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Casino revenues fall in Miss, in Sept.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -
Casino revenue on the Mis
sissippi G ulf Coast showed
some im provem ent in Sep
tember, but the state’s gam
blers lost less along the Mis
sissippi River, dragging down
overall receipts.
Statewide casino revenue
fell 4,3 percent from Septem
ber 2011, to $177.9 million,
according to Mississippi D e
partm ent o f Revenue figures.
The 17 river casinos from
Tunica to Natchez won $91.2
m illion, dow n 10 p e rc e n t
from the $101.6 million they
w on in S eptem ber o f last
year.
In S e p te m b e r, th e 12
coastal casinos w on a total o f
$86.7 million from gamblers,
up 2.8 percent from the $84.3
million they won in Septem
ber 2011. The increase came
despite a prediction by one
Louisiana that the opening o f
a new gambling hall in Baton
Rouge would cut Mississippi
coast numbers,.
Revenue for the coastal
casinos is slightly down over
the last 12 m onths, while de
sp ite th e rec o v e ry fro m
201 l ’s flood, revenue at the
river casinos is up just more
th an 1 percent. Statewide,
re v e n u e o v e r th e la st 12
m onths is up 0.33 percent.
Autumn is traditionally one
o f the w eakest periods for
M ississippi gam bling halls,
and som e are adjusting by
trimming the num ber o f em
ployees.
Earlier, the Fitz Casino &
H otel Tunica laid o ff an un
specified num ber o f employ
ees, citing a soft economy, sea
sonal flu ctu atio n s and in
creased competition. Webster
Franklin, C EO o f the Tunica
Convention & Visitors Bu
reau; said m ore than 3,500
w orkers have been laid o ff
from the county’s nine casi
nos since 2007. H e said the
gambling halls were walloped
by the recession, increasing
c o m p e titio n fro m n earb y
states and the 2011 Missis
sippi River Flood.
“It’s just been kind o f a
trip le w ham m y o n u s,”
Franklin said. Jimmy Buffett’s
Margaritaville Casino & Res
taurant Biloxi laid o ff about
50 full-tim e and 150 part-
time workers at the beginning
o f Sept., saying it needed to
slim down at the end o f the
summer tourist season.
Activist Russell Means dies at 72
S IO U X FALLS, S.D.
(AP) — R ussell M eans
spent a lifetime as a m od
ern American Indian war
rior. H e railed against bro
ken treaties, fought for the
return o f stolen land and
even took up arms against
the federal government.
A onetime leader o f the
A m erican Indian M ove
m ent, he called national
attention to the plight o f
im poverished tribes and
often lamented the waning
o f Indian culture. A fter
leaving the m ovem ent in
the 1980s, the handsome,
braided activist was still a
cultural presence, appear
ing in several movies.
Means, who died M on
day from throat cancer at
age 72, helped lead the
1973 uprising at Wounded
K nee — a bloody confron
tation that raised America's
aw aren ess a b o u t th e
struggles o f Indians and
gave rise to a wider pro
test m ovem ent that lasted
for the rest o f the decade.
Before AIM, there were
few national advocates for
American Indians. Means was
one o f the first to emerge.
H e sought to restore Indians’
pride in their culture and to
challenge a governm ent that
had paid little atten tio n to
tribes in generations. He was
also one o f the first to urge
sports teams to do away with
Indian names and mascots.
“N o one ex cep t H olly
wood stars and very rich Tex
ans w ore In d ian jewelry,”
Means said, recalling the early
days o f the movement. A nd
there were dozens, if not hun
dreds.|of athletic teams “that
in essence were insulting us,
from grade schools to college.
T hat’s all changed.”
AIM was founded in the
late 1960s to demand that the
governm ent honor its treaties
with American Indian tribes.
T h e m o v em en t eventually*
faded away, Means said, as
N ative A m ericans becam e
more self-aware and self-de
termined.
