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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 2012)
T “I ■ E Coosb EE W A: The W3y it is Spending locally benefits many By Yvonne Iverson As m any w alked o u t o f the Post Office dehghted by the receipt o f a Cobell Setde- m ent envelope, my box re mained empty. So as an o b s e rv e r o f Spilyay the Christmas Speaks s h o p p in g frenzy, I was happy to see th at som e o f th e m o n ey was being spent in our local community and as Financial Literacy Trainer I was very excited to think abou t the benefits that keeping money local has. I just w ant to share an ex ample from the Building N a tive C om m unities C urricu lum that I have changed to be m ore relevant to our com munity. So if you have $40 left over from your check and you spend $30 for a gift made by a tribal m em ber and the other $10 at an off-reserva- tion fast food chain. The $10 is gone, but the beadworker uses the $30 you paid and takes her husband to Eagle Crossing for lunch and spends $25. A nd then spends $5 to rent a movie in tow n. Eagle C rossing then takes $15 to buy more milk from W arm Springs Market. Even though some money js lost with each change o f hands to off-reservation busi nesses, your decision pay $30 to a tribal m em ber has the sam e im p a c t as so m eo n e from P ordand pulling o ff the highway and spending $110 in our community. As your $30 was spent, it supported three businesses owned by community m em bers. I f that same $30 had been spent at businesses n ot owned by community mem bers, the comm unity would have lost out. It has been good to wit ness dollars circulating in our community: Meals at Eagle Crossing, gifts made locally, birthday parties at the arcade and community members in the w inners pictures at the casino-------------------------- For the words Thank you to Arlita Rhoan fo r h e lp in g us w ith th e Ichishkeen translation! Spilyay Tymoo Spilygy T y m o o December 26, 2012 Letters to the editor A thank you We would like to thank the following individuals for their toy donations to the Early Childhood E ducation Santa visit: G ladys G ra n t, L upe Samuels, T o n to and G ena H eath, and A nna Hurtado. Wishing you all a H appy N ew Year! ing. They cannot take leisure trips every w eek to stay in motels or eat o ut at restau rants. So to all m y fam ily in W arm Springs, have a m erry Christmas and H appy N ew Year. Pray that our money will be sp en t wisely. Sincerely, S y b il Q u e a h p a m a Ssmartlowit. Ralph Edw ards and ECE. Wishes... From museum We h o s te d th e N a tiv e American Heritage A rt Mar ket here at the m useum last m onth. It was a success! We had many artists with tables filled w ith beautiful works o f art. T hank you to th e artists w ho came, and thank you to our visitors who came to see and support our local artisans. A big th an k you to our E d u c a tio n c o o rd in a to r Rosalind Sampson for orga nizing this event. We mailed out our letters for our Join the Journey end o f year g iv in g cam paign. Please know, your donations do make a difference— We appreciate your friendship and continued support! H ap p y N ew Y ear from our family to yours! Debbie Stacona, the Mu seum at W arm Springs. Money issue I have been hearing a ru m or that our Warm Springs Tribes is going broke, th at there will no longer be per capita b o n u ses, loans and o ther tribal monies. I can’t believe this because I know our Tribal Council travel to all the w orkshops to learn how to make money for our reservation. I am g ra te fu l fo r th e C obell paym ents from the g o v e rn m e n t m o s t o f o u r tribal mem bers are receiving. There are some tribes get ting Salazar paym ents also from the government. I have h eard the o th e r trib es are holding meetings w ith their tribal members to decide how they will spend the millions o f dollars th at they are re ceiving. I have been waiting for an invitation from our councilmen on a date for our planning meeting. I know W arm Springs re ceived two payments. Phase one and phase two. Each pay ment was worth many millions o f dollars. M ost of' our tribal m em bers need this m oney for bills and the cost o f liv Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Reporter: Duran Bobb Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone:541-553-2210 Advertising: 541-553-2307 or 