Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 11, 2019
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Around Indian Country
Land victory for Yakama Nation
A U.S. District Court has
issued an order in Confeder-
ated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation v. Klickitat
County et al., affirming the
reservation status of more
than 121,000 acres within
the southwestern corner of
the Yakama Reservation, in-
cluding Mt. Adams and the
Glenwood Valley.
The Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama
Nation ceded certain rights
to more than 10,000,000
acres of land for the rights
reserved in the Treaty of
1855, including the right to
the exclusive use and benefit
of the 1.4 million acre
Yakama Reservation.
The treaty includes a tract
of land south of Mt. Adams
known as ‘Tract D’ within
the reservation boundaries.
The United States out-
lined the boundaries on a
treaty map in 1855, but the
map was lost in government
files until 1930.
Klickitat County argued
at trial, before the U.S. Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern
District of Washington, that
the reservation boundaries
were changed by Congress
in 1904.
The alleged changes,
Klickitat County argued,
were based on an erroneous
survey referenced in a sur-
plus lands act passed while
the treaty map was mis-
placed.
In the ruling Chief Judge
Thomas Rice stated in the
order , applying the canons
of treaty construction, that
the Yakama Nation would
have naturally understood
the Treaty of 1855 to in-
clude Tract D within the
Yakama Reservation.
“The 1904 Act did not
change the Treaty bound-
aries of the Yakama Reser-
vation and did not effectu-
ate a diminishment of the
Reser vation,” the Judge
ruled.
COCC board meeting in Madras
The Central Oregon
Community College board
of directors will hold its
monthly meeting at this
Wednesday, September 11
at 5:45 p.m. at the Madras
campus. The meeting will
be in the Community
Room, 1170 E. Ashwood
Road.
The board will first meet
for dinner at 5 p.m. on the
campus. Prior to the dinner
and meeting, the board will
attend a ribbon-cutting cer-
emony, open to the public,
at 4:30 p.m. for the Madras
campus’s new electric ve-
hicle charging station.
The board’s agenda will
include reports on the Ma-
dras campus and partner-
ship with Deer Ridge Cor-
rectional Institution, as well
as an update on the college’s
accreditation. For more in-
formation, contact Ron
Paradis, executive director
of College Relations, at
541-383-7599.
YouthBuild recruiting for fall
Heart
of
Oregon
YouthBuild is recruiting
youth ages 16-24 yrs for our
Fall 2019 cohort starting
October 14.
YouthBuild works prima-
rily with youth who either
have dropped out or are on
the verge of being dropped
from traditional high school.
The YouthBuild mem-
bers earn their GED, high
school diploma, college
credit, and job skills. They
work on credit recovery and
serving their communities
through building affordable
housing.
Members in the program
divide their time between
classroom, field (construc-
tion sites), and leadership
development.
Through AmeriCorps
service at YouthBuild they
can earn the AmeriCorps
Segal Education Award
worth $1,612.43 towards
post-secondary goals. This is
a one year, 12-month, com-
mitment to the program
along with one year of fol-
low-up services.
YouthBuild is hosting in-
formation sesssions. You
must attend one of the in-
formation sessions to be
considered
for
the
YouthBuild program.
Please bring a govern-
ment issued photo ID, Birth
Certificate, and Social Secu-
rity card to the information
session. You will need these
for the program.
Contact Katie Bauer,
program assistant, at 541-
526-1380 to sign up for one
of the following informa-
tion sessions:
· Thursday, September
12, 5-6:30 p.m., YouthBuild:
68797 George Cyrus Road,
Sisters.
· Tuesday, September 24,
5-6 p.m., Deschutes County
Juvenile: 737 SW Cascade,
Redmond.
· Thursday, September
26, 5-6:30 p.m., YouthBuild:
68797 George Cyrus Road,
Sisters.
· Thursday, October 3, 5-
6:30 p.m., YouthBuild:
68797 George Cyrus Road,
Sisters.
