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Congressional action a victory for the tribes
Legislation that would block Indian
tribes from building casinos off their
reservations contains a grandfather
clause that could help the Confeder
ated Tribes o f Warm Springs in their
proposal for a casino in the Columbia
River Gorge.
The House Resources Committee,
which includes US. Rep. Greg Walden,
R-Ore., last week approved a bill by
committee Chairman Richard Pombo,
R-Calif., aimed at halting further de
velopment o f off-reservation gambling.
uCen Smith, chairman o f the tribes’
T he bill, which passed ^7-9, would
eliminate an exception to the Indian gaming committee, said the Pombo bill
Gaming Regulatory A tt that allows is fak*_The tribes, Smith said, have
tribes to build off-reservation with the ,lpenf-several years, and millions o f
approval o f the Interior secretary and dollars in developing the Cascade Locks
the state’s governor.
proposal, and during that time, the tribes
But tribes that submitted applications w ere following the Indian Gaming
by last M arch 7, including War pi Regulatory Act..
Springs, would be allowed to proceed
. To amend the afct now and disa|loh^
under a grandfather clause. The Con the Cascade Locks plan from moving
federated Tribes have proposed build ahead would be unfair, Smith said. “I’ye
ing a casino on industrial land in Cas felt very strongly that we needed to have
the grandfather clause,” he said.
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Smith said he appreciates the
work the tribes’ gaming teattvhas
done during the legislative process.
The team worked will w ith Rep.
Walden and his staff, he said.
The Pombo bill in the House, and
the Senate bill dealing with Indian
gaming, sponsored by Sen. McCain,
now both contain the grandfather
clause recognizing the Confederated
Tribes situation in regard, to the Cas
cade Locks plan. ( The A P helped with
i^is fifty,f
Eagle- Tech
beginning
to take off
B y M artn Cohn
for the Spilyay Tym oo
Eagle-Tech Systems has encountered
its share o f setbacks, ranging from a
temporary work stoppage on the new
C om m unity Technology C enter to
slo w e r-th a n -h o p e d -fo r fin an cial
progress. But with a solid business plan
and two recent grants under its belt
from the Kellogg Foundation and the
U.S. Departm ent o f Agriculture, the
W arm ; Springs Ventures information
technology subsidiary feels confident
©frits direction and ability to thrive.
Eagle-Tech already holds its own fi
nancially through information technol
ogy (IT) contracts with the Confeder
ated Tribes, but its sights are ket on
expansion.
“There are lots of opportunities out
there,” says Lloyd Phillips, Eagle-Tech
general manager. “We’re behind where
we wanted to be at this point, b u t it’s
almost phenomenal when we look at
the p o s sibilitie's. and tw e are making
progress— painfully slow sometimes,
but definitely progress. V
Tech center to offer services
Photo courtesy of Norm a Miller
Members of Team Oregon, representing the tribes of the-state, $t the North American Indigenous Games. Athletes of the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs ate' at "tight, ^ e e p a g e s 6 a n il 7 fo r ih o re oh tile N o rth A m erican. In d ig e n o u s G am es.
509-J board approves new small high school
B y L eslie M itts '*
Spilyay. Tyfnoo
Students; will be hitting the books
again this fall— but for some,' it will be
different this year.
The schoolboardrecetidy approved
funding to Support a new small high
school program.
Julie Lafayette, program director,
said the school will open next fall. At
first, 60 students (30 freshman and 30
sophomores) will attend the school in
p a rt o f W est Side E lem entary.
From there, they hope t f build up the
school,to have as many is . 320 students
within 4 years.’ ;
' In addition to support from the
school board, Lafayëjste said, ?We re
ceived a 410,000grapt from the Gates
foundation. They afe funding innova
tive approaches fo éducation.”
The school has been in the works for
a year now, and Lafayette said the point
is to focus on individualized learning.
, “The w hole prem ise behind the
school is to provide a high sChòol tbat
will meet the specific needs o f our stu
dents,” she said.
According to Lafayette, “The whole
philosophy behind it is reaching one
student at a time by personalizing edu
cation.” ;
' “Every student will have an indi
vidual leaning plan, so it’s unique in
that "way,” she added.
The school will not use the stan
dard grading system— instead .they
will be following the Oregon State
standards o f assessment and fOcus-
ingr oH ihe academic needs o f each
student
But it isn’t all about the books.
. “The second key factor in thé
school is emphasis ip building rela
tionships with the students,” Lafayette
said. A
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Eagle-Tech’s recent advances occur
along two different but closely related
paths, both o f which have won fund-
, ing support. The. first patlustretches
towards the ‘tech center arid its goal Of
offering free high-speed internet access,
computer training, and a limited array
o f business services to tribal members.
