PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID CHENEY, WA PERMIT NO 20 VOLUME 37, NUMBER. 8 August Edition INSIDE September 15, 2011 Council of Plateau tribes The Colville tribe hosted a inland tribes of the Columbia plateau land? We need to protect our people nation at war, and in recession, much Council Corner ................ 2 Farewells ........................ 7 meeting of the Plateau inland tribes region. “Our issues need to be and resources in this case.” money once used for maintenance of Tribal News...................3-5 Tribal Voices ....................8 on August 11th and 12th at Paschal heard,” Michael Finley, Colville Someone commented from the natural resources, including ish and Health News ....................6 Community News .......9-11 Sherman Indian School in Omak. business council chairman said, “We loor, “This is how the termination animals and their habitats, may be cut Representatives of the Colville, have issues not discussed or resolved era started.” severely. Tribes then would have to Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce, (@ATNI) because they’re ours In the last twenty to thirty years, fund their own projects or ind others Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and affect us. Other smaller tribes thousands of acres of land on means of revenue. and Flathead tribes attended the two don’t have the same issues, such as reservation or nearby have been The governor’s ofice continues General Membership day meeting to discuss many different land, water, overgrazing, food and placed into ‘trust.’ Trust land, of to offer support in regards to tribal topics vital to the tribes’ survival medicine plants, etc.” course, is non-taxable. Some land sovereignty when it can. This in today’s economy and political “We have larger land bases and benefits individual homeowners, includes working relations in regard Meeting upheaval. A lot of governmental enrollment numbers making issues others beneits whole tribes who build to law jurisdiction, gaming, school monies usually allocated to tribal more important to us. We need an casinos on the land. This is a lengthy curriculum, and tourism. All tribes October 8, 2011 Starts @ 9:00 AM programs may be lessened, or cut amendment to favor the larger tribes. bureaucratic process that sometimes working toward self-suficiency have Inchelium Community Center - Inchelium, WA entirely. Some of the state and We need that leverage when it comes seems to affect our tribal sovereignty. the support of the governor’s ofice. governmental presenters included: to dealing with our problems, like A case in example would be the Many delegates spent evenings Del Laverdure and Mike Black of they need it when dealing with what Spokane Tribe of Indians’ aboriginal at the Omak Stampede powwow the Bureau of Indian Affairs ofice affects them on a more personal or territory in Airway Heights, WA. For grounds, some watched the rodeo BPA Tours Colville in Washington, D.C., Craig Bill of cultural basis.” the tribe to even apply for a casino and suicide race, or were transported the Governor Ofice Indian Affairs The Cobell Settlement has a lot and resort to be built there, the land to the Dierks Benedict concert at Reservation in Olympia, Kristen Webber of of people wondering how it will be would have to be placed in trust Mill Bay Casino. The meeting of Portland, and Mary Zuni of Isleta handled, or what will happen next. (to the U.S. government); and then the Council of Plateau tribes was to Pueblo, New Mexico. Again our chairman spoke, “And all the applications to the Gaming prepare for the September 19th to Old business included the need again the government is proposing Commission and feasibility studies 22nd Afiliated Tribes of Northwest for inland tribes to assert changes to changes already. They’re looking would have to be completed as well, Indians conference in Tulalip and the Afiliated Tribes of Northwest at a ten year distribution period or before thinking of building. later the National Congress of Indians’ constitution to allow for all funds left over goes back to the Tribal Natural Resources programs American Indians conference in more equity on behalf of the larger government. And what about the are in jeopardy of cuts. With the Portland in October. Colville Tribes Awarded $800,000 Michelle Campobasso Photo Grant For Energy NESPELEM, WA – Bonneville After meeting with council Power Administration (BPA) oficials members, the group departed for recently toured the Colville Indian Omak, Wash. to view one of two Co-Generation Reservation to see irsthand local acclimation ponds. The Omak pond salmon and steelhead recovery efforts can hold approximately 300,000 by the Colville Tribe. BPA oficials yearlings that will be released in the Facility met with the Colville Business spring once it’s in full operation. They Council (CBC) at the beginning of were also shown the ish processing NESPELEM, WA—The Finley noted that the