Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon
December 13, 2001
Candidate visits
Kulongoski shares
views on
expansion
of tribal gaming
tty Dave SkMcchun
Spilyay Staff
The Tribal Council met
last week with Ted
Kulongoski, candidate for
the Democratic nomina
tion for governor.
Council members asked
Kulongoski for his posi
tions on issues of tribal sov
ereignty, and cooperation
between the state and tribes
in management of fish and
wildlife.
The main topic of discus
sion, though, was
Kulongoski's position on
expansion of the Confeder
ated Tribes' gaming enter
prise. Through the federal In
dian Gaming Regulatory
Act (IGRA) of 1988, the
governor has authority to
negotiate with tribes regarding
development of off-reservation
tribal casinos.
For casino development
proposals on tribal trust prop
erty acquired after 1988, the
governor has a veto authority
under IGRA.
If tribal members were to
approve construction of a ca
sino at the Columbia River
Gorge, then tribal leaders
would much prefer to develop
at the town of Cascade Locks,
rather than at the Hood River
site.
Unlike Gov. Kitzhaber,
Kulongoski indicated his will
ingness to support a casino at
Cascade Locks. However,
Kulongoski said he wanted to
fee sure that approval of a ca
sino at Cascade Locks would
not open the door to other
Oregon tribes building casinos
around Portland.
An exception allowing the
Cascade Locks casino plan, he
said, would have to be narrow
Hinstalas
scrape
$297 for
B&G club
The Hintsala family
managed to scrape up $297
for the Boys and Girls Club
of Warm Springs.
That's literally scrape
up, as they traveled to Bend
for an Oregon Lottery pro
motion of scratch-off tick
ets that benefited a number
of community organiza
tions in Central Oregon.
Laurain Hintsala and
son Jason weren't using the
edges of coins - instead,
they used ice-scrapers to
clean up about 500 of the
lottery tickets in just five
minutes.
Harry Hintsala said he
recently won big in a play
at home game.
"So I like the lottery," he
said.
COCC Selects student scholar nominees
Central Oregon Commu
nity College has selected six
nominees for the 2002 "All
State Academic Team." The
event, organized by the Or
egon Community College As
sociation, recognizes commu
nity college students for their
academic achievement, leader
ship and sen-ice.
The COCC nominees are
Photo by Dtvt McMvchan
Kulongoski speaks with Chief Heath before the council meeting with
the candidate.
so as to preclude other tribes
from purchasing property near
Portland, and then seeking ap
proval based on the Confeder
ated Tribes' Cascade Locks
approval.
Olney Patt Jr., council
chairman, said the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs
was in a unique situation in
regard to the Cascade Locks
site.
Approval of this proposal,
said Patt, would set no prece
dent for any other tribes in the
state.
The Cascade Locks site is
within the ceded lands of the
Confederated Tribes. Of the
nine Oregon tribes, only the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and Umatilla have not
constructed off-reservation ca
sinos. Other tribes in the state had
lost their reservations through
termination of tribal status.
After being reinstated, each of
the tribes has constructed one
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Harry and Jason Hintsala hold
Dayle Tufti, Mario Bourquin,
Cindy Baumgartner, Ann
Dyas, Danielle MacBain, and
Cheryl O'Donnell. In April,
two finalists will be chosen to
represent the college at a lun
cheon hosted by Gov.
Kitzhaber. Each scholar will be
eligible for a scholarship from
any of Oregon's 21 public and
private four-rear institutions.
Tribal Council
After meeting with
Kulongoski, council
chairman Olnej Patt
Jr. said the discussion
had been a good one.
casino. Each casino was pro
vided through a specific act of
Congress.
Allowing the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs to con
struct one off-reservation ca
sino, at Cascade Locks, would
be fair and equal treatment,
said Rudy Clements, chairman
of the gaming expansion com
mittee, ,;,,!. ;,!,.' , ; ,:!., J
Warm Springs Chief Delvis
Heath said to Kulongoski that
the Confederated Tribes were
not looking to expand gaming
because tribal members like to
gamble.
"We're doing this for the
same reason as the state," said
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the mock check. The real one will
The names of the COCC
student scholar nominees will
also be included in the 2002
edition of "Who's Who
Among Students in American
Junior Colleges." Outstanding
students have been honored in
this annual directory since it
was first published in 1966.
Elsewhere at COCC:
The college will be closed
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Heath, referring to im
portance of the Oregon
lottery to the state bud
get. Like the state, said
Heath, "Wc need the
money." The tribes, he
said, need to build new
school buildings, and in
vest in education for
young people.
Kah-Nee-Ta, because
of its location, cannot
generate the revenue nec
essary for these projects,
said Heath.
He said that former
governor Vic Atiyeh has
been a great friend of the
Confederated Tribes, and
the hope is that
Kulongoski, if elected
governor, would also be
come a friend to the
tribes.
Kulongoski said he
supported any effort the
tribes were making to
ward economic develop
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ment. I le said he also re
spected the sovereignty
of the tribes. In dealing with
the tribes, he said, is approach
would be on a state-to-state
basis.
After meeting with
Kulongoski, council chairman
Patt said the discussion had
been a good one.
The race for Oregon Gov
ernor begins in earnest in the
spring, when the political par
ties choose their candidates in
the Primary Election.
The general election is in
November and the new gover
nor will take office in January
of 2003.
Tribal officials have indi
cated that a referendum among
tribal members on expansion
of gaming could be held dur
ing the middle part of next
year.
