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June 6, 2018 - Vol. 43, No. 12
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Netflix show to film in Warm Springs
The critically acclaimed Netflix
series The OA will be filming in
Warm Springs on Monday and
Tuesday, June 11 and 12. And the
show is looking for extras.
No experience is necessary, and
all are encouraged to apply. Pay
starts at $11.25 an hour, with in-
creased pay for upgraded roles.
To apply go to:
PDXTRAS.com
The OA is a psychological mys-
tery, following Brit Marling as
Prarie Johnson.
Prarie had gone missing for
seven years. When she resurfaces
Prarie has mysterious new abilities,
and recruits five strangers for a se-
cret mission.
Filming of The OA, now in its
second season, so far has happened
mostly in New York and Los Ange-
les.
Need to address landfill problem
For years the Dry Creek Land-
fill has been used for illegal dump-
ing, including dangerous and toxic
chemicals, and the problem has now
reached a level of serious concern.
The issue has come to the at-
tention of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and the need to
plan for a long-term solution is now
at hand.
The tribes may need to develop
a new landfill site on-reservation,
and decommission the Dry Creek
landfill. Another option would be
to have a transfer station, and
transport solid waste to some other
landfill, such as Arlington.
Either option will be expensive,
and identifying the funding options
will be a priority.
Tribal Sanitarian Russell Gra-
ham, Utilities director Travis Wells,
and Chief Operations Officer
Alyssa Macy reported on the situ-
ation last week at Tribal Council.
The worrisome aspect of the
condition of the Dry Creek land-
fill is the chemical contamination,
Mr. Graham said.
Rain and snow can leach
chemicals in the landfill—includ-
ing lead and mercury, for in-
stance—into the ground.
The landfill was not designed
to contain these chemicals, and
the groundwater is at risk, Gra-
ham said.
On a positive note: testing of
the residential water supply, he
said, has shown no contamination.
Constructing a new landfill
could cost in the area of $1 mil-
lion, Graham said. Closing and
securing the existing landfill might
cost $500,000. The EPA can
force a solution to the landfill, if
the tribes were take no corrective
action.
Some other points: The land-
fill may need to be fenced all the
way around, and closed during
non-business hours, Ms. Macy
said. There would be a need for
more staff, a challenge in this bud-
get climate.
Tribal code
The tribes could adopt more
strict tribal code provisions regard-
ing illegal dumping, said Travis
Wells.
Under the current provisions,
there is little disincentive for a per-
son who wants to dump illegally
on the reservation, Mr. Wells said.
Instead of a $200 fine, maybe
$5,000 would help address some
of the problem, he said.
See LANDFILL on 10
Patriot Nations opens at museum
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Patriot Nation panels at the Museum at Warm Springs.
A n interesting new exhibit—
Patriot Nations: Native Ameri-
cans in Our Armed Forces—is on
display at the Museum at Warm
Springs. The grand opening for
the display will be this Thurs-
day, June 7 at the museum.
This is a traveling exhibit
from the National Museum of
the American Indian in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Patriot Nations tells the his-
tory of American Indian and
Alaska Native men and women
who have served in the United
States military.
Native peoples have partici-
pated in every major U.S. mili-
tary encounter from the Revolu-
tionary War to today’s conflicts in
the Middle East, serving at a higher
rate in proportion to their popula-
tion than any other ethnic group.
Throughout Native America,
servicemen and women are some
of the most honored members of
their communities. Yet they remain
unrecognized by any landmark in
our nation’s capital.
That will soon change, as the Pa-
triot Nations exhibition announces
the development of the National
Native American Veterans Memo-
rial.
The memorial has been requi-
sitioned by Congress to be placed
on the grounds of the
Smithsonian’s National Museum
of the American Indian. Visit
the National Native American
Veterans Memorial website for
more information, or to donate.
Patriot Nations has been on
tour across the country since
2016. The Museum at Warm
Springs will be one of the last
opportunities to see the travel-
ing exhibit.
Patriot Nations will be on dis-
play at the museum through
September. Also opening later
this month at the Museum at
Warm Springs will be the exhibit
Memory of the Land.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
The Plateau Travel Plaza has its new sign on Highway 26.
Stubblefield Creative Signs, owned by Barton Stubblefield (left),
last week installed the attractive addition to the Travel Plaza.
Second wave of Land
Buy Back program
The second wave of offers
from the Warm Springs Land Buy
Back program is now under way.
The program mailed the second
wave offers on May 17, and the
offers are good through July 16.
Respond to the Land Buy Back
program, located in the Media Cen-
ter; or call Randy Scott, program
coordinator, or Tiffiney Yallup,
outreach coordinator, 513-615-
0997. The Buy Back program
team met last week with Tribal
Council for an update on the pro-
gram.
The team includes Mr. Scott
and Ms. Yallup, Fiduciary Trust
Officer Charles Jackson, Office
of Appraisal Services deputy chief
appraiser Iris Crismin, and regional
supervisor Rena Stanford.
Through the Buy Back pro-
gram, fractional interests in allot-
ments are purchased from the
tribal member owner, on behalf
of the Confederated Tribes.
The first wave of offers saw a
benefit to the tribes, and to the in-
dividual owners of the fractional
interests.
The first wave allowed for the
purchase of a total of 529 frac-
tional interests from 161 separate
owners, covering 1,260 acres of
tribal land.
These interests are now with the
tribes. A total of $723,000 was
expended on these purchases.
There is still close to $3 million
available for the second wave. The
total allocated for both waves was
almost $4 million.
The total figure would cover the
cost of the purchase of every frac-
tional interest on the reservation:
Clearly, this scenario would not oc-
cur, as many owners choose not
to sell. But the full funding was
available just in case.
Another benefit to the fractional
interest owners was informational,
said Mr. Scott. Some of the own-
ers were not aware of some as-
pects of their interest—the loca-
tion of the land, and potential or
prohibited uses, for instance.
The Buy Back program provide
many of the owners with this in-
formation, allowing the owners to
make an informed decision about
whether to sell, or how best to plan
for the future regarding the inter-
est.
As the deadline was approach-
ing for the wave one offers, the
Buy Back office saw a number of
people making enquiries. This
could indicate interest among some
to take advantage of the second
wave of offers, Mr. Scott said.
Casino, Plateau job fair today
Indian Head Casino and the Pla-
teau Travel Plaza are hosting a job
fair this Wednesday afternoon, June
6. The fair will be from 12 noon
to 4 p.m. at the Inn at Cross Keys
Station in Madras. There will be
on-the-spot interviews. Call for
more information, the Indian
Head Casino Human Resources,
541-460-7714.