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P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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