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From General Council meeting notecards...
December 6,1985
Page 7
Tribal member concerns presented below
Editor’s Note: This page has been
set aside for people’s opinions re­
garding the 1986operating budget.
All statements came from cards
collected during the general coun­
cil meeting held November 20,1985.
It is the policy of Spilyay Tymoo
to welcome articles and letters to
be published from its readers. Nor­
mally each article or letter must
co n ta in the w rite r’s name and
address to verify their statement. It
was agreed upon with the petition­
ers that these statements from the
general council meeting would be
p u b lished. S p ilya y Tym oo has
printed comments at the petition­
ers’ request.
All statements are the opinion of
the tribal members who were pres­
ent at the meeting and do not reflect,
in anyway, the opinion of Spilyay
Tymoo. Also, Spilyay Tymoo re­
serves the right to edit all copy OR
refuse publication of anything that
contains libelous material. Any other
material pertaining to the budget
must contain the w riter’s name and
address for publication.
Because of being potentially libe­
lous, names have been deleted from
certain statements.
1. I’m a Tribal member and I can't even a get
job and non-Indians can come In and get a
job just like that!
2. I applied to go to school. I have three-
children—and I was only granted $500. For
three months. It was only enough for one
month!
3. “ Why” In this world do we pay fop posi­
tions. Just to drive to work and to go to lunch!
When I can’t even afford gas or food to try to
even get a job?
4. Can’t understand why Tribal Council
doesn’t understand—Maybe In years to come
when they are on this side of the fence—Then
they will realize what It Is like!
1. Sealing on budget.
2. Tribal member replacing non-Indians at
20 percent a year until all Tribal members
who want to be employed are employed.
3. Have a General Council meeting at end
of fiscal year to have evaluation of all pro­
grams funded by the tribe, including enter­
prise after evaluation can start planning for
next years budget.
4. If budget Is voted down, propose bonus
to last all tribal members until new budget Is
approved.
The tribal people haven’t had a raise In pay
in over th ree years. How many times have the
managers wrote themselves a raise?
Why did the tribe hire so many managers?
Ken did the same job all by himself for his
money.
Why has the Tribe hired so many police
officers?
Why aren't jobs being advertised—Instead
they choose a friend and put them Into posi­
tions without giving the people a chance to
apply? Why wasn’t a Indian trained In Early
Childhood, hired Into that position—Such as
Celia Greene and Barbara Poncho.
Headstart-Day Care staff threatened be­
cause they have parents on Tribal Council.
Unfair treatment...
Someone asked if anyone was going to ask
the tribal member employee’s who are In
management, If they want to say anything?
(a) Police Department, federal monies to
build tribal dollars—Keep It going—spon­
soring It now.
(b) Monies from the management cut, not
from the working people down below man­
agement.
(c) Hiring Policy.
(d) Police department policies on harass-
ments.
(e) Education.
(() Timber-tree planting—Outside contrac­
tors.
(g) Is there a need for a air craft?
(h) Training of people—entry level skills.
What skills do our tribal members possess.
Who has skills in those areas? Economics,
Resources.
(I) Fiscal and Control Manager should have
a plan, a mission statement on how our
money can be a profit, used for the better­
ment of tribe and people.
(k) Employment—Policies on Indian pref­
erence. Why did we drift away from this policy
of Indian preference?
1) Too much authority given to manage­
ment! No threat of any guidelines to keep
them subject to tribal law or authority. No
control. “ Need to get rid of them.” And put the
capable tribal members into their positions.
2) Cut back on all high paid salaries—
would create a more Increased budget—to
train members on the job.
3) Make sure non-members are removed
and replaced with members and married Into
the tribe.
4) Too much control given to middle man­
agement to hire and create jobs for personal
friends or non-members.
5) Go through Mental Health Branch—Too
many complaints against staff. Not there for
the health of our young people—Our future,
there are many Indians who care for those
kids and would benefit In making them bal­
ance their love to ensure the tribes future.
