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Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Driver's record necessary for vehicle pool X . ! t. Page 2 July 17, 1987 . - "V. a. t n" Dressed for the occasion Miss Warm Springs XI, 1984 Lena Ike Edwards and her daughter Natasha participated In the annual Fourth of July celebration at Harm Springs. The parade marked the start of the day'sevents with bingo, games, a barbeque, concert and an hour's display of fireworks following. Local people remarked it was a nice way to celebrate the lourth. July 4th a success in community The 4th of July was a success. It started off with the parade which was brief, but those involved put a lot of effort into the parade. In the open section the grand prize went to the Ladies Auxiliary which included: Kathleen Foltz, Mary Danzuka. Nancy Johnson, Beans Greene, Geneva Charley and family members. Second place went to Tygh Val ley, Oregon. Rosella Scott and former Miss Warm Springs 1982 Lyda Scott. Third place to Chief Vernon Henry (Gray Owl) and council wo men, Ellen Johnson and family members. f irst departmental went to Kah- Letter to the To the People, As your elected representatives on Tribal Council, we strive to always keep in mind our responsi bility to you and to do the best job possible when dealing with impor tant matters. We are continually working towards and thinking of the future. The Swimmer initiative concern ing trust fund management is no exception. We are deeply concerned about what he is proposing, His initiative threatens our existence as a tribe as we now know it. We are very concerned that this is the beginning of doing away with the BIA. The result of such a drastic mistake would be a form of termi nation. With those underlying fears, it seems the BIA would take more time to work with the tribes in deal ing with the problems. We're not sitting idly by and waiting we're working with our Congressional delegation who will intervene on our behalf if asked. We're going to make sure the Bureau follows through with their directives. We're currently participating in the initial budget discussion and our initial target is a four-percent reduction in the overall operating budget. We're still reviewing the audits and we're moving ahead in working with the overall costs. We're also discussing tort claims and considering becoming self-insured in the area of workmen's compensation. We've been reviewing plans for Spilyay Tymoo Spilyay Tymoo Staff MANAGING EDITOR Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Pat Leno-Baker TYPESETTERCIRCULATION Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement of the old Girls Dorm at 1115 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be adressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, PO Box 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone: 553-1644 or 553-1161, extensions 274. 285. 321 or 286 Subscription rates: Within the U.S. $6.00 per year Outside US $12 00 per year. Nee-Ta, the f irst M iss Warm Springs 1968, Dorothy "Pebbles" Smith. Second departmental went to the OSU Extension. Third departmental went to Fire and Safety. There were games played at the Community Center field, but were limited because of the amount of people involved. A free barbeque attracted many who had chosen not to travel on the Fourth. A con cert was held at the campus area, and a band called Kick Back, from Culver gave a two hour perfor mance. With the night came the fireworks which filled the evening sky with shimmering color, the show lasted about one hour. People an elder care center. The elder's center, as well as the proposed musuem, eductionlearning center and town center could all be refer endum items later this year. Meet ings will be held to discuss all of these issues as the possibility be comes more clear. We are excited that the Tribe now has a fish and game enforce ment section in the police depart ment. Frank "Footer" Smith and Andrea Smith have both been hired to assist in protecting our fish and wildlife resources. We will be able to watch more closely the fish and wildlife violations, as well. This will ensure that future generations will have the same opportunities we have now. We attended the mid-year con ference of NCAI in Portland in June. The major topics of the meet ing included the BIA initiatives, some of the legislative efforts, tri bal jurisdiction, taxation, treaty rights activities and the antiquities act. The Tribe has requested, in view of the severity of the crime, that the federal government reduce the pri son time for the three Warm Springs fishermen convicted in the Salmon Scam case of 1981 and 1982. If they can't reduce the time, we' re asking that they at least allow the three to serve their time in the Warm Springs facility so they can be closer to their families. Sincerely submitted, Warm Springs Tribal Council M l -. 1 A 1 Spttray lymoo phirto by I rmt Hmkn Director of the Recreation depart ment. Elton Greeley's comment on the 4th of July celebration, because it was a last minute decision, he thought the activities were pretty good with Leo Hellon calling the shots, he thought Leo did a good job in planning. The people were great in helping out and Fire and Safety Management were ready at all times, he thought that was very helpful, and the help from the community was very much appreciated. The organization was quick but good. And if the activities went the way they had in this short of time just think what they could be with a lot of planning. Hopefully it will continue to grow and be the sam level as in the past years. Specific questions asked of Swimmer by Tribal Council Cash collection and concentra tion' the Request for Proposals (RFP) suggests that cash collection and con centration will occur from several sources: ( I ) lock-box services, (2) elec-i tronic fund transfer payments from payor and transfers from BIA and the Treasury, and (3) redemption of secur ities and investment earnings by the financial institution. With regard to the specifics, we ask the following: (1) What is different from what is being done now? (2) Why not consider regionalizing cash collection concentration? Investment management ser vices With regard to investment manage ment services as described in the RFP, we ask the following specific questions: 3. Who is really going to manage the investments and make the final indi vidual investment decisions?The RFP, in the explanation by your people, is unclear. 