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WE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR-Tribal Council members for the
1986-1989 term took office Monday, May 5. From left to right are
Chief Nelson Wallulatum, Karen
Market analysis updated for
community
In 1974 the first overall econo
mic development program in
Warm Springs introduced the
idea of a community shopping
center in the area. A market
analysis in 1977 presented the
center as being feasible but the
project never reached the imple
mentation stage.
Interest and support for the
shopping center has been increas-
ing over the years and a recent
market analysis by Portland ur
ban land economists Leland
Hobson, based on a community
survey and study of nearby com
munities, show that population
growth and need could support
such a neighborhood shopping
center. It has adequate market
support and will satisfy day-today
living needs of the communi
ty and the convenience needs of
visitors and travelers.
A commercial shopping center
would, also, satisfy economic
policy goals of the community
including improvement of the
local economy, providing addi
tional job opportunities, provid
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statistics reieasea by tne Mater-
nal and Child Health Program
shows that 1985 was another
banner year for births. Kathleen
Moses, Program Director re
ported that 110 children born
this past year to mothers who
reside on the Reservation. This
figure is the same as 1984 when
1 10 births were also recorded. It
appears that the trend is for the
birth rate to increase due to the
young population that is starting
to reach child bearing age. While
it appears the number of children
in each family is HetTeasinaanH
overall families are smaller, there
are more families, but they are
having fewer children. This seems
to correspona to irenas occurring
Nationally, but is happening in
a delayed or slower process in
Warm Springs. The age distribu
tion of the mothers and percen
tage of children born to the age
group are as follows:
17 yrs. & under 6
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Wallulatum, Rtta Squiemphen,
shopping center
ing individual business opportu
nities and decreasing the drain
of dollars from the reservation.
It has been estimated that
reservation residents spent $4.9
million in 1985 on goods and
services in other market locations.
Sixty-three percent of those retail
dollars could be recaptured with
a shopping facility offering a
diversified line, according to the
market report.
Population increases in Jeffer
son County and the Warm
Springs area indicated that a
shopping center could be sup
ported. In 1 970 the county showed
a population of 8,550. By 1985
it reached 1 2,500 and is estimated
to arrive at 14,000 by 1990.
Warm Springs in 1970 had 1,826
residents. In 1985 the population
was 2,800 and should reach
3,300 bv 1990.
Stores which are recommended
by Leland and Hobson include
a large grocery store,
hardware sporting goods store,
beauty and barber shops, a bank,
laundromat and dry cleaners. Also
18 vrs. to 22 vrs. 39
23 yrs. to 27 yrs. 30
28 yrs. to 34 yrs. 19
35 yrs. & older 6
The number of children to
tribal member mothers were 74
and non-tribal mother were 36.
The maritial status of the mothers
59 married mothers, 42 single
mothers (including 21 teenage
mothers) and nine divorced
mothers. It is expected that 1 986
will be another banner year for
babies in Warm Springs.
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The annual Mother's Day
Breakfast sponsored by the 4-H
leaders association will be held
May II, from 8:30 to 1 1 :30a.m.
Cost is $2.50 each and $ 1 .00 for
pre-schoolers. Location is the
Community Center.
WARM SPRINGS,
Ellen Johnson, Zane Jackson,
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and Chief Delvis Heath
included in the plan could be a
fabric-sewing center, catalog
store, radio and television repair
shop and a shoe repair shop.
Of the two locations discussed
for the site of a shopping center
the campus area proves to be
most economically feasible. A
flood plain located on Highway
26 near milepost 104 was rejected
because of the expenditure
involved in filling the area. The
campus site at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Highway and Highway 26 junc
tion would provide accessibility
and convenience along with al
ready supplying trees for land
scaping and the town center
feeling.
A total of 73,500 square feet
of land is recommended for the
shopping center buildings inclu
ding 28,000 square feet for a
supermarket (three times the
size of the present Macy's), 32,200
square feet for the common
area. Total acreage including
landscape area and parking is
5.63 acres.
Many considerations accom-
nonir At;plnnmAnt rf a c -rv
ping mall ranging from the impor
uaiiT int. uv vivuiiivui ji a juuu
tance of incorporating Macy's
Market into the complex to
prevent competing markets to
the question of whether or not
alcohol should be sold. Its exclu
sion would reduce gross business
potential by as much as 20
percent. Professional manage
ment is also critical to the
overall success of the shopping
center for achievement of com
munity goals.
Tribal Council will soon be
reviewing the shopping center
plan and market analysis, explains
Warm Springs planning director
Ray Rangila. If Tribal Council
views the center as being feasible
preliminary plans and estimated
hard costs must be developed
along with determining how the
center will be financed and
managed.
