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Warm S primes News
VOL.11 NO. 9
Referendum issues
discussed at meeting
The second of two general
council meetings called to discuss
the April 29 referendum issues
was held April 22 at the Agency
Longhouse. Tribal members had
numerous questions concerning
the proposed western wear appa
rel factory and basically agreed
that the $6 million scholarship
trust fund and the $5 million
senior citizen's trust funds were
something that should have been
done sooner.
Tribal voters will be asked in
the April 29 referendum to decide
whether the Tribe can "appro
priate the sum of $400,000 and
"borrow not to exceed $750,000
for the purpose of buying, con
structing, equipping and ope
rating a garment manufacturing
facility to be located in the
former Tektronix building. Total
cost of the facility is $ 1 . 1 million.
Part of those expenses are ex
pected to be offset by a $250,000
HUD Community Development
Block Grant.
The Western Wear Factory
could eventually employ 57 peo
ple, 55 of whom would be tribal
members or married into the
tribe. The plant manager and
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Changes in tribal scholarship program proposed
Proposed changes in the cur
rent tribal scholarship program
were recently presented to Tribal
Council by Education, Training
and Employment Manager
Charles "Jody" Calica. The
changes are intended to "stretch
our money to meet as many
needs of our people as possible,"
said Calica.
Through research it was disco
vered that there are currently
1,002 tribal members between
the ages of 19 and 37. Seventy
of those are currently enrolled
in either college or vocational
education programs. The stu
dents' average age is 26.5. The
average scholarship award is
approximately $2,000. per student
per term.
The tribal education commit
tee, said Calica, has, for a number
of years, tried "to resolve issues
concerning the scholarship pro
gram." One issue in particular is
that of determining if higher
education is a "privilege" and
that "students are expected to
contribute funds to their educa
tion." Currently, the Tribes cover
all books, tuition and fees for
each student. The Tribes cover
60 percent of each student's
living costs after grants and
other need-based awards are
received. Students are required
to pay 40 percent of their living
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mechanic, from Denver Manu
facturing, would train two tribal
members to take their jobs after
two years. Most of the jobs
would entail sewing and would
offer full-time, year' round em
ployment. After a six-month
training period, the base hourly
piece-rate would be between $3.60
and $4.00 which would be based
on a productivity percentage.
People producing at a higher
rate than the base productivity
rate would be paid accordingly.
The proposed agreement
between the Tribe and Denver
Manufacturing states that the
Tribe would provide the labor
force, building and equipment.
Denver Manufacturing would
provide the management,
training, sales, design and adver
tising. The profits would be
shared among the Tribe, Denver
Manufacturing and the emplo
yees. The profit sharing is pro
posed as a way to increase pro
ductivity among the employees
and increase the plant's profits.
The reservation unemployment
rate ranges between 20 percent
in the summer to 40 percent
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costs, earned scholarships or
awards will be counted towards
the students contribution.
Calica said that very little has
been done to assess students'
capabilities to determine their
interests, aptitude or academic
skills. As a result, it (higher
education program) has been a
very high risk, high cost opera
tion." An assessment center has
been developed through Central
Oregon Community College and
is now being used to screen
students and help plan their
academic programs.
To reduce those costs, it has
been proposed to "incorporate
higher academic standards for
automatic eligibility." A student
will be required to have a 3.0
grade point average (GPA). The
current average GPA among
Warm Springs students is below
1.80. If a student is not able to
meet this requirement and shows
that basic skills are deficient,
the student will be referred to
the Basic Skills Development
Program arranged through
Central Oregon Community
College. Students will have the
choice of completing this
program in Warm Springs or
on the COCC campus in Bend.
"This will get the student on a
college entry level so thay are
able to succeed in a college
program,"said Calica. He added
in the past 80 percent to 85
percent of college students get
into academic difficulties in the
first year of study.
Another change proposed for
the program is the way in which
scholarships are awarded. If the
proposal is adopted by Tribal
Council, the Tribes wil not subsi
dize a students choice of out-of-state
or private school. The Tribes
will base the amount of scholar
ship awards on the average cost
of public, in-state schools. The
student will be required to pay
for the difference.
One-half of the current stu
dents attend private or out-of-state
schools, and these schools,
says Calica, cost two or three
times more than public or in
state schools. By reducing the
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appropriations, the Tribes will
be able to save money and will
eventually be able to return to
the system of the Tribes paying
80 percent of the living costs
and the students paying 20 per
cent Through these savings, the
Tribes will be able to create a
reserve to initiate a fellowship
program which will be aimed at
trying to encourage students to
go into fields of "high tribal
needs,"such as forestry, natural
resources management areas, law
and medicine. This program would
allow students to go to private
or out-of-state schools to "secure
the highest and best training
possible," said Calica.
Of major concern said Calica,
is the reduction in federal appro
priations education. The Bureau
of Indian Affairs no longer pro
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brought back memories from years gone by. L ooking back Eliza
vides Warm Springs with college
and vocational education funding.
"Education has dropped too
low on their list of priorities,"
said Calica. In 1980, the Tribes
appropriated $35,000 for higher
education. In 1986, $385,000
was allocated. The increase is
due to the lack of federal funds,
more students and escalating
costs.
Also, the Tribes are interested
in returning to the original
concept of ordinance 26 which
outlines and gives specific guide
lines as to how financial assistance
is handled should a student not
successfully complete school. "All
monies are considered loans until
successful completion, of a course
of study," said Calica.
A final draft of the recom
mended program changes is ex
pected to be presented to Tribal
Council by the end of April.
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Letters of protest received
Warm Springs Bureau of Indian
Affairs Superintendent Bernard
Topash received three letters of
protest and objection from tribal
members April 9 concerning the
validity of the April 3 Tribal
Council elections.
One tribal member stated that
an elected Tribal Council member
must live on the reservation in
order to serve. In the same
letter, the tribal member ques
tioned the eligibility of a person(s)
due to a "conviction of a major
crime."
Another tribal member stated
that one candidate was "ineligi
ble" to run for office because of
residency.
In yet another letter, tribal
Kindergarten registration May 19
Kindergarten registration will
take place May 19 at Warm
Springs Elementary in the gym
nasium. Incoming students must
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members stated that the "territory
of. the Tribe includes just the
reservation, not ceded lands,"
and that it is the "prevailing
custom to have elected officials
living in their own district."
There were 20 signatures on the
letter.
Topash ruled that because
the Constitution does not clearly
state that an elected official
must live on the reservation, the
protests objections were disal
lowed. As for the "alleged crimi
nals, "Topash stated that he had
not received documented evidence
that the candidates(s) were in
fact felons, thus invalidating
that claim also.
be five years of age on or before
September 1 , 1 986. A birth certi
ficate and updated immuniza
tions are required for registration.
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