July 15, 1999 ?
VoI.24No.15 S
or.coLl. 350
.S8
July is, Msayam
Fourth of July Celebration
o
Watermelon eating contestants eat
The Museum At Warm
Springs will again
present Living Tradition
programs this summer
from Memorial Day
weekend through Labor
Day weekend.
Artists will demon
strate their special tradi
tional skills. The sched
ule is as follows:
Inly
17 & 18-Tule Mats
24 & 25-Indian
Bead work
31 & August 1-Corn
Husk Bags
August
7 & 8-Native American
Dance
14 & 15-Cultural Foods
21 & 22-Native Ameri
can Quilts
28 & 29-Native Lan
guage Program
For further informa
tion, contact Leana
Blueback (541)553-3331.
' Ti I f -
Spilyay
(Coyote
...iudtv'w jar"
their way to victory.
V fcr-
... r
I
Coming to the Crossroads, "Year 2000 or bust."
Unity 99 drew record number
participants in Seattle
Native American , Hispanics, Asians and Black jour
nalists gathered in Seattle
Seattle Pledging to increase
communication between the NAJA
board and members, Sho-Ban News
Editor Lori Edmo-Suppah on July
10, became NAJA's latest president;
Edmo-Suppah, a member of the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribe of Idaho,
was elected by the NAJA board to
the organization's highest rank at the
Unity '99 convention in Seattle,
following the general election July 9
of new board members.
Board members also elected three
officers, as well. They are: Tom
Arviso Jr. (Navajo) to vice president;
Jeff Harjo (Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma) to secretary; and Ben
winton (Pascua Yaqui) to his second
term as treasurer. All will serve 1 1
month terms, until the NAJA con
vention scheduled for June 14-17,
2000, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Edmo-Suppah replaces outgoing
president Kara Briggs (Yakama),
who had been Unity president in 1998
and its secretary this year. Briggs
had served two three-year terms - the
maximum allowed under NAJA by
laws. Briggs is employed by the Or
egonian, in Portland, Oregon, one of
the largest daily news papers in the
northwest.
Also leaving the board after
servingthetwo-termlimil were Keith
Skenandore (Oneida Nation of Wis
consin) and Paul DcMain (Ojibwc),
a founding president of NAJA and
Tymoo
News)
Jo...
A I 5
gathered community members for fun and games
' 4.
1 '
,4
. .. i - lllfl
Ths foam nn tha loft cirlo tnnk first
.....3 -, : i 'i .
fa. w' ' ' " ' ' '
J 1 -
Graybael wins by a "nose" dive
1 ts
Spilyay Tymoo photos by Selena
permanent board member of Unity:
Journalists of Color, inc.
NAJA members elected three new
board members to three-year terms.
They are: Jodi Rave (Sioux), Deenise
Becenti (Navajo) and Joe Allen.
Winton was re-elected to a second
term. The general elections took place
at the Day Break Star Indian Cultural
Center in Seattle.
Miles Morrisseau named editor-in-chief
of Indian Country Today.
Veteran First Nations Journalist
Miles Morrisseau, a former editor at
Aboriginal Voices magazine, has
been tapped to oversee the editorial
operations of Indian Country Today,
the largest Native-owned newspaper
in the United States.
Morrisseau, who had been with
the Canada council for the Arts for
the last two years, will help build a
major editorial staff and direct com
prehensive coverage of Indian Issues
throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Avis Little Eagle, a NAJA board
member who had been editor for the
last two years, will remain in Rapid
City. S.D., to oversee community
coverage of the Lakota, Nakota and
Dakota nations. Little Eagle started
at the paper nine years ago as a cub
reporter.
The Oneida Indian Nation of New
York purchased the paper last De
cember from Tim Giago and plans to
Continued on page two
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Change Service Requested
-- i i I, i - - r - rt- i i-r.i ri r r7.jrii'iB
V.
llllHUL ,
nlars in thfi "tun-nf-war" contest.
,
v '''" ' ' ,,., ' .' '
University of Oregon Library
Received on: 07-20-93
Spilyay tymoo.
