Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
November 21,1996 7
Recent resolutions concern
Resolution 9282 Land Purchase
BE IT RESOLVED, By the 20th
Tribal Council of theConfederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, pursuant to Ar
ticles Vand VIII of theConstitution
and By-Laws of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, to purchase
63.90 acres of formerly Warm
Springs Allotment No. 360. Edna
Smith, deceased, Tract No. 145 T
3180, at the negotiated consider
ation of $39,000. The consideration
to be paid from programmed land
purchase funds; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the subject land is described
as:
An undivided 11 interest in
and to: A tract of land 1 vine within
sections 30, 31, township y south,
range 13 east of the Willamette
Meridian, Oregon, more particu
larly described as follows:
Beginning at the section corner
common to sections 25 and 26,
township 9 south, range 12 east of
the Willamette Meridian, the sec
tions 30 and 31, township 9 south,
range 13 east; thence east 797.58
feet following the section line be
tween sections 30 and 31, township
9 south, range 13 east of the
Willamette Meridian, to the true
point of beginning; thence N. 01
44'10" W. 2,675.08 feet; thence S.
8953'56" E. 520.28 feet; thence S.
0146'56" E. 2,675.23 feet to the
section line between sections 30
and 31, township 9 south, range
13 east, Willamette Meridian;
thence S. 0026'58" W. 2,659.96 feet;
thence West 5522.53 feet; thence
N. 0027'06" E. 2,659.96 feet to the
true point of beginning, contain
ing 63.90 acres, more or less. All
lying within sections 30, 31, town
ship 9 south, range 13 east of the
Willamette Meridian, Oregon.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Tribal Council of he Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon is hereby autho
rized to make payment to the Su
perintendent of the Warm Springs
Agency for the use and benefit of
the owner upon approval of the
conveyance instrument.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, as Secretary
Treasurer of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation of Oregon, hereby certi
fies that the Tribal Council is
composed of 111 members of
whom 6, constituting a quorum,
were present at a meeting thereof,
duly and regularly called, noticed,
convened and held this 28th day
of October, 1996; and that the
foregoing resolution was passed
by the affirmative vote of 5 mem
bers, the chairman not voting, and
that said resolution has not been
rescinded or amended in any way.
Raymond Calica, Sr., Secretary
Treasurer Gordon Cannon, Superinten
dent Resolution 9281 Land Purchase
BE IT RESOLVED, By the 20th
Tribal Council of the Confeder
On Patrol
by Don Courtney
In Brief: With the month of
November comes even colder
weather as the category of people
crimes tend to rise. Early month
statistical data shows that domestic
disturbances are at 12 calls.
One particular incident resulted
in the arrest of a male adult who
alleged to have assaulted his neighbor
after he broke out his front porch
light, entered his home, and kicked
in his bedroom door. The suspect
was then alleged to have pointed a
.22 caliber rifle at his neighbor.
Charges pending include: Carrying a
Weapon When Prohibited, Assault,
Malicious Mischief and Reckless
Endangering.
Where there are domestic
disturbance's, usually we find that
someone was assaulted andor
battered. To date, there have been 4
cases looked into that resulted in the
arrest of one or both parties.
In other people related incidents,
there were 1 0 people arrested on local
warrants, 2 resisting arrest charges, 1
disorderly conduct incident, 4
juvenile arrested for being
intoxicated, 4 juveniles arrested for
curfew violation, 5 noise complaints
and 2 prowler calls.
One noise complaint resulted in 2
people being arrested on local
warrants in the Mt. Jefferson street
area. On the complaint of a prowler
on Bray street, one arrest was made.
A total of 7 children were reported
to the WSPD as being neglected. The
most common area we find this
neglect situation happening while on
patrol, is when we come in contact
with intoxicated subjects who are
supposed to be watching or supervis
ing their children.
Motor vehicle crashes will also
tend to rise as the road conditions
worsen as we head into the winter
season. A total of 5 motor vehicle
crashes were investigated on
nigh way 26 between milepost 72 and
85.
