January 23, 2013
Spilyay T ym o o , W grm Springs, O regon
Tribes withdraw from gaming alliance
T h e T rib al C ouncil
v o te d u n an im o u sly to
withdrawn from the O r
egon Tribal Gaming Alli
ance.
P aiu te C h ie f Jo e
Moses brought the matter
up at a Council meeting
early last week.
H e said the O regon
Tribal G am ing Alliance
has caused tro u b le for
W arm S p rin g s in th e
past; and he suggested
the tribes forego the an
nual $5,000 membership
fee. O ther Council m em
bers agreed:
The Oregon tribes are
clearly not unified on gam-
ing issues, said Councilman
Raymond Tsumpti.
Also, the alliance has m en
tioned its effort to p rotect
tribal sovereignty. “O ur sov
ereignty is our issue and ours
alo n e,” said C o u n cilm an
Tsumpti.
The gaming alliance op
posed the Portland private
casino proposals last year.
Tactics used in that campaign
were similar to the ones used
against Warm Springs when
the tribes were trying to de
velop a casino at Cascade
Locks, said Councilman J.P.
Patt, “It’s not an alliance,” he
said. “T hey o ppose us on
some things.”
C o u n cilm an
R on
S u p p ah said W arm
Springs takes care o f its
own business. I f Warm
Springs withdraws from
the alliance, “I don’t think
we would miss anything,”
he said.
C ouncilw om an Lola
Sohappy suggested the
C o n fe d e ra te d T rib e s
send a letter to the O r
egon Tribal G am ing Al
liance, in d ic a tin g th a t
W arm Springs is w ith
drawing.
T h e C o u n cil th en
v o te d u n an im o u sly to
withdrawn from the alli
ance.
Council looking at video-conferencing
Tribal Council last week
voted to assess the possibility
o f video-conferencing with
tribal attorneys. This could
save on travel time by the
attorneys, said Councilman
Scott Moses, who introduced
the idea. The tribal Office o f
Inform ation Systems (OIS)
or a third party could provide
th e serv ice, C o u n cilm an
Moses said.
T rib al C o u n cilm an J.P.
Patt com m ented that other
trib e s are u sin g v id eo -
conferencing technology. He
added th a t W arm Springs
should also lo o k at going
paperless with Tribal Council
documents, as another cost-
saving measure.
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Case could shape Native adoptions
(AP) - The U.S. Supreme
Court is set to decide a case
that could outline the Emits
o f a law on Native American
a d o p tio n s ¿w ritten by a
fo rm er U.S. sen ato r from
South Dakota.
T hat former senator, Jim
Abourezk, said he hopes die
high court can look beyond
thè emotion involved in the
case and affirm the im por
tan ce o f th e 1978 In d ian
Child Welfare Act.
T h e case in q u e stio n ,
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl,
involves a 3-year-old Chero
kee girl whose m other gave
her up for adoption before
birth after her father sent a
text message consenting to a
loss o f his parental rights.
The father later said he
had consented only to put
pressure on the girl’s mother,
w ith w hom he has a rocky
relationship.
The couple that adopted
the girl took her home from
the hospital as an infant, but
said goodbye after the Su
preme Court o f South Caró-
Warm Springs Chamber Notes
Tourism project focus of discussion; market set for this summer
W arm Springs Cham ber
o f Commerce members and
prospective members met ear-
Eer this m onth for discussion
o f a Central Oregon tourism
project.
The project is called River
Canyon Country Rural Tour
ism, an idea in the third phase
o f input and evaluation.
Participating communities
in clu d e W arm Springs,
Prineville, Culver, M adras
Maupin and all the small in
teresting’ places and canyons
in between.
The process is being faciE-
tated by Travel Oregon. For
more information, go to:
TravelOregon. com
W arm Springs m em bers
and businesses have been en
gaged in the process since its
inception.
W arm Springs branding
and merchant prom otion has
matured to where individuals
and groups are recognizing
the opportunity and benefit
o f collective m arketing to
stretch advertising doUars.
In fo rm atio n on m arketing
is being m ailed directly to
m erchants and other inter-
ested parties. In other Cham
ber notes:
Business owners interested
in hosting a Java Jum p Start,
please call me at 541-553-
3148 ext. 12.
There are several oppor
tunities available to introduce
yourself a n d /o r product to
other chamber members and
businesses.
N ow is a good time to let
the Community know about
you and your product or ser
vice.
Reminder: There will be a
Warm Springs Farmers Mar-
ket opportunity this summer
and faU.
W hether you are a p u r
chaser, seUer or both, start
planning now for healthful
summer food and preserves’.
T he F ebruary 12 W arm
Springs Chamber meeting will
focus on bringing first time
visitors .to the Warm Springs
Reservation. The March 12
Chamber meeting wiU include
nom ination and election o f
2013-14 officers.
I f you w ant your voice in
the room, show up and speak
up. Patricia Gainsforth
Indian Business Talk
Ena ruled that the act requires
sp ecial c o n sid e ra tio n be
granted N ative American par
ents.
