75
.s&a
no. 19 ft
September V
is, 2003 y y
SERIALS DETT
ci lr.FNE OR 91403
FAJGENU rairon
Warm Springs, OR 97761
U.S. Postage
Bulk Rate Permit No. 2
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Coyote News, est. 1976
September 18, 2003 Vol. 28, No. 19
50 cents
:
3 o
Budget cuts
to continue
next year
Possible new revenue
source also considered
The Tribal Council on September
15 approved a proposed 2004 budget
for posting. During the first two weeks
of September, tribal government and
enterprise managers and committees re
viewed their programs before the Tribal
Council and discussed community
needs to be addressed next year.
The 2004 budget reviews began with
a financial overview from the tribes'
secretary-treasurer Charles Jackson.
He reported that overall revenues
will continue to trend downward and
that log markets are not expected to
recover for several more years.
Total revenue for 2004 is expected
to be $23.3 million, down from $27.4
million estimated for 2003.
1 lowever, Jackson said that Warm
Springs Power Enterprises is confident
that power revenues have stabilized.
Due to the erosion of other rev
enues, the tribes must continue the
gradual, multi-year budget reduction
plan approved several years ago by the
Tribal Council.
This will require a budget reduction
of 5975,000 for 2004, if no new rev
enue sources are found, Jackson re
ported. The reduction is similar to the
5900,000 reduction required in the
current budget.
In making significant reductions for
the current year, departments were able
to eliminate job positions that were
vacant. Vacant positions are increas
ingly rare, meaning the cuts could be
harder for 2004.
As in the current year, the budget
situation next year may require the use
of additional funds from the tribes' rev
enue reserve. Jackson outlined two
potential 2004 budget scenarios for the
Tribal Council. One scenario would
generate new revenues next year
through additional contracting of BIA
and II IS services.
See BUDGET on page 5
Rare tribute
to Council
chairman
It is not every day that the Presi
dent of the United States mentions
your name during a speech.
This happened recently, though, to
Tribal Council Chairman Garland
Bruimc, w hen Pres. Hush was in Cen
tral ( )regon.
"1 appreciate Garland Brunoc, who
is chairman of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs," said the president,
during a speech in Redmond.
The speech came at a time when
the H and B Complex fires were burn
ing out of control in the region.
A main point of Bush's speech was
forest management, particularly his pro
posed Healthy Forests Restoration
Act.
The I louse of Representatives has
passed the bill, HR 1904, and the Sen
ate will consider it in the near future.
Congressman Greg Walden, who
represents the Warm Springs Reserva
tion as part of Oregon's Second Con
gressional District, is lead sponsor of
IIR 1904.
After hearing the president's speech,
Coticnil Chairman Brunoe said, "I was
impressed with his remark, 'This is not
about politics, this is about savings our
forests.' There is a balance for every
thing in this world, and I believe that is
what President Bush is seeking to
achieve.
Set FORESTS on page 5
Tribes hire Andersen to build new casino
Company built Museum at Warm Springs
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tjhoo
The Confederated Tribes have
selected Andersen Construction,
based in Portland, as the building
contractor for the casino at the Co
lumbia River.
"Andersen has a proven, success
ful relationship with the Confeder
ated Tribes," said tribal gaming
spokesman Rudy Clements. "They
have demonstrated great compas
sion when working for the tribes."
In the region, Andersen Construc
tion built the Museum at Warm Springs,
and Bend's High Desert Museum.
When working for the tribes, said
Clements, Andersen makes every ef
fort to hire tribal members and tribal
subcontractors. ,
Clements and others on the gaming
expansion point team chose Andersen
as the casino construction general con
tractor after reviewing proposals from
several building firms.
The field of candidates was nar
rowed to six companies. Representatives
of these firms then made their pre
sentations recently at Kah-Nee-Ta.
"All of the contractors that submit
ted bids were outstanding. They were
all well qualified and very capable," said
Clements.
"They all had demonstrated success
in large construction projects."
That the tribes are familiar with
Andersen, through the museum project,
High Lookee turns 3
1 T" '
3
; I 1 ..' v,
i if,'
) ;(
17 A ;" Fj
7 fyr
Jijr h i
High Lookee Lodge last week
celebrated its third anniversary. The
anniversary was celebrated with a
lunch at the park area by the lodge.
Above, Kit Gonzales prepares the
hamburgers and hotdogs, and at left,
Dorothy Simtustus checks the
salmon. High Lookee wishes to thank
the volunteers who helped with the
anniversary lunch.
liSJ.V?vIdn?f83Library
Spilyay tyioo.
Divi McMechanSpilyiy
Wtf Lookee
rm A Lodge
Teaching with heart
Students are first for Esther Kalama-Culpus
By D. "Bing" Bingham
Spilyay Tymoo
"I think I was born to teach," is
what second-grade teacher Esther
Kalama-Culpus said to Warm Springs
Elementary School Principal Dawn
Smith during her employment inter
view. Anyone who was around Kalama
Culpus when she was young could
hardly escape being taught some
thing. 1 ler dolls and dog were always
available when no one else would
cooperate.
