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JJ 10? Warm Springs News h 25f SnDflllyaiy TTyunnaDaD a - M.iy - L XX C 0 0 'y . it A VOL. 12 NO 11 - 7' ,1 i v ' ' U 4?:- a ; I ' a .fey r.i F y.!Liyj! ill! -g-ga r . - t- A .. -' . . . Here it appears that Governor Neil Goldschmidt seems to be waiting for the command to sien the Proclama tion from Marielle Joyce Florendo, who is seated at his desk, the daughter of Jimmy Florendo. It just happened that when he arrived he found his seat occupied. The signing of the Proclamation took place a few minutes later which made it "official, the Oregon Indian Week. " Oregon Indian Week declared Native Americans from through? out the state converged on the State's capitol in Salem, Oregon to witness the signing of the procla mation by Governor Niel Gold schmidt, declaring May 17 through 23 "Oregon Indian Week." The signing took place in the governor's chambers May 18 at 2:30 p.m. The Governor was very pleased to see such a good turnout of tribal leaders from the tribes across the state. Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath, accompanied by his mother Lillie, was on hand for the special occassion. Rita Squiemphen and Janice Clements were representa tives of the Tribal Council. Betty Lou Lucio and her husband were interested individuals present. Local students Leanna Trimble, Kahsuess Jackson, MarcieStacona, Roy Tulee, Ronda Ike, Direlle Cal ica and Tony Holliday, who were Native language map presented to Tribal Council A map of native langauges of the Northwest coast was presented May 4 to the Warm Springs Tribal Council by Mrs. Samuel S. John son. The map, published by the Oregon Historical Society shows the location of nearly 50 different languages spoken by natives of the Northwest coast during the period of European exploration. The map with text and language boundaries by Wayne Suttles, pro fessor of anthropology at Portland State University now working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. is a Sam S. John son Commemorative Publication, honoring a former president of the Oregon Historical Society. Johnson was a part of the team including Verne Jackson and other tribal leaders that made Warm Springs Forest Products Industries a reality. He also represented the Confederated Tribes in the Oregon WEATHER MAY III LOW 5 49 6 93 53 7 95 56 8 96 64 9 92 52 10 92 53 11 90 56 12 70 46 13 76 46 14 78 56 15 80 42 16 72 39 17 77 39 18 77 39 chaperoned by Marie Calica, com munity liaison and bus driver Wen dell Jim also attended the cerem ony. Prior to the signing of the proclamation, the students had a closed meeting with the Governor's staff. The students expressed their concerns for better Indian youth education and made a special re quest that the Governor be a guest speaker at their next youth confe rence. The students also made a request to the Governor that they have a seat on the Year 2000 committee and to have input on the events that will be taking place at that time. Also during the student's visit to the capitol, high school students Trimble, Jackson, Stacona and Tu lee had a chance to spend time working with the Senate while the Jr. High and Buff Elementary stu dents served as pages lor the House. This was very educational for the Legislature from 1965 until the re organization of the Legislature Districts, and was serving on the Boards of both WSFPI and the Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society at the time of his death. "Publication of this truly excep tional map in the name of Sam Johnson is a fitting tribute to a man who took a very special inter est in the history of Northwest Indians and in their contemporary well-being, particularly during his many years of personal service to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and who, as a board member, was instrumental in the success of the Warm Springs Forest Products Industry." says Thomas Vaughn, Oregon Historical Society execu tive director. The cartography and graphic de sign of the map is by Cameron Sut tles, a City of Portland planning department designer and the son of the author. The map enlarges on and repla ces an earlier map showing Indian tribes and languages of the Oregon Country, also published by the Oregon Historical Society. The visual impact of the map is enhanced by the unusual and pur poseful perspective that shows the Northwest coast as it might be seen from over the Pacific Ocean look ing to the Northeast. Thus Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska is at the far left and Cape Mendocino at the right of the 32 x 44' document. Professor Suttles comments on this view saying, "There are rea sons why it is useful to show the region this way. First, because we usually see maps with north at the top and south at the bottom, we forget that north is not really up and south down but rather that up WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 students, as they worked there for the day in behalf of the Oregon Indian Week. Tribal Council passes The Warm Springs Tribal Council, last week, ratified resolution number 7410. The resolution, based on input from tribal Natural Resource department, BIA Forestry and Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, protects the existing natural resources, including fish and wild life, timber, soil, water and cultural resources. The resolution puts the annual allowable cut at approximately 75 million board feet through 1991. It also states that the McQuinn Strip timber will be available at WSFPI is really upstream, away from the sea, and down is really downstream, toward the sea. It was this way for the native peoples of the coast, who gave directions and locations by reference to the flow of water rather than by cardinal directions. Thus orienting the map this way gives us something closer to a native view. Second, seeing the region from a new angle seems to shake up our perceptions of special relations (per haps because we unconsciously ap ply principles of perspectives to maps) and possibly even of social relations (if we unconsciously equate northsouth, updown and supe riorinferior)." Suttles points out that the chiefs of the native villages or tribes lived in a style "somewhat like that of Homeric heroes or Viking chief tains." The tribes were too numer ous to be shown easily on a map; the most common practice has been to identify people by language because there were fewer languages, most (but not all) spoken by several tribes. