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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 3, 2014
Roots education
program starting
Academy Opening
The Warm Springs Roots
program is the new alterna-
tive education program serv-
ing reservation youth of high
school age.
The program is located in
room 27 at the old elemen-
tary school. If you are high
school aged, but not regis-
tered at a school, the Roots
program is seeking students
for the September classes.
If you have dropped out
or are behind on credits, stop
by the Roots program to see
if they can help you make a
plan to get your diploma.
Roots is taught by Dawn
Smith and Earl Simmons.
Roots will introduce stu-
dents to different careers in
the broad Natural Resources
field. The Branch of Natural
Resources and Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries
are partnering in the Roots
program.
A practical education that
could lead to employment is
a key theme of the Roots
program.
Farmers market Fridays, Saturdays
Patti Tanewasha/Spilyay
Glenna DeSouza, academy principal, and students cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony.
The Warm Springs Farm-
ers Market is now Fridays and
Saturdays from 10 a.m.–4
p.m. both days on campus.
The market is set up at the
corner of Paiute Avenue and
Wasco Street. Vendors are in-
vited to set up for free.
Around Indian Country
Court unlikely to give tribe pass on settlement
Insisting that the Yakama
Nation must contribute to a
master settlement with to-
bacco manufacturers, an at-
torney for Washington said
the tribe’s treaty does not give
it carte blanche on tobacco
sales.
Otherwise tribal members
could go to the state fair and
hand out free cigarette
samples to minors “because
they have this treaty,” David
Hankins with the Washington
Attorney General’s office told
a three-judge panel of the 9th
Circuit.
“Where does it end,” he
asked.
The hearing last week
stems from a Master Settle-
ment Agreement (MSA) that
Washington and 45 other
states entered the with big
tobacco companies in 1998
to settle smoking-related ill-
Tribes closely watching
land dispute case
Tribes across the nation, as
well as the Obama adminis-
tration, are paying close atten-
tion to Big Lagoon Rancheria
v. California, an Indian gam-
ing case that will be reheard
by the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals next month.
An en banc panel of the
court will determine whether
the Big Lagoon Rancheria can
pursue a casino on land that
was placed in trust by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in
1994. Tribes, tribal organiza-
tions and the Department of
Justice have submitted briefs
in hopes of preventing land
acquisitions from being chal-
lenged long after they have
been finalized.
“The majority’s ruling in
this case would open the door
to time-barred lawsuits, allow-
ing parties to litigate the va-
lidity of decades-old trust
acquisitions and challenge the
United States’ property inter-
est in these lands,” DOJ at-
torneys wrote in a brief.
The rehearing will take
place on September 17.
ness claims.
Any tobacco manufac-
turer that sells products in an
MSA state and was not a party
to the settlement is required
under the deal to pay into an
escrow account. It is possible
for manufacturers to recover
the money if no product-li-
ability claims occurred after
25 years.
The Yakama Nation’s King
Mountain Tobacco Co.
started operating in 2006 and
in 2010 requested a ruling
from the tribal council as to
whether the company was
subject to paying the escrow
funds.
The council deemed King
Mountain exempt under the
Yakama Treaty of 1855,
which prohibits the state from
collecting tobacco-related
fees.
When Washington’s attor-
ney general declined to give
the company a release, the
Yakama and King Mountain
filed suit in 2011.
U.S. District Judge Lonny
Suko sided with the state,
however, finding that “a num-
ber of cases” support having
tribes pay into the MSA or
escrow.
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Ollallie
Lane
Warm
Springs
Call 541-
553-1182
Now Serving All the Reservation
Warm Springs
Seekseequa
4202
Holliday St.
Simnasho
Schoolie Flat
Call 541-
615-0555
Vocational Rehabilita-
tion in Warm Springs
has orientations every
Monday at 3 p.m. at
their office in the in-
dustrial park. Orienta-
tions are also held on
Tuesdays at 3 p.m. at
the Community Coun-
seling Center.
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Tribal members who
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graduated
in the high
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school
class
of 2014
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should bring your di-
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ploma and transcripts to
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the Vital Stats office at
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the tribal administration
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office. This is a require-
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ment for Trust Fund dis-
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bursements. If you have
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questions, contact Vital
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Stats, 541-553-3252.
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