Other vehicle patrol incidents
ated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon, pursuant
to Articles V and VIII of the Con
stitution and By-Laws of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, to
purchase an undivided 2240 in
terest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 857, Kips, deceased, at the
negotiated consideration of
$958.34. The consideration to be
paid from programmed land
purchase funds; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the subject land is described
as:
An undivided 2240 interest in
and to: SW14 section 25, town-
ship 6 south, range 1 1 east of the
wiiiameue Meridian, uregon,
containing 160.00 acres, more or
less; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Tribal Council oftheConfederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon is hereby autho
rized to make payment to the Su
perintendent of the Warm Springs
Agency for the use and benefit of
the owner upon approval of the
conveyance instrument.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, as Secretary
Treasurer of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation of Oregon, hereby certi
fies that the Tribal Council is
composed of 1 1 members of whom
7, constituting a quorum, were
present at a meeting thereof, duly
and regularly called, noticed,
convened ana held this 28th day
of October, 1996; and that the
foregoing resolution was passed
by the affirmative vote of 6 mem
bers, the chairman not voting, and
that said resolution has not been
rescinded or amended in any way.
Raymond Calica, Sr., Secretary
Treasurer Gordon Cannon, Superinten
dent Resolution 9280 Land Purchase
BE IT RESOLVED, By the 20th
Tribal Council of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, pursuant to Ar
ticles V and VIII of me Constitution
and By-Laws of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, to purchase an
undivided 301680 interest in
Warm Springs Allotment No. 687,
Kat-is-pum, deceased, at the ne-
fotiated consideration of $966.00.
he consideration to be paid from
programmed land,; purchase
funds; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the subject land is described
as:
An undivided 301680 interest
in and to: El 2 NE1 4, El 2W1
2NE14 section 35, township 6
south, range 12 east of the
Willamette Meridian, Oregon,
containing 160 acres, more or less;
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Tribal Council of fie Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon is hereby autho-
resulted in 2 driver's being arrested
for drunk driving and numerous
traffic citations issued for speeding
allegations.
Several inmates from the jail who
were on work detail for the Utilities
Department decided November 1 1 ,
1996 they had other priorities,
escaped during their assigned detail.
Still a majorconcern, is the amount
of "shots fired" complaints occurring
within or nearourcommunity. These
complaints are reckless in nature in
that the person(s) responsible are
engaging in conduct that jeopardizes
all of our lives.
One incident occurred at the
landfill (the dump) recently where
shots were fired in the area. It is
unknown whether the person(s)
responsible knew that other people
were in the area at the time.
McGruff Speaks:
Hello, I'm watching early calls
for the month of November, I have
noticed a definite increase in the
motor vehicle crashes. I would like
to remind motorists out there to be
extra careful during this time of year.
While the roadway might appear to
be okay, it can still hide a thin layer
of ice that is not seen or felt until it is
too late.
If you are traveling over the
mountain passes, leave earlier to
avoid being in a rush to get to your
destination. Take your timeand relax.
Enjoy the sites of the winter
wonderland.
Closer to my dog house, I was in
attendance at the recent presentation
given by the Lakota woman and I
must say that I was impressed by the
youth's participation. Plans to
address the specific concerns of the
youth are pending with an audience
of your Tribal Council.
Simnasho officer: In a recent
development in the Simnasho area,
John Dcbiaso who recently assumed
responsibility for the patrol of this
area, has resigned his position as of
November 10, 1996.
While Dcbiaso did resign his
land purchases-
rized to make payment to the Su-
perintendent of the Warm Springs
Agency for the use and benefit of
the owner upon approval of the
conveyance instrument.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, as Secretary
Treasurer of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm springs Res
ervation of Oregon, hereby certi
fies that the Tribal Council is
composed of 1 1 members of whom
6 constituting a quorum, were
present at a meeting thereof, duly
and regularly called, noticed,
convened and held this 28th day
of October, 19; and that the
foregoing resolution was passed
by the affirmative vote of 5 mem-
Ders,tne chairman not voting, ana
that said resolution has not been
rescinded or amended in any way.
