Spílydy Tyrooo, W %wn Springs, Oregon
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January 12, 2011
Missing non-member raises questions
B y D uran B o b b
Spity ay Tymoo
A few days after Christmas,
just after hunting season had
closed, a non-member and his
3-year-old daughter were found
safe after it had been initially
reported that he had gone hunt
ing in the Foreman Point area
o f the reservation.
The incident has raised ques
tions among tribal members.
Namely, is it legal for non-mem
bers to hunt on the reservation
if they are accom p anied by
tribal members? And, are non
members allowed into closed
areas?
V ital S ta tistics in W arm
springs has no record on file for
Dustin Jones. Fie is a non-mem
ber. His Facebook page lists his
hometown as Redmond.
Jo n e s’ family called Warm
Springs Police around 7:40 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 28.
“We were told that it was re
ported by family that he was out
hunting,” Juanita Majel, spokes
person for Public Safety, said.
“But he was accompanied by
tribal members. We were told
[later] that he wasn’t hunting.
He was sledding.”
Search parties from Warm
Springs P olice D ep artm en t,
Warm Springs Fire and Safety,
Deschutes County Search and
Rescue, Wasco County Search
and Rescue and Oregon Em er
gency Management were plan
ning on covering 1,000 acres o f
the reservation.
Just before the search began,
around 12:30 p.m. on Wednes
day, the Jones family notified
authorities that the missing party
had been found.
Agencies corrected informa
tion given to local media, saying
that Jones had not been hunt
ing on the reservation.
Warm Springs tribal code
■350.220 states that no n o n
member shall pursue, shoot at,
or kill any wild animals or wild
birds at any time within the
Warm Springs Reservation.
“It’s not just a rule,” Stanley
Sim tustus o f Warm Springs
Fish and Wildlife said. “It’s a law.
The code is also written in the
Treaty o f 1855. Tribal mem-
u Even i f they’re with
a tribal member,
they have no busi
ness out there.”
Stanley Simtustus
bers can be cited for aiding and
abetting if they take non-mem
bers hunting on the reservation.
Even if [Jones] wasn’t hunting,
he was trespassing. That’s the
number one thing here. I f they
said he was hunting, that would
be more serious.”
“It’s widely accepted,” Majel
said, “that if you’re a tribal mem
ber you can take a non-Indian
friend with you. There aren’t
any penalties that tribal mem
bers can face with that. He
wasn’t charged with anything,
because there weren’t any laws
broken that they could see.”
Tribal attorney Howie Arnet
said he isn’t aware o f an estab
lished protocol for these situa
tions. “Non-members don’t hunt
on the reservation. I haven’t
heard that it’s okay for them to
Tribal Ski D ay in Feb.
tag along with a tribal member.”
O n o ccasio n , A rnet said,
Tribal Council gives special per
mission for groups to venture
into closed areas. “For example,
I love to climb Mt. Jefferson on
the Whitewater side once a year.
In order to do that, I will go to
Tribal Council and obtain writ
ten permission.”
One concerned tribal mem
ber noted that her father, who
was e n ro lled w ith a n o th er
tribe, wasn’t allowed to teach
her brothers how to hunt in
Warm Springs because it was
against the law. Even though
she and her siblings are tribal
members, their father was told
th a t he w a sn ’t allow ed in
closed areas. “And besides,
most hunting seasons are over
with now, so I wonder what
they were hunting.”
“Even if they’re with a tribal
member,” Simtustus said, “they
have no business out there.
That’s not an area people take
their children to go sledding.
Nobody supersedes the Treaty
o f 1855.”
The next Tribal Member
Ski Day at Mt. Hood Mead
ows is scheduled for Friday,
Feb. 25.
To sign up, call KW SO at
541-553-1968.
You will need to list your
name, age, and preference
for either skiing or snow
boarding. Also level o f abil
ity, and your mailing address
Information sought about
restaurant vandalism
The Warm Springs Police
Department is seeking infor
mation about a vandalism
that occurred between the
Christmas and New Year
holidays.
Employees at the Eagle
Crossing restaurant; arrived
the morning o f Dec. 29 to
find four windows smashed,
likely with rocks.
While the double pained
window s were repaired
about a week after the inci
dent — more than $1,500 to
replace the windows — po
lice are still investigating the
incident.
Randy Nathan, who owns
the restaurant on Highway
26 near the southern border
o f the reserv atio n with
Safe school routes gets $1,000 boost
The Confederated Tribes re
ceived a $1,000 mini grant that
will help make it safer for stu
dents walking or riding to and
from school.
