the Warm Springs clinic. In 1982, the clinic logged in over 20,000 outpatient visits. There are two, full-time and two, half time doctors, two RNs and one n u rsin g aid e, a m edical technician, an X-ray technician a n d . a pharmacist currently working at the Warm Springs clinic. Soules also indicated that there are a number of questions that have yet to be answered. H o p e fu lly , u n re s o lv e d questions will' be settled at a service unit director’s meeting in early February. M e d ic a l r e c o r d s o f individuals affected by this ruling may have medical information from their medical charts transfered to private providers upon subbmission of a written report.