Even her younger sisters learned
more about numbers earlier than any
kid that age needs to know.
It always came back to teaching.
When she was older, she tried cul
tural beading. Next thing she knew
someone asked her to teach a bead
ing class. After that Esther jumped
into portrait photography. Before
long, she'd been asked to teach pho
tography. "No matter what I did, it always
came back to teaching," she said. "So
I figured - hmmmmm - there's got
to be something to teaching."
Esther got serious and headed to
Eastern Oregon State College in I.a
Grand to get her teaching degree.
She admits it wasn't always easy with
her sons dividing time between her
and her husband, who was living on
the reservation. Once she even con
sidered quitting.
However, that changed when she
came back to the reservation and her
student teaching kids came running to
give her big hugs because they were so
glad to see her.
It was pretty hard to look into the
smiling eyes of those happy faces and
seriously consider quitting teaching.
Esther finished her degree.
"7 makes me feelgood when
the parents saj, Ya know,
they never came home and
talked about school. Now they
come home every day and talk
about all the things they're
doing in school. "'
About the time she was ready to
graduate, a professor walked up to her
and said something to the effect that
now that she had her degree, she could
do anything she wanted.
"I'm going back to the reservation,"
she proudly told him.
I le didn't understand, I le wondered
why she would return to the reserva
tion when she could go anywhere in
the world.
"Because that's my home, that's
where I want to be," she told him.
This year is Esther Kalama
Culpus' third year teaching at Warm
Springs Elementary. She does what's
called looping in the teaching busi
ness. She starts with a class of first
graders and follows them through
second grade.
After that she returns to pick up
another class of first grade stu
dents. This year she gets a new room.
She's excited and nervous. She's ex
cited because she'll sec all the famil
iar happy faces she remembers from
last year.
And she's nervous because she's
trying to decide where to put every
thing in her new room.
"If I move this teaching tool
here I can grab it quicker, or I can't
put that so low or the kids arc prob
ably going to be messing with it," she
continues.
"There are just little things in
volved in moving to a new room. I
know I'm probably going to be do
ing some tweaking, changing things
a little bit."
School buildings look different
before the start of the school year.
The freshly waxed floors gleam in
late summer window light.
See TEACHER on page 10
The new casino is ex
pected to cost over $100
million to construct.
was a factor in the final decision, said
Clements. Another important factor
was that Andersen is an Oregon com
pany, he said.
Other contractors were from out of
state, which would increase construc
tion cost due to travel expenses.
See CASINO on page 5
Business
ideas wanted
for old station
The Shell service station by the Rain
bow Market has been out of business
for the past year and a half.
The Warm Springs Small Business
Development Center is hoping to
change this unfortunate situation.
The center is asking community
members to submit any ideas they may
have regarding the future use of the
Shell property. .
The tribes own the station and adja
cent land, and the hope is to make a
productive use of the property,
Anyone with an idea is asked write
out proposal, maximum length two
pages. Then submit the idea to the
Small Business Development Center by
Sept. 30.
The center's goal is to have the sta
tion property up and operational again
by no later than the spring of 2004.
Priority questions to be resolved are:
Should the property continue as a
service station? Should there be a gas
station there, plus some other addi
tional products and services?
Or is there some other use that
would be best suited for this particular
property?
For information call the Small Busi
ness Development Center at 553-3592,
and ask for Trudy or Gerald. The fax
number is 553-3593. You can e-mail
them at either tbrunoewstribes.org,
or at gdanzukawstribes.org.
Simnasho
Shindig
is next Friday
The Simnasho community will be
hosting the September Shindig next
Friday evening, Sept. 26. The Shindig
will be at the Simnasho powwow arbor
near the rodeo grounds.
The barbeque dinner starts at 5:30
p.m., and social dancing and good times
start at 7 p.m. A rodeo is set for Sun
day, Sept. 28, at the Simnasho Rodeo
Grounds.
Shindig specials include the Clown
Dance contest, and giveaway in honor
of Miz Hucks, with prize money for
three places.
There will also be a "49 drumming
contest," plus the "Sweep your teepee"
championships.
Bring your own lawn chair, warm
coat and good feelings. Everyone is
welcome to come and dance the night
away.
The rodeo on Sunday, Sept. 28, be
gins at 1 p.m.
Admission is $5 per carload of
people.
This is a jackpot rodeo open to all
comers, Books arc open till noon. Live
stock provided by Alps Livestock and
the Suppah family.
These events are sponsored by the
Simnasho community,
For more information, or if you
want to volunteer, call Captain at 553
7014 (h), or 553-2249 (w).
I.
y