Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, January 06, 1984, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextJeff Sanders, Jody Calica, Benny Heath and Delford Johnson. The tribal organization is seperated into two branches much like before. The Fiscal C ontrol manager Doug McClelland will have an assistant, Mike Clements who has worked with the Tribal Planning for the past six years. T h e C o m m u n ity S e rv ic e s manager Ed Manion will have an assistant after January h ’ Y oungdeer tran sferred to A b erd een , S o u th D a k o ta . Moving from state to state has been a part of BI A superinten dent Merrit Youngdeer’s life since he was a child. His father being in the military service moved regularly. Youngdeer who has been the superintendent here for the past two years transferred to Aberdeen, to serve as the area’s assistant director for administration. Timber tours viewing future logging units were done during the months of August Timber tours viewing future logging units were done during the month of August. Areas tuored were the Sheep Creek Logging Unit, Shitike Canyon Logging Unit, the Old Mill logging Unit, Beaver Creek Canyon, East Camas and the P o w e rlin e L o g g in g U nix. Controversy rises on two logging units. The Shitike Canyon and the Beaver Canyon Logging units. An Evnironmental Impact Statement should be prepared before the Shitike Canyon, Shitike Butte Timber sale is a p p ro v e d . T he N a tu ra l Resources stated that water q u la ity o f SJiitike C reek d o w n stre a m o f sale u n its will be detrimentally affected. The economic return to the Tribes from this sale will be minimal. To risk inflicting irrepairable damage to Shitike Creek and it associated resources for such a small profit is questionable. Public meetings on the two sites were held in both the Simnasho and Agency Long- houses. Tribes propose to tax reservation vendors. T rib e s p ro p o s e to ta x reservation vendors. The Warm Springs Tribal Code, Chapter 700, Business Priviledge Tax and the establishment of a Tribal Tax through Ordinance 64 and adopted by Tribal Council April 27, 1982. The Tribe has had, for years, the right to tax. Up until now, it has been limited to non- Indian vendors who came on the reservation to do business, who in the past had to purchase annually a $25 business license from the tribal vital statistics department. Museum becoming a reality. Through a charter adopted in 1975, the Mid-Oregon Indian Historical Society (MOIHS) was form ed. M O IH S has been actively seeking artifacts of significant, value to the Warm Springs Tribe since 1974, and to date over 1,600 artifacts have been acquired either through donation or purchase. Employee Halloween dress- up day am ong all tr ib a l departments is always a big hit each year. This creates a more pleasant atmosphere among all em ployees th ro u g h o u t the organization. The White Buffaloes had a successful fo o tb a ll seaso n winning the league title and going to the state play-offs. Standouts were Cy Jim, Jason Smith, Hobo Patt, Ansoh Begay, Apthony D avis and D an Law rence. Several other yonger players saw p le n ty o f v a rsity a c tio n . Rounding out the year in the sports field is the annual Holiday Basketball tournam ent. This year was won by South Dakota.