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Spilyqy Tyrooo, Wrro Springs, Oregon January 6, 2005 I in A v ( k :- '. it f 'V j.J ' ..kjL,,. BJ-mm Dave McMacharvSpilyay The week before Christmas, Billy Joe Berry Sr. and the Simnasho Community Church distributed hundreds of holiday items - trees, gifts and food boxes - to community members. The church received the shipment from Don Klein of Frontier Missions. More time needed in changing place names (AP) - For years, emissaries from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have been lob bying state officials to make the word "squaw" illegal in official government names and places. But now, with the state dead line for completing the renam ing process approaching, the tribes are asking the state Legis lature to extend their Jan. 2 deadline, after difficulties agree ing on replacement names. The tribes originally asked for the ban on squaw names because many American Indi ans consider the "s-word" to be vulgar slang for an Indian woman. Officials from the Oregon Geographic Names Board, which refers names to the na tional board, said that it's unlikely that missing the deadline will have much of an impact. But the tribes are worried enough about consequences that they've asked state Sen. Kate Brown, D-Portland, to draft legislation extending the deadline. Officials from the tribes were planning to meet with legislators about the issue this week in Sa lem. Still, even that may not be necessary. Champ Vaughan, president of the Oregon Geo graphic Names Board, said it's not clear that the Oregon state law even applies to Central Oregon's Squaw Creek, which runs mainly through U.S. Forest Service land. Even if the state law docs apply, the tribes, which have partnered with the Forest Ser vice on their proposal, aren't the only group that will miss the deadline, Vaughan said. About 170 "squaw" names in Oregon have yet to be changed, he said. "We're not getting a lot of suggested names from the pub lic," Vaughan said. "It's going much slower than we expected." Although the tribes have yet to submit a naming proposal, the names board has received one suggested name for the creek that runs through Sisters, Vaughan said. Sisters resident Craig Eisenbeis submitted a proposal supporting "Sahaptin Creek" as the new name. Twenty-five years ago this week Volunteers needed for tax preparation Warm Springs will have a tax preparation site free to tribal members. The Warm Springs Community Action Team is now looking for people who will vol unteer as tax preparers. Training for volunteers is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Redmond, Jan. 10-14. The Com munity Action Team will provide transportation, said Shawnele Surplus, community advocate. Each tax-preparer volunteer will be available at least one day a week to do tax preparation work. Forms will be filed elec tronically, and a person with a checking or savings account could receive a refund in seven to 10 days, Surplus said. Volunteers who go through the training program will receive training in the latest tax law and in use of the IRS software. As far as filing a return goes, Surplus said, a lot of tribal mem bers may not realize they are en titled to receive a refund. People who don't make much money might not file a return because they don't have enough income to declare. However, in some instances the person is entitled to a refund but misses the chance by not filing. For information, contact Sur plus at 553-3148; or stop by the WSCAT office at the Warm Springs plaza. Department of the Interior -Bureau of Indian Affairs Notice of public hearing regarding the use and distribution of the judgment funds awarded to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in the McQuinn and HeHe claims cases Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold a hearing of record at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at the Agency Longhouse, Warm Springs, Oregon. The hearing of record is called in accordance with regulations in 25 CFR 84.7, which govern the calling and conduct of the hearing of record pur suant to the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1401, et seq. This hear ing will be on the pro posed plan for the use and distribution of the settlement funds awarded to the Confed erated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reserva tion to satisfy the claims filed against the United States between 1996 and 2002. Those cases are as listed: 1. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, a federally recognized Indian Tribe and Warm Springs Forest Products, a tribal business enterprise v. The Unites States of America, Case No. 96-269-L (CFC, mandate issued by the Fed eral Circuit Court of Ap peals, CV 02-5167 (Fed. Cir.) (together, the "McQuinn Case.") 2. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon v. the United States of America, by and through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. District Court of Or egon Case No. CV 02-1485-ST (the "HeHe District Court Case.") 3. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon v. the Unites States of America (U.S. Court of Federal Claims Case No. 02-1476-L (the "HeHe CFC Case.") A copy of the proposed plan for use and distribu tion of the funds will be made available upon re quest to the Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, North west Regional Office, 911 NE 11 Ave., Portland, Oregon 97232, or the Su perintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Warm Springs Agency, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Individuals or organiza tions may express their oral or written views by appearing at this meet ing, or they may submit written comments for in clusion in the official ref erence of the hearing to the Northwest Regional Director at the above ad dress by Jan. 21, 2005. From the January 11, 1980 edition of the Spilyay There will be an anniversary celebration for Owen Panner, who has been tribal attorney for 25 years. This is a community celebration sponsored by your Tribal Council and everyone is invited: Agency Longhouse, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. Elsewhere: The tribes are sponsoring a photo contest and there is $250 in prize money. The winning photos will be published on the cover of the 1979 annual re port, scheduled to come out in mid-1980. In other news: Pam Keo, 17, daughter of Levi and Crystal Keo, will soon be making a new home for her self, far, far away. Pam has been accepted as an American Field Service (AFS) student and is going to be living in Hastings, New Zealand for a year. 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