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SPILYAY TYMOO
Page 8, May 20,1983
Committee tends to
business at meeting
At a recent Title IV, Part A
parent committee meeting,
officers were elected and the
culture camp, junior high
counselor position, 1983/84
b u d g et and g ra d u a tio n
banquet were all discussed.
New committee members
in clude: P in k y B eym er,
V e rb en a G re e n e , A n n a
Hurtado, Tommy Kalama,
Louise Katchia, Marceline
LeClaire, Doris Miller, Evaline
Patt, Arlita Rhoan, Liz Rhoan,
Kay Sixkiller, Geneva Smith,
Ramona Tanewasha, Lepha
Sm ith, Nancy P itt, P at
C ro ck e r, Bob H a stin g s,
Lorraine Lavenik, Austin
Smith and Jerry Sampson. The
committee decided at the time
of the elections that 20 of the 22
positions be filled with the
other two left vacant to be filled
by alternative education and
high school students.
Of these members, Jerry
S a m p s o n w as e l e c t e d
chairman, Kay Sixkiller was
elected vice-chairman and
Evaline Patt, Anna Hurtado
and Geneva Smith were elected
as representatives-at-large.
Madras Elementary Princi­
pal Tony Miller was hired
as administrator of the culture
camp and Tommy Kalama was
hired as head teacher. Miller
and Kalama were directed to
seek and hire a third culture
camp instructor.
Phil Riley reported that
apparently there will be no cuts
in the 1983-84 Title IV, Part A
budget. He suggested however,
that possible additions or
changes in the budget include
culture camp, summer school
and the possible deletion of the
Junior high counselor position.
The committee met May 17 and
decided to reinstate the
position but to replace the
cu rren t counselor Doyle
W hipple. The com m ittee
expressed a desire to be more
actively involved in the
selection process of selecting
and hiring of a new counselor
for the junior high school
position since the position is
funded by Title IV Part A
monies.
It was reported that a total of
62 graduating students will be
honored at the graduation
banquet scheduled for Tuesday
May 31 at the Agency
L ongho use. T his figure
included 47 graduating from
high school, the other 15 are
either receiving their GEDs or
graduating from boarding
schools.
Other items discussed at the
May 10 meeting included a
report on the Oregon Indian
Education conference attended
by Jerry Sampson and the
N orthw est Indian Y outh
Conference attended by Ned
H urtado. The com m ittee
also heard a JOM report given
by Margie Earl. Four junior
high Indian students were
selected to be pages at the
Oregon State Capitol. Because
two of the students are not
recognized tribal members,
JOM could not fund their trip.
Earl requested funding for the
two tribal members.
Committee members needed
Committee appointments
have been rescheduled to June
15,1983, so if you are interested
in serving on a Tribal Council
committee, please send in your
name, address, phone number
and brief statement as to why
you are in te r e s te d in
committing yourself to the
committe (s) of your choice.
And for those of you who have
had time to consider further
after sending in your initial
application, you still have until
June 15th to let us know you
are interested in being on other
co m m itte es. B ring your
application in to the Tribal
Council office by June 15th;
Council needs you!
Spifyay Tymoo photo by Shrwczyk
With People students visited classrooms in the area’s schools the day o f their performance at
Madras High school gymnasium. The Up With People students tour the country as a year-long
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EIA eradicated on reservation
“We are asking council to lift th e g ra s s la n d s of th e
the quarantine. The state has reservation. Overgrazing has
agreed to do it. Now it is only a reduced forage and caused
matter of time,” says Jefferson increased soil erosion over the
county extension agent Clint years.
W ith the re s e rv a tio n
Jacks.
Eight thousand blood eradicated of EIA a program to
samples have been taken from test a sample number of equine
eq u in e sto ck since the stock every year for future signs
beginning of the EIA program of the disease is being looked
in February of 1981. Many at. This is a preventive measure
horses have been tested more so the people of the Warm
than once.
