1986-12-12 Char-Koosta News

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Transportation to Dec. 18 hearing in Helena to be provided
If you're interested in observing the justice system as it deals with a lawsuit that's been called an "attack on Indian self-government", you should go to Helena this Thursday.
Because driving to the hearing site at the state capitol is a several-hour endeavor, made tougher by winter road conditions, a 54-passenger bus has been chartered so interested Tribal members can attend the important event.
In order to arrive by the proceeding's 9:30 am. start, the bus will be leaving the cultural center in Elmo at 5 am It will pick up passengers at the Pablo Complex around 530 am.; at the Longhouse in St Ignatius at 6 am.; and at the Salish Indian senior citizens' center in Arlee at 630 am.
Seating will be available on a first-
come, first-served basis. Lunch will be provided, and possibly dinner as well, depending on how long the hearing lasts.
People are asked to call Greg DuMontier at 675-2700 (ext. 420) so he can get an idea of how many will be taking the bus.
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Tribes on water rights conference agenda
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Tribal Chairman Ron Therriault will be participating in two panel discussions at a two-day Indian water rights conference next week in Spokane, Wash.
He'll be part of an afternoon panel Dec. 17 that will handle the subject of "Tribal Co-management of Irrigation Projects". Earlier that same day, he'll join Tribal biologist Ginger Thomas for a discussion about "In-stream flows for fish: What Tribal policy-makers need to know about experts and in-stream flow quantification methodologies".
Tribal member Jim Normandeau, who works for the Bonneville Power Administration, is also scheduled to speak.
The conference, "Fulfilling Indian Water Rights: Practical Approaches", is set for Dec. 16 and 17 at the Sheraton Hotel in Spokane. It's being sponsored by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission of the Yakima, Nez Perce, Warm Springs and Umatilla tribes.
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Forest-management plan to be topic at quarterly
A ten-year management plan drafted by BIA's Forestry Branch is scheduled to be discussed at the upcoming January 1987 quarterly Council meeting.
Forester Vic Dupuis advises that it will be about the last chance people will have to contribute comments to the plan. Discussion should begin around 10 am., he said.
The quarterly is set for 9 am. on Friday, Jan 2,1987, in the Council's chambers at Tribal headquarters in Pablo.