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Fannie Waheneka cuts the ribbon for the Three Warriors Market in Simnasho. In spite of the snow and school closures, there were
several community members on site to witness the grand opening.
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Pat Green promoted to Warm Springs Post Master
The Tribal Council addressed Al
lotment land purchases on November
30, by passing Resolutions 9799, 9800,
9801 and9802. The resolutions autho
rized the purchase of a 175 interest in
Allotment No. 816, a 175 interest in
Allotment No. 819, a 1240 interest in
Allotment No. 822, and a 6901 76,400
interest in Allotment 945.
Six children were enrolled with the
passage of Resolution No. 9803 on
November 30. Those enrolled were:
Austin Gregory Charley 1 10299
Rich Winficld Danzuka-Crane
110399
Martin Francisco Frutos 1 11999
Janeisha Rassandra Hintsala
112399
Esmeralda Margarita Perez Perez
112499
SophiaClaudiaVillagomez-Mcdina
102099
Three applicants were denied be
cause of blood quantum. The resolu
tion was passed by the affirmative vote
of 6 members, 2 abstaining, and the
Chairman not voting.
The Confederated Tribes is a party
to two United States v. Washington
sub proceedings concerning the ac
counting for non-treaty catches under
the 1 855 StevensPalmerTreaties. This
litigation has been stayed for the past
several years by agreement of the par
ties and by order of the court. Congress
recently passed legislation requiring
that the stay of the litigation be extended
until 2008, or until federal funds for
salmon restoration projects will not be
made available.
The Tribal Council has been ad
vised that extending the stay of litiga
tion is in the best interests of the Tribe
and its members, and will assist in
protecting the rights secured by the
Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Or
egon. Resolution No. 9804 authorized
the Tribal Attorney to sign a stipulated
request to the court to extend the stay of
the litigation tor the term ot the Chinook
agreement entered into by the Pacific
Salmon Commission through 2008.
The resolution was passed on No
vember 30, by the affirmative vote of 8
members with the Chairman not voting.
Resolution No. 9805 was passed on
December 1 3 by an affirmative vote of
5 members with 1 member abstaining.
The Chairman did not vote.
The action authorizes the Confed
erated Tribes to become a full member
of the Intertribal Monitoring Associa
tion on Indian Trust Funds. The ITMA
is an organization composed of Indian
tribes and is established to serve as a
representative for tribes in the con-
gressionally mandated effort to correct
the Bureau of Indian Affairfs mis
management of these funds. The
Secretary-Treasurer and an alternate
will participate in the Associations
activities and keep Council informed
of the activities of the ITMA, the BIA
and the Office of Trust Fund Management.
The Tribal Council approved Reso
lution No. 9806 on December 13, 1999
by an affirmative vote of 5 members,
with the Chairman not voting.
The resolution gives the Secretary
Treasurer authorization to apply for
grants from Idaho Power Company.
The Idaho utility has a responsibility
forconducting cultural resource inven
tories, including oral history studies, as
part of their rclicensing of the Hells
Canyon Complex Hydroelectric
Project.
Idaho Power Company has offered
funding in the amount of $25,000 to the
Confederated Tribes for initiating a
Phase 1 records review of audio and
video documentation held by the
Confederated Tribes.
Resolution No. 9808 rescinds
Resolution No. 7468, which was passed
on August 24, 1987. The original
resolution approved Homesite Lease
No. 3275 to Alvin Smith. The action
was taken December 14, by the affir
mative vote of 6 members, with the
Chairman not voting.
In his Last Will and Testament,
Alvin Smith asked that his daughter
and son inherit equally. Resolution No.
9809 grants a 50-year homesite lease to
Arlcne Graham and Wayne Smith. The
action was taken December 14, with
the affirmative vote of 6 members,
with the Chairman not voting.
Warm Springs Forest Product In
dustries (WSFPI) entered into a new
lease agreement with the individual
beneficial owners and the Tribe in
Warm Springs Allotment No. 5 1 9 for a
sawmill site and the D.E. Plant facility.
The lease is for 5 years, beginning
April 1, 1999 and expiring March 31,
2004.
Resolution No. 98 10 authorizes the
action. The annual lease rental payment
is $12,500 per annum, to include late
payment interest at a rate of 1 8 from
April 1, 1999 to the date of approval of
the lease, and to include a sign-up
bonus incentive payment in the sum of
$2,500. The beneficial owners have
agreed and signed the Right-of-way
for requested by Warm Springs Power
Industries and Pacific Power & Light
Company for the 69KV Transmission
Line. The resolution was passed De
cember 14, with the affirmative vote of
6 embers, with the Chairman not vot
ing. Resolution 9811 approves electric
service line construction costs for the
Tribal Eldercare Center submitted by
Pacific Power & Light Company in the
amount of $17,309.00. The tenure of
the electric service line agreements of
right-of-way issued shall run concur
rently with the electric service agree
ment between the Confederated Tribes
and Pacific Power and Light Company
dated January 9, 1967. The resolution
was approved by an affirmative vote of
6 members, with the Chairman not
voting on December 14.