Boise
Tribal Council
1
On May 4, with an affirmative
vote of 7 members, 1 member not
voting and the Chairman not voting,
. Resolution No. 9705 was passed. The
Resolution calls for the adoption of
the updated 1999 Comprehensive
Plan. The Resolution directs the
Tribal Organization to work with the
community in carrying out the plan's
vision, goals and benchmarks. It also
calls for developing a measurement
and reporting system to report on the
progress in achieving goals and
benchmarks. Summaries of the plan
will be distributed to tribal
households in July.
On May 24, with 6 affirmative
votes and the Chairman not voting,
Resolution No. 9706 was passed. The
Resolution confirms WSFPI's
authority to assist Tribal Member
loggers who are struggling financially
because of changes in the Reservation
forest.
Resolution No. 9707 was passed
on May 25 with the affirmative vote
of 5 members. One member abstained
and the Chairman did not vote. The
Resolution calls for revisions to the
Indian Reservation Roads inventory.
This increases the inventory the BIA
is responsible for maintaining by 57
miles.
Resolutions 9708. 9709, 9710.
971 1, 9712. and 9713 all were land
purchases. Allotments involved were
162, 691. 816, 819. 820. and 822.
The purchases were paid for from
programmed land purchase funds.
All the mentioned resolutions were
passed on May 25.
Resolution 9714 as passed May
SLRIALSDEIT.
KNIGI rr 1.1URARY
Ym UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
EUGENE, OR 9740.1
- vt
' ' !: t" ' ' " '"'" a-.'
'..1
i v r -
passes Resolutions in May
25 by a an affirmative vote of 6
members with the Chairman not
voting. It called for Charles Frank to
be granted a fifty (50) year homesite
lease in the Wolfe Point Area. The
lease contained 2.5 acres more or
less.
Resolution 9715 was passed with
the affirmative vote of 6 members on
May 25. The Chairman did not vote.
Jacklyn Langely Donahue was
granted a fifty (50) year homesite
lease in Tenino Valley. The lease
contained 2.5 acres more or less.
Resolution 9716 was passed on
May 25, by the affirmative vote of 5
members, with the Chairman not
voting. Brigette Scott Whipple was
granted a fifty (50) year homesite
lease containing 5.0 acres more or
less in the Scckseequa area.
Resolution 97 1 7 was approved on
May 25 by an affirmative vote of 5
members, with the Chairman not
voting. Shawna Jackson was granted
a 5.0 acre, fifty (50) year homesite
lease in the Schoolic Flat area.
Resolution 9718, in accordance
with Resolution No. 4301 , was passed
with the affirmative vote of 5
members, with the
Chairman not voting. The
following are enrolled members of
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Noted:
Kelisiano Lynn Fuiava 51 799
Brittony Fave Ike 51899
Kah-Licse June Smith 52499
Yancy Wayland Smith 5799
Tai' Anne X bonne Smith-Muldrow
5699
U.S. Postage
Bulk Rate Permit No. 2
Warm Springs, OR 97761
f
y ..... w -..f ' .
f
-J s!
i v..
? , . .
i " . --.
" 't ' ' " .
Water balloon toss cool and
refreshing.
Derick Jordan Summerhalder
51499
Oshay Lee Summerhalder
51499
Jaden Aurelia Rose Suppah 5599
One applicant was denied
membership because of blood degree.
An agreement was reached
between PacificCorp, the United
States Department of Interior, the
Yakama Indian Nation, and other
entities, which will lead to the
removal of Condit Dam on the White
Salmon River by the year 2006. The
removal of the dam may cause
siltation problems downstream at the
Underwood In Lieu Site located at
the mouth of the White Salmon River,
where it meets the Columbia
River. The agreement calls for
PacifiCorp to pay up to $500,000
towards the cost of mitigating any
siltation or other adverse
consequences to the Underwood In
Lieu Site caused by the removal of
the dam.
By an affirmative vote of 5
members, with the Chairman not
voting, Tribal Council passed
Resolution No. 9719, entering into
an "In Lieu Site Enhancement
Agreement". The Resolution states
that Warm Springs agrees that
removal of the dam and payment by
PacifiCorp of $500,000 represents
full satisfaction for any and all claims
that Wrarm Springs may have against
PacifiCorp involving the
construction, operation and removal
of Condit Dam.
,1