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September 16, 2004 Pqgeo c f Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Mfow : w U. J Secretary-treasurer Charles JodyCalica is saved from splashing into the dunk tank -for the time being anyway - as the tennis ball just barely misses the target. Calica was among the volunteers who helped at the recent back-to-school barbecue and school supplies distribution. There were many young people and parents on hand for the event, held on the campus by Community Counseling Center. Selena BoneSpilyay Voter registration deadline approaching As of earlier this month the county reported that there are 597 registered voters on the Warm Springs Reservation. Yet there are about 2,200 tribal members on the reservation who are eligible to vote in the general election. Of the 597 registered voters of the reservation, there are 262 registered Democrats; 21 8 are non-affiliated with a politi cal party (Independents); and 88 are registered Republicans. Also, there are three or four Liber tarians; three Pacific Green Party members; and one voter is registered as a member of the Constitutional Party. If you want to register as a ,voter for the Nov. 2 election, fyour registration form must be postmarked no later than Oct. 12; or you can take you voter registration form to the Jefferson County Clerk's office between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday up to Oct. 12. Locally, you can get registra tion forms at the post office, Three Warriors Market, or the tribal administration building. There is also an Oregon voter registration form in the blue pages of the Qwest Dex tele phone books. If you want help voting, or more information about voting or registering to vote, you can contact one of the Get Out the Indian Vote volunteers: Fritz Miller, Tedi Tanewasha, Laurain Hintsala, Arlita Rhoan, Martha Winishut, Charlotte Herkshan or Teeney Miller. Or you can call the Jefferson County Clerk's office at 475- 4451. Members of the Confeder ated Tribes can have a bigger influence in county, state and federal elections if some of the 1,600 or so non-registered adults would register and vote. Also, the Nov. 2 general elec tion ballot has eight referen dums or initiative measures, in cluding whether Oregon should recognize gay marriage, whether the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act should be amended, balanc ing timber production, and whether a patient filing a law suit claiming medical malprac tice should have a limit on the "pain and suffering" compensa tion. (This article was submitted by Mark Matthews, tribal employee.) q .. 1 7 V ,3 1 I V ,."" ftp Sale starts September tst- r rr -xrvr Tins 1 TITT TFIT? A I JL ii. ;.'.r. I " ' ".4 i , , M II i 1 1 b w T r. rf. TT. .T7.ta v.. - - Computer Systems starting at $899 Printers not included Available Sept. 6 Ralph's TV & Furniture JR. I 525 S.E. 5th St. Madras, OR 97741 Edward & Donna Hagedorn, owners I (541) 475-2578 Tribes try new legal attack to prevent study of ancient skeleton Ad for the Spilyay? Call Sam ,7 49 -0424. Demolition - Driveways - Top Soil - Cattle guards - Water, sewer hookups - Home sites - Debris 1 ; i , 4 ' removal - Rock products , Locally owned and operated , , ' All work guaranteed TRMnSQiOS 7', Phone (541) 553-1471; CB No. 89498 PQ Box 535, Warm Springs, 97761 (AP) - Northwest Indian tribes have gone to federal court to try to find another way to block study of the ancient skel eton known as Kennewick Man after scientists won an eight-year legal battle over the 9,300-year-old bones. "This is a wholly different phase of litigation," said Rob Roy Smith, an attorney for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation. The scientists and the govern ment have yet to agree on a plan outlining the series of tests that would be conducted on the skel eton after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the claim by tribes that the remains were protected under the Na tive American Graves Protec tion and Repatriation Act. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs did not join the other tribes in trying to block scientists from studying the remains. The appeals court said that the tribes who opposed research of the remains could not estab lish a direct connection to re mains that old. But the tribes now argue their "oral traditions and beliefs" are enough to show a cultural link to the skeleton. Alan Schneider, an attorney for the scientists, said the tribes are simply using other legal means to achieve their original goal of preventing any scientific testing. "We're eight years down the road here," Schneider said. 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