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News from Indian Country
Pzqe 10 Spiiygy Tymoo June 27, 2012
Mont, tribes receiving settlement money
H E L E N A , M ont. (AP) -
S o m e I n d i a n tr ib e s h a v e
started receiving their shares
o f a $1 billion settlem ent w ith
the U.S. governm ent over m is
m anagem ent o f their m oney
and tru st lands, while others
are w aiting an d rem ain u n d e
cided on w hat to do w ith their
windfall.
T h e a g re e m e n t b e tw ee n
the g ov ernm ent and 44 tribes
a c ro ss th e n a tio n w as a n
n o u n c ed in M arch to settle
claims o f m oney lo st in m is
m anaged accounts and royal
ties fro m n a tu ra l re so u rc e
developm ent.
T h e tribes sued in an at
tem p t to receive an account
in g
of
th e
In te rio r
D e p a rtm e n t's m a n a g e m e n t
o f th e tr u s t fu n d s a n d to
learn how m uch had been lo s t
T h e ir claim s d e a lt w ith
tribal tru st funds and n o t in
dividual tru st funds, w hich is
addressed in the $3.4 billion
class-action settlem ent led by
E louise Cobell, the Blackfeet
w om an w h o died last year.
B la c k fe e t c h a irm a n T.J.
Show said th at tribal leaders
will soon distribute $9 million
o f the $19 m illion his tribe is
due to receive. T h a t’s ab o u t
$550 p e r person, w hich Show
said will help residents o n a
reservation w here the u n e m
ploym ent rate is betw een 70
and 80 percent.
“ I believe it will be an eco
n o m ic b e n e fit to th e tribal
m em bers to use as they see
fit, w h eth er it b e fo r college
kids going to school o r p a r
ents just needing to feed their
child,” Show said.
T h e o th e r $10 m illion has
b e en earm ark e d fo r in v est
m en t in projects such as a 90-
ro o m hotel to be built o n the
reservation, Show said. T h e
G re at Falls T ribune first re
p o rte d the B lackfeet tribe's
plans to disburse the settle
m e n t money.
O th ers, such as th e C on
federated Salish and K ootenai
Tribes, said they have n o t yet
r e c e iv e d . t h e i r s e ttle m e n t
m o n ey . C S K T s p o k e s m a n
R o b M c D o n a ld said trib a l
le a d e r s h a v e n o t d e c id e d
w h at to do w ith the $150 m il
lion w hen it comes.
T h e tribal council is tak
ing suggestions in m eetings
th at ru n th rough July 9, b u t
does n o t know w hen a deci
sion will be m ade.
“ T h e r e is d e fin ite ly n o
sh o rta g e o f ru m o rs flying
around, b u t if anyone claims
to know w h at the council will
do , th e y a re sim p ly b e in g
h o p e fu l o r m a k in g it u p ,”
M cD onald said.
S o f a r, th e id e a s h a v e
ru n th e g am u t, fro m paying
it all o u t to trib a l m em b e rs
to allocating it to elders and
language program s. O n e sug-
g e s t i o n w a s to r e q u ir e
p e o p le u n d e r th e age o f 25
to tak e a c o u rse in m o n ey
m an ag em en t.
Hopis approve water
rights settlement
K Y K O T SM O V I, Ariz.
(AP) _ H o p i law m akers
h av e a p p ro v e d a s e ttle
m en t th a t recognizes the
tribe's w ater rights in the
L itde C olorado River ba
sin.
T hursday's vo te m arks
a distinction betw een the
settlem ent and legislation
intro d u ced in Congress to
approve the settlem ent.
T r ib a l C h a ir m a n L e
Roy Shingoitewa (sing-OY-
tee-w ah) says th e se ttle
m e n t w ould end decades
o f litig atio n an d b rin g a
d e p e n d a b le , clean w a ter
supply to H o p i com m uni
ties. H e says he w ould ask
Sen. J o n K yi to re m o v e
p ro v is io n s fo r a p o w e r
plant and other item s from
the federal legislation.
N avajo law m akers also
m u st a p p ro v e the setde-
m en t fo r it to m ove fo r
ward. T hey're set to vote
o n it next week.
T h e settlem en t recog
nizes th e tribes' rights to
g ro u n d w ater and surface
w ater w ithin the basin and
funds g roundw ater deliv
ery projects. In exchange,
the tribes w ould waive fur
th er claims in the basin.