Loyalty to people—All Council and Man­
agement. Talk for passing of budget without
feeling offended. What are you willing to do If
we pass the budget?
Children and elders will suffer—not passing.
More alcoholism with no jobs—failure—we
don't get back pats. . .Example: Self.
Plan with upper management. To train oth­
ers In all organization. 1. Help recommend
them outside. 2- Bonus If training Is successful.
Bids for outside audit of our record and
spending. Accountability of Management,
I agree to set up committee whether paid or
not. To consider grlevances/concerns/of bud­
get.
Are they afraid they can’t make it on the
outside In their own world?
Logging—Log. plant, help manage resource,
ecology control, balance, train.
Get rid of non-trlbal employees In top man­
agement. Then we will save $ in the long ru n ..
I feel we are being treated like children. We
do act like children and just be seen and npt
heard and I'm glad that someone has chal­
lenged the budget.
My main concern Is: Employment and I also
wonder where is our money going? Why Is
Kah-Nee-Ta getting so much of my money to
keep It going. When we are going In the hole
with that place.
I'm going In the hole with tribal credit to buy
a c a rfo r my job with Utilities and I use my car
every day sometimes 56 miles a day^-some
days 105 at 26<F a mile. At this price It does not
pay for the maintenance of my P/U. I've asked
for a tribal vehicle the other day and was told
no. I’d say there are seven tribal members
employed by Utilities and the rest are non-
Indlans/non-trlbal whcrdo drive tribal cars
and also get paid to and from work. Replace
non-Indians with Indian members.
1. Form a committee, like Uren Leonard
suggested.
2. Stop the employment of untribal members,
now.
3. Employ tribal members only.
4. Put a wage limit in tribal employment
(something sensible).
5. Build Trade School in “ 1986."
6. Cut Forest Products speed down to a
normal place.
7. Change “ Tribal Council" election system
from districts to a general election as a whole.
8. Build budget on a weak points: Example:
List of needs first, (a) Homes, (b) jobs, (c)
hospital, (d) trade school, (e) off reservation
business for our people.
5. Education—Do not permit or allow the
payment of their non-Indians for classes or
training. Any monies for training or classes
should only be for tribal members.
Kah-Nee-Ta—Either shut down completely
or turn It into a treatment center and/or nurs­
ing home for tribal members, and maybe the
rich people.
1. Reduction of Top management power
over policy setting and money spending.
Reduce Nepotism by management personnel.
2. Adoption and implementation of employ­
ment policies that promote tribal member
employment in all levels.
3. Limits on length of time for training for
advancement of Tribal member’s and replace­
ment of non tribal member’s In level jobs.
More control and planning in development.
4. Change In budget voting—For tribal
member Input. Prlorto Council vote. Depart­
ment by Department, rather than on budget
as a whole.
5. Disclosure of more specific info. Re:
Budget—Salaries, Operating budget, person­
nel, training plans. Expenses that are pur­
chase orders on a monthly basis.
6. Reduce amount of time spent In justify­
ing and making excuses for keeping man­
agement personnel. And increase amount of
time and energy In developing good plans for
the tribal members.
Need to come up with something positive,
(a) Working committee to work on Alternative
solutions, (b) How high do we want that
budget to go? (c) Evaluation, explain to the
membership, what accomplishments were
made during the year, (d) Has to be done by
the tribal membership.
I am willing to help the Council In organiz­
ing and dispursement of necessary paper­
work. I will Contribute my free time for the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
Consider putting some of the unemployed
tribal members to work, on a volunteer basis
to occupy their free time. Search out volun­
teers. I am sure there are many that want to
further the progress of the Tribes.
Unemployment: Troubles me a great deal!
I’ve thought about a daily pay for people who
come to the office every day looking for work.
Can't a system be worked out where depart­
ments needing help go to the offices and get­
ting employees or worker’s for the days?
Don’t you think- It would be a little help for our
unemployed?
