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Coyote News
In brief
Commendation
awarded
The Elliott Palmer VFW
Post 4217 has received a
100 percent membership
commendation.
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Seeking to update
Veteran's list
The current list of tribal
member veterans may not
be complete. Vital Statistics
is seeking names for that
list.
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Veteran's Day activities
A veteran's parade and
dinner is planned for
Veteran's Day, November
11 at the Agency
Longhouse. All are invited '
to attend.
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Happy first anniversary
Warm Springs Apparel
Industries celebrates its
first year in operation.
Contracts are coming in
while the operation turns
out thousands of garments
per month.
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Successful trainer
Following in his mother's
footsteps, Hud Estimo has
made training horses his
living.
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Student Improvement
noted
A recently completed Title
IV evaluation shows Indian
student improvement in
most goal areas. However,
drop-out rate is still high.
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Extension offers a four-
page insert on monev-
saving matters. Look inside
and learn how to save $$$.
Public Meeting
Nov. 12
Agency Longhouse
6 p.m. dinner
7 p.m. meeting
Agenda: 1988 budget
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Concerns
Concerns ranging from unfair
treatment by tribal court and police
officials to overall dissatisfaction
with the tribal organization were
discussed at a meeting Thursday,
October 22 at the Agency Long
house. The meeting was held dur
ing the day so as to accomodate
those who work at night.
Alvis Smith, Sr. suggested that
future meeting be held in the even
ing so that "more people can attend.
I feel you're by-passing tribal mem
bers." Council chairman Zane Jackson
explained that several meetings have
been scheduled in the evenings and
that by having a day meeting, Coun
cil did not in anyway "intend to
exclude those employed during the
day."
The concerns mentioned in the
petition presented to Council in
early October were read. The peti
tion, signed by 36 members, notes
the lack of Council minutes, lack of
input into the annual budget, the
bail bond procedure and various
other items, including an "11 per
cent reduction in the court and
police budgets."
Chief of Police Ray Calica asked
Elders help document ceded
Elders join with the Culture and Heritage committee
and Culture and Heritage department to document
past use of ceded lands. Tours of these areas have
created a library of historical information.
"Our young kids don't know all the things we had to go through. We
never had any money."
Camp would be set up near Dayville. The men would go work for
sheep ranchers and the women would work their way up the valley,
digging roots. On the way back in the fall there were choke cherries to be
picked.
When the Treaty of 1 855 was signed in The Dalles, the Warm Springs
people were vested with rights to hunt, fish, dig roots and gather food on
the ceded land. But private ownership and numerous fences on the land
has recently acted as a barrier to these activities. Little time is now spent
visiting the ceded lands.
Over time the memories and history of the Warm Springs, Paiute and
Wasco people is fading. Warm Springs Culture and Heritage Depart
ment with the Culture and Heritage committee is making a vigorous
effort to document the stories, people and places of which elders can
recall. Anything, no matter how small, is recorded.
Recent trips to ceded lands in various parts of Oregon has acted as a
catalyst to elders who have related many stories. Community members
who participated in the tours showed their knowledge in different areas
and representatives from all three tribes have contributed on these
journeys through Tygh Valley and The Dalles, Prineville and Shaniko.
The Columbia and Hood River were included on the tours along with
the area near Willamette Falls and Estacada. A three-day trip to Burns,
Paulina and Lakeview prompted numerous stories and jarred many
memories. The last trip to John Day was as eventful in bringing colorful
stories to the surface.
Over 100 audio cassette tapes
and 40 video tapes store the col
lected information. The tapes will
be indexed for future use says, cir
riculum developer Art McConn
ville. If the Culture and Heritage
Department obtains editing equip
ment the department, then, can
make educational tapes for class
room use. Those who wish to see a
presentation about the people of
Warm Springs will also have the
opportunity to do so.
Warm Springs tribal archaeolo
gist Dan Mattson, working with
botonist Richard Helliwell, will map
the places to which the elders tra
veled. Indian names will be used in
many of the locations. Mattson
will also return to some of the sites
with elders to get a more complete
record of the people and places
who traveled there and who used
the land.
The documentation of the ceded
areas has brought people together
says Culture and Heritage depart
ment director Nina Rowe. A few
interested people began the tours
and many others have joined as
time passed. "The more they find
out what we're doing," says Mat
tson, "the more they want to con
tribute." Tribal Council too has
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discussed at meeting
if the petitioners wanted an 1 1 per
cent cut from each department or if
that cut was a combined figure. He
also noted that the 1 1 percent fig
ure was odd. "Why the arbitrary
figure of 1 1 percent? Why not five
percent, 10 percent, or 15 percent?"
Calica explained his proposed
budget, stating that the original
figures were over nine percent above
1987. "We made cuts that resulted
in a 1.7 percent increase." Calica
also noted that the Warm Springs
police department is a hard place
to work. "No one is in a position
that they're going to hold forever."
