Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Plan for the Use and Distribution of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon Judgment funds (25 u.s.c. §1401 et. seq.)
setdement funds, as well as all
income from the investment,
shall be used to implementation
of the Strategic Restoration Plan
for the Natural Resources on the
W arm Spring R eservation.
(Settlement Agreement, para
graph 3.B and Exhibit B).
C . Six M illion D ollars
($6,000,000.00) o f the settle
ment funds, as well as all income
from the investment, shall be
used by the Tribe to pay for a
baseline assessment of the cur
rent conditions o f the Tribe’s
natural resources on its Reser
vation, (which shall include the
forest, range, roads, watersheds,
and cultural resources) and/or
Tribal Programming
A. Thirty-two Million Dol to reim burse the T ribe for
lars ($32,000,000.00) o f the attorneys fees and costs and ex
settlement funds, as well as all pert fees and costs incurred by
T ribe, I (S ettlem ent
income from the investment of the
such amount, shall be used by Agreement, paragraphs 3.C. and
the Tribe as it decides in its sole j g
D . Seven Hundred and Fifty
discretion for tribal operations
D ollars
and p u rp o ses (S ettlem ent T h o u san d
($750,000.00), as well as all in
Agreement, paragraph 3.A.).
B. Twenty-nine Million Dol come from the investment of
lars ($29,000,000.00) o f the such amount, shall be released
The funds appropriated in
satisfaction o f the Settlement
A greem ent executed by the
Confederated Tribes o f the
Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon and the United States
Government in Docket No. 02-
126L shall be used and distrib
uted in accord with the terms
of the Settlement Agreement.
The settlement funds total
Sixty-Eight M illion D ollars
($68,000,000.00). The terms of
th e S ettlem ent A greem ent
specifying the use and distribu
tion of the setdement funds are
reflected below.
to the Tribe for its sole discre Tribe’s submission of its appli
tion upon the Tribe’s submis cation, as set forth in Paragraph
sion to the Interior Department 3.D. o f the Settlement Agree
p u rsu an t to 25 C.F.R. §§ m ent, O ne H u n d red and
1000.17,100.20,100.23 (2008), •Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
of a complete application that ($125,000.00), as well as all in
seeks self-governance over all of come from the investment of
the forestry and natural re such amount shall be released to
source management programs the Tribe for use at its sole dis-
relating to the Tribe’s On-Res
ervation Non-Monetary Trust
Assets (Settlement Agreement,
paragraph 3.D.).
E . Two Hundred and Fifty
T h o u san d
D ollars
($250,000.00), as well as all in
come from the investment of
Such amount, shall be released
H ello, com m unity o f
to the Tribe for use as it decides
Warm Springs. My name is
at its sole discretion, upon the
Marceline Medina (Smith).
execution by the Tribe and the
I am married to Robert
Interior Department of a mu
Medina, and we have two
tually annual funding agreement
kids. I am the daughter of
to the self-governance respon
Debra V Kalama and Alfred
sibilities described in D. ò f thè
Smith Jr. I have two broth
Settlement Agreement, if the
ers, Jonathan and Kaleb. I
Tribe and the Interior fail to
am an enrolled tribal mem
execute a mutually annual fund
ber and have lived here all
ing agreement within twenty-
my life.
four (24) months of the of the
I am the Service Coordi
nator for Children’s Protec
tive Services (CPS). I do the
A ssisted G uardianship,
which is like adoption but-
the tribes do not terminate
parental rights on the reser
Notice of public hearing regarding the use and distribution of the judg
vation. It puts kids in a per-
cretion Settlement Agreement,
paragraph 3 E.
General Provisions
None o f the funds distrib
uted under this plan shall be sub
ject to Federal or State income
taxes, nor shall such funds nor
their availability be considered
Tribal Employee of the Week
Marceline Medina
Department of the Interior -
Bureau of Indian Affairs
manenf situation with a foster
family until their parents are able
to take them back into a healthy
safe home.
ment funds awarded to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervation in Docket 02-126L.
Notice is hereby given
that the Bureau o f Indian
Affairs will hold a Hearing
of Record at 7 p.m. on
J u n e 4, 2 0 0 9 , a t th e
Agency Longhouse, Warm
Springs, Oregon.
