Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Indian business talk
Living below your means
By Bruce Engle
Tribal Credit Enterprise
Have you heard o f these popular
advice column and television talk show
topics:
“How to get out o f debt” and “How
to save for (fill in the blank)”?
Are there secrets to doing these
things? D o we have to buy a book, or a
CD, or a DVD to discover them?
The answer is, No. There are no se
crets.
The answer is simply: Live below
your means. That’s it.
Those four words are like magic.
They wo|rk for individuals, for families,
and for businesses. You can become a
successful money manager by conduct
ing your financial life according to that
formula.
Do that, do it often, and personal
and business financial success can be
yours.
Might you need some help remem
bering the formula when you are shop
ping in a store, or on the computer, or
at a yard sale? If so, here are three more
helpful words: Burp A Buffalo.
What? Yup, Burp a Buffalo.
Years ago, some nickels had ah In
dian Head on one side and a buffalo
on the other. It was said that a cheap
skate could squeeze a nickel until the
buffalo burped.
Let’s apply that old saying to the idea
of living below your means, but with
out having to be a real full-blown
cheapskate.
Part o f the solution is to decide if
your intended purchase is something
you really “need” or something you just
“want.”
Let’s say you want to buy something
that you really don’t need. Oh, but you
do -want it! What to do? How to de-
cid'e?
This is when you might squeeze the
buffalo. Let’s twist the old saying like
this: I f you can make the buffalo burp,
you can buy the item. I f you can’t make
that buffalo burp, you don’t buy.
So, the rule could be “No burp, no
buy.”
N ot buying mere “wants” now can
save you a lot o f money that can be
used later for meeting more pressing
“needs” such as education, home and
car repairs, medical emergencies, fam
ily emergencies, retirement, etc.
Where can you get a buffalo? Some
2005 nickels have one on the back. 2005
Kansas quarters also have one. 2006
N orth Dakota quarters have two o f the
critters. They are in circulation. Look
for them. Get one and drill a hole near
the edge and put it on your keychain.
Then, it will always be handy to remind
you to “burp a buffalo, or live below
your means.”
PS: I’ll exchange drilled nickels and
quarters at our next Financial Skills and
Homebuyer classes.
H o rs e s : tribes consider options
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The current population o f wild
horses on the reservation is estimated
at just under 4,000. The animals are
destroying habitat o f native o f grasses,
and foraging through sensitive riparian
areas, damaging the fisheries resource.
There are areas o f the reservation
that are at their carrying capacity for
livestock, while the horse population
continues to grow. Eventually, the wild
horses will displace the deer and elk
populations, said Jacob Frank, assistant
Range and Ag manager.
“A tool we need for range manage
ment is somewhere to go with some
of these horses,” said Frank. “For now,
it’s a question mark as to what we can
do.”
The people who have lobbied the
federal government for protection o f
wild horses had their good intentions.
But the consequences could be di
sastrous for the rangeland o f the res
ervation, and the native species that live
there.1
The seriousness o f the situation has
led the tribes to consider the possible
development o f a horse slaughter fa
cility on tribal land.
Jason Smith said that any alternative
suggestions are welcome. Facing this
dilemma, he said, “What can we do?”
Births
Tiyab Jade Stacona
Jordan Stacona and Shaylene
Craig o f W arm Springs are
pleased to announce the birth of
th eir d au g h ter Riyah Jade
Stacona, born on June 7, 2009.
T he gran d p aren ts on the
father’s side are William Stacona
o f Mission, and Janell Smith o f
Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the mother’s
side are Joel Q. Craig o f Port
land, and Kathy and Maurice
Smith o f Warm Springs.
Kylen Iya-Kiva-Eul Stevens
Orlando Craig Stevens and
Daleena Mae Frank o f Warm
Springs are pleased to announce
the birth of their son Kylen Iya-
Kwa-Lul Stevens, born on June
1, 2009.
Kylen joins brothers Colton
and P resto n , and sister
Kasheena.
T he g ran d p aren ts on the
father’s side are Tommy and Lori
Fuentes o f Warm Springs, and
Mark Stevens Sr.
Grandparents on the mother’s
side are Je rry and Sandra
Sampson o f Warm Springs, and
Jeffery Frank, o f Warm Springs.
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The alternative route, through the
reservation, would have an underwa
ter Deschutes River crossing outside
o f the Wild and Scenic designation
and above the Pelton re-regulating
dam.
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) is conducting
a study of the environmental im
pacts of the alternative routes, one
on-reservation and a second alterna
tive running through the town o f
Maupin.
The Confederated Tribes will
conduct their own assessment, said
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