Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
January 11,2001 3
Tribal Council passes resolutions from
The Tribal Council passed the
following resolutions from October
2, 2000 to December 13,2000.
. Resolution No. 9919 through
: Resolution 9922 all addressed land
purchases paid from programmed
land purchase funds.
Resolution 9919 authorized the
purchase of an undivided 303240
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 161, owned by Horatio Baker,
deceased. The purchase price was
$796.29.
Resolution No. 9920 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 124
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 310, owned by Minnie Miller
Quinn, deceased. The purchase price
was $2,757.46.
Resolution No. 9921 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 603240
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 387, owned by Ut-skil-i-pum,
deceased. The negotiated consider
ation was $2,518.52.
Resolution No. 9922 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 475
84.000 interest in Warm Springs Al
lotment No. 701, owned by Tul-ui-ite,
deceased. The purchase price was
$3,505.95.
Resolution No. 9923 through
Resolution No. 9925 pertain to land
leases. Tom Strong was granted a 50
year home site lease in the Dry Hol
low area, Regen Smith was granted a
50-year home site lease in the Miller
Flat area and Shirley Allen was
granted a 50-year home site lease in
the Dry Hollow area.
Resolution No. 9926 deals with
enrollment. The following are en
rolled members of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs as of the date
set out below:
Noted:
Yvette Delores Brunoe
090700 ,
Brittany Gerralena Charley
091200
Shiralda Elmara Charley
092100
Ely S. Parker
Dedication Ceremony Honors
, First Indian Commissioner
' Speaking on Monday, December
18, 2000, at the opening of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) new
offices in Reston, Virginia, Assistant
; Secretary-Indian Affairs Kevin Gover
pondered on what Ely S. Parker, the
, first American Indian to be appointed
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
would think of being honored 130
ai? ww Bjm.m? i"?uijuf,j; H'v W'Jh's
hof aDepartment of the Interior build
: ing for him. Mr. Gover spoke to an
audience of over 100 attendees that
included officials and employees of
the Interior Department, the
Department's National Business Cen
ter (NBC), and the BIA; as well as
representatives of Commissioner
Parker's tribal nation and family; the
property's owner, Damon Hardwood;
and representatives of the building's
architectural and construction firms.
Under a 1 0-year lease agreement,
the BIA-NBC Ely S. Parker Building,
which is located near the U.S. Geo
logical Survey's (USGS) Reston fa
cility, will be home to the BIA's Of
fices of Management and Adminis
tration and Information Resource
Management, as well as the Interior
Department's National Business Cen
ter. A commemorative bronze plaque
with Commissioner Parker's image
and history will be installed in the
building's lobby.
"It is appropriate that we name
this building after Ely Parker, a
former warrior and Commissioner of
Indian .affairs," said Robert Lamb,
High blood pressure patients face
during cold & flu season ,
(NAPS)-It's that time of year
again. -You find yourself coughing,
sneezing, sniffling, aching and with
a fever. You head to the store and pick
up an over-the-counter (OTC) cold
and flu medication to alleviate your
symptoms. Sounds simple, right?
' : . Not if you're one of the 50 mil
lion Americans who suffer from high
blood pressure. Taking a cold and flu
medication that contains a deconges
tant can increase blood pressure and
interfere with the effectiveness of
high blood pressure medications.
"High blood pressure patients
have to pay special attention to their
, health during cold and flu season-they
must maintain treatment of their con
dition, and carefully screen all food
products and OTC medications to
make sure they don't contain ingre
dients which may further raise blood
. pressure or interfere with its treat
ment," said Dr. Randall M. Zusman,
Director, Division of Hypertension
and Vascular Medicine, Massachu
setts General Hospital, and Associate
Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School. "Since many pa
tients tend to self-medicate, they
should consciously avoid products
containing a decongestant."
A recent survey found that w hile
66 percent of people had treated cold
and flu with an OTC medication in
the previous year, less than half re
ported having consulted a doctor re
garding concerns about cold and flu
medications. Furthermore, the survey
Rafael Giron-Patt
091800
James Teeman Greene Jr.
082800
Zakia Versia Miller-Poston
083100
Genesis James Lucei
092000
Elia Mya Moran
090800
Amaya Yalesa Part
091800
Leonard Johnny James Trey Polk
090700
Olivia Mariah Smith
090500
Scotty Joseth Scott
092500
Reghib Amaru Wolfe
081500
The firm of Ater Wynne LLP
was approved as bond counsel for the
Confederated Tribes with the passage
of Resolution No. 9929. The contract
is for 3 years, ending June 30, 2003.
