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OR COLL E 7 b .S68 v. 13 no. 25 Dec 16, 1988 C VOL. 13 NO. 25 Coyote News In Brief Financial management rebuilt Tribal financial service shave been divided to insure adequate ; management. , Page 2 . Subbasin planning ' Involves tribal members State and tribal agencies are working together to ; develop plans for each subbasin in an effort to increase salmon and l steelhead runs. Tribal ! members are encour ' aged to attend subbasin ; planning meetings. "w'",i Page 2 Employees commended Twenty-four tribal employees were honored at a luncheon December 12. Page 5 MHS boys win Invitational The Madras Hiah School Holiday Invitational bas ketball tournament resulted in a first place witn for Madras. Page 6 Natural discipline may be more effective for children If parents fail to get the correct response from children by using tradi tional reward and pun ishment approaches, a natural conseauences approach may be more elective. Page 7 Co-dependency explained Defining the co- dependency of growing up in an alcoholic home is the first step in chang ing unworkable living patterns. Page 8 Deadline for the next Issue of Spilyay Tymoo Is December 23, 1988. WEATHER December High Low 21 26 24 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 42 36 32 28 41 i di 71 rm ill fc S 04 V Chairman "It was a great honor for me lowing his meeting with President Jackson was among 1 6 tribal lead personally, and for our tribe," Ronald Reagan. "I never met ers from throughout the United said Warm Springs Tribal Coun- anyone who got to shake the Slates selected to meet with Rea cil Chairman Zane Jackson fol- hand of a president," he added, gan Monday, December 12. wmJ" , - : Warm Springs Tribal Council Chairman Zane Jackson was one of 16 Ronald Reagan. Final operating budget posted The final 1989 operating budget was posted November 29 and notes a $600,739 decrease from the pro posed budget that was posted at the end of October. The cuts were made after considering comments made in General Council meetings over the past several years and after careful scrutiny of the pro posal. The appropriation was made through the ratification of Resolu tion 7722. Secretary Treasurer Larry Cal ica explained that there is "latitude in the budget," in that Tribal Coun cil did not direct which department or program budgets should be reduced or how to make those reductions, but rather leaves that decision up to the discretion of the managers. In a December 6, 1988 memo from Tribal Council to Cal ica, Council stated, "We believe that our direction, combined with good discretionary judgment of management, will be able to accom plish most objectives" detailed in the appropriation. Reductions The SecretaryTreasurer's office. Subbasin Planning meeting December 19, 1988 at the Agency Longhouse All tribal members are encouraged to attend. This is an informational meeting to explain subbasin planning. Condensed versions of the four subbasin system plans will be available at the Natural Resources Department after December 15. Please bring completed questionaires to the meeting. iMiivav II c News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation PO BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 among tribal leaders Health and Social Services, Public Safety, Public Works Services, and Education Services will each be required to reduce their budgets by $50,000. Financial Services will be required to reduce their budget by $70,000 while the Tribal Coun cil and Committees budgets will be reduced by $20,000. The Tribal Court budget will be reduced by $25,000 and the departments that come under the umbrella of Other Tribal Programs will reduce their budgets by $55,000. Also included in the reduction is $100,000 in overall efficiency savings. The Community Assistance Pro gram, which includes such programs as scholarship and vocational edu cation, donations, senior citizen home repair and lot survey funds, will be reduced by $125,000. The Capital project budget has been reduced by $525,000 and Enter prise funds will be reduced by $52,000. Total reductions total $1.2 mil lion and reflects Tribal Council's concern about the Tribe getting their money's worth out of estab lished programs. That philosophy continues on into the add-ons con tained in the budget. Calica stated P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Reques ivffloo H tribal leaders to meet with President Tribal Council based the budget on needs and prioritized the programs. Council is dedicated to "addressing the needs of the community." Additions For "Youth and Family Initia tives", Tribal Council added $100,000 and will "entertain prop osals which focus on these groups from and prevention and commun ity based approach." Tribal Council understands the "need for adjusting the salaries of employees" and $400,000 has been added to next year's budget for that purpose. The adjustment to salaries should occur in accordance with a plan submitted by Calica. "The plan should address an incre- Continued on page 5 IS ' Tribe supports spill agreement Salmon smolts migrating to the ocean must pass over dams or through turbines to continue their journey. They often do not survive the passage. An agreement between federal and state fish agencies, utilities and Columbia River tribes requires the passage of water over spillways rather than through turbines "dur ing periods of juvenile anadrom ous fish migration." FourColumbia Riverdams must install workable bypass sytcms at Lower Monumental Dam. Ice Harbor Dam, John Day Dam and The Dalles Dam. The spill agreement is the out growth of a lawsuit filed against Bonneville Power Administralion by the National Wildlife Ecderation, the states of Washington and Idaho and the L'matilla and Warm Springs tribes over plans to export North west power to Southern Califor nia. Implementation of the plan would demand that more water goes through the turbines with less available for fish passage. According to Warm Springs tri bal attorney Howard Arnett. the utilities and BP A "want relief from lawsuits." and so they signed the agreement. It stipulates thai require urn vi.k:; i'i y ut- uklin lu-kak"i K'fct- ivi-M' mi : 1J - 2 1 - mi : ; f ' 1 1 y y tyniH,. 