Tribal elders aim to connect with modern kids
R IV E R T O N , Wyo. (AP) -
A b o u t 25 people, m osdy chil
dren, gathered silently in the
teepee's cool, shaded interior
as E ug en e Ridgely Jr. talked
a b o u t ow ls re p re se n tin g an
om inous sign.
“A n owl is a bad om en with
s o m e A r a p a h o f a m ilie s ,”
Ridgely said, seated in a chair
o p p o site the tee p ee ’s w aist-
high entrance while his listen
ers sat on the grassy gro u n d
and stared back.
“ H o w m an y h ave h e a rd
th at an owl brings b ad luck?”
Ridgely asked, getting about
a dozen hands in the air.
T h e b e lie f is n o t c o m
m only shared am ong N o rth
ern A rapaho people, h e said,
n o tin g th a t “ow l m edicine” is
know n by som e to heal and
help.
“ So i t ’s e ith e r w ay w ith
owls,” he said. “T h is is th e
stu ff I w as taught w hen I was
grow ing up. I still practice that
today.”
T h e m any tribal beliefs he
to ld a t a r e c e n t N o r th e r n
A rapaho W om en, Infants and
C h ild r e n a g e n c y H e a lth y
Fam ilies C onference allowed
p a rtic ip a n ts to lea rn a b o u t
owl m edicine and o th er infor-
m ation to help their lives.
“M ainly I ’m looking at the
h e alin g a sp e ct, th e healin g
c o m p o n e n t o f i t , ” sa id
B lanche Friday, the agency’s
outreach coordinator, several
feet fro m th e th ree teepees
erected fo r th e e v en t at St.
Stephen’s Indian M ission.
“T here is intergenerational
traum a for a lo t o f the fam i
lies o u t here. W h en a com
m unity com es together, they
heal. T hey d o n 't have to have
those o th er negative beh av
iors, the drinking, th a t kind
o f stuff,” Friday said.
Spily^y classifieds
Tribal jobs
See Amelia Tewee in the
personnel departm ent to
subm it an application, or
call 541-553-3262. View full
d e s c rip tio n s and a p p ly
onlineatwww.ctws.org. For
jobs at Kah-Nee-Ta, go to
kahneeta.com.
CPS:
Protective
Care Provider.
Reggie Clements. 553-
3209. Cloess 6/29.
Restoration Crew
Driver. Valid Oregon
State Driver’s License
required. Salary Range
$10.50 Hr.
D o u g
Dunlap 553-8205.
Restoration Crew
Member. Salary Range
$10.00 Hr. Doug Dunlap
553-8205.
Gaming Commission
Executive Director.
Salary Neg.
P a m e la
Keo-Douglas 541-553-
4890. Closes 7/13.
Community Health
Nurse. Salary Range
$50,506. Yr. To $55,393.
Yr. Elizabeth Johnson
553-2460.
Community Health:
Nutritionist. Salary
Range $45,151. Yr. To
$48,339. Yr. Elizabeth
Johnson/Linda Porter
553-2460.
Range &Ag.
Restoration
Crew
Driver. Salary Range
$10.50 Hr. Jason Smith
553-2011.
Range &Ag.
Restoration
Crew
Members. Salary Range
$10.00 Hr. Jason Smith
553-2011.
Police Officer. Salary
Range $29,675. Yr. To
$37,689. Yr. Lt. John
Webb 553-2037.
Corrections O ffic
ers. Salary Range
$25,235. Yr. To $36,054.
Yr. Lt. John Webb 553-
3272.
Police Department:
Court Bailiff. Salary
Range $25,000. Yr. To
$34,800. Yr. Lt. John
Webb 553-3343.
Notice regarding Unclaimed Per Capita payments
T he follow ing is a list o f Patrick; Culpus, William; Curry, Sharon; Jones, Dino.
tribal m em bers w ho have at Glenda.
K a lam a,
L aw an d a;
least one per capita check that
D aniels, A ngel; D anzuka, K a m p stra , D av id ; K a tch ia,
needs to be reissued.
A shlynn; D anzuka, K enneth; Kara; Lamebear, Juan; Leach,
I f your name is on this list Danzuka, Nathan; David, Elsie; S a b rin a; L eC laire, M arlon;
you will need to come to the Davis, Sr.,
D a lto n ;
Leclaire, Rodney; Long, Loni;
IIM D epartm ent and fill out Doney, Jeremy; Dowty, Levi; Longknife, Jessica; Luceijr.,
form so we can reissue. Identi Duncan, Heather.
