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Tribal Report of the Northern Cheyenne Nation (June 2006 Vol. I No. 7) |
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Jacob Tall Bull, Jr. Our Northern
Cheyenne TERO office is taking the 2006 seasonal employment opportunities
seriously. Those referred employees sent out by our office have been
performing very well. Keep up the good work. For the past several months Porta-Storage, which is owned by the Bradley’s from
Sturgis, SD., have requested the “Rocker’s” from the Northern Cheyenne TERO
Office. On a side note, the lone rocker Elmer Brady is still gainfully
employed by the Bradley’s and hopes to remain so. After talking personally with the owner’s
son, Rod Bradley, this landscape business may, in the future, request
additional people to pick decorative rocks.
It depends on the supply and demand, but if they do need more workers,
the Another employment opportunity that is
presently on-going is called the “Lame Deer North Project.” The contractor for this project is Century
Paving Company from Proposed construction work includes a cold-in
place recycle pavement treatment that will be finished with a seal and cover
(chip-seal). Cold-in place recycling is the process of recycling asphalt
pavement to produce a rehabilitated pavement. |
Guardrail improvements, new pavement markings, and upgrading existing
signs are included in this project. The main purpose of this project is to
enhance the safety of the highway, provide smoother, longer-lasting pavement,
and take cost-effective action to preserve and maintain the existing highway.
Northern Cheyenne TERO negotiated seven (7) positions varying from truck
drivers, roller/operators, laborer/operators, and laborers. In negotiations
for employment, fifteen (15) individuals were interviewed and a total of
seven (7) were hired. The flaggers for this project
are being handled by H.L Construction, On June 12, 2006, a
preconstruction meeting was held in Omo
Construction is in the process of developing a traffic control proposal. This
contract with Tribal Report of the |
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Northern Cheyenne Tribal Forestry
Department Rehabs Burn Areas/Sand Creek Site Terry L. Spang,
Sr. [Director Northern Cheyenne Tribal Forestry] Greetings from the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Forestry Department. It has been awhile since an update was
done, and our phone still works and you are all welcome to call or stop in at
the office if you have any Forestry related questions. The spring season here at Tribal Forestry
is an extremely busy time. This is our
tree planting season. Tribal Forestry
and TERO conducted a tree planting contractor workshop on April 11, 2006 at This year’s 2006 planting season (April) had a late start, but with good
coordination and help from the Tribal Forestry staff our planting was
completed within our planting time frame.
Also the weather held out, which made it good planting
conditions. This year’s planting was
conducted thru a total of twenty-three (23) tribal planting contractors that
were selected through bid by the Tribal Purchasing Agent. A total of seventeen (17) Tribal Forestry
personnel and four (4) BIA Forestry personnel did over see the planting
operations. The coordination and set
up of twenty-three (23) contractors to do this project was a little difficult
at first, but with good Tribal Forestry staff which made it a success. Our planting survival percent |
for this year’s planting will not be determined until this fall and spring
of 2007. If the contractor did their
job on planting the trees, than the survival rate should be high. The spring of 2007 is our final planting
for areas of the Littlehawk and Craig II fires
under the BIA’s Rehab Plan. Although this will not be our final
planting, other burns that need to be planted which would depend on funding. During the week of May 22 – 27, 2006 with coordination with the Tribal
Sand Creek Director, National Park Service and the Tribal Forestry Director
we dispatched a Tribal Forestry Fuels Crew of five (5) members to the Sand
Creek Massacre Site near Presently,
the Tribal Forestry is starting to gear up for our up coming pre-commercial
thinning at the end of July and pine cone collection at the end of August and
September, 2006. Look for further
Tribal Forestry updates in the Tribal Report, hopefully we will have
pictures. Tribal Report of the |
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Water Resources Program Jason Whiteman, Sr. [Director Natural
Resources] The water resource program’s primary responsibility
is administering tribal reserved water rights pursuant to public law 102-347
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act, Water Rights
Compact between Northern Cheyenne Tribe/State of Montana/United States,
Memorandum of Agreement between Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Unite States-June
12, 2001 and water code. This comprises direct flow rights in Water resource project related to Coal
