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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 6, 2022
Around Indian Country
Calif. asks tribes to help prevent
wildfires with traditional burns
California is calling upon Na-
tive American tribes to bring
back the once-prohibited practice
of lighting controlled burns to
help prevent devastating wild-
fires that have wreaked havoc on
the state.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Wildfire
and Forest Resilience Task Force
has launched a new plan—‘Strate-
gic Plan for Expanding the Use of
Beneficial Fire’—that relies on the
help of Native Americans to revive
their cultural burning practices, the
governor’s office announced last
week.
State, federal and local agencies
will partner with tribes to reintro-
duce the Native American tradition
of prescribed, cultural burns, which
are purposefully set, low-intensity
fires.
The technique is based in part
on fire prevention: ridding the land
of wildfire fuel like debris, scrub,
undergrowth and certain grasses.
Such fuel ignites easily, allowing for
more intense flames that are
harder to fight.
These burning practices will help
make ‘forests more resilient,’ and
decrease the likelihood of future
wildfires.
Tribal consultation bill moving in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tribal
leaders and tribal organizations are
rallying in support of a bill that
mandates—for the first time—con-
sultation with Indian nations on
actions that affect their interests.
In 2000, then-president Bill
Clinton issued an executive order
that requires federal agencies to
consult with tribal governments.
Despite the requirement, reaf-
firmed in 2021 by the current ad-
ministration, Indian Country has fre-
quently complained of lapses in
consultation, as well as an inability
to hold the United States account-
able for its trust and treaty respon-
sibilities.
H.R.3587, the Requirements,
Expectations, and Standard Pro-
cedures for Effective Consulta-
tion with Tribes Act, seeks to so-
lidify the consultation require-
ment. The bill, also known as the
Respect Act, would ensure that
changes in presidential adminis-
trations don’t affect the U.S.
government’s legal obligations to
tribes and their citizens.
“Tribal consultation is not a
‘Dear Tribal Leader’ letter or a
voicemail, it is the bedrock of the
federal Indian trust responsibil-
ity,” said Gay Kingman, the long-
serving executive director of the
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s
CRITFC seeks to hire
The Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission is ad-
vertising to fill several posi-
tions. The following are the
jobs, and some details. Also
see critfc.org
Office of the Executive Direc-
tor - Deputy Director. Salary
$124,335 - $142,619.
Fishery Science Department
- Fishery Biologist (Habitat
Project). Salary $51,068 -
$57,425.
Fishery Science Department
- Fishery Technician III
(Hanford Project). Salary range:
$21.16 - $22.57 hourly.
Fishery Science Department
- Fishery Technician III (Habi-
tat Project - 4 positions). $21.16
- $22.57 hourly.
Fish Management Depart-
ment - Fishery Technician III
(Lamprey Project - 3 positions).
$21.16 - $22.57 hourly.
Office of Executive Director -
Public Information Specialist.
$65,137 – $71,651 (DOQ)
Policy Development and Liti-
gation Support Department -
Treaty Fisheries Community
Outreach Liaison. $37,540 -
$39,520.
Watershed Department -
SCHISM Modeler/Oceanogra-
Association, one of the many or-
ganizations
supporting
H.R.3587.
“The Respect Act embodies
that and will bring the United States
government closer than it has ever
been to adhering to the values it
has long espoused but so often ig-
nored,” said Kingman, a citizen of
the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Arizona,
serves as chairman of the House
Committee on Natural Resources,
the legislative panel with jurisdic-
tion over Indian issues. He said he
introduced H.R.3587 to address
centuries of mistreatment by the
federal government.
Steadily improving
job growth for region
Job gains in the region, in-
cluding the reservation, were
modest in late February and
into March. The modest gains
followed a year of strong gains,
according to the state Employ-
ment Department.
For all parts of region, the
employment rate is fast ap-
proaching the pre-pandemic
level of February 2020.
Jefferson County, including
the Warm Springs area of the
reservation, saw February-
March unemployment at 4.8
percent. The rate before the
pandemic was 4.1 percent; so
the job numbers are within less
than 1 percentage point of the
pre-covid number, according
to the Employment Depart-
ment report.
For February-March of this
year, nonfarm employment
rose by 50 jobs, stronger than
typically expected this time of
year.
Employment levels in
Jefferson County remain down
160 jobs from levels just be-
fore the onset of the pan-
demic.
