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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)
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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.