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Spilydy Tymoo, Wgrrn Springs, Oregon February 20, 2013 Defender clarifies felon-in-possession law T he crim e o f felon in p o s session o f a firearm is seri ous: A federal prison sentence o f 10 years is possible for a conviction. A ny person o n the reser vation w ho has a felony con viction should be aw are o f th e p o ssib le c onsequences, especially w hen h u nting sea son com es around. T h e fe lo n -in -p o sse ssio n law applies no m atter w hat the felony c o n v ic tio n w as fo r, and no m atter how long ago the conviction happened. As an example: A person 30 years ago h a d a felony conviction for driving w ith a suspended license. T he p e r son goes o u t hunting w ith a firearm. In th at situation, law e n fo rc e m e n t c o u ld ch arg e the p erson w ith felon in p o s session o f a firearm. Such incidents in fact have o c c u r r e d o n th e W a rm Springs Reservation. In one case the person had a driving w ith su sp en d e d c o n v ic tio n m any years ago. Unaw are o f th e consequences, the person w en t hunting and ended up in federal court facing a seri ous charge. The F e d e ra l P u b lic D efender’s O ffice in Pordand r e p re s e n ts trib a l m em b e rs w ho have been charged w ith a crim e in federal court. A. person with a felony conviction cannot have a firearm, even fo r hunting. S e n io r litig a to r E lle n Pitcher w ants tribal m em bers to be aware o f the felon-in- possession law, as a potentially long prison sentence can be im p o se d . T e n years is th e m axim um , depending on the previous convictions, she said. “ T h e se n te n c e s c an b e quite long,” Pitcher said. Only ab o u t 10 percen t o f people w h o are ch arg ed an d c o n victed o f felon in possession end up w ith only probation. M o s t re ce iv e som e, p ris o n tim e, she said. A p e rs o n w ith a felony conviction, Pitcher said, “can n o t have a firearm even for hunting.” T h e previous felony could be a non-violent crime such as theft. T he p erson may n o t have done any prison time for the previous felony. N e v ertheless, the felon-in-posses sion charge applies. The F e d e ra l P u b lic D e f e n d e r ’s O ffic e c an be reached a t 503-326-2132. Pitcher said th at the office can provide legal defense ad Video request from Counseling vice to a tribal m em ber w ho is facing a crim e in federal court. T h e o ffice m ay also be able to help w hen a person has n o t y e t b e e n c h arg e d w ith a federal crime, b u t w ho has been contacted by law en forcem ent. F o r instance, som e crimes originate in tribal court, and are then transferred to fed eral court as the seriousness" becom es apparent. T he person m ight w ant le gal advice ih d ealing w ith trib a l law e n fo rc e m e n t, in case th e m a tte r eventually ends up in the federal court. P itc h e r sa id t h a t all people being investigated or charged have the right n o t to speak w ith law enforcem ent. S ta te m en ts m ad e to tribal police can potentially be used in federal court. A person w hose case goes to federal court has the right to an attorney. This is n o t the case w ith people charged just in tribal court. T he tribal Le gal A id D e p artm en t re p re se n ts d e fe n d a n ts in trib a l court. A case that is litigated ih tribal court can also be liti g a te d in fe d e r a l c o u r t. D o u b le jeo p ard y does n o t apply in that situation, Pitcher said. A s a p a rt o f th e ded i c a tio n o f th e n ew ly r e m o d e le d W arm S prings T h e m a rk e t is c u rre n tly seeking a nam e, and is hold ing a contest to com e up with ideas. T h e prize will be a $50 gift certificate for goods from teh future o u td o o r m arket. Mail your entry to: W arm Springs C om m unity A c tio n T eam , 1136 P aiu te News from I SON, FATHER, PA the Pechanga Indian reserva tion in Southern California. T h e tribe recendy began funding a graduate-level Cal streams. 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A school ru n b y ,th e M orongo B and o f M ission Indians in cludes classes in Serrano and Cahuilla. A Calif, based m edia com p a n y has d e v e lo p e d in d ig enous-language video games, sto ry b o o k s a n d e le c tro n ic flashcards. Salmon carcasses recycled as nutrients for streams (AP) — A new O regon m a rin e p ro g ra m in v o lv e s th e dum ping o f hundreds o f ex cess hatchery fish carcasses into tributaries. T his is a conservation p ro gram billed as a way to m ake up for the loss o f m arine-de r iv e d n u t r ie n t s t h a t g e t f lu s h e d f r o m W est C o a s t Michael Martinez, P revention Specialist. • GOLDENDALE, WA DAVID DEC. 17,1931 APR. 22, 2002 one w ho is struggling w ith an addiction? C all m e a t 5 4 1 -6 1 5 - 011 6 o r 9 7 1 -6 7 8 -0 3 8 7 . You m ust be willing to sign a film release fo rm before doing the interview. We w ould also like to sh o w case th e s e interviewees in o th er p u b lic p la c e s a f te r o u r building’s dedication. PIONEER ROCK & MONUMENT EUGENE L Tribes campaign to save Native languages SA N B E R N A R D IN O , Calif. (AP) — T