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Members
discuss
gaming, jail
and education
By Brian Mortensen
Spilyay Tjmoo
The Cascade Locks casino plan was
one of the topics discussed at last
week's General Council meeting. The
tribal jail, and education were also is
sues brought before Council.
Everyone who spoke about the ca
sino expressed their support for the
letter written by Council chairman Ron
Suppah to the chairwoman of the
Grand Rondc tribe. In the letter Suppah
expressed concern that Grand Ronde
was trying to interfere with the Cascade
Locks casino plan.
At the Council meeting last week
Randy Smith asked questions about the
financial arrangement proposed for the
Cascade Locks casino. Smith said that
Indian gaming conducted on trust land
cannot be taxed, but the Cascade Locks
agreement seems to include state and
local taxing.
"It's very serious. We're waiving our
sovereign immunity," Smith said. "I
think it's time that all of our experts
meet with the people and justify this
agreement"
Warren R. Clements, chairman of
the tribes' gaming commission, said the
Cascade Locks casino will not be taxed
when it begins operating.
He said a community benefit fund
will be established. The fund will be
based on 6 percent of the net income
from the casino, after deducting oper
ating expenses.
The fund will be administered by a
board of trustees that will include
members appointed by the Confeder
ated Tribe$, the governor, and Hood
River County officials.
The community benefit fund will be
used in part to help the city of Cas
cade Locks pay for the additional law
enforcement, fire and other emergency
services personnel, vehicles, and equip
ment direcdy related to the casino.
Harrison Davis commented that the
casino should be built on the reserva
tion. "With the continuing growth in
population and affluence of Central
Oregon, why build at the Columbia
River?" he said.
Clements briefly addressed the au
dience of more than 100 tribal mem
bers about one hour into the program.
He reminded those assembled that
tribal members voted 80 percent in
favor of building a casino at the Co
lumbia Gorge, "and the Tribal Council
was ordered by the people to do that,"
he said.
"Not me," an audience member
shouted.
Clements had just started to explain
what he called "gaming expansion ex
penditures" - a figure of $9.7 million
for engineering services, attorney fees
and other expenses from 1997 until the
time the compact was accepted in April
by Gov. Kulongoski before he was
asked to give up the floor, a request
that he willingly agreed to.
Alvis Smith Sr. then took issue with
the name of the Cascade Locks casino,
The Bridge of the Gods. He said the
area of Cascade Locks was "Wasco
territory, and they call this place the gate
to the fishing area, from there all the
way up the river."
The people who fished there, he said,
would pray to the Creator in that place
"before they put the (Bridge of the
Gods) bridge in there, before they even
signed the treaty in 1855, mind you."
"Why don't they leave God alone,"
he asked. "There are a lot of names
they could name the casino, like "Chi
nook Casino."'
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Will Robbins (foreground), as Gen.
Signing re-enactment brings history to life
A highlight at Pi-Ume-Sha this
year was the re-enactment of the
signing of the Treaty of 1855. The
re-enactment took place on Satur
day, June 25, 1 50 years to the day
of the actual treaty council and sign
ing. Many people volunteered their
time and effort to make the re-en
Unique camp
By Brian Mortensen v" v ""
Spilyay Tymoo
The canyon where Willow Creek
joins the Deschutes River and Lake
Simtustus is a rugged place, and the
routine at the Canyon Ranch Camp is
just as rugged.
Campers sleep in one of three tee
pees, or in the just-completed bunk
house if it rains. Activities include hik
ing, swimming in the clear waters of
Willow Creek, boating on Lake
Simtustus, climbing the man-made rock
wall, or climbing the real canyon wall
that rises more than 100 feet over the
camp. Campers also get to pick veg
etables from Gladys Grant's garden,
and retrieve eggs from her henhouse.
Both male and female campers watch
a rooster become dinner that night.
In two cases recendy at the camp,
the rooster escaped his pen. In each
case Grant caught them, set them on a
block in the backyard and butchered
them.
"It made for a good anatomy les
son," she said. "I showed them all the
parts, and then that rooster was on the
stove in a pot. The kids said, 'We
warned him four times!'"
Miss Pi-Ume-Sha 2005 Cyrille
Mitchell rides in the Traditional
Parade on Saturday afternoon
of the powwow.
There was nice weather for Pi-Ume-Sha
this year, sunny most
of the time but not overly hot.
The powwow went later into
Sunday than usual, in part
because of the re-enactment,
and also to make time for a
giveaway.
(More Pi-Ume-Sha pictures on
page 8 and 9.)
