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by Dr. Dmi Chaven
While some tribal leaders
around the nation have voiced
their opposition to actions
taken by the Assistant Secre
tary for Indian Affairs, Ken
Smith* the tribal leadership
on Mr. Smith's reservation
totally supports hitn.
This is the report given by
Mike Gements, one of 11
members of the tribal council
at the Warm Springs reserva
tion in Oregon. At 36 years of
age, Mr. Gements says he is
the youngest member of the
tribal council, the official
governing body of the reser
vation. The other members
are in their 50s and 60s.
Mr. Gements said he had
no idea what the party
registration at the other
membersof the councils; he is'
an independent. "But we all
voted for Reagan," he says.
Mr. Smith, be said, has a
really difficult job, and is not
out to undermine Indian peo
ple. The tribal council is
solidly behind Smith, and the
tribes can keep their economy
working with their own pri
vate sector funds, he adds.
The three tribes at Warm
Springs?Warm Springs,
Wasco, and Paiute-have sev
eral private sector enterprises
which they operate. There is a
timber and lumber operation,
a tourist resort complex, and a
new hydroelectric pleat,
"mt* Clement* gives Smith
credit for the development of
the private sector on the
reservation. His ovemll lea
dership is excellent,. Mr.
Clement says. "He has led as
here for 30 years, had is
a strong nun, with a good
sense of direction," he adds.
Another tribal official, who
a*ed not to be named, say*
that he wonders sometimes if
support for Mr. Smith is said.
"No matter what, they are
partial to Ken Smith," this
official said.
But despite their total offi
cial support for Smith, this
official says that the tribal
council's support of Interior
Secretary James Watt is
lukewarm. Several of the
council members are anti
Watt, and the split is appar
ently about 50-50.
Mr. Cements ssys that Mr.
Smith is answerable to his
supervisor. Secretary Watt,
and .that his competence is
judged by Mr. Watt. In
response to s question about
Mr. Smith's competence rais
ed by Hazel Hertzberg in the
ziae, Mr. Clements uyt Mr.
Smith has to uphold the treaty
obligations of the U.S. to the 1
tribes.
He says Mr. Smith is trying
? new approach to the "Indian
problem" is it has been
labelled. His approach is
economic development, the
creation of jobs on reserva
tions. Mr. Clements thinks
Indians should break the link
with the federal government
which says the government
should provide jobs, housing,
health care, education, and
other things that Indian need.
One of the ways to do this,
he says, is to make tribal
governments responsible for
their people's welfare. As a
money manager, he adds. Mr.
Smith is concerned with using
federal funds the best way
possible.
But despite the tribal coun
cil's strong support for Mr.
Smith in general, they are on
record as being opposed to
Mr. Smith's most important
proposal to Indian tribe s
reorganizaton of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA). Mr.
Clements said the council is
IpUn. which calls far elimi
nation of six a# tk? 12 Asm
in the six tot would be left.
This plan, now officially'on
hold" has been opposed by
several other tribes and tribal
organisations in the past year.
When asked Mr. Smith's
record on protection of Indian
'rights and resources, Mr.
Clements said the tribes at
Warm Springs are under
trmendous pressure to give
up some of their water. They
have some creeks and a river
flowing through the reserva
tion, and people up the river
from them, and down river,
want more of their water.
Quantifkation-the dividing
up of water on
Indian lands-is going to
happen, he says. Congress
will eventually quantify Indi
an water, and give surplus
water to people off the
reservation, he asserts. To
anticipate this eventuality, he
said, the tribal council at
Warm Springs has establish
ed a water code, and a water
board which is charged with
counting ?p all the water o?
the reservation.
"We want to make awe we
will have all the water we
need." Mr. Clements says.
The tribal council is looking at
long term goals?five year
plana and up to 20-year'
plan a--to determine their
water needs into the future,
he adds.
^Mr. Clements rates Mr.
Smith's relations with tribes
very highly. Indian leaders
are beginning to understand
Mr. Smith's concepts, he
said, as evidenced by the
response given him at the
recent National Congress of
American Indians meeting,
and another important meet
ing recently held in Portland.
Mr. Clements states that
the Assistant Secretary got off
to a bad start in Indian
country with his proposal to
close several of the off
reservation boarding schools.
He feels Mr. Smith was right
in his decision to close them,
although he later had to relent
and change the decision be
cause of political pressure
from the tribes. He said Mr.
Smith feels Indian children^
Springs attend boarding
schools. TMr dropout rate
from high school is over 40
percent, he says, jnat a little
higher *iu? the drop
out rate for Indian students.
, Mr. Clements says he and
the other tribal council mem
bers feel the Reagan solution
to the. nation's economic
problems will work, although
it might take a long time.
Asked bow long it might take,
he said seven to 10 years is
the term they sre expecting.
"We think America is going
to do OK*" he stated.
The tribal official quoted
earlier says Mr. Smith is an
open and truthful person.
of tow* and regulations which
Co^rtas sad the bureaucrats
have made, the two tribal
officials agree. They say he i*
determined to make the B1A
more responsive to the baa
people it serves and to make it
mote dependable.
Mr. Smith does tittle talk
ing to the press himself, aad
relies on his staff preas
officer. His office says that
the issuing of a long- awaited
official Indian policy state
ment will take place soon
a m
rrospect School
Building Gutted
By Fire
Fire gitted the inside of the original
Prospect School on Thursday night. The
fire was reportedly started by arson. The
'white building" as It was called by the
students, was presently being used as a
Junior lisBihag Although the walls
still stand, the damage Inside caused
Junior high students to be housed at Old
Prospect United Methodist Church when
school opened on Monday. [Elmer Hunt
photo]
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