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j December 5,1986 Warm spkincs, okkko.n 97761 SlMLYAY TYMOO V-v j . i . . . Ki- . ( ' ' - -v-' ; V - ."3J 'V J ' ' . .v ; : U lrv-"" - . .... . -C-" -V - . . i-a i - " , ' " . . . , ,. ft " - ' ' - - -- - .....J.. , .. I- .u - .1 f arm Springs utility department personnel erected the community's 35-foot Christmas tree located on campus. A lighting ceremony will take place Thursday December 4 at 6:30 p.m. UIDA raises $91 million The United Indian Development Association (UIDA), the nation's oldest and largest Indian Business and Economic Development. UIDA, a proven leader in Indian Business and Economic Development has, during the past 17 years, raised Letter to the To the People, Tribal Council members attended several meetings during the month of November. On November 5 we met with officials of First Inter state Bank on an informal basis. We met with state and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials to discuss water negotiations and also attended a water rights conference in Utah. On November 24, Council members attended the State Water Commis sion hearings in Salem where they discussed fjure "plans and activi ties. On November 25, we met with Pacif Northwest Bell officials con cerning telephone service. Committee appointments were made November 1 7. Council is also seeking a non-tribal member to fill a vacant seat on the Kah-Nee-Ta Board of Directors. We are continuing work with Warm Springs Forest Products Industries on the small log prop osal. There have been no decisions made on the operation. We are requesting additional information and still looking it over. We recently appointed a special committee to review the youth ser vices programs. The ad hoc com mittee consists of Reverend Allen Elston, Reverend Rick Ribieroand Edith Danzuka. It was proposed recently that the BIA branch of Forestry be reor ganized and separated from the BIA. We requested the assistant secretary of the interior to keep the program the way it is. BIA has decided not to make any changes in the current program. Building permits required The friendly Inspections and Permits department wishes to remind all Tribal Members planning to construct, repair, remodel or move their home or mobile home a tribal permit is required. The application for the permit is the responsibility of the individual tribal member or hisher contractor. The on going inspection process is also the respon sibility of the individual tribal mem Spnflysay KpUavay Tvmoo 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 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Offices are located in the Old Administration Building at 2126 Warm Springs Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. BOX 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone: 553-1644 or 553-1161, darkroom can be reached at 553 Subscription rate Within the U.S. Outside U.S. more than $91 million in financing and contracts for American Indian enterprises, throughout the United States and Canada. The Center, funded through a contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will provide technical assist- People We recently joined the Central Oregon Economic Development Council (COEDC). The purpose of COEDC is to promote economic development in central Oregon, to coordinate efforts in development and provide umbrella marketing of the resources available here and to orchestrate communications among communities in central Oregon. The Tribe will be involved with an appreciation dinner for Gover nor Vic Atiyeh. The event will be coordinated through the Oregon Commission of Indian Services with other Oregon tribes. We are anticipating a December 22 visitation by our lobbyist Mark Phillips who will capsulize the acti vities of the 99th Congress. He will also strategize the 100th Congress and the future. Apparently, the attitude towards Indians ischanging. We will be having the annual chairman's meeting for Tribal Council and committee members December 1 2 in Portland. On Decem- ber 1 9, we will honor Paul Sanders, former chairman of the WSFPI board of directors with a dinner at Rippling River Resort. Regretfully, we must mention the death of long-time friend of the Tribe, former representative Al Ullman. We were saddened by the sudden death of first vice-chairman of tribal council Harold Culpus. Delbert Frank, Sr. was sworn in November 10 to replace Harold. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Respectfully submitted, Tribal Council ber of his her contractor. To assure a prompt inspection of your pro ject a 24 hour notification is required. This can be done by coming in and filling out the tribal inspection request form at the friendly Facil ity Management office located in the Bureau of Indian Affairs sec tion of the Tenino Administration Building between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. TTynniKO ext. 274, 285 or 321. The - 1161, ext. 286 $6.00 per year $12.00 per year ance to business projects on or near reservations. Funding levels for this unique program require that priority be given to projects that are beyond the feasibility stage and which will produce the highest levels of Indian employment. The Center performs market, financial, management and techni cal services designed to assist reser vation businesses get started or expand, thus creating jobs for tri bal members. Tribes orindividuals seeking assist ance from the Center should for ward a formal written request to: National Center for American Indian Business and Economic Develop ment, co United Indian Devel opment Association, 9650 Flair Drive, Suite 303, El Monte, Cali fornia 91731. The request should include: tri bal resolutions, project description, status report, the specific form ofr assistance