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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 2013)
March 20, 2013 Spilygy Tyrnoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon Page 8 Agency District Candidates Gabriel Walker Dear Tribal members o f W arm Springs. I ’m Gabriel Walker from the Agency District running fo r th e 2 6 th T rib al C ouncil election. I ’m blessed and honored to be nom inated for such an im portant role in the T rib e’s D em ocracy. I would like to thank Fos ter Kalama for the nomi nation and other tribal members plus my fam ily for their support. As previous,, this is an im portant election for our people and the res ervation. I ’m ready for new direction and change internally with real ob tainable goals fo r ou r Tribe. I ’m passionate with the plan I have in place fo r o u r T rib e ’s Council. I t holds the C ouncil, M anagem ent, and our tribe account able to our decision and actions. We need to focus on the realistic issues our tribe’s facing, the finan cial budget and economy. I,’ve talked w ith tribal m em bers concern and this is their consistent topic. I know this has been talked about and looked into previously. N othing has been reported to our people and we still sit in a financial defi cit. I believe it’s time to voice the people concerns and stand up as a future leader for the tribe. My focus for this Tribal Council term is primarily on the financial budget and eco nomic developm ent for the tribe. It’s time to focus, plan, and execute o u r business model. Exercise our Sover eignty and do what’s right for our people, our reservation an d fu tu re g e n e ra tio n to come. M y plan if elected; Audit, understand and inves tigate our Financial Bud get, business development — N ew enterprises and small businesses, Job cre ations — cu rren t en ter prises and tribal depart ments, Saving Senior ben efits (p en sio n s etc.), wom an rights, and final Tribal mem ber job devel opm ent — Tribal member preference. I am taking a stand with pur people. We all n eed stan d to gether. With focusing on our financial leakage and budget, we can come up w ith realistic ideas for, development. T hese are im p o rtan t decision our tribe is fac ing. It’s time your voice is heard and respected. Let all your family and friends know V oting is crucial and their votes are needed. I am interested to hear from you and I hope the o th er candidates do as well. I hope to gain your su p p o rt and vote. T o gether we will fight fur ther more into the future. G od bless our tribe and the people. Ryan Smith 1 I am p resen tly em ployed as tribal hydrolo gist. As a.i college gradu ate, a fish, wildlife, and environmental advocate, I feel q u a lified to progress this tribe and its members in the coming years. T he experience I gain ed an d sh ared through the years on the Fish and Wildlife Com m ittee, Colum bia River Inter-tribal Fish Commis sion, Resource Manage m en t Inter-disciplinary Team, and Project Inter disciplinary Team , has helped foster this move. Many o f times larger de cisions determ ined the larger picture, yet, signifi cant opportunities were available fo r th e finer details o f assignments. We as tribe will have to come up with better finer details soon! With a shrinking and uncertain tribal budget, possible future tribal phi lanthropy will be a very im p o rta n t en deavo r. T h ere has to be som e flexibility to use dollars to benefit our tribal people! Setting our budget the next two to three years has to allow for growth and expansion. H istori cally this tribe has always valued and utilized out side recom m endation s and insights, Oregon State study, consultants, legal council, and the like have all had their opportunities to contribute. Yet, we are still waiting for the very low hanging fruit to be fu n d e d an d im p le mented. Limited funding is the largest issue and any p latfo rm s fo r this C o u n cil w ill have to maititain w hat money we are receiving. T he next year, four years, and defi nitely by year 10 we will be adjusting to very outside influences once again. O ther tribal nations have truly raised the bar on what CTWS will need to do in the future in regards to educating congress! I fully grasp the realization that the lack o f dollars and the unrealized priorities are n o t excuses for the job at hand! As candidates for Tribal Council are considered I truly feel I have the experience to carry out any and all CTWS business asked o f me! The CTWS people come fro m (th e riv er). We are sm art, c o m m o n sense minded, people, before gam ing (nationw ide resp ected leaders), post gaming (not as prominent). There is nothing w rong w ith making adjust ments with what we got. Ad ditional, revenue or