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Warm Springs, Oregon
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After the Flood of '96: Resort rebuilding underway
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Ed Manion and Steve Whitaker hold the plans for the new Kah-Nee-Ta
Village
Initial reports estimated that flood
damage to Kah-Nee-Ta Resort was
over $10 million. However, the
damage count, taking in only the
Village area and golf course, has
dropped substantially, to yet another
preliminary estimate of $4.5 million
dollars. This estimate will increase,
as considerable repairs are also nec
essary to the sewage lagoon levy, all
the roads and some infrastructure.
"Those costs are still being deter
mined," says Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
General Manager Steve Whitaker.
"It's still pretty hard to determine
as to how high the costs will be,"
concurs construction manager Ed
Manion. "We're still finding things
today that should have been repaired
some time back and are not included
in the evaluation plan."
In order to maintain some kind of
solid cost on the project at the Vil
lage, it was originally planned to
"just remodel it and fix it up and
reopen it. After structural engi
neers got involved and examined the
bathhouse building it was determined
that the building would be too expen
sive to rebuild, and we still would
have an old building. And, on top of
that," says Manion, "The structural
part of the building was not there. Of
course in 1963, when the bathhouse
was put together, the codes they used
were different and have changed"
significantly.
"It's amazing and a wonder there
weren't any accidents in there," says
Manion. "The floor above the me
chanical room, which was the
women's dressing room, was ready
to drop 15 feet below into the me
chanical room. There were no seis
mic measures taken that arc reauired
today, the bl oc k was hoi low and there
was some dry rot showing in three
places on the roof. The Tribal Coun
cil did come out to the Village and
the decision was made to take the
bathhouse down. Now the only
buildings standing at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Village are the Tribal member
bathhouse and the Ncesha cottage.
The pool is also still in the same
place, says Whitaker. "We will com
pletely refinish and refurbish the
whole pool including the plumbing,
filter systems and pumps so the pool
meets all codes, as well. Previously,
chlorinated water was allowed to
drain into the Warm Springs River.
The new system will not.
"We're into phase one of rebuild
ing," continues Whitaker. It is not so
much a phase of construction as much
as it is a "determination and devel
opment phase to set the future direc
tion for today and tomorrow of Kah-Nee-Ta
Village," says Whitaker.
I he hrst primary phase of recon
struction will be, of course, to get the
mechanical elements of the pool and
the pool itself ready to go. Tied into
that will be building the bathhouse
and bringing in all the decks and
fencing.
"The next phase is to make sure
we get the recreation area prepared
which will be built where the old
game room, snack bar and restaurant
used to be. The teepee area is being
laid out where the cottages used to
be. Somewhere near the teepee area
we will open up what we're calling
the Kah-Nee-Ta Village Center, an
activity building which will consist
of a restaurant, gift shop, general
store, arcade, gym and a spa."
Explaining the next phase of con
struction, Manion says "the cottages
will go up....this could start in the
next two or three weeks, with some
of the projects due for completion in
90 to 120 days" barring any further
Gaming Center to offer many fun events
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by Aurolyn Watlamet
General Manager
Indian Head Gaming Center cel
ebrates their first anniversary this
month. The 1 995 annual reports were
mailed to tribal members with most
of the information pertaining to op
erations of the temporary casino. If
you have any questions, please call
Aurolyn Watlamet at 553-6122. The
report was presented to the tribal
membership April 18 along with the
Kah-Nee-Ta annual report presenta
tion. A special thank you to IHG em
ployees who have one year of ser
vice. They are Sandra Rolene, Lalovi
Jackson, Faith Dick, Dwayne
Edwards, Frank Smith, Zane Fink,
Wanda Van Pelt, Debbie Thompson,
Lena Ike Edwards, Lowell Heydon,
Ida Chochell, Carol Funk, George
Sutton, Jr., Victor Moses, Delbert
Garcia, John Cook, Pamela Sue
Hernandez, Dixon Polk, Sr.,
Georgianna George, James Surface,
Joseph Ballanger, Serena Raboin,
Daniel Samuels, Albert Adams, Judy
Pendergraft, Sharon Dryer, Margie
Tuckta and Eliza Brown. It is a new
industry on the reservation and we're
very ;proud that you were involved
in the early development of the beau
tiful casino and are still with us.
