-Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 10, 2002
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-.- The Tribal Council begins
work on the 2002 tribal bud
, get A preliminary recommen
idation by the tribal financial
!. , staff calls for a minimum re
duction of $600,000 from the
current year's budget. Similar
reductions can be expected
, over the next five years, in or-
der to bripg the budget in line
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with projected revenue. The
decline in timber revenue -from
$12 million per year less
' "tJun a decade agoj v t,o the ',
present $4-5 million - is a main
reason why the tribes are fac-
"lng budget restrictions. '
' Tribal Council approves the
annual allowable cut, which
regulates each year's timber
harvest on the Warm Springs
" Reservation, at 37.6 million
' board feet. The previous, for-
r est-wide annual allowable cut
was 34 minion Doara reet. ,
After three years as Chief ; eliminates the possibil
.! bpatioi Pcer, ; Jody ! double madon by
; Calica is returning to the Natu- tribej and by the 8tate on
jal Resources branch as Gen- businesses. Secondly, the law,
, era! Manager. Calica held that tL-L- HB ,332. allows the
f osition between 1989 and
998. The Tribal Council ap
pointed him COO in "May of
1998. " ; '
'f' Hundreds of firefighters
continue efforts to extinguish
" a series of, wildfires in western
areas of the reservation. Favor-
. able weather conditions in re
cent days have helped tne fire-
' righting effort The Olallie Fire
Complex began August 12,
when a thunderstorm passed
,' over the region. During the
storm, lightning strikes ignited
17 fires on the reservation and
in the adjacent Mt Hood Na
tional Forest.
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' Tribal Council was sworn into
office in late July, representing
i the' Seekseequa District.
Carolyn Wewa filled a vacancy
' created when Joe Moses as
sumed the Paiute Chieftain-
' ship. In the Tribal Council
election earlier this year, Wewa
received the third-most votes in
the Seekseequa District, which
( has two representatives and a j
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Meanwhile, more than 100 '
people attend a War Bonnet
ceremony tor joe noses at me
' He He Longhouse.
. And later in the month, a
'number of Seekseequa District
tribal members signed a state-
mcnt saying mat district mem-
' b'ers will decide who should
serve as the district chief next
year (in 2002). Approximately
40 people have signed the state-
mcnt, said organizer Myra
' Shawaway.
(September)
Tribal officials arc exploring
developing a public charter
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between 'the Confeder-
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District 509-J.
. The Tribal Council
-adopted a policy pro
viding some tribal
workers a leave of ab
sence from their em
ployment for purposes
of preparing for tradi
tional events and activi
ties. The Council
adopted the traditional
leave policy only in re
gard to employees of
the tribal government.
The Oregon Legisla
ture passed a. tax law
that encourages new
business development
on the reservation. The
new law, signed by
Governor Kitzhaber,
does two things in the
area of taxation of po-
' tenrial new private busi
nesses on tne reserva-
tion. Firstly, the law
tribes to provide a tax incen
tive - a three-year deferral of
county property tax - on new
businesses that locate on the
.reservation.
.'" The adoption election, fea-
. taring 75 candidates, is set for
October. The last adoption
election was held in October
' 199 6. Of the 168 candidates in
that election, 135 were adopted
, into the tribes. There are 2,155
tribal members eligible to vote
in the upcoming election. A
turnout of at least 50 percent
is needed for the result to be
valid.
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sr,, passed away Sept 8 at Hi
Lookie Lodge. He died a day
before his 78th birthday. As a
young man, Mr. Frank lived
and fished along the Columbia
Rivet He also lived at Rock
Creek, and fished at Tenino,
Celilo and Shearas Bridge. Mr.
Frank was one of three broth
ers who nrovided unselfish
lcadcrship to Confederated
Tribe$ f()r ov half g century.
Delbert and Us brother Olncy
Patt St served on Tribal Coun-
d, at various timcs from the
1950, tough the latc 1980s.
Their vounr brother ,acob
served from the 1970s into the
mid 1990s.
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Warm Springs Chief Dclvis
Heath and uiba, attorney
Howi, rr. .a
Washington D.C by the terror
attacks. Terrorists attacked the
twin towers in New York City
and the Pentagon in Washing
ton DC by flying passenger jets
into them. The Chief and
attorncy'i flight back to Or
egon was delayed, and Chief
Heath had to miss the funeral
of Delbert Frank Sr.
Warm Springs tribal mem
ber Bodie Shaw was awarded
flreismin Earl Blumenaucr
November through July
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2002. Shaw 1 the third con-
iccutive Warm Springs tribal
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A helicopter drops water at the Olallie
member to be awarded the fel
lowship sponsored by the Con
federated Tribes of Grand
Ronde.
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs have established
a corporation that will focus
exclusively on investing in ven
tures to diversify the local
economy, create jobs and gen
erate new revenue. The Coun
cil approved formation of the
corporation, provided the first
installment of financial capital
for investment purposes plus
necessary start-up funding.
