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More News from Indian Country Page 11 Spilyay Tymoo Lady Buffs at LaGrande Klamath withdraws from water deal Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay The Madras High School Lady Buffs take the LaGrande High School court for the OSAA Playoff game. At halftime of the game, LaGrande was up by 4 points (36-32), but the Buffs were outscored 15-2 in the third quarter, and had players in foul trouble. The final score was 43-65 and the LaGrande Lady Tigers advanced to the State Tournament. 13 arrested in stolen artifacts scheme T A L L A H A S S E E , Fla. (AP) — Eleven people from Florida and two from G eor gia have been charged in what state investigators called a crim inal conspiracy to sell artifacts stolen from state- owned lands in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife C onservation Com m ission officers Wednesday described a nearly $2 million black mar ket in illegal historical artifacts. Item s show n at a news conference in Tallahassee in cluded dozens o f arrowheads and pot shards. But many sto len artifacts likely will never be recovered. “This looting didn’t just take a rtifa cts fro m th e ground,” said Robert Bendus, Florida’s state historic pres ervation officer. “It took his tory away from this genera tion and from future genera tions o f Floridians.” BI A official says progress made at Spirit Lake F O R T T O T T E N , N.D. (AP) — A top Bureau o f In dian Affairs official says the agency is making progress in addressing child abuse and neglect on the Spirit Lake R eservation in N o rth D a kota. B ut Larry R oberts also says looming federal budget cuts could jeopardize funding for social services and law enforcem ent across Indian Country. Roberts is a deputy assis tant secretary with the Inte rior Department. H e was one o f the federal officials who met with reservation residents Wednesday for a discussion about what the BIA has done since taking over child pro tection services last fall. That happened after criticism that the tribe had failed* to protect vulnerable children. House without tumult Christian nonprofit seeks to expand Wasco Co. camp (AP) — A Christian-oriented camp on land formerly oc cupied by followers o f Indian g u ru B hagw an S hree Rajneesh wants to expand but needs state lawmakers’ ap proval. S upporters are pushing House Bill 3098 which would allow Young Life to expand. The nonprofit group owns and o p erates W ashington Family Ranch. The camp was donated to the group in the 1990s after R ajneeshpuram was ab an doned and fell into foreclo sure. The 62,000-aCre camp is looking to expand by an ad- The 35-yeâr-old Lebeaux had served as cultural coor dinator for T hunder Valley C om m unity D ev elo p m en t Corp. The possession charge carries-a maximum sentence o f 10 years in prison. Sen tencing is set for March 18. Lebeaux is being held with out bond in the Pennington County Jail. 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Tucker added that there is KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — The Klamath County Board a good chance the four dams o f Commissioners has voted will be rem oved anyway if to withdraw from an agree the owner, PacifiCorp, seeks a new operating license from m ent th at lays out how to share scarce water between federal regulators. Greg Addington, executive fish and farms, control power costs for irrigators, and re • director o f the Klamath Wa store broken down ecosys ter Users Association, added that the county should bring tems. T he board voted 3-0 to its complaints about the res have the county’s lawyer draw to ratio n agreem ent to the up an order to drop out o f table, w here the 41 o th er the Klamath Basin Restora groups — tribes, salmon fish tion Agreement, with plans to ermen, conservationists, lo vote on it again next week. cal governments, and irriga The agreement is a com tors — that have signed it will panion to an historic deal to give them serious consider remove four small hydroelec ation. Members o f the previous tric dams on the K lam ath River in Oregon and N orth commission signed the agree ern California to help restore ment and voted to renew it before leaving office last year. struggling wild salmon runs. Two other signatories o f Newly elected m em bers o f the agreement m the Karuk the commission campaigned Tribe and the Klamath Wa on a platform o f getting the ter Users Association — say co u n ty o u t o f th e ag ree the county can't pull out, be m ents, expressing reserva cause the agreement is a bind tions a b o u t rem oving the ing contract that was just re dam s, the im pacts o n the county’s economy and water newed for two more years. “T h e K lam ath C ounty storage. T h e c o u n ty has b een Commissioners are trying to put their own community on locked in a battie for decades a disaster course,” said Craig over sharing water between Tucker, Klamath coordinator farm s a n d en d a n g e re d for the K aruk Tribe. “I f the salmon and sucker fish. Irri KBRA fails, there’s no way gation was shut down in 2001 to address the dramatic in to give the fish enough water creases to irrigators’ power to survive. W hen irrigation rates or create a soft landing was restored in 2002, tens of for farmers when tribes use thousands of adult salmon died their senior water rights to fill in the river before they could swim upstream to spawn. the lake and river.” Nez Perce liquor bill passes Reservation leader pleads guilty to drug charges RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A former spiritual and cultural leader on the Pine Ridge In dian Reservation has pleaded guilty to drug charges. Je ro m e L ebeaux was charged and pleaded guilty to possession o f a controlled substance and driving under the influence o f a controlled substance. March 6, 2013 541-923-3554 .autoreDairredmond.com ditional 1,500 overnight beds. The property straddles Wasco and Jefferson counties north o f Madras. An official with the state D epartm ent o f Lands, Jo n Jinings, said the land is zoned for farm and ranch activity but it’s an “unusual situation” because o f its past use. BOISE (AP) - The House quickly passed the N ez Perce tribe's effort to win a liquor license for its new convention c e n te r o n the C learw ater River. T he 51-19 vote was absent tumult that accompa nied the bill on its way through the House State Affairs Com mittee, where it passed by a single vote. N o t one representative spoke in opposition. The measure was brought by the n o rth cen tral Idaho tribe, to allow it to sell cock tails at its casino, convention center and 50-room hotel. T he N ez Perce need an exem ption, u n d er Id ah o 's strict 1947 liquor law meant tb prom ote temperance. Rep. Marc Gibbs o f Grace told the chamber during de bate th at strict sideboards would prevent any ’ ’runaway use" o f this new exemption to create num erous new li quor licenses. T he bill now heads to the Senate. Notice of the Availability of an Environmental Assessment The USDA, Rural Development has received an application for fi nancial assistance from the Confed erated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, Rural Developm ent has ap proved an Environmental Assess ment prepared by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs that evalu ated the potential environmental ef fects and consequences of the pro posed project. This notice an nounces the availability of the Envi ronmental Assessment for public re view and comment, and USDA is publishing this notice in accordance with Section 106 of the NHPA review. The proposed project consists of construction of a new K-8 school in Greeley Heights near the intersec tion of East Tenino and C hukar roads. The project will comply with . all standards and best management practices set forth in the Tribal Inte grated Resource Management Plan to avoid any adverse environmental effects. A cultural resource site known to be present in the area will be protected by development and implementation of an Inadvertent Discovery Plan and further Tribal as sessment before construction be gins. Archaeological monitors will be present during all earth disturbing activities. The alternatives consid ered to the proposed project include: remaining at the current school lo cation with its limited space and old infrastructure, other locations in the vicinity of the proposed location that had topography limitations, and a Warm Springs Campus location that has old infrastructure and is zoned commercial. Copies of the Environmental As sessment are available for review at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ru ral Development, Attn: State Environ mental Coordinator, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, S u ite 801, P o rtla n d , OR 97232-1274, or locally at the Tribal Natural Resources Building, 4223 Holliday Street, Warm Springs, OR 97761. For further information con tact Charlotte Rollier, State Environ mental Coordinator, USDA Rural Development, 503-414-3356. Any person interested in commenting on this proposed project should submit comments to the USDA Portland ad dress above by Friday, April 5, 2013.
