More News from Inctign C ountry
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Spilygy Tymoo
August 8, 2012
Work to begin on tribe’s
new $130M Buffalo casino
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -
Construction is set to begin
on the Seneca Indian Nation's
new casino in downtown Buf
falo.
| _ Local media outlets report
that Seneca officials plan to
b re a k g ro u n d W ednesday
m orning on the tribe’s new
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino.
Itw ill replace a smaller, tem
p orary casino th a t o pened
nearby in 2007 and has been
expanded twice.
The new $130 million ca
sino is expected to open late
next year.
In late March, Seneca of
ficials announced the tribe
w ould resum e construction
o f th e p erm an en t B uffalo
casino after suspending the
p ro ject th ree years earlier
b ecau se o f th e p o o r
economy. The new casino will
include an attached four-level
parking area for 715 cars.
The Senecas also operate
casinos in Niagara Falls and
on its Allegany Reservation at
Salamanca, near the Pennsyl
vania border 50 miles south
o f Buffalo.
Tribe to open 89 acres to public
. BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) -
A: tribe in far northern Wis
consin is preparing to open
89 acres o f tribal land to the
public.
' The Red Cliff Chippewa
plan to unveil Frog Bay Tribal
National Park on Friday. The
move will mark the first time
that a national park that’s trib-
ally owned or controlled has
opened to the public.
Frog Bay is about 15 min
utes north o f Bayfield, home
o f the A postle Islands N a
tional Lakeshore. The area is
flush with towering trees, in
cluding pine, spruce and ce
dar.
Visitors will be able to hear
the songs o f nearly 90 spe
cies o f birds. O ther wildlife
in clu d es b o b c a ts, b eav er,
bears, deer and wolves.
To minimize trail damage,
parking will be limited. People
w ho w ant to visit the. one-
quarter-mile stretch o f sand
beach will have to walk.
Cherokee Nation AG plans casino appeal
>. TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The
Cherokee N ation’s attorney
general said last w eek h e’ll
appeal a federal decision to
place casino land o f a rival
tribe into trust, a move that
recognizes the parcel as In
dian land.
,. A tto rn ey G eneral T odd
H embree said last week deci
sion by the Bureau o f Indian
Affairs to place roughly two
a&res into trust is n o t sup
ported by law.
T h e decision keeps the
United Keetoow ah Band o f
Cherokees’ namesake casino
open in Tahlequah for at least
a n o th e r year, w h en th e
15,000-m em ber tribe m ust
have the land placed in a fi
lial trust status after any ap
peals have been settled. The
BIA granted the status M on
day after deciding th at the
Cherokees and K eetoow ah
Band share the same form er
reservation land.
“This decision is every
thing to us,” said UKB spokes
man Thomas Jordan. ‘Instead
o f looking over our shoulder,
we’re moving ahead.”
T h e K e e to o w a h s, w h o
trace their history to Chero
kees w ho settled in Indian
Territory in the 1820s, have
fought for decades over the
Keetoowah Cherokee Casino,
which opened in 1986. The
Cherokee N ation has argued
the casino is illegal.
“Tim e after time, courts
have held it is the Cherokee
N ation, and no other tribe,
that has jurisdiction over this
lan d ,” H em b ree said in a
statement. “I look forward to
appealing this decision. It is
fraught with legal misconcep
tions.”
A federal judge had given
the tribe until Tuesday to win
the status. In June, the tribe
reached an agreem ent w ith
O k lah o m a’s atto rn e y g en
eral in which the tribe w ould
pay $2 m illion in damages
and agree to close the ca
sino if it h a d n ’t o b tain ed
federal tru st status. Placing
the land in tru st recognizes
it as In d ian land, w hich is
required under state law for
a casino.
Coushatta Indian pays $250K for fire
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -
Federal p rosecutors say an
18-year-old m em ber o f the
C oushatta Indian Tribe has
paid $250,000 in restitution
a fte r se ttin g fire to th e
Coushatta Convenience Store
in Elton.
A news release from the
U.S. A ttorney's O ffice says
Jordan Hawk Jo h n o f K inder
had been ordered to pay for
the fire damage after plead
ing guilty in J anuary to simple
burglary o f the store , in D e
cem ber 2011.
U.S. A ttorney Stephanie
Finley said h e r office learned
through a subpoena that al
though John had not paid the
restitution ordered by U.S.
D is tric t Ju d g e P a tric ia
Minaldi, his trust account held
hun d red s o f thousands o f
dollars. She says he paid on
July 16.
T he U.S. A ttorney’s O f
fic e p r o s e c u te s fe d e ra l
felo n y a n d m isd e m e a n o r
cases on In d ian land, and
cases w ith Indian victim s or
defendants.
Spilyay classifiers
Tribal jobs
See Amelia Tewee in the
personnel d e p a rtm e n t to
submit an application, or call
541-553-3262. View full de
scriptions and apply online at
www.ctws.org.
Natural Resources Resto
ration Crew Driver.
W orking m em ber of six
person crew. Salary Range
$10.50 Hr. Doug Dunlap 553-
8205. Open Until Filled.
Natural Resources Resto
ration Crew Member.
W orking m em ber of six
person crew. W ill operate
sm all powered equipm ent
and hand tools w hile per
forming Natural Resources
restoration projects. Salary
Range $10.00 Hr. Doug
Dunlap 553-8205. Open Un
til Filled.
Community Health Nurse.
RN needed fo r T riba l
Com m unity Health Depart
ment to provide nursing ser
vices in clinic and community
settings such as home, cor
rections, and daycare in ad
dition to other settings as
needed. S alary
Range
$50,506. Yr. To $55,393. Yr.
Elizabeth Johnson 553-2460.
Open Until Filled.
Nutritionist.
