PRSRT STD • U.S. Postage Paid Nespelem, WA 99155 • Permit No. 2 FIRST CLASS • U.S. Postage Paid Nespelem, WA 99155 • Permit No. 8 VOLUME 31, NUMBER. 5 June 7, 2005 - May Edition INSIDE June 18th Council Corner ................ 2 Farewells ....................... 10 GENERAL Candidate Forum 3, 4, 5, 6 Resources ............... 11, 12 Tribal News ..................... 7 Photo Album .................. 13 ELECTION Community News ............ 8 Education News ............ 14 Tribal Voices ................... 9 Reservation News ... 15, 16 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 2005 General Election Schedule of Events GENERAL ELECTION June 17 ....... 8:00 a.m. District Election Board Orientation June 18 ....... 8:00 a.m. General Election Polls Open June 18 ....... 8:00 p.m. General Election Poll Close June 20 ....... 10:00 a.m. CERTIFICATION of Poll Votes WW II VETERANS WERE RECOGNIZED—May was National Elders Month, and an Elders Day Dinner was held on Friday, May 20, at the June 23 ....... 10:00 a.m. CERTIFICATION of Absentee Votes Nespelem Community Center. Elders from 16 different Tribes attended the July 14 ........ OATH OF OFFICE Dinner, and a Special Tribute was paid to the Veterans of World War II. General Election Polling Sites The first Veteran to be recognized was Norman Steele of Omak, WA., who Inchelium Sub-Agency • Keller Community Center was born on the same day the Dinner was being held...May 20, 1926. Mr. Steele served in the U.S. Navy for 3-1/2 years! Nespelem Community Center • Omak Senior Meal Site Per Capita Payment to be made on or before August 5 2005 GENERAL NESPELEM, WA., JUNE 3— ELECTION Notice for August 2005 Per Capita CERTIFIED Distribution: * Checks will be distributed on or CANDIDATES before August 5 in the amount of FLAG FLEW OVER U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING—Toward the end of THE BEGINING OF ST. MARY’S MISSION—A Closure Mass was $500.00 the Closing Ceremony held on Friday, May 27, at St. Mary’s Mission for INCHELIUM DISTRICT held at the St. Mary’s Mission Catholic Church on Thursday, May 26, and * To be eligible, tribal members the new Paschal Sherman Indian School...three Vietnam Veterans who are afterwards a Closing Blessing was held for the old Paschal Sherman Indian must be living and/or born as of on the Colville Tribes’ Business Council formed a Color Guard to raise a School Buildings. Chief Pa-toi (Unknown-1894) stands in front of the first POSITION #1 midnight June 30. Terry Finley flag...that flew over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The three Log Cabin Chapel (Church) at St. Mary’s Mission. The majority of the Allen Hammond * New applicants must submit Veterans are: (L to R) Nespelem District Councilmen Andy Joseph Jr. and time that the above picture is published in newspapers, magazines, etc., it a complete application to the Deb Louie...and in back of them Keller District Councilman John Stensgar shows the two horses, but does not show the colt! A descendant of Chief POSITION #2 Enrollment Department by 4:00 secures the lanyard on the flag pole. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell sent a Pa-toi has a framed picture of the above photo that was apparently given to Richard A. Swan p.m., August 1. letter congratulating the Colville Confederated Tribes on their new Paschal Chief Pa-toi. It’s unknown how old the framed picture is, and it contains the Virgil Seymour, Sr. * Address and/or Payee changes Sherman Indian School. The last paragraph of U.S. Senators’ Maria Cantwell following three items written in ink: “Log cabin 1888”...”(6 sister) St. M. must be in Enrollment Office by KELLER DISTRICT letter said: “Please accept this American flag, flown over the United States Mission school 1908”...and “Father DeRouge died in 1916”. Chief Pa-toi’s July 11. No address changes will Capitol Building, as a gift to the Tribe on the opening of your new school. I wife was Felicite Timentwa (1877-Apr. 22, 1941). Felicite’s mother was Yat-ka-nolx, and her English name was Mary Ann or Ann Mary (1844-Nov. POSITION #1 be accepted over the phone. wish you the best, and invite you to contact me if I can ever be of assistance”. John F. Stensgar * You are required to provide two 1, 1918). Yat-ka-nolx was the sister of Chief Alexander Smitaken (Smitkin), Lee Adolph (2) pieces of I.D. in order to cast who donated part of his land that became the grounds for St. Mary’s Mission. your check at any bank. If you (Photo was obtained from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern NESPELEM DISTRICT need a new Tribal ID Card