Edward; Lyons, Barbara.
fication is required. The names
E a g leh e a rt, Shaw n; E arl,
, Made, Shanina; Maldonado,
are listed last nam e first:
Sophie.
Aja; M arcum , Jo h n ; M arin,
A g u ila r,
M a tth e w ;
Flores, Hallye; Foster,
Rosalina; Martinez, Elizabeth;
A le x an d e r, Shana; A lvarez, M aureen; Frank, Sharm ayne; Miller, Jo d y ; Miller, Stephan;
Tom m y; A ntw erp, Carl Van; F rankjr., Floyd.
M iller Sr., Rom aine; Moody,
Antwerp, Leora Van; A rthur,
G a la n , R a n d i; G e o rg e , C harlene; Moody, Jacquelyn;
G o n z alo ; A rth u r, M atthew ; D orothea; George, Olivia; Gil M oody, T w illa; M u n s o n ,
A rthur III, Clifford; Ascencio, b e rt, Ju s tin ; G illie , F o s te r; Colette; Palmer, Jason; Pedraza-
Caroline.
G le a s o n , R eggie; G o d o w a, P a d illa , F ra n c is c o ; P o itra ,
Bailey, G u n n e r; B a rta , M ary; G o n z ale z, J r ., Javier; Willard; Polk, Lawrence.
Marcella; Becerra, Jamie; Berry, Grace, Christina; Graham , Jr.,
R o w e , C a m e ro n ; R uiz,
Arlene; Berry, Lavetta; Berry, E d w a rd ; G re ele y , M elvin; Kevin,
Melody; Bethancourt Jr., Fran G reene, D erek; G reene, Joe;
Sahme, Frank; Saludo-Kelly,
cisco; Bisner, Regina; Blackwolf, Greene, Manuel.
Martika; Sam, Tracy; Sampson,
Zelm a; Bobb, Corwin; Boise,
H a rt, A a ro n Lee; H e a th , A n g e la;- S a m p so n , J a s o n ;
Desirae; Boise, Edgar; Boise, Aaron; H eath, Benson; H eath, Santos, Alyssa; Santos,
George; Boise, Jolene; Bookout, Jesslyn; Heath, Melinda; Henry, Janell; Santos, Ruben; Savala,
K im b e rly ; B ru n o e , A n n a ; G ilb e rt; H e rk sh a n , N ic o le ; R ach eal; S c o tt, R o sely n n e;
B ru n o e , K a th ry n ; B ru n o e , H ofstetter, Andrew; Hofstetter, S e la m -W h ite ,
L o re tta ;
Maria; Brunoe, Trudy; Bryant, C e le ste ; H o lu m , W anda; S im tu stu s, Ju lia; S m ith Sr.,
Ernie; Burgess, Bryan.
H ow topat, Chanda; H udson, S tu a rt; S ta c o n a , E u g e n a ;
Caldera III,Lawrence; Calica, Chelsea.
S tevens, R u d o lp h ; S tevens,
Charmaine; Calica, Direlle; Calica,
Ike, Charlotte; Ike, Gloria; S heena; S tev en s Sr., M ark;
Vaylon; Campos, Sandra; Char Ike, Jeneva; Isadore, Buster.
S to rm b rin g e r,
S h a rd ;
ley, Fred; Charley, Suzie; Chase,
Jack so n , In m an ; Ja c k so n , Stormbringer, Tyree; Stroschein,
Leon; Ching, Elmina; Chinook, K a llia h ; J o h n s , R o w e n a ; Samantha; Suppah Jr., Delson;
Sam; Chiquito, Rosa; Coffee, J o h n s o n , O tis ; J o h n s o n , Suppah Jr., G arrett; Sutterlee,
Tam ara; Courtney, Bradford; R h o n d a ; J o h n s o n , W atkins; Bryson; Switzjer, Larry.
Culps, Christopher; Culps, Jr.
J o h n s o n Jr., B uford; Jo in e r,
Taitague, Angelica; Teeman-
Snapp, Sandra; Tenorio, Leon;
Tewee, Kamala; Thomas, Crys
tal; Torres, Shawna; Trujillo, Brit
tany; Tuckta, Terry.