One member stated he thought
money was being wasted in train
ing police officers just to have them
transfer to another law enforce
ment agency. He felt more tribal
members should be hired.
Calica answered that when a
position becomes vacant, the open
ing is advertised first on the reser
vation and other reservations. Most
"stay here one or two years. They
get burned out."
To find out why the turnover;
rate is high, George Clements sug
gested that "maybe we should ask
those who arent working anymore. "
Tribal elder Cjr Kate hit relates memories of Big Summit Prarie to tribal archaeologist Dan Mattson during
stop-over near Prineville.
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He stated that there are 20 tribal
members who. at one time were
policemen, but who arc not now
working but are certified. Clements
also asked if the Tribe is still send
ing non-Indians to the state academy
and "is the Tribe paying?"
Calica responded that while an
officer is at the academy, "we pay
their salary, the state pays for their
training because of the Police
Standards Act."
Clements criticized the present
police force, stating that he didn't
think any of the officers "would
take a child home to Simnasho. cut
wood for a senior citizen or deliver
messages." He also cited a "con-
, flict"bctween Indian and non-Indian
officers. "When you bring these
two together, there are going to be
parks. As long as we have an
;ilmost90 percent non-Indian police
force, we're going to have problems.
"The biggest complaint." conti
nued Clements, "is the attitude of
he officers. When a person is really
irur.k, an officer shouldn't put a
jftson through all th?ie tests,
they're making muii uui of
our people."
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ECD center to
provide for many
"Three hundred and sixly Indian
students could potentially not gra
duate from high school." In Oregon
the dropout rate is 30 percent. In
this district, the dropout rate among
Indian students is 40-50 percent.
Farly childhood education is where
this process begins.
"We need to start doing some
things now," says education train
ingemployment manager Jody
Calica. "I Yn not willing to say these
statistics are acceptable."
Parents and educators are mak
ing the tarly Childhood Develop
Tribes to honor
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs will be sponsoring a Vete
rans luncheon 7 uesday, November
10. in honor of all Veterans and
personnel who served in the armed
forces past and present.
The program will get underway
p' 10:00 m.ft'tttiiriniJtht'iv) r-ncr(lf ,
the colors" by the vr V i uaiUu.
4217. A memorial service by the
VFW will also be held. There will
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NOVEMBER 6, 1987
ment Center a priority. Public meet
ings at Simnasho and Agency have
reaffirmed the community's strong
committment to a facility designed
to help young children learn.
Currently, children are educated
throughout the community in trailers
next to Highway 26, at the Presby
terian Church, at the Community
Center and in the old boy's dorm.
More than 89 children are on wait
ing lists with 215 children now
being served.
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veterans Nov. 10
be I nbal representatives to speak,
a representative from the Veterans
and a speaker from the VFW Post.
There will be a roll call of all vete
rans starting from the earliest wars
up to the present time.
The luncheon is open to the pub
lic and all, veterans ft urged to
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confused with the Veterans of For
eign Wars day and program on
November 11th.
Comparison sho ws
differences In
patrol agencies
The Warm Springs reservation
has 8,000 acres in community areas
with another 1,000 acres in rural
housing. Approximately 3.000 peo
ple live on those 9.000 acres. The
Warm Springs Police department
employs 17 people in fish and game,
patrol and police supervisory posi
tions. They provide 24-hour law
enforcement support and protec
tion for reservation residents. How
do these figures compare with the
law enforcement agencies in neigh
boring Madras and in Jefferson
County?
There are three law enforcement
agencies that provide service to
Warm Springs Madras area resi
dents in addition to Warm Springs.
Approximately 1 2,000 people reside
in Jefferson County excluding Warm
Springs. There are over 660,000
acres within reservation borders
while the acreage in Jefferson County
totals 904.320, exclud ing the reserva
tion. The Oregon State Police employ
four troopers plus a sergeant. Also
employed is one game officer. Dur
ing the summer, two cadets are
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hired to work on the Deschutes
River. Four officers are hired to
work at Cove State Park during
the summer as well.
The Jefferson County Sheriffs
department employs nine includ
ing six patrolmen, a sheriff who
also patrols, a deputy at Camp
Sherman and a temporary marine
deputy. The County also uses ten
reserve officers for special events.
The County Agency has no fish
and game officers nor an investiga
tions divisions.
The city of Madras has five full
time officers including the Chief of
Police. Six reserves are called on
occasionally. They provide patrol
services within Madras city limits.
The population of Madras is appro
ximately 2,300.
The ratio of full-time officers to
residents in Warm Springs is 176.5
people per officer. The off-reservation
full-time officer ratio to resi
dents is 750 people to one.
Jefferson County offers 24-hour
coverage while the State does not.
Madras has 24-hour coverage six
days a week. The State police main
tain a minimum of 16-hour cover
age. Those officers assigned to the
Madras area are responsible for
coverage as far south as the Crooked
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