A $67,000 Kellogg grant, awarded
through the Rural Development Initia-
. five and the Connecting Oregon for
Rural Entrepreneurship (CORE) pro
gram, will help Eagle-Tech complete the
center and begin funding its operation.
‘‘W inning that grant is especially im
portant in light of/'the tribal adminis-
tration cutbacks that cjpsdd the small
. business center,” says Ventures Chief
financial officer Jeff Anspach. “Once
Eagle-Tech gets the new center up and
running they’ll be able to fill part o f
the gap left by that shutdown.”
S ee EAGLE-TECH on 14
After preparing many great meals, cook Ruby Reed is retiring
B y L eslie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
H er hands are w hat show it the
m ost— the years o f preparation, the
ability to cook with the precision and
timeliness o f a sijtfgeoh:, ■?,.
With wrinkles to yduch for hours
o f labor, it’s ’obvious that there is one i
thing Ruby Reed has always been ac
customed to: hard Work.
■ “I ’ve worked all my life,” Reed said.
“I’ve never had a childhood or teenage
life.”
Now, however, Reed has earned a;
well-deserved test.- After 17 years o f
working at the senior program,. Reed
retired June 29.
Tears and laughter mixed whenjto-
wOrkers and friends gathered to honor
Ruby Reed at a luncheon served in her
honor.
Fellow cooks spoke Tof the knowl
edge she has passed down.
“ I ’m g oing to m iss h er in th e
kitchen,” Cherilyn Starr said. “I just want
to thank Ruby for teaching me what I
know.”
E lton Greeley presented Reed with
a Pendleton blanket, and spoke to the
crowd about his penchant for the food
Reed prepared.
Ruby Reed accepts a gift during her retirement party.
“I ’m one o f those who really likes
Ruby’s cooking,” he said. “In fact, I
think because o f Ruby’s cooking I’m
starting to’ get overweight.”
Greeley also spoke o f Reed’s viva
cious attitude, and joked, “Once we get
her to start talking we can’t get her to
quit” -
Though tiny in stature, Reed displays
a sense o f hum or that is anything but.
While at first Reed seems shy, it doesn’t
take long before a twinkling smile lights
up her face. V
Reed speaks o f her future plans with
a gleeful smile. “Oh, I’m going to rest,”
she said. “Myhouse nefeds painting, my
whole, entire home needs attention.”
“I may get into my beadwork,” Reed
added, or devote her time to making Miller, for causing her to make the
move from cleaning to the kitchen.
shawls..
. “O ne day she asked, ‘W hat do you
Does she miss working yet? “No, no,”
Reed said with a laugh.
like doing?’’’ Reed explained. When
Reed didn’t start out as a cook, how Reed told her that her favorite thing to
ever., She can ratde(o f a list o f jobs do was cook, s]be moved her into thé
she’s held: bus girl, factory Worker’ ev^n kitchen.
^s an LPN while studying to become
Though she doesn’t know exactly
why she enjoys cooking so much, Reed
an RN.
During her teenage years, Reed got said it’s just something she grew up with.
her first job as a housekeeper for mo
' “I’ve always liked-doing that,” she
tels. t
said. “My grandmother always cooked
She irioved on to work in San Fran or helped to cook in the long houses
cisco for 28 years at hotels like the St. and so did my mother.” ,,,
It was especially enjoyable while
Francis and the Hilton.
But it never really seemed like such working with the senior program, Reed
hard work, Reed said, because “I en Said, because o f the people she got to
joyed what I was doing.^-
interact with.
O ne thing it taught her was a strong
“You really get acquainted with a lot
work ethic. “I was taught never to be o f our peOple,” Reed said.
late, never to-’take a day off, I don’t
She can’t pick a favorite dish to pre
think I ever missed a day even, all those pare (“They’re all good,” Reed said) but
: years,” she said.
Odds are she can prepare them with
She eventually left San Francisco to skill.
move to Warm Springs, w here she
Still, when she thinks o f the upcom
•worked at Kah-Nee-Ta for many years ing years, Reed can’t pinpoint exactly
as the head o f housekeeping.
w hat,it is she’ll be spending her time
Heir love o f cooking wasn’t fully doing
developed until years later, when she
According to Reed, “I ’ve never got
was working as a housekeeper for the ten around to w hat I was doing, so
senior program.
maybe now that I’m retired I can get
R eed credits h er bo ss, A deline around to it.”