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gR. COLL. 73 .S6B v. 6 no. B April 19, f P.O. Box 870 si:iiai-si)i:it. KMC lirriJHKAKY U'Wl'NIVIiKSITYOFOKFGON Fl'CliN!-, OK 9740 J VOIIM JJI t SSI I wl w t U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Coyote News, est 1976 News from the mm SpHnqs Indian Reservation April 19, 2001 Vol. 26, No. 8 35 cents Yymoo Agreement signed tor new school The Tribal Council and Jefferson County School District 509-J have signed a Memorandum of Under standing to build an $8 million el ementary school on the Warm Springs Reservation. The agreement calls for the school, designed to hold up to 600 students, to be built on lands desig nated by the Tribe and to be owned by the Tribe. The school district then would make lease payments on the school for 20 yearsj after which time the agreement could be re viewed. In addition to having up to 24 classrooms and other space suit able for a school, the building also would be compatible for use during non-school hours for community events, The school district also would pay all costs of upkeep and mainte nance. The agreements were signed last week by the 509-J School Board and the Tribal Council; a luncheon and ceremony were held at Kah-Nee-Ta. Woman pleads to child death Tamera A. Coffee of Warm Springs pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge in U.S. District Court . in Portland on Tuesday, April 17. A trial had been scheduled for the same morning, but Coffee's guilty plea, which reversed an earlier not-guilty plea, altered the day's proceeding. The scheduled trial was stricken -and Judge Malcolm F. Marsh set sen tencing for 9:30 a.m. July 31. A pre sentence investigation will be con ducted by the U.S. Probation Office and a report will be filed with Marsh (who allowed Coffee's conditional release to continue until the sentenc ing date) but Coffee's reported agree ment with prosecutors includes a multi-year prison sentence. The murder charge was filed in connection with the death of Coffee's 4-year-old foster son, Andres Estaban Saragos. Andres died July 13, 2000, of heat stroke, after being left in a car for several hours with outside temperatures exceeding 90 degrees. According to federal pros ecutors, the boy had lived with Cof fee and her husband as a foster child for about two and a half years. The federal statute for second degree murder says the 34-year-old Coffee showed an extreme disregard for human life. Reports state that Coffee was angry with Andres and left him in the car while she was working. Shortly after the death was re ported she said she was keeping track of the boy and the car windows were cracked. However, Coffee's story changed several times during the weeks following Andres' death, and prosecutors from the US. Attorney's office said they had a witness who would testify the windows were rolled up while Andres was in the car. Reports also indicate Andres was left in the car from approximately 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Coffee never checked to see how he wjas doing. ' E:ederal law enforcement and prosecutors say they and Coffee agreed to a sentencing recommenda tion of 78 months. The final sentenc-' ing decision remains up to the judge. The guilty plea wanes Coffee's right to an appeal. iHbal Single challenger lands a position Voters went to the polls to elect a new Tribal Council in Warm Springs on Monday, April 9. Voter turnout was down slightly as 1,034 ballots were cast, which is slightly less than 50 percent of the registered voters. Madeline Qucahpama-Spino, Vit.d Statistics Supervisor, said in the last couple of Tribal Council elections the turnout has been around 60 per cent. There were 239 absentee bal lots cast and 17 were spoiled. There are 2,092 registered Tribal voters. The Warm Springs Tribal Coun cil is the central governing author ity of the Confederated -Tribes. This eleven-member body includes eight elected members, who serve three year terms, and three traditional chiefs who serve for life. There are three districts on the reservation, with a Chief from each district. The Simnasho and Agency Districts each have three elected representatives, and the Seekseekqua District has two elected representatives. Tribal Council is responsible for setting policy, and hires a Secretary Treasurer and Chief Operations Officer to carry out the day-to-day operations of the tribal organization. In the only change brought. by the election, Ron Suppah Sr., the manager of The Three Warriors Market in Simnasho, unseated in- -cumbent Earl Squierhphen'in the ' Simnasho District. The top vote get ters in the Agency District were Garland Brunoe, 196 votes, Bernice Mitchell, 192 votes, and Zane Jack son, 190. In