4. If the answer to 3 above is the BIA, then what will be the time frame for approving individual investment decisions recommended by the finan cial institutions? 5. W'hv are custodial services included in this t P? H ow can the U .S. govern ment, as trustee, delegate the hold of trust assets, without approval of the recipient owner of the trust. Potential Problems Since investments are proposed for pooling, and since time periods pro vided in the RFP are extended as to investment maturities, then each tribe's interest in each pool will be based on shares. This means that, based on market conditions at any given date, the tribe's funds may be down in value. How does the BIA anticipate dealing with the following potential problems? 6. Tribes who currently base annual budgets on interest earnings will be unable to determine what in fact their earnings are in the pooled funds and in fact no identifiable revenue will be available to tribes except by pulling lump sums from the pooled funds on dates when the withdrawals are per mitted. (Currently on bonds, the tribes can look to interest payments, cou pons, etc.. for available revenue.) 7. Tribes with little knowledge or expertise in market conditions could very likely suffer losses as a result of withdrawing funds at a time when the fund value is down. 8. Tribes w ith know ledge and exper tise in market conditions could very easily take advantage of gains by with drawing funds based on market condi tions. 9. In effect, the pools being consi dered seem to be developed with the needs of the BIA in mind, not the needs of each individual tribe ith whom the BIA isexernsing veparateand individ ual trust responsibility. The Personnel Manager will main tain an updated list of employee! who are required to operate tribal and government vehicles. Respect ing the Privacy Act, the personnel manager will be the official tribal agent to request and store the fol lowing information for each driver. The list is to include the follow ing information for each driven 1. Name. 2. Drivers license number, state, expiration date, restrictions. 3. Drivers licence type. 4. Date of birth. 3. Vehicle number permanently assigned, if any. Authorized drivers must be employed by the Confederated Tribes and possess a current, valid Oregon State issued driver's license. Branch managers are ultimately responsible for controlling vehicle use by personnel assigned to their respective branches, even though immediate responsibility may be delegated subordinates. B.I. A., I.H.S. or other outside agency drivers whose duties require them to operate tribal vehicles will observe all of the provisions of this policy. A) Any authorized driver who has been convicted of more than two (2) moving violations, regard less of issuing jurisdiction, within a year's time, shall not be allowed to use or operate a tribal vehicle. The suspension of driving privileges un der this section shall begin on the date of conviction of the second moving violation and will continue Pick up your licenses The following list of people who applied for their Columbia River Hunting and Fishing license have not picked up their identification card. We would like very much for them to drop by Natural Resources department and pick up their indi vidual cards. Elliott Yahtin, Mariam Souers, Margie Earl, Anthony Vanpelt, Ronald R. Smith, Damien Kat chia, Ralph Aguilar, Sr., Luther Clements, Theodore J. Frank, Michael Meanus, Virgil Culpus, Vernon Spino, Mildred Tyler, Shir lyn Adams, Emil S. Johnson, Aaron Smith, Edward Henry, Sr., Frank Mitchell, Richard Wolfe, TyreeStorm- bringer. Craig Charley, Clifton D, Brunoe, Julie Sandoval. Disbursements With regard to the statement con cerning disbursements from trust accounts that checks will be issued and other forms of disbursements made only as requested or approved by the BIA, we have the following specific questions: 10. What will be the standard turna round time for checks, particularly per capita checks? Will the contract set a standard? Will tribes have input into such standards? 11. Have there been any dialogues with tribes about their needs? Are tri bal and individual needs to be consi dered in the services to be delivered? We point out that when automating the IIM accounts, the Bureau prom ised the tribes that checkwriting capa bility would remain at the agency level. Thereafter, that authority was unilat erally withdrawn by the Bureau. In the case of our Tribe, it forces the Tribe to make loans to individual members while they await the receipt of checks mailed from BIA in Portland. Will this prob lem be compounded by this RFP? The RFP suggests that the financial institution must compute daily interest rate factors for each of the trust pools and hold such data in a program which may be accessed on line by the BIA. Since participants will be accounted for on a share basis and the pool will be valued at market on a daily basis, how can interest be computed on a daily basis? Datasystems processing With regard to the provision of da ta systems processing, we have the fol lowing question: 1 2. It appears to us that a major part of the current problems have been due to inadequately trained staff in the field and failure to provide relevant information on a timely basis. Please explain how the full implementation of the RPMS system will correct these deficiencies. Custodial services 13. At what level will on-line access be available? Area, agency or tribal location? 