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VOL. 17 NO. 14
Coyote News
In Brief
Tribes sign Sovereignty
Statement
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, to verify the
Tribes' self-governance
status, signed their
Declaration of Sovereignty
June 25.
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Employment survey data
released
The Tribal Employment
Services department
conducted a survey earlier
this year to determine the
effectiveness of their
programs.
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Graduates honored with
banquet
Local students graduating
from high school, college
and other higher education
programs were honored
June 23 at a banquet at the
Agency Longhouse.
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Employment available
Indian youth can still attain
a summer-time job through
Employment Services.
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Spice up a home-cooked
meal
OSU Extension offers
many spicy salsa recipes to
help give your meals a
delicious taste.
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Pl-Ume-Sha events keep
athletes busy
Rodeo, jogging, golf and
other sports enthusiasts
were kept busy during Pi-Ume-Sha
this year.
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Huckleberry Feast
HeHe Longhouse
Sunday, July 12
DISTRICT
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, JULY 14
Discuss the Tribes'
goals and objectives
Deadline for the next issue
of Spilyay Tymoo is July
17,1992
News
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Delvis Heath waves while riding
Keep a lookout.
Road projects vandalized; reward
The Tribal Construction depart
ment needs help in preventing costly
and mischievous acts of vandalism
which have been happening on local
road construction projects.
Stakes have been removed from
jobsites of the road projects. The
wooden markers are placed in the
ground to determine the elevation of
the road and provide critical infor
Activities scheduled for Soberfest
A Soberfest sponsored by the
Warm Springs community is sched
uled for July 17-19, 1992. Activities
to be at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge and
Village.
Scheduled for Friday is the Pot
luckBarbecue at Kah-Nee-Ta Vil
lage, 4:00 p.m.; and a Powwow at
7:00 p.m. also at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Village.
Saturday will be Kah-Nee-Ta ac
tivities from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
that includes: horseback riding,
horseshoes, volleyball, swimming,
hiking, badminton, basketball, bicy
cling, fishing, kayaks, tennis, golf,
etc. And at4:00 p.m. will be dinner at
the Simnasho Longhouse. The menu
consists of: Salmon.roast beef, baked
potatoes, fry bread, green salad, corn,
melons, coffee, punch & tea. And
from 7-12 p.m. will be the Indian t
Night Out Powwow at Simnasho.
A speaker meeting, open mike,
will be at 7:00 p.m. Saturday also.
Special guest speaker will be Jacob
Frank.
Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta
Lodge will be a breakfast buffet.
On the menu will be: Assorted chilled
juices, fresh season fruit, scrambled
eggs, Kah-Nee-Ta home-fried pota
toes, choice of two - bacon, ham, or
sausage. Trench toast or biscuits &
gravy, apple crepes, choice of Indian
Spilyay
from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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in Pi-Vme-Sha traditional dress
mation. It costs $40 to $50 to replace
each stake that is removed or even
pulled out of the ground just one
inch. Employees work hard at de
termining the grade of the road which
these stakes resemble. It also takes a
great amount of time to do this job
and removing these markers is
causing a great inconvenience to the
construction schedule.
fry bread or muffins and coffee, tea
& milk.
Everyone is welcome, all ages.
For further information call 553
1127. If you plan to attend call and let
them know so arrangements and es
timates can be made of how many
people will attend.
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Tribes, State continue water settlement talks
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Clarification of agreement state
ments and definitions will occupy
State and Tribal representatives in
the next few months as they prepare
for the next water settlement meeting
scheduled for October. A recitauon
of the agreement during a meeting
June 29 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort raised
questions which needed to be an
swered before negotiations continue.
The water quantification settle
ment proposed by the Tribe to the
State of Oregon introduces concepts
not used before in water negotiations.
A new method of determining con
sumptive water right calls for the
Tribe's right to the use of water
flowing in the Deschutes River be
yond that required to maintain a
minimum instream flow of 3,000 to
3,500 cubic feet per second. These
flows correspond with minimum
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parade Saturday, June 27.
being offered
The vandalism has been rcDOrted
to the police department and officers
will be monitoring the road projects.
