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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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Tenth Annual
Rebuilding our Nations
Today there is a growing network
of tribal, intertribal, individual land
owner, and national efforts working to
preserve and restore tribal homelands,
and to assure Indian use and control of
land resources. The 10 Annual Indian
Land Consolidation Conference will
provide an overview of the land-related
restoration, regulatory and manage
ment matters being addressed by
tribes, individuals and Indian organi
zations across the country. Conference
participants will be provided with com
prehensive information on a wide vari
ety of land-related issues, as well as
strategies for "REBUILDING OUR
NATIONS".
About the Conference Sponsors
The Indian Land Working Group
(ILWG) was an outgrowth of the 1"
Indian land consolidation conference
held 1 0 years ago in Pendleton, Oregon
sponsored by the Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and
supported by the Northwest Area Foun
dation, the Northwest Renewable Re
sources Center, and the First Nations
Development Institute.
The ILWG works to inform
Tribes and individual Indian landown
ers about methods of land recovery and
land consolidation bringing lands
within reservation boundaries and al
lotments into Indian ownership, use,
and control. The ILWG is comprised
of a 40 person Committee of tribal, in
dividual landowners, and Indian orga
nization representatives working to pro
mote restoration and preservation of
tribal homelands, as well as Indian use
and control of these lands. Some of the
activities of the ILWG are sponsorship
of the Indian Land Consolidation Sym
posiums; the development of educa
tional videos and manuals on the top
ics of estate planning and probate; land
exchange & consolidation; leasing of
Indian land; land acquisition & financ
ing; and accessing land data, as well as
on-site technical assistance on these
matters.
The ILWG has also formulated
land reform legislation, H.R. 4325 the
'Trust Estate Planning & Land Title
Management Improvement Act, over
the past several years, based on input
from numerous tribes and Indian land
owners. Many of the provisions of this
Act are contained in S.1S86, which is
now before Congress.
The Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation will host
the 10 Annual Indian Land Consoli
dation Symposium. Three Tribes make
up the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation: Cayuse,
Umatilla, and Walla Walla. In 1855, the
Tribes and the U.S. Government nego
tiated a Treaty in which the Tribes
"ceded" 6.4 million acres in exchange
for a Reservation homeland of 250,000
acres.
As a sovereign government,
Tribal affairs are governed by an elected
"Board of Trustees". The day-to-day
work of the tribal government is car
ried out by a staff of 509 employees and
Title IX Indian Education
Each year the ideas of parents, students,
planning special services to be offered for meeting the needs of Indian students. This important program currently
provides a teacher assistant and a counselor at Warm Springs Elementary, a teacher assistant and a community
liaison at the Jefferson County Middle School, and a community liaison at the high school.
Please give a few moments of your time to help the Committee and School District plan a successful program for
next year.
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PARENTGUARDIAN
. students in school in
I 3. My opinion of the activities offered
A. Warm Springs Elementary Counseling to
improve student's attendance and grades.
B. Cultural Leadership Activities for secondary
Indian students.
C. Jefferson County Middle School Community
Liaison and Teacher Assistant team to improve
student's attendance and grades.
D. Madras High School Community Liaison to
improve student's attendance.
I 4. My top Indian Education priority is:
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I Title IX meetings are open to all members of the public. The Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. on
jthe second Tuesday of each month at the Warm Springs Elementary Library. The Parent
I Advisory Committee thanks you for taking the time to help improve the services Title IX
I provides to our students. Please return your completed survey to the school or to Georgia
jSosa at the District Office by October 27, 2000.
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Indian Land
includes departments such as adminis
tration, health and human services,
natural resources, economic and com
munity development, tribal services,
education, fire protection, and police.
An additional 474 persons are em
ployed by the CTUIR's Wildhorse Ca
sino Resort, making it the 2" largest
employer in Umatilla County.
Monday, October 16th
Workshops Workshops will be conducted at
the Red Lion Hotel on Monday, Octo
ber 16 from 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon
and again from 1:00 4:00 p.m. Each
of the workshops will be repeated so
that participants will be able to attend
at least two different sessions. Work
shops offered include:
Tribal Land Enterprise Model:
Since the 1940s the Rosebud TLE
(Tribal Land Enterprise) has been ac
quiring tribal land and assisting Indian
individuals with consolidating fraction
ated interests. Indian landowners can
trade scattered land interests for con
solidated tracts for homesites and other
uses. This workshop details the TLE
structure, activities, and successes.