Health and Welfare department—Why are
some people denied certain programs. Like
my mother Is a Sr. Citizen, an Invalid, and
lives on a fixed Income. She needs help with
things In her home and she always has a hard
time with welfare department. Like fire and
safety condemned her wood stove, so she
askfid helD from welfare, and was told she
could get It herself.
Police—Why are they allowed to search
Into people’s background and it seems that
everyone finds out what someone does.
Need more tribal members hired and trained.
Education—Federal and Tribe, employment,
Housing—Tribe should build, remove top
managers pay, re-open Rehab.
We should have the budgets from the past
ten year’s to the present audited, to look at
our accomplishments and our losses. From
each department and along with Kah-Nee-Ta
and WSFPI. Audit by our own people. I know
of ten people that have education and skills to
do this. I think they could use the money that
you dish outto non-tribal people. Why I say to
the past ten years Is because the school you
send us to In Madras said you learn from your
history mistake’s. I know of a few reserva­
tion’s that have their own high school and
college’s also training center’s for our people
and kid’s and grand kid’s.
Why couldn’t we the people just vote for
only the necessary things that the people
really need. Such as education, health, employ­
ment, forest products. . .The very things that
will help the people help themselves. It seems
when we the people get that needed chance,
a change Is sure to take place, surely for the
better. There are a lot of things concerning
the budget that are totally outrageous. Maybe
the Tribal Council needs to review each
department supplementing a request for such
funds a little more closely!
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort needs to employ more
tribal members or close it down and turn It
Into something workable to benefit tribal
members.
Managers need to be made to train know­
ledgeable tribal members to fill their position
within a time limit.
Saw mill Is supporting Madras because
most of our work force Is non-Indian. When
are we going to do something about this?
Children are not directed or encouraged to
train for a position they could fill right here.
Reorganize Police Department and ad.
Unfair employment practices.
Construction—Outside contractors.
Time and Money.
Jobs created for non-trlbal members.
Young tribal members put on temporary
jobs when time and money ran out they are
layed off.
Contempt Court charges are getting out of
hand. There should be some discretion used
by those In a position to mete this out.
I would not want to be In Council’s shoes it
is a big job. No one Infallible. We are prone to
mistakes because we are human. I believe no
one Is above feathering their own nest-because
power, prestige and money breeds Its own
evil.
Delford—mechanic—moved—but could
very well be moved again—because he might
become a thorn in the side of management in
his pursuit to help his people.
Education—Some of us without a job do
need a 100 percent scholarship to fund our
education. The others before myself went to
school, all expenses paid, under a physical
education major. We need doctors, lawyers,
engineers, communicators rather than jail­
ers, janitors perpetual adolescents. The 90’s
are coming and a lot of our younger members
have dropped out of school and will soon be
lost. Will they become the 10 percent that will
populate the jail? The 10 percent written off
as unemployable. Those of us that are willing
and desire to be educated should be allowed
to do so without worrying about finances. I
don’t mean spending carte blanche but within
reason. This would benefit students and allow
them to pursue their goal unhindered. Give us
a chance like you were allowed. Don't freeze
education spending.
Get all the non-Indian police and have less
non tribal Indians, and also the police making
too many trips to Madras. Police making all
their rounds here and leaving the rest of the
reservation open.
Have more jobs open to tribal members.
Union and nonunion.
Have money cut down to top management.
Have helpto our kids that are In school.
Need more help from the public health,
more help from the dental department, also.
Need medical Insurance for all tribal mem­
bers also life Insurance.
Please let's get this tribe back together so
we can live as one tribe or tribes.
Can we put to vote to have an all Indian
Tribal Police?
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1. What happened to tribal police? They
don't look Indian to me. We should have all
Indian police force. Why don’t we stop the
police abuse. Why do we get all the rejects
(police employees).
2. Always passing tribal car's on roads, see­
ing on road’s or shopping.
Do we get answers to these questions?
1 .1 feel that there should not be reorganiza­
tion again—Main concern Is why do away
with Personnel. Where would control be?
