2 July 29, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
Aguilars honored for traditional apprenticeship program
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Leila Childs, Folklife Coordinator, presents Valerie and Tina with
certificates on completion of the Traditional ArtsProgram.
Baby boards (on far right) are displayed at the State capitol in
Salem, OR
The Oregon Historical Society
Folklife 9th Annual Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship program honored
then Master Artists and Apprentices
on Thursday, July 15, 1999. Each
year stipends for the master artists
are pmvided through the generosity
of several foundations. This year the
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Pro
gum was made possible by: Hoover
Family Foundation; Jackson Foun
dation; National Endowment for the
Ails, Oregon Arts Commission and
the Regional Arts & Cultural Council.
Tent meeting to
begin August 9
Shekinah Ministries will host a
"Crusade for Christ "Tent meet
ing which will be held on August
4 14, 1999 at the Quinn Park
(Camp Tamomnowit grounds).
Nightly service begins 7 p.m.
Speakers from near and far to be
ministering.
Beginning Monday & Tues
day, James "Bumper" & Esther
Williams from San Carlos, AZ
wiii begin with "Healing & Sal
vation" services; Wednesday Bill
Win of Yakima, WA will minis
it i, Thursday (Tentatively)
Debbie & Merle Williams, Jr.
hum Marysville, WA; Linda &
I. any Littleowl from Crow
Agency, MT on Friday and Rose
& Merle Williams Sr. from
JVlaiyiville, WA on Saturday.
"Where there is no vision the
people perish". Everyone wel
come! : - ' -:
Ten apprenticeships are selected
each year based on traditionally,
quality of work, dedication to the art
form and a commitment to passing it
on, among others. Master artists and
apprentices apply together to pass
on a specific tradition from their
shared cultural community during
an eight-month apprenticeship. Mas
ter artists receive a stipend for their
time, travel and supplies. Appren
tices gain skills to create or perform
an art form and they also gain knowl
edge and a strengthened connection
to their heritage through the rela
tionships that develop with the mas
ter tcaehcrduring the apprenticeship.
Tina Aguilar was chosen from
Warm Springs, OR with apprentice
Valerie Aguilar. The traditional art
form wascradleboards(babyboards).
Tina and Valeric are half-sisters who
grew up in separate families with a
ten year age difference between them.
The Aguilars are Wasco and Warm
Springs and are married to brothers.
This time together has brought them
much closer as they learned together
about the boards and much about
family.
Their boards are on display at the
State Capitol in Salem, OR. They
will then be moved to the Oregon
Historical Society at 1200 SW Park
Avenue, Portland, OR on August 14
through December 31, 1999.
For application information,
please contact Leila Childs, Folklife
Coordinator; Oregon Folklife Pro
gram; Oregon Historical Society; 1 20
SW Park Avenue; Portland, OR
97205-2583 or phone (503) 306-5283
Fax (503) 221-2035 or email:
lcilacohs.org.
Camp Sap-Si-Kwat '99
at the Elmer Quinn Park
will be held August 23-27th
Monday through Friday from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information call:
Charlotte Herkshan 553-3205
Tribal Council resolutions passed in June
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The Tribal Council was advised
by the Fish Wildlife Committee and
the Natural Resources Department
that the predicted return of Deschutes
River wild spring Chinook salmon is
only 250, 80 below the escapement
goal of 1,300. The Council wus
advised that returns of Round Butte
and Warm Springs hatchery spring
Chinook salmon will be
approximately 2,600 adults
significantly greater than production
needs (1,230) and the preseason
prediction.
Realizing the hardship placed on
Tribal members with harvest
restrictions, as adopted by resolutions
in the past, Tribal Council passed
Resolution No. 9722. The resolution
took effect immediately and ended
June 19, 1999. This allows
subsistence fishing for hatchery
Chinook salmon at the Shcrars Falls
Area. All Wild salmon and Steclhead
must be released unharmed.
Monitoring of returns to Warm
Springs National Fish Hatchery and
Round Butte Hatchery will determine
if in season modifications are
appropriate based on updated run
sizes.