Viviano, Clara; Wallulatum,
Lutah.
W eld en ,
D e n ise ;
W hitehouse, Lucas; W inishut,
C ecelia; W in ish u t, T eshina;
Wolfe, Kaylyn.
Yahtin, Brett; Yahtin, Lillie.
Zam ora, Ladonna.
Fish hatchery position
The Warm Springs Na
tional Fish Hatchery is hir
ing an office assistant.
Salary range is $34,907-
$45,376.
This is a position with
the U.S. Fish and Wild
life Service. Applications
a re to be su b m itte d
through USAjobs.gov.
Current federal appli
cants use announcement
#R1-12-680214-KL.
U.S. citizen use an
n o u n ce m e n t # R 1 -1 2 -
681635-KL.
Applications accepted
starting June 27,2012.
Notice to serve as juror
To the following people,
you are sum m oned to serve
as jurors during July and
August, 2012. You are noti
fied to appear before the
Tribal C ourt to serve as a ju
ro r at 9:30 a.m . o n each
Thursday during July and
August: Ju ly 5, 12, 19 and
26; and August 2 ,9 ,16 and
23. T here is a juror orienta
tion at 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 3. I f you fail to appear
on the dates and times listed
above, you may be charged
w ith c o n te m p t o f co u rt.
This notice is to the follow
ing (last name first):
A lo n z o ,
J o s e p h in e ;
A nderson, Gifford; Badoni,
Joseph D.; Bagley, William
J.; Boise, Young; Charley,
Melva; Clem ents, L uther;
D a v is, A m e lia ; D o n e y ,
Gibson; Edwards, Natasha;
E s tim o , J o le n ; F ra n k ,
Chezeray A.; Fuiava, Annie;
Gadberry, Lucy; Graybael,
Rosa; H am m on, Logan J.;
H e a th , R o b e rt; H en ry ,
A lth e a ; Ik e , L en a ; Ik e ,
George; Jackson, Michael;
Jim ,
L y m an ;
Jo n es,
Ramond; Katchia, D am ion
C; Langley, Ellis; Leonard,
L ana; M artin ez, Jacques;
Miller, K enneth; Muldrow,
T yrone; Palm er, D arreck;
P ic h e tte , A deva; Q u in n ,
W alter; Reese, F ran k Jr.,;
Rodriguez, Dabid; Schjoll,
Tama; Tom, Lee; Tulee, Roy;
VanPelt, Theresa; Waheneka,
Ja k e C.; W ahpat, H a ze l;
Wahsise, Joseph T.; Walker,
Richard B.; Wallulatum, Tera;
W illiam s, Peggy; W ilson,
William T.; W inishut, Stacy;
W olfe, T e re n c e ; Y a h tin ,
S o n n y ; Y allup, T a n n e r;
Zacarias, Josephine.
In the Tribal Court of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Lillian Heath, Petitioner,
vs. Jeremy Killsfirst Sr., Re
spondent; Case No. DO58 /
59-03. TO: Jerem y Killsfirst
Sr.:
CTWS, Petitioner, vs. Dor
othy Jarhes & James Van Hom
Sr., Respondent; Case No.
JV69-03. TO: Dorothy James /
James Van H orn Sr.:
YOU ARE HEREBY N O
T IFIE D that a Modification has
b e e n filed w ith th e W arm
Springs Tribal Court. By this
notice you are sum m oned to
appear in this m atter at a hear
ing scheduled for 23 day o f
July, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m., at the
W arm Springs Tribal Court.
Y O U A RE H E R E B Y N O
T I F I E D th a t a n A s siste d
Guardianship hearing has been
s c h e d u le d w ith th e W arm
Springs Tribal Court. By this
notice you are sum m oned to
appear in this m atter at a hear
ing scheduled for the 27th day
o f Ju ly , 2012 @ 10 a.m., at the
W arm Springs Tribal Court.
Marissa Wolfe, Petitioner,
vs. Justin Trevino, Respon
dent; Case No. JV120-05. TO:
Justin Trevino:
Y O U A RE H E R E B Y N O
T IF IE D that a Modification
has been filed with the W arm
Springs Tribal Court. By this
notice you are sum m oned to
appear in this m atter at a hear
ing scheduled for the 26th day
o f Ju ly , 2012 @ 9:00 am, at the
W arm Springs Tribal Court.