Raymond Calica,Sr.,Secretary
Trcasurer Gordon Cannon, Superinten
dent Resolution 9279 Land Purchase
BE IT RESOLVED, By the 20th
Tribal Council of theConfederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser-'
vation of Oregon, pursuant to Ar
ticles V and VI 1 1 of the Const i fu tion
and by-Laws of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, to purchase an
undivided 110 interest in Warm
Springs allotment No. 312, Mrs.
Lowlace, deceased, at the negoti
ated consideration of $4,861. The
consideration to be paid from pro
grammed land purchase funds;
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the subject land is described
as:
An undivided 110 interest in
ana 10: v i tocii, section jj,
township 7 south, range 11 east
and Lot 1, section 1, township 8
south, range 10 east of the
Willamette Meridian, Oregon,
containing 96.83 acres, more or
less; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Tribal Council oftheConfederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon is hereby autho
rized to make payment to the Su
perintendent of the Warm Springs
Agency for the use and benefit of
the owner upon approval of the
conveyance instrument.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, as Secretary-
Trihps nf the Wa rm Rpepri v .
vation of Oregon, hereby certifies
that the Tribal Council is com
posed of 11 members of whom 6,
constituting a quorum, were,
present at a meeting thereof, duly
1
For further information concerning
tribal resolutions, contact the Tribal
Council office at 553-3257 or Tribal
Management area at 553-3212
position, two other WSPD officers
still live in the Simnasho area and
along with the Fish & Game division,
area coverage is still intact.
Gang Prevention Conference: '
Gangs, Guns, and Graffiti, was
the topic in what was an excellent
presentation on October 28 & 29,'"
1996 as Wauneta Lone Wolf, B.A.
CADC III of the Oglala Lakota Na
tion addressed our community.
This conference was sponsored
by the WS Community Counseling
Center. The WSPD wishes to extend .
our thanks to the staff of the
Community Counseling Center for ,
their hard work, dedication and
commitment to making this -presentation
possible for our
community.
To those agencies who assisted in
making this presentation a success,
thank you also and may we all
continue to work together in making
our community safer for a better
tomorrow. :
With permission given by
Wauneta Lone Wolf, the following
are excerpts from her presentation.
Why Native American Youth Join?
Because of reservation boredom, to
establish an identity, looking for sclf
pride, leadership desires, recognition,
seeking knowledge, alcohol & drugs,
spirituality search, unity & loyalty,
music video influence, peerpressure,
respect, attention, excitement,
cultural desires, responsibility,
family structure, bravery test, secret
name, warrior worthiness and
protection of land, turf, group or ;
family.
There is no honorable future in
joining gangs. ..your future is in
tradition, culture and spirituality.
Definition of a Ganc? A gane is
a group of people w ho individually
or collectively arc engaged in anti
social or criminal activity. With
different levels of activ ity, there are
basically two levels. First, there are
Hard-core gang members who arc
totally involved in gang activity and
gang violence. These individuals
and regularly called, noticed,
convened and held this 28th day
of October, 1996; and that the
foregoing resolution was passed
by the affirmative vote of 5
members, the chairman not vot-
- ing, and that said resolution has
not been rescinded or amended in
any way.
Raymond Calica, Sr., Secretary
Treasurer Gordon Cannon, Superinten
dent Resolution 9278
BE IT RESOLVED, By the 20th
Tribal Council of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation of Oregon, pursuant to
Articles V and VIII of the Consti
tution and By-Laws of the Con
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, to
purchase an undivided 110 in
terest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 311, Wal-pas-si, deceased, at
the negotiated consideration of
$10,400. This consideration to be
paid from programmed land pur
chase funds; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the subject land is described
as:
An undivided 110 interest in
and to: SW14, section 33, town
ship 7 south, range 11 east of the
Willamette Meridian, Oregon,
containing 160 acres, more orless;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Tribal Council of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation of Oregon is hereby au
thorized to make payment to the
Superintendent of the Warm
, Springs Agency for the use and
Denerit or tne owner upon ap
proval of the conveyance instru
ment. CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, as Secretary
Treasurer of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation of Oregon, hereby certi
fies that the Tribal Council is
composed of 1 1 members of whom
6, constituting a quorum, were
present at a meeting thereof, duly
and regularly called, noticea,
convened and held this 28th day
of October, 1996; and that the
foregoing resolution was passed
by the affirmative vote of 5
members, the chairman not vot
ing, and that said resolution has
not been rescinded or amended in
any way.