T h e re w ere p le n ty o f
American Indian activists be
fore AIM, but it became the
“radical media gorilla,” said
P au l D eM ain , e d ito r o f
News from Indian Country,
a national newspaper focused
on tribal affairs.
“I f someone needed help,
you called on the American
Indian Movement, and they
showed up and caused all kind
o f ruckus and looked beauti
ful on a 20-second clip on TV
that night,” DeMain said.
M eans an d A IM c o
founder Dennis Banks were
charged in 1974 for their role
in the W ounded Knee upris
ing in which hundreds o f pro
testers occupied the town on
the site o f the 1890 Indian
massacre. Protesters and fed
eral authorities were locked
in a standoff for 71 days and
frequently, exchanged gunfire.
Before it was over, two tribal
m em bers were killed and a
fe d e ra l a g e n t serio u sly
wounded.
After a trial that lasted sev
eral m onths, a judge threw
out the charges on grounds
o f g o v ern m en t m isco n
duct.
O th er protests led by
Means included an Ameri
can Indian prayer vigil on
top o f M ount Rushmore
and the seizure o f a rep
lica o f the Mayflower on
Thanksgiving Day in Ply
m outh, Mass.
“T h e frie n d sh ip b e
tween Russell and I goes
b ack alm o st 50 years,”
Banks said late M onday
night. “I lost a great friend.
But native people lost one
o f the greatest warriors o f
m odern-day times. Truly,
he was a great visionary.
H e was controversial, yes.
But he brought issues to
the front page.”
B ut M eans’ c o n sta n t
q u est fo r th e sp o tlig h t
raised d o u b ts ab o u t his
motives. Critics w ho in
cluded many fellow tribe
members said his main in
terest was building his own
notoriety.
Spilyay Tymoo
October 31, 2012
Navajo Nation president
expected to sign tax bill
F A R M IN G T O N , N .M .
(AP) — Navajo N ation Presi
dent Ben Shelly is expected
to sign a bill this week that
would increase the tribe's sales
tax by 1 percent.
The Navajo N ation Coun
cil passed the bill last week.
M oney fro m th e in crease
would go toward education
and energy development.
The increase from 4 per-;
cent to 5 percent would be
gin in January.
Shelly spokesm an E rny
Zah says the sales tax should
help decrease the tribe's de-;
pendency on federal funding/
Zah says the tribe receives
more than 75 percent o f its;
funding from the federal gov
ernment.
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated
Tribes of W arm Springs
Notice to Serve as Juror
This, is a public sum
mons to serve as juror. This
notice is to (last name first):
Fuiava, Annie; Winishut,
D allas; H ello n , L eo A.;
R h o an , D e v o n n e J.;
Leonard, Lana; Barney Jr.,
Ted; Holliday, Jordan E.;
Ruiz, Whitley L.; Wilson,
W illiam T.; B lu eb ack ,
K ev in A .; H ow topat,-
Winifred; Sanders, Rosanna
M.; Doney, Gibson;
B rito , F elipe; H u d so n ,
C harles; S cott, Sisily S.;
H a m m o n d , L o g an J.;
Caldera, William M.; Jim,
Emily M.; Shaw, Tiffany L.;
Bagley, William J.; Charley,
Melissa M.; Jo h n so n Sr.,
Mark K.; Smith, Randolph
H.; Bailey, Ivanna J.; Char
ley, N an cy I , Jo h n so n ,
Leanne D.; Smith, Aaron;
Smith, E l Freda; Cochran,
Bucky M.; Kalama, Titus
R.; Smith, Bernadette M.;
F ra n k , C h ezeray A.;
Culpus, Mary E..
Keo, Aldwin G.; Smith,
Preston R.; Schjoll, Tama;
Culpus, Rosseagle; Langley,
Larry; Soliz, D o rian R.;
S co tt, L ouis; D an zu k a,
K a th y R.; M artin ez ,
S hadrack; S q u iem p h en ,
Leslie J.; Pittman, Dinato;
D a v id -G re e n , L ucinda;
Mitchell, Sarah L.
