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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. And in
other news:
The street naming commit
tee held the first of two public
hearings on street naming at the
Agency Longhouse, with only a
few people attending. A second
hearing will be held for more
recommendations and sugges
tions soon and the committee,
headed by assistant tribal plan
ner Uren Leonard will then draft
a resolution to present before
Tribal Council.
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