Spílydy Tymoo, W^rm Springs, Oregon
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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. The $5 million grant
would go unused by the tribes.
“It’s challenging on the fuels
side and on the market side,”
said Jim Manion, manager of
Warm Springs Power and Wa
ter Enterprises.
Manion updated the Tribal
Council last week on the status
of the biomass proposal.
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