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Speaker

Comments

TAPE 50, A

003

Chair Berger

Calls the meeting to order at 8:36 a.m. and opens a public hearing on SB 362.

SB 362 – PUBLIC HEARING

015

Olivia Wallulatum

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.  Sings prayer song.  Testifies in support of SB 362.   Talks about the benefits of SB 362. 

060

Senator Kate Brown

Senate District 21.  Gives a history of what has gone into SB 362.  Summarizes SB 362.

090

Sen. Brown

Discusses how geographic names are changed. 

108

Sen. Brown

Talks about an experience she had with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. 

124

Michael Mason

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.  Comments on the message that SB 362 sends to the tribes. 

146

Chair Berger

Comments on her bachelor’s degree in linguistic anthropology and gives her opinion of the word.

154

Chair Berger

Closes the public hearing on SB 362 and opens a public hearing on SB 67A.

SB 67A– PUBLIC HEARING

168

Cara Fischer

Committee Administrator.  Summarizes SB 67A.

191

James Hamrick

Parks and Recreation Department.  Submits prepared testimony in support of SB 67A (EXHIBIT A).  Discusses the need for SB 67A.

225

Irene Zenev

President of Oregon Museum Association.  Submits and reads prepared testimony in support of SB 67A (EXHIBIT B). 

254

Zenev

Comments on the museum grant program. 

281

Rep. Galizio

Asks what the criteria would be for gaining the grants.

284

Zenev

Refers to Mr. Hamrick.

289

Hamrick

Responds that he cannot say what the processes will be for sure.  Gives an example of what they do with a similar program.

303

Chair Berger

Asks what the vision is for this program.  Asks if the small museums are going to lose the funding they are used to getting.

314

Hamrick

Answers that not every organization that applies will get the grant.  States that if they can get the Ways and Means committee to give them more funding then they can give money to everyone.  Remarks that this would make the process better because the museums would have to report what the money is going to be used for in order to get a grant. 

338

Chair Berger

Expresses the concern that this will cut off the funding for small museums.  Asks if the small museums realize what is at stake and if they have been a part of the process.

351

Zenev

Answers that the Oregon Museum Association has done the best it can to keep the smaller museums up-to-date as the process goes along. 

370

Chair Berger

Closes the public hearing on SB 67A and opens a work session on SB 67A.

SB 67A – WORK SESSION

374

Rep. Sumner

MOTION:  Moves SB 67A to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.

VOTE:  5-0-2

EXCUSED:  2 - Buckley, Esquivel

Chair Berger

Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.

REP. WITT will lead discussion on the floor.

388

Chair Berger

Closes the work session on SB 67A and opens a work session on SJR 12.

SJR 12 – WORK SESSION

402

Cara Fischer

Committee Administrator.  Summarizes SJR 12.

414

Chair Berger

Closes the work session on SJR 12 and opens a public hearing on SJR 12.

SJR 12 – PUBLIC HEARING

417

Michael Mason

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.  Introduces Delvis Heath.

TAPE 51, A

014

Delvis Heath

Chief, Warm Springs Tribe of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.  Submits prepared testimony in support of SJR 12 (EXHIBIT C). 

080

Heath

Talks about the history of his tribe and the 1855 Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon.

160

Chair Berger

Inquires how old Mr. Heath is.

164

Heath

Responds that he is 67.

165

Chair Berger

Asked where he learned the language.

166

Heath

Answers by telling how he learned the language.

183

Olivia Wallulatum

Testifies in support of SJR 12 and talks about the importance of the 1855 Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon.  Talks about the celebration and the importance of that to the tribes.

221

Wallulatum

Talks about the importance of the treaty to the tribes.  Comments that they are practicing their traditional ways. 

262

Rep. Cameron

Asks if there are examples where the promises made in the treaty are not being upheld.

272

Wallulatum

Answers by giving an example of picking huckleberries and hunting deer on private property. 

307

Mason

Clarifies what lands are discussed in the treaty.  States that they are working with the Oregon Department of State Lands to make sure the tribes can get into those areas at the appropriate times.

329

Rep. Cameron

Asks if the treaty restricts the general public’s access to these lands.

335

Mason

Answers that it does not.

339

Rep. Cameron

Inquires if there are times when the general public is restricted from an activity, such as fishing, but the tribe is allowed to fish.

341

Mason

Concurs

345

Chair Berger

Asks for information on the celebration in the Dalles.

350

Mason

Gives information on the celebration.

363

Chair Berger

Closes the public hearing on SJR 12 and opens a work session on SJR 12.

SJR 12 – WORK SESSION

371

Rep. Sumner

MOTION:  Moves SJR 12 be sent to the floor with a BE ADOPTED recommendation.

VOTE:  6-0-1

EXCUSED:  1 - Buckley

Chair Berger

Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.

REP. DALLUM will lead discussion on the floor.

387

Chair Berger

Closes the work session on SJR 12 and opens a work session on SB 362.

SB 362 – WORK SESSION

393

Rep. Witt

MOTION:  Moves SB 362 to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.

VOTE:  6-0-1

EXCUSED:  1 - Buckley

Chair Berger

Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.

CHAIR BERGER will lead discussion on the floor.

402

Chair Berger

Closes the work session on SB 362 and adjourns the meeting at 9:31 a.m.