Tribal Council Election Information
Agency District-
2 March 17, 1995
Agency voters will vote for three
candidates
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Dasy May Ike
My name is Daisy Mae Ike. I have
three sons and three daughters with 12
grandchildren. I also have 11 step
grandchildren who bless me with 11
great-grandchildren.
I am seeking your support and vote
for Tribal Council this term. My platform
is accountability and equality for all
tribal members from top to bottom
(Tribal Council to entry-level employ
ees). I am prepared to serve and rep
resent you and our people for as long
as necessary.
There are many needs that our
people face, i.e., housing, education,
per capita, and bonus money issues.
In addition, protecting our tribal sover
eignty and our ceded areas, which need
to be preserved for our children yet un
born. I believe that tribal information
needs to be shared with all tribal mem
bers. Even those who do not reside on
the reservation and I am committed to
do just that.
I want to be able to negotiate in your
behalf and I really need your support
and vote to represent your ideas and
concerns. I want a positive future for all
of us. Please help me to represent our
district. You are more than welcome to
write or phone me with your concerns
and ideas.
I appreciate you taking the time to
read my statement.
Daisy M. Ike
PO Box 769
Warm Springs, OR 97761
At times, it seems almost impossible
for all of us members of our Tribes to
work together and be able to communi
cate so that we can better understand
one another. I realize that times are
changing very fast and it is hard for us
to keep up with and understand and be
able to deal with changing times.
As I've stated before, the Tribal
Council needs to try harder to work with
;our managers and talk with all of our
'people and find a way to make this a
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Our tribal members are very lucky to
have this place to live and enjoy the
things that previous Councils and the
people helped preserve for us to use. I
.feel that we, as a people, need to leave
for future generations the best possible
'land and resources for their enjoyment
'and better lifestyles.
All of us working together can keep
our reservation the best place to live
and keep it the best and most produc
tive land anywhere.
Once aqain. I encouraae all voters
to cast their ballots for those that they
feel comfortable with. I know that we
"have a lot of very good candidates this
year.
. Zane Jackson
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For those who may not know me, I
am 49 years of age with two children
(son-Ron and daughter-Cory) and mar
ried (just celebrated our 30th anniver
sary) to Maxine (Langley) Clements.
We are blessed with four grandchildren
and many, many relatives.
I am a college graduate in the Edu
cation profession and currently serve as
the General Manager of Education for
the Tribe. I have worked for the Tribe
for 1 6 years. I also served on the Tribal
Council from 1980 to 1986 before tak
ing on more management responsibili
ties. I would like to take on the Council
responsibility aaain as I believe the time
is here for some good old fashioned
teamwork.
Many of you realize the next 10 to
20 years are going to be extremely chal
lenging for our people. We will need
leaders who can work together and
make some tough decisions. This must
happen in a teamwork environment that
includes the people. I believe I can help
create this situation while having a good
time doing so. While there are chal
lenges, there are also many opportuni
ties that will be created and we need
leaders who have the faith and willina-.
ness to count on our people. I do, and I
will help bring our people along to meet
those challenges and opportunities.
In the Agency District meeting, I was
most honored to be nominated by a
long-time Council member, Rita
Squiemphen, and I want to thank her
for her confidence. At this meeting, I
stated four areas of focus I would look
at if elected. They were:
Education: Our people need to con
tinue growing and developing to meet
tomorrow's challenges. This will best
occur through quality education pro
grams and services. I would like to see
an overall development program made
available to our people that lets them
choose challenging programs. Once
they accomplish these programs they
should be able to utilize their talents to
advance through our systems based on
their ability and readiness. I hope this
can become reality.
Economic Development: I have al
ways believed that our people can do
good business if given the chance. I still
believe this and want to help create a
way for this to really happen. Financial
assistance and technical support are
two areas I believe we can do a lot more
in to help our people get started. I will
work to this end again.
Financial Stability: With forest re
sources on the decline, our Tribe will
have to find other means to continue
revenue needs. I think we have another
two or three years to depend on the for
est and then we need to be into other
things to replace the revenue here.
Gaming is a possibility now and may
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Mike Clements
work out for the long haul. I'm not real
positive on that idea and think we need
to look at other possibilities. In the mean
time, I believe we need to stop spend
ing like there is no tomorrow in order to
have something left for our children and
grandchildren. At the meeting I specifi
cally mentioned the "bonus" as some
thing I think we should learn how to do
without. There are other areas, like a
leaner organization. And maybe even
wiser spending habits in other areas.
