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Page 12 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon March 7, 2002 Suspect arrested, youth recovering after being shot in chest Tribal member Luke Miller, 24, was arrested recently on allegations of assault with in tent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Miller was arrested the af ternoon of Saturday, Feb. 23, at a residence off Highway 26 northwest of Warm Springs. Miller has been accused of shooting a 17-year male on the morning of Feb. 23. The 17-year-old was recov ering and in good condition within a week after being shot. The bullet struck him in the chest area, according to Warm Springs police. That same morning, Miller also fired at a vehicle driven by Sterling Kalama, who was on his way to work, according to a report from the Warm Springs police. Miller and the 17-year-old apparently were involved in a dispute sometime before the shooting, according to police. Kalama, on the other hand, Officers searched the residence and recovered evidence related to the shooting incidents, according to police. had not been in contact with the suspect prior to the shoot ing. Instead, Kalama apparently was driving a vehicle that looked similar to the one that the 17-year-old shooting vic tim had been driving. Miller apparently fired at the vehicle thinking that the 17-year-old was driving. The bullet struck the car, but for tunately Kalama was not in jured. Miller then went to a resi dence located off Highway 26 to the northwest of Warm Springs. Police were able to learn of his whereabouts, and at tempted to make contact with Miller by knocking on the door of the residence. After knocking several times with no response, the officers used a loudspeaker to ask everyone inside the resi dence to come out, according to the police report. This request also went ig nored by the people in the house, so the police established a security perimeter around the residence. Because the suspect was be lieved to be armed with a rifle, and because he allegedly had just shot one person and nearly shot another, the decision was made to call in the regional Emergency Response Team. The team, representing of ficers from several law enforce ment jurisdictions in the re gion, uses special weapons and tactics in potentially dangerous situations, such as when an armed suspect is barricaded in a building. Several hours passed while Miller remained in the resi dence. The road to the house meanwhile was blocked off to I sW : J " !' u 0 n Members of the regional SWAT team gather near the scene of the shooting. regular traffic. Miller and other came out of warrant, officers searched the In the afternoon, a relative the house. Miller was arrested residence and recovered evi- of Miller contacted him by anj taken mto federal custody, dence related to the shooting phone, and a short time later Later, by authority of a search incidents, according to police. ' -V- j; V - ' V- Highway 3 tragedy An Oregon State Police accident reconstruction specialist inspects a vehicle involved in a wreck this past weekend that claimed the life of tribal member Eunice Wolfe Esquiro. The passenger in the vehicle was seriously injured in the accident. The driver of the other vehicle was not seriously injured. The matter was under investigation earlier this week. Casino: opponents have lobbied against Gorge plan Continued from page 1 A casino at the Gorge - a proposal being considered by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs - would be closer to Portland than any other tribal casino. For this reason, a Gorge ca- Jobs: program to meet benchmarks Continued from page 1 The benchmarks were set during the updating of the long-range and comprehensive planning document of the Confederated Tribes, The People's Plan, published in 1999. The plan was the culmina tion of three years work, in cluding extensive participation by many tribal members. Dur ing the planning update pro cess, many tribal members spoke of the need for more employment opportunities for tribal members. Last year, in order to meet this priority, a group of tribal officials from various depart ments worked on a list of pro grams that have the potential for creating new tribal employ ment opportunities. The group - including eco nomic development, planning and education representatives - came up with fairly long and diverse list of potential projects, from a new resort to a recycling operation. The list was narrowed down, based on factors such as funding that would be needed, the number of potential new jobs, and the likelihood of suc cess of the enterprise. The final list consisted of two projects: Environmental Services, and an enterprise in the field of construction, which may begin later this year. sino would be a very profitable venture for the Confederated Tribes, said Clements. Conservative estimates are that a casino at Hood River would generate between $13.3 million and $15.5 million in net profit to the tribes. The $15.5 million figure is more than three times the amount generated by Indian Head at Kah-Nee-Ta. The Grand Ronde and Cow Creek tribes have been lobby ing against the Gorge casino plan, said Clements. The lobbying effort has been toward state and federal officials, including an attempt to hinder a fee-to-trust transfer at the proposed Hood River casino site, said Clements. "They're lobbying the governor's office, and any leg islative person who will lis ten," said Clements. "And they're lobbying aggressively." In contrast, other tribes in the state have indicated a will ingness to write letters in sup port of the Gorge casino pro posal, said Clements. Besides Grand Ronde and March Advertising Special First Time Advertisers Show This Coupon and Earn a 15 Percent Discount on Your March Ad in Spilyay Tymoo Regular Advertising Rates Full Page i..... $600.00 Half Page. ..............r.Z. $325.00 Quarter Page...y.. -4- $1 65.00 Open Rate perlnch ...A $5.50 Spilyay Tyrooo Cow Creek, "I've heard from no other tribes who are op posed to what we're doing," he said. Also, Clements said, the opposition from Grand Ronde and Cow Creek does not ap pear to be popular with all members of those tribes. "I think within their own community there is disagree ment," he said. The opposition to the Gorge casino plan seems to come largely from younger members rather than the elder members, Clements said. Grand Ronde and Cow Creek were two of the tribes terminated by the federal gov ernment. The tribes were later reinstated. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs offered support during the reinstatement ef fort. The support that Warm Springs gave Grand Ronde and Cow Creek during reinstate ment makes their opposition especially hard to accept, said Clements. He said that the people who are being lobbied on this issue by Grand Ronde and Cow Creek need to understand fully the situation at hand. A key point, Clements said, is that the Confederated Tribes' Gorge casino proposal involves property that is part of the tribes' ceded lands. By right of treaty, and in the spirit of free enterprise, the tribes are pursuing the devel opment of a Gorge casino, said Clements. The land at I Iood River on which the casino would be built is land that is held in trust by the federal government for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes. This land was in trust sta tus prior to the enactment of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regu latory Act. That act makes the land eli gible for a casino by Congres sional law, Clements said, and the governor cannot override a law passed by Congress. r A spiritual recovery AA convention will hap pen at the Slmnasho Longhouse March 6, 9 and 10. Opening on Fri day March 8 Is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sun day, 6-7 a.m. sunrise AA; and 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. AA conference.
