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SPILYAY TYMOO
Summer jobs
by Pat Leno
With the end of the 1982-83
school year in sight, the job
market will again be flooded
with young people looking for
summer employment. The
Warm Springs tribal personnel
is gearing to meet the needs of
the young people of Warm
Springs community through
the Students Summer Work
Program (SSWP).
The SSWP is a program
designed for high school,
college and vocational students
who will be returning to school
in the fall of 1983. SSWP is
presently taking applications
for 125 summer jobs for high
school students and 25 trainee
positions for college and
vocational students.
Jeanne Thomas, director of
SSWP, stresses the importance
for students in getting their
nescessary paperwork comp­
leted and returned to her office
early. The job openings will be
on a “first come, first served”
b a s is , w ith th e h ir in g
preference for the Tribal
m em ber b u t o th e r a re a
students can apply. The trainee
positions for college and
vocational students are for
tribal members.
“Applying for a job requires
se rio u s p re p a r a tio n an d
complete information is needed
on all forms,” stated Thomas.
If a form lacks information it
will delay the application in
being sent to a prospective
employer. The forms will be
held a t the SSWP office until
the applicant completes the
forms. A student will not be
able to start work until all the
paperwork has been com­
pleted. If a student needs help
in filling out their forms they
may contact Thomas at the
personnel office.
Students 14-17 years of age
who are entering the program
for the first time will need an
Oregon State work permit.
Forms to apply for a work
permit can be picked up at the
tribal personnel office. It is
suggested students apply for a
work permit as soon as possible
so they can receive them before
the program starts in June.
Students will not be able to
work until they have obtained a
permit. For those students who
have worked before in the
program their permits are on
permanent file at the personnel
office.
A social security number is
also required. Several social
program rolling already
security numbers are on file at
the tribal vital statistics office.
If you do not have social
security number you can pick
up a form to apply for one at
the vital statistics office.
Suggestions offered by Ms.
Thomas for students filling out
their applications are: 1) to give
extra information as it is
helpful and often a student may
h a v e g a in e d e x p e rie n c e
through hobbies, clubs, sports,
travels, etc. This information
c a n be w r itte n in th e
“additional information” space
on the application. 2) A resume
can include more detail for a
p ro sp e c tiv e em p lo y er: 3)
Reference letters are acceptable
because they can support your
character and your willingness
to work. 4) Review your
application to make certain
everything is right, don’t forget
the W-4 form, job availability
and consent forms and your
work permit, if necessary. 5)
Arrange for your application to
be submitted as soon as
possible.
SSWP director Thomas is an
enrolled member of the Warm
Springs Confederated Tribes,
she is the daughter of Frenchie
Thomas and June Courville.
Thomas was living in Seattle
Spityay Tymoo photo by Leno
SSWP Director, Jeanne Thomas
before her return to Warm
Springs last year. She is the
mother of three sons She is
pleased to be back home. She
feels the SSWP is a very
worthwhile program and she
expressed a desire that this
y e a r’s program will add
another successful year to the
SSWP.
New code better defines offenses, penalties
by Pat Leno
With the adoption of the new
Tribal Law and Order Code,
C h ap ter 305, C rim es, 85
percent of the newly written
code has become effective. It is
of major im portance th at
the public is aware there have
been some changes in the
existing code. The remainder of
the code h as n o t been
completed and approved by the
Tribal Council.
Chapter 305 deals with 1)
crimes against people; 2) crimes
against property; 3) sex crimes;
4) crimes against public peace
and order and 5) penalities.
With the writing of the new
chapter, definitions pretaining
to the laws are spelled out at the
beginning of the chapter.
T r i b a l a t t o r n e y J im
Noteboom stated that, “The
code provides the police, courts
and people a system with which
they Will be able to work. The
system can only be as good as
the people who use and enforce
it.”
One of the major changes in
the code has been the deletion
of a seperate sentence and fine
for each offense. Each offense
upon conviction can carrv a
sentence of six months and/ or
a $500 fine, any variance in
sentencing will be left to the
discretion of the presiding
judge.
The penalities are the
maximum as set by the Indian
Civil Rights act of 1968. A
question has been raised by the
courts, police, legal aide and
probation and parole. Does the
act mean a person who goes to
court for a series of offenses
occurring from one incident be
sentenced to a maximum of six
months and/ or fined $500.
irregardless of the number of
convictions? Or does it mean a
person can be sentenced for
each v io la tio n th e y are
convicted of? This is a question
which has been raised by other
court system s in Indian
c o u n try , b u t as y et, is
unanswered.
An example: A person who is
co nfronted by police for
driving under the influence of
intoxicants, resists arrest and
escapes from the police has
committed three offenses. It is
known he can be charged with
DWII, resisting arrest and
escape. If found guilty, can the
person be sentenced by the
judge to serve 18 months (six
months/each offense) and/or
$1,500 ($500 for each oltense).
The question has been put
before the Regional Solicitor’s
Office and at this time no
decision has been handed
down.