The Council also approved the
appointment of the board of
directors, who have been del
egated the authority necessary
to make investment decisions ,
subject to the general oversight .
Q October
A delegation of tribal lead
ers met with Jack Roberts at
Kah-Nee-Ta. Roberts, a candi
date for the Republican nomi
nation for governor, said he
would be in favor of helping
do away with the treaty of
1865. "It was a black mark on
history," Roberts commented.
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The candidate also said
that Cascade Locks is
the logical choice be
tween the two (Cas
cade Locks - Hood
River) in terms of
where a casino should
be located.
The tribes purchase
40 acres along the
Metolius arm of Lake
Billy Chinook. The
property is contiguous
to land along the river
that the tribes pur
chased in 1988. The
newly purchased acre
age, called the Clowers
property, is also lo
cated adjacent to U.S.
Forest Service land.
The Tribe is in the
early phase of consid
ering the development
of a gas-powered elec
trical generating plant.
The site under consid
eration is the Metolius
Bench area above
Round Butte dam.
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People are being asked for
their input on proposed new
zoning designations for the
Simnasho community. The
zoning proposal would guide
future development, and allo
cate lands for various needs.
(November)
By a large majority, tribal
members vote in support of
the 509-J School District bond
proposal. The measure also
passes district-wide, which
means $15.8 million will be
available for school building
improvements and expansion,
mainly at Madras High School.
, In the Warm Springs precinct,
.136 people voted in favor of the
. proposal and 22 voted against
The tribes' Print Shop
closes due to the discovery of
mold in the facility. The Edu
cation Building closes com
pletely for several days, and the
Print Shop remains closed.
The Confederated Tribes
acquire the 9,000-acre Wagner
Ranch south of Clarno. This
acquisition increases the total
acreage of the Pine Creek
Ranch, which was purchased
in 1999, to over 34,000 acres.
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Bonneville Power Administra
tion is funding the purchase
and management of both prop
erties, as part of their mitiga
tion responsibilities for fish
and wildlife habitat inundated
by the Columbia River dams.
An appropriation of
$250,000 by the Tribal Coun
cil will fund the construction
of the Seekseequa fire hall.
The building location is
11.5 acres at the top of the hill
near the turn toward Indian
Park. This includes two lots,
one for the fire hall and the
other for the living quarters.
The projected cost for the
December
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort and Casino reports $15
million in gross revenue dur
ing the first nine months of
2001. Approximately half
came from the casino, and the
other half from the hotel, food
and beverage and other resort
amenities, such as the golf
course, the Kah-Nee-Ta Village
pool and spa.
Charles Jody Calica, general
manager. of the Natural Re
sources Branch, announces his
resignation, after accepting a
job as superintendent of the
BIA Northern Idaho Agency
in Lapwai, Idaho. Calica will
be working with the Nez
Perce, Kootenai and Couer
d'Alenc tribes of northern
Idaho.
In a related development,
Bobby Brunoe is named the
general manager of the Natu
ral Resources Branch. Brunoe
first held that post in 1997
when he replaced Jody Calica,
who had been selected as
COO. Brunoe stepped aside
when Calica returned to his
old job after being replaced as
COO. The opportunity for
Brunoe came when Calica ac
cepted a position with the BIA
in Idaho.
A new $3 million treatment
plant began operation in Warm
Springs. The new wastewater
plant replaces the older system,
and is expected to accommo
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building is $158,000. This does
not include the infrastructure.
According to preliminary
results of a geologic study, the
tribes' trust property at Hood
River is suitable for building a
casino.
Earlier, the slope of the
land, and composition of the
ground, had raised questions
about the property's suitabil
ity for construction.
The Tribal Council finalizes
the 2002 budget. The estimated
revenue for the budget is a little
over $31 million, nearly half
from hydroelectric operations.
date new growth in the com
munity for 20 to 30 years.
Work on the new treatment
plant began in February and
lasted through December.
The U.S. Senate adopts a bill
sanctioning the agreement be
tween the Confederated Tribes
and Portland General Electric
to own and operate the Pelton
Round Butte Hydroelectric
Project jointly. The new agree
ment has been a part of the fed
eral process to relicense the
Pelton-Round Butte project.
The Tribal Council meets
with Ted Kulongoski, candi
date for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor. Council
members asked Kulongoski for
his positions on issues of tribal
sovereignty, and cooperation
between the state and tribes in
management of fish and wild
life, The main topic of discus
sion, however, was
Kulongoski's position on ex
pansion of the Confederated
Tribes gaming enterprise.
The founder of the Spilyay
Tymoo, Sid Miller, 72, an
nounces his retirement effec
tive Dec. 31, 2001.
The Tribal Council bestows
the title of Publisher Emeritus
on Miller at his retirement
party, held during the annual
Tribal Council dinner at Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert Resort
and Casino. Miller and J.P.
Patt, the current Tribal Coun
cil Chairman, put the first edi
tion of the Spilyay Tymoo to
gether in March of 1976.
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