(In the next edition of the
Spilyay, look for a story on the
different opinions that tribal
members have on the gaming
expansion options.)
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be sent from salem.
Saturday, Dec. 22 through
Tuesday, Jan. 1.
The Central Oregon Com
munity College Library and its
computer lab will be closed
Dec 8, 9, 15, 16, Jan. 5 and 6.
It will be open from 1 to 4 p.m.
Dec. 10 to 14, Dec. 17 to 21
and Jan. 2 to 4. The library and
lab will be closed for the holi
days Dec 22 through Jan. 1.
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Holiday concerts set
This Christmas season
brings out the sound of music.
Local school Christmas con
certs have been scheduled in
Warm Springs and Madras.
Dec. 13 the Warm Springs
Elementary will have their
annual Christmas Carnival in
the gym starting at 6 p.m.
Dec. 17 the Madras High
School band and choir will
perform at 7:30 p.m. in the
gym. December 18 the Warm
Timber sale figures
released for 2003
By Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Staff
The Resource Management
Interdisciplinary Team has re
leased a draft project assess
ment covering the 2003 Tim
ber Sale for public review.
The document was pre
pared by the Project Interdis
ciplinary Team to provide op
tions for timber harvest in the
Clackamas and Beaver water
sheds. Three alternatives were for
mulated and numerous logging
methods were considered for
this project, taking into ac
count present resource condi
tions, forest health and public
input. The 2003 Timber Sale
is expected to yield approxi
mately 49 million board feet of
timber.
The document is divided
into sections explaining the
purpose and need for action,
resource-based indicators used
to help the technical staff ana
lyze and mitigate environmen
tal impacts, and details of the
three alternatives.
There are maps showing the
harvest blocks, quick reference
tables to compare the alterna
tives, a list of measures needed
to mitigate environmental con
sequences, and the Project In
terdisciplinary Team's recom
mended alternative.
The goal of Alternative A is
to continue current manage
ment. Activities such as hunt
ing, recreation and cultural
food gathering would continue
as in the past.
The only harvest proposed
under Alternative A would be
through conventional salvage
operations.
Alternative B is designed to
harvest approximately 49 mil
lion board feet of timber from
approximately 2,347 acres. The
emphasis of Alternative B is to
treat older timber stands with
high priority forest health
problems and to commercially
thin young stands to reduce
competition for limited re
sources. In the older timber there is
a high occurrence of stem de
cay, there are root disease pock
ets, and patches of Douglas fir
dwarf misdetoe. In the young
stands growth is slowing down
because the stocking is too
dense. Commercial thinning
would benefit huckleberry
plants that are common to this
area.
Alternative B contains ap-
proximately 56 percent regen
eration harvest, 30 percent
commercial thinning, and 14
percent partial overstory re
moval in existing shelterwood
units. This alternative would
also treat stands within two
long term productivity (LTP)
islands including 190 acres of
commercial thinning in the
Buckskin Butte LTP (978
acres), 43 acres of shelterwood
in the Mt Wilson LTP (1,876
acres) and 30 acres of commer
cial thinning in the Mt. Wil
Springs Elementary Christmas
concert will be held in the
gym, Kindergarten, 1" and 2nd
grades at 10:00 a.m., and 3"
and 4 grades at 1:15.
December 18 the Jefferson
County Middle School S'h ami
6 grade band, and 7 and 8'h
grade band and choir will per
form in the commons begin
ning at 7:30. Winter break will
begin December 20, 2001 and
end January 3, 2002.
The three alternatives
would have varying
impacts on water, fish,
wildlife, cultural,
timber, range, soil and
economic resources...
son LTP.
The management emphasis
for LTP islands is to maintain
late-stage succesional plant
communities; an attempt to
maintain old-growth systems.
A plan to reach this objective
will be developed for each of
these LTP islands prior to any
treatment.
Alternative C is designed to
harvest approximately 49 mil
lion board feet of timber from
approximately 2,200 acres.
The emphasis of this alter
native would be to regenera
tion harvest older timber
stands with high priority for
est health problems and com
mercially thin young stands td
reduce competition for limited
resources.
Alternative C contains ap
proximately 63 percent regen
eration harvest, 22 percent
commercial thinning, and 15
percent partial overstory re
moval in established
shelterwood blocks. This alter
native would not include any
harvest within the LTP islands.
The three alternatives
would have varying impacts on
water, fish, wildlife, cultural,
timber, range, soil and eco
nomic resources and there
would also be some changes to
the transportation system.
Once the allowable cut has
been reached for 2003, all of
the remaining volume associ
ated with this project will be
harvested in future years.
The actual volume to be
harvested under the project
will depend on which alterna
tive is selected subject to ap
proval by the Confederated
Tribes.
The tribal public has been
involved in the planning pro
cess for the 2003 Timber Sales
over the course of several
months.
Scoping meetings were held
during 2001 for the Agency
District (July 5), Seekseequa
District (July 9), and Simnasho
District (July 11) to solicit
tribal member input on the
proposed project.
Timber tours were con
ducted during July 2001 for
Tribal Council and for the
tribal public. Comments re
ceived during the scoping pro
cess are used to identify issues
that are relevant to the 2003
Timber Sales. A summary of
the comments is on file in the
Forestry administration office.
For more information or
copies of the documents con
tact Rich Lohman in the For
estry Branch, or call 553-2416.
Tribal members have 30 days
to comment on the proposed
sales.