Resolution 9932 authorizes the
Secretary Treasurer to enter into a
legal services agreement between the
Tribes and the Tribal Attorney law
firm' of Karnopp, Petersen,
Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Sayeg,
LLP, to provide legal services for a
new wastewater treatment system for
the Reservation. Financing for the
new system will be provided by the
Rural Utilities service within the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. As part of its program, Rural
Utilities Service will reimburse the
Tribes for legal services incurred.
With the impending employee
layoffs at the Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries, Resolution No.
9933 allows a portion of the 2001
planned timber harvest to occur in
2000, coupled with harvesting an ad
ditional 4 million board feet of tim
ber in 2001 from areas currently re
stricted from harvest. The additional
timber allows the operation of WSFPI
for two shifts, through the month of
January 2001, and one shift, begin
building officially opens
Deputy Assistant Secretary-Budget
and Finance, who represented Inte
rior Secretary Bruce Babbitt at the
event.,"We welcome his descendants
to this special place." Mr. Lamb
noted how rare it was for an Interior
Department building to be named for
an individual.
BIA Deputy Commissioner
Sharon Blackwell, in calling the
. BJA's Management gpd Administra-
uon anu iniormauon Kesource,jvflJV
i'. agement Offices "the heartbeat of the
BIA," saw the move to Reston as
strengthening the Bureau's commit
ment to servicing its customers and
improving its management of trust
accounts and assets.
In his keynote address, Assistant
Secretary Gover touched on the life
and times of Ely Parker, who headed
the BIA from 1869 to 1871. In a
speech that was part history lesson,
Gover acknowledged the paradox
Parker faced as a Native American
who, in his role as BIA Commis
sioner, was responsible with carrying
out federal policies aimed at assimi
lating Indian people, but who tried to
ensure that the United States honored
its treaty obligations and sought to
eliminate widespread corruption
within the BIA at a cost to his per
sonal reputation and professional ca
reer. Speaking in the Seneca tongue,
Norman Hill ("Taa-Wonyas"), Wolf
Clan Runner from the Tonawanda
Seneca Nation, gave a thanksgiving
blessing for the day's event. Ms.
Evelyn Jonathan ("Einjhonesh"),
indicated that of those with high blood
pressure polled, nearly 70 percent
were treating with an OTC product
containing a decongestant or not
treating their cold or flu. Safe and ef
fective treatment of cold and flu for
patients with hypertension can be
found in Coricidin HBP", the only line
of OTC cold and flu medications spe
cially formulated for high blood pres
sure patients.
Schering-Plough HealthCare
Products, the maker of Coricidin
HBP", is working cooperatively with ;
the American Heart Association to .
educate high blood pressure patients
on balancing their dual concerns dur- '
ing the cold and flu season. Coricidin
HBP" is a sponsor of the American
Heart Association's hypertension
Website.
To assist in making the right de
cision at the pharmacy, high blood
pressure patients can receive a wallet
card that lists types and specific ex
amples of OTC medications that can
potentially cause problems for high
blood pressure patients. To receive
the free wallet card, "High Blood
Pressure & OTC Medications," pa
tients can write to Coricidin HBP" at
P.O. Box 6336, Young America, MN
55558-6336 or visit the Web site at
ww .coricidinhbp.com.
For more information on hper
tension and its treatment, visit the
American Heart Association at
www.americanheart.org or visit
Coricidin HBP" at www.coricidin
hbp.com.
ning in February 2001
The USDA and Forest Service is
in the process of preparing a vegeta
tion analysis project on land near the
Reservation and is in need of map
ping and support assistance. Resolu
tion No. 9934 authorizes the Warm
Springs Geographic Information Sys
tem (G1S) to provide these services
for a fee.
The Tribal Council approved the
2001 Tribal budget with the passage
of Resolution No. 9935. The resolu
tion called for the Tribal Government
organization to improve efficiency
and begin to permanently downsize
operations to better match anticipated
revenues with expenditures during
the fiscal year 2001. The Secretary
Treasurer and Chief Operations Of
ficer were directed to achieve an over
all permanent base budget reduction
of $1,230,000. i '
Resolution No. 9936 authorized
the expenditure of $4,896,000 for per
capita payments during the calendar
year ending December 3 1 , 200 1 . All
persons enrolled January 1 , 200 1 will
receive per capita payments of $100
per month. $300 of each enrolled
minor's share will be placed in the
Minor's Trust Account in January and
Julyof2001 in two payments of$ 150
resulting in a monthly distribution of
$75 per month with a balance of $25
per month deposited into the Minor's
Trust Account.
Tribal Council authorized an
amount not to exceed $800,000 from
the Scholarship Trust Fund for 2001
with the passage of Resolution No.
