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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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