Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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M ay 15, 2013
Referendum:
(Continued from page 1)
Each ballot sent, to non
resident tribal member vot
ers, is coded for identification
to ensure non-duplication of
ballots.
Paper ballots will still be
used. Voters will then feed
their ballot themselves into
the vote counting machine.
The machine records the vote
and then the ballot automati
cally drops into a locked Bal
lot Box.
Absentee Ballots will be
b rought from the BIA
S uperin ten d en t’s office,
where they are kept secured,
to the voting location, the
morning of May 21. They will
then be processed early in the
day.
new tallying method
.The ballot counting ma
chine automatically tallies the
number of votes. Absentee
ballots must be received at
the voting location by 8pm on
May 21.
T he tribal referendum
vote on the motorsports park
is the same day as the Oregon
vote-by-mail election. The
local state ballot features di
rector seats for several local
boards. The only contested
seat in Jefferson County for
the 509-J school board with
Courtney Snead challenging
incumbent Lyle RehwinkeL
There is also the Madras
Aquatic Center Recreation
district tax levy that would
provide them additional op
erating funds to allow the dis
trict to remain open 12
months a year.
Oregon vote by mail bal
lots are due at your county
clerk’s office by 8 p.m. on
May 21.
The motorsports referen
dum asks the membership to
authorize continued pursuit
of thé project, which would
be located on about 1,000
acres on Miller Flat, off High
way 26.
The tribes have been
studying the project with the
Lionshead group for about
three years. There is a poten
tial for hundreds of new jobs,
and a significant new source
of tribal revenue, from this
project.
Outstanding per capita checks
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Utilities maintenance foreman Alvis Smith III and Jerrod Allen (in lift) paint the
tribal administration building, in preparation for the Council swearing-in ceremony.
Atouncj the Region
Cow Creek Band buying land near treaty site
M ED FO RD (AP) - A
Native American tribe in
Southern Oregon is buying
a cattle ranch outside
Medford near sites signifi
cant in the Rogue Indian
Wars of the 1850s. I
Wayne Shammel, attorney
for the Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Tribe of Indians,
said Wednesday th at the
pending purchase is part of
a continuing effort to diver
sify economic development,
so the tribe is not so depen
dent on its casino in
Canyonville.
He added it has no inten
tion of building a casino on
the ranch to compete with
another tribal casino pro
posal in Medford.
The Rogue River Ranch
covers 1,700 acres on the
n orth side o f the Rogue
River between Upper and
Lower
Table
Rocks.
Shammel said it is near, but
does not include, the site
where a treaty was signed in
1953 creating a reservation
for local tribes, and where an
encampment of local 'Indi
ans was attacked by a group
of settlers, 'rekindling the
“Historically, the location
is absolutely unparalleled in
terms of Southern Oregon
native and pioneer history,’
Shammel said.
While the Rogue Valley
was south of the Cow Creek
Band’s traditional territory,
there was intermarriage, the
two groups shared a common
language, and ancestors of
m odern Cow Creek tribal
members lived on the Table
Rocks. reservation, Shammel
said.
Indians from the Table
Rocks reservation were
marched north to reserva
tions on the coast, where
many died of diseases.
I f the purchase goes
through, it would double the
agricultural holdings of the
tribe, said tribal spokeswoman
Susan ,M. Ferris.
“Everyone knows Indian
casino gaming will not last
forever,” she said.
“Tribes working to diver
sify their economy know
that.”
The Cow Creeks own the
Seven Feathers Casino on
Interstate 5 in Canyonville
and have opposed a proposal
by the Coquille Tribe to build
a second casino in Medford.
The Coquille Tribe owns The
Mill casino in North Behd on
U.S. Highway 101.
There are about 150 Cow
Creek tribal members in the
Rogue Valley, and the tribe is
opening a medical office in
Medford, Shammel said. The
tribe hopes to use the ranch,
which includes a small feed-
lot, to grow hay and alfalfa
and raise cattle.
The following people have
outstanding Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs per
capita checks. I f you see
your name on the list, con
tact the Office of the Spe
cial Trustee to arrange for
payment, (Year check was
issued followed by payee’s
name.)
2003: Dyamelle Castilleja,
Delvis George Sr., Clara
Gleason, Bethany Savala,
Eva George.
2004: G alen Burgess,
Sam pson Price, K eena
H eath, Valena Sargeant,
Hester Scott, Joseph Arthur,
Kayla Godowa-Tufti, Pearl
Jack, Sandra Jim, Veronica
Redfox, Keta Magers, Edwin
Williams, Christopher Arthur.
2005: Rachel Savala, Joe
Greene.
2006: Timothy Williams,
Leidy Caldera, Jody Miller,
Clinton Tohet.
2007: Frank Sahme,
Sophie Earl, George Aguilar
Jr,, Alexis Anguiano,
Demirra Schroeder, Williarii
G urrola-Sm ith, Camille
Clements, Allen Charley,
Carlo Wallulatum.
2008: Alveda Charley,
Nicola Stwyer, Candelaria
Rhoan, A aron L. H art,
Colleta Torres, Vera Pili,
Andre- Thom as, Rosa
Chiquito, I
K imberly
Bookout,
Tyree
S torm bringer, Richard
Leonard, Bradford Heath,
Vaylon Calica, Thurm an
Tufti Sr., Tilden McDonald
Sr., Leon Chase, Elmina
Ching, Raymond Torres,
Owen Danzuka Jr., Vanessa
Sahme, M artha Alvarez,
Jam es M cln tu rff, A nna
Brunoe, Larry Switzler, Leah
Rodriguez,
B Colleen
McComb, Hector Gonzalez,
Manda Suppah.
2008: Skyla Thompson,
Krystal Tanewasha, Tommie
Smith, Foster Gillie, Alyssa
Macy, Cecil Brunoe III, Jo
Smith, Kevin Ruiz, Andrew
Jam es, Alicia A dam s,
B ernadette
W inishut,
/Leonard Bailey, E ster
Lawrence, Stephen Miller,
Sharondee Mitchell, Eliza
beth M artinez, Angel
D aniels, C hristo p h er T.
Arthur, Ulysses Jefferson,
Jackson H eath, B rittany
Trujillo,
Leanthony
Minthom, Alvin Moore.
2009: Loree Hanslovan,
N aom i N elson, R honda
J o h n s o n , C o re y J o h n s o n ,
Deschutes attractions open
(AP) — Several attractions
in the Deschutes National
Forest south of Bend — the
Newberry National Volcanic
Monument Lava Lands Visi
tor Center, Lava Butte and
Lava River Cave — have
opened for the season.
Jo h n K atchia Sr., David
Kampstra, Bruce Brunoe Jr.,
Levi Dowty, Alyssa Santos,
L oretta K reger-R ogers,
Elliot Cooper Jr., Samantha
Stroschein, Austin Smith Jr.,
Nicola Stwyer, Susie Thomp
son, Rhonda Polk.
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