Probably In the hands of the non-Indians or
person who would not care if a tribal member
got a job or not. (Now we are either not quali­
fied or under qualified).
2. Get rid of non Indian, non-tribai top ece-
lan. M anagement, C o n s u lta n t’s—asi in
spending.
3. Police Department should be all Indian—
maybe voted In by the people and for the
people. (Justice Services Department).
4. Court Judges.
To many non-tribal peoples working on
reservation, return jobs to people,
(Independent) Audit—tribal records, start
with 1974.
Close Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, open Kah-Nee-
Ta Indian school or hospital.
Open toll booths at reservation lines and
begin to stop all logging.
Return police position to people.
Understand that Warm Springs Reserva­
tion Is one of two closed reservations In
nation. Other Is Red Lake Minnesota—they
make their own license plates.
Police Department we should have Indian
people on police. All people knew who and
where we live. But, non-Indian police don't.
We do not need a Consultant, we put coun­
cil to do that for us.
To much money paid to top management.
Give top management one year notice of
termination.
Give non-Indian Managers and supervisors
one year notice of termination.
Hire tribal members at all top jobs, self-
determination.
Give Tribal Council back their authority
and a raise to Incentive (a salary).
Lower management pay—set salary can’t
go beyond this amount.
Don’t pour more money Into Kah-Nee-Ta,
close it down—until decision Is made what to
do with it.
Train tribal members for non-trlbal super­
visor’s job, no more than three years! Then let
tribal member take over.
Crack down on consultants! Need good
reason—all staff Involved.
All staff Involved in budget—not only 2-3'
persons—at least we would have an idea on
how much we’ll be getting.
If problem with supervisor—have group
formed who we can talk to without getting
Into trouble (going over supervisors head) to
next In command. Instead of us getting threa­
tened with “ If your dissatisfied then go get
another job or “then quit.”
Don’t do away with personnel department.
Don’t look at Degrees only—look at expe­
rience In that field, at the persons working in
that field. Supervisors not to play favorites.
Need more stable and uniform policies
properly supported, communicated, under­
stood, and Implemented.
Eliminate conflict of interests In manage­
ment.
Keep centralized employment In the Per­
sonnel Department with a well understood
employment policy.
Eliminate loop holes such as by hiring
consultants.
More communication of tribal affairs (this
has been requested by different people many
times),
CorrlmUnlCate short and long term goals to
the people at least annually and updated at
least annually. The people must be Informed,
Involved In the tribal organizations goals and
objectives.
To many boss at the mill.
No work for Indians.
No school money.
Cutting to much timber.
I’m In agreement with the printed material.
Raise Per Capita $25—$50.00
Bigger Bonus.
I would like to see more Indian tribal mem­
bers working.
Also like to see more new Council members.
And new Indian leader, spiritual ones, in
place of non-Indians.
Also the big shots, not to use credit cards or
to get pay for mileage.
Why do we need a radio station when we
have a newspaper? We could use the money
for things we need like schools.
I think we should have more tribal members
working out at Kah-Nee-Ta, because the
people who come here for vacation wants to
see culture, not guys In suits. That’s what they
come here for Is to get away from guys In
suits.
I think we should have our own Jr. and Sr.
High School, because we could get a better
education like the W.S. Elementary. The only
reason they transferred the 6th grade is be­
cause they were smarter than the ones in
Madras.
Instead of having people from the outside
coming Into train our tribal member, why not
find tribal members who are qualified for the
job, train other tribal members.
Auditors that keep track of our funds, have
family working for the tribe..
I feel that since the petition was enacted
there should be a time to work on parts of the
budget that we disagree on. Not stop the
whole organization and put our tribal members
out of employment for 90 days. Some people
hardly make it on what they are making today.
I feel that at the beginning of the year we
should have our tribal meetings to discuss on
the coming years budget., get our input on
the budget process at that time.
It was a good suggestion to have the man­
agers train a tribal member until the member
knows the job and move on.
Tribe has qualified tribal members to replace
present white managers.
