Tribal Services Sponsor Two Incredible Events Student, and a Round Dance
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Drum Beat ......................... 10 Inside Colville Youth .................... 11 Special Interest Natural Resources ....... 12-13 Opinion Editorials ............. 2-4 Directory ............................ 14 Candidate Forum Bulk Rate ~ Permit No. 2 ~ U.S. Postage Paid Tribal News ......................... 6 National Native News ... 15-16 (See Insert....pages 18-19) Nespelem, Washington 99155 Community News ................ 7 Resolution Index ............... 17 Letters to Editor ................ 8-9 Photo Album ...................... 22 Attention Colville Hunters Special Reservation Hunt Forms Inside The Oficial Publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Wednesday, June 2, 1999 First Class ~ Permit No. 8 ~ U.S. Postage Paid Address Correction Requested Volume 25, No. 5 -- MAY 1999 Edition Nespelem, Washington 99155 P.O. Box 150, Nespelem WA 99155 Tribal Services Sponsor Two Incredible Events student, and a round dance. Charlie Annual Dinner Honors Tribal Elders, Moses, the dinner’s lead master of ceremonies, called everyone out to Alcohol Awareness Conference dance and about 50 dancers from the crowd got out on the floor and circled Features Colville Actress the dinning area! A fantastic, native-produced NESPELEM/OMAK—The Chairman Joe Pakootas gave a movie called Naturally Native and Nespelem Community Center short welcome to the crowd. Frank the appearance of Colville tribal buzzed with the sounds of visiting, Halfmoon and Rod Cawston sang a actress Kimberly Norris Guerrero, a chuckling, and laughing during the Nez Perce song and a Tulalip elder current resident of Nashville, Tenn., 25th annual Elders Day Dinner held sang a Shaker song. Charlie provided a wonderful cornerstone May 20 and was attended by nearly Quintasket of Omak said the prayer. for the Colville Tribal Alcohol 300 elders from Colville Reservation Elder Quintasket was also Program’s Wellness Conference communities and the Nez Perce, recognized as the “oldest” man at the held in Omak during the first week OPEN HOUSE FOR CTEC-COLVILLE INDIAN PRECISION HOMES HOUSE Tulalip, Lummi, Suquamish, dinner. He’s 90-years-young! Marie in May. Colville Indian Precision Homes (CIPH), the “newest” enterprise in the Colville Tribal Enterprise Swinomish and Coeur d’Alene tribes. Lane of Inchelium topped Quintasket Over 200 Colville tribal Corporation (CTEC), recently hosted an open house for its “Empire Estate” demonstration home The Tulalips proudly announced because she’s 92 years old. employees and others were registered located in the Wildwood Development at Omak, Washington. during the afternoon event that Tribal representatives of each for the three-day event that was held On hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Dale Clark and Doll Watt, representing the “seven van loads” of tribal elders “visiting” tribe took home a beautiful at a local church in Omak and many Omak District and the Colville Business Council and Terry Knapton, current Chief Financial Officer journeyed over from the westside of Pendleton blanket and at least 50 folks stopped by the conference to for CTEC. Ms. Watt conducted a traditional blessing ceremony throughout the entire house and Washington State to have dinner with items were given away to the visitors sit in the professionally-conducted lot. This manufactured house is for sale. The asking price and viewing is available by contacting the Colvilles. holding winning raffle tickets. sessions and to see the movie and CIPH at 1-800-773-3771 or (509) 826-4839. -- Peoples The dinner was sponsored by the Highlights of this fun-filled event LOCAL EVENTS local Area Office on Aging (AOoA) was a hoop dance demonstration (continued on page 4) under the direction of program from Margas Davis, a Nespelem manager Darlene Wilder and the ELDERLY COLVILLE MAN WHO meal was prepared by the Nespelem Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Drum and Feather Club. Nespelem Public School children SURVIVED TWO NIGHTS OUTDOORS, served the meal to all of the elders and 1999 General Election guests who were seated at long dining tables set up in the Center’s gym. PASSES AWAY IN LOCAL HOSPITAL Place settings featured hand-colored Schedule of Events electrical substation located north of a few days during the week of May teepees and placemats decorated by the Convalescent Center. 23-28, with a summer-like day and a Nespelem students and tiny U.S. General Election A three-person team from the temperature reaching over 80 degrees flags and BIC pens compliments of 4 June 18 ......... District Election Board Orientation Spokane Regional Search And at Nespelem on Sunday, May 23. the Colville Business Council. 4 June 19 ......... 