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OR. COLL. E v. 20 no. 9 April 28, Spilyay Tymoo P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Corrcclion Requested U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 April 28, 19957 Vol. 20 No. 9 ) 35 (t (Coyote News) - j A uo'ok..si:kiai..si)i:iT ; .;x?wt jg&yu University of Oregon Librar " Recoivod on: 05-03-95 Spilyay tymoo. life: r-.r:."" ...w . . -i Coyote News In Brief Tribal member art show to open May 12 Nineteentribal member artists will open a show at The Museum at Warm Springs 2 Students advise hard work, tenacity Two Madras High School seniors offer words of wisdom to remaining underclassmen. Courtneys celebrate long marriage Terry and Catherine Courtney, on April 9, passed a milestone not hit by many. Retail Center soon to be open Five businesses will soon open their doors at the new Village Retail Center across Highway 26 from the Museum. 3 Eggs dropped in competition Warm Springs Elementary students participated in a egg- dropping competition to est their self-made shatter-proof egg cartons. T-Shirts silk-screened Madras High School art students helped produce T-ShirtsforWSE students. United Tribes win ourney A Lapwai, Idaho basketball team won the seventh annual prevention tournament held in Warm Springs. Camp volunteers wanted Numerous positions are currently open for the annual 4-H Wilderness Enrichment Camp held at Trout Lake for the past several years. It's not too early to start tfdnlqtuj about Mom for Motfiefs Day. tier special day is Sunday, May 14. Deadline for the next Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, May 5, 1995 Temporary gaming facility to open Monday, May 1 with ceremonies ' -ivv Kvxv - i ; " r ' , . V v - - . - 1 . " .. ... - ' ' A ., ... ..,.: .... Ifk Confederated TriSes of Warm Springs ivitt. officially open the temporary Indian Oiead 'Qaming Center iayl. Opening ceremonies will begin for members of the Confederated Tribes of 'Warm Springs at 7 p.m. urith doors opening to the general public at 9 p.m. rffe temporary facility is located on the second floor of afi-Oee-Ta Lodge in the former Wasco mdTaiute Rooms. fl. buffet, speeches, traditional ceremonies and ribbon cutting mill marlithe opening for tribal members who will then be welcome to play on the 137 video slot machines within the temporary facility. Machines available include Wild Cherry, Red, White &Blue, Double Diamond, Slam Dunfandmany more. 9$ckel, quarter and dollar machines are available and live g.no will be added in June. Hours of operation wiU.be 7 a.m. to 3a.m. daily. Indian Ulead Qaming Center currently employs approximately 70 individuals, the majority of whom come from the Central Oregon area. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Bob Medina Indian Head Canyon, for which the gaming facility is named, remains a beautiful and awesome site on the northend. The 20th Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will be sworn into office Monday, May 1, 1995 beginning at approximately 9 a.m. A reception will immediately follow. All community members are encouraged to attend. Columbia fishery closed In light of reduced projections for the 1995 Spring Chinook run, mem bers of the Columbia River Inter Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) voted Tuesday, April 25, to suspend all tribal subsistence and ceremonial fishing by Friday, April 28. The closure was announced after the U.S. v. Oregon Technical Advi sory Committee (TAC) downgraded the Spring Chinook run size from 12,000 to 9,800 fish for the season. According to an earlier agreement, the Columbia River treaty tribes sig naled their intention to harvest up to five-percent of the upriver Spring Chinook return and to use gillnets to provide for ceremonial needs. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a biological opinion recognizing a treaty Indian Spring Chinook harvest rate of five-percent of the run. The new TAC estimate to 9,800 Spring Chinook reduces the tribal harvest to 490 fish. In a conference call April 25, the CRITFC voted to end all hook and line and platform fishing on April 27 and close all gillnet ceremonial fish ing April 28 in an effort to stay within the five-percent harvest target Clo sures are effective at 6 p.m. Magistrate to handle non-Indian offenses Tribes move to bring in federal magistrate court allows for prosecution of non-Indians who commit misdemeanor crimes against tribal members. The Warm Springs Tribal Council, on April 18, 1995, passed resolution 9066 that will bring a Federal Magistrate Court to the reservation. . The purpose of the Magistrate Court is to provide a forum for prosecution of misdemeanor crimes committed by non-Indi ans against Indian victims which are exclusively within Federal court jurisdiction and over w hich the Tribal and state courts lack jurisdiction undercurrent United States Supreme Court rulings. As a result of a Jefferson County Di strict Court opin ion last year, non-Indians who commit misdemeanor crimes no the res ervation against Indians are vir tually ex empt from criminal prosecution in Oregon state courts, this, couples with the fact that the United States has limited its prosecutions of cases arising on the reservation to major crimes, there wasn't a forum readily available to try misdemeanor cases when the offender is a non Indian, the victims is an Indian and the offense occurred in In dian Country. With Tribal Council's ap proval of the Warm Springs Fed eral Magistrate Court project, there is a trial forum to litigate non-Indian misdemeanor pros ecutions. It also allows the United States to exercise its trust respon sibility without diminishing the governmental powers of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. According to Anita Jackson, the Confederated Tribes' Public Safety General Manger, Kris Olsen, the US attorney for the District of Oregon, came up with the idea. Turning the idea into reality "was a joint effort between the US Attorney's Office, the US District Court of Oregon, the Clerk' s Office, Tribal Judges, and Public Safety," Jackson said. The Magistrate Court will be in session one ortwo days a month. "We expect to prosecute between 20 and 30 cases a year," Jackson said. "This sends a strong mes sage that Warm Springs is not a haven for criminals." Jackson said having the Magistrate Court on the reservation will offer more protection to the community. Federal probation and pretrial service officers already utilize the Warm Springs Parole and Proba tion facilities and it is anticipated that this will continue without any significant impact to Tribal Court operations. The target date for having the Federal Magistrate Court on line is early June. Tribal Council w ill review the project six months af ter it is inaugurated. 4