he Luiseno lan guage is back from the brink o f extinction, thanks to the e ffo rts o f trib al leaders on We need to do video in terview s w ith people w ho are willing to answ er these ques tions on cam era, so they can share their story for the b e n efit o f others. W hat is been the best p art o f your recovery? W h a t h e lp s you? W h a t copings skills have you devel oped to aid in your recovery? H o w long have you been in recovery? W hat w ould you say? W hat advice w ould you give to any C o m m u n ity C o u n se lin g building o n M arch 6, we are g oing to p u t to g eth e r v id e o i n te r v i e w s w ith th o se w h o have b e en in re c o v e ry a n d sh o w c a se th e ir stories. T h e s e v id e o s w ill b e p la y in g c o n tin u o u s ly th ro u g h o u t the event, so people may view th em as they choose. Name the W.S. market contest T h e W a rm S p rin g s M arket will be a place o f lo ca lly p r o d u c e d fo o d , quality h a n d m a d e crafts a n d com m unity. T h ere will be entertainm ent and ro o m for socializing and relaxing^ in a fa m ily - friendly park setting. Page 7 F is h b io lo g is t C h u c k F ustish calls it the “ no m uss, no fuss m ethod,” and studies show carcass placem ent can p u t nutrients into streams that w ere absorbed by salm on in the ocean and carried inland during their spaw ning runs. “W e’re giving th e w hole ecosystem a b o o st in n u tri ents,” Fustish said. “I t will p ro vide ocean n utrients in fish th a t w o u ld have b e en here normally. A n d it's a lot m ore o f a beneficial use than send ing them to the landfill.” C o le R iv e r H a tc h e ry w o rk e rs are k eep in g th o u sands o f ex tra salm on and steelhead carcasses this year, in c lu d in g th o u s a n d s th a t w ould have gone to landfills in o th er years. Cole Rivers records show th at 44,792 fish ended up in the landfill over the past 11 y e ars, w h ile 105,679 w ere released alive in to stream s a n d ju s t 14,006 c a rc a sse s w e n t to the stre am -en ric h m en t program . U p to 19,200 p o u n d s o f salm on and steelhead will be recycled into local rivers and c re e k s th is y e a r, T h e M e d fo rd M ail T rib u n e r e ported. “I t ’s a start,” says L arry Butz, o f M edford, vice presi den t o f the C oastal C onser vation Association. “T h a t’s a lo t m ore th an w e expected, b u t we can handle it.” T h is y e a r, fish w ill b e to s s e d in to 16 m ile s o f stream s in the B utte Creek, E vans Creek and E lk Creek systems in Jackson C ounty as well as nearly five m iles o f Taylor Creek, a Rogue tribu tary in Josephine County. All o f the carcasses will be placed high ih the systems and in stretches w here water-qual ity testing has show n they do n o t already contain to o m any nutrients during fish-spaw n ing m onths, Fustish said. “ I t se rv es as a n u trie n t source for all o f the com m u nities in the stream s,” he said. I t’s quite a b it m ore b en eficial th a n th£ p h o s p h a te and nitrate ru n o ff from ag ric u ltu ra l f e rtiliz e r, w h ic h F ustish said only lead to blue- green algae. Cherokees push to free bears at pri vate zoos C H E R O K E E , N„C. (AP) — Peggy H ill was outraged. A fter w atching a video o f bears endlessly circling their tiny enclosures at a privately ow ned zoo on a C hero kee Indian reservation, she knew she had to act. H ill and o th e r m em b ers o f th e E aste rn B and o f Cherokee Indians began pressing the tribal council to force th at zoo and tw o o thers on the reservation to free the bears. , N o w it appears E astern B and leaders are ready to tackle the issue. A t a contentious m eeting this w eek, the tribal coun cil said it’s considering a resolution introduced by Hill and supporters to revoke the z o o s’ licenses and re quire the ow ners to rem ove the bears from captivity. T he council says it will study the issue, and the reso lution could come, up for a vo te at its M arch meeting. Hill, 72, said this is the first tim e th a t C herokee elders have publicly spoken o u t ab o u t the issue. “M ost Cherokee people h ad no idea w h at was tak ing place behind the bars o f these roadside zoos,” Hill said. She said elders are so appalled “at the horrible treatm ent o f these jailed bears” th a t they decided to take action. I t is the latest developm ent in the long, public cam paign to close th e zoos w here m ore th an tw o dozen black, A sian and grizzly bears are confined in cages and barren concrete pits. People for the E thical T reatm ent o f A nim als has filed com plaints w ith federal regulators and Cherokee leaders ab o u t the bears’ living conditions. L ast year, the anim al-rights group p osted billboards in the area, calling the b e a t zoos “prisons” and n oting an incident in w hich a 9-year-old girl was b itten while feeding a baby bear. T h e reservation’s three roadside zoos — Cherokee B ear Z oo, C hief Saunooke Bear Park and Santa’s L and — are inspected by the U.S. D e p artm en t o f A gricul ture, w hich enforces the federal Anim al W elfare Act. T h e E aste rn B and's wildlife office also inspects the ZOOS.
