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Besides celebrating retirement after 19 years and seven months
working for the Tribe, A rt and wife, Bernice, celebrate 42 years of
marriage during dinner held March 13 at the A gency Longhouse.
Benefactors of American Indian
artists have provided $1 1,000 in
awards for this year's Red Cloud
Indian Art Show, which opens
June 8 at Pine Ridge, South
Dakota.
Now in its 18th year, the Red
Cloud show is open to all native
American artists Indian,
Eskimo and Aleut 18 years
and older. The show is the largest
of its kind in the nation.
Director of the show, Brother
CM. Simon, stated, "all art
works entered must be for sale,
and each year 40 percent or
more of the works displayed are
sold."
The show is divided into divi
sion I-paintings each artist
may enter three pieces using any
one of the following media in
each, oil, tempra, casein, encaus
tic polymer or acrylic; division 1 I-paints-restricted
to works in wa
ter color, each artist may enter
three pieces; division III-graph-ics-pencil,
pen and ink, craypas,
crayon, wash and charcoal, felt
pen works not acceptable, each
artist may enter three pieces;
division IV-mixed media-for
works using two or more media
in any mixed technique, artist
may enter three pieces and; divi
sion V-three-dimensiona! works-
sculpture, carvings, three-dimensional
works (with the exception
of pottery) in any media, weight
limit 100 lbs., each artist may
enter two pieces.
All works entered must be for
sale,; a fee of 20 percent of the
selling price tor each work sold
will go to the Heritage Center to
defray shipping and exhibits
costs.
No entry fees arc charged and
the show is admission free to
the public, June 8 through Au
gust 10.
Artists wishing to enter works
can obtain entry forms and de
tails by writing to the Heritage
Center, Inc., Red Cloud Indian
School, Pine Ridge, South
Dakota 57770.
Grants available for individual businesses
Indian Financing Act (P.L. 98
449 ) authorized maximum grants
of $100,000 to individual Indians
to assist in finanacing Indian
reservation businesseconomic
development projects. In addi
tion, the amendment increases
the current maximum amount
for similar grants available for
Indian Tribes to $250,000. Begin
ning in FY I986,theamendment
authorizes appropriations not
to exceed $10,000,000 annually
for the Indian Business Develop
ment Grant Program.
The BI A is currently accepting
applications from eligible indiv
idual Indians and Indian Tribes
for equity grants up to twenty
five (25) percent of the total
anticipated project costs. These
grants mav be used for acquisi
tion or expansion of existing
businesses, or to start-up new
businesses that will contribute
to Indian reservation economies.
Prime consideration in reviewing
applications iis profitability of
the proposed business and a
firm commitment of seventy
five (75) percent funding from
other non-federal sources.
Grant applications will be ac
cepted and reviewed by the local
Agency Superintendent and sub
mitted to the Portland Area
Director with appropriate recom
mendation for approval ordisap
proval. Incomplete applications
should not be forwarded to the
Portland Area Office. Technical
assistance is available from both
Agency and Area Offices, to
provide project development and
application assistance. Requests
for such assistance must be in
writing and should be made
through the Agency Office.
Grants will be awarded on a
competitive basis until the funds
are exhausted. The first batch
of applications are scheduled
for review by the Portland Area
Office during the first week of
March, 1986. Approximately $7.9
millionisavailableforawardin
FY 1986, with $4.0 million tenta
tively allocated for Tribal pro
jects and the balance available
for individual Indian projects.
For application information and
forms you should contact the
Reservation Programs Officer
at the Warm Springs Aeencv
office (503553-1121), or tha
Portland Area Business and
Credit Office (503231-6716)
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Mock Council planned for candidates
Following what the organizers
of the "Candidates Night"termed
a "success" another candidates
night is planned for Monday,
various issues that could be
faced by Council for which there
is presently no definite tribal
policy. The mock Council would
March 31 at 7 p.m. tentatively J&cn work together to set a
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arm Springs1 policy. In this manner voters
to be held at the Wa
Elementary School gym
Not all the nominees were
able to attend the last event due
to prior committments.
According to Sapsikw't Tichamki
a local non-profit organization,
a new format will be used at the
March 31 meeting. Candidates
names will be drawn to form a
mock council of 1 1 and the
group will be presented with
policy.
couJd see bow their favorite
candidate works with oth;r mem
bers of a group.
All 29 nominees plus two
write-in candidates have been
invited to attend the evening
meeting. For additional infor
mation contact Nancy at 553
1678 or Pat at 553-1732.
