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VOL. 13 NO. 20
PO BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
OCTOBER 7, 1988
Coyote News
In Brief
Emergency phone
system Installed
Reservation residents
can now contact
emergency services by
dialing a 911 number.
Page 2
Gibson completes training
Floyd Gibson recently
completed a one-year
training session through
Serenity Lane.
Page 2
Tribal water rights to be
negotiated
A Tribal Council
appointed task force is
directing collection of
data to be used during
tribal water negotiations
with the State.
Page 3
4-H clubs, open house
planned
Six 4-H clubs are
currently meeting
including Shawl making,
Grooming, and
Traditional fish net
making.
Page 5
Input requested
Tribal members are
requested to complete
and submit a
questionnaire regarding
past and future fisheries.
Page 7
Wellness team attends
annual conference
Team members attended
the Annual Seaside
health Promotion
conference in June.
Page 8
The next deadline date
for Spilyay Tymoo is
October 14.
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Whitewolf earns law degree through hard work, determination
by Donna Behrend
What's it take to become an
attorney? If you ask CeCe White
wolf, it takes years of school, hard
work and determination.
Being the first tribal member
ever to attain a law degree, CeCe
was among the 209 sworn into the
Oregon State Bar during ceremo
nies at the state Capitol House
chambers Friday, September 23.
Oregon's newest attorneys join
about 10.000 other attorneys al
ready practicing in Oregon.
CeCe began chasing her dream
of becoming an attorney in 1980
when she enrolled in law school
preparatory classes.Thc following
summer, (JeL'e attended summer
classes designed especially for native
Americans at the University of
New Mexico to further prepare her
for law school. In 198 1 , she enrolled
at Lewis and Clark.
In the middle of her second year,
CeCe was put on probation at
Lewis and Clark because her grade
point average was a fraction of one
point below the required GPA.
Lewis and Clark informed CeCe,
even though she was able to bring
up her GPA, that she would have
to take a year off. Even while she
was studying law, CeCe was en
rolled at Portland State Univer
sity, working on an MBA in which
she attained a 4.0 GPA, further
proof that CeCe was capable of
doing graduate level work.
During her year off from school,
CeCe worked at the Marceau,
Karnopp, Petersen firm in Bend as
a researcher. She was also respon
sible for tribal legal aide work.
Even though CeCe already had
more than two years of actual law
school under her belt, Lewis and
Clark required that she begin work
ing on her law degree from the
beginning. She even had to take
classes over that she had previously
passed. CeCe worked during the
day, sometimes representing tribal
members in tribal court and worked
at the U.S. Attorneys office, work
ing on federal misdemeanors and
assisting with felony cases. She
attended night classes, carrying 12
to 14 hours per term. Miraculously,
CeCe was able to find adequate
time to both study and prepare for
court cases.
Her last three-year go around
with school ended with Lewis and
Clark graduation ceremonies May
28.
Now that school is behind her,
CeCe plans to go into private prac
tice in Portland and specialize in
Indian law. She will be taking the
Washington state and Idaho state
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CeCe Whitewolf, (front row, second from left) listened to speeches during swearing-in ceremonies September 23.
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CeCe received a congratulatory hug from Ron Cameron. CeCe
spent about seven years attaining her degree.
bar exams so that she can practice
law in those states as well as Oregon.
She has also applied to the federal
bar so that she will be able to prac
tice in federal courts. To cut down
on travel time, CeCe intends to
take flying lessons so that she can
wing her way from tribe to tribe
conducting legal business in the
northwest.
CeCe said that this year's bar
exam was "very difficult,"and that
only 60 percent of the 405 who
took the exam were able to success
fully complete it. "I didn't think I
could pass it the first time around,"
she said. Many people must take
the exam more than once. The two
day bar exam consists of one day of
multiple choice questions and one
day of essay questions during which
the students have 30 minutes to
answer each question. For CeCe,
the Constitutional questions were
the most difficult.
CeCe added that the second time
through law school was "harder
financially. The Tribe had paid so
much already, it wasn't fair for me
to ask for more aid." Once she suc
cessfully completed her schooling,
her tribal loan became a grant and,
because she was a minority student
and successfully completed her bar
exam within the first year after
graduation, her Oregon State Bar
Association loan also became a
grant. She now only has to repay
the American Indian Scholarship
Program loan. "I'm in much better
financial shape than some of the
other students," she said, citing
that it costs about $35,000 to attain
a law degree.