needed. The Center's toll free number is (800) 423-0452 or call UIDA is (818) 442-3701. Assistance Central Oregon Community Action Agency Network (COCA AN) has been allotted $944,146, from the State Community Program (SCSP) to help with low-income households with their winters fuel bill. The Low Income Energy Assis tance Program (LIEAP) will begin December 1 , 1 986 to April 3 1 , 1 987 or until the funds are expended. LIEAP funds are available to income eligible households to offset the rising cost of energy that is excessive in relation to household income, specifically winter heating costs. LIEAP payments are not intended to meet the entire energy burden of a household. Payment will be made to home energy suppliers in behalf of eligi ble households. The highest prior ity will be placed upon providing assistance for elderly and handi capped households. A household can only receive assistance once per heating season under the regu lar program. The LIEAP funds are available to families whose income is below 125 percent of the poverty guide lines. Eligibility will be based on household size and income. For example: one person may have a gross income of $6,700 or less after medical deductions. For each addi tional person in the household the limit rises to $2,350. When applying for assistance, proof of income, proof of paid medical bills, current energy account numbers, one electric bill and social security numbers of all households members over 18 years of age, must be brought at time of appointment. The following locations in the Warm Springs Madras area are: Jefferson County, Davis Storage Mobile, 1191 N. Highway 126, (one mile north of Safeway) at 475 7103 and Warm Springs, Vern Jack son Building, at 553-1 161, ext. 29 1 . Energy Assistance is a federally funded program designed to help low -income households. LIEAP is not an entitlement program. It is an assistance program designed to help those households affected by costs of home energy that are exces sive to their income. This year's program is the same as last year Oregon pays a portion of a household's cost using a prees tablished payment schedule. This is a one-time only payment in each heating season. The program will not pay all of a low-income household's energy costs. It only assists in offsetting the Data from At the October 23 Organizational Information Fair, Branch of Fore stry distributed questionnaires to people who visited their booth. The following data was drawn from those forms. A total of 48 questi onnaires were completed. Twelve to 25 percent felt the Forest Management plan was good, 20 to 42 percent thought it was fair, 14 to 29 percent felt the plan was poor and two to four percent had no comment. Written comments on the plan included, "It sounds good"; "It's unclear, what is it ?" and, "Very poor." The form also asked if the respondents knew that Forestry is currently in the fifth year of the 10-year plan. Fifteen to 31 percent were aware; 32 to 66 percent were not aware and one to two percent had no comment. The questionnaire asked for sug gestions on clearcuts. Respondents' answers included "Eliminate com pletely"; "Too many"; "Make them smaller"; "They're an eye sore"; "Not on steep slopes or fragile soils"; "Don't understand why clear cutting is done; "Better cleanups for new growth"; "Too many on watersheds, damage water, fish and wildlife resources"; Plant huckleb erry bushes in the clearcut areas"; "Reduce the number of clearcuts"; "Leave more trees to prevent wind throw"; "Awful, awful"; "Trees 10 to 15 years old are also cut down and saplings are planted doesn't make sense"; "Increase use of small patch cuts"; "Should not clearcut unless there is a good chance for regrowth. I have heard there has been clearcutting with no chance for reproduction"; "Clearcut better and plant trees that will grow"; Number of teen suicides by John Iwasaki staff writer for the Bend Bulletin Central Oregon youths accounted for nearly nine percent of all teen age suicides in the state from 1983 through 1985, according to a recent state report. Although teen suicides over that three-year period have dipped slight ly compared with 1979-81 statis tics, suicide is now second only to accidents as the leading cause of death among young people in Oregon, the report said. The state Center for Health Sta tistics presented statistics in a straight forward manner without dwelling on the reasons or possible remedies available for energy costs. Any household whose income is at or below 125 percent of the cur rent U.S. poverty level. Poverty levels are based on household income and household size. To be eligible, the household must have demon strated energy costs. The attached table lists those poverty guidelines that are effective for this year's program. Both homeowners and renters are eligible. Community action and senior agencies around the state will take applications for assistance from Data facilitates river management Efficient fisheries management demands knowledge of both fish activities and population densities. Collection of data during the run provides this needed information. Beginning in the middle of Octo ber for the past ten years, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists have searched the Des chutes River bottom near spawn ing areas for fall chinook salmon carcasses. The Warm Springs tribe has been assisting the collection of data for the past few years. This year, funding for the pro ject comes from the Pacific Salmon Commission. The data has been useful in managing the river in the past but is even more important since inception of the U.S.