project will the tour. building at Paschal Sherman Indian Confederated Tribes of the Colville provide employment and business Joe Peone, director of Fish and School and met with local CCT Fish Reservation has been awarded a Rural opportunities for local workers and KELLER LUAU - The irst reported Hawaiian luau took place in Colville Wildlife for the Colville Tribes and Wildlife staff. Innovation Fund Indian Economic contractors. The grant also will be Indian country at the Keller senior citizens building on August 5th. And it introduced Lorri Bodi, vice-president “Prior to the selective harvest Development and Entrepreneurship used to purchase the heavy equipment was a real luau that included real Hawaiian music, hula dancers, and a menu for Environment, Fish and Wildlife gear being tested, the tribe’s average grant of just under $800,000, Colville needed for turning woody biomass surpassed by none. Many locals assisted with cooking the meal for two and mentioned how they have been harvest of salmon was 1,000 to Tribal Chairman Michael O. Finley into fuel for power generation. hundred guests coming from throughout the reservation. Some items included a good partner to work with. 1,500 annually,” said Peone. “With announced today. “The Colville Tribes intends to roast pig, fruit kabobs, spinach wraps, roast shrimp, roast plantains, lamb, “Lorri Bodi was part of the the implementation of the multiple The grant, for $799,750, was diversify our economy to provide pork egg rolls, chicken and beef stir fry, sweet potatoes, Hawaiian punch negotiating team back in 2007 methods to selectively harvest salmon awarded by the US Department of greater employment opportunities for with coconut milk and other dishes. The real entertainment started after that helped secure the Accord and steelhead, those numbers have Housing and Urban Development our members,” Finley said. “Energy the meal when the music played and the Hawaiians searched the crowd for (HUD). It will support the creation of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) increased to 20,000 in the last couple production from renewable sources is dance partners. And found them they did! Elders hulala’d till their partners a new woody biomass project which for funding for the next 10 years,” of years. He said, “It has given us a particularly good it for us.” dropped. Needless to say, a good time was had by all. Door prizes donated will harvest woody biomass (waste said Peone. “This helped support the the opportunity to meet the needs of The grant also will fund the by tribal programs were given out; and several rafle prizes, too. from logging, orchards and mills), tribe in its efforts to improve spring our members plus share with tribes development of a new for-profit The Keller Senior program thanks the Ofa Redding family for their Chinook and summer steelhead and deliver it to local cogeneration like the Spokane and Kalispel, who Tribal business, “Fuel Enterprises.” participation in the luau, which included many of Ofa’s family from the numbers along the Okanogan and facilities where it will be converted have lost access to all salmon. This “We look forward to the future Hawaiian islands and all tribal staff that lent a hand. Columbia Rivers and to help build a into electricity. brings great pleasure and pride to the success of Fuel Enterprises under $50 million hatchery.” “We are pleased that the HUD the guidance of the Tribal Energy Colville people.” has recognized the critical role “Our men went to war, came back Department,” Finley said. “Using At the end of the tour, BPA oficials the Colville Tribes can play in and their fishery was gone,” said renewable waste materials such as were taken to see the construction of the development of alternative Andy Joseph Jr., Colville business woody biomass to produce energy councilman. “Food was drastically the Chief Joseph Hatchery. Once energy,” Finley said today. “The the hatchery is built, it will have the Tribes’ Energy Department has a makes sense. Sources such as oil taken from us, people’s health and coal are much more costly, conditions worsened, our people capacity to rear about 2.9 million number of projects like this on the both to extract and in terms of their need this salmon. It’s good to see Chinook salmon a year. They also drawing board. Woody biomass environmental impacts. And like it this new ish hatchery being built saw four new homes that were and cogeneration is one of several or not, these non-renewable sources and bring the salmon back to where recently built that house hatchery we hope to implement in the coming they were.” staff. years.” will someday be depleted.” Tribal Elder Teaches Traditional Way to Fish NESPELEM, WA – Leroy “Chaz” Fish and Wildlife Department to agreement, Williams will also use poles with a metal cylinder to create Williams, a Colville tribal member, build hoop nets and dip nets and he these nets to ish for salmon from a pole 33 feet in length.