The Hearing of Record
is called in accordance
with regulations in 25 CFR
87.4, w hich govern th e
calling and conduct o f the
Hearing of Record pursu
ant to the Indian Tribal
Judgm ent Funds Use or
D is trib u tio n
A ct,
as
a m e n d e d , 25 U .S .C .
1401, et seq.
This hearing will be on
the proposed plan for the
use and distribution of the
settlement funds awarded
to the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Res
e rv a tio n to s a tis fy th e
claim s filed a gainst the
United States between 1855
to the present.
The case summary is as
follows:
The Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reser
vation o f Oregon (Tribes) and
the United States have en
tered into a settlement agree
ment fo r $68 m illion which
shall settle the Tribes’ claim
that thè United States govern^
ment breached its trust duties
in regard to the management
of the Tribes’ non-monetary
a s s e ts fro m 1855 to th e
present,
This award is Phase II of
the case o rig in a lly filed in
2002, and the award is part
of the Confederated Tribes o f
the Warm Springs Reserva
tio n o f O regon v. U.S. in
Docket 02-126L. ,
A copy o f the proposed
plan for use and distribu
tion o f the funds w ill be
made available upon re
q u e st to the N o rth w e st
Regional Director, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Northwest
Regional
Office, 911 NE 11th Av
enue, P ortland, Oregon
97232, or the Superinten
dent, Bureau of Indian Af
fa irs , W arm S p rin g s
Agency, W arm Springs,
Oregon 97761.
Individuals or organiza
tions may express th e ir
oral or written views by ap
pearing at this meeting, or
they may subm it written
comments for inclusion in
the official reference of the
hearing to the Northwest
Regional D irector at the
above address by June
12, 2009.
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Chief operations officer
Gerald Smith spoke on be
half of his staff.
Dee Pigsely from the Con
federated Tribes of Siletz was
also on hand, and com
mended Warm Springs for its
health care work. IHS repre
sentatives, and doctors from
the clinic also spoke.
The Confederated Tribes
o f Warm Springs built the
clinic in 1993, with the agree
ment that IHS would provide
health care services, as re
quired by treaty.
In subsequent years, the
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E ls ie B . D ic k , 1918-2009
ber o f the Yakama Nation and
religious leader in the Washut
relig io n th ro u g h th e C old
S prings and R ock C reek
Longhouses.
She was a homemaker, and
laborer in the agriculture indus
try. She taught herself to read
and write while only having the
I also do Special Rates,
which is for children that
may need a little or a lot
m ore atten tio n th en the
regular child. T he child
maybe depressed, abused
(physically/mentally/sexu
ally), ADD/ADHD, or FAS.
CPS has a nurse go to the
hom e and evaluate how
much more attention the
child needs and CPS will
then go over the informa
tion and give additional as
sistance.
I also do Independent
Living Program. I work with
kids and young adults ages
13-21, to help them learn to
live on their own.
MILLER FORD-NISSAN
Howkak Tichum
Elsie B. Dick of Toppenish
died at her home on Monday
April 13, 2009, surrounded by
her family. She was 90.
Ms. Dick was born in the
Blue Mountains in Oregon on
November 8,1918 to Tom Billy
and Susie Walsey.:
She was an enrolled mem-
as income or resources nor oth
erwise utilized as the basis for
denying or reducing the finan
cial assistance or other benefits
to which such household or
member would otherwise be
entitled under the Social Secu
rity Act, or any Federal or fed
erally assisted programs.
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Service,
Rental cars
opportunity to attend Roosevelt
Elementery. >
She enjoyed gathering foods,
powwows, beadworking, attend
ing religious events and partici
pated with the G host H orse
family in the sundance ceremo
nies. Her most valued belief was
to love and cherish one another.
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tribes and IHS came to sig
nificant disagreement, result
ing in the lawsuit, for in
stance. The differences were
resolved through five media
tion sessions.
DON REDFIELD CCB #178812
541-475-2027
541-460-0805
EMAIL» DOORKEEPERLLC@NETZERO.COM
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T his week was one o f
major accomplishments at
the clinic, which also received
its three-year Association for
Ambulatory Health Care ac
creditation, “in recognition
o f the highest quality of care
and substantial compliance
with all regulations.”
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