During the swearing-in ceremo
nies, U.S. District Court judge
James Redden stated that more
and more people are becoming
aware of their rights. "People suing
people means people know their
rights and they know where to go
to assert those rights." He advised
Oregon's newest attorneys that they
"must always be known as depen
dable and reliable. ..retain your
greatest asset, your credibility
...don't sacrifice it. Once your
credibility is lost in the court room,
start looking at an alternative
career."
Finally, Redden encouraged the
attorneys to "have fun.. .Don't go
into practice to make a lot of
money. Those who do enter law to
make a lot of money don't have as
much fun." Also, he said, "take
time for your family."
CeCe will be setting up her office
in Portland, hopefully in January.
But before that, she will be taking a
month-long trip to Europe.
Was it worth it? "Ask me after
I'm in business," she said with a
laugh.
WSFPI notes full crew
"We're up to a full compliment
of employees," said Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries general
manager Bob Macy, Sr. "Produc
tion in some areas is still somewhat
down, "added Macy, because "some
employees are training into new
positions."
Macy said that at the end of Sep
tember, all but 49 of those who
went out on strike were back at
work. Seventeen of those are off
work because of work-related injur
ies, injuries off the job or leaves of
absence. He also said that there are
1 8 who will not be coming back to
work because of personal decisions
or they have found other employ
ment and 1 4 are still on the waiting
list to come back to work. Approx
imately 60 percent of the work
force is comprised of tribal members
and affiliates.
Continued on Page 7
October 27...
Museum referendum date set
Wascos to hold meeting
A meeting to discuss the selec
tion of a sub-chief of the Wasco
tribe will be held Thursday. October
13 at the Upper Shitike Medicine
Lodge. The meeting is scheduled to
begin after 6:30 p.m.
According to Wasco Chief Nel
son Wallulatum, the sub-chief is to
be a descendant of one of the treaty
signers Mark, William (Billy)
Chinook or Cush-Kella, all chiefs
of The Dalles Bands of the Wascos;
Toh-Simph. Chief of the Ki-Gal-Twa-La
Band of the Wascos and
Wal-La-Chin, chief of the Dog
River Band of Wascos.
If there is adequate time, the
Museum referendum will be dis
cussed as w ill be the 1989 operating
budget and other concerns.
The Medicine Lodge is located
behind Chief Waliulatum's home
at the head of Shitike Creek.
A dream of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs came a
step closer to reality September 27
when the Tribal Council approved
a referendum date for the proposed
tribal museum. Eligible voters will
be asked to decide the fate of the
proposed tribal museum Thursday,
October 27.
Tribal Council made the deci
sion after more than a year of
intensive planning by the Middle
Oregon Indian Historical Society. The
planning included development of
the program design for the museum
building, a 12-page informational
booklet titled "Traditions and
Treasures"; two video tapes; "Warm
Springs Today", an eight-and-one-half
minute overview of the Warm
Springs reservation, and; "A Future
for the Past" an 1 1 14 minute pre
sentation on the plans and justifica
tion for the museum. Planning also
included a survey of potential fund
ing agencies and the preparation of
grant proposals.
The location for the museum has
not been finalized as of this date.
However, the alfalfa field, next to
Shitike Creek currently being
farmed by Ed Manion, is the pre
ferred site. The site's proximity to
Highway 26 provides good access
to Warm Springs community mem
bers and the traveling public as
well. The cost to develop the site
will be relatively low and it pro
vides the ability to develop out
door activities and displays in con
junction with water.
The site, which could be dev
loped as an alternative park-type
area, could double as a rest stop
area and a way to get people to stop
on the reservation and visit Kah-Nee-Ta.
the museum and, or other
enterprises. The site is also large
enough to allow for future expan
sion of the museum.
Recent engineering studies by
Centurv West of Bend show that
flooding problems can be solved by
raising the building site approxi
mately three feet and adding em
bankments. Conceptual site plans will be
reviewed at community meetings
scheduled for this month.
TH. total project will cost $4.5
million. The building itself is ex
pected to be $2.5 million; site pre
paration and exhibitry will be about
$1 million with another $1 million
slated for educational programming
and endowment
The tribal referendum will pro
vide over half of the funding needed
for the project. The remainder of
the funds will be raised during a
major capital campaign next year.
Several federal, state and private
funding agencies have already ex
pressed interest in the project.
Groundbreaking for the new
museum is expected to be in late
1989 with the anticipated opening
by mid-June, 1990.