November 22, 2 0 0 7
Spííyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Page 10
Births
N ayeli Teresa-Leab T orres
Noel Torres and Sabrina
Plazola are pleased to announce
the birth o f their daughter
Nayeli Teresa-Leah Torres, born
Politicians
introduce
Indian
schools bill
on November 5, 2007.
Grandmother on the father’s
side is Teresa Diaz. Grandpar
ents on the mother’s side are
Lalani Wolfe and Jose Plazola.
H o w lak T ichum
Robert Wayne Miller, 1945-2007
Robert Wayne Miller of
Warm Springs passed away
on November 4, 2007 at his
. home. He was 61.
Mr. Miller was born on
D ecember 1, 1945‘ ai£
Redmond to parents Willis •
and Adeline (Moses) Miller.
Mr. Miller was a lifetime
resident tof Warm Springs,
and was the health officer for -
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
He Is survived by his
tpother Adeline M iller of*
W arm Springs; children
Wayne M iller and Carol
Miller of Warm Springs; sis
ters Eileen Spin© and Phyllis
Strong, both oof Warm
Springs; and four grandchil
dren. His father, a son, Willis,
a brother, Harry, and a sis
ter, Carol Miller preceded
him in death.
Leslie Mitts/Spilyay
VO CS staff gave Anna M ’Kinne, third from left, a token of appreciation for items she
recently donated.
N ew staff at Victims of Crime Services
NNI: Conference in Dec.
(Continued from page 1)
Capable governance refers to1
the establishm ent of in
spected, stable, and non-po-
liticized mechanisms fòf‘dis
pute-resolution, keeping poli
tics out of business manage
ment, and building effective
bureaucfacies. .
Cultural
requires that
a tribe’s systems of govern-,
ment and leadership build
upon traditional conceptions
of authority.
S tm tegc orientation means
approaching development
not as a quick fix, but as a
rpeanS' of buildifigwhQÌesOjg
c ^ t i^ t h à t .
rules and institutions that the
people trust—this is where
cultural match comes in, too.
You have to be locking ahead
and working for the’ long
term, and you have to have
the leadership td get ydfu
therdJ
“Our staff is experienced
in helping tribes achieve
those goals. We’re looking
forward to working with the
people of Warm Springs,
learning from your experience
and offering you the benefit
of ours,” ’
The December confer-
< ftfirp fcTWY will:b e bdth y -
thè''
long-term.
Finally, leadership s embod
ied in individuals who know
how things are done and can
bring the community along,
with them in shaping the far
ture.
: , “The upshot of the nation
building approach is td em
phasize how interdependent
all these aspects of a com
munity really are,” /said Ian
Record, Manger of NNI’s
Leadership and Management
Programs.
‘ ’ “Yob can’t have a work
ing economy without a work-
ing government, but you can’t
have a working government
without the people behind it.
That means you have to have
spanning issufes related to the
economy; adm inistration,
Council, and judiaary. .
The curriculum will be tai
lored to the tribe’s specific
needs, but presentations used
in other settings have in
cluded tides such as:
“Why Are Some Native
Nations More*Successful
Than Others?’’ . I
“Rethinking Tribal Gov
ernment.”
“Making Tribal Econo-
mies Work.”
“Roles and Responsibili
ties,” and “How.DdUYou
M oye'From the Standard
Approach to the Nation-
Budding One?”
New Staff members are hard at work with
Victims of,. Crime Services.
Four new advocates began working with ,
VQ£S about a month ago.
The new staff members include Tfissie
Fuentes; Aurel. Stinson, Tina Aguilar and
Juanita Denney Villas
Fuentes began working at VOCS after’
working for Eagle-Tech Systems in the new
deli, she said.
Her favorite part of her new job, Fuentes
added, is “just helping, being able to be a good
.listener,”
Stinson began working at VOCS after be
ing a victim herself, she said,
“Being a survivor i§ what inspired me to
give the same hope or guide our victifns to
become survivors too” , she said.
One, of her favorite parts includes working
with the other VOCS staff members, she
added.
“We’re all a variety of personalities that
mesh well together,” she said.
Another part she enjoys, Stinson said, is
“going home with a good feeling, knowing I*m
doing the best I can for our community.”
—
by Leslie Mitts
(AP) — Politicians from
North Dakota and South
Dakota have introduced
legislation reaffirming the
federal government's re
sponsibility, for repairing,
renovating and replacing
tribal Schools.
The bill also tells the
nation's Interior secretary
to set up a pilot tribal
school m odernization
bonds program.
The Indian School Con
struction Act was intro
duced by-; Sen. Tith
Johnson, D-S.D., and Rep.
Earl Pomeroy D-N.D.-
, The Interior, Depart
ment has acknowledged a
$2.4 billion backlog of re
pairs and replacements in
tribal schools funded
through the Bureau of In
dian Affairs.
“Top many tribal schools
have exceeded their life ex
pectancy and it is the
government's treaty oblige
tiqii to make tribal schools
> (sa$e and conducive to learn
ing;” Johnson said. “On av
erage, federal funding over
the past 50 years has not
fixed this glaring problem.
The bonding system ap
proach in this bill will ulti
mately turn bonds sold into
safer, stronger schools,”
Ignoring mandates, FERC reemomends keeping dams
; GRANTS PASS (AP) - Fed^ while allowing for evaluation of
,§ral. licencing authorities havq restoring fiahyp ¿he,upper Kk-
j||s§um e ki*
n g. jmStjfi
PacifiCorp'sfourhydroMectric' a century.
dams on me Klamàth River, sid
FERC spokeswoman Celeste
ing wi^h the utility and ignoring Miller acknowledged that fish
calls from fisheries agencies to ladders and other im prove
build fish laddèrs.
ments required by NOAA Fish
The final environmental im eries and other federal agencies
pact statement from the staff
of the Federal Energy Regula
tory Commission chose trapping
and hauling fish around the
dams rather than building expen
sive fish ladders and reducing
power production to help
salmon.
The statement described that
as the best economic choice
are “generally” included in the
finalMcen^,leadihg saknon ad-|
di^ls-sm e’-Iltestl
evaluation a| “legally infeasible.”
Meanwhile, Indian tribes
hopiiig to restore salmon: runs
that once were crucial to their
cuftiiifes; Klamath Basin farm-
ets who depend on cheap power
and water for irrigation, and
C&Ufomia commercial - Salmon
ml|errfifetl ^suffefih^ dramatic'
cutbacks in fishing seasons from
declining Klamath Riyer salmon
runs, met in Redding, Calif.
They are seeking a deal to re
move the dams with state and
federal help.
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