plan Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA.) ahead to August 1. POSITION #1 * Cut off date for court orders is July Deb Louie COLVILLE TRIBAL MEMBERS Lucille Pakootas 11. Make sure Enrollment has a copy of new court orders. POSITION #2 Andrew C. Joseph, Jr Special Notice ON ACTIVE DUTY Eldon L Wilson Tribal members will have the Joanne C. Leith opportunity to pick-up their per capita checks during one of the OMAK DISTRICT following: DATE & TIME: POSITION #1 Mel Tonasket Monday, August 1, Cherie Moomaw 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. DATE & TIME: POSITION #2 Tuesday, August 2, Margie Condon Hutchinson 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Beverly “Bev” Condon Abrahamson LOCATION: Nespelem Community Center GOING TO SHUT DOWN—The “Martha S” (Keller Ferry) will stop Only YOU can pick up your running on Monday, June 13, for a U.S. Coast Guard inspection, and the hull TRIBAL check, no one else will be allowed to will be painted. The Coast Guard requires this inspection to be held every pick up your check. Tribal ID will five years. The Keller Ferry is scheduled to resume its regular schedule on be required in order to release your Saturday, June 18. The Ferry crosses Lake Roosevelt, and provides a link TRIBUNE check. This will be strictly enforced between Wilbur and Republic on State Route 21. It was in September 1949 that the Keller Ferry first started crossing the Columbia River, and it operates DEADLINE Reminder seven days a week, and 18 hours a day (6:00 a.m.-midnight). No checks will be re-issued until two (2) weeks after the distribution SSgt. (E-5) Joseph J. Boyd joined the U.S. Air Force in 1991, and Tuesday, date. Please allow one week for Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation he has served in places such as: Travis Air Force Base in California, Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, the post office to deliver before Afghanistan, Russia, Siberia, and is currently serving in Iraq. We contacting the Enrollment Office to toll free number would just like to let him know that we sincerely appreciate the time June 21st place a stop payment on undelivered he puts in, and the sacrifices he makes, and has made for our Country. FOR ASSISTANCE checks. THANK YOU Joey, and we love you! Brenda Thomas, 1-888-881- From your friends and family in Inchelium Phone (509) 634-2222 Enrollment Office TRIBAL TRIBUNE 2 TRIBAL TRIBUNE C OUNCIL CORNER TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 vote is important to the direction the cess in the Wenatchi fishing rights bringing in $6 million per year. The a group made up of Tribal members tribal government takes. The active case. This will take place in Seattle Colville Tribes has not ever reached from across the U.S. who are working voter makes that determination every on May 10 thru May 12, 2005. It the $2 million plateau. This tells me to counter the government’s attempts Moses Update By Harvey time they vote. If you are satisfied is the first time the Yakamas have that, by income numbers from those to control the lands on Indian Reser- with the direction, then maybe things agreed to meet with the Colville other entities, we (the CCT) are not vations. There will be more to come are alright. We counted the absentee Tribes. By all accounts it’s going to providing these services to our own. in future letters about this process. Greetings: they continue. votes on 5/5/05 they took a little be a rough process simply because of We may have an opportunity to Harvey Moses, Jr. It’s May and it almost seems like We counted the poll vote on Mon- longer; we had to count the Incheli- the stance the Yakamas have taken in become the Estate Planner and Will summer time already. It is nice to day, May 2, 2005. As a member of um District twice and the Nespelem the past. But this time the situation writers for the Northwest. We had a have these warm days but it may not the Election Committee, it was good District twice. For the Nespelem is somewhat different because of the meeting with an individual who is a be good for the local environment that this process did not take long at District, there was a tie for 2nd place questioning by the Appeals Court member of the Land Tenure group, being so dry. We may have a bad all. But as a tribal member deeply for Position #2. We did what the Judges of the Yakama attorney. I fire season to look forward to. I hope embedded in tribal government, it’s Election Ordinance said to do, and believe the Colvilles will prevail not. I’ll be positive; it’s nice to have disheartening to see so few votes.