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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Timber Committee members note meetings, accomplishments for 1993
The following report was submit
ted by members of the Tribal Timber
Committee, Ray Moody, chairman,
Art Mitchell, vice chairman, Thcron
Johnson, member and Max Jackson,
member.
The Timber committee has been
entrusted with the job of protecting
and enhancing the forest resources
on the reservation. The committee is
an executive committee which was
selected by the Tribal Council. What
follows is a summary of the
committee's activities for 1993.
Attendance
In 1993 the Timber committee
scheduled and met 26 times to con
duct regular business. Attendance for
those meetings was:
Ray Moody 25 meeting
Thcron Johnson 23 meetings
Art Mitchell 24 meetings
Max Jackson 22 meetings
Regular business involved re
viewing and approving timber sale
layout, camping permits, tribal
woodcutting permits, etc.
The Timber committee, duringthe
Celilo Wyam feast, powwow scheduled
The annual Celilo Wyam Salmon
Feastand Powwow will be held April
8, 9 and 10 in Celilo.
Numerous categories for dancing
have been formulated. They are:
Adult Men's Traditional, Women's
Traditional, Men's Fancy, Women's
Celilo, Oregon
April, 8,9, and 10, 1994
Workplace Safety Seminar
April 12
8 a.m. to 12 noon
and
1 to 4:30 p.m.
Community Center Social Hall
No Charge
Call 553-1634 to register
Nuclear storage facility-
Continued from page 1
Assuming that opening of a
temporary facility remains tied to the
opening of a permanent federal facil
ity, the soonest an MRS site could
accept waste would be approximately
2010. Meanwhile, 25,000 tons of
existing spent fuel, plus whatever is
generated between now and 2010,
must be stored at existing reactor
sites. Since we must create safe on
site storage in any case, the need for
a temporary centralized facility be
comes moot If, on the other hand, an
MRS site is developed independent
of the timetable for a permanent fa
cility, the pressure for establishment
of a permanent facility would be un-
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same period, held 23 special meet
ings to continue the in-depth review
of project assessments and forest
officer s reports. Attendance for those
meetings was
Ray Moody 22 meetings
Thcron Johnson 20 meetings
Art Mitchell 22 meetings
Max Jackson 21 meetings
Tours
The Timber committee, with the
assistance of the Branch of Forestry,
continued their efforts in conducting
field tours of reservation lands where
forestry-related activities were in
progress or proposed. Committee
members gathered information and
educated themselves on the proposed
actions.
Tour discussions included but wee
not limited to winter logging, timber
sale layout, home site leases and log
ging operations. Something differ
ent was the committee's involvement
and support of BIA Realty's efforts
in purchasing properties in the
McQuinn Strip.
Fancy, Men's Grass and Women's
Jingle; Senior Categories Men's and
Women's Golden Age; Teen Cat
egories (13 to 17) Teen Boy'sTradi
tional, Teen Girls Traditional, Teen
Boys Fancy and Grass and Teen Girls
Fancy and Jingle; Junior categories
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dermined and the temporary site
could effectively become permanent,
without having been designed for
safe permanent storage.
The current MRS siting policy
is not designed to identify the best
qualified site or sites, but instead is
driven by economic incentives of
fered to those interested in studying
and hosting a temporary storage site.
In part because of this economically
driven self-selection process, the only
sites under current consideration are
in the western United States, while
most existing reactor waste is in the
east. This can only increase transpor
tation risks.
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ConferencesWorkshops
The timber committee planned for,
through the budget process, attend
ing certain conference or workshops.
Below is a list of conferences that
committee members attended.
Oregon Logging Conference: All
members
Forest Residue Management: All
members
Affiliated Tribes: Art and Max
IntcrTribal Timber Symposium:
Art, Thcron and Ray
Starkey Project Tour Ray Art and
Thcron
Yakima and Seattle Forest Tour
All Members
Western Juniper Forum: Art,
Thcron and Max
NCAI: Art and Max
Committee members have been
delegated to participate in and attend
meetings that involve tribal resources.