9937. $625,000 is recommended for
providing higher education scholar
ships and $175,000 is recommended
for vocational education scholarships.
Resolution No. 9938 approved
expenditure of $979,925 from the
Senior Pension Trust Fund for 2001.
Benefit payments range from $385
per month at age 60 to $435 per
month at age 65.
Albert Comedown was ap
Wolf Clan Mother from Tonawanda,
who accompanied Mr. Hill as his in-, .
terpreter, presented greetings from'
the Nation's leaders to the attendees. '
Also present was Bernadette Hill
("Go-Seni-Sas"), Heron Clan Mother ;
from the Cayuga Nation and a direct
descendent of Ely Parker.
Ely Samuel Parker(I828-1895).
a citizen of the Tonawanda Seneca
New York Stat Pr whn J,
made the sachem for his tribe and
given the title Do-Ne-Ho-Geh-Weh,
or "Keeper of the Western Door of
the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Con
federacy)," was a remarkable person
for his era. In a time when American
Indians could not become U.S. citi
zens and were rarely seen in the pro
fessions, Parker was a diplomat, law
yer, and engineer. While the lack of
American citizenship prevented him
from practicing law, Parker's engi
neering degree led him to a career
supervising federal public works
projects in Galena, Illinois, in the late
1850s, where he met and formed a
personal friendship with the future
general and president, Ulysses S.
Grant. On April 9, 1865, Parker, as
Grant's military secretary, was
present at Appomattox Court House
in Virginia where he recorded the
terms of surrender that ended the Civil
War. In 1869 President Grant ap
pointed Ely Parker Commissioner of
Indian Affairs where he served until
August 1871.
double trouble
The American Heart Association
recognizes that certain over-the-counter
medications may raise blood
pressure andor interfere with the
effectiveness of hypertension drugs in
some patients.
If you suffer from high blood pressure,
follow these tips so you don't find yourself in
double trouble this, cold and flu season:
Choose over-the-counter coldflu
1 medications wisely ovoid over-
f he-counter medications that
contain a nasal decongestant
examples: tablets, syrups or nasal
sprays containing pseudoephedrine,
phenylephrine, oxymetozoline,
phenylpropanolamine). ,
Talk to your doctor about ofl of the
prescribed and over-the-counter
medicines you're taking. Drugs such
os steroids, nonsteroidal anfi-imW
matory drugs (NSAIDs), diet pis,
cydosporine, erythropoietin, tricyclic
antidepressants, and monoamine oxidase
inhibitors can raise high blood pressure
andor interfere with the effectiveness of
antihypertensive medication.
1 Read the labels of at food products
to moke sure they don't contain
inpedierrts that may further raise blood
pressure. Avoid fr-yfc mot ore high m
sodium and fat. Q
October 2, to
pointed to the Credit Board of Direc
tors of Warm Springs Credit Enter
prise with the passage of Resolution
No. 9939. His term ends January 1,
2003.
Michael Zamora, with the pas
sage of Resolution No. 9940, was
appointed to the Board of Directors
of Warm Springs Composite Prod
ucts. His term ends December 31,
2002.
Resolution No. 9941 authorized
the appointment of Leo M. Hopper
to the Warm Springs Forest Product
Industries Board of Directors.
Hopper's term will end December 3 1 ,
2002.
A vacancy on the Gam ing Com
mission was filled with the selection
of William Fuentes. Mr. Fuentes'
term of office is for three years end
ing March 6, 2003. Resolution No.
9942 sanctioned the action.
Tribal Council approved a $500
special per capita distribution to en
rolled members with the passage of
i Resolution No. 9943. Funds were
' distributed on December 13, 2000.
The current year's budget was
amended in the amount of $978,500
to cover payments with the balance
of $1,000,000 previously designated
from the general fund.
The Tribal Council, with Reso
lution No. 9944 and Resolution No.
9945, approved the Warm Springs
Power Enterprise (WSPE) budget for
the Pelton-Round Butte Hydroelectric
Project license application filed
jointly with PGE. A budget was also
approved for the settlement process
between the Tribes and PGE. In both
instances, the money will come from
funds reserved by WSPE for these
activities.
Resolution No. 9946 supports a
negotiated agreement reached by
Portland General Electric, the Tribe,
and the Jefferson County Commis
sion regarding how local taxing dis
tricts will be compensated consider
ing the new alignment of ownership.
Indoor Air Quality Training
available to Warm Springs
What's new with Tribal IAQ?
First, the Washington State Uni
versity Cooperative Extension is
proud to announce the continuation
of the highly successful Indoor Air
Quality (IAQ) Project for all tribes in
the northwest. The Tribal Indoor Air
the Region 10, Environmental Protec-
tion Agency.