541-325-1089 E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. Happy Anniversary to my Honey forever, Leon Curtis Chase. Hove, yo u r wife Hittle Blower Te amo para siempre mi amor! W ishing Faye W aheneka a H appy N ew Year! F ro m D ave. Indian Business Talk Thoughts on sovereignty fo r New Year By Bruce Engle Hoan officer W.S. Credit Enterprise I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and wish you a very H appy N ew Year! May you and yours enjoy the holidays while remember ing with love those we have lost and anticipating the ar rivals o f those to come. A nd, le t’s say a special prayer for th e families o f those w ho lost their loved ones in Newtown. We have lost the promise and the fu- ture o f those young children and their teachers. Their families are hurting as are we all. Now, to business talking an d thinking fo r the N ew Year. Your econom ic situation affects your sovereignty - your personal sovereignty that is What? W ho has personal sovereignty? We do! We all do! We know o f national sov ereignty an d trib al so v er eignty. O u r ability to pre- serve, protect, defend, and to assert national and tribal sov ereignty is only a dream with out a strong economic sup p o rt for those efforts. I suggest the same applies to our personal sovereignty. As we anticipate and plan our financial lives for next year, let’s think about what the elements o f personal sover eignty are and what we can do to increase our ability to be strong, healthy, and happy. I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and Happy N ew Year. Urging Congress to act on Farm Bill Bill impacts Native communities By the First Nations Development Institute W ith the F arm Bill now expired, and a lack o f U.S. Congressional action on a new bill, programs that serve N a tive American communities are in jeopardy. Y our p u sh is needed to avoid a negative im pact on those programs that currently serve Native American farm ers and ranchers, and which im pact local food systems. Two specific p ro g ram s within the Farm Bill include the Beginning Farm ers and Ranchers D evelopm ent P ro gram (BFRDP) and the 2501 Programs, also known as O ut reach and Assistance for So cially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (OASDFR). A uthorized in 2002, the BFRDP is directed to provide beginning farmers and ranch ers, and their families, with the knowledge, skills and tools n eeded to m ake in fo rm ed decisions about their opera tions, with the goal o f enhanc in g su ccess o f b e g in n in g farmers and ranchers. U n d e r th is p ro g ra m , a num ber o f N ative com m u n itie s, fa rm e rs, ra n c h e rs, tribes and tribal colleges have been able to receive and pro- vide assistance to strengthen food systems, advance agri cultural initiatives, and gen erate economic opportunities in m anner that is specific to the tribe and culture. In 2010, the BFRD P al lowed First Nations Develop m ent Institute to develop an innovative approach to agri cultural business education at tribal colleges. This is a process th at will m o re effectively in teg rate entrepreneurship training to p ro m o te th e d ev elo p m en t and sustainability o f ag-re- lated businesses o n reserva tions through the develop m en t o f a d o ra b le 'c u rric u lum th at will be fnade avail able to o th er tribal colleges in the nation. I n 2012, N ew M exico State University in collabora tio n w ith th e In s titu te o f A m erican In d ian A rts was awarded a three-year grant to provide 55 Native American agricultural producers, w ho' have been farming or ranch ing for 10 years or less, with research-based and proven sustainable educational and technical assistance through culturally accepted methods. T his was an e ffo rt to em pow er them w ith skills and knowledge necessary to com pete and succeed in their ag ricultural business endeavors. A s d ire c te d u n d e r th e farm bill, the overall goal o f the OASDFR Program is to assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in a lin guistically appropriate manner in o w n in g an d o p e ra tin g farms, ranches and non-in dustrial forest lands while in creasing their participation in agricultural program s p ro vided by USDA. U nder this p ro g ra m , trib e s , N a tiv e nonprofits and Native com munities have been able to increase outreach and assis tance to Native farmers