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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Land purchases meet future needs continued from Pagei
efforts in this area was aided by the
passage in 1972 of the Warm
Springs Inheritance Act by Con
gress which prohibited non-members
of the Tribes from inheriting
an interest on the Warm Springs
Reservation a nd allowed the Tribes
to purchase those interests at fair
market value.
In 1972 Congress also returned
much of the land that the Tribes
were deprived as a result of the
erroneous survey with the passage
of the McQuinn Act conveying
approximately 80,000 acres of land
along the northern and estcrn bound
aries of the Reservation that were
formerly within the Mt. Hood
;. National Forest. However, the leg
': islation did not deal with the pri
; vate lands held within the original
: reservation boundaries. Over the
: past 20 years, as these lands have
: become available they have been
: purchased by the Tribes. Themost
: recent purchase of these northern
: boundary lands occurred in 1986
: when the Tribes bought approxi
; matelyS, 580 acres from a rancher
j for $475,000.
: In 1979 the Tribes completed
I two of their most important off
'. reservation land purchases. The
: Tribes paid $350,000 for approxi
: mately 888 acres of land encom
passing Sherars Falls. This pur
. chase was of particular importance
to the Tribes because the lands
encompassed one of the most im-
portant traditional fishing sites
used by the Tribes and was the
ancestral home of one of the Bands
signing the Treaty of 1855 which
established the Warm Springs
1 Reservation.
The Tribes also purchased dur-
ing that year a ranch just south of
', the Reservation along Highway 26
' belonainatotheSchoenand Haeen
families. They paid $471,200 for 304
acres. One possible use envisioned
by the Tribes when they purchased
Treatment
by Brent Merrill
Grand Ronde Smoke Signals
Nanitch Sahallie. In the Chinook
jargon, the native language of a
majority of the bands that com
, prise the Confederated Tribes of
i Grand Ronde, "Nanitch Sahallie"'
' means "to seek up high". It is also
the name chosen by the Tribe to
represent the intensive substance
abuse treatment center they opened
in April, 1989.
The center is located in Keizer,'
Oregon and specializes in the treat
ment of Native American youth'
with drug and alcohol problems.
Troubled youth come from tribes
all over the country to participate
in the program.
In 1983, tribal chairman Mark
Mercier, Cheryle Kennedy and
General Manager Jim Willis were
approached by representatives of
Indian Health Service about the
possibility of the Tribe developing
a Youth Primary Residential Treat
ment Center in Oregon. The three
tribal representatives began discus
sion of the project with members of
other tribal councils, Phil Rilatos
of the Siletz Tribe and Bonnie.
Peterson, a tribal council represen
tative. The consensus of those in
volved in the discussions was that
the project was important and the
possibilities should be explored.
Revenues for the project were
secured through Portland Area
Indian Health Services. The tribe
then began the search for a facility
capable of housing the program.
Such a facility was eventually
located in Keizer.
The tribe worked closely with
Chemawa Indian School in devel
oping the program. The school had
recently polled students to find a
surprisingly high level of abuse
among students.
After running into problems try
ing to secure funds from the federal
government, tribal general manager
Jim Willis asked Senator Mark
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7"Ae "Morrison Properly" on the Deschutes River is one of several land
the lands was for residential use by
non-member employees of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Tribes, many of whom now have to
commute from Madras to work
each day.
In 1988 the Tribes purchased a
107 acre parcel on the south shore
of the metolius arm of Lake Billy
Chinook for approximately $97,000.
Title to the property is held by the
Metolius Land Company, a corpo
ration formed by the Tribes.
In 1990 the Tribes completed
three significant off-reservation
land purchases. The first consisted
of two isolated small parcels on
remote reaches of the Metolius
River opposite the Reservation..
center stresses culture
Hatfield to assist with the effort.
Even with Hatfield's support and
the support of the Northwest Re
gional Solicitor for the Department
of the Interior, funds could not be
obtained from the federal govern
ment.; According to Willis, the, trjbe
began exploring financing options.