The tribes’ Grant Develop
m ent O ffice applied for the
grant in November, said Ashley
A guilar, grant d evelopm ent
project assistant.
T here was a great deal o f
competition for the grant: There
were 304 applicants for 25 avail
able mini-grants, she said.
The tribes learned last week
that one o f the awards, through
the Safe Routes to School pro
gram, went to Warm Springs for
use in the Spring.
The grant award should open
the d o o r to fu rth er sim ilar
awards in th e fu tu re, said
Aguilar.
The grant will help implement
the safe route to school action.
This could involve training for
a crossing guard on school days
at the busy intersection by the
bridge on Hollywood Bou le
vard, said Jolene Atencio, grant
development director.
The Safe Routes to School
team took a tour o f some prob
lem areas— for instance, by the
elementary school and by the
Je ffe rso n County, said he
thinks it was an attempted
break-in.
" It's ju st so stupid ,"
Nathan said o f the event.
No other major damage
occurred and nothing was sto
len.
Repair costs will be shoul
dered by tribal ventures un
less arrests are made and con
viction results.
P olice ask th at people
call 541-553-2202 with any
inform ation about the inci
dent. It likely occurred be
tween after the restaurant
closed D ec. 28 and before
restaurant workers came in
to prepare for opening on
Dec. 29.
Terri Harber
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Youth Art Exhibit deadline Jan. 21
Artists and teachers are in
vited to submit art done by tribal
youth for the 18th annual Warm
Springs TribaL Youth Art E x
hibit.
The theme: "Canoejourneys:
Our Life on the Big River"
All media accepted. Art can
represent the theme.
T h e M uséum at W arm
Springs will show pieces during
June. Individual art is encour-
aged.
The deadline is 5 p.m. Jan.
21. Call Natalie Moody for de
tails, 541-553-3331.
Food handling training sessions
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
On a-recent tour of the reservation student walking areas were (from left) Rick Molitor, school
district superintendent; community member Lyle Rhoan Sr.; Ashley Aguilar, grant development
project assistant; Nancy Collins, environmental health specialist; Louie Pitt, director of
Government Affairs; Jolene Estimo, Grant Development Office director; Laurie Danzuka, school
board member; Jonathan Smith, environmental health specialist; and Lonny Macy, tribal planner.
administration building— after
learning o f the $1,000 grant
award.
Washanaksha committee
announces grant awards
T h e Washanaksha Cul
tural Trust Committee has
announced new grant awards.
T h e co m m ittee awarded
$6,075 to the following indi
viduals for the following pur
poses:
Lucinda D avid G reen ,
$1,825, for cultural events.
D e lso n Suppah and
K W SO Radio, $1,500, for
Native American language
presentation.
E m erso n Squiem phen,
$ 1 ,0 0 0 , drum m aking in
struction.
Wanda S. VanPelt, Roy
Heath and Margaret Suppah,
$850, shell dress preparation-
and contact phone number.
Space is limited, so the
first ones to sign up get on
the bus.
Equipment, lessons, trans
portation, lift tickets and
lunch are all provided by Mt.
Hood Meadows Ski Resort,
who have hosted this event
for the past several years.
breast plate instruction.
Phillip David, $300, net
making instruction.
Saraphine S co tt, $300,
horse trappings instruction.
Rose M. Charley, $300,
jewelry and moccasin mak
ing instruction.
C o m m ittee m em bers
present for the award deci
sion were Dallas Winishut Jr.,
Sue Matters, Paul M. Patton,
B rigette W hipple, Sandra
D anzu ka and R o salin d
Sampson.
T h e Washanaksha Cul
tural Trust Committee pro
vides grants through the O r
egon Cultural Trust.,
Anyone who would like infor
mation on this subject, or has
suggestions on safe routes to
475-6618
330 S.W.
Culver Hwy.
Madras
Monday of the month at the
Family Resources Center
in Warm Springs. Or call
385-6944 Monday through
Thursday between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. (at lunch from
noon-1 p.m.)
Hour Towing
475-6618
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assistance to low-income
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works with food needs a card Clinic Atrium.
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Here are the dates for the
ing on how to safely prepare and single-day training sessions at
handle food.
the clinic:
Classes will be held on the
Jan. 20, Feb. 10, March 17,
Warm Springs Reservation for April 14, May 12 and 26; June
people who want to earn their 9, 20, and 23; July 14, August
food handling credentials. The
10, Sept. 14, O c t .l l , Nov. 9,
certification test will be admin Dec. 6.
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