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1 Pdge 14- Candidate for Junior Court V erb en a V e ro n ica N o ra State University offered begin selling tickets for the title o f ning com puter classes on June M iss P i- U m e -S h a J u n io r 14 to over 20 people in two Queen. H er Indian nam e is classes. P retty E agle G irl, given to T h e classes helped beginners her by her grandm other Rose learn about using a computer. Chesaneke in Crow Agency, Tod Williver, the instructor, M ont. is well known as one o f the best Verbena enjoys powwows, com puter instructors in the Cen participating in hand games tral O regon Region. (stick games), riding her bike and being with her families b o th in M o n tan a and O r T h e B i t M o b ile , a la rg e Verbena Veronica Nora Greene trailer or “toy b o x ” is equipped w ith 15 laptop com puters and egon. Sh e is a stu d en t at the Head Start program in Crow a satellite dish. I t is funded by Springs). a g ra n t fro m O r e g o n S ta te H e r g ra n d p a re n ts are Agency. She is the daughter R am on a and Luis B a e z L. o f Ram on G reene o f Warm and Christine and Patrick Big Springs and Plyza G reene o f Lake. H er fam ily includes Crow Agency, M ont. uncles Jarv is and Felix B ig has one s is te r , Lake and aunts K risten and Lawrencia G reene (o f Crow Charm in B ig Lake, as well as A gency) and on e b ro th e r, her aunt and uncle Brutus Ja k e Baez and Veronica Baez. F ran k (o f W arm BitMobile offering computer classes T he B it M obile from O regon G reene is four years old and She Ju ne 2 2 , 2 0 0 6 Spílyay T y m o o , W a rm Springs, O re g o n University. You can sign up for the June 28 class on E-m ail and Internet Use by calling or stopping by the W arm Springs L ib rary at the Family Resource Center. T h e num ber is 553-3438 and ask for Julie or Althea. Photo by Julie Quaid Local residents learn beginning computer skills at the OSU BitMobile, which will return to Warm Springs on June 28. Opinion questionnaire draws on research, experience at other reservations B y M aren Cohn W arm Springs V entures an d r e s o u r c e d e v e lo p m e n t econom ically successful.” o f the m any H arvard P ro je ct for a stable, effective and cul Som e o f the tribes assisted m em bers were willing to sup A n especially fruitful source papers stress repeatedly the im tu ra lly le g itim a te by Harvard P ro ject researchers O n Ju n e 15, the deadline ex port. T hey hoped the answers for the questionnaire was the portance o f looking beyond the governm ental infrastructure to have becom e widely-known suc pired for mailing in the opinion would help them in long-range H arvard P ro je ct on A m erican creation o f a few good business support econom ic developm ent cess stories. For instance, K alt survey recently sent to all tribal planning for new projects on the Indian E con om ic Developm ent, enterprises. Such businesses are is com m on to all. Every soci served as m ediator in negotiat m em bers over the age o f 18. reservation. run out o f Harvard’s Kennedy essential, o f course. B u t before ety needs that, not just A m eri ing the historic agreement that N am es o f the cash prize w in In compiling the survey, how School o f G overnm ent and the they can take lasting root, the can Indians. B u t the historical settled endangered species dis ners will be announced soon, ever, the authors perceived the Native N ations Institute at the research reveals, tribes must en circu m stan ces o f reserv atio n putes between the W hite M oun and results should be available need to address issues beyond University o f Arizona. For the sure that their administrative sys life, especially the long tradition tain Apache Tribe and the U.S. next m onth. Preliminary analy the econom y as narrowly under past twenty years, researchers tems adequately support business of c o n tr o llin g Fish and Wildlife Service. T h e sis shows a high rate o f response, stood . Sin ce eco n o m ic issues fro m th e p r o je c t have b e e n and investment in general. decisions, have n o t prom oted agreement resulted in an E x e cu and the sponsors are pleased that cannot be isolated from other w orking in Indian Country to “W e’ve worked with dozens the conditions needed for strong tive O rder providing for tribal so m any tribal m em bers to o k areas o f reserv atio n life, the help tribes find ways to end res and dozens o f tribes over the eco n o m ic grow th. W h at that assumption o f authority in natu o u ts id e rs tim e to fill our the q u estio n survey grew in scope to accom ervation poverty. By looking at years,” says Jo e K alt, a profes m eans for many tribes is that ral resou rce m atters, and e n naire. m od ate in te rco n n e c tio n s b e healthy and struggling com m u sor in the K ennedy Sch oo l o f they need to go back and look abled the tribe to continue its tween political, cultural, and eco nities alike, they have uncovered G o v e rn m e n t and on e o f the at the institutions o f their com profitable forest products and nom ic forces. a series o f factors that make a H a rv a rd P r o je c t ’s munities, to see how well they recreational businesses. W arm Springs Ventures and K ah -N ee-T a initiated the sum m er-lon g op inion research to “We did a lo t o f research decisive difference between eco directors. “E ach case is differ fit w ith w ho the tribe is as a find out w hat tribal m em bers w hile p u ttin g th e survey t o n o m ic success and failure on ent, but the foundational need people.” th in k a b o u t th e re s e rv a tio n gether,” says Clyde H am street, reservations. econom y — how it is currently C E O o f Ventures. “We looked O n e o f the m ost striking re perform ing and w hat it should in to w hat o th e r reserv atio n s sults o f this research concerns strive for in the future. T h e two have d on e to im p ro v e th eir the im portant role played by the o rg a n iz a tio n s w e n t in to th e econom ies, and we tried to de tribal administration and institu p ro ject intending to ask ques term ine what factors are deci tions o f governm ent in build tions about w hat kinds o f labor sive in helping tribes b ecom e ing a thriving economy. Authors (This article m il conclude in the next edition o f the Spilyaj.) 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