This process consisted of develop
ing a loan package including cash
flow projections and statements of
purpose and objectives for the use
of the center. The tribe negotiated
with three banks before accepting a
loan guarantee package from I nter
state Bank in Salem for $1.2 mil
lion for 25 years. The deal took
about six months to put together
and the tribe received assistance
from BIA Area Director Stan
. Speaks, Assistant Area Director
Wilford Bowker and agency Su
perintendent Nelson Witt.
The tribe put forth a tremendous
effort just to get the project off the
ground, despite setbacks that
occurred along the way. "No tribal
government, even now, has made
such an unprecedented commitment
to the treatment of substance abuse
among Native American youth. It
took a lot of time and energy to
develop such a significant program.
No tribe had done that, and the
tribal council felt very strongly
about the establishment of this
program," said Willis.
Native youth spend from 30 to
90 days in treatment at the center.
The intensive residential treatment
phase consists of support groups,
family counseling, one-one-one
counseling, recreational activities,
cultural awareness, education and
aftercare services including the
Transitional Living Component.
According to a brochure de
signed by program operations man
ager Greg Archuleta, "the purpose
of the intensive residential treat
ment program is to provide clients
with an awareness and understand
ing of the effects of alcohol and
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The Tribes paid about $ 1 1 8,000 for
2.6 acres.
In March the Tribes completed a
purchase of approximately 28 acres
of Deschutes River frontage located
directly below the Warm Springs
bridge on Highway 26 referred to
as the "Morrison Property." The
Tribes paid $450,000.
The last off-reservation land
purchase was finalized in Nov
ember, 1990. Referred to as the
"Eyerly Ranch", it consists of 197
acres of land fronting on Lake Billy
Chinook and the Metolius River.
The Tribes paid $980,000 for the
property.
Each of the land purchases made
by the Tribes are unique and are
substance abuse on themselves, their
lamilies and communities. The
clients are also provided skills to
use in group settings, awareness of
feelings, anger management and
coping skills."
The program places an emphasis
on the client maintaining his scho
lastic status upon arrival at the
treatment center. The school that
the client came from is kept updated
on the progress of the individual
through the tribal education coor
dinator. The tribe has provided clients
with the possibility of attaining
their GED credits while undergo
ing treatment. Some of the recrea
tional activities include swimming,
jogging, veight7lifting and outdoor
activties. The staff stresses cultural
enhancement to the clients as well.
The clients have the option of par
ticipating in Native arts and crafts,
drumming and dancing. Sweats
are also available. Willis teaches a
weekly tribal government class and
from time to time, guest speakers
are invited as part of the cultural
enhancement component.
When a client reaches a level of
treatment that allows them to grad
uate from the program, the After
care stage of the treatment process
begins. The staff at Nanitch Sahal- t
lie believes that aftercare is a very
important step in the recovery pro
cess. Clients particpating in After
care activities attend Alcoholics
Anonymous and Narcotics Ano
nymous meetings and a number of
other support group functions.
After clients graduate, they are
monitored and encouraged to stay
sober and drug-free.
Part two of this series will focus
on the Transitional Living Com
ponent of the treatment program
as well as an insight into who the
staff is and what they do.
Register receipts
help purchase
school computers
Warm Springs Elementary start
ed this week to collect cash register
receipts from Fred Meyer to get
FREE Apple computers, printers
and software through the "Apple
for Students" Partnership for Edu
cation Program.
Warm Springs Elementary sec
retary Judy L. Keane, says, "This is
a great program. Fred Meyer gives
our school the opportunity to get
free Apple computers into our
classrooms."
Apple computers are the most
widely used educational computer,
and the staff at Warm Springs
Elementary eventually want to see
every student having extensive
hands-on access to a classroom
computer.
Warm Springs Elementary hopes
parents and the community will
help support this program by send
ing their Fred Meyer cash register
tapes to school with their children
or by dropping them off at the
office.