Congratulations to Cozy
Davidson, our April Employee of the
Month. Good job, Cozy! Also spe
cial recognition to other great nomi
nees: Barbara Starr, Rosalina Moran
and Albert Adams.
Nearly 50-percent of our custom
ers are from Central Oregon, and
approximately 25-percent are from
the Portland metropolitan area and
approximately 10-percent are trom
Hood River, The Dalles and lower
central Washington.
We have free shuttle bus services
from the Portland area and in Central
Oregon.
Every Monday has been desig
nated as "Senior Sneak". Senior citi
zens will receive special promotions
on Mondays at both Indian Head
Gaming and Kah-Nee-Ta Resort.
Elvis is Alive! He will be per
forming LIVE in the Garden Level
of the casino at 7:30 p.m. on Mon
day; May 27. Memories will live on
in the music and appearance of top
Elvis impersonator, David Moore.
Moore is the only impersonator to be
continually invited to perform at
Graceland on Elvis' birthday and
anniversary of his death. He looks
like the "Hawaii-era" Elvis, is part
Cherokee Indian, like Elvis, and
sounds and moves like Elvis.
Beginning at 6 p.m., Elvis will
mingle with the crowd for pictures
and at 7 p.m., will give away the
Harley-Davidson Bad Boy motor
cycle. Let Elvis hand you the keys to a
1996 Harley Davidson motorcycle
on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27
at 7 p.m. You increase your chances
to win with each $50 jackpot or keno
win. There will also be drawings
every hour from 12 noon until 12
midnight for special prizes.
Upcoming activities for the month
of June include keno classes, special
slot tournaments and keno tourna
ments for fathers and other specials
in the casino for fathers on Father's
Day; a vehicle giveaway on Wednes
day, June 26; several cash giveaways
to celebrate Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty
Days. Other special promotions to
compliment Kah-Nee-Ta's "Double
your pleasure, double your fun" June
promotion.
This month, the Gaming Board of
Director, Ron Suppah and I will be
attending various meetings concern
ing the Governor's Task Force on
Gaming. After the state lottery's
poker machines fell short of its $78
million projections, Oregon has pro
posed to conduct an impact study of
Indian gaming. The governor estab
lished a Task Force on Gaming is
holding subcommittee hearings on
the following topics: Crime, Law
Enforcement and Regulation; Social
Impact, Economic Impact and Gam
bling Market
interruptions. 'The pool, which will
include a huge water slide, and the
bathhouse, will be our first priority.
With luck, the pool the recreation
park and the teepee area could be
completed by late August or early
September if all goes well and no
other changes occur. Within the next
ten days we should have some hard
costs on the project.
The Flood of '96 has had a sub
stantial impact on emplymcnt at the
Resort. "Between seasonal and full
time, we lost about 75 jobs at the
Village because of the flood" says
Whitaker. "But with the new facility,
we hope to bring on a few more
employees. The Village is being de
veloped, rebuilt and redesigned so
that it can operate year 'round which
will require additional full-time, year
round jobs. The new Kah-Nee-Ta
Village is going to offer more services
that didn't exist" when the old Village
existed, says Whitaker.
Financing the refurbishing will
require monies from FEMA, Kah-Nce-Ta's
insurance, and the Tribes.
The total package will be presented
to the Tribal Council in the near
future. "The Tribes have hired a
FEMA coordinator who will work
closely with us until the project is
completed, says Manion.
Manion, a long-time employee of
the Tribe who also worked at Kah-Nce-Ta
in 1963, says the old Village
facilities "lasted very well. It is an
unusual opportunity you don't often
get to help build something and then
get asked to come back and rebuild.
It would have been done differently
in 1963 had I known then what I
know now but I also feel that the old
project did serve its purpose while it
was here."
No more All
Indian Rodeo at
Tygh Valley
After some 46 years, the Ty wama
saddle Club has abandoned the famed
All-Indian Rodeo held in May each
year. The Tywama Saddle Club was
one of the first organizations to
sponsor an All-Indian rodeo back in
the 50's.
The very first All-Indian rodeo
was held in the Wasco County
Fairgrounds and to make it a wild
and woolly event, it was decided to
have wild and woolly livestock right
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Tribe files $15 million suit for McQuinn damages
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irmai attorneys, on behalf or the
Confederated Tribes, filed in the US
Court of Federal Claims a $ 15 million
suit against the US Government,
specifically the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.for damages arising from
violations of the McQuinn Act.