RD needed to assist with
nutritional assessment, edu
cation, and planning in Tribal
Com m unity Health Depart
ment. Salary Range $45,151.
Yr. To $48,339. Yr. Elizabeth
Johnson/Linda Porter 553-
2460. Open Until Filled.
Natural Resources Range
& Ag. R esto ratio n Crew
Driver.
Working member of five or
six member field crews. De
partm ent. V alid O regon
D river’s License required.
Salary Range $10.50 Hr. Ja
son Smith 553-2011. Open
Until Filled.
Natural ResourcesRange
& Ag. R esto ratio n Crew
Members.
Working member of five to
six member field crews. Sal
ary Range $10.00 Hr. Jason
Smith 553-2011. Open Until
Filled.
Place for Kids Boys &
Girls Club Program Coordi
nator Part Time.
Must have a High School
diploma or equivalent. Salary
Range $9.00 Hr. June Smith
553-2323. Open Until Filled.
Public Safety Telecom
munications Supervisor.
W ill be resp on sible fo r
24hr/day operations of the
communications department.
Salary Range $38,000. Yr. To
$46,000. Yr. Sam W illiam s
553-1002. Closes 8/10.
Police Officer.
High School Diplorpa or
eq uivale nt. S alary Range
$29,675. Yr. To $37,689. Yr.
Lt. John W ebb 553-2037.
Open Until Filled.
Corrections Officers.
High School Diploma or
eq uivale nt. S alary Range
$25,235. Yr. To $36,054. Yr.
Lt. John W ebb 553-3272.
Open Until Filled.
WS Police Department
Court Bailiff.
High School Diploma or
equivalent. Must pass pre
employment test, basic math,
sp e llin g , reading, w ritin g
comprehension. Must submit
to pre-employment drug test.
Salary Range $25,000. Yr. To
$34,800. Yr. Lt. John Webb
553-3343. Open Until Filled.
High Lookee Lodge Cook
Temp. Limited Duration.
Prepare, cook and serve
nutritional meals to the resi
dents of High Lookee Lodge.
Able to follow menu cycle and
m aintain
meal
service
records as required. Must
pass a criminal background
check. Salary Range $10.00
Hr. To $12.00 Hr. Lawrence
Macy 553-1182. Open Until
Filled.
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Request for Proposals:
Architectural Services New Warm Springs K-8 School
T h e C o n fe d e r a te d
T r ib e s o f th e W a rm
S prings R eservation of
O regon (C TW S ) and the
Jefferson County School
D istrict 509-J (509-J) re
q u e sts p ro p o sa ls from
qualified firms for compre
hensive design services
fo r the construction o f a
new K-8 school on the
W arm Springs R eserva
tion, O regon. The basic
program outline is as fol
lo w s : A n e w 8 0 ,0 0 0
square foot, K-8 school
w ith supporting athletic
facilities, as required, off
site construction, on ap
proxim ately twenty acres
w ith a total project bud
get o f $21,472,600. The
a rc h ite c tu ra l s e rv ic e s
would include represent
ing both the CTW S and
509-J. T he C TW S and
509-J w ill jo in tly fund the
construction o f the project.
Services are to begin upon
aw a rd o f contract and are
anticipated to com plete in
January 1, 2015. R equest
fo r a com plete RFP P ack
age including project scope,
specifications, and clarifica
tions are available by con
tacting 509-J: Darryl Smith,
Telephone (541)475-6192;
Fax (541) 475-6856;
E-mail:
darryl.sm ith@ 509j.net
A n d can be a c c e s s e d
o n lin e
at
( h t t p : //
jcsd.k12.or.us/). Sealed pro
posals shall be received no
later than 4:00 p.m., P.D.T.,
Septem ber 4 ,2 0 1 2 , at:
Jefferson County School
District
Attention: Darryl Sm ith
445 SE Buff Street
Madras, Oregon 97741
The 509-J and CTW S
m ay reject any proposal
not in co m p lia n ce w ith
p re scrib e d p ro ce d u re s
and re q u ire m e n ts and
may reject for good cause
a n y and a ll p ro p o s a ls
upon a finding o f 509-J
and CTW S that it is in the
public interest to do so.
The 509-J and CTW S are
not responsible fo r a n y
costs o f any proposers
incurred while submitting
proposal; all proposers
w ho respond to solicita
tions do so solely at their
own expense. T his pro
posal is subject to Indian
preference. Any addenda
will be posted online at
(http://jcsd.k12.or.us/).
Darryl Sm ith
Director o f O perations
J e ffe r s o n
C o u n ty
S chool District
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In the Tribal Court of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
CTWS, Petitioner, vs. KIM
E ST IM O , R espondent; Case
N o . JV133-06 / JV134-06. TO
KIM ESTIMO:
YOU ARE HEREBY N O T I
F IE D th a t a SH O W CA U SE
FAILURE T O PAY CHILD SUP
P O R T has been filed w ith the
Warm Springs Tribal C ourt By this
notice you are summoned to ap
pear in this m atter at a hearing
scheduled for 29™ day o f AU
GUST 2012 @ 4:00 p m , at the
Warm Springs Tribal C ourt
L e g a l A id S e rv ic e s o f O re g o n p r o v i c ^ Ijree
a s s is ta n c e to lo w -in co m e O re g o n ia n s in m any
civil cases.
S peak w ith an a tto rn e y durin g d ro p-in ho urs 1 to
4 p.m . on th e firs t M o n d a y o f th e m onth a t the
W arm S prings C o m m u n ity A ctio n Team building,
1136 P aiute A ve, W arm S prings.
O r c a ll 3 8 5 -6 9 4 4 M o n d a y th ro u g h T h u rs d a y
betw een 9 a.m . and 4 p.m . (at lunch fro m noon-1
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