Resolution No. 9813, 9814, 9815,
and 9816 authorized land purchases.
Resolution 9813 authorized the pur
chase of an undivided "interest in Warm
Springs Allotment No. 292, containing
141.05 acres, more or less. Resolution
9814 addressed Warm Springs Allot
ment No 370-A, an undivided interest
containing 10 acres. Resolution 9815
authorized purchasing an undivided
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 402, containing 12 1.45 acres, more
or less. Warm Springs Allotment No.
701, containing an undivided 112 in-
Tribal Court and Legal Aide service make changes
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Pat Green
Patty Green, a Redmond resident
and Oregon native, has been named
the Warm Springs Post Master. The
appointment was effective January
15, 2000.
Green replaces Judy Fettig who
left in November to become Post
Master in Powell Butte. Fettig had
been the Warm Springs Post Master
for the last 4 years.
Before becoming the new Post
Master, Patty served 2 and a half
years with the Warm Springs Post
Office and has gotten to know many
of the community members. "I trans
ferred here from Klamath Falls two
and a half years ago," says Green.
"I've worked for the Postal Service
for 25 years, starting in Gold Beach,
where I grew up and have traveled all
over the state. I've been the Post
Master in Mt. Hood, Parkdale, Wil
liams, and Midland." Williams is near
Grants Pass and Parkdale is about 70
miles from Warm Springs.
Patty resides in Redmond and
drives the 90 miles round trip each
day. She and her husband Ward, have
four children between them that are
all grown up. The couple also has four
grandchildren and another on the
way.
Patty says, "As the new Post
Master for Warm Springs, I don't
foresee any changes in the near fu
ture. Since I've already been work
ing here for the past 2 and half years.
I've been getting to know the com
munity members and they are get
ting to know me. Things will pretty
much be the same as long as every
one has a key for their mailbox or
their ID ready in case they forget it."
"My goal as the new Post Master
is to keep the community people
happy by delivering their mail on
time. I feel that this office is running
very efficiently and hope to add
another employee to help me. Right
now I'm borrowing help from where
ever I can because help is hard to
come by. If anyone has any com
plaints or problems, please be sure
to call it to my attention so that I can
try and take care of it. I want the
The Warm Springs Legal Aid De
partment is undergoing change in
structure and sen ice as follows:
The Legal Aid Department will
continue to provide services for the
next sixty days. During this oO-day
period the priority of service deliv
ery will change. Priority will be given
to children who are victims of abuse
or neglect, then to elders and incom
petent adults who arc victims of
abuse or neglect, and then to indigent
criminal defendants.
These changes arc consistent with
several Tribal Council priorities:
1 . Financial and Economic-lacili-tutc
the on-rcscnation start-up, ex
pansion and success of Tribal mem
ber owned business. Tribal legal aid
sen ices w ill be contracted to a tribal
member or members w ho ha c estab
lished legal advocate busincss(cs) on
the rcscnation.
2. Stxial Issues, Public Safety &
Personal Responsibility-reduce de
pendence on Tribal Gocrnment, re
turn responsibility to individuals,
hold indi iduals accountable for their
inappropriate bchaMor, create a
healthy and safe community, and
eliminate the "revolving door" syn
drome in the Tribes justice system.
Criminal defendants will only be pro
vided legal seniccs at the expense
of the Tribes' if they are indigent and
if sufficient funds are available.
3. Youth Development-ensures
proper development of youth, help
meet the needs of the "forgotten spe
cial needs" youth, and develop a
more consistent and comprehensive
approach to dealing with juvenile
behavioral problems. For many
years, child ictims of abuse and ne
glect have not been provided with
adequate legal representation in the
Tribes' justice s stem ( ). These chil
dren will now be provided legal
counsel to ensure their rights and
their best interests arc protected in the
justice system.
4. Essential Governmental Services-provide
seniccs that are criti
cal to the health and well being of
individuals and community as a
whole. Because tf limited financial
resourves, the Tribes' cannot prov idc
everything Um cxervbody. so the
needs of individuals must be bal
anced with the needs of the commu
nity. The tribes' has always main
tained that our most precious re
sources are our children and our el
ders because they hold the keys to our
past and our future. It is essential,
therefore, to provide government ser
vices that will parted their health and
well being.
The Legal Aid Department can be
reached at 553-3269. If you have any
questions about these changes or the
contract aw ard please contact Anita
Jackson at 553-3230 or 3284. If you
ha c questions about legal advocates
who arc currently approved to prac
tice in Tnbal Court, contact the Warm
Springs Tribal Court at 553-3278.
"We rcalic that sometimes
change is not easy but w c bclicv c that
in the long run, the benefits of these
changes will significantly rmwc us
toward our goal of becoming the
healthiest Indian nation," The Legal
Aid Department.
() The Tnbcs has not funded a
legal advocate lor children since the
carlv l9S0's.