T he 13 m a jo r crim es
c o m m itte d on I n d ia n
reservations will continue to be
under the jurisdiction of the
FBI. The new code has been
designed to cover a number of
situ a tio n s which are not
covered under the old code as
well as to update issues. It is a
reference and offers guidelines
for the law and order system .o
work with in dealing with <he
crime on the reservation. There
had been a general feeling
expressed by many people that
there were a number of
situations which people felt
were morally wrong but they
were not covered under the old
code. The new code will
provide laws to cover this gap.
As is the manner of all new
things, it is important that
people become aware of the
new laws. Angie De La Torre,
legal aide, said people need to
plead not guilty so they can be
given time to fully know and
understand their rights and
how the new code works.
However, it is “absolutely
necessary to keep in touch with
y our spokesperson a t all
times.”
Meetings are planned in the
near future at which time
Chapter 305 will be presented
to the community. Ignorance
of the law does not make a
good defense in court. In
upcoming issues of the Spilyay
Tymoo the sections of Chapter
305, Crimes, will be explained
in detail so as to help tribal
members better understand the
new code.
Talks begun for transfer of hatchery funding
Formal talks have begun
regarding the transfer to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs of
four hatcheries located, on
Indian reservations.The four
are the Warm Springs fish
hatchery, the M akah fish
hatchery, Quinault and one in
Arizona.
W a rm S p rin g s T r ib a l
Council has issued a statement
in opposition to the transfer.
Dated May 11,1983 and signed
by Tribal Council chairman
Zane Jackson it reads:
“I am writing on behalf of the
T r i b a l C o u n c il o f th e
Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of
O re g o n to e x p re s s o u r
opposition to the proposed
transfer of the Warm Springs
National Fish Hatchery from
the Fish and Wildlife Service to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
the FY 1984 Department of
Interior budget.
“As you may be aware, four
F ish a n d W ild life fish
hatcheries located on Indian
the f a c ility ’s
operations.
c o sts
and
land are proposed to be
transferred to the Bureau of
“The Confederated Tribes of
Indian Affairs in FY 1984. Warm Springs are not the
The four hatcheries are Warm principal beneficiaries of the
Springs in Oregon, Quinault fish production of the Warm
and Makah in Washington, Springs hatchery, even though
and Alchesea in Arizona. The it happeps to be located on
transfer is based upon a recent Indian land. Unlike the two
policy determination by the “Indian” hatcheries the BIA
Fish and Wildlife Service that has taken over in FY 1983 and
the beneficiaries of a hatchery’s which produce resident trout
production should be the party that tend to- stay in the
that pays for the costs of that reservation waters into which
hatchery’s operation. It is they are released, the fish
roduced at Warm Springs
assumed that fish hatcheries on
atchery. are anad ro m o u s
In d ian land benefit only
salmon and steelhead, which
Indians.
“To that end, the Fish and swim off the reservation and
Wildlife Service is ceasing out to sea where they mature.
funding for all of its hatcheries These fish, like those produced
that do not serve federal at Fish and Wildlife Services
purposes. When a hatchery is other Columbia River basin
determined to serve an other- salmon hatcheries, contribute
than-Federal purpose and is primarily to the non-Indian
scheduled for closure, that ocean troll fisheries off Oregon,
facility is offered to the state or W a sh in g to n , A la sk a and
other jurisdiction it has been C a n a d a . T hey a re also
serving in the event that h a rv e ste d by n o n -In d ia n
jurisdiction wishes to assume commercial fishermen and
P
sportsmen in the Columbia and
Deschutes Rivers. Only a very
small portion of the fish
produced at Warm Springs are
caught by Indian people. It
strikes us as highly inappropri­
ate that fish production almost
entirely benefiting non-Indians
should be carried in the Bureau
of Indian Affairs budget.
“In addition to principally
benefiting non-Indians, the
anadromous fish produced at
the Warm Springs hatchery
clearly serve to meet the purely
federal purposes upon which
the Fish and Wildlife Service is
now concentrating its hatchery
operations. These purposes
include mitigating the fisheries
impact of the federal dams on
the Columbia River, replenish­
ing the fish that are harvested in
offshore and inshore federal
w a te rs, h o n o rin g In d ia n
treaties, and upholding U.S.
in te r n a tio n a l fis h e rie s
comnmitments with Canada.
So, not only is it inappropriate
that the BIA budget carry the
funding for the Warm Springs
fish, the federal purposes the
Warm Springs hatchery serves
makes it very appropriate that
it remain part of the Fish and
Wildlife hatchery system.
“We are concerned also that
th e tr a n s f e r r e d f u n d in g
a u th o rity for the W arm
Springs hatchery will be eroded
o v er th e co m in g y ears,
resulting in either diminished
operations of the hatchery, or
the h a tc h e ry ’s p ro d u c tio n
being subsidized out of other
BIA Indian programs.
“Finally, we think it is very
likely, given the BIA’s lack of
experience and expertise in
anadromous hatchery manage­
ment, that the Bureau would
have to contract operation of
the hatchery to JFish and
Wildlife Service. This would
ojnly increase the overall cost
of running the hatchery and
serve neither the interests of the
tribe or the federal govern­
ment.”