Treat tribal business as business and not
half ass.
Keep politics out business.
Tribal Council, need to be challenged.
Auditor for people.
Initiate tax proposal to non-Indian tribal
smployees:
Use tribal tax to build a high school and Jr.
highschool'.
Revise Personnel Policy. To train tribal
members Into jobs held by non-trlbal mem­
bers.
Include Education and Training for tribal
members to begin working into BIA jobs.
Too much money already going outside to
support the Madras Community, support Tri­
bal members by using the three percent cost
of living to Increase our per capita.
The top management budget should be
closely monitored. The have too much author
rity to spend thousands as they please. Hiring
consultants every way you turn, but. not
using their consultants.
Why should we have to close down the
budget, if the budget does not pass, are we
broke!
The construction contractors ought to be
Investigated. As far as bids are concerned,
who opens and approves the bids?
Retain the Personnel Office.
When'increase of pay to employees give
only to those under $30,000 salary.
Increase per capita to all.
Even an increase of bonus.
Stop foolish spending of monies such as
large traveling groups.
Release non-Indian thats suppose to be
training and still kept on payroll.
Police Department.
Kah-nee-Ta.
Tribal Government.
Employment.
As a tribal member and private business
owner, have been discriminated against,
because we stood up for our rights. Jobs
taken by outsl/de contractors when the law
reads, I as a member has priorities.
Has to live on Food Stamps.
My son can't even get a job, because he has
my last name.
All money should be in all enterprises, Kah-
Nee-Ta budgeted every year and not making
progress for years.
Have no other income, will have to give up
many needed things In our lives, because
hand full of people that can live high on the
hog, while the rest, crumbs.
Managers,
Unemployment of our tribe.
Management—spending (personal, consul­
tants), ethics, hiring, waivers, should be no
waivers.
Construction department—to much “ buy­
ing” power, they hire their own people (non­
members) pay very high bills, amounts not
justified.
Most employees are doing the same job.
Justice Services—should be all Indian force.
Court Judges—should be local Indian.
Law and Order Codes—Amend to protect
our people.
Mismanagement—managers—too power­
ful—no avenues to checks and balance.
Unequal law, Tribal Council meddling In
court business, people have few rights.
Budget too large.
Conflict of interest.
Apathy of Indians, maybe because of no
Input allowed.
No Indian people working at Kah-Nee-Ta
for the tourist that come to see Indians.
Contract hiring, too much.
Open bid to private firms to Audit.
Code of Ethics type committee.
Logging, loggers.
Timber planting training, make sure there
are trees for the future.
Training outside people.
Are management people getting paid to be
at Public meetings? Comp Time?
Plan for non-tribal members to train tribal
members into their positions. Why are they
afraid to train tribal members?
Auditors, relatives, friends, its easy to
change a number.
Tribal employees never acknowledged for
anything done.
Tribal Council, who are you loyal to?
Why do you (Tribal Council) have to go off
(retreat) to discuss problems.
Need policies and a sealing on thè salaries
(increases).
s
Construction department.
Employment,
Court system.
Social Services.
Merit Raise, Increase. Merit raise system go
back Into affect Instead of just a slap in the
face at the end of each year.
Public meetings.
Unemployment.
Court System.
Justice Service.
Fire and Safety station In Slmnasho, need
that 24 hour coverage.
Tribal members advancing In their offices.
Auditors we can trust.
Kah-Nee-Ta employees have first choice at
the furniture replace out their, It’s our money
(tribal dollars) buying it.
Tribal Council: you need to professionally
screen your applicants for the Administrative
positions—specifically Law Enforcement posi­
tions! Backgrounds!
When training plans are Introduced, why
are they for the most part, monitored vaguely
and hardly adhered to?
Why do we need a JSA?
Why are some supervisors allowed to deprive
their employees of their rights?
More attention needs to be paid to the
employee Ideas and the employees be given
credit for what they know!
Need effectively deal with problems super­
visors and the lower level employees for their
opinions.