The committee has attended joint
committee meetings, WSFPI reports
to Tribal Council and project assess
ment team meetings.
Workshops attended by members
(7 to 12) Boys and Girls Mixed in
cluding traditional, fancy and grass,
and Tiny Tots (under six) paid daily.
The Levi Lee "Raccoon" Walsey
Hand Drum Contest, sponsored by
relatives, friends and singing part
ners will be held.
Specials, including 1992-93 se
nior queen Laticia 1 7 and under girls
traditional, 1992-93 junior princess,
Erica Fawn Dave, 12 and under girl's
traditional, 1992-93 111' brave, Louis
Sweowat boys 10 and under. War
Bonnet Special in honor of Chief
Howard Jim, 40 and over, and men's
traditional in honor of Lucille and
Roger Begay will be featured as well.
Rejoining ceremonies will be held
the morning of April 8 with memori
als and name giving. Washut Ser
vices will be held Sunday morning at
10 a.m. The salmon feast will be
served at noon Sunday.
A raffle featuring many items will
be held. In the raffle as prizes are,
sizable cash awards, mountain bike,
a picture of Celilo, a Pendleton blan
ket, Eagle Tail fan, game gear, bob
tie, ice chest , small chain saw, a
shell dress beaded vest and numer
ous other prizes. Need not be present
to win. Tickets are $1 each.
OSU visitation
scheduled for
April 22
The staff of the Native American
Longhouse, in conjunction with the
Indian Education Office, Educational
Opportunities Program and Native
Americans in Marine Sciences pro
gram extend an invitation to spend a
day on the Oregon State University
campus in Corvallis Friday, April
22.
The event will include a campus
tour, lunch, presentations by Native
American students and program di
rectors as well as a brief speech by a
representative of the University ad
ministration. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. at
the Native American Longhouse. T
confirm your visit, call 737-2738 as ,
soon as possible. Housing will be
provided for those who wish to stay
overnight April 21.
Students advise: Work hard, pay attention, have fun
By Saphronia Katchia
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SuYenn Smith
Su Yenn Lei Smith is seventeen
years old and is the daughter of Sissy
and Al vis Smith, Jr. of Warm Springs.
Her grandparents are Millie Wilson
of Springfield, Oregon, the late
Ronny Wilson and Alvis Smith, Sr.
Her brother is twenty five year old
Alvis III who is a 1987 graduate of
MHS and her sister is Morta Smith
who is twenty and graduated from
MHS in 1991. Smith is of the Wasco,
Modoc-Klamath descent
includes Roberts Rules of Order,
Ethics in Tribal Government and BIA
Forest Managers Meeting. The com
mittee was invited to attend the
stumpage negotiations meetings as
silent participants.
Public Forums
In 1993, public meetings were held
in the Simnasho and Agency
Longhouscs to provide the tribal
membership the opportunity to pro
vide some input into future timber
sales as the planning process began.
The basic question posed to the
membership was What would you
like to see?" Community attendance
and participation in the January
meetings seemed to be better than
those meetings held in December.
The members who attended these
meetings provided some good fun
damental information that should
assist the project teams to provide a
timber sale package that strives to
meet the needs a goals of all the
people. It should be noted that
changes have come about from these
meetings, such as prescriptions, unit
Clinton to meet with tribal leaders; Listening
conference to be held May 5, 6 in Albuquerque
President Clinton announced
March 21 that he and top cabinet
officials will hold two separate
meetings with America Indian tribal
leaders as part of an ongoing effort to
work with tribal nations in develop
ing a sound and responsive domestic
policy.
The President will host 545 feder
ally recognized tribes in Washington
at a first of its kind meeting. The
meeting will provide an opportunity
for tribal leaders to hear directly from
the President about his
administration's overall commitment
to ensuring American Indian sover
eignty and about how his domestic
agenda impacts American Indians.
