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Warm Springs News OREGON HISTORICAL s A sr TJ,T S ffc « or 9 7 2 0 5 ¿«O ‘PORTLAND, _ _ _ _ _ VOL. 10 NO. 23 W a s ta g e ! ÖRESOH H lS T ö ß rr» » « Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 n WARM SPRING S, OREGON 97761 NOVEMBER 8,1985 Chief Kalama remembered as fine leader has been the chief support of know N ick as a brave chief, .he ute and his father; Oliver, served our restoration effort and the died as a brave chief.” M itchell on the first tribal council in preservation of our tribal cul stated th at the “Paiute people 1939 as secretary/ treasurer and ture. He has participated in our selected Nick to represent them. representative of Xhe Paiutes. tribal events, w ithfhe exception He was a good chief to the P ai Nick?s work for his fellow- of last year, when he was taken utes and the rest of the member ill. He and his family have sup ship. He looked out for his peo m an was not limited to the ported and attended all our ple and he was a fair person in reservation, as he volunteered previous, powwows. He will be his council work. He didn’t let and served his country by enter- sadly missed by the member personal feelings interfere in his ihg the A rriiy in 1942. He was ship of the Siletz tribe. O ur judgem ent while working on stationed overseas. He gained rank of sergeant and was honor sympathies are with his family Tribal Council.” ably discharged January 26, 1946. and the Confederated Tribes of Tribal Council chairman Zane Nick was, during the 1970s, a W arm Springs at this tim e.” Jackson agreed With Mitchell. meriiber of the tribal Law and C h a ir m a n o f th e G ra n d “Nick was a good, respected O rder and Range .committees. Ronde, M ark Mercier, stated m em ber of Tribal Council. He He was a member Of th e ‘‘Tenino “The Confederated Tribes of always considered thé reserva G ang” which was instrum ental the G rand Ronde regret the loss tion first.” Jackson also stated in getting rodeos started on the of Chief Kalam a. He will be th at N ick’s extended illness may reservation. He served a slreas- remembered by the elders of have kept him away from meet urer of the W arm Springs Calf our tribe and those who knew ings, but th at Nick always tried R oping Association, a prede liim; We greatly appreciated that to be there, even if it caused cessor to the W arm Springs he was able to come dow n to “discom fort, o r even pain to R odeo Association. He wgs a give su p p o rt during our resto atten d .” lifetime and charter mem ber of, ration period.” the VFW Elliot Palm er Post VernOn Shakespear, chairman Because of the love of his and worked a logger and cattle of the Burns Paiute, expressed people; N ick took it upon him- man. . Members of the Confederated Tribes o f W arm Springs were shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Paiute C hief Nick K alam a who died of a heart attack M onday, O ctober 28, after attending a funeral at the Agency Longhouse. In honor o f C hief K alam a, tribal flags were flown at half m ast and all tribal employees were allowed the tim e to attend Longhouse and graveside services. Nick, who served as C hief of the Paiutes since Jan u ary 9, 1975, was a private m an with a quiet b u t quick sense of hum or. A n d a s C hief, N ick alw ays w orked fo r his people and for the C onfederated Tribes as a w hole. E ven th o u g h fa ilin g health often prevented him from attending T ribal Council meet ings, he served as a find am bas sador fo r the Tribes throughout the N orthw est; attending var ious functions and dedications mF“ w n e T v w arm ne w'"SeeKseê^ua W jppatbjT T oF th e K a la m a iam - ™ elf to N ick K alam a, a quiet, gentle dy ■andriri,re eww e t r ibe1. ■w aa^ L onghouse in 1984, w h ich is m a n , wh o enj oyed g etting o u t * personally, shocked to hear, of located on th e site o f the old to be w ith friends and fam ily, S prings S uperinte n aen t B ernard T opash stated th a t “N ick w orked fo r his people up to the very end. He attended a meeting in P o rtlan d with P G E the Friday before his death.” News of N ick’s death came as a shock to Oregon tribes, Delores Pigsley, chairperson of the Siletz tribe; said, “C hief N ick K alam a 509-J levy passes In its third go-round voters decided tp approve the 509-J school levy 1632 to 891. V oter tu rn o u t was high with 51 per cent a t M adras and a 47 percent tu rn o u t at W arm Springs. Like m any school districts across the state the Jefferson C ounty 509-J district schools were faced with possible clo sure. T he defeat of a $3,361,948 levy J u n e 25 an d a second $2,921,639 levy Septem ber 17 resulted in reductions which; seemed to satisfy voters. T h e a p p r o y e d le v y o f $2,823,502 will create a tax rate f o r p r o p e r ty o w n ers. o f $9.54/ thousand. Please drop tags off T he N atural Resources D e partm ent is requesting hunt infor mation for the month of October. Please dro p your reservation and Ceded area deer hunting tags off at their office. f WEATHER OCT. