Spilyqy Tyvnoo, Wqrro Spn'ngs, Oregon
February 17, 2005
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Tribes meet on common issues, problems
PORTLAND (AP) - Repre
scnutivcs of Northwest Indian
tribes from seven states were in
Portland last week to seek com
mon ground on issues affecting
them. Possible infringement on
tribal sovereignty by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs was near the
top of the list.
The Office of Special Trusts,
formed five years to improve
accountability in the BIA, was
drawing much of the acrimony.
"The Special Trusts office is
taking over the responsibility of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It's
slowing down our business,"
said Mel Tonasket of the
Colville Confederation of east
ern Washington. "We are here
to try to stop it, or to slow it
down. They are expanding con
trol over Indian trust land in our
view."
I le said there is concern that
the office may move against
tribal range management or tim
ber next
"We don't know where it will
end," he said. "We don't want
to revert to the Indian agent
days of the past, when they con
trolled what we could and could
not do with our property."
Danny Jordan, commerce
director for the the Hoopa Val
ley Tribal Council of California,
said tribes are being threatened
with a loss of money if they
don't turn over records of tribal
businesses.
"Those funds are needed to
build technical support," Jordan
said. "That's the way we see it
in Indian country."
Ernie Stcnsgar, president of
the Affiliated Tribes of North
west Indians, said the formation
of the office was announced at
a meeting of tribal leaders five
years ago by Interior Secretary
Gale Norton with no tribal in
put. That left a bad taste in the
mouths of many Indian leaders,
and it still lingers.
"They're taking money from
the BIA to create a new office
with people who aren't trained
in Indian country," said Stcnsgar,
who also is chairman of the
Cocur d'Alenc Tribe in Idaho.
He said the tribes understood
that they would be consulted
about about reorganization in
the BIA.
"It took us all by surprise. We
were flabbergasted, it was out
of the blue," he said.
Stcnsgar and Dorian
Sanchez, of the Nisqually Tribe
in western Washington, said at
first glance President Bush's
Letters of apology
To the Warm Springs com
munity, I am apologizing for my
reckless driving and not stopping
for an officer on Jan. 6. Also,
thanks to the officer for giving
me a DUII, knowing after see
ing me with bought beer earlier
that day, wise move, easy target
I made myself gullible for
trouble driving after drinking.
To the community, sorry for my
actions, but look over your
shoulder, don't drive after
drinking, police aren't playing.
Caleb Jim.
I would first like this chance
to apologize to the community
of Warm Springs for my inap
propriate behavior in the early
morning of Dec. 4, 2004. 1 was
arrested, and incarcerated on
charges I regret- to have com
mitted and am plying, the con-
LaVita Berry. I ,,)., ,,, ,,, ,,,
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, To the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, family and
friends, officers and public re
lations and my family, I apolo
gize for appearing to be driving
under the influence and appear
ing to be driving reckless and
endangering my Native people
through my bad performance
of driving a low class vehicle. I
apologize from the deepest part
of my Native heart. I will not
let this happen again. Flint
Scott.
To the people of Warm
Springs, I am apologizing for the
irresponsible reckless driving on
1-22-05 in West Hills about 3
or, 4 p.m. I am really sorry and
it will not happen again. Sin
cerely, Kenneth Danzuka.
I would like to apologize to
the police department for my
actions in November of 2004.
I would also like to apologize to
the courts and to the commu
nity of Warm Springs. The ac
tion I did was wrong, to scratch
up the pick-up of the tribal po
lice. I am now sitting 70 days
for this action to think about my
wrong and also a hefty fine.
Thank you for your time and
again, I send my apology. I will
do better in the future. Anto
nio Becerra.
To whom it may concern: I
would like to apologize to the
people of the Warm Springs
Reservation for my actions that
were taken on Jan. 15, 2005 at
the Warm Springs Correctional
Facility. I am sorry for what I
have done. Evaristo Antunez.
To the people and commu
nity of Warm Springs, I am
writing this apology letter in re
gards to the DUII I got for
blowing a .09 plus my vehicle
was parked at the time of the
incident. So I'm sorry for my
action. I really can't say it won't
happen again because no one
knows. And again I am very
sorry for my actions and poor
judgment. Thank you. Respect
fully, Lawrence Shike.
To the community and
people of Warm Springs, in par
ticular to Robert and Maria
Macy, and the employees of the
Warm Springs Market. I would
like to take this time to. apola
gize for, my actions after the
most recent break in at Warm
Springs Market. While I did not
personally take part in the bur
glary, I did receive and hide sto
len property for those that did
break in. For this I am truly sorry.
Respectfully, Logan
Hammond.
To people of Warm Springs
I am sorry for drinking and driv
ing, endangering other lives of
people driving. With this said I
will probably never drink until
age, and never drink and drive.
I also want to apologize to who
ever is disappointed 'at me for
doing this, because this isn't re
ally expected of me. Sincerely,
Paul A. Scott.
To the Tribal Court and the
Confederated Tribes I apologize
for my actions and reactions to
the people it may concern while
I was under the influence. I re
alize you're here for our people's
protection and well-being. I will
try to make a difference in me
and the people around me.
Samual Scott.
Dear Officer Matt
Sherwood, I am Kenneth R.
Danzuka, a tribal member of
the Confederated Tribes. I am
writing this letter to you to ask
for your forgiveness. So you can
call it an apology letter. I am very
sorry for the irrational behav
ior on the night of 11-19-04 on
Quail Trail and Tenino Road. I
know my reaction to the Warm
Springs Police Department was
unnecessary. I am very sorry for
resisting arrest. I had no inten
tion for anyone to get hurt. I
hope you can accept my sincere
apology. I hope we can work on
my problem. I know people like
me can make your job harder
to do. I am very sorry. Kenneth
R. Danzuka.
To the people of Warm
Springs, for the night of Feb. 2,
2005, 1 apologize for the trouble
I caused the families that count
on me to show up and pick up
their children for school. I did
not mean to leave you folks
hanging as well as my co-workers
and family. I am really sorry.
I will not let it happen again.
Ryan Florendo.
To the community of Warm
Springs and Tribal Court, I am
writing this apology for having
, in my possession drug,paraphej
'nalia, in particular a marijuana
pipe that I forgot I had in my
jacket pocket. I was also forced
to write this before being re
leased from jail, since I would
not write it back in December
of 2004. 1 just want to put this
behind me and not be hassled.
Respectfully, Tom LeClaire.
I apologize for having drug
paraphernalia on the Warm
Springs Reservation on Feb. 5.
I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
I know that it is wrongful. I shall
be doing an assessment and
evaluation to help correct my
behavior. The paraphernalia was
located in my purse. I plead
guilty. And shall do my sentenc
ing as served. Tonia Hall.
(In the last edition of the
paper an apology was acciden
tally printed as having been writ
ten by Loreen Dennis, while the
correct name is Loren Dennis.)
budget proposal, which cuts
many domestic programs, also
looks grim for the tribes.
"It's going to hurt, from all
the information we've heard so
far," said Sanchez. "It's going to
affect all tribes. It involves
health, housing, natural re
sources, telecommunications,
water quality."
Tonasket said his Colville
Confederation has developed
some of its own medical pro
grams because the Indian
Health Service doesn't have
money to keep up with growing
demand.
But he said programs rely
heavily on third-party billings,
such as to Medicare and Med
icaid, and that those programs
also are threatened with cuts.
Next deadline to
submit items for
publication in the
Spilyay is Friday,
Feb. 25. Thank you.
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