LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
This is being written to ask that you
publish this letter acknowledging three local
youth who have just successfully completed
attending our Native Warriors Guardians of
Tomorrow’s Youth Speaking Panel.
This youth speaking panel is an award
winning project aimed at deterring Native
and non-Native youth from criminal thinking
and substance abuse, the things that would
lead them to our fate. Participants must
attend four sessions before graduation, but
they are more than welcome to continue
attending after graduation.
Groups that we work with include the
schools from the Lincoln County School
District, the Native American Youth
Association (NAYA) of Portland, Nanitch
Sahallie Youth Treatment Center in Salem,
the Warm Springs Police Department, and
the Warm Springs Children’s Protection
Services.
This program is sponsored by the
Lakota Oyate Ki circle in the walls of OSP
and has been reaching out to youth
since 1995.
' The three young relatives that we
would like to honor are Doyle Green,
Brandon Halburg, and Kyle Towner. All are
students at the Siletz Middle School in Siletz,
Ore. As part of their graduating, they each
received a certificate of completion and this
letter to their local newspaper.
For more information about this vital
program, please contact us by leaving a
message at 503-378-4207, faxing us at
503-373-1008, or by writing to:
Lakota Oyate Ki, NWGTY
Steve Zelinka, Staff Advisor
2605 State Street
Salem, OR 97310-0505
In Spirit,
Gary Hutchinson, Director NYGTY
Manuel Mose, Chief, Lakota Oyate
Ki
To the editor:
I would like to congratulate Rusty
Butler on his “new residence,” on behalf of
numerous family and friends who remain
“freedomly challenged.” Your new life is hard
won, culminating from many years
of struggle.
Your abilities are many, your gifts
unlimited. Your new life offers much promise.
May your successes continue to
be numeious.
The torch of freedom has been
passed on to you to light the way for your
Tillicum coming along behind you. Prepare
the way for your brother who is soon to
join you.
Continue to conquer...
Alan T. Kentta
2
To the editor:
I’m writing to say thanks for showing
me my cousin Nathaniel of the family of the
Halls. Natasha Hall is my cousin and
Nathaniel’s new mom; Steve Hall, Brandon
Hall, auntie Trutty Hall are all in my heart.
I’m separated from them because,
unfortunately, I’m in prison. I just wanted to
make a request and have you put my
address and SID number in the paper so
they can have access to it or you can nicely
and generously send me my cousin’s
address so I can be in contact with my
family. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Joshua Hall
SID# 11775631-OSP
2605 State Street
Salem, OR 97310
To the editor:
Thank you for this time. Would like
to reflect on the past, the year 1941 right
here at Siletz, to give honor where honor
is due.
Abraham and Aurilla Tom stand out in
my memory. They were very good friends
of our family. So the time was nearing for
the strawberry harvest and they were going
to Gresham, Ore., this spring. The days
were long until the big day when we would
finally leave from Siletz.
Abe, Mr. Tom, drove us all the way up
there. It was so much fun. We arrived at
camp about 12 miles from Portland, Ore.
Aurilla was such a wonderful cook and she
made food I had never tasted before. Chili
beans our dear mother did not make; we just
had really good boiled beans. Our days in
the field were in-between showers.
Of course, we made lots of money. The
first weekend there we all went to town,
which was Gresham, Ore. To our great
surprise, there was a bond rally and the
guest star was the Oregon Victory Girl, Jane
Powell. She captivated us with her beautiful
voice. Later on, she signed on with a
movie company.
Now this has been 60 years ago. Oh! I
haven’t told the good part. Abe, Mr. Tom,
came to visit us or his family, and I had been
having a time being away from my loved
ones. So Aurilla said Abe, you will have to
take Marty home. So very happily, we were
on our way back to Siletz.
I would like to say that Aurilla and
Abraham were the greatest parents. Mr. Tom
was always so happy no matter what the
circumstance, likewise his wife. They stand
out in my heart and mind as real great; also,
their children are great people. God bless
each one of them in a special way.
Thank you,
Martha Lockhart
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