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January 5, 2006
Spilyay Tyrnoa, Warm Springs, Oregon
Look at the News o f2005
A ugust
(Continued from the previous edition.)
War hero
It took years for C hesley
Yahtin to be able to talk about
what he experienced as a young
man during the Korean Conflict.
Now he can talk about it, and
with that freedom finally comes
recognition from the govern
ment he served, in the form of
medals he earned more than 50
years ago. Yahtin, 74, received
a Federal Express envelope two
weeks ago that included three
m ed als, in clu d in g a K orean
C am paign R ibbon w ith five
battle stars and a Korean De
fense Medal. He also received
certificates honoring his two
Purple Hearts, which he earned
in two incidents occurring less
than six months apart in 1950
and 1951. “I guess you could
say this is sort of a relief,” he
said.
Youth program
There was a new option this
summer for students wishing to
pursue a career in natural re
sources. The program is called
the N atural R esources In te
grated Education Program, and
it is funded by the tribal Natu
ral Resources Branch. Students
in the program also collaborate
closely, almost on a daily basis,
w ith the E d u catio n and
W orkforce Development D e
partment. This year the Natu
ral Resources youth crew was
different from the crews Natu
ral Resources has had in the past.
Instead of focusing on one job
or one line of work, the crew
experien ced som e aspect o f
each department in the branch.
Meth problem
The Tribal Council in August
discussed the problem of meth-
amphetamine on the reserva
tion. C o un cilm an R aym ond
Tsum pti, general m anager o f
Public Safety, asked the drug
issue be included on the Coun
cil agenda, as the problem has
been escalating in the commu
nity. Tsumpti suggested that the
Council should consider making
the drug problem a top priority
for the tribes. As part o f the
Council presentation, investiga
tors G reg Stinson and Jo h n
Webb discussed the problem of
methamphetamine, or crank, on
the reservation. “Over the past
10 years I’ve seen a dramatic
change in the types o f drugs
found on the reservation,” said
Stinson. Not long ago, he said,
m arijuana and cocaine were
more common than metham
phetam ine. Now, meth is the
most common drug in the com
munity, “because it is so easy to
make,” said Stinson.
KWSO awards
At the annual Oregon Asso
ciation of Broadcasters confer
ence in Portland, KWSO was
given an award for excellence,
as the 2005 Public or Non-Com
m ercial Radio Station o f the
Year. KWSO is owned and op
erated by the C o nfederated
Tribes o f Warm Springs. This is
the second consecutive year the
station won this award.
10, and left on a chartered plane
from the Redmond airport early
the following morning. The crew
is stationed in Hammond, La.,
in a departm ent store w are
house. H am m ond is located
across Lake Pontchartrain from
New Orleans, and just east of
Baton Rouge. The crew is ex
pected to be there for up to 30
days. The camp crew was one
of only two in the state that has
been called to help in the relief
effort, said Ken Lydy, who di
rects the Warm Springs camp
crew program.
bring the lodge under tribal man
agement, and that happened at
the beginning of this month. The
change from private to tribal
management is not noticeable in
the day-to-day operation and el
der care p ro v id ed at H igh
Lookee. The change is notice
able mainly to the employees of
the lodge, as they are now tribal
employees, rather than employ
ees of Concepts in Community
Living, the company that has
provided management services
at the lodge. Lawrence Macy is
the director of High Lookee.
New school year
Use of property
Vacant off-reservation prop-
The start of the new school
year at Warm Springs Elemen
tary has been calm in compari
son to last year. First of all, there
is no major construction going
on: At the start o f school in
2004, the gymnasium, located
right by the main elem entary
school building, was under con
struction. “It’s much quieter,”
said Dawn Smith, principal. This
year there is one new teacher at
the elem entary school, com
pared to six last year.