Raymond Calica, Sr., Secretary
Treasurer Gordon Cannon, Superinten
dent usually make up 3-5 of the total
membership of any gang. The second
category are Associates, these
individuals are people who socialize
with the gangs for status, recognition
and protection. These individuals
generally live in the area and are less
likely to be documented through
police records.
Recruitment? Might be as early
as 7-8 years of age. Factors to joining
include peer pressure, protection,
- excitement, being cool, identity,
attention, respect, sense of belonging
and low self-esteem.
, The Future: Gangs say they offer,
fun, respect excitement, identity and
family. What you really get is
addiction, insecurity, violence terror,
and ultimately, death.
So what can you do to help offset
this problem? It would help to try
and understand your student or
teenager. Listen, Listen, Listen. Get
involved in their activities. Show a
genuine concern or interest over their
welfare or activities. Give them long
overdue praise in areas which is a
great challenge to them. Listen,
Listen, Listen. If they are struggling
in school, get involved. Help them
with their studies. If they don't have
studies and other family member do,
you might touch base with the school
to see if their current grades support
the lack of homework.
If boredom is a problem, give
them good positive things to do.
Occupy their time so that they don't
sit idle for extended periods of time.
Bring back the family thing to do.
Assign daily chores to help around
the house. If its extra curricular
activities after school, show support
in these activities.
If behavior is a problem, look for
the appropriate resource to help in
this area. If it's school behavior, you
might want to consider visiting the
school without notice. The more
parents the school can get to help
monitor the halls, help in class, assist
on playgrounds, etc., the more
Continued on page 10
Across the Wire....
Horses deliver ballots from Havasupai tribe
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)-lloncs laden
with election ballon were set lo trudge up
and oul of the Grand Canyon Wednesday,
hauling their cargo from the Havasupai Indi
ans en route lo the county elections office.
For most elections, a helicopter delivers
ballon and election equipment from the iribe
lo the Coconino County elections office in
Flagstaff. The tribe lives along the Colorado
Kivcr at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Hut the hclicoptcrcrashcd during another
assignment last week and was out of service
for this election, said Lcnnard Hltsosic, di
rector of elections for Coconino County.
Poll workers brought supplies and equip-
Illegal slot machines continue to operate
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) They may have
rejected slot machines in Indian casinos, but
Washington voters can still sink their quar
ters into one-armed bandits in Indian Coun
try. In fact, an estimated 2,000 slot machines
arc operating illegally, the state contends
in casinoi operated by the Spokane and
Colvillc tribes of Eastern Washington.
The failure of Initiative 671 Nov. 5 only
keeps slots oul of casinos operated by tribes
that have signed gaming compacts with the
slate. Unofficial figures the day after the
election showed the initiative being rejected
by 56 percent to 44 percent.
Hut the Spokane Tribe of Indians and
Colvillc Confederated Tribes don't have
gambling agreements and continue to oper
ate slot machines in their casinos under fed
eral court protection.
That could be coming to an end.
A series of lawsuits filed by the stale and
federal governments against the Spokane tribe
in recent yean ii beginning to wind down.
The Spokancs have operated slots under a
stay, issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco, of a federal court
ruling ordering removal of the devices from
the reservation.
The resolution of a recent Indian gaming
case favoring the state of California is ex
Judge dismisses tribal lawsuit against Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) The twisting course of
Arizona's Indian gaming lituation took two
new turns as a judge dismissed a tribe's
lawsuit against the state and compact talks
between the two tides began.
U.S. District Earl H. Carroll dismissed
what remained of a lawsuit which the Salt
River Pima-Maricopa County had filed in
November 1995 after Gov. Fife Symington
refused lo negotiate a gaming compact like
those granted to 16 other Indian tribes.
Carroll's ruling this week accepted ar
guments by lawyers for the state that the suit
had to be dismissed on grounds that the stale
and Symington have immunity under the
Constitution.