-Canada Treaty, explains assistant district biologist Steve Pribyl. The data will be used to help assess the effect of restrictions placed on ocean fish eries. In the first years of data collec tion the 50 miles between Warm Springs and Maupin were surveyed. The largest number of carcasses ;are generally found, however, in the 15 miles between Pelton Dam and Trout Creek, so workers con centrate on this area. A portion of the salmon migrat ing up the Deschutes are tagged at the adult fish trap at Sherar's Falls. Approximately one of every 25 salmon recovered, by the carcass survey crew, is wearing a tag. With this information biologists are able to make population estimates. Through the accumulated data. Pribyl notes that the fall chinook run "has been going down hill for the last five or six years." Whether the cause of this is in the Deschutes system or not is unknown. Col lected data may eventually pro duce an answer. questionnaire shared "Contour them"; "Resccd grass to control erosion"; "Is there some thing different?"; "Share the avail ability of sales with the public"; and "They look terrible but I under stand are effective as far as reforesta tion. Thirty-three to 68 percent agreed with the thinning program, while 1 1 to 23 percent did not agree. One to two percent had no comment, two to four percent answered yes and no and one to two percent answered only if it's necessary. Writ ten comments included "Not to the extent that there is nothing left to thin""If it is effective, what I hear it is a big dog fight"; "It's vital for nourishment of trees, soil and environ ment"; "Is it cost effective." A majority of respondents, 29 to 60 percent were not in favor of the gopher control program. Written comments were negative, including "Stop it"; and "Chemicals are a very dangerous tool." To the question "How can we get more people working for Forestry?, people responded, "Advertisement with benefits"; "Get kids interested in junior high and senior high school"; "encourage and educate the young"; "More training"; "Hire only tribal members for entry level positions rather than Indians from other reservations"; "Open more positions"; and "Give members a chance." to list a few. Thirty-six to 75 percent of the respondents fit that Forestry is overcutting the timber, with eight to 16 percent feeling that forestry was cutting the right amount. Two to four percnt felt that not enough timber was being cut. On the questions of prescribe for teen suicide. For the purposes of its brief report, the center defined teens as youths between the ages of 10 and 19. Oregon teens took their own lives 19 times in 1983, 25 times in 1984 and 36 times last year, for a three-year total of 80 suicides, the report said. During that period, there were Title IV sets meeting The Title IV, Part A, Parent Advisory committee will hold its next regular meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 1986, at 7:00 p.m. in low-income low-income households. Checks will be distributed by State Commun ity Services. Payments will be made to fuel suppliers who sign contracts with the state, applicants whose suppliers have not signed contracts or applicants whose heat is included in their rent. There are no automatic payments. Every eligible household must apply at a local community action or senior agency. This is not an enti tlement program. There aren't enough funds for all eligible house holds to receive payments. Only 4-1 V I f ' - , - ; " " Rod French and Keith Moody spear salmon carcasses from the Deschutes River to obtain biological data. burns, people answered "Prescribed seem to get out ol control and more timber is lost"; "Dont care for it"; "It's all right if you must, but you pollute the air"; "It's risky"; and "Sounds like a necessary evil. Would rather sect his than chemicals." Twenty-four to 50 percent of the respondents said they had wit nessed cultural, religious or per sonal favorite places disrupted by Forestry. Written comments included "Don't know any areas"; "Ceded areas, huckleberries"; and "Yes, on my family homesite." A majority of the respondents replied that improvement was needed in the area of keeping the public informed about decisions made by the forest management and timber committee. Most said that more information needed to be made available to the public, perhaps through a newsletter, newspaper or district meeting. Some suggested more interaction with other natu ral resource personnel. Most people felt the road system on the reservation was fair. But, many felt there were too many roads, some suggested that some roads in the wrong places, and that some should be renovated toenhance rural housing. A majority of the respondents felt that forestry administration, forest development and logging ope rations needed improvement. Between nine and 33 percent felt that fire management, sales admin istration and scaling, unit layout and presale, precommercial thin ning, engineering and gopher con trol and herbicide spraying needed improvement. increasing four suicides among youths in Deschutes County, three in Jeffer son County and two in Crook County. Of the 80 teen suicide victims, 63 were males and 17 were females. Eleven of the youths were between ages 10 and 14, including three 1 1-year-olds the youngest victims ever Continued on page 8 the library at Warm Springs Ele mentary School. The agenda will include the public hearing on the 1987-88 budget. families those applying while funds are avail able will receive assistance. A special mailing in November went to all Adult and Family Ser vices who are income-eligible and received food stamps in November, informing them of the program and directiong them to the approp riate agency for information and an appointment for eligiblity deter mination. There will be special efforts made to publicize the pro gram in the media and through helping organizations across the state as well. r Sfm Tfmm fktm tf Stomirt i 4. V f I ' - .. . 1 1