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Coyote News
In Brief
On Patrol returns
Warm Springs Police
Department relates news
of recent arrests,
training.
Landowners to meet
A landowners workshop
will be held in Reno in
November.
Suit filed against
Secretary
Native Americans have
filed a class action suit
against the Secretary of
Interior for
mismanagement of IIM
accounts;
Fire burns 1,300
acres
A fast-moving fire kept
Warm Springs residents
and firefighters busy last
week.
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Choir performs
Radically Saved Group :
2, a Korean youth choir
from Tacoma, performed
at the Baptist Church
July 11.
Lessons presented
Learning Sahaptin and
Wasco is made easier.
This issue features the
very first written Paiute
lessons.
6 and 7
Teachers go to
school
Language teachers
attended a month-long
session in Phoenix to
learn how to best
present language
lessons.
Wewa assumes new
duties
After spending many
years with the Senior
Citizens program,
Wilson Wewa, Jr. is now
the tribe's culture and
heritage director.
Soberfest held j
Getting back to nature
and a simpler way of life,
at least for a few days,
was part of annual
Soberfest at HeHe.
Watch for signs
announcing the
Huckleberry Feast
Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo is
Friday,
July 26, 1996
Celebration brings friends, families together for fun, festivities
Second annual event cooks up bear,
deer, fireworks and plenty of fun
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Pete Courtney prepares for bear barbecue on Fourth.
Firefighter helps control fireworks-caused fire.
See page 2 for Fourth of July story.
Spilyay Tymoo photos by Bob
toodina, Daniel Lawrence and
Selena Boise.
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Fireworks leftovers remained in the parking lot of the Community Center July 5.
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Warm Springs enjoyed a splendid fireworks display at dusk.
Adoption election planned
The Warm Springs Tribal Council, on July 16, set October 16,
1996 as the date for the next adoption election.
Adoption applications must be completed and returned to the
Tribal Vital Statistics department by Friday, August 16.
Applications will not be accepted after August 16. Tribal Council
will review the applications and determine who will be on the final
adoption list.
There are presently 139 individuals who have applied for tribal
membership. Most of those applied for membership in 1990. An
election was planned for 1 990 but never materialized.
Pelton Project: Best use of tribal resources?
Suppah-Cabell in opening ceremonies
Chelsea Suppah-Cabell will be
in the Olympic Opening Cer
emony July 19, 8-12 p.m. EST.
Suppah-Cabell is the daughter of
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Chelsea Suppah-Cabell
Diane Cabell and the grand
daughter of Leola Suppah. The
Cabells reside in Roswell, Geor
gia. Cabell-Suppah has many tal
ents, she has been in a ballet
group since she was 2-years-old.
She also does Jazz, is a blackbelt
candidate in Karate and plays pi
ano. On top of all this sne is an
honor roll student.
Her mother says, "We are all
very proud of her."
In the opening ceremony
Chelsea will be on the left side of
your TV screen. She will be a big
blue butterfly with mostly orange
sequins on her wings. The wing
span is 15 feet, weighing 30
pounds.
Rehearsals have been from
noon to 1:00 a.m., "very grueling.
It will be wonderful at the cer
emony," says a proud mom.
Cabell hopes everyone in
Warm Springs and Oregon will
cheer her on in their hearts.
Relicensing
process to include
review of 50-year
contract
The Pelton hydroelectric project's
operating license, issued by the Fed
eral Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) in 1951, will expire in five
years. The Pelton Project, partly lo
cated on tribal lands, consists of three
dams and associated generation fa
cilities which, all together, generate
enough electricity for 120,000 aver
age customers.
Under the current hydropower li
cense, Portland General Electric
(PGE) owns and operates the Pelton,
Round Butte and Re-regulating
dams, while the Tribe owns and man
ages generating equipment at the re
regulating powerhouse. Power from
PGE's facilities is transmitted to the
Portland area to serve PGE custom
ers. The energy from the re-regulating
powerhouse is sold by the Tribe,
under long-term contract, to Pacific
Power.
Relicensing presents an opportu
nity to take a fresh look at environ
mental protection and project opera
tions, as well as the annual charge
paid by PGE fer use of tribal lands.
Federal law requires owners of hy
droelectric projects located on tribal
lands to pay rent to use tribal re
sources. Under current agreements,
PGE pay the Tribe $9 million each
year. Equally important, the Tribe has
a deep cultural interest in natural re
sources. Several issues in the project
area, particularly the state of resident
and anadromous fishery resources,
need to be addressed.
Relicensing presents an appropri
ate forum for the Tribe to voice con
cerns and exercise sovereignty in
determining the best use of tribal re
sources. Also, during relicensing,
federal law provides a change of
project ownership as a change that
would serve the public interest. As
part of the relicensing process, tribal
leaders want to evaluate if the cur
rent ownership situation reflects a
"best use" of tribal resources.
The regulatory process to
relicense a hydro project usually
takes five years, often considerably
longer, and can cost an applicant sev
eral million dollars. The process is
overseen by FERC, the government
agency responsible for licensing all
non-federal hydroelectric facilities.
FERC is headed by a five-person
commission whose members are ap
pointed by the President and con
firmed by the Senate.
FERC's relicensing process is
very clearly defined and consists of
three major stages. The first stage
requires a licensed applicant to file
with FERC its note of intent to apply
for a license and to consult with af
fected tribes, resources agencies and
the public about the type of scientific
studies that are needed to help decide
the future of the project area. These
studies examine the effects of the
hydroelectric facilities on the sur
rounding environment and evaluate
if the facilities themselves are oper
ating efficiently.
In stage two, the studies are un-
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