The dismissal represents "a 'great victory
for Arizona and the important cause of self
determination by the slates,"Syminglon said.
"The court's ruling clearly supports the
administration's position that the state need
not negotiate further Indian gaming compacts
for casino-style gaming on Native American
lands."
However, he said negotiations begun
Friday with the tribe would continue "until
resolution is reached" on a possible limited
gaming compact.
Those talks began threedays after Arizona
voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition
201 , the so-called "Fairness Initiative" which
requires the governor to negotiate compacts
with tribes which don't have compacts but
which want them.
However, Symington contends he is not
legally obligated under the Arizona Consti
tution to sign the measure into law because it
was approved only by a majority of those
voting, not a majority of the state's registered
voters.
The tribe's lawsuit and its sponsorship of
the ballot measure were prompted by
Symington's refusal last year to negotiate a
compact with the Salt River tribe in the wake
of an August 1995 ruling by the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
That ruling reaffirmed a lower court's
decision to forbid a California tribe the
Rumscy Indian Rancheria from operating
slot machines and table games because they
were banned elsewhere in the state.
Symington has said the case mirrored
Wind River tribe establishes child support agency
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) It could take
up lo two years for a new child support
agency slated for the Wind River Reserva
tion lo eliminate a backlog of 2,200 cases,
state officials said.
The federal government in October ap
proved an agreement between the state De
partment of Family Services and the Arapaho
and Shoshone Tribal Court to bring child
support activities onto the reservation.
Jim Mohler, child support program man
ager for the DFS, said the 2,200 cases have
accumulated over the past nine years.
He said it has taken three years to con
form tribal law to the Social Security Act,
which allows the child-support activities the
tribes wanted to establish.
A Douglas law firm started working on
the first 10 cases Friday. Partners Kari Gray
and Frank Pcaslcy said many of the children
named in those 2,200 cases arc now over 1 8.
That would reduce their workload, they said,
adding much work remains in the three
pronged process of handling the cases.
Tavern may become center
NESPELEM, Wash. (AP) A tavern
where teen-agers used to loiter outside could
soon welcome them inside with the blessings
of federal prosecutors.
Under terms of a proposed pica agree
ment, the War Bonncl Tavern will be trans
ferred lo the Colvillc Confederated Tribes,
who plan lo change it into a youth center.
Transfer of the tfrcrn to ihe tribe is part
of the sentence federal prosecutors will ask
U.S. District Judge Robert Whalcy lo impose
next week on War Bonnet owner Glenn W.
Grubbs Jr.
Gnibbs, 42, was among 19 people ar
rested on cocaine distribution charges in a
raid on the tavern in August. If Whalcy ap
proves ihe plea agreement, Gnibbs would be
sentenced to six months in jail and forfeit the
tavern.
The pub's cloture came as a welcome
relief, tnhal Public Works Director Frank
Friedlandcr said.
"1 hear people talking in the street and I
think they're pretty much encouraged by the
hole thing," Friedlandcr Mid.
mcnt on horseback lo the lop of the canyon,
where another poll worker picked ihcm up
and drove the ballon lo Flagstaff, lillsosie
laid.
The ballon were then counted with ab
sentee and early voting ballon, Eltsosie laid.
The I lavaiupai Indian reiervalion hat 1 8 1
rcgiitcred voicri, but it wai not immediately
known how many of those can votci Tues
day, he laid.
The tribc'i votci were expected to affect
the Board of Supcrviiori, Congrenional
District 3, Legislative District 3 and the
presidential races, Eltsosie said.
pected to clear the way for the federal case to
proceed against the Spokancs, laid Jim
Shivcly, an assistant U.S. attorney handling
Indian gaming issues.
"Regardless of what the 9th Circuit did,
we still have the underlying issue to go for
ward in District Court; that uncompactcd
gaming is illegal," Shivcly said.
The Colvillct have brought in slots under
the Hay and Shivcly predicted legal action
could follow to shut down slots in that tribe's
three casinos.
"We still have an unresolved situation
with the Colvillc tribe," Shivcly laid. "We
haven't filed anything yet, but we very well
may be (filing) now."