Fee-To-Trust Regulations: Re
view of draft rules for 25 CFR Part 151,
"Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust";
impact on tribal and individual land
purchases; discussion of strategy to
impact these rules and facilitate fee to
trust conversions.
Forming a Landowners Associa
tion: Over the past decade over 1 5 land
owner associations have been formed
to educate about, and to make changes
to land related violations experienced
by Indian landowners. This workshop
highlights some of these changes and
the benefits of forming an association
for land reform.
Developing and Implementing a
Tribal Inheritance Code: A step-by-step
overview of model codes; how they
were developed; how they are impact
ing land ownership; and how they pre
serve trust status of land by preventng
inheritance of trust land by non-Indians.
Welcoming Reception - 6:30 pm:
See SPECIAL EVENTS SECTION
General Sessions will be con
ducted at the Red Lion Inn on Tuesday
through Thursday, October 17 - 19,
2000. The Red Lion is located in
Pendleton, Oregon 5 miles from the
Umatilla Reservation. Shuttle service
will be provided for those conference
participants who stay at the CTUIR's
Wildhorse Resort and Casino Facilities
located on the Umatilla Reservation.
Tuesday, October 17th -"Preserving
and Restoring Our
Homelands"
8:30 am: Flag Procession, Call
To Order, Invocation
9:00 - 9:45 am: Welcome by
Host Tribe - Antone Minthorn, Chair
man, Board of Trustees - Rebuilding
Our Tribal Communities - CTU1R New
Nation Project: The Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva
tion: Historical overview; Changes
needed to the Allotment act to prevent
and teachers are sought by the Title IX
STUDENT
TEACHER
grades .
by the Title IX Program for the last year
VERY SOMEWHAT NOT NO
HELPFUL HELPFUL
Consolidation
land loss and taxations; highlights of
land acquisition efforts; tribal develop
ment codes; land use agreements with
Umatilla County.
1 0:00 am -1 2 :00 noon: Keynote
by Chair of the ILWG - Delmar Pon
cho Bigby - RestorationPreservation;
Tribal Land Consolidation Models:
"Land Consolidation" is bringing lands
within treaty boundaries and other ar
eas where tribes retain aboriginal inter
ests under Indian ownership, use, and
control. A panel discussion following
the keynote address, win highlight ac
quisition methods and opportunities
used by the CTUIR; Tohono O'dham
Nation; Couer d'Alcne, and Rosebud
Tribes; as well as land restoration ini
tiatives by the Trust for Public Land's
Native Lands Initiative.
Luncheon: Sponsored by
Fredrickk, Pylcygar, Hester &
White Guest Speaker: Dan Hester
1 :00 pm - 3:00 pm: Fee-To-Trust
Issues: The Indian Reorganization Act
of 1934 (IRA) is the principal instru
ment by which the U.S. government has
taken land into trust for tribes and indi
viduals during the last half Century.
Several years ago, beginning with an
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals deci
sion in Oacoma (No.94-2344), the au
thority for the U.S. government to take
lands into trust, has been steadily
eroded. The current draft rules for CFR
Part 1 5 1 continue the erosion. This ses
sion examines strategies and action be
ing taken by tribes to preserve the au
thority by which land is taken into trust
for tribes and Indian individuals. Fea
tured: successful efforts by the Califor
nia Indian Land Office to restore trust
status for fee lands held by Tribes in
California; update on publishing of fi
nal rules for CFR Part 151 (expected
date of publication Oct 1"); IBIA (Inte
rior Board Of Indian Appeal) decisions
impacting fee to trust; re-filing of the
Lower Brule Case.
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Public
Lands: Exchanges & Transfers: The
BLM (Bureau of Land Management) is
considering large-scale transfers of
lands to local governments - evidenced
by the inroduction of H.R. 2032 " A
bill to transfer the lands administered
by the Bureau of land management to
the state in which the land is located".
This session will discuss strategies to
promote federal land transfers to tribes.
Reception: 6:30 - Wildhorse
Resort & Casino
Wednesday October 18th -"Regulating
Our Lands"
8:30 - 9:00 am: The Emergence
of Tribal Governments - Honorable
Ernie Stensgar, Chairman, Coeur
d'Alene Tribe; President, Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI).
