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AUGUST 26, 1983 PAGE 5
NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX Indian News Notes
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION
OREGON
N o tic e o f P ro p o sed T a x
Notice is hereby given that th e following proposed.tex is being considered fo r adoption b y the Warm Springs Tribal T ax Commission
pursuant to Warm Springs Tribal Code Chapter 700:
" A tax not to exceed $2 5 per annum fo r each person engaged in business w ith in the Warm Springs Reservation. For the
purpose o f this tax, "person" means any individual, receiver, assignee. Trustee in bankruptcy, trust, estate, firm , co*
partnership, joint venture, d u b , company, joint stock company, business trust, corporation, association, society or any
group o f individuals acting as a unit, whether mutual, cooperative, fraternal, non-profit or otherwise. The term applies
only to non-members o f the Confederated Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. The term does not indude
the Confederated Tribes, the United States, and their employees and agents while engaged in their official duties."
A hearing w ill be conducted at the Warm Springs Community Center, W arm Springs, Oregon, on October 5 ,1 9 8 3 a t 1 0 :0 0 a.m.
at which interested persons shall be entitled to present testimony. Persons intending t o submit oral testimony a t th e hearing
should provide to th e Tribal T ax Commission not later than September 1 9 ,1 9 8 3 the following information:
1. Name o f organization and person represented
2. Names o f persons presenting testimony
3. Requested length o f testim ony
4. A brief summary o f the testimony th at w ill be presented
6. Whether or not w ritten testimony w ill be presented in addition to oral testimony
Test i mony o f a technical nature must be submitted to the Tribal Tax Commission in writing not later than September 2 3 ,1 9 8 3 .
Ten copies o f such testim ony is to be submitted to:
Tribal Tax Commission
P.O. Box T
Warm Springs, O R 97761
An Economic Impact Study analyzing the economic impact o f the proposed tax on relevant persons will be conducted and.
interested persons are encouraged to submit information regarding th e economic impact o f the proposed tax to the Tribal t a x
Commission.
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SM ITH V IS IT S CHOCTAW A N D CHEROKEE
RESERVATIONS; PRAISES TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS:
After a day-long tour of the Mississippi Choctaw reservation,
Interior Assistant Secretary Ken Smith told the tribal council that
he was impressed with the tribe’s economic development
achievements. “Y6u have few natural resources,” Smith said, “but
you have taken your greatest resource—your people—and built a
thriving land that provides jobs for your people.”
Smith, accompanied by the BIA’s eastern area director,
Harry Rainbolt, visited the Chata Development Company, a
tribal construction firm; a wire harness manufacturing plant
which has contracts with General Motors and just recently
doubled its capacity; and an American Greetings Card plant, the
latest private sector, joint-venture involvement of the tribe.
Together, the three firms employ more than 500 people, most of
them Choctaw Indians.
Smith also spent a day on the Eastern Cherokee reservation in
North Carolina. There he examined the school, visited the
Cherokee Boys Club which operates a variety of business ventures
and saw the many tourism developments on the reservation.
Smith told the tribal council there that their reservation illustrated
what can be done when a strong, stable tribal government works
together for the good of the people.
A copy o f Warm Springs Tribal Code Chapter 70 0 and the Rules o f the Tribal T ax Commission are available for inspection at the
Tribal Administration Building between the hours o f 9 :0 0 a.m. and 4 :0 0 p.m . M onday through Friday on all regular business days.
Questions regarding the proposed tax and the submission o f testimony should be directed to:
Tribal Tax Commission
P.Ô. Box T
Warm Springs, O R 97761
5 0 3 /5 5 3 -1 1 6 1 . Ext. 212
D A T E D this 2nd day o f August, 1983.
séti. CHAIRMAN
kx COMMISSION
The Confederated Tribes o f the
Warm Springs Reservation o f
Oregon Notice o f Proposed
Tax
Notice is hereby given that
the following proposed tax is
being considered for adoption
by the Warm Springs Tribal
Tax Commission pursuant to
Warm Springs Tribal Code
Chapter 700:
“A tax not to exceed one
cent per kilowatt hour o f
energy generated by a
public utility engaged in.
the generation or produc
tion o f electrical energy on
the Reservation.f’
A hearing will be conducted
at the Community Ceriter in
Warm Springs, Oregon at
10:00 a.m. on October 6, 1983
at which interested persons
shall be entitled to present
testimony. Persons intending
to submit oral testimony at the
hearing should provide to the
Tribal Tax Commission not
later than September 9, 1983
the following information:
1. Name of organization and
person represented
2. Names of persons presenting
testimony
3. R eq u ested length of
testimony
4. A brief summary of the
te s tim o n y th a t w ill be
presented
5. Whether or not written
testimony will be presented in
addition to oral testimony.