the Simnasho District, Raymond Tsumpti garnered 142 votes, followed by Ronald Suppah Sr. with 125 and Olney Patt, Jr. with 109. In the Seekseekqua District Joe Moses had 53 votes and Brenda Scott, 29 votes. There were 35 de clared candidates reservation-wide. Holding tanks are part of the enterprise's large operation.. Council CSV SV'.m h:A: ' r ' r": til l ' ' S f v . "-: ; -I t - f ' ii 1 .2&7 ! ::- i -I s """V.' - ' ( ( Members of the 22nd Tribal Council include (clockwise, beginning at top left) Garland Brunoe, Zane Jackson, Bernice Mitchell, Olney Patt Jr., Ronald Suppah Sr. and Brenda Scott. Election day was a busy one for voters and those who worked at the polls at the Community Wellness Center. election 4 Tectonics International continues to develop innovative products By Nat Shaw Tribal Relations The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has long been consid ered a leader in economic develop ment among Indian tribes in the United States. In the early 1940s the Tribe paid out its first per-capita payment from revenue generated by timber sales. In the 50s, Tribal leadership negoti ated with Portland General Electric on two dams PGE wanted to build "on the Deschutes River. In the 60s the Tribe repurchased the hot springs from the Smith, Maxine, and Taylor Corporation for $165,000 and built Kah-Nee-Ta Village. It was during this decade, with the pur chase of the Jefferson Plywood Company and Warm Springs Lum ber Company, that the Tribe started processing its own timber. In the 1970s the Tribe completed phase II of the Kah-Nee-Ta project. In the negotiations with PGE back in the 1950s, the Tribe reserved the right to install a turbine in the rcrcgulation dam at sometime in the future. The future arrived in 1981 when Warm Springs Power Enter prise installed that turbine and started generating and selling elec tricity. In the 1990s at a time when the Tribe was downsizing Warm Springs Forest Products, John Henning, the Tribe's Chief Financial Officer, was talking to representatives from Struc sees one , V, ( : I t It.- i. : ... ' tural Technology Incorporated (STT). STI was developing a fireproof panel, and was in the early stages of creating Tectonke TM. The Tribe had a facility (the old plywood mill), manpower and finances. STI had the technology and market savvy. An agreement was reached and Tecton ics International (TI) was founded. The evolution of Tectonics Interna tiona since then is well documented. The company is a joint venture in which the Tribes have a 51 inter est and Structural Technology Incor porated (STI) a 49 interest. Tectonics International primarily performs two tasks. They do re search and development on new products, and they license compa nies to use their technology. TI then collects royalties for the use of that technology. Warm Springs Compos ite Products, Sci-Tech Building Sys tems of Cortland, 111, and Cascade Fence and Barrier, Inc. (CFB, Inc) of Warm Springs arc all licensees of TI. TI relies solely on money that is generated through royalties and is not included in the annual Tribal Budget. Tectonite TM is the technology that Phil Rodda and Terry Turner have developed that is at the core of a number of projects. Warm Springs Composite Products uses it for manufacturing stiles and rails for fireproof doors. Ted Brunoe, of CFB, Inc., markets a form of Tectonite TM rapid strength poly Univfrsity of Received 6m C Spilyay tyioo. change rtv... i- i"m$F meric cement to repair a wide array of cement structures, including high ways and bridge decks. Sci-Tech Building Systems uses a variation of Tectonite TM cement to produce a decorative face for concrete tilt-up panels. Now, Tectonics International may have developed a revolutionary technology with Tectonite TM ce ment that could rock the nuclear industry. Turner and Rodda have been working with scientists at the Hanford Reservation in Richland, Washington for the last four years. Hanford is reputed to be one of the most contaminated sites in the world. The manufacture of Pluto- nium for use in nuclear weapons in the early 1940s, and subsequently three nuclear power plants in the early 1970s resulted in the genera tion of tremendous quantities of hazardous by-products. The neutralization and storage of these hazardous effluents at this site, and others around the world, have proven to be incredibly expensive and in a large part, ineffective. Over the years, increasing amounts of liq uid waste have permeated some of the site's 28 concrete waste reposi tory tanks and have found its way into subterranean groundwater net works. Tectonite TM is versatile, fast-setting, high early strength magnesium phosphate cement. Contitturd en Page 2 Orftjon Library - 6 - ei y r