The resolution further states that
the Warm Springs River and all of its
tributaries arc closed to Chinook
salmon and Steclhead fishing. Shitike
Creek is closed to Chinook salmon
and Steclhead fishing.
The resolution was passed June
14, 1999, with 5 members voting in
the affirmative, 1 member opposed
and the Chairman not voting.
Resolution 9723 was passed on
June 15 by an affirmative vote of 7
members with the Chairman not
voting. The resolution approved the
Integrated Resource Management
Plan for the non-forested and Rural
Areas. The resolution states that
IRMP standards, best management
practices, and monitoring and
evaluation program will be regarded
as operative regulatory rules for
resource management in forested and
non-forested lands.
Two Tribal Council resolutions
were passed June 22 dealing with
land leases. Resolution No. 9724
called for the granting of a 5 acre
assignment of lease No. 2 1 79 issued
to Wilbur Johnson, Sr. The
Resolution replaces Resolution No.
3136 passed on September 18, 1968
and Resolution No. 63 1 7, which was
passed on October 11, 1982.
Resolution No. 9725 granted Carroll
Johnson Dick a cancellation of Lease
No. 2988 on Tribal land. Wilbur
Johnson Sr. signed a relinquishment
of 5 acres from Tribal Land
Assignment No. 201 back to the
Confederated Tribes for the purpose
of leasing said land to Carroll
Johnson. Both resolutions passed by
an affirmative vote of 7 members,
with the Chairman not voting.
Resolution No. 9726 was passed
on June 22 by an affirmative vote of
7 members with the Chairman not
voting. The resolution calls for the
purchase of an undivided 1 .4 interest
in Warm Springs Allotment No. 8-B
for the negotiated consideration of
$8,500. The land was paid for from
programmed land purchases funds.
Resolution No. 9727 approved the
enrollment of the following:
Jayden Michael Sohappy
051099
Tashina Victoria Smith
062199
Three applicants were denied
membership because of blood degree.
The resolution was passed by the
affirmative vote of 5 members with
the Chairman not voting.
Resolution No.9729 was approved
on June 30 by an affirmative vote of
4 members 3 opposed, 1 member
abstaining and the Chairman voting.
The resolution authorizes the
Secretary-Treasurer to apply to the
Department of Justice for a Victim
Assistance Grant for the Warm
Springs Reservation. These grants
are administered by the U.S.
Department of Justice, providing for
crisis services, training to provide
services to women victims,
emergency short-term child care
services, temporary shelter,
assistance with criminal justice
proceedings, prosecution, law
enforcement, forensic medical
examination costs, and salaries of
personnel who provide assistance to
victims.
Farm Service Agency news: crop losses
The Central Oregon Farm Service
Agency office has received some
telephone calls concerning crop
losses resulting from weather related
events.
Under the provisions of the non
insured crop disaster assistance
program (NAP), crop losses resulting
from weather related events need to
be reported within 15 days of the
date of disaster, or when the damage
becomes evident.
Crop losses can be reported at our
office on an FSA-574 form. A field
visit and appraisal of the actual
production must be made if the crop
will not be carried to harvest. In
order to be eligible under NAP, it is
important that a producer does not
destroy any damaged crops that will
not be taken to harvest prior to
contacting our office first.
Eligible crops include ones that
cannot be insured by Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation (FCIC).
Forage for livestock may be
eligible under NAP.
For further information, please
contact the Central Oregon FSA
office at 541-923-4358, Extension 2
or visit the office at 625 SE Salmon
Ave., Suite 3, Redmond, Oregon.
Two departments seek comments
from tribal public
Indian land consolidation symposium set for Sept 20-23, 1999
Forestry and Natural Resources
employees are seeking comments
from the tribal public on how to up
date IRMP I, the Integrated Resources
Management Plan for the Forested
Area The current plan will be in
effeu until December 31, 2001 and
Tubal Council has directed the staff
to have a draft plan prepared nine
luoiiihs Hi advance of the expiration
ddlc.
JRMFJ was adopted as Ordinance
74 by a me of the Tribal Council in
j y2 . "J lieu-decision supported a staff
recommendation to use a balanced
management approach, which pro
vides adequate protection for natural
ieourcts and opportunities for com
patible economic enterprises.
