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OREGON HISTORIC/
SOCIETY
U.S* Portage
Bulk Rate Ferait No. 2
W arn Spring*, OR
WARM SPRINGS. OREGON 97761
Tribal fishermen. . .
Meeting to be held June 22
Tribal fishermen who fish F i s h e r i e s S e r v ic e ; E d
the main stem Columbia River Wickersham, U.S. Fish and
are urged to atten d an Wildlife Services; Tim Wapato,
informational meeting to be Columbia River Inter-Tribal
held at the Celilo Longhouse Commission; Jim McKillip,
on June 21,1983, at 10:00 a.m. W a sh in g to n D e p a rtm e n t
The purpose of the meeting is F is h e rie s ; Bob W ilco x ,
to provide information to tribal Umatilla Tribal Police; Joe
fish erm en reg a rd in g the Young, Yakima Tribal Police;
jurisdiction and authority of Jeffery Sanders, Sr., Warm
the various tribal, state and Springs Tribal Police and Dave
fed e ra l law en fo rcem en t Schultz, Washington Depart­
entities on the Columbia River. ment Game.
We will be pleased to answer
The following representa­
tives will be in attendance: Bob any questions at this meeting
Lane, Oregon State Police; r e g a r d i n g j u r i s d i c t i o n
Andy Meriwether, Washington enforcement and authority,
Department Fisheries; Wayne you may wish to present to this
Lew is, N a tio n a l M arine committee.
Pi-Ume-Sha activities
m a n y a n d v a rie d
by Lenora Starr
The 14th annual Pi-Ume-
Sha Treaty days will be held at
the park adjacent to the
Community Center, beginning
June 24.
The three-day celebration
begins Friday evening with
grand entry at 7 p.m. Following
the grand entry will be the
in v o c a tio n a n d o p e n in g
address. Following the grand
entry will be the invocation and
opening address. After the
opening address Miss Pi-Ume-
Sha 1982, Melissa Johnson,
will relinquish her crown to one
of four 1983 candidates. (See
p ag e 2 fo r c a n d id a te s ’
information.)
Nathan “8-Ball” Jim will be
the Master of Ceremonies for
the Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days.
Pi-Ume-Sha, meaning “a
good time,” is an anniversary
celebration of the enactment of
th e 1855 tr e a ty w h ich
established the Warm Springs
reservation and gave us a long­
term land base and protects the
tribe’s hunting and fishing
rights.
O regon G o v ern o r, Vic
Atiyeh will arrive Thursday
night and will participate in
some of our Pi-Ume-Sha
activities. He will be attending
the powwow and traditional
dress parade, as well as a
cookout.
Programs for Pi-Ume-Sha
will be sponsored by Coca-
Cola and will be available
during the celebration. Dance
contests will begin after
the honor dance for the new
Queen Friday night.
Little girl’s (age six years and
under) Round Dance, will be
the first contest of that evening.
Following will be little boy’s
(six years and under) War
; Continued on page 8
Reflections o f a spring sunset on the Warm Springs R iver a d d to the poetry o f a spring evening.
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Land claims money delayed until November
_R ed t a p e , e x c e s s iv e
paperwork and governmental
regulations have delayed the
distribution of the land claims
money, which at first, was
thought to be distributed in
July or so. According to Warm
Springs superintendent Merritt
Y o u n g d e e r, th e e a r lie s t
possible date the money could
be distributed is November.
The claims award was first
approved in 1974 by the Indian
Claims Com m ission. But
several tribal members felt the
distribution was unfair and
sued the tribe. They challenged
the validity of the award and
sought “equitable relief” for
excluded trib al members.
Upon reviewing this suit, the
presiding judge found that the
BIA had not followed the
appropriate time constraints
and found the earlier award
invalid.
Because of this decision, the
Tribe and BIA were required to
resubmit their case, this time
through Congress. Congress
passed the bill on January 8,
1983. Because the first award
was in v a lid a te d due to
procedural errors, the Tribe
and BIA are being “extra
cautious” this time around.
Once the bill is in the
Secretapr of the Interior’s
office, it must appear in the
Federal Register for 30 days.
Youngdeer is hopeful that it
will be published by August 1.
After this 30-day period, the
tribal roll, formulated by the
BIA in conjunction with the
tr ib a l v ita l s ta tis tic s
department, must be posted for
30 d a y s , h o p e f u lly by
September 1. Tribal members
have the opportunity to appeal
the roll for 30 days after the roll
has been. posted if they feel
there are discrepencies.
Youngdeer estimates that
approxim ately 2,315 tribal
members will receive payments
of about $1,255. “There are
very few,” says Youngdeer
“who won’t share.”