The White House meeting will be
followed by the "National American
Indian Listening Conference on May
5 and 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The purpose of the conference is to
provide a forum for tribal leaders to
speak on select issues involving the
departments of Justice and Interior.
Attorney General Janet Reno and
Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt
will convene this historic two-day
conference an important step in the
development of both the Clinton
Administration's American Indian
policy and laws administered by the
two departments.
Never in the history of American
"Indianfederal relations has the
United States Attorney General and
the Secretary of the Interior joined in
a partnership committed to listening
to American Indian concerns on is
sues in their departments.
"Our goal at the Listening Con
Root Feasts
Agency and
Simnasho
Longhouses
Sunday, April 3
Noon
She enjoys playing Softball and
traveling. She was a member of the
Madras team her freshman and
sophomore years. She enjoyed it
"because it was competitive during
the game but afterwards everyone
was friendly." Her favorite classes
and teachers include; Civics with
Matt Henry and 12English with Barry
Morrison. Special recognition Smith
has received include being on the 4.0
Honor Roll her sophomore year. Her
outlook of the past school years she
stated, "I could have tried harder if I
paid attention more, but they were
fun years." She is feeling a bit scared
when the thought of graduation,
growing up and facing the real world
comes up. She will miss having her
friends and the teachers around when
she leaves MHS.
Smith is interested in pursuing a
career in Clinical Psychology. She
would like to attend Central Oregon
Community College for two years
and transfer to Alaska University
Fairbanks. She would like to
comment to the remaining lower
classmen. Try hard, pay attention,
make high school worth while and
have fun." In five to ten years from
now Smith sees herself in school
earning a degree.
Seventeen year old Claude Henry
Smith III is the son of Versa and
Claude Smith, Jr. of Warm Springs.
His grandparents are Ken and
Ernestine Stevens, and Claude and
Victoria Smith, Sr. all of Warm
Springs. He has one brother, Maurice
who is twenty-two and is a 1990
graduate of Madras High School
locations and attention to other us
ers. These public forums will be con
tinued and held for each and every
timber sale planned.
Timber Committee Accomplish
ments The Timber committee has been
delegated the task of approving all
timber sales along with other forest
related activities. This year, the Tim
bcrcommittcecarcfullyrevicwcdand then approved, by committee resolu
tion, six timber sales and were pre
sented to Tribal Council for action.
A helicopter logging project plan was
completed for HeHe Butte by the
joint effort of the natural resource
staff.
Another year has gone by with
Ordinance 74 (IRMP) in place and
implementation has continued to be
a learning experience for all those
who are actively involved. The
changes in practices as dictated by
Ordinance 74 are not totally visible
and many not be for several years, so
patience and continued monitoring
is a must.
ference is to listen so that we hear the
independent thinking if trial leaders
on crucial issues facing American
Indian today," Reno stated. "We also
hope to affirm our commitment to
strengthening the Nation-to-Nation
relationship we have with tribal gov
ernments. "This conference is indicative of
this administration's desire to create
meaningful change; change that fac
tors in tribal viewpoints. It is excit
ing to be part of an administration
that will begin to fulfill long-held
FmHA accepting nominations
The Farmers Home Administra
tion is accepting nominations for
County Committee elections for
JeffersonWheeler Counties. This
notice is issued to inform eligible
voters of the right to nominate candi
dates by petition. Copies of the pe
tition and instructions on its comple
tion can be obtained from the Farmers
Home Administration Office in
Madras.
