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Page 14 Spilyay Tytnoo, W arm Springs, Oregon M ay 2 4 ,2 0 0 7 Meeting on proposed power line T h e Land U se Planning Committee is requesting the public to attend one o f three sc o p in g m e e tin g s at th e Agency Long House regard ing: T h e proposed transm is- sion line for the future Warm Springs B iom ass L L C power p lan t, lo ca te d at th e W arm Springs Forest Products plant. Contact the Land Use Plan ning Committee for more infor mation 553-3258. T he first meeting will start at noon on Wednesday, June 6, at the Agency Longhouse. Lunch is provided. P re se n te rs a re R a fa e l Q ueapham a, jim M anion, and Deepak Sehgal. News from Indian C ountry Tribe banishes blogger from reservation B E L C O U R T , N.D. (AP) - A n American Indian tribe has banished a blogger who wrote a m agazine article criticizing conditions ori the reservation and calling for an end to “cradle- to-grave entitlements.” T h e resolution by the Turtle M ountain Band o f Chippewa ¿ays Rob Port's column was " in jurious to the peace and seri ously threatens the general wel fare, health, safety, political se curity and prosperity" o f the tribe and others in N orth D a kota. P o rt -is w e b m a ste r .fo r SayAnythitigBlog.com. The col umn ran in the January issue o f T h e D akota B ea co n and ap peared on the blog. H e says he found out about the tribe's de- cision from a fellow blogger. “How do you ban somebody from land without even telling them about it?” Port said. “It doesn't seem very straightfor ward, banning somebody for an opinion piece.” Port said he spent about 15 hours “going around neighbor hoods and knocking on doors” on the reservation for his col-, umn, titled “The Appalling State o f N orth Dakota Indian Reser vations.” jl l e w rote that people are “perfectly content to live there. P robably _ because they d on't know any better. T h ey were likely raised in housing projects by their parents, who in turn were probably raised in housing projects themselves.” Port's column also called for an end to re se rv a tio n s and “cradle-to-grave entitlements.” Tribal V ice Chairm an Ted Henry said the column unfairly generalizes life on the reserva tion. - - ; “ I t cut our people down,”: Henry said. “We do have a lo t o f good people here. T h e article doesn't say anything about that. A lot o f our Indian people work hard.” T h e tribe adopted a banish ment ordinance last year to fight illegal drugs. People who are not •tribal.members can be banished w ithout w arning i f the tribe deems immediate removal nec essary. Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Miss Warm Springs Sallie Polk-Adams performs the Lord’s Prayer in Indian sign larlguage on Saturday at the Collage of Culture in Madras. Project in limbo because o f centuries-old law N O R T H B E N D , O re. (A P )—A p ian to put a H oipe D ep ot and other businesses on Coquille Tribal property is in lim bo because o f a law signed by President G eorge Washington in 1790. T h e In d ia n N o n in te r co u rse A c t shields tribes from being* cheated out o f their land by speculators. B u t it also prevents tribes from selling or leasing land except through a treaty with the federal government as a party to the deal. I t is considered the last m ajor hurdle to the Coquille E c o n o m ic D e v e lo p m e n t C o rp .'s' K o K w el W h a r f project, a 50-acre retail and entertainment project north o f T h e Mill Casino-Hotel. Hom e D e p o t, w h ich is paying fo r m udi o f the infrastructure for the shopping center, worries the lease might n ot be legal. empt the tribe in current and future projects. I f passed, it would apply only to land purchsed by the tribe that is not reservation land. “W hen it’s our $20 million going into a project, we want to make sure that there is no ques tion about the validity o f the lease that has been signed,” said Brian Cannàrd, the real estate Brady Scott, o f the busi ness wing o f the tribe said the law came to his attention during n eg o tiatio n s w ith H om e D epot. H e said Smith's bill m ust pass b efo re H om e D ep o t will sign a lease and begin m anager fo r H o m e D e p o t's Northwest Division. B u t rep resen tativ es fro m Hom e D ep ot and the business arm o f the C oqu ille In d ian Tribe say there is hope that Sen ate B ill 1 2 8 6 in tro d u ced by Oregon's Republican Sen. G or don Smith this m onth, will ex- building. H e said the tribe Would be willing to go ahead now i f H om e D ep ot had no issues with the law. H e said plans are not on hold and that work on permits and de signs continues. 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier Coupe 2D 2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Sport Utility 4-Cyl. 2.2 Liter Automatic FWD V8 5.3 Liter Automatic 4WD 1995 Chevrolet 2500 Pickup Extended Cab Long Bed 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Pickup HD Extended Cab Long Bed V8 5.7 Liter Automatic 4WD V8 6.0 Liter Automatic 4WD 1995 GMC Yukon Sport Utility 4D 2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Sedan 4D V8 5.7 Liter Automatic, 4WD V6 3.4 Liter Automatic FWD Best Deals In Town! 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