Over the past year,
Jefferson County added 120
jobs, which is somewhat slower
than other areas of the region,
especially Deschutes County.
According to the most recent
Employment Department re-
port:
The Jefferson County job
gains were largely concentrated
in Indian tribal government;
and leisure and hospitality.
Over the past year there were
notable losses in private edu-
cation and health services, as
well as manufacturing, with
each sector losing 40 jobs.
Deschutes County: The
seasonally adjusted unemploy-
ment rate dropped so far this
year to 3.8 percent. This is
within one-half of a percent-
age point of the pre-covid rate
of 3.3 percent.
The Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics
estimates
that
Deschutes County added 370
jobs in February of this year.
This represents a modest sea-
sonally adjusted gain of 220
jobs as the local economy typi-
cally posts little change to the
employment situation this time
of year.
Crook County: Unemploy-
ment in February-March of
this year fell to 5.2 percent,
down from 5.4 at the start of
the year.
The pre-covid unemploy-
ment rate for Crook was at 4.4
percent. Crook County posted
a small gain of 20 jobs in Feb-
ruary.
pher. $75,799 - $80,854.
Fishing Site Maintenance De-
partment In-Lieu and Treaty Fish-
ing Access Sites - Fishing Site
Maintenance Worker. $16.58 -
$17.69.
Enforcement Department
Hood River Office - CRITPD-Po-
lice Officer (multiple vacan-
cies). $51,516 - $56,261.
CRITPD-Dispatcher (multiple
vacancies). $39,937 - $43,661.
Human Resources Depart-
ment - HR Generalist. $57,560
- 63,315.
The complete job description,
minimum skills, application re-
quirements, deadlines, and pay
information are available on the
CRITFC website www.critfc.org
Careers. Incomplete applications
will not be accepted.
Tribal Court
Notification to serve
Juror, May-June 2022
To the following individu-
als: You are hereby notified to
appear before the Tribal Court
to serve as a Juror on each date
listed below during the months
of May and June, 2022.
Orientation will be at 4 p.m.
on May 10, 2022 for people
with last names starting with A
through M. Orientation will
be on May 10 at 4:30 p.m. for
those with last names starting
with N through Z.
Voir dire will be at 9 a.m. on
May 11, 2022. Trial date: 9
a.m., May 12.
Voir dire: 9 a.m., May 25.
Trial date: 9 a.m., May 26.
Voir dire: 9 a.m., June 8.
Trial date: 9 a.m., June 9.
Voir dire: 9 a.m.: June 22.
Trial date: 9 a.m., June 23.
If you fail to appear on the
dates and times listed above,
you may be charged with Con-
tempt of Court.
Aguilar, Justine Daphne
Anderson, Willis James
Garcia, Mathew Bart
Ribeiro, Armando Ruiz
Ascencio, Caroline Clara
Becerra, Antonio Vidal
Bobb, Frederick Duran
Brown, Harold Neva
Caldera Jr., Lawrence Jo-
seph
Cassaway, Kristina Bessie
Clement, Jerry Allen
Colwash, Lavina Lynette
Cortez, Maurica Lynn
Crowe, Laura Louise Kay
Culpus, Vincent
Debiaso, Natasha Mae
Doney, Brock Tuff
Fasthorse, Stacy Rae
Frye, Jenaea Michelle
Gleason, Adeline Christina
Graham, Russell Johnny
Halliday, Paula Ann
Heath, Violet
Herkshan, Denise Farron
Holliday, Isaiah Cain
Isadore, Cynthia Inez
Kalama, Andrea Ila
Kentura, Falena Sue
Knight, Lynn Matilda
Knight, Lois Ann
Leclaire, Marlon Alan
Lillie, Casey Marcus
McCloud IV, Andrew
Moses, Joann
Pennington, Harold Robert
Rabbie, Taron G.
Samuels, Daniel Antonio
Schuster, Ina Lee
Shike, Mina Joy
Sooksoit, Marcus Dean
Starr Jr., Joseph Richard
Suppah, Vernon Clarence
Tailfeathers Jr., Charles Lee
Tenorio, Leona Jessie
Torres, David
Vanpelt Jr., Chester
Wahsise, Joseph Thurman
Weaselhead, Blake Brian
Whipple, Rosebud Kaysee
Wilson, Calvin Lloyd
Yallup, Tiffiney Tonya