Testimony of a technical
nature must be submitted to the
Tribal Tax Commission in
w ritin g n o t la te r th a n
September 23,1983. Ten copies
of such testimony is to be
submitted to:
Tribal Tax Commission
PO Box T
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
An Economic Impact Study
analyzing the economic impact
of the proposed tax on relevant
persons will be conducted and
in te r e s te d p e r s o n s a re
e n c o u r a g e d to s u b m it
info rm atio n regarding the
Toe Ness
With all the trouble going on in Central America now day’s,
President Reagan had a meeting with the President of Mexico.
They agreed to keep in good relationship and he told Reagan,
“Remember what happened at the Alamo.” Reagan answered,
“Well, I really don’t know, I wasn’t in that movie. YIKES
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They say politicians are just like laundry, they only come clean
in “Hot Water.” YIKES
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There was this guy who was sitting in his living room and
wondering what time it was, just then his son John went
running into the bathroom. The guy called, “John, what’s the
big hand on?” After a short pause, John answered, “Please dad,
do you really have to know.” YIKES
PRESIDENT SIGNS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
BILL; INCLUDES $53 MILLION FOR BIA:
The 1983 supplemental appropriation bill signed by President
Reagan recently this week includes $53,150,000 for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. The act provides $14 million for fire suppression;
$6 million for contract support indirect costs; $1,650,000 for
litigation support and $150,000 for attorney fees in water rights
cases; $9,350,000 to upgrade BIA village schools transferred to the
Alaska state school system; and $22 million to upgrade or replace
the Mount Edgecumbe School, Sitka, Alaska.
The Mount Edgecumbe $22 million will be provided to the state
only if it agrees to assume operation of the school facility. The
BIA closed up the schbol on June 30, 1983.
The money to be provided to Alaska for the village schools is to
be used only for rehabilitation or reconstruction of the schools—
not for basic operation and maintenance.
The act also provided that the BIA could transfer other funds
to contract support during the fourth quarter of the year, if those
funds to contract support during the fourth quarter of the year, if
those funds are not required for the purpose for which the original
appropriation was made.
econom ic im pact of the
proposed tax to the Tribal Tax
Commission.
A copy of Warm Springs
Tribal Code Chapter 700 and
the Rules of the Tribal Tax
Commission are available for
inspection at the T ribal
Administration Building at
W arm S p rin g s , O reg o n
between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. on all regular
business days.
Questions regarding the REVISION OF THE JOHNSON-O’MALLEY (JOM)
p r o p o s e d ' ta x a n d th e DISTRIBUTION
FORMULA BEING CONSIDERED:
subm ission of testim o n y
A committee appointed by the BIA’s acting director of Indian
should be directed to:
education programs met August 8-10 in Washington D.C. to
initiate the process for revising the distribution formula for
Tribal Tax Commission
Johnson-O’Malley
Act funds.
PO Box T
The JOM Funds are used for special programs for Indian
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 students
attending public schools and other non-federal schools.
(503) 553-1161, ext. 212.
The process for revising the formula is contained in Public Law
Dated this 2nd day of 95-561, section 1102. Any changes must ultimately be approved
August, 1983
by the majority vote of the Indian tribes and Alaska Native
villages.
Zane Jackson
The committee appointed, consists of William Demmert, a
C h a irm a n , T rib al Tax former director of the BIA’s education programs now with the
Commission Confederated University of Alaska; Jon Wade, president of the Institute of
Tribes of the Warm Springs American Indian Arts; Terry Walters, education specialist at the
Reservation of Oregon BIA’s Winnebago agency in Nebraska; William Leap, an
education specialist with the National Congress of American
Indians; and Myron Jones, a consultant from Albuquerque. New
Mexico.
The committee will review the present formula, develop
alternate options and publish them in the Federal Register for
review and comment.
After considering the comments received, the committee will
publish a selection of formulas for vote by the tribes and villages.
If one formula would not receive a majority of the votes, a runoff
election would be held. Each tribe and each Alaska Native village
has one vote, regardless of population, under the existing law No
change m formula would take effect prior to the 1984-85 school
year.
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hours of the morning, “Sir, do you have a good explanation for
being on the street at this time of the morning?” The guy
answered, “If I had a good explanation I wouldn’t waste it on
you. . .I’d save it for my wife.” YIKES
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