Bed Natural Gas are currently in progress: 1) Develop
a long term ground water monitoring network on the reservation related to
coal bed natural gas. We have collected ground water data for the past four
years. This will be used as baseline data four sound management decisions
related to our ground water resources. 2) A
spring inventory project is in its second year. Field water quality data,
flow measurements, and specific location of the springs are conducted on our
reservation. 3) Quantification
of ground water in coal zones in specific areas of our reservation. The Tribal Water Resources Program
encourages you to call (406)-477-6503 extension 2 or visit our office, if you
have any question related to the water rights application. |
Outdoor Recreation and Parks [Summer Youth Work/Learn Program] [Bison
and Pipeline Program] Outdoor Recreation and Parks program is
currently waiting for the Northern Cheyenne Housing Authority program for
estimates on the sprinkler systems before we can put in the softball fields
for Tse-Hestaneoheo’o Park. Tse-Hestaneoheo’o Park is coming along with
delay as expected, yet we are still pushing forward. Commitments from other
tribal programs are slow and cumbersome. One the bright side, TERO is
currently purchasing two scoreboards for bother softball fields. The Summer Youth Work and Learn Program
have begun and the youth are out doing work in our communities. A lot of
grass is being mowed, and the recreational sites are being cleaned up. When
you see the youth out there cleaning, mowing painting, or some kind of
community enhancement, give them a big hand, wave, and smile. The Bison and Pipeline program has
recently been give to the Natural Resources Program. We hired a bison manager
temporally to get a handle on requests and counts for the bison. We are
realizing there is not enough land-base for our bison therefore, they
continue to get out of the designated bison pasture and head down Woodenthigh Creek and out of sight. The bison pasture can
only hold fifty bison; we have three times that many. We are working on
securing more land for them. We are finding out it is a very difficult job
rounding up something that can both hide and run faster than deer. In time,
we will have a workable management plan in place and hopefully secure a much
needed land base for them. The pipeline is in the planning and management
state. We should have a good hold on the pipeline in a few months. Tribal Report of the |
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TERO UAs Diana McLean [Coordinator TERO UA] As
of May 22, 2006, TERO will no longer refer any individuals to any jobs
without a drug and alcohol test. The
TERO office has a coordinator that schedules all UAs. Before being referred for a UA, the client
must bring a signed Release of Information for UA testing from the potential
employer. All employees that are hired
by the Tribe must pass a UA before they can begin working whether they are
part-time, temporary, permanent, TANF, NEW, or summer-youth. All individuals referred for a UA must
first call and then schedule a time, so the coordinator can make sure a male
or female certified tester is available.
You will not be tested if you do not bring picture identification and
a document that has your social security number. Any individual who is not referred by a
program can come in to get a UA if they bring in a $35.00 money order or
$50.00 for a CDL UA. All others who
are referred by a program will be billed for the UA. The TERO office follows the all drug and
alcohol policy as well as that of the Tribe. |
Noxious Weeds The Natural
Resources Noxious Weed Program has a secured an agreement with the Montana
Department of Transportation to control noxious weeds on the Northern
Cheyenne Reservation. We are currently spraying Highway 212, Highway 39, Highway 447. BIA Division of Transportation out of We spray for white top, field bindweed,
spotted knapweed, Russian knapweed, Canada thistle, hounds tongue, leafy
spurge, and sulfur cinquefoil. Last year, we worked with the CHS FFA
Chapter to release brown and black adult flea beetles (Aohthona
abdominalis Duftschmidt),
on a small patch of leafy spurge on Rosebud creek. The flea beetles are
natural predators to leafy spurge, which are introduced from If you have any questions
or concerns don’t hesitate to notify us at 477-6503. |
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Commodities Linda Freeman [Director Northern
Cheyenne Food Distribution Program] The
Food Distribution Program issuance times are from Monday through Friday, 9:00
am—11:30 and 1:00 am— 4:00 pm (unless otherwise posted). Depending on family size, your family may
not be served until the afternoon or the next business day. Large family recipients need to pick up
commodities before 11:30 am or 3:30 pm.
Staff would like to leave on time; they do not get paid for overtime. Thank you for your cooperation. Tribal
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