9:00 - 9:30 am: Highlights of
Regulatory efforts by ATNI Tribes:
Implementation of the Boldt decision
upholding treaty fishing rights; Ease
ments on Non-Indian Fee Lands, Both
on and off the reservation; Environmen
tal Assessments for fee to trust;
10:30-11:30 am: Cobellv. Bab
bitt Update: Eloise Cobell, Intertribal
Planning Survey for Jefferson County School District
Parent Advisory Committee in
are as follows:
HELPFUL OPINION
Symposium
Monitoring Association; Native Ameri
can Rights Fund; Ft. Hall Landowners
Association; Idaho Legal Services:
Update on the system reforms which are
being made by the Department of the
Interior in response to the IIM lawsuit,
Cobell v. Babbitt. The panel will ex
amine the impact that centralization of
trust records has had on the ability of
tribes and landowners to access trust ac
count and land ownership information.
10:15 am-11:15 am: Impact of
Legal Decisons (Supreme Court and
U.S. District Court) on Land Restora
tion, Taxation, Jurisdiction: Native
American Rights Fund. This session
traces court decisions over the past de
cade and the ir mpact on the ability of
tribes to exercise sovereign powers
within reservation borders.
11:30-12:00 Update on S.I586,
the "Indian Land Consolidation Act
Amendments of 2000": ILWG Sally
Willctt and CTUIR Lobbyist - Mark
Phillips: overview of the provisions of
S. 1586, will be covered during this
session. Although this legislation con
tains certain provisions which remain
unacceptable to the ILWG, many favor
able provisions are contained in S. 1 586
which work towards the goal of retain
ing trust status of reservation lands and
enabling Indian individuals to use and
control allotted lands. These provisions
will be examined in detail.
12:00 noon: Luncheon: Speaker
Chief William Burke with the Elders
"Message to America".
1 :00 pm - 2:00 pm: Update on
S.1586 continued.
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Report on BIA
Trust Regulations: CFR Sections 162
- Surface Leasing, 166 Grazing Per
mits, 115 Trust Funds Management;
and 15 Probate: Intertribal Monitoring
Association; National Congress of
American Indians; Intertribal Agricul
ture Council.
Land-related organizations will
detail the impact that these regulations
will have on their respective constitu
ents - both Indian Tribes and Indian
individuals; update on strategies being
implemented by these organizations to
support or change the regulations.
3:30 - 4:30 pm: Implementation
of Tribal Ordinances to Preserve Trust
Status. Discussion of tribal ordinances
which slow foreclosure and provide
priority right of purchase for tribes on
all lands within treaty boundaries.
Thursday, October 19th -"Managing
Our Resources"
8:30 - 9:30 am: Highlights of
, ATNI Management Initiatives: Fisher
i ies Management; Habitat Conservation;
! Incorporating Cultural Resource Pro
i tections into Land Transactions on and .
off the Reservation.
9:30-10:15 am: Presentation by' '
' Special Trustee For American Indians
Honorable Tom Slonaker: Manage
' ment of Indian Trust Resources.
10:30 -11:00 am: resource Man
i agement: David Lester, Coalition of
Energy Resource Tribes. Discussion of
elements of wise resource management:
: linking development of resources with
Please rate the importance of
SPECIAL NEEDS OF INDIAN STUDENTS EXTREMELY VERY SOMEWHAT NOT
() This need is: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
A. Improve basic skills-reading, writing, and
mathematics
B. Improve grades
C. Improve attendance-stay in school
D. Improve self-confidence
E. Leam more about Tribal government,
community, citizenship, jobs and cultural
protocol
F. Leam more about college and careers
G. Leam Indian language(s)
H. Improve teacher understanding of Indian
students
I. Leam to become leaders and problem solvers
J. Participate more in extracurricular activities
K. Attend and participate in classroom activities
L. Leam to deal with drug and alcohol problems
M. Become aware of sexual issues, such as
teen pregnancy and sexual abuse
N. Get along better with others
O. Involve their parents more in school
P. Increase Summer School K-4
opportunities for:
Q. Alternative Education
set for October
environmental equity, capacity build
ing, and the creation of a strong eco
nomic base.
1 1:00 - 12:00 Noon Land Data
Systems: Update on TAAMS (Trust
Asset Accounting And Management
System): Use of Tribal Land Data Sys
tems for Land Management Intertribal
GIS
This panel presentation will
cover recent developments in TAAMS
(Trust Asset and Accounting Manage
ment System); the parallel development
of tribal land data systems; and efforts
by the Intertribal GIS Council to assist
tribes in using the GIS (Geographic In
formation System) to manage land re
sources. Luncheon: 12:00 NOON -Honoring
Luncheon for those who are edu
cating our youth and young adults with
land-related curriculum in our tribal
educational institutions
1 :00 2:30 pm: Issues and efforts
impacting land management within al
lotments: It has been 3 years since the
U.S. Supreme Court in the Babbitt v.