With the top management salaries amount­
ing to approximately $500,000 (Sec./Treas-
urer, top management, middle management)
would they have the nerve to close down the
tribal operations.
Confidentially Is very stressfully enforced.
Nobody should have to know everybodys
salary, It’s not their business, we are told! Why
not Isn’t this our money?
Include on Amendment to Constitution a
Clause to forego the 90-day waiting period
for the budget; retain clause for future use If
necessary.
Return vote to people.
Install a “one Item veto” on the budget pro­
posed, so the peoples vote can be flexible and
disapproved the part of the budget they dis­
agree with and not the whole budget.
My girls are going to college and have to
support themselves. When I was working I'd .
send them money. Now I’m unemployed, my
employment checks ran out and no money to
pay my bills or send money to my girls. I get
food stamps. Can’t use that for gas or light
bills, rent.
Request resignation of most all non-Indian
employees. We the people can do this toget
her.
Bigger Per Capita—come people live on
just this.
Tribal owned business—(loggers) being
under paid |o r- left out, other contractors
being hired.
Most tribal people being hlred/tralned and
then given the jobs.
More tribal police—not prejudice.
Timber Resources.
Non-Indians that dig into tribal people old
Need to get Tribal members trained In • records to try and get them In trouble.
these forestry positions, where the BI A emplo­
Tribal Council members that really listen,
yees are retiring.
not just be there.
Tax the non-Indian employees.
‘Non-Indiansupervlsor/people getting away
with things, that tribal members don’t/can’t.
Housing.
Accounting department
Non-member having ability to pay a debt
owed to the tribe, through payroll (only tribal
members are suppose to be able to do this).
> Taxation oh non-trlbal people.
Personnel office.
Tribal employment of our own people.
Propertralning facilities.
Replace non-members with tribal members.
Better communication between council and
tribal members.
Budgeting expenses of the Tribal Council.
People In personnel are given a chance to
prove themselves.
Why can’t they give us the same break?
Air crash claims Dibble.
Person on Council, but, still has full-time
job.
See more tribal members working for the
tribe Including the Police Department.
Why do we need consultants for everything
that we already know.
New Council persons.
The people need an audit with Auditors
chosen by the people, but, for this audit, the
tribes’ records need to be collected in one
place—not here and there In management or
the departments. The records must be pro­
tected from distructlon.
Have management checked Into—before
they quit, or get fired and disappear, .but still
get rid of non-Indian managers.
Have time lim it to allow Indian train-
ing/non-lndlan phase out. There are some
non-Indian workers that are an asset to the
tribes and could be good trainers. Get rid of
bankrupt consultants.
If person Is on council—he/she should not
be allowed a position In management or on
Enterprise Boards (Kah-Nee-Ta, W.S.F.P.L,
etc.). Also we need a recall on the council.
Have legitimate job advertising—no more
under the table! .
Kah-Nee-Ta, have been a failure from the
beginning of the year 1974 or since the lodge
has been built. I feel it has failed badly,
because It Is not managed or run by own
Indian people. The tourists come to our reser­
vation to see our Indian people and what we
can do for ourselves and the way we used to
do things to live. When these tourists see only
non-Indians, that discourages the tourism,
because they can go to Inn of the 7th Moun­
tain to see white people work in a resort. Our
resort is a unique resort because it Is on a
reservation. Give our Indian people a chance
to run the resort, terminate all the white peo­
ple and give us the tribal members the jobs.
W.S.F.P.L and Logging, I don’t remember
when our people voted for our mill to have a
union. It Isn’t there for the benefit of our peo­
ple, but, for the protection of the non-Indians
job. I feel that this is our reservation for our
people and our future generatlons.-^Ve can’t
Drotect our n e o nles Inhs when we have to “qo
around” and non-Indian union.
We are running out of our timber fast, long
before we were suppose to. It's time we
stopped allowing non-Indian loggers to Come
In and cut our timber. I believe there are
enough Indian loggers to take care of our
timber and thats all we should worry about In
this time of financiar recession.