S tarr, R. C herilyn;
Lawrence, C a ro l;F ra n k ,
Karen; Moody, Tamera R.;,
Stradley, A n th o n y M .;
Y azzie, E m ily; G arcia,
N ic o le M .; M uldrow ,
V ic to ria A.; S u p p ah ,
Chloee L.; Silva, Marga
ret; George, Betty L.; Patt,
W illiam D .; T u ck ta,
M argie; S m ith , - L isa;
Govenor, Leila J.; Poitra,
W illard R.; W illiam s,
Calvin O.
You are hereby notified
to appear before the Tribal
C ourt to serve as a Juror
on each T H U R S D A Y
listed below during the
m onths o f September and
O ctober, 2012.
Juror orientation is
this Wednesday, Oct. 31 at
4 p.m.
Jury duty is at 9:30 a.m.
on the following T hurs
days:
Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 29;
and Dec. 6 and 13.
I f you fail to appear on
the dates and times listed
ab o v e, you m ay be
charged with Contem pt of
Court. This summons is
the only notice you will
receive. Please keep it in
a safe place.
Trials set to begin for Alaska Native fishermen
A N C H O R A G E , A laska
(AP) -4 Some call it a protest
by Alaska Native subsistence
fishermen, but that’s not the
way it looks to Harry David
and a couple dozen others
charged with illegally fishing
for king salmon in waters se
verely restricted by the state
because o f dism al runs o f
the prized fish.
“We’ve been taught since
we were growing up to gather
food from the land for win
ter,” said David, a Yup'ik Es-
kimo from the western Alaska
village o f Tuntutuliak. David,
48, is head in g fo r trial in
Bethel northeast o f his village
and is contesting non-crimi
nal charge o f using the wrong-
size n e t in J u n e a t th e
Kuskokwim River.
The trials starting this week
reflect a clash betw een an
cient traditional practices and
m odern governm ent restric
tions. Supporters say Alaska
Natives should have a more
o f say in managing theit fish-
ing grounds and that it’s their
inherent right to fish.
State and federal officials
say Native input is im portant,
b u t u ltim ately , e n su rin g
sustainability for future runs
is always the overriding pri
ority. T he po o r king runs this
year led to federal disaster
declarations for the Yukon-
K uskokwim area as well as
Cook Inlet.
E nough fish need to es
cape to spaw n, and low er
ru n s in re c e n t years have
forced smaller allowances
th a t su b sisten ce fish er
m en aren’t used to, said
Jo h n L inderm an, a biolo
gist w ith the Alaska D e
p a r tm e n t o f F is h a n d
G ame.
In the Kuskokwim this
year, restrictions were the
tightest ever implemented,
shutting down m ost o f the
entire run, which occurs in
Ju n e th ro u g h early. July.
Later runs o f other salmon
species were plentiful.
See Amelia Tewee in the
personnel department to
submit an application, or call
541-553-3262. View full de
scriptions and apply online at
www.ctws.org.
C hildren’s Protective
S ervices Fam ily Intake
Coordinator.
R esponsible fo r Child
Abuse Reports and Social
In ve stig a tio n ..P ro vid e in
Home Services to At Risk
fa m ilie s . S a la ry R ange
$24,037. Yr. To $30,000. Yr.
Ron Hager553-3209. Closes
11/2.
Wildlife Biologist.
Determine the ecological
impact of various land use
a c tiv itie s on w ild life re
s o u rc e s fo r th e W arm
springs Indian Reservation.
Perform wildlife surveys in
cluding endangered species
affected by proposed timber
sales and other environmen
tal impacts. Salary Range
$35,000. Yr. To $45,000. Yr.
annually depending on ex
perience. Doug Calvin 553-
2001. Open Until Filled.
R ang e & A g. H eavy
Equipment Mechanic/Op-
erator.
