i ( SPILYAY TYMOO Pape 2 February 14, 1986 Bolton leave for D.C. "It was a hard decision to make," stated Bob Bolton, assis tant for management of Timber Sales Administration for the Warm Springs Bureau of Indian .1 ! ; . V : i ' . X ! - '' X .V' 'v . Reflecting on the past 23 years he spent in Warm Springs working in the Bureau of Indian A fairs forestry department, he stated he will miss the people of Warm Springs. HEAP grants extended Central Oregon Community ction Agency (COCAAN) was informed by the Department of Health and Human Services that the State of Oregon will not receive any funding cuts in the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) this year. COCAAN was allocated $924,475 for the tri-county area. Of this allocation, $50,000 is still available to low income persons who have not applied since November 15, 1985. To be eligible for a LIEAP payment incomes, after medical dedications, must be within the following guidelines: one person anaaement and supervisor There is much controversy and confusion in the non-Indian society in regards to the Treaty of 1855, between the United States Government and the Confederated Mid-Oregon Bands and Tribes of Indians. At a management workshop held at Kah-Nee-Ta February 6, Dennis Karnopp, tribal attor ney, was on hand to address the group in regards to the treaty, defining certain details in the treaty that are not clear and misinterpreted among the non Indians. Using a copy of the treaty Karnopp spoke in detail of the language used and condi tions that were agreed upon at that time. What is mis-understood and misleading that causes all the confusion is the term, "The United States of America, gave SpIIyay Tymoo Staff MANAGING EDITOR Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Pat Leno-Baker TYPESETTERCIRCULATION Priscllla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribesof the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written mate rial to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs. Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285 or 321 and the Darkroom Ext. 286. Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year Affairs office in answer to his taking a new job in Washington D.C. Bolton left for his new job this month. He will be the assistant Area Forester for the Eastern StpUyf Tymat pkou by Lno-Uktr $6563; two person household $8813; for each additional $2250 to the income. Applications are being taken at the following locations: Bend Armory, 204 N W Kansas, Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 389-3323. Madras Mobile, 1191 North Highway 26 1 mile, North of Safeway on Depot Road, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 475-7103. LaPine I & R, 16464 William Foss Rd, M onday and Thursday 1 :00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Tues day, Wednesday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 536-3207. Prineville Senior Center, 180 the Indians land for a reserva tion." However, it was the Indians who gave to the United States of America a huge sum of land providing. . . The articles of government and convention made and con cluded at Wasco, near The Dalles of the Columbia River, in Oregon Territory, by Joel Palmer, superin tendent of Indian Affairs, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and head-men of the Confederated Tribes and bands of Indians, residing in Middle Oregon, they being duly authorized there to by their respective bands, to wit: Symtus tus, Locks-quis-sa, Shick-a-me, and Kuck-up, chiefs of the Tai or Upper De Chutes Band of Walla-Walla; Stocketly and Iso, chiefs of the Wyam or Lower De Chutes band of Walla Wallas; Area. That office is located in Arlington, Virginia. "I like the people here at Warm Springs and I like this area but I felt it was time for a change and so I applied for the position," said Bolton. He reflected on the 23 years spent at Warm Springs, "Working here at Warm Springs has been a pleasure because of the people, the country, the tribal and BIA employees. Bolton transferred to Warm Springs from the Umatilla reser vation in 1962 with his family. He had worked at that reservation for three years. In the past 23 years he was able to note many changes on the reservation but the one event that he recalls as having a great impact on the area and its people was the flood of 1964. It ended the era of the mill having housing for its employees. Another change he witnessed through the years has been the planning that the Tribe has put into the use of their lands and resources. The Tribe has put into use the idea of preserving the reservation for future generations. Feeling as he does about Warm Springs could raise the question just why he is leaving since he has "made a nitch for himself in Warm Springs. Bolton said there is one area of the United States that he has not traveled in a great deal and that is the southeastern part and that is where he will be living and working. Bolton stated, "Oregon is my home and I will be back." No Belknap, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 447-6835. Redmond Senior Center, 835 E Hwy 126, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 548-8817. Warm Springs, Vern Jackson Home, Monday, Wednesdays and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 553-1161, ext. 291. Verification of all household income, on electric bill, account number of the heat supplier, social security numbers and proof of paid medical deduction must be brought when applying. Yise, Chief of the Dock Spus or John Day s Kiver Dana oi waua Wallas; Maek, William Chinook, Cus-kella, chiefs of the Dalles band of the Wascoes; Toh-simph, chief of the Ki-gal-twal band of Wascoes; and Wal-la-chin, chief of Dog River band of Wascoes. Article I. The above-named Confederated bands of Indians ceded to the United States all their right, title, and claim to all and every part of the country claimed by them, included in the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing in the middle of the Columbia River, at the Cascade Falls, and running thence southerly to the summit of the Cascade Mountains; thence along said summit to the forty-fourth parallel of north latitude; thence east on that parallel to the summit of the Blue Mountains, or the western boundary of the Sho-sho-ne or snake country' thence down said stream to its junction with the Columbia River to the place of beginning. Providing, however, that