Interviews will be sched-
uled shortly after informa-
tion sessions are completed.
Warm Springs Voc Rehab
can help find employment
Warm Springs Vocactional
Rehabilitation assists under-
represented or underem-
ployed eligible American In-
dian consumers become em-
ployed.
To learn more, attend a
scheduled Orientation at Cul-
ture and Heritage (Educa-
tion) building, or at the Be-
havioral Health Center:
Mondays at the Culture
and Heritage building at 3
p.m.; or Tuesdays at the Be-
havioral Health Center at 3
p.m.
Voc Rehab also accepts
‘walk-ins’ between 8 and
noon, and 1 and 5 p.m. each
day except for scheduled
Orientation times and
Wednesday mornings.
You can call the Warm
Springs Voc Rehab director
541-553-4952. Vocational
Rehabilitation is located at
the Culture and Heritage
building, 1110 Wasco Street.
Some things to keep in
mind:
After Warm Springs Vo-
cational Rehabilitation re-
ceives a signed application, an
Intake is scheduled. (Note:
Intakes can take up to 2
hours to complete).
Please bring: You identifi-
cation (tribal ID card or
Oregon Driver’s License);
and any health insurance
card and income you are cur-
rently receiving.
Any medical condition is
diagnosed by a medical doc-
tor or specialist, and the
medical condition has pre-
vented a person to go to
work.
Warm Spring Voc Rehab
has 60 days after receiving
a signed application to make
an eligibility decision.
Warm Springs Voc Re-
hab works with any feder-
ally recognized American
Indian tribal member (within
the continental U.S.) starting
at 18 years old, and living in
the service delivery area.
Eligible recipients then
meet with the Counselor to
discuss the objectives that
need to be written in your
Individual Plan for Employ-
ment (IPE).
After eligibility is deter-
mined and you receive a let-
ter, Consumer works with
the Job Coach/Developer
or Counselor to do a job
search. Warm Springs Voc
Rehab advocates for a job
that matches Consumer’s
skills, interests and abilities.
As the start of the
2019-2020 school year
was approaching, the
Warm Springs
Academy, school
district and community
partners hosted the
annual Back to School
Barbecue, featuring the
supplies giveaway and
barbecue (above); while
KWSO gave away
many t-shirts. As in
previous years, the
event was well attended
(right)
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Vehicle hauled from river
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
A Prince’s Towing crew last week pulled this vehicle from the Deschutes River.
Details of the circumstances were not readily available.
Community notes...
The Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee is working to
resolve the matter multiple
per capita checks that
some tribal members have
never negotiated.
Charles Jackson, from
the Warm Springs office, said
the priority for now is on
cases where one members
has several outstanding per
capita checks. When these
are resolved, cases involving
fewer checks will be dealt
with, Mr. Jackson said.
You can visit the Office
of the Special Trustee at the
tribal administration building.
The phone number is 541-
553-2409.
All expectant families and
families with newborns 1-3
months old are invited to the
Community Baby Show-
ers. There are free events
with gift bags, free raffles,
light refreshments, and ac-
tivities to celebrate new
moms.
There will be a Commu-
nity Baby Shower on Friday,
October 18 from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Museum at
Warm Springs.
A second one will be in
Madras on October 19 from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Madras High School Per-
forming Arts Center.
If you are experiencing
issues with your War m
Springs Telecom ser-
vices, please call 541-615-
0555. You must call in for
technicians to respond,
troubleshoot and resolve
your issue.they ask you
please call them at 541-615-
0555.
Childbirth Education
classes are Wednesdays
from noon to 1 p.m. at the
Family Resource Center.
This is a three-week
week series focusing on
Pregnancy, Labor and De-
liver y, and Mom adnd
Baby Care.
To learn more or find
out when the series starts,
contact Allie Anderson,
MCH Nurse at 541-553-
2460. A class is coming up
this Sunday, September 15.