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New managers at Kah-Nee-Ta include (left to right) Gilbert (Gibby) Brunoe-front desk, Theresa Katchia
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Jamboree planned for family fun
A special family day. the Kids
Jamboree Day, is planned for the
Warm Springs community and all
other people interested in joining
the activities, Saturday, March 7 at
the Warm Springs Community
Center. The event is scheduled from
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The day and its activities, spon
sored by the Community Center, is
a way for the Center and its staff
along with the community to say
"We say no to drugs! We say yes to
good living 'accordmg to community
center director Elton Greeley. Games
and fun events will be held for
everyone.
The scheduling for the day will
start at 10 a.m. with the opening
ceremony of the Lord's pray in sign
language, the flag raising and the
Warm Springs Honor Song. Fol
lowing the opening events for tots
will begin at 10:30 a.m. as well as
new games, archery, croquet, vol
leyball and horseshoes.
A special feature of the day will
be the offer of hot air balloon rides.
The balloon will be tethered to the
ground. People interested in riding
will be charged a fee of $1 to help
defray the cost of the balloon. The
rides will start at 12, noon and run
through 2:30 p.m.
Other events planned for the day
are kite contests-both commercial
and homemade from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m.; a marble tournament from
10:30 to 2 p.m.; BMX races from 2
to 3:30 p.m.; a bike rodeo with a
bike safety course from 1 to 3 p.m.;
remote car races from 3 to 4 p.m.;
Jamboree fun day time to be
announced; fun day games egg
toss, sack races and tug-a-wars
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.; earth ball
Concessions will be on the center
grounds but people are invited to
bring a picnic. "It is planned to give
the people of Warm Springs and
surrounding communities a very
positive day of good fun," stated
Greeley.
For more information call 553
1161, ext. 243.
by Donna Behrend
The BIA program changes and
initiatives proposed by Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Ross
Swimmer are "in direct conflict
with treaty obligations and the cur
rent Presidential Indian policy as
we understand them," says Mike
Clements, Warm Springs Assistant
Secretary Treasurer. For these rea
sons, Indian tribes and organiza
tions across the nation have called
for Swimmer's resignation.
The conflict arisesfrom Swimmer's
controversial proposals dealing with
Indian trust accounts, education
and natural resources and the overall
reduction in services. President
Reagan's budget calls for a $33.8
million decrease for the BIA in
1988.
Three areas of major concern
include the contracting of educa
tion services, including boarding
schools, investing Indian trust monies
with a bank in Pittsburgh and a
$10.7 million reduction in the BIA
forestry budget. All of these changes,
says Clements, have been initiated
i.hout thorough consultation with (
with tribes. '
Although tribes feel that some of
the initiatives and changes are
needed, the pace at which Swimmer
wants to move is too fast. Accord
ing to Clements, Swimmer has taken
the stand that if tribes are "not wil
ling to take on the responsibility of
the education programs," then he
(Swimmer) must make that deci
sion. "He has chosen a concept that
would contract education services
with states," says Clements.
Individual and tribal trust monies
are currently administered by the
BIA in Albuquerque, New Mex
ico. It is being proposed by Swimmer
that Indian trust fund services could
be better handled by the private
sector. It is proposed that this be
done with a private bank, the Mel
lon Bank in Pittsburgh.
Warm Springs Tribal Counci'
has sent letters of concern and
requests to the BIA and their Con
gressional delegation asking that
this proposal be stopped imme
diately. "We have asked for a
response to a number of questions.
If we don't get them answered and
the BIA moves ahead with their
proposals, a temporary restraining
order may be filed," said Clements.
The forestry program reductions,
Clements says, could be "very dama
ging to all forestry tribes." The
$10.7 million cut in the forestry
budget represents a "33 percent
reduction. As far as we can tell,
that's the largest single reduction in
the BIA budget."
Another damaging proposal by
the BIA administration is their
request to change language in the
present statute that would allow
the Bureau to collect an adminis
trative fee fee to offset administrative
costs. "Presently, we know this as
the 10 percent money that stays on
the reservation for reforestation
programs. If successful in changing
the statute language, this percen
tage could go as high as 30 percent
which would all but kill reservation
forestry programs,"said Clements.
And finally, a forestry "privati
zation initiative" has also been pro
posed by Swimmer, says Clements,
which would put the management
of reservation forestry programs in
the hands of the private sector, a
step that Clements says would place
the tribes in a serious conflict of
interest with their forestry business
competitors.
According to Clements. Swimmer
and his deputy assistant for trusts
Frank Ryan have both stated that
the BIA trust responsibility is limited
to protection, which includes fire
and infestation prevention, and not
forest management or development.
"We believe this is in direct conflict
with Congressional intent and the
current administration's policy."
Clements cited that tribes feel
Swimmer "comes across with arro
gance" and that his style "of not
meeting with the tribes personally"
is of big concern. "His lack of sensi
tivity to the tribes' feeling has created
problems." He added that Swimmer
has little or no regard for the tim
ing of the tribes, their readiness or
desire to accept the proposed
changes.
"The tribes don't trust nor do
they have faith in his leadership,"
said Clements. "It is the tribes' feel
ing that Swimmer wants to dis
mantle the BIA as we know it and
further, they believe, he is trying to
terminate our trust relationship with
the United States."