An objective to manage the com
mercial forest on a sustained-yield
basis was also endorsed by Tribal
Council, establishing an annual al
lowable cut of approximately 52
million board leet, a figure that was
phased in during the first five years
alter the plan was implemented.
Oilier key elements of the plan
include the establishment of goals,
objectives standards and best man
agement practices. Goals and objec
tives establish targets for managers
to shoot towards. They are far-reaching
policy statements used to gauge
whether or not the plan is achieving
desired conditions.
Standards are measurable and en
forceable directives covering a wide
variety of activities, including road
construction, skid trails, riparian buff
ers, cultural plants and many other
topics. Best management practices
provide guidelines that should be
followed whenever feasible.
IRMP I also contains manage
ment direction for water and soil,
conditional use areas, long-term pro
ductivity islands, fire, rural housing,
forage, fuelwood, timber, fish and
wildlife, recreation, planning and
archaeological resources.
Anyone wishing to comment on
the next IRMP for the Forested Area
should write or call Allan Derickson
at the Forestry Branch, PO Box 1 239,
Warm Springs. The phone number is
553-2416. The public comment pe
riod for scoping IRMP I will be 60
days.
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The Indian Land Working Group
is pleased to announce the 9th annual
Indian Land Consolidation
Symposium to be hosted by the Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,
located in Palm Springs, CA.
The symposium will take place
from September 20-23, 1999. The
event will include a day of workshop
sessions scheduled for Monday,
September 20, followed by three days
of General Sessions on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday,
September 21-23.
Workshop topics include ILWG
Legislation to address fractionated
trust land, Fee-to-Trust Regulations,
Current Status, Impacting change,
Developing and implementing a
Tribal Inheritance code, TAAMS
(Trust Asset and Accounting
Management System), Developing a
Reservation-wide Land
Consolidation Plan.
General Sessions will include
Codes to preserve the Trust Status of
Indian land, Controlling development
with a uniform code, Public lands
Impacting exchanges and transfers,
Land data systems-Tribal models at
work, Land use-importance of
zoning, Amendments to HR4325
The "Indians Trust Estate Planning
and Land Title Management Act",
Keeping Indian land Indian-impact
on Taxation and jurisdiction, Land
Consolidation-using disclaimers,
Return of 2 interests-Status, legal
action, Making law in Indian country,
j To accommodate the number of
persons attending the symposium,
the sessions will be held at two hotels.
The workshop sessions scheduled for
September 20 will be held at the Spa
Hotel & Casino, which is owned and
operated by the Agua Caliente Tribe.
The general sessions scheduled
for September 2 1 -23, will take place
in the Ballroom of the Hilton Resort,
located directly across trie street from
the Spa Hotel.
The reserve a room at the Spa call
1-800-854-1279; or the Hilton, call
1-800-522-6900. Be sure to mention
that you will be attending the ILWG
Land Symposium to receive the
following special rates at both hotels:
single-$79, double-$89, Suites
Si 29. Hilton Plaza Suite-$139-Spa
Jr. Suite. Both hotels provide free
shuttle service from the Palm Springs
Airport.
Pre-registration fee is $125 and
on-site registration fee is $150. If
you would like to receive a packet to
register you may contact one of the
following persons. Theresa Carmody
(505) 668-9013, George Russell 1-800-835-7220,
Dore Bietz (209) 588
9772, Del LeCompte (701) 854-7478,
Blaine Small (406) 638-2601, Diane
Stevens (907) 457-2762.
You may also contact their website
for updated information on the
symposium and additional
information on the ILWG at: http:
www.indianlands.com
The 22nd annual Sisters Saturday
Markets, sponsored by the Sisters
Area Chamber of Commerce will be
held on July 3, August 7 and
September 4.
Stroll the Village Green Park in
downtown Sisters and enjoy over
125 booths of one-of-a-kind
handcrafted items. The variety of
crafts includes wooden birdhouses
and toys, clothing, fresh and dried
flowers, soaps, pottery, jewelry,
paintings, photography and clothing
just to name a few. Listen to live
music or watch a performance by the
children of Mad Hatters Theater
Group at the gazebo. Sample fresh
food from the excellent variety
offered by local food vendors. This
year we are adding a petting zoo near
the playground with Llamas and
Miniature Donkeys. Bring the family
and spend the day in Sisters.