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purchases recently made by the Tribe.
made for a wide variety of reasons.
Many other properties have been
offered to the Tribes and theTribcs
have declined based oh prudent
business judgement. As properties
become available each one is eval
uated for its particular merits. Off
reservation acquisitions will in all
probability occur in the future.
Earlier this year the Tribes com
pleted the construction of a $14
million small log mill to comple
ment its existing large log and ply
wood facilities. TheTribcs arc begin
ning to seek out off-reservation
timber parcels for purchase thai
can help supply the raw materials
needed for the mills. The Tribes
Support wse
with pizza
coupons
Warm Springs Elementary par
ents and teachers supporting their
local school can now get much
needed educational equipment free
by having pizza for lunch or dinner.
Pietro's Corp., a chain of 80 res
taurants in Washington and Ore
gon, has announced a program
that allows school supporters to
exchange pizza purchases for credit
toward free school equipment. The
equipment ranges from computers
to projectors to sports equipment.
The program works as follows:
Each time a large or medium pizza
is purchased at Pietro's, school sup
porters are given certificates for
educational items listed in a special
catalog available from Pietro's.
Just bring the certificates in or
send them with your child to the
school and help us purchase equip
ment. The students and staff at Warm
Springs Elementary thank you for
your continued support
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will also continue to look at addi
tional properties that become a
vailable which adjoin the Reserva
tion boundaries.
When properties are held by the
Tribes they are held in one of two
ways. Title to some of the proper
ties is conveyed to the United States
to be held in trust for the Tribes.
One important consequence of thjs
type of ownership is the exemption
that the land receives from state
' and local property taxes. The Tribe
can also hold land in fee just as
most off-reservation owners hold
their land. This type of property
remains subject to property taxes.
The Tribes are sensitive to the con
cern of off-reservation residents to
the potential loss of these property
taxes. County Commissioners are
always consulted before lands are
taken into trust ownership. Cur
rently, the only off-reservation
property that is held in trust is the
Shcrar's Bridge and Madras load
ing dock properties. All others have
remained in fee ownership and the
Tribes continue to pay taxes on
those properties.
The Tribes have made no final
determination on the future use of
any of the off-reservation parcels.
The development of Comprehen
sive Management Plans is under
way for each of the areas in which
the parcels are located. The lands
on the north part of the reservation
are included in an integrated re
source management plan now being
prepared jointly between the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Tribes.
The Sherars Bridge and Morrison
properties on the Deschutes River
are part of a wild and scenic river
Streams and lakes of the
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plan being developed by state, fed
eral and tribal agencies. The Tribes
also have a separate group working
on a comprehensive plan for the
Sherars Bridge property that will
be integrated with the wild and
scenic river plan.
The Metolius River properties
are within the area affected by a
new federal wild and scenic river
designation. The Tribes are work
ing with the Forest Service and
state agencies to develop a man
agement plan for that area. The
Metolius River and the Lake Billy
Chinook properties are also refer
enced in a comprehensive Memo
randum of Understanding between
state, federal and Tribal agencies
requiring an overall management
plan of the Metolius River canyon.
TheTribcs have therefore formed a
group to develop a comprehensive
management plan for Tribal lands
on the Metolius River and on Lake
Billy Chinook that can be inte
grated with the federal wild and
scenic river plan and the Jefferson
County Comprehensive Plan.
All these lands are a part of the
ancestral home of the Tribes. As
the "longest" term members of the
Central Oregon community, the
Tribes have always been stewards
of the land. In partnership with
their state, local and federal neigh
bors, the Tribes will continue to
work to preseve and enhance the
resources of their reservation lands
as is appropriate long term.
Changes, when they occur, will be
initiated in a manner consistent
with the protection of the resource
over time.
Warm Springs Reservation
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colored or black and white; Name,
address and telephone number must
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entries must be submitted by Jan
uary 31, 1991. They may be taken
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