Maintain equipment and
operate machinery associ
ated with the Restoration
CTWS, Petitioner, vs,
Ashlynn Sohappy, Respon
dent. Case No. JV176-08/
JV177-08. TO: Ashlynn
Sohappy:
YOU ARE HEREBY N O T I
F IE D that a Review Hearing has
been filed with' the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you
are summoned to appear in this
matter at a hearing scheduled for
5th day of
December ,
2012 @ 10:00 a.m., at the Warm
Springs Tribal Court.
CTWS, Petitioner, vs.
Antonia Wahsise / Jaime
Feldman, Respondent; Case
No. DO76-01/JV84-03/JV85-
03. TO: JAIME FELDMAN:
Spilyay Tymoo Classifiers
Tribal jobs
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
Program activities in the De
partment of Range and Ag
riculture. High School di
ploma or equivalent. Salary
Range DOE. Jason Smith
553-2011. Open Until Filled.
Natural Resources For
estry Staff Support Assis
tant.
Under the general super
vision of the Tribal Forest
Manager, the Staff Support
Assistant is responsible for
Property Management, Pro
curement, Personnel, and
Administrative duties. Sal
a ry R ange DOE. O rvie
Danzuka 553-8216. Closes
11/2.
Police Officer.
High School Diploma or
equivalent. Must pass pre
e m p lo y m e n t te s t; b a sic
m ath, s p e llin g , reading,
c o m p re h e n s io n
' and
w ritin g .S a la ry
R ange
$29,675. Yr. To $37,689. Yr.
Lt. John Webb 553-2037.
Open Until Filled.
Corrections Officers.
High School Diploma or
equivalent. Must pass pre
e m p lo y m e n t te s t: b a sic
math, s p e llin g , reading,
comprehension and writing.
Salary Range $25,235. Yr.
To $36,054. Yr. Lt. John
Webb 553-3272. Open Until
Filled.
YOU ARE HEREBY N O T I
F IE D th a ta CTWS has been filed
w ith the W arm Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you are sum-;
moned to appear in this matter at
a hearing scheduled for 28 th day
of
NOVEMBER 2012
@ 11:00 ami, at the Warm Springs;
Tribal Court.
Floyd S. Gibson, Petitioner,
vs. Carolyn Gibson, Respon
dent; Case No. DO108-12. TO:
Floyd S. Gibson/Carolyn
Gibson:
YOU ARE HEREBY N O T I
F IE D that a Petition for Dissolu-;
tion o f Marriage has been filed
w ith th e W arm Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you are sum
moned to appear in this matter at
a hearing scheduled for the 7th
day- of November, 2012 @
10:00 am, at the Warm Springs
Tribal Court.
Indian Head Casino Jobs
You c'an reach th e'ca
sino H um an R esources
D ept. at 541-460-7714.
These positions are avail
able:
Coffee stations atten
dant, part time.
Contact: Esten Culpus
o r G us C onner at 541-
460-7777
E x t.7 7 5 4 /
7726.
Responsible for stock
ing and brewing coffee on
the main casino floor sta
tions, employee café, and
back storage area. Mak
ing sure soda machine and
co ffee statio n s are up
kept and presentable to
guests. Replenish soda
m achines and ice bin
when necessary. In be-
tween time o f cleaning
and stocking stations, de
liver coffee, soda, cocoa,
and water to guests on
casino floor. O ther du
ties as assigned. Wage:
$8.80
H igh S chool
Diploma or GED. Food
H an d lers C ard and
O LC C C ard required.
At least 2 years customer
service experience pre
ferred. Upbeat and posi
tive attitu d e.
Team
player. G ood communi
cation skills, to relay spe
cials and prom otions to
casino flo o r guests.
Must complete and pass
the OSP Background In
vestigation packet.
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