so much of the country described above as is contained in the following bounda ries, shall, until otherwise directed by the President of the United States, be set apart as a residence for said Indians, which tract for the purposes contemplated shall be held and regarded as an Indian reservation, to wit: Commencing in the middle of the channel of the De Chutes River opposite the eastern termi nation of a range of high lands usually known as the Mutton Mountains; thence westerly to the summit of said range, along the divide to its connection with the Cascade Mountains; thence to the summit of said mountains; thence southerly to Mount Jefferson, thence down the main branch of De Chutes River, heading in this peak, to its junc tion with De Chutes; and thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the place of Wafer quantity defined Water for the future is an important concern throughout the nation, the state and on the reservation. Water rights chal lenges are often times in the courts with both winners and losers. A major problem with water rights is the assumption that water will always be available for use. There is thought to be little need to record water holdings. Looking at past battles over water rights and water use the Warm Springs Tribe decided it was necessary to define their rights and to quantify the amount of the water contributed to the Deschutes River water system by the reservation. The Tribe received a grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1985 to fund several projects involving data collection for wa ter quantification. The $279,000 grant will be utilized over a one year period. ""jjP " 12-2 1 '3.01' : 9 - ' " 7 "i 6- " .5.-1 . sty 3 I . -J 2 -5 " ' ' 4t A :1s IE - " Flow level is measured with the use of placed measuring sticks. m-tmr.." - - Some people have believed blow ing a trumpet can bring rain. workshop beginning. All of which tract shall be set apart, ana, so iar as necessary, surveyed and marked out for their exclusive use; nor shall any white person be permit ted to reside upon the same without the concurrent permis- sion of the agent and superinten dent. The said bands and tribes agree to remove to and settle upon the same within one year after the ratification of this treaty, without any additional expense to the United States other than is provided for by this treaty; and, until the expiration of the time specified, the said bands shall be permitted to occupy Lorry Calico, Acting Secretary Tribes of n arm springs, gtving plan oi the workshop. . ft ft ! ""T f ; :':o'.'ft ' -ft '' ftw-- fft :. - -ft -ft ft -V - -ft . : ft ft- . I J W . . V-ftsft.:. ' .' 41"'.' : ' ! - ," " , , ri Part of the grant money pro vides funding for a U.S. Geologi cal survey team which will mea sure underground water, putting a value on the water contributed to the Deschutes River from the reservation. The team began its work in May, 1985. A flow meter will be installed at Seekseequa Creek to provide data on a continuous basis. Flow quantify and quality for all streams on the reservation is being measured by a two-member crew, Buzzy Scott and Hobo Patt. The two will, also, be measuring water quality and quantity of wells on the reserva ,'' w , u v 1 r If: j JJ: '.'.'..W tf. m P . t J:f' t T mJ t r r f ' - Buzzy Scott records data after taking water quality tests at Seekseequa Creek. Other tests for rate of flow and purity are conducted during the monthly visits to each of 32 sites. heldatKah-Nee-Ta and reside upon the tracts now possessed by them, guaranteeing to all white citizens the right to enter upon and occupy as settlers any lands not included in said reservation, and not actually enclosed by said Indians. Provided however, that prior to the removal of said Indians to said reservation, and before any improvements contemplated by this treaty shall have been commenced, that if the three principal bands, to wit: The Wascopum, Tia, or Upper De Chutes, and the Lower De Chutes bands of Walla Wallas shall express in council, a desire that some other reservation may be selected for them, that the Treasurer for the Confederated m nmaown on mc innfwit tion. Water users will be inter viewed to be determine their invididual water rights based on the Warm Springs water code. A study on several small Warm Springs streams will be conducted to see if these streams are used as habitat by anadramous fish. Data collected in the water quantification study will be uti lized for management purposes and added to already existing information, explains Warm Springs watermaster Deepak Sehgal. The data will be useful in any future, negotiations with the state regarding tribal water rights. three bands names may select each three persons of their respec tive bands, who with the superin tendent of Indian Affairs or agent, as may by him be directed, shall proceed to examine, and if another location can selected, better suited to the condition and wants of said Indians, that is unoccupied by the whites, and upon which the board of commissioners thus selected may agree, the same shall be declared a reservation for said Indians, instead of the tract named in this treaty. Provided, also, that the exclusive right of taking fish in the streams running through and bordering said reservation is hereby secured to said Indians; and at all other usual and ac customed stations, in common with citizens of the United States, and of erecting suitable houses for curing the same; also the privilege of hunting, gathering roots and berries, and pasturing their stock on unclaimed lands, in common with citizens, is secured to them. And provided,, also, that if any band or bands of Indians, residing in and claim ing any portion or portions of the country in this article, shall not accede to the terms of this treaty, then the bands becoming parties hereunto agree to receive such part of the several other payments herein named as a consideration for the entire country described as aforesaid as shall be in the proportion that their aggregate number may have to the whole number of Indians residing in and claiming the entire country aforesaid, u consideration and payment in full for the tracts in said country claimed by them. And provided, also that where substantial im provements have been made by any members of the bands being parties to this treaty, who ire compelled to abandon them ta I J , . C (TV Continoed o pO 4