September 16, 2004
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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.)
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(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. "If
they felt they needed to be par
ties to the case, they should
have joined eight years ago."
The tribes participated in the
original lawsuit as "friends of the
court" but not as a full party.
Smith said the tribes hope to
prevent certain specific study
activities that would destroy the
bones.
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