WSFPI makes annual report
The Warm Springs Forest Pro
caines: tov clider races and Daner ducts Industries (WSFPI) 1986
airplanes contests; an obstacle annual report was presented to tri
course; a helium balloon lift-off bal members at a general council
with balloons being sold at the meeting Monday, February 23. Ap
Center; a special event of ancient proximately 60 people attended
games and the quiet games such as the meeting,
checkers, chess and card games. Total payroll for 1 986 was reported
According to Greeley the police at Just over y million with approx-
department will be in charge of the
bike safety course, providing a booth
with information on alcohol and
drug prevention. They will also be
engraving bikes and other items for
the public. The Warm Springs Fire
and Safety department will hope
fully be able to have the E.D.I.T.H.
trailer and give demonstrations on
escapes from burning buildings.
imately $4.1 being paid to tribal
members and affiliates. Of the 333
employees working at the mill, 125
are tribal members, 33 are married
into the Tribe, 15 are Indians not
affiliated and 160 are non-Indian.
Eleven logging contractors were
employed during 1986, with six
being tribal members who delivered
83 percent of the total volume. Just
over 50 percent of the timber harv
ested was ponderosa pine, 30.2
percent was Douglas fir and west
ern larch and nearly 20 percent was
white fir and other species.
Net sales for 1986 totaled $34.4
million. On the average, prices were
above last year's prices. Total chip
sales were 3.3 percent below 1985
even though the total volume sold
increased by 7.3 percent.
Stumpage paid to the Tribe total
$8,854,518 with an overall average
price of $ 1 1 3.56 per thousand board
feet.
Announced in the report was the
election of Ted Brunoe to the posi
tion of Chairman of the Board of
directors. Brunoe replaces Paul
Sanders who resigned last year.
Copies of the report are avail
able at the WSFPI office. Either
stop at the office for a copy or call
553-1131 and request that one be
sent to you.
Local man
sentenced
On February 9, 1987 James L.
Wolfe, aka James Armstrong, was
sentenced by Federal Court Judge
Edward Leavy to the custody of
the United States Attorney and to
pay restitution to that office a $50
assessment fee, according to the
Federal Clerk's office in Portland.
Wolf entered a plea of guilty to
one charge of carnal knowledge of
a minor other then his wife at the
time of his scheduled trial in Sep
tember, 1986.
Theclerk's office stated that Wolfe
won't be eligible for parole
until he has served one-third (40
months) of his sentence.
Art show features Native works
Nearly a decade in the making,
Lost and Found Traditions: Native
American Art 1 965-1 985 opened at
the Portland Art Museum, Janu
ary 28. Ralph (Ted) Coe spent
almost ten years traveling the U.S.
and Canada for the American Fed
eration of Arts to assemble the
show. It includes more than 350
works from 200 Native American
artists, all of which were created
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during the past 20 years. They
reflect the living tradition and her
itage of more than 100 tribes through
modern adaptations of centuries
old motifs and techniques.
The exhibition is divided into
nine sections relating to geogra
phic and cultural groupings. Color
ful textiles, dramatic carvings, intri
cate ribbon and bead work, jewelry,
and clothing will be displayed with
interpretive text panels describing
the social, historical, religious, eco
nomic and technical significance of
the works.
Since 1948, upon acquiring the
renowned Rasmussen Collection
of Northwest Native American Art,
the Portland Art Museum has
achieved national distinction for
its excellence in recognizing and
presenting outstanding Native
American arts. The Art Institute's
sponsorship of this show has already
garnered increased national
attention.
Ralph T. Coe, former director of
the Nelson-Atkins Museum in
Kansas City and author of Sacred
Circles, a groundbreaking exhibi
tion and book on the history of
Native American Art, served as
curator of Lost and Found Tradi
tions. The exhibition was organ
ized for the American Federation
of Arts and made possible through
generous grants from the Ameri
can Can Company Foundation,
with additional support for the
Sacred Circles Fund and the Natio
nal Endowment for the Arts. The
catalogue, a collector's item in itself,
will be on sale in the Museum
Shop.
Jean Vollum made it possible for
the Oregon Arts Institute to bring
this exhibition to Portland, with
additional assistance from KOIN
TV, Channel 6; NERCO; and the
Art Institute's Native American
Art Council. Hank Gobin, archi
vist and historian for Affiliated
Tribes of the Northwest, is coordi
nating the ancillary events for the
Art Institute. Lost and Found
Traditions will run concurrently
with the first exhibition of artwork
by Northwest Native American
artists, New Directions Northwest:
Contemporary Native American Art,
assembled by the Portland Art
Museum staff and volunteer advi
sors (see related news release). There
will be a $1 surcharge on regular
museum admission of $2.50 until
the closing date of March 15 to
help defray expenses for the exhi
bitions and programs.
The Oregon Art Institute is the
oldest and largest visual arts organ
ization in the state and operates the
Portland Art Museum, Pacific North
west College of Art and the North
west Film and Video Center.
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509-J budget presented
The district budget committee
received a budget request of
$9,423,799 for fiscal year 1987-88
on February 10 by school district
509-J superintendentDarrell Wright.
The budget resources total
$6,286,251. If the committee accepts
the budget as is, the levy require
ments would be $3,691,233. The
tax rate would be an estimated
$11.19 per thousand.
The levy requests total a 14.3
percent increase over last year's
total budget request and is 3.9 per
cent increase over 1986-87.
According to Wright the total of
all revenue other than property
taxes is estimated to be $6.286.25 1 ,
that's $99,041 less than last year.
Wright explained that the state's
Basic School Support will be down
by $45,656. county funds down an
estimated $48.80 1 and cash on hand
approximately $2 1 2,38 1 . Requiring
district patrons to make up the
difference.
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Promoted
Bemyce Courtney has been promoted to the position of manager at
Warm Springs Apparel Industries factory. Bernyce has worked at the
factory since its opening in October 1984 and previously managed the
Kah-SeeTa Village craft shop.