8:00 a.m. General Election Polls Open Charlie Moses, a Nespelem Rescue (SRSAR) unit found him. A search got underway for Banning 8:00 p.m. General Election Poll Close He was transported by ambulance on Monday, May 24 under the resident and the board of directors to the local hospital at Grand direction of the Colville Tribal Police for the AOoA, served as master of 4 June 21 ......... 10:00 a.m. Certiication Of Poll Votes Coulee and was listed in stable Department at Nespelem. Colville ceremonies with Pete George of 4 June 24 ......... 10:00 a.m. Certiication Of Absentee Votes Coulee Dam and Louella Anderson condition on Wednesday, May 26. BARNEY BANNING 4 July 8 .......... OATH OF OFFICE He was suffering from exposure and of the Colville Business Council (continued on page 4) assisting with presentations. dehydration. General Election Polling Sites Banning, formally of the Inchelium Inchelium Sub-Agency • Keller Community Center area and a Colville tribal member Nespelem Community Center • Omak Senior Center who enjoyed living in the mountains CROWN JEWEL MINE of the Colville Reservation in his LEGISLATION PASSED BY younger years, apparently wandered away from the Convalescent Center EDITORIAL BLASTS R-Ohio, violated the treaty rights of sometime between 4:30 and 6:00 the Colville Tribes. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation NESPELEM-Barney Banning, p.m. on Sunday evening, May 23. MINING RIDER The Tribes view this rider as the Colville Business Council 87, a resident of the Colville Tribal When he left the facility he was fully NESPELEM-(OFFICE OF most objectionable of the many special Convalescent Center at Nespelem, clothed in a shirt and slacks, and RESERVATION ATTORNEYS)- was found alive within 200 to wearing his shoes and socks. He did The Colville Tribes is profoundly CROWN JEWEL MINE 1999 Primary Election 300 yards of the Colville Tribes’ not have a jacket on. disappointed by the Congressional (continued on page 4) long-term care facility on Tuesday He had received his usual appropriations rider that forced Oficial Returns evening, May 25 between 10:30 medications at the Center at about approval of the Crown Jewel open and 11:00 p.m. He was curled up 4:00 p.m. He suffered from Dementia. pit gold mine in North Central KELLER DISTRICT underneath a bush near the fenced-in Weather conditions on the Colville Washington. The rider, by Sen. Slade Colville Tribal POSITION #1 Polls Absentee Total Reservation were unusually warm for Gorton, R-Wash. and Ralph Regula, Student Recognition Oscar “Doc” Mellon ................ 52 35 87 Francis W. Somday II ............... 17 52 69 Ceremony and Dinner NESPELEM DISTRICT POSITION #1 Polls Absentee Total The Confederated Tribes of the Joanne C. Leith ..................... 97 177 274 Colville Reservation is honoring Mathew Dick, Jr. ....................... 91 138 229 our Colville graduates with a Student Recognition Ceremony POSITION #2 Polls Absentee Total and Dinner. Gene H. Joseph ...................... 39 120 159 Kathy M. Womer ........................ 64 93 157 Sunday, June 20, 1999 OMAK DISTRICT Dinner at 12:00 p.m. POSITION #1 Polls Absentee Total Awards Ceremony Margie Condon Hutchinson ... 61 110 171 Following Dinner Ted Bessette ............................ 87 67 154 Nespelem Community Center POSITION #2 Polls Absentee Total Nespelem, Washington Louella “lou” Anderson ........ 107 167 274 Joyce Watt ................................ 81 69 150 For questions, please contact the following programs: High INCHELIUM DISTRICT School: Public Education/Healthy POSITION #1 Polls Absentee Total Nations (509) 634-2781. GED Jude C. Stensgar .................... 30 81 111 and Vocational: Employment Kevin J. Rosenbaum ................ 52 48 100 and Training Center (509) 634- POSITION #2 Polls Absentee Total 2775. Liberal Arts (Two Year), Joseph A. Pakootas .................. No Primary Election Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate: Lou Stone ................................. For This Position Higher Education (509) 634-2779. UNITED STATED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS RL 01 -99 LEASING OF INDIAN TRUST LANDS Issued By: Superintendent, Colville Agency, Nespelem, Washington -- Date: May 18, 1999 Okanogan County, Washington, containing 945.75 acres northerly shore if the South Twin Lake; thence southerly of owners, or in some cases may be granted by the more or less. along said shoreline to a point due south of the true point General Information Superintendent. Minimum bid: $567.00 per annum for this pasture of beginning, surrounding the developed trailer sites. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and lease. Minimum bid: $1,100.00 per annum for Recreational SEALED BIDS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS to waive any informality in bids received whenever ITEM N-2 .101-T109:S ½ NE ¼ SE ¼ + PART SE ¼ Lease. AND CONDITIONS OF THIS INVITATION,