But all in all, I think there are great ar
eas of potential that we should look at
expanding into such as the Tourism in
dustry. This will provide us with more
jobs and challenges for the future.
Tribal Languages: Our Native lan
guages are on the decline and if not
attended to, ready for extinction. Many
Native languages cross the country are
on the brink of having no speakers and
we are no different. It is estimated that
one percent to two percent of our
people speak and will be gone in 10 to
20 years. It is hard to believe that we
might live in a world with no Warm
Springs or Wasco speakers. But, that
is the truth and we have the capability
to make sure that this doesn't happen.
I am taking classes in Wasco myself
and always encourage others to pick up
on one of our languages, ffook forward
to staying committed and maybe one
day being able to pass on the language
myself. I encourage you to do the same
so we don't have to say we have no
more speakers left.
Well folks, that's about it for now. I
have many other concerns but these
have a special place right now. I encour
age you all to vote as there are many
good candidates with good ideas and
thoughts. Remember: March 28 is vote
day and I sincerely hope you can check
my name as I would be honored to
serve you once again.
Have a great day and may the Cre
ator be with you and you loved ones in
the days to come.
Zane Jackson
... My main concerns and interests are
to protect our Tribal sovereignty and
strengthen individual tribal member
rights. The world around us is con
stantly bringing new threats. New op
portunities we seek may also bring risks
for our way of life. We must not weaken
our authority to decide our own matters
or allow outside regulations onto our
Reservation.
, I believe that our people deserve to
be informed of how we are responding
to the difficulty facing our community
through regular face-to-face meetings
with our Council and Committees. I will
commit to be more active by informing
and consulting our people as issues are
being considered. Decisions need to be
put back in the hands of the people by
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representatives who don't have conflict
ing loyalties with existing personal or
outside interests.
I also understand that people need
to feel more secure in their own homes
and personal situations to give more
hope about shaping our future. We must
start taking better care of some basic
needs with individuals and family units.
I have dedicated most of my adult life
working to assist our individual tribal
members and their families in some
very trying times.
Our community is experiencing some
very serious problems that need atten
tion and priority over travel assign
ments. Tribal differences must not limit
our progress. I believe that we should
work together like a family, since we are
merging. My grandchildren reflect all
three Tribes.
The beliefs and priorities I want to
pursue include:
Family Stability
The role and skills of families need
to be strengthened to be the source of
help for immediate and extended fam
ily members which reinforced our kin
ship ties to one another.
Employment .
Our people need secure employment
to afford homes, a reliable car and other
basic needs. People need to feel good
about their work and the sense of inde
pendence that is created.
Community Services
Almost half of tribal spending goes
into education, health enforcement, em
ployment and social services that don't
work very well with one another. These
programs must be made more account
able for their quality of services and the
money they are costing us by taking
resources from other priorities.
Natural Resources
Our salmon are disappearing and we
may lose that bond they contributed to
our cultural ways including our Treaty
rights. Our forest lands have to be given
a chance to recover to best support the
other benefits we want beside timber
revenue. Our water and hunting rights
have to be protected to meet our
present and future needs.
Economic Development
Our economic success must focus on
bringing reliable revenue sources, jobs
for our people and support more private
business opportunities for Tribal mem-
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Marie Calica
bers. Beyond the annual reports, the
membership, who are the stockholders,
must know and support where our ma
jor enterprises are headed and why. We
should have our own banking services
to start investing in our own future.
Our Youth
Invest in them now
Use every means to encourage,
support and nurture our young people
in all their efforts.
Help them to understand their
traditions, history to reawaken the spiri
tual strength of their ancestors.
Let them learn to be more ac
tive leaders by using their natural tal
ent and ability in a Youth Council.
Secure a fair and high-quality
education, K-12.
We need a Tribal Council that will
make sure all members of the Tribes
share a common vision and then pre
pares them to make this vision a real
ity. I understand many of the issues and
I am conveniently located in the center
of Warm Springs to be able to hear your
concerns to do the best job that I am
able.
Marie (Smith) Calica "Kussa-Seek"
Agency District Candidate