Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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.