Youpee, 1 1 7 S.Ct. 727 ( 1 997) decision,
madated the return of 2 interests to
legal indian heirs. This panel will dis
cuss: agencies and tribes that are mov
ing ahead in spite of the bureaucratic
stall in correcting title documents to
reflect this supreme court decition; how
the Colville and Rosebud Tribes have
assisted 100's of individuals to consoli
date their fractionated interests; the
impact of uncorrected title records on
real estate transactions; an update on the
three sites selected for the Department
of Interior's "Indian Land Consolida
tion Pilot Program", i.e., amount of $'s
spent; who decides what interests are
purchased; shortcomings; and recom
mendations for change.
2:45 - 4:30 pm: Conference
Brainstorming session: Presentation
discussion of draft Resource Manage
ment policy statement for adoption by
tribes; and subesequent presentation to
the current and next administrations.
This Policy statement will support and
enforce restoration and preservation of
the treaty land base, and advocate for
use and control of these lands by tribal
governments and their members.
Symposium Location: Work
shops and General Sessions will take
place at the Red Lion Hotel, located in
Pendleton, Oregon, 5 miles from the
umatillla indian reservation.
Hotel Reservations: A block of
rooms will be held until October 1 at
both the Red Lion Inn ( 54 1 -276-6 111)
and the Wildhorse Resort and Casino
(541-276-0355) which is owned and
operated by the CTUIR. Room rates
range from $50 - $65 depending on
number of persons and bedsize. State
that you are with the Indian Land Con-
solidation Conference to receive con
ference rates.
Exhibits: A limited number of
exhibit spaces will be available for craft
and educational vendors. A 4' x 6'
space is $ 1 00 for the entire conference,
October 16 - 20. Please contact Buffy
the special needs of the 1 122 Indian
16-19
Hines at 541-276-3873 to reserve a
space.
Conference Travel Agent: Top
Hatt Travel: (800) 654-2816. Call for
reasonable rates!!! Flights to Portland,
Oregon; Pendleton, Oregon; and Pasco,
Washington.
SpeclalEvents
Monday October 16m:
Welcome Reception: 6:30 pm; as
the CTUIR's Tamastslikt Cultural Cen
ter Tuesday -October 17":
luncheon: 12:00 noon - Red
Lion Inn
Reception: 6:30 pm - Wildhorse
Casino
Wednesday - October 18m:
Luncheon: 12 noon - Red Lion
Inn
Auction:
A fundraising auction for the In
dian Land Working Group will take
place during THE SYMPOSIUM; -time
and place to be announced. All
items to be auctioned have been do
nated and will be on display in the ex
hibit area in the Red Lion Inn. If you
would like to donate an Item please call
Del LcComptc at (701) 854-7448.
Flag Procession:
We request that represented
Tribes bring their Tribal flags to be uti
lized during the opening day procession
and posted throughout the symposium.
Symposium Registration
Information
Early Registration - $150.00:
Must be postmarked by October 9,
2000.
Late Registration - $200.00 (af
ter October 9) Early and late registra
tion fee includes all SPECIAL
EVENTS and CONFERENCE RE
SOURCE PACKET. One (1) day Reg
istration - $50.00 (does not include spe
cial events).
To pre-register use the form (or
a copy of the form) on the last page of
this brochure.
Make Check Payable to: CTUIR
Land Conference and Send to:
Teresa Crane
co CTUIR
P.O. Box 638
Pendleton, OR 97801
Symposium on-site Registration
Schedule: Monday, 91600 in the
lobby of the Red Lion Inn from 8:00
am - 5:00 pm. Tuesday, 91700 in the
lobby of the Red Lion Inn from 7:00 -5:00
pm.
For additional registration infor
mation contact: Teresa Crane at 54l-276-3165
or Ada May Patrick at 541-276-3873.
For agenda content contact:
Theresa Carmody, ILWG SecTreas. -(505)
668-9013 or Dave Tovey, Exec.
Dir. CTUIR at 54t-"276-3165.
The ILWG is now a link on the
following website:
www.nativeamericanonline.com
A list of confirmed speakers and
dates of presentation can be faxed upon
request on October 1" . Request by call
ing Teresa Crane, 541-276-3165 or
Teresa Carmody, 505-668-9013.
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