resource extraction is n ot the total an swer! I believe our system is set up where nobody really has to p u t any reputation, smarts, or jobs, on the line. I believe there is n ot enough professional opinion devel oped th at supports our in formed decisions. E ducating congress will require travel just to maintain what we have. This needs to be better organized for sure! I believe, we as a tribe need n ot worry about past letter o f law, resolution, or ordinance, but instead concentrate on the original in ten t o f th at lan guage. Some o f my initial leg- islative ideas: 50 percent o f th e tim e (m o n th ) Council has to be on res ervation with a quorum. N ew em ploym ent first o ffered w ith in ho u se, th a n ad v e rtise if n o t filled. Sub-contracts In dian preference required or tribal department de v e lo p e d to do w ork. O ther studied endeavors: Ski re s o rt (Jefferson), Bear Springs (condos), NASCAR, n ot be revis ited or implemented. Re view o f salary at federal governm ent level revis ited (everybody o r n o body). Revisit the neces sity to include non-tribal members on our boards. We have to becom e a c c u sto m e d to o th e r p e o p le s’ o p in io n s for our lively hoods and the present-future potential is: year around hunting (not likely to happen), b o n u s p ay m en ts (n o t likely substantial), trust funds- (in jeopardy), per cap (in jeopardy), lack o f jo b s (h a p p e n in g ), housing shortage (hap pening), sum m er w ork experience (not happen ing), and a tribal high school (not likely to hap pen). Like to thank you for your time and please vote fo r y o u r can d id a te. I bring to the table, com m on sense, strategic abili ties, and a fair and con cise re c o m m e n d a tio n w h en n eed ed o r re quired. I believe there are many statements the tribal public is anxious to hear. B eing polite, ag gressive when need be, o pen to new in fo rm a tion, and due diligence at all times, are strategies needed to develop and su p p o rt well inform ed decisions. Claude H. Smith III from log appraiser, and tim ber marking, to a C rossfit Gym owner, just to name a few! The past four years in our U.S. economy have been ex ceedingly challenging, espe cially 2008 to 2012, and has affected my industry and de partm ent greatly. However, regardless o f how tough it got, and the hard and diffi cult changes we had to make, we have still made a few mil lion dollars for the tribe when the rest o f the world wasn’t making any money. We did have one unfortunate lay off, but we did not have any con tractors go o u t o f business under my watch, if anything we grew m ore tribal contrac tors into the community o f Warm Springs. When one seeks G od our C reato r first, th en all our needs will fall into place. With this, comes sobriety — leading to less alcohol, drugs, and gangs. Also we will have stron ger ancf healthier families, h a rd w o rk in g m en and w om en will see and utilize their full potential and the community will be a desired terprises that are already viable and operating, such as, Ventures, Power and Water Enterprises, Kah- Nee-Tah, Warm Springs C o m p o site P ro d u c ts, W arm S prings F o re st Products Industries, and especially the Credit E n terprise. Keeping these E nterprises also m eans changing how they are structured to get them op erating at breakeven sta tus o r b e tte r .and see where exactly the money goes with in these Enter prises, This also means p u t ting trust into our C E O ’s and the team s they p u t together. In addition, we need to get more qualified Tribal Members into these high ranking positions and have a plan o f action to p ro m o te a b etter w ork ethic in our tribe. We also have the opportunity to em ployee m o re trib al members in our Natural Resources D epartm ents with proper training and hands on experience. We need to encourage tribal o w ned sm all b u sin ess growth through our cur rent enterprises and de partments, but we all need to support them. Health and wellness is yet another big need for our tribe. The unhealthy, inactive lifestyles, obesity, drug and alcohol continu ing to rise, and our people are left with tittle hope. We fisherm an; Indians first, place to live an d w o rk in, m ust give them real solu to honor all veterans, and m ost o f all to work hard and always look for op portunities to better my self, and prosper. After graduating high school, I started my. edu c a tio n at C h em ek eta Community College, and made my way to Oregon S tate U niversity. By G od’s Grace, I graduated at OSU in 2002 receiv ing a Bachelor o f Science D egree in Forest E ngi neering frqm the top For est Engineering D epart ment in the world! D ur ing and after college, I worked for two Fortune 500 Tim