Positive horses have been
sold along with uncontrollable
stock to eliminate any threat of
the disease. After over two
years, of trying to combat the
disease no positive horses can
be found on the reservation.
Approxim ately 1000 tame
h o rs e s re m a in on th e
reservation after 2,291 have
been sold because of positive
test returns or as uncontroll­
able stock.
Along with elim inating
unhealthy horses from the
reservation the program is
beneficial in that it will improve
Springs reservation do not
have to go through a program
like this again, Jacks explained.
Plans for an official date for
the lifting of the quarantine are
being made. Director of the
State Department of Agricul­
ture has agreed upon a June 2
or June 9 date to be in Warm
Springs. The range committee
is hoping to have a dinner at
that time in celebration.
BI A issues realignment concept paper
A Bureau of Indian Affairs
concept paper on reducing
costs at the central office and
a r e a o ff ic e le v e ls by
consolidating administrative
functions and making other
changes has been sent to
Indians leaders for review and
counsel, Interior Assistant
Secretary Ken Smith said.
The concept paper on
“streamlining the Bureau of
Indian Affairs” has been sent to
nine tribal leaders, appointed
by NTCA and NCAI in March
to function as an Indian Policy
Review Team for Smith and
Interior Secretary James Watt.
The concept paper was also
sent to BIA area directors with
in s tru c tio n s th a t it be
distributed to every tribe within
their areas.
Smith’s instruction to the
area director states: “The
consultation process on the
option that is being proposed in
the paper must begin as soon as
possible.” He added that when
the area directors meet with the
central office to prepare for the
d e ta ile d w o rk on th e
realignment, the tribes’ initial
reactions to this proposal
should be brought along. The
approval submitted to the
tribal leaders includes the
following:
1) M e rg in g th e tw o
Oklahoma area offices into
one—with Oklahoma City as a
possible site;
2) Consolidating administra­
tive support services—such as
personnel, budget and financial
services—at five locations;
3) On the Navajo Reserva­
tion, consolidating administra­
tive support functions at the
area office level;
4) Retaining the existing area
offices, except in Oklahoma,
for program management and
technical assistance;
5) Implementing various
p rin c ip le s fo r im proved
management, such as the
transfer of all operating
functions to the agency level
where economically and legally
fe a sib le ; e lim in a tio n of
unneccessary paperwork and
other wasteful management
actions at the central and area
levels; and redefining the
central and area staff role to
that of program review and
support rather than supervi­
sion of operating programs.
The five locations proposed
for administrative support
functions are: Aberdeen, South
Dakota, serving the Aberdeen
and M in n eap o lis areas;
P o r tla n d , O re g o n , th e
P o r tla n d an d B illin g s ,
M ontana areas; Phoenix,
Arizona, the Phoenix and
Sacramento areas; Oklahoma
City, serving the geographic
areas currently served by the
Muskogee and Anadarko
offices and the Eastern area;
and Albuquerque, serving that
area and certain central office
activities.
The concept paper suggests
the Juneau Area in Alaska and
the Navajo area, covering parts
of Arizona, New Mexico and
U ta h , r e q u ir e s p e c ia l
consideration. It indicates,
however, that probably most of
the administrative support for
Alaska could eventually be
provided from the Portland
o ffice. The volum n of
administrative transactions in
the Navajo area, the paper
states, “seems to justify the
retention of administrative
functions at the area.”
The BIA’s 1983 appropria­ CLIPPING FINS— M ary Ann Meanus is one of several people
tion mandates a reduction of $8 clipping ventral fins on eight month old fingerling spring Chinook
million in overhead costs in the at the Warm Springs fish hatchery. The clipped fin marks
central office and area offices. hatchery stock from wild stock. The workers will have clipped 800
A further reduction of $9.4 thousand fingerlings at the end of a three week period. The
million is in the 1984 budget fingerlings wiU be released this fall and next spring.
request.
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