Community members w ishing
to review in detail the Warm
Springs neighborhood shopping
center analysis will find copies
at the Warm Springs planning
office.
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Mickey Brunoe, ttaroia uipus
Apportionment a matter
"Apportionment is an internal
matter for the people'to decide,
it is their choice and not one to
be made by Congress of the
Department of the Interior,"
stated University of Oregon Law
professor Charles Wilkinson who
was in Warm Springs April 29
to give legal background on the
subject. Wilkenson was called
upon by the Education Commit
tee and Tribal Council to help
explain apportionment due to
his familiarity with the 1855
treaty, the Wheeler-Howard Act
and the Warm Springs Constitu
tion and By-Laws.
Wilkenson explained that "no
other tribe in the United States
has an apportionment clause
quite like the Warm Springs
tribes." And the Tribe has held
on to a tradition that no other
tribe or government in the United
States uses in selecting a person
to serve as chief for a lifetime.
The three districts on the reser
vation basically represent the
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Filming coming to close
The Friendship Corner restaurant operated by A rt and Billy Joe McConnville was the location of
recent filming of "From Oregon With Love". Fuji Broadcasting will complete filming of this segment
by the end of this week. The crew will be returning to Japan after spending nearly a month in the area.
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New council
The newest Warm Springs
Tribal Council took office
Monday, May 5 as Warm Springs
B urea u of I nd ia n A ffa i rs su pe ri n
tendent Bernard Topash con
ducted swearing-in ceremonies
in the Council chambers. All
but one of the new Council
persons, Mickey Brunoe, have
sat at the oak table and governed
tribal affairs in the past.
Following the swearing-in, mem
bers of Council selected Zane
Jackson as chairman. He will
serve in that capacity for the
next three years. Council also
selected Larry Calica to continue
as acting secretary treasurer until
Proclamation
A proclamation was issued
by Oregon State Governor Vic
Atiyeh designating May 18-24
as American Indian Week. His
statement reads:
"In Oregon and throughout
the Pacific Northwest, the excep
tionally rich expression of
American Indian cultures is ever
present. It exists in the unique
comDOsition of Northwest art
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forms ,n the names 0f many 0f
our cities, counties, lakes and
three tribes which constitute the
Confederated Tribes, the Warm
Springs at Simnasho, the Wascos
at the Agency and the Paiutes at
Seekseequa. Each district has a
chief and elected representative
who all sit on Council.
Wilkenson pointed out that
the present system does not give
each person's vote equal weight
if a person compares the percen
tage of voters in each district
with the percentage of representa
tives they have on Council.
The Agency District is com
prised of approximately 820
voters, or 58 percent of the total
eligible voters. With four officials
on Council, the Agency District
has 36 percent of the representa
tion. The Simnasho District also
has four Council members and
36 percent of the voting power.
There are approximately 456
voters or 32 percent of the eligible
voters in their district. Seekseequa
District, with three council mem
bers, has 27 percent of the voting
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MAY 9, 1986
takes office
after the May 20 election between
Janice Clements and Delbert
Frank, Sr. At that time. Council
will make permanent the acting
secretary treasurer appointment
and select the first and second
vice-chairmen positions.
Sworn in from the Agency
District were Mickey Brunoe.
Zane Jackson, Rita Squiemphen
and chief Nelson Wallulatum.
Sworn in from the Seekseequa
District were Ellen Johnson and
Karen Wallulatum. Harold
Culpus and chief Delvis Heath
were sworn in from the Simnasho
District. Olney Patt, Sr. was not
present for the ceremonies.
issued by Atiyeh
rivers, and in the enduring spirit
of American Indian people.
"While American Indians have
made important and innovative
contributions in education, busi
ness and government institutions
in our state, the historical and
cultural contributions are perhaps
those best remembered. The
reverence American Indians
possess for their cultural heritage
inspires in non-Indians an a ware
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for the people
power on Council. There are
1 1 1 eligible voters in the district,
constituting eight percent of the
total number of voters on the
reservation.
Statistics show that the three
Seekseequa Council persons re
present 111 voters while the
four Agency Council members
represent 820 voters from the
District. Wilkenson said he could
understand the obvious concern
among Agency voters as they
comprise over 50 percent of the
voting population.
Wilkenson stressed that appor
tionment is an issue that should
be decided by Warm Springs
people, not an outside court. In
his opinion, Warm Springs is
not required by any outside law
to have any other form of govern
ment than what is presently used
at Warm Springs and he didn't
think that federal courts would
address the issue because it is a
question of civil rights. The
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