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More News from 2005
December
Membership gathering
A group o f nearly 40 kids,
from preschool age to high
school, are helping keep alive
the culture of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs. The
Warm Springs 4-H Social Dance
club meets once a week in the
aerobics room at the Commu
nity Center to learn dances that
have been a part of tribal cul
ture for many generations.
A group o f just under 50
tribal members met in Decem
ber to discuss the tribal gaming
enterprise, treaty rights, and
Tribal Council travel costs. The
meeting, attended by two Coun
cil members, was at the Agency
L o ngho use. M em bers who
spoke at the meeting expressed
concern over the cost and delay
in construction of the Cascade
Locks casino. Some at the meet
ing said that T ribal C ouncil
should not only listen to the
wishes of members, but should
listen and respond.
Bighorn herd grows
Winter snow
Between transplants in 2002
and last December, the big horn
sheep population on the Warm
Springs reservation is now up
to around 60 sheep and doing
w ell. The herd o f 15 tran s
ported from the John Day River
canyon near Condon about a
year ago has increased to 20,
Warm Springs Fish and Wildlife
manager Terry Luther said in
D ecem ber. W hile two adult
sheep have been killed in the
past year, seven lam bs have
been born and survived since
their birth last April.
Several inches of snow fell
this month on the reservation.
And in keeping with holiday sea
son, the second annual Warm
Springs Christmas Tree Lighting
and Light Parade helped brighten
the long winter evening.
Dance group
Brian Mortensen/Spilyay
The year 2005 saw Korean War Veteran Chesley Yahtin
receive his long-overdue war medals. He received the
medals in August 2005.
November
Looming budget cuts
dorsed by the state and the Con
federated Tribes through a gam
in g com p act. C o ngressm an
Greg Walden, of Oregon’s Sec
ond Congressional District, is a
supporter of the tribes in regard
to the Pombo bill. The local
communities that would be im
pacted the casino — mainly Cas
cade Locks and H ood River
County — are also largely in fa
vor of the tribes’ proposal.
In November 2005 the tribal
budget became a main focus of
attention, as major cuts, includ
ing jobs, were contem plated.
A nd u ntil the C onfederated
Tribes have some significant
new source of revenue, then the
focus during future budget plan
ning has to be on reducing ex
penditures. “Clearly, I’m con
cerned, because our available
funds have dropped by $15 mil
lion over the past three years,”
said Ray Potter, the tribes’ chief
financial officer. In the short run
of the next three to four years,
he said, the tribes are not ex
pecting to see any new major
source o f revenue. A fter that
time the plan is to begin seeing
revenue from the new casino at
the Columbia. “Until then we can
only concentrate on reducing ex
penditures,” said Potter.
An exhibit o f work by ac
claimed artist Lillian Pitt went
on display at the Oregon His
torical Society
in P o rtlan d .
The exh ib it,
“Building on
the Frames of
M y A n c e s
tors,” features
new work by Pitt based on the
forms o f the Longhouse and
salmon drying racks, both el
emental structures in the tradi
tional life of the Columbia River
Plateau people.
All-around cowboy
Addressing drug problem
Clint Bruised Head finished
out another successful year in
Indian circuit rodeo last month,
repeating his title in the steer
wresting at the Indian National
F inals Rodeo in San Carlos,
Ariz., and winning the year-end
all-around cowboy title in the
W estern States Indian Rodeo
Cowboy Association.
T he W arm Springs trib al
g o v e rn m e n t’s to leran ce for
methamphetamine abuse on the
reservation has run out, a tribal
judge said in November. Stiffer
jail sentences, restrictions on
work release programs, and pro
posed measures to protect chil
dren in homes affected by meth
abuse are steps being taken by
the Warm Springs tribal court
and law enforcement, said Chief
Judge Anita Jackson. She spoke
during a presentation at the Con
ference on Methamphetamine
Prevention at the Warm Springs
Community Center Social Hall
Nov. 14.
Gaming law
Tribal Council Chairman Ron
Suppah testified in Washington,
D.C. before a House of Repre
sentatives committee regarding
a draft bill that could affect the
tribes’ gaming expansion plan.
Suppah said the draft bill being
c irc u la te d by Rep. R ich ard
Pombo, R-Cali£, could hurt the
Confederated Tribes’ chance of
building a casino at Cascade
Locks. Tribal leaders say, though,
that the Cascade Locks proposal
is unique among Indian gaming
proposals, and for this reason
should be exempt from the pro
posed bill. The Cascade Locks
proposal, for instance, is en-
Acclaimed artist
There are seven tribal mem
bers this year who are coaching
either at Madras High School
or Jefferso n C ounty M iddle
School. “It’s the most I’ve seen
since I’ve been here — the most
Indian coaches I’ve seen in a
school d istric t,” said B utch
David, Warm Springs liaison at
the middle school.
Seven tribal members from Warm Springs were coaching at
the 509-J school district in the fall of 2005. They are Butch
David, Luanne Foltz, T.J. Foltz, Mackey Begay, Lana Leonard
and Andy Leonard (from left; Gorkey Mitchell was not
available for the picture).
Family to sue
The family o f the teenager
who died of alcohol poisoning
in a boarding school jail cell has
filed a $24 m illio n law su it
against Interior Secretary Gale
Norton, accusing government
officials o f torture and con
spiracy. The death of Cindy Gil
bert Sohappy a little over two
years ago resulted in a Senate in
vestigation and claims that Bu
reau of Indian Affairs officials ig
nored the risks to children at In
dian boarding schools for years.
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