One thing is fairly certain: IAQ
problems aren't going to go away
anytime soon. Be sure to take full
advantage of this IAQ Program.
Here's what the program is of
fering over the next 18 months:
New workshopsBasic IAQ
and Advanced IAQ
Continued One-On-One Techni
cal Assistance at your site
More IAQ equipment to loan
blower door, duct blaster, etc.
Improved Tribal IAQ Website
www.energvwsu.eduiaq
IAOHOME Computer
based Indoor Air Quality "Expert
System"
Workshops and Seminars:
Orientation class dates and loca
tion: January 30 through February 1,
2001 in Spokane, Washington "
"Orientation to Indoor Air Qual
ity" Basic IAQ workshop for those
that missed these classes last spring,
or for those that want to attend again.
Advanced class dates and locations
so far:
Warm Springs, OR March 27,
28,29,2001
Yakama, WA March 6, 7, 8,
2001
"Advanced IAQ" New series of
workshops packed full of case-studies
and more extensive hands-on ac- '.
tivities, building walk-through. We'll
keep the class sizes small to guaran
tee everyone gets lots of personal at
tention. Contact Rich Prill to arrange for
a workshop in your own "neighbor
hood". Scholarships available to cover
travel expenses.
Refreshments and lunches pro
vided. These workshops will focus on
the practical, basic elements to pro
tect health and provide comfortable,
productive indoor spaces. These
Wildhorse Casino Resort pays out big
Wildhorse Casino Resort in
Pendleton, Oregon, paid $259,190
out to a Pendleton woman over the
New Years weekend holiday. Betty
Ball, a member of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
hit the jackpot on a Quartermania slot
machine.
The Wildhorse Casino Resort
Quartermania slot machine that paid
the jackpot is part of the 1 1 -state Na
tive American Progressive Slot net
work. Slot players across the nation
contribute to a central jackpot each
time they play a machine linked to
the system. Participating states in
clude Oregon, New Mexico, Louisi
December 13,
On April 20, 2000, PGE, the
Tribe, and the United States Depart
ment of the Interior submitted license
applications to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). On
November 21, 2000, FERC issued
orders granting the relief sought in the
applications. The Tribal Council ac
cepted the terms of the Federal En
ergy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Order Approving Settlement and
Amending License and FERC regu
lations with the passage of Resolu
tion No. 9947.
Resolution No. 9948 gives the
Pension Committee authority to as
sume the roll of Administrator of the
Confederated Tribes Deferred Com
pensation Plan and a similar roll with
regards to the Tribal Council Benefit
Plan. The resolution assures the mem
bers of the Pension Committee, while
acting in their official capacity, shall
have limited liability and be entitled
to indemnification.
Resolution No. 9949 through
Resolution No. 9951 all addressed
land purchases paid from pro
grammed land funds.
Resolution No. 9949 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 773240
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 161 owned by Horatio Baker,
deceased. The purchase price was
$2,043.84.
Resolution No. 9950 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 773240
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 387, owned by Ut-skil-i-pum,
deceased. The negotiated consider
ation was $3,232.10.
Resolution No. 9951 authorized
the purchase of an undivided 110
interest in Warm Springs Allotment
No. 5 12-A, owned by Sallie Pipps or
Mushelo, deceased. The purchase
price was $3,505.00.
Morris Holliday was granted a
50-year home site lease in the Agency
area when Tribal Council passed
Resolution No. 9952.
Resolution No. 9953 deals with
workshops and will address homes,
offices, and schools.
The workshops will be highly
interactive with lots of opportunity for
questions and discussion. Hands-on
practice with the same equipment that
you'll be able to borrow will help you
ilearorsoimenew andi very, useful skills.
.Getting together with others dealing
with IAQ provides an exciting oppor
tunity to network with others and
forge relationships. Learn how to save
money and improve the quality of life
in your buildings.
On Site Technical Support:
Continued one-on-one technical
assistance at your site
The program is offering addi
tional one-on-one technical site vis
its free of cost and are on a first-come-first-served
basis. Rich Prill and or
David Hales from WSU Extension
will tour your buildings with you.
, help you better understand the
basic IAQ fundamentals,
practice the skills you've gained
from the workshops,
incorporate "good practice" in
your schools, offices, and homes.
The visits also help you famil
iarize yourself with the basic IAQ
equipment that is useful for prevent
ing and solving IAQ issues.
Rest assured, these visits are ab
solutely non-regulatory and non
threatening. If you would like to talk
with others who have already ben
efited from the walk-throughs, sim
ply contact Rich for names and phone
numbers.