Economic summit
A new joint venture between
the Confederated Tribes’ two
wood products manufacturers
that could employ as many as
12 more tribal members, and
the possibility of making a profit
from a tribal water right, were
among the results of the Warm
Springs Economic Summit at
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re
sort and Casino. The two-day
gathering included discussion
am ong 40 lead ers from the
Warm Springs business commu
nity.
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Casino hearings
The open house hearings on
the tribes’ casino proposal at
Cascade Locks went well, said
Ed M an io n , o f the casino
project development team. The
purpose of the September hear
ings was to gather comments
and questions on the proposal,
not to debate the issue, and the
hearings were conducted with
this goal in mind, Manion said.
The open houses at Cascade
Locks drew attendance of be
tween 200 and 250 people, and
another 150 people showed up
at the hearing in Hood River,
M anion said. A bout h alf the
people who showed up were in
favor the proposal, and the
other half against, he said. The
tribal members who attended
were in favor, he said.
Commercial code
The key to economic devel
opment in Indian country, an
official from the Federal Re-
Autumn Johnson gives the monkey bars a swing during
the first week of school in 2005. Enrollment at the
elementary school was close to 400 students.
serve Bank recently said at Kah-
Nee-Ta, is leveling the commer
cial playing field both on and off
the reservation. Sue Woodrow,
managing project director for
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, said the means to
a level playing field is law ap
plied to transactions involving
personal property that are se
cured by collateral. Such law
would correspond to Article IX
o f the U niform Com m ercial
Code (UCC), the generally ac
cepted code created to harmo-
ni 2 e com m ercial law through
each of the United States.
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amount to $31.1 million. The
proposal includes increases in
program op erations o f $4.6
million, said Jody Calica, secre
tary-treasurer. The proposal,
however, results in a deficit bud
get of $4.7 million, said Calica.
The budget will need to be bal
anced before it is approved in
November.
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Warm Springs Fire M anage
ment camp crew are in Louisi
ana, helping residents recover
from the H urricane K atrina
disaster. The crew was called
into action on Saturday, Sept.
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High Lookee Lodge is now
fully a tribal operation. In past
years the tribes have contracted
with a private company to pro
vide management services for
the lodge; The plan from the be
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Claude Smith Sr. passed
away Sunday, Oct. 9. He
was 83. Mr. Smith was well
known for his dedication to
traditional fisheries, their
restoration and protection.
He fished at Celilo Falls,
Klickitat Falls, Eagle Creek
and many other usual and
accustomed
fishing
p laces o f
the W asco
people. For
m ore than
20 years he
represented
his people on the tribal Fish
and W ildlife Committee.
During his life, he traveled
across the U.S. educating
policymakers about fisher
ies and their protection. In
recent years he was hon
ored by the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commis
sion w ith the L ifetim e
Achievement Award. Mr.
Sm ith was a veteran o f
World War II. He worked
for the BIA roads depart
ment for 38 years.
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Budget woes
Tribal Council is asking for
membership comments on the
proposed general fund tribal
budget for 2006. Total expendi
tures in the proposed budget
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Building for credit
The Tribal Credit D epart
ment is planning the construc
tion o f a new building, to be
located on the vacant field west
o f the Administration Building.
The plan is to construct a 10,000
square-foot building at a pro
jected cost of about $2 million,
Lori Fuentes, Credit D epart
ment manager, said. The build
ing would house Tribal Credit,
and, in time, could include a
branch office of a bank, Fuentes
said. The bank branch would
lease space in the building from
the tribes, she said.
erty owned by the Confederated
Tribes could be used as a minis
try soup kitchen to help people
in need, according to a plan pro
posed by two Madras men. Jim
Struck and M ark Harner met
with Tribal Council, to ask if the
tribes could offer any possible
lo catio n s for the p ro ject.
Follwing the meeting, Struck,
Harner and Ron Mulkey, pas
tor of Metolius Friends Com
m unity Church, toured three
p o te n tia l sites w ith H erb
G raybael, head o f the tribal
U tilitie s. T hey to u red the
Morrison property, the Eyerly
property, and the Shoenhagen
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