Persons nominated should have
an interest in a farm as an owner,
tenant, or sharecropper within the
county or area in which activities of
the county or area committee are
carried out. They must be citizens of
Easter Services
Full Gospel Church:
Spirituality Conference Friday & Saturday, April 1, 2, 1994
Sunday Sunrise Service at the church
Breakfast following service
9:00 a.m. March from West Hills or Campus (still to be decided)
to Full Gospel Church
1 1:30 Easter Service-Potluck-Early
bhaker Church:
7:00 p.m. Open the church on Friday night
7:00 p.m. Saturday Church service-10:00 a.m. Sunday Easter Services
Noon meal will be served
Catholic Church
7:00 p.m. Good Friday Church Services-9:00 a.m. Easter Services
Baptist Church
7:00 a.m. Sunrise service at Billy Hill
Breakfast following service
10:00 a.m. Sunday School-1 1:00 a.m. Church Service
Presbyterian Church
8:30 a.m. Worship Service9:30 a.m. Breakfast
1 1:00 a.m. Worship & Communion Service
Smith has two sisters; twenty-six year
oldShirelle.sheisa 1986 graduate of
MHS and eleven year old Rachel
who is a sixth grader at Buff
Elementary. Smith is of the Warm
Springs, Wasco, Yakima and Colville
descent
Activities he has been involved in
include Forestry which he has been
in since his freshman year. In March
of 1993 he took a trip to England to
play football, he felt it has been of
great benefit to him because he has
received a lot of notices from
colleges. Special interests of his
include fishing, hunting, weight
lifting and other outdoor activities.
Smith has been a member of the
Madras football team since junior
high and baseball since he started
high school. He feels that football is
his favorite sport because there is a
lot of strength needed, and it also
includes self discipline and
teamwork. Favorite classes of his
include Weight Training with Bruce
Reece, Civics with Darryl Smith and
Physical Education with Dave
Randle. Special accomplishments
Smith has received include; First and
Second team in football for Otfensive
Line, and Honorable Mention also
for football his junior year, second
team selection for baseball, four year
letterman in both football and
baseball at Madras High.
His outlook of the past school
years he feels, "Have been fun, but
went by too fast" He is feeling a bit
scared and uncomfortable about this
being his last year in high school.
MHS sports, teammates, and friends
Conclusion
A Ordinance 74 takes a stronger
hold and as the tribal membership
expands their knowledge, the man
agement of tribal resources must be
done in a manner to meet the needs
of all the people. Tribal committees
have the opportunity to set the pe
rimeters as to how our tribal re
sources are managed, thus setting
the direction for management to
follow.
The timber committee is a body
of four individuals who have been
selected to represent the entire tribal
population and are responsible for
making some pretty tough decisions
that affect the daily lifestyles of our
people and will affect that of our
future generations. With that said,
maybe the importance of what we
are asked to do may shed some light
on why we ask for as much input
from tribal membership as possible.
In closing, committee members
are willing to answer any and all
questions possible. Feel free to con
tact members if issues arise.
promises and to address long-over
due injustices in Indian Country,"
said Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary
of Indian Affairs for the BIA.
Representatives from federal
Sovernment,reIevantU.S. Attorneys,
egal service providers, judges, state
officials and State Attorney Gener
als will hear first-hand from tribes
abut particular issues such as crime,
the environment, the tribal justice
system and other issues which are
shared between the departments of
Justice and Interior.
the United States or aliens legally
admitted to the United States for
permanent residence, and be well
qualified for committee work.
Spouses of those persons who meet
the eligibility criteria are also eli
gible for nomination for election to
Die County Committee. Nominations
must be received in the Madras
FmHA Office at 247 SW 3rd St no
later than May 11, 1994. FmHA
committee elections are open to all
eligible voters withoutregard to race,
color, religion, national origin, age,
political affiliation, marital status,
sex andor handicap.
For more information contact the
FmHA office at 475-6135.
afternoon service following potluck,
is what he will miss when he leaves
Madras.
He plans to pursue a career in
Forestry by attending Mt. Hood
Community College for one year then
on to Boise State. He would like to
comment to the remaining lower
classmen at MHS, "hit the books
early, think about college earlier and
work hard." In five or ten years from
now Smith sees himself working in
the Forestry field somewhere in the
Northwest
Claude Smith IH
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