Initiative 671 would have allowed 295
electronic gambling dcvicei per tribe, with
the potential lo expand to 495 after a year. If
all of the compact tribes had taken advan
tage, more than 1 3,000 of the gambling ma
chines would have been allowed.
The measure promised a portion of the
gross profits for law enforcement, economic
development, salmon habitat restoration and
charities.
A similar measure sponsored by the
Spokancs and Colvilles failed at the polls last
year. It would have limited the slate's role in
policing casinos and offered to pay voters in
exchange for approval.
Arizona's position.
The casinos sought by the Salt River tribe
would be built on its reservation, which
borders Mesa, Tempe and Scollsdale.
Sixteen of the state's 21 tribes have ne
gotiated compacts allowing them to operate
slot machines and other casino-style games.
Symington has said he negotiated those pacts
"under duress" from the federal government.
The Kaibab-Paiute and Hualapai tribes
subsequently closed their casinos because of
lack of patrons, but gambling centers have
become a major revenue source for the other
tribes, leading to the Salt River tribe' s pursuit
of a casino for itself.
One of three counts in the Salt River
tribe's suit had been dismissed earlier by
Carroll in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court
ruling earlier this year. Thai ruling said the
Constitution's 1 1 th Amendment did not allow
Congress through the Indian Gaming Regu
latory Act to abrogate states' sovereign im
munity. The tribe's lawyers did not contest dis
missal of that count but opposed the state's
attempt, argued before Carroll in July, to
have the judge dismiss the remaining two
counts.
The state's lawyers argued for dismissal
of theothercounts on grounds that Symington,
in acting on gaming compacts, was acting for
the Legislature and that legislative actions
enjoy immunity from lawsuits.
"This court concludes that the decision to
enter into a tribal-state gaming compact is a
legislative function which has been delegated
to the state governor, in this instance. Gov.
Symington. The court further concludes that
such decision, delegated by the Legislature
to the governor, is entitled to absolute im
munity," Carroll wrote in ordering dismissal,
Ian MacPherson, one of the state's law
yers, said it was too early to assess the impact
of the ruling. "I can assure you that there will
be a lot of discussions going on amongst
everybody," he added.
One of the tribe's lawyers said he did not
know whether the tribe would appeal Carroll's
dismissal of the other two counts. However,
he said the tribe's lawyers still did not accept
the state's claim of legislative immunity. The
tribe would appeal it on that basis.
First, officials will seek to establish pa
ternity for children bom out of wedlock. That
could require DNA testing in some cases.
Enforcement is the second part of the
process. Existing tribal law has no method of
enforcing child-support laws. Gray said es
tablishing ways to enforce the laws is an
important first step toward solving the prob
lems. The third step of the process is determin
ing the parents' financial situation and who
has custody of a particular child.
Tribal Court Judge John St. Clair said the
new federal welfare reforms, which include
possible block grants lo assist Indian reserva
tions with child support activities, could
complicate the process. If that doesn't work
on the Wind River Reservation, he said, a
cooperative program between the tribes and
the state could be a viable option.
New Mexico, Arizona and Washington
arc the only other slates which allow feder
ally funded child support activities on Indian
reservations, according to the DFS.
for Colville teenagers
The War Bonnet served as a "social melt
ing pot" for the reservation town, offering a
place for adults to socialize and teens to hang
around outside the door.
But tribal members increasingly shun al
cohol and want to keep it away from their
children, said Friedlandcr, a grandparent and
civic leader.
In exchange for Gnibbs' guilty plea to
misdemeanor possession of cocaine, the as
sistant U.S. attorney agreed todismiss charges
that Grubbs operated a drug-manufacturing
establishment and used his business lo pro
mote crimes.
Following a two-year investigation by
several law-enforcement agencies, Grubbs
and 18 others were indicted in August on
numerous drug-trafficking charges involv
ing cocaine between September 1994 and
May 1996.
Of those, seven have pleaded guihy and
nx are awaiting sentencing. Calvin Pakootat,
43, w as sentenced to six months of probation.
The remainder are aw ailing arraignments
or tnal.