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Joel Palmer, addresses to the treaty
actment a success.
Duran Bobb wrote the script, using
the treaty council minutes, and he also
contributed in many ways throughout
the production.
Tribal members who are descen
dants of the signers were recruited to
play the parts of the Indians at the
offers great adventure
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Dalia Sarabia, 10, hangs on close
to the top of the climbing wall at
Canyon Ranch Kids Camp.
Two weeks in June every year, boys
and girls ages 8 to 13 come from all
over Oregon to Canyon Ranch Camp.
They come to enjoy the silence and
solitude of Central Oregon, the way it
may have been 100 years ago. The camp
appears to be just the right tonic for a
city kid raised on MTV and his X-box.
There is no television, no video games,
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council. Many members of the com
munity also volunteered to play the
extras. Evaline Pan was the chair of
the re-enactment subcommittee. The
complete list of those who helped
make the re-enactment happen is
long, and appears in the Treaty Sign
ing Re-enactment program.
and no music on compact disc, as per
sonal stereos aren't allowed.
Instead, the camp and the surround
ing area offer physical activity, fun out
in the sun, and the beauty of nature.
The camp, led by the indefatigable
Gladys Grant, has existed in one form
or anpther since the mid 1970s. Ask
Grant where she came up with the idea
for a camp, and she'll point upward.
"Ask Him," she says.
Grant first came to Jefferson
County as a teenager in the 1940s. She
bought the property on the Pelton Dam
Road about five miles east of the res
ervation border in 1967.
Seven years later, in February 1974,
she encountered Jesus Christ in a "head
on collision," she says. In April of that
year, she began inviting area youths
from Warm Springs and Madras to
camp on Willow Creek.
"I'd take boys one week, girls the
next, and it never rained on a Friday
night from early April until mid-October,"
she said.
"It rained other nights, and we never
had tents or anything. We just slept
under the stars."
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Summer
work
a challenge
for youth
By Ashley Aguilar
Spilyay Tymoo
The Workforce Youth Program has
been successful for more than 30 years,
helping students find summer jobs in
fields they may want to pursue as a
career.
The program has funded summer
jobs for youth ages 14-20, giving them
a positive experience, extra money, and
a better understanding of the work
place.
The goal of this program is, "to get
youth involved in the workplace," says
Wayne Miller, Workforce Youth Pro
gram staff member.
Youth Administrator Verleen
Kalama pointed out some of the posi
tive effects the program has on its
workers. "It teaches them work ethics
and responsibility," she said.
The best traits that young workers
can bring to die job are a positive atti
tude, willingness to learn, and timeli
ness, said Kalama.
Miller added that the best thing to
see in youth is an "inspiration to learn."
The Workforce Education Develop
ment Department (WEDD) received
about 200 summer youth work appli
cations this year. But the department
could only take in about 150 workers,
because that is the limit on positions.
This year there was no 2.0 GPA or at
tendance requirements. f
The program encourages kids to
take the extra initiative to make the
summer job a positive experience, but
there is always the disappointing fact
that some things go wrong. Last year,
for instance, the Summer Youth Pro
gram had a hard time placing the teens
at worksites. Part of the reason for this
was that Kah-Nee-Ta took no youth
workers last year. This year, though, the
resort is making a great effort, taking
on many of the Warm Springs youth
workers, said Kalama.
It was also noted that the police de
partment had taken youth workers in
the past, but are not receiving any now.
KWSO took in one youth worker
this year, Brandon Caldera, who had
worked at the station the previous year.
Caldera's supervisor Sue Matters said
KWSO can take only one summer
youth worker because of space limita
tion at the station, and because the
youth worker program can be time
consuming for the regular staff. "It
really takes time and effort to make
projects for them to do," said Matters.
Both Matters and Miller agreed that
some departments don't want to hire
students because they don't feel like
"babysitting." Matters also said, "The
more student workers there are, the
more they mess around."
She said that Caldera is very pro
ductive in his job, and is a good example
of what the youth in the workplace
should be doing.
This year there were 3 to 5 percent
of the summer youth applicants who
did not pass their urinalysis test. When
cases like this happen, the Youth Pro
gram does not hire the person, but of
fers them a chance in 30 days to try
again, if there are any positions open.
If tests show up positive for any drug,
the youdi program is obligated to re
port this to the parent or guardian.
Summer youth has a disciplinary
action system, starting with a verbal
warning. If there are still complaints,
there is a written warning. And if the
worker is still not making the correct
changes, dicn there is a referral back
to WEDD
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