A b o u re z k
to ld
th e
M innehaha County D em o
cratic Forum recently that a
case such as the one in South
CaroEna is difficult. A case
such as that should not, he
said, call into question the
importance o f a law intended
to guard against a repeat o f
the loss o f heritage hiStoricaEy
associated with the adoption
o f Native American children.
H e said he’s taken calls
from across the U.S. asking
him to support a change in
the law based on the. South
CaroEna case.
“The Indian tribes were
being decimated by white so
cial serv ice ag en cies,”
Abourezk said o f the reason
ing behind the law. “You don’t
change a whole law because
o f one case. It’s worked fairly
weU most o f the time.”
The decision by the Su
prem e C ourt to decide the
adoption case that turns on
the interpretation o f the act'
com es barely m ore than a
year after a series o f reports
on N atio n al P ublic Radio
highEghting the law from a
different angle.
The reports suggested that
the state systematicaEy was
placing Native American chil
dren with white foster fami-
Ees and giving too few oppor
tunities to Native American
foster famiEes.
The series prornpted some
in Congress to caE on a coali-
tion of tribes to prepare a
report on Indian Child Wel
fare Act violations.
“ I t ’s a te rrib le sham e,
w hat’s been going on (with
foster famiEes),” A bourezk
said.
The high court’s decision
to take up the South Caro
Ena case came Jan. 4, days
before the. start o f an Aber
deen witness tampering case
th at drew the attention o f
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By Bruce Engle
Eoan officer
1PM. Credit Enterprise
The Farm Service Agency
announced a new “smaller
farm” microloan program last
Wednesday.
L oans can be up to
tools, irrigation and deEvery
vehicles.
Caution: These loans are
smaE and the application pro
cesses simpler than usual but
profits are expected.
W hat does that mean? A
fam ily g a rd en w o u ld n o t
quaEfy. Buying bred heifers
m ight require you to bring
something to the table. Cash
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Legal Aid offers free service
Farm Service Agency loan program helps smaller growers
$35,000 for o p eratin g ex
penses. Those could include:
Initial start-up expenses;
annual expenses such as seed,
fertiEzer, utiEties, etc; market
ing and distribution expenses;
purchase o f Evestock, equip
ment, and other materials es
sential to farm operations;
m inor farm im provem ents
such as wells and coolers;
Native American activists and
chEd welfare advocates.
F o rm er B row n C ounty
Deputy State’s Attorney Bran
don TaEaferro and court-ap
p o in te d special ad v o cate
Shirley Schwab were accused
o f targeting a foster m other
n am ed W endy M ette fo r
w rongful prosecution after
she and her husband's Native
American foster chEdren re
ported that the husband had
raped them repeatedly.
T h e h u sb a n d , R ich ard
Mette, was convicted o f first-«
degree rape.
T h e sta te D iv isio n o f
Crim inal Investigation ac-«
cused TaEaferro and Schwab
o f tampering with a witness
to bring charges o f abuse and
neglect against Wendy Mette.
T hose charges against th e
m o th e r w ere d ro p p e d in
2011.
L ast w eek, a judge dis
m issed th e case a g ain st
Taliaferro and Schwab in a
courtroom filled w ith sup
porters o f the pair.
A b o u re z k agrees w ith
those who said the two were
ta rg e te d b y th e D C I fo r
“blowing the whistle about
what was going on” with the
adoption o f Native American
chEdren.
Concerns about the Mette?
surfaced twice in the 2000s,'
but they stiE were aEowed to
take in more chEdren.
A D CI agent testified last
week that the victim in the
Mette case never changed her
story or said T aliaferro o r
Schwab had pressured h er
into speaking.
Defense lawyer Mike But
ler o f Sioux FaEs was asked
after the trial why he thought
the charges against the advo
cates were brought.
“I would like to know the
answer to that,” he told the
American News o f Aberdeen.
Beadle County State’s A t
torney Michael M oore said
he respects the court's deci
sion b ut disagrees.
is always good.
Creditworthiness is a must!
An existing operation that just
n eed s a little h elp m ig h t
quaEfy.
' FSA will have the answers
and the applications.
Patty or Julie can be con
tacted at 541 -573-6446. Their
office is jn Hines and they do
travel.
Legal A id S ervices o f O regon p rovides free
assistance to low -incom e O regonians in m any
civil cases. P hone Legal Aid S ervices o f O r
egon to sch e d u le an a p p o in tm e n t to speak
w ith an a tto rn e y on the firs t M onday o f the
m o n th (e x c lu d in g H o lid a y s ) a t th e W a rm
S p rin g s C o m m u n ity A c tio n Team b u ild in g ,
1136 Paiute A ve., W arm Springs. Call (541)
385-6 9 4 4 on M onday, Tuesday, and T h u rs
day m ornings betw een 10 a.m. and noon, or
on T u e s d a y and T h u rs d a y a fte rn o o n s b e
tw een 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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th e
Agency
Longhouse from 4 til
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W e a re lo o k in g
fo r vo lu n te e rs and
donations o f house
hold ite m s fo r the
raffle. C o n ta ct Kat
S p a u ld in g at 541-
5 5 3 -4 1 2 2 , if you
would like to help.
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