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOV. 1 2 3 1 5 6 \ H IG H 59 54 61 67 45 47 50 45 56 58 58 45 45 62 LOW 40 45 27' 30 33 19 20 ' 27 32 41 29 34 23 35 Chief Nick Kalam a— 1917-1985 N ick’s death.” Fellow-coUhcil-person Ber nice/ M itchell stated th at she had known Nick for many years and had served on Tribal Council with Nick for five years. “ D ur ing those five years, I came to Longhouse and in the very val ley in which he was born Sep tember 24,1917. Nick felt strong ties to his people and his ances tors and their cultural values. N ick’s great grandfather,, Oits Johnson, was Chief of the Pai- will long be remembered by all who knew and met him. He will be missed. See Howlak Tichum on page 8 Petition callsforvote on 1986 budget Eligible tribal member voters will, on Tuesday, Novem ber 26, determ ine the fate of the Cori- fe d e ra te d T rib e s o f W arm Springs 1986 operating budget. The need for a referendum vote on the budgets came about when, for the first time in many years, a petition objecting to the budget was circulated, P etitio ners Shirley Sanders and Janice Clements obtained the signatures of 334 eligible voters in two days, 53 over the one-fifth re quired to make the petition valid; Sanders and Clements, after a full week of paper work to ensure the legality and p ro p r iety of the petition, began circu lating the petition O ctober 29, and turned the signed docum ent over to BI A Superintendent Bernard T opash at 5:45 p.m , O ctober 30, Senders explained the reason for the petition is based on many concerns. “How the money is Spent, the am ount of money ap p ro p riated and th a t trib al members d o n ’t have inpu t,” are just some of the concerns men tioned. Sanders also stated that she and Clements did not peti tion the budget fo r personal reasons. “We were runners,;’fo r' the en tire m em bership. S he Mini-powwow set The annual Thanksgiving mini- powWow will, be held at th e Sim nasho Longhouse in con junction with the dedication of the Sim nasho Longhouse addi tion. The powwow will be held November 22, 23 and 24. The mini-powwow has been held at the Agency Longhouse in past years. This year the com m ittee coordinated to join • the Sim nasho Longhouse com mittee in the celebration to be held a t the new Longhouse. A pow w ow is not planned for Thanksgiving, N ovember 28 at , thé Agency Longhouse b u t the Continued on page 3 added, “people have a right to speak o u t.” Sanders and Clements fol lowed the guidelines set in the A u g u st, 19, i:976 reso lu tio n #4629, The resolution lists spe cific procedures in asking for a petition to be circulated for ref e re n d u m , v o te ac c o rd in g to Article IV of the tribal con stitution. All eligible tribal member voters were mailed copies .of reso lu tio n #7036 which calls for a referendum. A nother mailing, which will explain the referen dum more completely, is sche duled for early next week. Fol lowing is a copy o f th at resolu tion, datçd N ovem ber'6, 1985. W hereas, A petition for elei> tion, w ith 334 signatures (4 invalid), representing at least one-fifth (1 / 5) of the 1405 eligi ble voters/ of the Confederated' Tribes, was turned in to the Superintendent of the W arm Springs Agency on O ctober 30, 1985; and, W hereas, The S uperintendent of W arm Springs Agency has advised the Tribal Council that the petition is valid and the question should proceed to a pop u lar referendum election; ndw, Whereas, The petition for elec tio n p roposes the follow ing question: tption th at a popular referen dum shall be held oh November 26, 1985, upon the following question; “Shall the Confederated Tribes of the W arm Springs Reserva tion of Oregon 1986. Budget Yes □ No □ plan adopted by T ribal Council re so lu tio n N o. 7013 be a p W hereas, The petition was proved?” presented to the T ribal Council No □ on Novem ber 1, 1985, and ac Yes □ cepted on th at day; now, there Be it further resolved, T hat fore, Be it resolved, By the T ribal the question to be voted upon, Council of the. Confederated together with a copy of Resolu Tribes of the W arm Springs tion No. 7013, shall be posted at R eservation of Oregon pursu the voting places for at least ten ant to Article VI of th e Cojisii- days p rior to election. “Shall the Confederated Tribes of the W arm Springs Reserva tion of Oregon 1986 Budget plan adopted by T ribal Council re so lu tio n N o. 7013 be a p proved?” Two general council meetings have been scheduled for Tues-' day, Novem ber 12 and Wed nesday, N ovem ber 20, to dis- cuss the budget and referendum. D inner will be served at 6 p.m. with meetingisto begin a t 7 p.m. W hereas, The Tribal Council" adopted Resolution No. 7013 Septem ber 30, 1985, approving a 1986 tribal budget pursuant'to. Article V, Section (t) as amended of the T ribal Constitution; and, . Whereas,' Article VI of the Tribal C onstitution makes pro visions for referendum elections; and, W hereas, Article VI states th at whenever a m atter of great im portance comes before the Tribal Council; the Councilmen shall, by resolution duly passed, subm it the m atter to the vote of the people. If they do not ,so agree to subm it the question, any two members of the C oun cil of one-fifth of the members o f the Confederated Tribes m ay w ithin 30 days after the vote of the Council, call such a popular referendum; and, W hereas, The Tribal C ouncil adopted Resolution No. 4729 Petitioner Shirley Sanders explained to Hamilton Greeley the petition which calls fo r a referendum on A ugust 30,1976, governs the vote on the 1986 tribal operating budget. Vote is set for November 26. petitioning process; and, 1