This is the 1st time I ever attended a meet­
ing here In Warm Springs. So far all I’ve heard
Is talk of termination and embezzlement and
why we are fighting to save our rights. I don’t
live here, even though I am an enrolled
member. But, I would like to see and Increase
in our bonus, per capita, also, an Increase
Inour Senior Citizens old age pension. I have
children that are at the age where they need
to secure by an Increase. If everyone is com­
plaining about Police Force, the people could
sign a petition to remove all the police force to
hire all Indians.
Comprehensive Plan, Merit Rating Plan
took over this plan.
What was stated on resumes was not true to
the fullest or, completely (bankruptcy's by
one manager in previous jobs).
Enterprises: report annually, semi-annually.
Fixed assets, what are they, no report to the
tribal members.
Tribal vehicles on road, most driven by
non-Indians.
Tribal employees turned out to find other
employment.
Expendible Items.?
Tribal Chairman, Tribal Council members.
Our Chiefs, Tribal Attorney’s and all Upper
Management, Please have extra big ears,
hear me, hear us! Thank You.
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Jerry is survived by one completed a hydroelectric feas-
people. ‘fI x don’t
know how the
loss will be filled. We pray for daughter, Janet; a son, Ted; two ibility study on the White Water
his family and friends,” con- step-daughters, Sue and Deborah; River. He was currently invoked
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four grandchildren; three brothers with Pacific
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eluded Calica.
negotiations
and
water rights
Warm Springs superintend­ and four sisters.
negotiations
with
the state of
ent Bernard Topash stated that
Oregon.
Jerry
served
as an expert
Jerry
was
actively
involved
in
upon hearing about Jerry’s death,
witness
in
all
Pelton
and Round
he was reminded “how quickly many tribal projects on the re- IB----------
our work is going to come to an servation in the many years of Butte proceedings
Jerry will not soon be forgot­
end.” Topash added that Jerry his association with the Tribe.
ten
nor will he ever be replacea­
More
recently,
Jerry
was
work­
“had the well-being of the Tribe
ble.
It’s not often that a person
ing
with
Warm
Springs
Power
uppermost...the reservation and
E
nterprises,
m
onitoring
the
of
such
calibre and merit comes
generations to come will have a
into
one’s
life. Jerry will be
operation
of
the
Pelton
Hydro-
better life because of Jerry |
Speaking on behalf of Jerry ’s electric Project and he had just missed.
family, tribal attorney Dennis
Karnopp said that his family
realizes that “we’re Jerry’s other
family...Jerry had extreme af­
fection and warmth for the Warm
Springs people.” Karnopp con­
cluded, stating, “What Jerry has
done will mean a lot to future
generations.”
Chief N elson W allulatum
stated, “every time you flip the
light switch or pick up the tele­
phone, remember who” it was
who helped get those things
here.
Jerry was born in Idaho May
30, 1915. Jerry and his family
returned to Redlands, Califor­
nia in 1924. Jerry graduated
from Redlands High School in
1932. He received his Bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineer­
ing from Cornell University in
1938. He also completed an
associate course of the Army
Command and General Staff
College.
From 1941 to 1946, Jerry was
a colonel in the U.S. Army Air
Force. He was a signal officer
responsible for the coordination
of communications between the
Army, Navy and U.S. Air Force
in joint operations in New Gui­
nea and Dutch East Indies and
in the Phillipines and Japan.
He received the Legion Merit
Award, the Bronze Star and the
Oak Leaf Cluster.
Jerry was a registered me­
chanical, electrical, civil and ag­
riculture engineer in California
and a registerd electrical engi­
neer in Oregon. Jerry was a
member of the Water Advisory Jerry Dibble, center, was made a “blood brother” o f the Tribe at
Committee of the California Farm the July, 1982 dedication o f the Pelton Hydroelectric project.
Bureau Federation.
D ibble died in a plane crash December 4 near Sacramento,
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