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are located in a dark yel low section on the map, in an area in which the many languages show evidence of being related, explained Becky Johnson during the presen tation. "We're in a language area called Kiksht." Mrs. johnson concluded her pre sentation adding, "I am glad that we are friends. And now as Presi dent of the S.S. Johnson Founda tion, and as a member of the Board of the Oregon Historical Society. I am also pleased that all of us have a working partnership." "Next month." she continues, "the Historical Society is publish ing another book dealing with the u f i:"3- - r . " ". ' f ...... . u. - Town Center concept supported Overwhelming support has been , exhibited by tribal members for a shopping and town center as indi cated in a recent survey conducted by Portland Development analysts Hobson and Associates. Approx imately 95 percent of the respond ents agreed that the reservation needed new jobs and stronger sup port of Indian businesses. A total of 341 questionnaires were returned by the April 20. 1987 deadline from the 1,187 mailed to tribal members by the town center planning team. The response rate of 29 percent is considered excel lent. It provides statiscally reliable results with a 95 percent confid ency level. Questions regarding development of a shopping center, inclusion of a museum and cultural center adja cent to the center, location of the center and the sale of alcoholic beverages were included in the survey. Most respondents supported the idea of building a shopping and town center with only seven per cent being opposed to the idea. Eighty-five percent in support of the center felt it would attract tour ists and contribute to over-all eco nomic growth of the community along with providing jobs for tribal mgmbers. - Approximately 60 percent of res pondents believed the museum and cultural center should be located in beginning in 1992. Following is a copy of resolution 7410. Articles further explaining the impacts of this decision will appear in future issues of Spilyay. Whereas, by Resolution No. 6228 the Tribal Council approved the Forest Management Plan for the Warm Springs Reservation which gave priority to timber production; and Whereas, the Tribal Council recog nizes that the Forest Management Plan needs to be amended to meet history and development of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The Society hopes that if you nave suggestions, corrections, additions, you will let them know. And, I hope that if you have spe cific projects, or Indian students, that our Foundation may help sup port, you will keep in touch." Color transparencies and black and white prints of this map are available from the Oregon Histori cal Society Call (503) 222-1741 for information. Warm Springs Elementary students say no to drugs May IS during one mile taking place nationwide in which students participated. C 3 or adjacent to the shopping and town center. Anothcrqucstion asked if the museum and cultural center should he located in a different location from the center, 35 per cent said it should. Planners indi cate that the campus site may not have enough space to implement this concept. The concept of a shopping cen ter with a museum and cultural center as a way to enhance the his torical and social heritage of the Tribes was viewed positively by 63 percent of the respondents. Two survey questions dealt with the location of the shopping and town center. Eighty-six percent believe the center should be located so it has good visibility from High way 26. Agency campus was viewed as the best location by 56 percent, while 24 percent disagreed with that premise and 20 percent were undecided. Respondents were questioned re garding the sale of beer and wine at the proposed shopping center which would be a change in current tribal policy. The results of the survey indicate the majority (56 percent) of respondents prefer that beer and wine not be sold at the center while 33 percent believed it should be sold. It was agreed by 66 percent that tribal member businesses should have the first option of moving into the shopping and town center, 19 resources changes in tribal demands andor changing forest technology; and Whereas, the analyst of the Beaver Creek watershed developed jointly by the Branch of Forestry and the Department of Natural Resources has demonstrated a method by which timber, water, grazing, fish and wildlife, and cultural values can be considered in developing coordinated natural resource manage ment plans; and Whereas, the technical staffs who prepared this analysis have esti mated that the reduction in the total annual cut for the entire forest of the Warm Springs Reservation would be in the range of 16 million board feet to give greater consider ation to the production of forest resources other than timber; and Whereas, the Tribal Council believes that this approach to resources management is necessary to meet a wider range of tribal needs, therefore. Be it resolved, by the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon pursuant to Article V, Section 1 (1), of the Constitution V X, OK M X' U.S. Poftag Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springt, OR 97761 wOrrection Requested MAY 22, 1987 percent disagreed. Strong support was given for including Indian handicrafts and art work in the center with 89 per cent agreeing and only five percent disagreeing. Of those respondents living on the reservation. 69 percent indi cated they would do most of their shopping at the town center, seven percent said they would not and 24 percent were undecided. As far as finding out more about starting a business in the shopping center 1 58 (46 percent) of the respon dents answered that they would be interested in having more informa tion. A public meeting to discuss the survey results and get additional input will be held June 3, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. at the Agency Longhouse. The complet survey results may be obtained in advance from the Warm Springs Planning Office. Another meeting is scheduled June 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the Agency Longhouse to provide an oppor tunity for business Planners to meet with tribal members who are inter ested in starting a business. A mail in form is included in this issue to identify tribal members interested in bustnw, . For additional information, Please turn to page 4 resolution and By-Laws that: 1. The Branch of Forestry and the Department of Natural Resources are directed to continue to jointly develop natural resour ces management plans for each individual watershed within the forest area of the Reservation in the man ner that has been demonstrated for the Beaver Creek Watershed as providing for better coordinated production of all resources within the forest areas and protection of cultural resources, and shall pres ent such proposed plans to the Tri bal Council for adoption. 2. The annual allowable cut dur ing the period 1988 through 1990 for the entire forest area of the Warm Springs Reservation shall be 92.7 million board feet to allow for increased production of forest resources other than timber. 3. Appropriate amendments of the cutting contract to reflect these changes shall be prepared by the tribal attorney and submitted to the Tribal Council, the Board of Directors of Warm Springs Forest (Continued on page 2) run. This was one of many events