IAQ equipment to loan: ' '
The project has purchased more
and different equipment: ' '
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Blower door ' ' '
Duct blaster
Moisture meter
Pressure gauge
Tracer smoke tubes
Temperature and relative
humidity
This equipment is available to '
borrow today! Helps you establish
a baseline for your buildings to give
you a better idea of how your build
ings operate and help you make the
practical and low-cost improvements
that can make a big difference.
Website:
ana, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, and Connecticut.
"It's a great way to end the year,"
said Michelle Liberty of Wildhorse
Casino Resort. "Particularly when
good fortune comes to our own tribal
members."
Wildhorse Casino Resort has
earned a reputation as the casino of
big winners according to Liberty.
Since j oining the national Native
American Progressive Slot network
in 1996, players at Wildhorse Casino
Resort have taken home half of the
primary jackpots w on in Oregon: the
nation's largest jackpot of $9.1 mil
lion and Oregon's previous largest
2000 -
enrollment. The following are en
rolled members of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs as of the date
indicated below:
Noted:
Keilani Kanani Charley
1 10600
Antonio Marcos Chavaez
091400
Rianna Rene Fuentes
1208 00
Inez Delilah Gomcz-Queahpama
112800
Chance Corey-Lee Srwyer
1 11400
Raelynn Caylei Jim
120500
Gary Roscoe Chiquito Kathia, Jr.
120400
Kiana Lee Moody
120400
Byron James Patt
120600 '
Justin Lane Smith
112100
Raquel Isabella Smith ,
120400
Shagg Troy NorthStar Tyler Spino
120800
Beulah Shirley WhiteBird Walker
120800
William Scott Wooldridge (
120500
Tianny Alexis Tuckta
1 10800
Tribal Council, with the passage
of Resolution No. 9954, authorized
$ 1 ,705,000 to fund the Warm Springs
Intensive Forest Management Pro
gram. $ 1,225,000 of the total amount
is derived from carry-over dollars in
the Forest Management Deduction
Budget and $480,000 of the total is a
percentage of timber stumpage.
Effective January 1 , 200 1 , Tribal
Council adopted a 401 (k) plan for
the benefit or employees of the Tribes
and its Enterprises. The action was
authorized through the passage of
Resolution No. 9955.
workshops
residents
WSU Energy Program is creat
ing a website for the NW Tribal In
door Air Quality Project. The website
will make it easy to stay in touch with
your counterparts at other tribes and
get one-on-one help from experts in
the field. Plus, the site will allow ev
c enyone, to get up: to, sdate information
on: upcoming workshops (dates, lo
cations, sign-up), on-site technical as
sistance visits, and an easy way to get
your hands on the IAQ equipment for
loan.
Additionally, there will be links
to other websites offering information
and resources. One of the outstand
ing features will be a forum where
you can post questions to the group
and share information with others in
the NW concerning IAQ. Individual
case studies and guidance will also
be posted.
IAOHOME Indoor Air Qual
ity "Expert System"
New! IAQHOME is a personal
computer-based "Expert System" that
will allow homeownersrenters to
conduct a self-audit of the indoor air
in their own homes. This easy to use
program prompts the user with ques
tions and then provides recommen
dations for solving the problems and
has built in links (buttons) that take
the user directly to additional re
sources. The program can be obtained
on CD Rom, floppy disk, or just dial
it up on the internet through the tribal
IAQ website.
We hope to have this tool ready
by fall of 2001 .
Spread the word 1
' If you know of others that are
interested, or should be receiving this
information, please ask them to con
tact me so I can immediately add
them to the mailing list and post them
on the resource list;
My email , address is
prillrfenergy.wsu.edu and my phone
number is 509-477-6701.
Thank you for your interest in
providing healthy, productive, com-
fortable indoor environments for all
tribes in Oregon, Idaho, and Wash-
ington. I look forward to partnering
with you to make some progress.
Sincerely, Rich Prill
Building Science & Indoor A ir
Quality Specialist
jackpot of $1.48 million. Primary
jackpots refer to the maximum pay
out possible on a machine at any
given time, according to Liberty.
Wildhorse Casino Resort is lo
cated four miles east of Pendleton in
Northeast Oregon. The resort features
an 1 8-hoId championship golf course,
100-room hotel, restaurants, gift
shops, 24-hour casino, RV Park, and
the renowned Tamastslikt Cultural
Institute. Wildhorse is owned and
operated by the Confederated Tribes
of hte Umatilla Indian Reservation.
More information on Wildhorse Ca
sino Resort is available at (800) 654
WILD or wAvw.wildhorseresort.com.