According to the McQuinn Act,
commercial timber on the McQuinn
Strip could only be sold at public oral
auction and prohibited the Tribe from
participating in the bidding, pur
chasing, cutting and removal of any
commercial timber from the
McQuinn Strip until January 1, 1992.
The Tribe was to receive the proceeds
from the sale of commercial timber
harvested from the Strip. In 1 989, the
BIA agreed with the Tribe that the
timber harvest authorized by the
McQuinn Act had been exceeded.
Both parties agreed that no further
timber would be harvested from the
McQuinn Strip before January 1,
1992.
In August 1990, the BIA offered
timber on the McQuinn Strip for sale
at public auction and sold over 23
million board feet of timber from the
McQuinn Strip.
According to court documents,
which were filed with the Federal
Claims Court in Washington, D.C.
May 14, 1996, the "1990 timber sale
from the McQuinn Strip was laid out,
conducted and administered by de
fendant (the BIA) in violation of In
dian timber management statutes and
the McQuinn Act, defendant s own
rules, regulations and standards and
reasonable sil vicultural practices, and
caused the Tribe to suffer economic
harm including but not limited to the
lollowing:
1. standing timber was sold at a
price below that which the plaintiffs
could have sold the timber after it
would have become available to the
plaintiffs after January 1, 1992;
2. stands of timber were unnec
essarily and imprudently clcarcut or
ovcrcut, making the timber unavail
able to the plaintiffs after January I,
1992;
3. merchantable salvage timber
was left unsalvagcd and lost;
4. standing and salvage timber
was sold below its fair market value;
5. private timbercontractors were
allowed to trespass and take timber
beyond that which was designated to
be sold by defendant;
6. by allowing timber to be re
moved without payment to plaintiffs;
7. the harvested forest areas were
not properly reforested;
8. water, soil and other natural
resources were degraded;
9. stands of timber were improp
erly cut making remaining standing
timber vulnerable to wind damage;
and
10. economic and employment
opportunities for the tribal commu
nity and members were lost."
The Tribe is seeking $15 million
in damages, court costs and any other
relief as the court deems equitable
and iust.
C0CC plans annual salmon festival June 2
Central Oregon Community Col
lege Native American Student Union
will host the Spring Salmon Festival
Sunday, June 2 beginning at 2 p.m.
in the COCC Library Courtyard. The
Festival will offer a free salmon bake,
storytelling, Native American music
and dance and Native American
speakers.
The Festival is co-sponsored by
the COCC Foundation, Native
American Student Union, Associated
Students of COCC and Bend Festi
val of Color.
The Oregon Tribes are required to off the range from the Warm Springs Credit EnterDHSe SeeWnO board mPmhprcj
legotiate with the state in June Indian Reservation. " , Tlloc OOCNliy UUdlU IlieillUeib
inoai council is currently aaver- rector, like the Class I, will be in-
tising tor live positions on the Tribal
renegotiate
1996 for Class III Black Jack card
games.
open for use. By the end of the week,
BIA Route 2 (P-500B-200) is ex
pected to be bladed and open for use
although care needs to be taken at the
Boulder Creek and Badger Creek
crossings.
Known hazard areas have been
marked with various warning devices
such as signs, construction cones or
red flagging. Forest road users need
to be aware that there may still b"e
unknown hazard areas which are not
marked. Drivers should adjust their
driving accordingly.
Some roads will remain closed
until funding for permanent repair is
available. Included in this group are
the bridge at Boys Camp (Shitike
Creek crossing)and the W-l 10(Butte
Creek crossing). These two sites may
not be repaired until mid to late
summer.
Your patience and understanding
will be appreciated. For further in
formation, call Tom Shuman, at
Roads at 553-2423 or Doug Dunlap
at Forestry at 553-2416.
A tribal enrollment card was
needed for proof of Indian heritage
and also from what tribe a person
belonged. The first rodeo was a big
hit with people from all across the
Northwest. It was such a hit that the
All-Indian rodeo became an annual
event.
After a few years of holding the
rodeo at the Wasco County
Fairgrounds the Tywama Saddle
Club built their own rodeo arena
along Highway 197, where the
wooden arena now sits. For years,
top Indian cowboys from all parts of
the Northwest and Canada came to
participate in the rodeo. Also,
hundreds and hundreds of campers
came to Tygh Valley each year for
the popular event.
