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Spílydy Tymoo, W^rm Springs, Oregon Page 7 July 27, 2011 Gathering of Flutes Enrollment (Continued from page 1) The requirement, in the tribal Constitution and Bylaws, states “that any person adopted into membership must have resided at least three years upon the Warm Springs Reservation.” In the past, exceptions have been made for adoption candi dates who were attending col lege, were on m ilitary assign ment, and were unable to find employment or housing on the reservation. One of the concerns Tribal Council is dealing with is creat ing clear protocol Tor future adoption elections. One way to accomplish this would be to amend tribal Ordi nance 44 to include language that would make clear that adoption elections would be tribal elec tions. Another way would be to adopt a new election ordinance. Both options were presented to Council. No action was taken, as Council wished to confer with the membership. Louie Pitt, tribal Government Affairs director, and the Vital Statistics staff will be working on upcoming workshops to in form and hear input from tribal members. If you would like to provide input, please contact your Tribal Council representa tive. The Native People’s Circle o f Nope and the Museum at Warm Springs hosted the “Gathering o f Flutes Benefit Concert” earlier this month. Native American flu te players included Teland George, Parson Kalama, Foster Kalama, Colton Trimble, Isaac Trimble, James Greeley, Dondi Hoptowit Jr., Becky Dudney, and Viola Wallulatum. Funds raised during the benefit assist tribal cancer survivors. The Native People’s Circle o f Hope assists those recently diagnosed by providing spiritual support as well as gas cards to assist with transportation fo r treatment. The group meets every third Tuesday o f each month in the clinic at 4:30 p.m. Duran Bobb photos. Howlak Tichum Roger Stwyer Sr., 1960-2011 Roger went to be with his C reator at age 50. Roger was born on O ctober 14, 1960 in Prineville, Ore., to the late Arnold Stwyer Sr. and Neda Wesley. - Roger attended schools in W arm Sprin gs, C ascade Locks, and at Madras Union H igh School, w here he graduated. Roger joined the Pente costal Church at a very young age with Orin Johnson, who had a huge impact on Roger’s life. Roger w orked for two years as a reporter for the Spilyay Tymoo. He attended Job Corp in Western Idaho for two years, studying ma sonry, carpentry and plumb ing. Earlier in his life Roger loved to live in C ascade Locks, dip-netting, and expe- rienced the catching of the larg est chinook at almost 70 pounds, which he happily presented to W asco C h ief N elson Wallulatum. Each year R oger’s fam ily hosted an all free Salmon Bake for hundreds of people. Larry Dick had been training Roger, S h m in k, N en a, L aw ren ce, Jim m y, D avis and E agle so they happily performed the C o lu m b ia R iver W asco dances along with their sis ter E liz a G reene at the Salmon Bake. R oger enjo yed horse rid in g w ith uncle Perry Greene for a while. He spent the summer In 1979 as an exchange student in Japan. Roger m arried W inona Spino, who survives him, and fathered two sons, Charles and Roger Jr. Roger was preceded in death by his father in 1970, a brother Arnold Jr. in 1981, a brother infant Gerald, his sister Eliza, who shared his birthday, grandparents Herb and “Lucinda Stwyer, Tom and Sadie Brown, and Gloria Brown. He is buried in Simnasho at the Stwyer Family Cem etery. Gov. signs law recognizing tribal officer authority Gov. K itzhaber last week signed legislation recognizing off-reservation tribal police au thority. The governor signed Senate Bill 412, “the Tribal Of ficer bill,” last Friday, July 22. Tribal leaders from several of Oregon’s tribes, inclùding Warm Springs, were on hand for the event, as were law enforce m ent o fficers from several tribes. Warm Springs Police Chief Carm en Smith, Wasco Chief Delvis Heath, and tribal Gov ernment Affairs Director Louie Pitt represented Warm Springs at the signing. Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins was a sup porter of the law. The situation that created the need for the new law arose in 2005 on the Warm Springs Res ervation, in the case of the Kurt% vs. Oregon. The suspect in the case had been driving on the reservation, but when tribal police attempted to pull him over, Kurtz left the reservation. Tribal police followed and ar rested him, charging him with driving under the influence. He was convicted at the trial court, but won at the Oregon Court of Appeals, arguing that tribal police had no jurisdiction off the reservation. The Oregon Supreme Court later reversed this ruling; and now the issue also is settled by the newly-signed tribal officer law. Tribal officers can make an arrest off the reservation if they are in “hot pursuit” of the sus pect. Tribal officers are required to meet the same training and safety standards as other offic ers in the state, a key point in the law’s favor. Biomass: facing short timeline (Continued from page 1) For its p art, O regon Bioenergy has been seeking ad ditional construction financing and a purchasing agreement. These aspects are still not in place. Meanwhile, the memo randum of understanding be tween the tribes and the com pany expired on July 1. The tribes are now waiting to see whether the company, in the near future, can come up with financing and marketing. I f that does not happen soon, the p ro ject m ay be dropped. 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