14. What will become of financial trust positions for which funding has been removed from the Indian priority system? Will these positions be removed unilaterally by the Bureau along with direct contact between the tribes and individual Indians with someone hav ing direct access to account information? With regard to reporting, we have the following questions: 15. What reports will the tribes and individual account holders receive? 16. Will tribes have any input into the format and contents of those reports? 17. Will any reports be forwarded directly to tribes to avoid unnecessary delays in tribal receipts of needed information? for one year. B) Any authorized driver who has been convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs shall not be allowed to use or operate a tribal vehicle. The sus pension of driving privileges under this section shall begin on tne oate of conviction and will continue for two years. C) Any supervisor, or authorized tribal official, may obtain a copy of Utilities relates Please be aware that Utilities department will not perform any maintenance work for you if you have a delinquent bill with us. If you would like to have work per formed, please come into the office and make arrangements to clear up thedelinquent bill and well try and help you. Many people try to go directly to the maintenance men and request work to be done. This will not work! Maintenance men are instructed not to do any work unless it comes from the office. Upon requesting work to be per formed, please have the following information available. 1 ) your mail ing address, 2) your four digit house number, 3) phone number where you can be reached. 4) best U ' i ! i i 1 '4 A pparel Factory employee Janet Gibson is the first person being trained on the flat seamer which is used to make seams in tight stretch fabrics. The apparel factory now employs 35 people. Frank assumes new position As of June 1 , Jacob Frank assumed the position of Range and Agricul tural coordinator, the lea'd person within the Range and Ag. office. This office is within Natural Resources department. As coordi nator, Jacob is responsible to see that the office missions are carried out and promoted for the benefit of tribal members and the Tribe as a whole. Riders' duties As of July 1 the grazing area responsibilities for the Range Rid ers changed somewhat. Jacob Frank, Range Ag Coordinator and Guy Wallulatum, Range Rider Super visor, have defined the following range riders as responsible for the following grazing areas: Joe Moses Metolius grazing area, Boulder, Miller Flat, Dry Creek, and Webster Flat Grazing area. Chris Greene Sidwalter Graz ing area, tenino, agency and dry hollow grazing area. Evans Spino Mutton Mountain grazing area. Guy Wallulatum Simnasho Log Springs grazing area. The respective range riders are the contact between the grazing group, livestockmen within the graz ing area and the range and ag office. Brand inspections will be done by the range rider assigned to the area. Since some of the range riders also have livestock in the area that they are responsible for they can not check out their own or their immediate families livestock. Either the ride boss plus one additional livestockman will sign the brand inspection form or the range rider supervisor, coordinator or natural resources director will check out the livestock. any employee's driving record, by requesting same through the per sonnel office. D) When a employee is required to operate a tribal vehicle as a part of hit or her job and such employee suffers a revoked or suspended operator's license, the immediate supervisor may suspend or termi nate the employee, depending on the circumstances. pick-up policy time to have the work performed, and 5) If someone will be home when maintenance men arrive. All work requests are to be directed to Sandra at ext. 246 or 247. Garbage men are not responsi ble for picking up anything but the trash neatly bagged or boxed in your garbage cans. They will not haul away your old furniture or appliances, tree branches, grass trim mings, or anything other than usual household "trash". Huge items such as these the trash compactor on the garbage trucks. Longhouses are not to be used for storing of personal belongings. Longhouse custodians will not be responsible for items left behind or lost at the lonehonse Tymoo photo by Shtwctyk In 1985 the Tribal Council estab lished missions for the office that included: 1) enhancement of agri culture and range management to create income and employment for tribal members; and, 2) to ensure the productivity of the agriculture and rangeland soil and water resources through multiple use con servation practices for future genera tions yet unborn. Currently the office's permanent employees include three range rid ers, and one range rider supervisor as tribal employees. Bureau emplo yees assigned to the office and under the coordinator's day-to-day supervision, as provided in a mem orandum of understanding, include a soil conservationist, a range con servationist, a soil conversationist aid and one secretary. In addition, Jacob administers the range and ag and watershed jobs program and oversees the ShoenHagen farm contract. The Jobs Program employs three crews with a total of 18 tem porary tribal employees. Tony Boise is under contract to irrigate the Shoen Hagen farm and has a crew of two. Jacob is administratively respon sible to the Director of Natural Resources Gene Greene. Clint Jacks, who was in the position prior to June I, is assisting Jacob during a three month orientation period and then will resume his duties as Jef ferson County Extension Agent September I. Employment stats The summer Youth Program has employed 148 high students, ages 14 through 18, so far this summer. There are currently about ten night janitor openings with no applicants. According to program director Mar gie Earl all applicants who have applied have been placed.