For several years, the rodeo was
sanctioned by the Western States
Indian Rodeo Association, an
organization through which Indian
cowboys could build up thier point
standings which counted toward
sending them to the National Indian
Finals Rodeo.
Well, this year, the rodeo arena
sits idle with just memories of the
past. Many top cowboys have
performed here in Tygh Valley.
Credit Enterprise Board of Directors.
All credit activities of The Enterprise
will be under the supervisory review
and direction of this Board of Di
rectors. The members of the Board are
divided into three classes, Class I, II
and III. There are two Class I direc
tors. One is an enrolled member of
the Tribe. The other Director will be
a non-member who is "interested in
the social and economic development
of the Tribes and who has expertise
in the field of credit. The term for
Class I directors will expire January
1, 1997.
There are two Class II directors,
one of whom will be a tribal mem
bers. The non-member Class II di-
terested in the social and economic
development of the Tribe. Class II
terms expire January 1, 1998.
There is one Class III director
who will be an enrolled member f the
Tribe. Class III director term will
expired January 1, 1999.
If interested in serving as a
member of the Credit Enterprise
Board of Directors, submit a resume'
and letter of interest before June 8,
1996 to the Tribal Council Office,
Attention: Lynn Davis, PO Box 1299,
Warm Springs, OR 97761. Resume's
are important and should contain
information such as education back
ground, work experience andor
training, special interests.
Vital Stats notes days, times of ID processing
Have you lost your ID Did that made for those who live out of town
plastic card go through the laundry?
is it wrinkled beyond recognition?
Well, you could get a new one!
Vital Statistics department makes
tribal ID cards Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 1:30
a.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Exceptions are
(meaning non-Warm Springs resi
dents), those whose work schedules
do not allow for a timely visit to Vital
Stats and for those attending school.
The first ID card of the year will
cost $4. The second ID of the year
will cost $6. Senior citizens receive
their IDs free of charge.
New officers selected for Tribal Council
Spilyay Tmoo
Sid Miller
Donna Behrend
Selena T. Boise
Bob Medina
Dan Lawrence
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Spilyay Tymoo 1996
It was a bright spring day
May 1, 1995 that Bruce
"Mickey" Brunoe, Sr. was se
lected chairman of the 20th
Tribal Council of the Confed
erated Tribes. Just a few days
more than a year later, Brunoe
tendered his resignation as
Chairman, siting "personal
health", based on his
physician's recommendation,
as his reason.
On April 17, Brunoe submit
ted the following letter of res
ignation to Tribal Council.
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"I regret to inform you that
for medical reasons I must
submit my resignation as
Chairman of the 20th Tribal
Council effective immediately.
As you all know, I underwent
major heart surgery several
years ago and have been un
der close medical supervision
since that time to avoid a reoc
currence of my heart disease.
"This has been a difficult
decision for me to make. How
ever, the duties and responsi
bilities of the Chairmanship are
more than my doctor and I be
lieve that I can continue at this
time without placing my health
in jeopardy.
"I will continue to serve as
an elected member of the 20th
Tribal Council representing the
Agency District, and I look for
ward to working with the new
Chairman on the many impor
tant issues that face the Coun
cil. "I want to thank all of the
Council members for your co
operation and support during
my time as Chairman. It has
been a great honor and a per
sonal pleasure to serve as
Chairman. Thank you very
much for giving me the oppor
tunity to serve the council and
my people as Chairman."
Brunoe's physician, Dr.
George Waldmann, wrote that
he had "advised" Brunoe "to
resign from his position" as
Chairman for "health reasons.
It is my opinion that the stress
associated with this position is
aggravating several of his
health problems and for these
reasons I have very strongly
insisted that he resign from this
position."
Stepping into the chairman's
role is Joe Moses, who was se
lected that same spring day
vice-chairman of Council.
Moses, himselfjust returned
to "active duty" on Council,
having undergone open heart
surgery earlier this winter.
Never before has a Paiute
served as chairman of Tribal
Council.
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Assuming the vice-chairman
role is Irene Wells. Not since
the 1953-1956 term of Council,
when Edith Danzufea was
named vice-chairman, has a
woman served as an officer of
the Tribe's governing body.
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