ber companies, a great sawmill, and did a lo t o f C ad astral L and Surveying. My career carried my family and me from the W illam ette Valley, to N o rth Idaho, and as o f 2007, b ack to W arm Springs where I am cur rently the T im ber/ Log ging Manager for Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. With-in all o f this, G od has blessed me w ith several successful business opportunities; w hich leads to m o re joy, safety, and fun in our com munity! We the people need to see what we can do for the tribe, and not what the not what the tribe can do for us. We as a tribe need to pay special attention to our local econom y and how it is af fected w ith our Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP). I personally tike and agree with a lot o f the pur poses behind the IRMP, but th e re needs to be som e changes in order for the tribe to make more money. We all need to be concerned about our Natural Resources such as, our forest, water, fisher ies, huckleberries, wildlife, and fire to name a few. We need to b e 'a w a re o f how m u ch o f o u r n atu ral, re sources are literally burned every year and hot fully uti lized due to forest fires. By changing how our natural re sources are managed, via Fire and Forest Management, we can m inim ize the loss that o ccu rs to o u r n atu ral re- ' sources. In addition, we as a tribe need to protect and keep the jobs we do have with the en tions to maintain and live healthy lifestyles. This isn’t done th ro u g h G o v ern ment O perated Programs where success rates and completion rates ate ex tremely low. We need to be open to well estab lished programs such as Teen Challenge, and Cel ebrate Recovery, that aid those struggling with drug and alcohol addictions. As we begin to change lives, we begin to change our tribe. E ven w ith all o f the other issues and concerns are tribe is facing, I fully believe that a strong, edu cated team o f business m inded leaders working together on tribal counsel, can help to m ake the changes necessary to turn our com m unity around. With G od our Creator as our center, we can do all things. N ow that you have a better understanding of who I am, it is up to you the voter to decide if you would tike me to be one o f your Councilman! Best Regards, Seeking G od’s will, se cure econom y, and healthy natural resources is what I strive for every day, and will be my goal and vision as a Council man. I love seeing and helping people succeed. I will support what I know is beneficial; will bring growth, and better oppor- tu n itie s fo r W arm Springs. My n am e is Claude H. Smith HI, and I am ru n n in g fo r th e T w en ty -S ix th T rib al Counsel Agency District. Just so you can get to know me a tittle better, I grew up in Warm Springs and was raised by my par ents Claude H. Smith Jr. (Snuff), a m an I call a decorated Vietnam War H e ro an d V ersa J. (Fuentes) Smith another decorated w ar hero for Jesus! M y Grandparents on my father’s side are the late Claude H. Smith, Sr. (Popeye) and Victoria J. (C harley) S m ith , and G re a t g ra n d p a re n ts, Wesley and Annie (Jack- son) Sm ith, and F rank Charley. My grandparents on my M om’s side are the late Ernestine David and T ony F u en tes, Sr. and Great Grandparents, A n drew D avid & W inona (Katchia) David! I thank G od every day for all o f them and their prayers. I was raised to be a logger, a businessman, a sp iritu al m an , h u n te r, Claude H. Smith III Resolution of Tribal Council (Note: The following is a recent resolution of Tribal Council.) Be it resolved by the 25th Tribal Council of the Con federated Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reservation o f Oregon, pursuant to Ar ticle V, Section (1) of the Constitution and By-Laws and 203.001 o f the Warm Springs Tribal Code that: Marielle Florendo, Thor H oyte, Cynthia Starkey, E lm er W ard, M athew Johnson, Douglas Nash, Chief Judge, The Tribal Council hereby appoints the Appeals Court Judges for the Warm Springs Court o f Appeals, and are ap pointed for a three year term by Tribal Council and that per 203.100(5) during the first year from their initial appointment appeals court judges shall be on a probationary status, dur ing the probationary period, appeals court judges may be re moved from the bench at any time without cause by Tribal Council, Further, failure to pass the Tribal bar exami nation during the first six(6) months on the bench will result in im m ediate dis qualification from hearing cases and, if not corrected within 90 days, automatic removal from the bench; and, Be it further resolved that each o f the Judges shall be compensated at the rate of $150.00 per hour for the time they spend serving as Judge. (Resolution No. 11,715.) •J