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Grazing applications accepted
Applications are being ac
cepted for irrigated pasture
grazing of horses and cattle on
the Tribal Schoen-Hagen pro
perty. Grazing season will run
from April 15-October 30. '
Applications are available at
Natural Resources' Range and
Agriculture office at the Old
Administration BUilding. Appli
cation deadline is March 25.
Tribal members will be given
Libel investigation continues
An investigation began last
week when copies of allegedly
libelous material were discovered
on several Warm Springs build-
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ings tne morning oi Marcn io.
Copies of tvpewritten state
ments concerning two Tribal
Council members and other tribal
members were found taped to
Macy's Store, the IHS Clinic,
Lost items are expensive
From time to time various
pieces of equipment have been
taken from the Warm Springs
Clinic. These include a number
of surgical instruments, scissors,
clips and other items that are
needed on a regular basis for
patient care. Their worth and
and use outside of the clinic is
limited. These items need to be
repurchased if we are to continue
to provide certain services.
Of particular concern is the
loss of the instrument for listening
for the heart beats of fetuses
during prenatal visits at the
clinic. Over the last several years,
three of these have been removed
from the clinic. The price of one
of these fetuscopes is in excess
of $500.
If anyone has knowledge of
this item it would be greatly
appreciated if they would arrange,
for its return.
the DesChutes Crossing Restau
rant and the Rainbow Market.
It was also reported that at least
one copy was found on a vehicle
while parked at DesChutes
Crossing.
Bureau investigator Jerome
Main and tribal investigator
Oliver Kirk took typewriting
samples of all BIA and tribal
machines. They also have pieces
of tape which was allegedly used
affix the copies to the buildings.
The typewriter samples and tape
were taken to the Oregon State
Crime Lab in Salem for compar
ison and analysis. Both Kirk
and Main stated that there is a
suspect in the case.
'According to' Main, a libel
violation, which is a written
injury to reputation, is a federal
offense. If convicted of the crime,
the person responsible could be
sentenced to prison. "The civil
damages could be devastating," ;
Main added.
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by Nancy Pitt
David Sohappy, Columbia
River Indian Fishermen, will
speak Thursday, April 3, at 7:00
p.m. in the Warm Springs Com
munity Center Headstart room.
He will discuss "Salmon Scam,"
the BIA eviction notices for the
Indian families living in "in-lieu
sites," and his landmark court
case of Sohappy v.s. Oregon.
Brad Burmger, project adminis
trator for the Columbia River
Defense Project, which was
created by the National Lawyers
Guild in 1983, will also be pre
sent. The event is sponsored by
the Warm Spring Speaker Series
under the auspices of Sapsikut'
Tichanki; a non-profit organiza
tion dedicated to the education
opportunities for the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation com
munity. Attorney Russell Barsh will
speak Thursday, April 17 at 7
p.m. in Warm Springs. Barsh,
who specializes in native land
claims in the United States and
Canada, will speak on the
Alaskan Native Claims Settle
ment Act, which he describes as
"the most cleverly disguised
Indian swindle in American
history." He will discuss tribal
membership, corporate sharehol
der rights and responsibilities.
He will present a view of the
social political condition of the
world's indigenous population.
Barsh has just returned from
Photo courtesy oj A lice Jackson oj the t oiumbian.
a session in Geneva of the United
Nations working group in
Indigenous Population, where
he works for the Four Directions
Council. ,
He is a member of the
Washington State Bar Associa
tion; admitted to practice in the
United States Supreme Court,
United States Court of Claims,
Eight and Ninth Circuit Courts
of Appeals. His recent clients
include: Colorado River Indian '
Tribes, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe, Kodiak Area
Native Association.
Barsh is being brought to
Warm Springs for the second
time by the Warm Springs
Speaker Series. Everyone is in
vited. Location to be announced
later.
It is the goal of the Tribe, said
Smith, to create employment
for tribal members, create enter
prises and enhance economic
development on the reservation.
A referendum on the garment
factory, $5 million scholarship
trust fund and a $5 million
senior citizen's pension trust fund
will be held April 29. More
information will be offered in
future issues of Spilyay.
Spilyay Ty moo Staff
MANAGING EDITOR Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend
PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER '. . Marsha Shewczyk
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER ... , Pat Leno-Baker
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BURNING TO LEARN The Warm Springs BIA and Fire and
Safety joined forces to eliminate another problem home. The BIA
will be going out of the house rental business and will retain only a
few homes. They offered the excess homes to the Tribes, in some
cases the Tribes felt much like the BIA in that getting a house up to
the federal housing standards would cost more than the building
was worth. The house located on Wasco Street had been known us
the EarTs home and in the 40s as the A ckinson 's home. So for some
people the house was a "home of memories. "For the firemen U was
another practice drill on fire techniques.