If any person witnesses these stakes
being removed, they are encouraged
to report the incident to the police.
Any person who is reported and
caught removing these markers will
be prosecuted for malicious mischief
and trespassing through the tribal
court.
Tribal Construction is offering a
$100 reward to any person who re
ports vandalism to our road
projectsThere must be a conviction
before the reward is paid out
Secretarial election
The Secretarial Election that
would determine a change in Tribal
Council compensation, originally sit
for May 21 , has been rescheduled foi
Monday, July 13. The first election
that would amend the constitution
streamflows established by the Fed
eral Energy Regulatory commission
for Pelton-Round Butte Hydroelec
tric Facility.
In the past the Practicable Irrigable
Acre was used to determine the wa-
ter quantification amounts. However,'
tribal attorneys and Tribal Council
decided this method has little appli
cation to the Warm Springs Reser
vation and designed a format which
would more closely apply to current
and potential uses of water on the
Reservation.
The proposed agreement which
quantifies water only on the Reser
vation allows flexibility in making
productive use of water, and it also
assures existing water rights holders
in the Deschutes Basin that their water
rights will not be affected by Tribal
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IRMP agreement implemented
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Two vears of effort bv both tribal
and Bureau of Indian Affairs natural
resource managers has culminated in
a formal Integrated Resource Man
agement Plan for forested areas on
the Warm Springs reservation. The
plan provides standards for future
uses and preservation of all forest
resources, and serves as a basis for
decision-making.
The IRMP is organized to provide
a variety of resource management
options which promote long-term
productivity and health of the forest
ecosystem. The plan prioritizes the
maintenance and enhancement of
species diversity, promoting long
term stability of the forest environ
to determine compensation set for July 13
was Dostooned due to an error in the
voters pamphlet.
Eligible voters 18 years of age
and older have until Friday, June 19
to register for the election. Even
thouch voters registered for the
diversions. The agreement also dis
cusses the administration of tribal
water rights stating that the Tribe
will administer and enforce tribal
water rights while the State will ad
minister only water rights over which
it has authority outside the Reserva
tion. The settlement also discusses an
idea not yet established in State law,
that of water marketing or transfer
ring tribal water rights within or
outside the Reservation. This is one
of the issues that needs further re
search as negotiations continue.
According to State Water Re
sources director Martha Paget, even
though the agreement is innovative,
she and other State respresentatives
"don't see any problem working with
this format"
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ment n well as orovidine products
such as timber, fish, forage, wildlife
and water.
Six goals are outlined in the plan:
1. To provide for the long term pro
ductivity of all resource e; 2 To
provide for sustainable economic and
employmentopportunitics forpresent
and future generations of tribal
members; 3. To preserve, protect,
and enhance environmental and cul
tural values; 4. To sustain traditional,
subsistence and other cultural needs
of current and future generations of
tribal members; 5. To provide for the
protection of public health and safety;
6. To manage for diversity and sta
bility of the forest ecosystem.
original election, all must re-register
tor the July u vote. Kegisirauon
forms have been sent to all eligible1
voters.
Article III, Section 1 (e) was last
amended in 1973 and set Council
compensation at $20 while in session
for up to four hours per day and $50
per hour thereafter while in session,
but not to exceed $40 per day total
compensation and $. 15 per mile from
home to place of meeting and re
turn..." The proposed amendment reads:
"Tribal Council members shall re
ceive as compensation for their ser
vices not to exceed $50 while in
session for up to four hours per day
and $ 12.50 per hour thereafter while
in session, but not to exceed $10 per
day total compensation, and mileage
from home to place of meeting and
return at a rate used by the federal
government Expenses shall be paid
from available tribal funds. The
Tribal Council may establish salaries
of officers and comm ittee members."
Any questions concerning the
election can be directed to the tribal
Vital Statistics office at 553-3252.