For further information please
contact the Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce at (541) 549-0251.
On Patrol: Updates on past incident
by Don
Courtney
Federal Case Up
date: David Belgard
Jr. remains in jail
awailing trial on
the Frank murder
from last July
1998. On an ap
pearance before
the Federal Court
in Portland, Or
egon on June 1,
1999; a motion to
dismiss was sub
sequently denied
by Federal Court Judge, Owen
Panner. Belgard again made an ap
pearance on June 8 & 9 regarding the
remand issues. In the federal court
system. Belgard Jr. is still recog
nized as a jucnile even at 18-years
of age.
In lhc matter of Wamblee Smith,
he remains incarcerated pending sen
tencing in the beating incident of
William Suppah. Silas Poitra plead
guilty in Federal court to the beating
incident that occurred to Faith Dick.
Sentencing in this matter is pending
Francis Spmn remains in jail pend
ing court appearance in September
tor if (C mmJi el Sj3oe I illie.
F & G Violation results in No
Hunting:
As a result of a case that was
investigated earlier this year by the
Fish & Game division, two Tribal
members were referred to the Warm
Springs Tribal Court where they took
responsibility for the killing of two
elk out of season. As a result of their
actions, the Tribal Judge ordered their
1999 hunting season suspended.
On a tip of possible deer poach
ing, Officers Stewart and Holliday
traced the lead to several subjects. A
pickup used in the incident was found
w ith evidence to support the tip. Follow-up
led to a several more suspects
being identified. Further investiga
tion, charges, and arraignments are
pending.
Disturbance ends in a Drug arrest:
On June 8, 1999 police were sum
moned to a home on Ml. Jefferson
street where an intoxicated male sub
ject was requested to be removed. On
follow-up. a 36-yearold Tribal mem
ber was found smoking Marijuana.
The subject w as then arrested for the
violation. A small amount of Mari
juana was additionally seized that
was found in plain view. The case
has since been referred to the
Prosecuton's office for action.
Several attempts made to smuggle
Drugs into Jail:
During the month of June, several
attempts were made to smuggle drugs
into the jail. During both incidents,
snacks were dropped off for a male
inmate. On a routine searched the
contents, Marijuana was found. In
vestigation into this matter is con
tinuing. Also in June, an inmate attempted
to smuggle what is believed to be
Marijuana into the jail after return
ing from his passwork site. The of
ficer spotted the alleged marijuana
however before the item could be
secured, the inmate quickly swal
lowed the item. According to the
report, the inmate later alleged that
the item was only a piece of paper.
Community Policing Update:
Most of you might be aware that
the police department has been work
ing diligently on survey and perfor
mance reports. As follow-up to those
individuals having been made vic
tims to Breaking & Entering, Mali
cious Mischief, and Auto Thefts, a
brief questioner is sent out to solicit
response regarding our police re
sponse, action taken by the officer,
officer follow-up, and recommenda
tions for improvement. Thank you to
those who have taken part in this
process.
One area noted that we need your
help in, is in the marking or record
ing of your valuables. Once an item
is stolen, it makes it very difficult to
track the item without appropriate
serial numbers, identifiable marks,
name brand, etc.
If help or assistance is needed in
this process, please contact Lieuten
ant Stoney Miller at the police de
partment. An appointment can then
be arranged for police personnel to
come to your home and conduct a
security assessment. We will iden
tify, assist in marking of your prop
erty, and record your valuables by
inventory.
Congratualtions are extended to
Officer Dawn Kirk (Osmond) who
completed her formal studies at the
Oregon Police Academy. She gradu
ated on June 25, 1999. Charles
Tailfeathers Sr. transferred back to
assist the Prosecutors office in case
preparation and alternative disposi
tions in cases where reparations are
needed. Community Policing made
quite an appearance during this sum
mers parade circuit as Pi-ume-sha
and Forth of July were a few to men
tion. Special thanks to Stoney, the di
vision and their respective families
for making this possible.