and ranchers who would otherwise refrain from seeking assis tance due to language barri ers, issues surrounding trust lands and cditùfaFrelëvâncè. It has given tribes and N a tive A m erican farm ers and ranchers the opportunity to develop strategies to advance farming and ranching in a lin guistically appropriate manner and relevant to their cultural values and traditions. U nder the OASDFR p ro gram, First Nations D evelop m ent Institute has been able to provide N ative farm ers and ranchers on the Navajo N ation with increased access to information, resources and assistance o n U SDA p ro grams. T his w as accom plished through regional convenings, technical assistance and out reach. In 2012, First N ations has expanded efforts with finan- G am ing News 2 Calif, tribes sue to block casino proposal M A R Y S V IL L E , C alif. (AP) - j Two California casino owning tribes have filed law suits to block a third tribe from building a casino. T h e tw o tribes say th e E n te rp r is e R a n c h e ria o f M aidu In d ia n s' p ro p o s e d g am in g facility n e a r th e N o rth ern California city o f Marysville w ould h u rt busi ness at their casinos and set a bad precedent since it is p la n n e d o n la n d o f f th e tribe's current reservation. T he the lawsuits by the Cachil D ehe Band o f W intun Indians and the U nited Au burn Indian Community were filed last week. Cachil D ehe operates the Colusa Casino. U nited Au bu rn operates T hunder Val ley Casino in Placer County. T he U.S. D epartm ent o f I n te r io r a n d G ov. J e rry B row n have ap proved the E nterprise Rancheria's p ro posal. C h arles A lte k ru se , a spokesman for the tribe, said the lawsuits were last-ditch efforts and had little chance o f succeeding. Mass, casino panel delays SE region vote B O S T O N (A P) - T h e panel overseeing the state’s casino gambling law has de layed a vote to open the li censing process to bids from co m m ercial d ev elo p ers in southeastern Massachusetts. C om m ercial developers h av e p rev io u sly b e e n ex- eluded under a provision that gave p referen ce to a local Native American tribe. T uesday’s p lan n ed v o te had been described as an “im perfect” solution by Massa chusetts Gaming Commission chair Stephen Crosby. I t w ou ld n o t g u aran tee com m ercial developers will be able to compete for a ca sino license nor w ould it jetti so n a p ro p o s a l by th e M ashpee W am panoag tribe to build a casino in Taunton. The casino law had given first crack in the region to a federally-recognized tribe. cial and technical assistance to Native organizations that serve individual farmers and ranchers on the Navajo*Na tion and H opi Reservation. In addition, First Nations will work to increase the num ber technical service provid ers w ho are fluent in the lan guage and arm ed w ith the knowledge to guide Native fa rm e rs an d ra n c h e rs through USDA processes so that they can increase their participation in USDA pro grams. W ithout these tw o p ro grams and many others un der the farm bill, farm ers, ranchers 'atid local food sys tems in American Indian com munities are at risk. It is im portant to ensure that Congress takes action to pass a farm bill, b u t also en sures that adequate funding is allocated fo r these p ro gram s th a t effectively ad vance farming and ranching in American Indian com m u nities. We need to make sure that law m akers u n d erstan d the consequence o f inaction and the im portance o f these pro gram s and the farm bill in American Indian com m uni ties. Please m ake your voice heard by emailing your m em bers o f Congress to take ac tion on the farm bill. Miss, casino' revenue decline softens in November JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - M ississippi casino revenue shrank again in N ovem ber, b u t at a m uch slower pace than O ctober’s 8 percent de cline. Statewide casino revenue fell to $164.4 million, accord ing to Mississippi Department o f Revenue figures. T h e dip le ft th e sta te ’s gambling halls running $13 million ahead o f 201 l ’s pace through 11 months. In 2011, M ississip p i R iver casinos closed for m uch o f May be cause o f flooding. The 17 river casinos from Tunica to N atchez w on $83.9 million, down 1 percent from the $84.7 million they w on in N o v em b er 2011. A n 18th casino o p en ed T uesday in Natchez.
