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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 2015)
r P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron C o y o te News, .est. 1976 January 21, 2015 Voi. 4 0 , No. 2 Healthcare. Protection o f assets. Communications. Tribal m em ber employment. Housing, and Infrastructure. Community safety. Tax commission and codes; and strategic planning. Each o f these priorities has its own series o f goals, w ith an identi fied lead coordinator and support. The purpose is to establish goals that are realistic and achievable, said Secretary-Treasurer Jake Suppah. Stating goals and priorities that are priority will be reported to the specific and realistic allows for mea community. ■ Taking the first priority— surable results, he said. T ribal C ouncilm an K ahseuss the tribal budget— as a starting Jackson com m ented, “This is an -place: The first goal for the first pri landmark new approach to achiev ing Tribal Council priorities. We now ority is: “The Tribal Council shall have an implementation plan which annually develop, review, and ap will better ensure progress towards prove a balanced Tribal budget for each fiscal year in order to stated priorities.” 'Proclam ation 26 is a detailed prom ote and maintain the finan document, and will be presented in cial sustainability and integrity of a series d f articles in the Spilyay and the Tribe.” - on KWSO. The progress for each Tee PROCLAMATION on 3 WSFPI working on plan for 2015 The Warm Springs Forest Products Industries board and management team are set to m eet with Tribal Council this m onth, to present a plan o f operation for 2015. The WSFPI board and man agement have been working in recent weeks on a plan for the future operation o f the mill. They are scheduled to present future options for Tribal Coun cil consideration on Jan. 28. It is im portant for the 2015 plan to show how WSFPI will make the timely stumpage and other payments to the tribes. The BIA might not approve m ore tim b er sales w ith o u t T ribal C ouncil and W SFPI coming to an agreement on the mill operation. “There is a timber sale ready to go,” W arm Springs B IA Agency Superintendent John Halliday said during a recent Tribal Council session. “But w ithout Some assurance that there will be repayment to the tribes, I cannot in good con science sign o ff on the sale.” The stumpage payment is to compensate for the use o f the tribal timber, a trust resource o f all the membership, present Dave McMechan/Spilyay Antonio Becerra sorts lumber at the WSFPI mill. ________________ __________________ _ _ _ _ and future. The payments help the : over the next year, he ‘said. There are over 110 employees general fund, the Senior Pension fund, per capita, etc, at the mill, m o st o f them tribal K en Borchert from the B lA Re members. T he goal is to keep everyone gional, office was also on hand for the recent Council meeting, along working, “b ut we need a plan,” said w ith tribal Forestry, the W SFPI Councilman Carlos Smith. Secretafy-treasuter Jake Suppah board and managers. “We see the am ount owed (by said the stumpage payment to the WSFPI),” Borchert said. “And the tribes should be the first item on amount owed would not be covered the WSFPI list o f bills topay, father by the am ount brought in.” W ith than thé last. Councilman Raymond Tsumpti out a plan o f operation for 2015, the situation could becom e worse .. said the low priority o f the stump- age payment dates back some years, to a time w hen W SFPI was in a loan discussion w ith a bank. T he b ank insisted that the stum page p ay m ent be, a lower priority, and it’s stayed there ever since, C ouncilm an T sum pti said. W SFPI management raised an issue about the timing o f the . billing coming from Forestry. These and other issues: are expected for discussion at the Jan. 28 meeting. Upper Columbia fish passage a collaborative effort T he U pper C olum bia U nited Tribes are working toward restor ing fish passage above the G rand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams o f the U p p er Columbia. The Colum bia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commis sion and m em ber tribes are in sup port o f this effort. Fish passage above the G rand C oulee and C hief Jo se p h d am s w ould be a major accomplishment, as construction o f G rand Coulee in the late 1930s blocked about 1,200 miles o f anadrom ous fish spawn ing habitat. Restoration o f fish runs' above the U pper Columbia dams would have a major im pact on the entire river, including Z one 6, the fishing area o f the Confederated Tribes o f W arm Springs. For this reason the CRITFC tribes need to be involved in th e p lan n in g p ro cess o f th e G rand C oulee-C hief J os eph fish passage project. T he U pper C olum bia U n ite d . Tribes— the Colville, Coeur d’Alene, Kalispel, Spokane and K ootenai 50 cents January - Wiyak’ik’ila - Winter - Anni Council sets organization priorities, goals T he Tribal Council this m onth adopted a set o f priorities and goals to improve the tribal organization and service to the membership. The priorities and goals are spe cific, and performance can be mea sured on a regular time basis. There are 14 priorities that Council fo cuses on with the plan: The tribal budget. Education. Holding enterprises accountable. Economic development. Tribal Council operations. U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 trib es— m et last w eek w ith the N orthwest Power and Conservation Council on the Upper Columbia fish passage issue. Before this meeting, CRITFC ex ecutive director PaulLum ley stated CR1T PC’s position on the m atter in a letter to the Power and Conserva tion Chairman: “The CRITFC supports the U p per Columbia United Tribes taking the lead on developing and imple m enting a w ork and coordination p lan., . to investigate thè reintroduc tion p f anadrom ous fish above Chief Joseph and G rand Coulee d'ams in the United States.” “Through the collaboration of the Columbia Basin Tribes Coa lition,” Eumley wrote, “we have learned that we can accomplish a lot by working together, and we have learned th a t each o f us have a role and a responsibility for the réintroduction o f anadro m ous fish above Chief Joseph and G rand Coulee dams.” See F IS H P A S S A G E on 8 Red Hills land deal finalized T h e C o n fed erated T ribes o f W arm S prings have acquired a 278.5-acre property, the Red Hills- C onservation A rea, through the W illam ètte W ildlife M itig atio n Program. The property is located in Yamhill County in the Willamette Valley. The process in acquiring this property has taken a few years, and was finalized last month. The B o n n ev ille P ow er A d m in istra tio n p ro v id e d th e funding, as mitigation for loss o f wildlife habitat from inundated acres from the construction o f federal dams within the Willamette Valley. In 2012 th e C o n fe d e ra te d Tribes^ B ra n c h o f N a tu ra l Resources identified the Red Hills property as a property that m èt the Conservation strategy for mitigation lands. T h ro u g h the review process, they presented this proposal in 2013. The proposal was ranked number one out o f 16 for ecological values and funding. Finalizing the project took some time, in part because o f opposition from the Grand Ronde. W arm Springs was successful, th o u g h , in m aking th e lan d acquisition. This is similar to the p ro je c t a t ’ th e P ine C reek Conservation Area in the John Day Basin. Youth art show to open T he Twenty-Second Youth A rt E xhibit at the I M useum at W arm Springs opens this Thursday, Jan. 22. There will be an opening reception on that day from 5:30-7 p.m. in the m useum’s Changing Exhibits Gal lery. The show, called ‘Y oung at Art.” The m useum thanks the gener ous sponsors o f this event: Warm Springs Composite Products, Warm Springs Power and W ater E n ter p rise s, a n d th e W arm S prings Telecom. Elvis show at Indian Head Indian H ead Casino will present The Illusion of E lvis this Sunday, Jan. 25, from 7-9 p.m. T he concert will be in the C ottonw ood Restau rant. D a n n y V e rn o n p e rfo rm s as E lvis. H e sings n u m b ers fro m throughout Elvis’ career: the early rock and roll o f the 1950s, the sleeker ‘60s movie years, jumpsuit ‘70s years. . Tickets are $10. The event is for people 21 and over. 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