0 8 EUGENE i OR "403 V..;-: &:C&rZ to meet with President The invitation to visit Reagan came about 10 days ago, and according to a tribal official, the invitations were extended to the "more progressive" tribes in the Prior to sitting at the table with Reagan, the tribal leaders met with Secretary of the Interior Don Model, Dr. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ross Swimmer and Dr. Everett Rhoades, head of the Indian Health Service. In that meeting, the group discussed reservation economies, health, unemployment and other issues concerning reservation wel fare. These concerns will be consi dered by the secretaries' successors during the next term. Reagan then joined the group, in what Jackson termed "a friendly meeting," noting that Reagan was with the group for about 20 min utes. Nothing was mentioned about Reagan's comments on Indians whilVhS was yisiting Moscow last .. summer. 'C Attending the meeting with. Jackson were Leonard Birch, Chair man of the Southrn Utes in Colo rado; Ivan Sydney, Chairman of the Hopi; Morris Thompson, President and CEO of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in Juneau; Edward Lonefight, Chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold; Christmas program schedule for 509-J District schools Madras Jr.High December 15, 7:30 p.m Madras Elementary December 16, 1:15 p.m Warm Springs Elementary December 19, 7:30 p.m Madras High School Buff Elementary COCC registration to begin Central Oregon Community College winter term schedules will be available soon. Community Education classes include Power Machine Sewing, Growing Smarter Kids, Power Volleyball, Oil Painting (reserva tion scenery), Automotive Tune up and repair, and Country Swing Dancing. ments for passage at critical times of the year must be met. If the utili ties and BPA wish to export power after that, it is agreeable, "as long as they provide spill and comply," says Arnett. According to the agreement, "BPA shall not plan or enter into power marketing arran gements that prevent its compliance with this agreement." BPA is expected to support I uncl ing for the installation, operation and monitoring of the bypass sytcms in the Corp of Engineer's budget and in Congressional committees and will include it in budgeting submissions to the Department of Energy. I he Corp of Engineers which operates the dams did not sign the agreement. According to the tribal attorney. "They oppose the spill." because "it is not cost effective." He adds, to them "Power genera tion is worth more than fish." I hey would rather spill water or stoie it for later use. Howecr. with pres sure from Congress and BP.VT hey ma comply." Arnett says. He adds. "All the interests behind the a grccmcnt will coalesce and pres sure the Corp to comply. " The spill agreement will be J ; Permit No. 2 gsOH 97761 DECEMBER 16, 1988 Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in Okla homa; and, Edgard L. French, President of the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma. Also attending were Richard Milanovich, Chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs; Darrell "Chip" Wadena, Chairman of the White Earth reservation; Phillip Martin, Chairman of the Mississippi Choc taw of Philadelphia, Mississippi; Richard A. Hayward, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot of Con necticut; Eddie L. Tullis, Chair man of the Poarch Band of the Creek Indians of Atmore, Alabama; Gerald Antonc, President of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community of Arizona in Scotts dale; Bob Rivera, Chairman of the Coastal Band of the Chumach Nation in Buena Park, California and Johnny Thompson, Vice Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council in Window Rock Arizona -Jackson desenbet-Keaian -as a- man whose looks and actions belie his age, "He doesn't look like he's 77. He walks with a spring in his step." Concluding, Jackson commented on Reagan's popularity, stating that Reagan "received more votes than anyone in the world.. .a lot of peo ple put him" in the office of the presidency. December 20, 7:30 p.m December 21, 1:15 p.m Credit classes include Math Lab, Introduction to Business Data Processing(IBM computer). Phys ical Anthropology, Effective Learn ing, and Early Childhood Devel opment (music and creative move ment). Registration begins December 27, 1988. offered as an amendment to be incorporated into the Northwest Power Planning Council policy for the Columbia River. Should the Corp fail to comply, the action "may result in litigation" between the NPPC and the Corp. sayss Arnett. The agreement will become ef fective December 3 1. 1988 and will be in effect for 10 years during w hich time bypass systems must be installed. Spill requests w ill be determined by federal and state agencies and the tribes as to times and amount necessary to meet the needs of migrating smolts. Requests will he transmitted by the ish Passage Center to the Corp of Engineers Reservoir Control Center and BPA. Theagrccment states. "The Parties shall honor all requests by the Agencies and Tribes that arc neces sary for the implementation of this agreement..." Approved by Resolution 7721. Warm Springs Tribal Council feels theagrccment "w ill greatly assist in rebuilding the Columbia Ricr s.dmon and steelhead runs which arc the foundation of the tribes ttcatv fishing rights." Vl