Spilydy Tymoo, Wdrrn Springs, Oregon
Page 11
August 2, 2 0 0 7
Tribal Council
...Council could aim
for a November
referendum.
Photo by U rbana Ross for the Spilyay
The area has since been cleaned up.
Homeless camp
(Continued from page 1)
The Warm Springs Police
D ep artm en t has received
hundreds o f calls about the
Rainbow boat launch area
over the p ast two years.
Jefferson County was receiv-:
ing five to six complaints a day
about the area.
The situation was creating
a bad âmagç o f the Confedy
erated T ribes and W arm
Springs, said Ross. “People
were wondering why something
wasn’t being done,’’ she said,
“and they looked to the tribes
and the county for solutions.’’1'
Part o f the Solution, sT
he said,
is to conduct outreach and in
tervention with the people who
were living at the boat launch.
R oss, Fire C h ief D an
M artin et," cou n selor C har
Herkshan, Sheriff Jack Jones
and others brought the concerns
to the hotheless people at the
launch last month. A publié
nbtice was then pbsted say-‘
ing that living at the artilis
not permitted.
Long term .solutions in
clude planning a transitional
home and a homeless shelter.
T h e m ore inf ¡mediate re
sponse would be to ‘cite For
trespassing, andexclude from
the property any person who
attempts to live at the boat
launch area* said Ross. ■
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The Council Chairman then
polled the full, group, asking
each member’to state the areas
he or, she felt were most impor
tant to address.
Voicing the sentim ent o f
many, one member raised up the Finally, maintaining and advanc
survey report and pointed to the ing sovereignty covers land use
table o f membership priorities. and the environment, treaty pro
“H ere’s our direction right tection and legal interests, and
here,” she said. | “Let’s get ‘em tribal culture, traditions, values,
done!”
and beliefs. ;
The full list o f priorities from
After further discussion and
the brainstorming session in consideration, which took up
cluded over 7Ö individual items, . most o f Wednesday morning’s
some o f them very specific and session, the Council unani
mously passed a Proclamation
others much more general. ......
Upon analysis, the initial list (the chairman not vpting) set
sorted but into four fundamen ting forth its fundamental goals
tal goals embraced by the Coun and a list o f six specific priori
cil: to provide better opportu ties that Will gUide the actions
nity to the people, to provide o f tribal government over the
better support to the people, to next three years. The six priori
serve the people through a more ties are:
effeepye and accountable gov- ;■
Adoption and active imple
ernment, and to maintain and
advance the people’s sovereign mentation o f a long-term stra
tegic plan for the economy that
status. _
Each o f these four goals in will generate significant on-res-
turn includes a series o f explicit ervation jobs and revenues
priority areas. Better opportu needed to fund other tribal pri
nity,, for instance, covers 'ê,ëo^ orities; ‘
Better healthdare, including
nomic development, education,
and modernization o f technol programs to reduçe substance
ogy hid infrastructure. Support abuse on the reservation;
Improvement in education,
o f the. people addresses areas
such as healthcare, stibstanCe vocational training, internships,
ab u se,'h ou sin g , and public and youth development;
More effective and accoutit-
safety. Improvènjents in gôv-
erpmentydll mean better com able goVerhirfent and enter
munications' bettér .focus on prises;
Im p rov em en t
in
th e’
policy, long-term direction, and
strategy, setting and following reservation’s facilities and infra
Up oh benchmarks, and reduc structure, including cónstruc-
ing administrative bureaucracy. tioti o f tribal member housing;
and
Preservation and enhance- j
ment o f the Tribe’s nattiral, cul- •
tural, and sovereign , endow -, !
ments. ’
Bear Springs and other ;
business
W ith it? main business ç f
setting priorities com p lete,
Council turned to other topics.
Principal amotig these was the
potential real estate develop-
ment near Bear Springs. Clyde
Ham street, G EO o f W arm
Springs Ventures, presented an
overview and timeline for the
project, g
Çoundbmembers were very
sensitive o f the need to hear
from the people before commit-
ting significant funds to Bear
uave Mciviecnan/opiiyay
Alvis Smith Sr. inspects the burnt remains of a trailer that was destroyed by a j
suspicious fire. The trailer belonged to Vernon Smith Sr. A reward of $200 is being
offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who started
the fire.
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eluded with an overview o f the
■ many items on'Gôùnçüh plate. V.
Afterwards. Cahca said, “J,
was pleased with the retreat.-J
The Council has given us their
priorities :and n ° ^ it’s up to us
to set action plans and start c
working on them. It’s good to ■
get this kind o f direction early
in the term, so we can all work
together in advancing the inter-
ests o f the membership.”
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Council could aim for a Novem- ;
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