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April 21,1993
Siletz News II
The Willamette Valley
Sacred Site
Preservation Committee
is an organization that formed recently to
oppose the ongoing destruction of sacred
sites in Western Oregon.
The Committee encourages sup
porters and other interested parties to con
tact them at the following address.
Willamette Valley Sacred Site Preservation
Committee
2585 E. St.
Springfield, OR 97477
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boundary of Oregon, but who knows whether the site
will be deemed suitable for nuclear dumping.
As a back-up plan, the Siletz could offer to trade
the land in Salem (where brothels are outlawed) to the
Paiutes in exchange for land in Nevada (where M RS’s
are outlawed). In such a way, the Ft. McDermitt Tribal
Council would be able to establish a nuclear dumping
grounds in Salem and the Siletz Tribal Council would
be able to establish a brothel in Nevada. They might
even be able to work out a joint venture agreement
where each Tribe could be junior partner in the other’s
nuclear and sexual operations.
This sort of land swap would work for other
Nevada Tribes, too. Unlike the Paiutes of Ft. McDer
mitt, other Tribes in Nevada have no lands outside of
the state. For this reason, they have not been able to take
advantage of the federal program encouraging U.S.
Tribes to store nuclear waste on reservation lands. And,
of course, Tribes located other states are in the same
situation as Siletz: no chance at all to open a brothel.
The only part that is missing is a federal pro
gram to encourage Tribes to cash in on the very
profitable and well- established economic enterprise of
prostitution. For tribal governments who are bankrupt
enough to store nuclear waste and open casino-style
gaming centers in order to make big and easy money,
operating a brothel seems a reasonable next step.
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Open Forum
A letter to the Editor of the Siletz Free Press
I am an Indian that is part white. I have heard
many times about Indian persecution and I have lived
with it for many years in the public schools, in churches
and in business.
I moved to Siletz in 1988 and moved into the
Indian Housing in 1989 with my wife Agnes. We left
a home in Terrebonne at a great financial loss as my
wife was terminally ill.
She wanted to be with her people for her last
days. We burned our bridges for any other life, used up
all our resources, and sold everything we could to do
this. I am now broke, 100% disabled and in a wheel
chair most of the time.
I now run into more racial prejudice than what
I believe existed. I only wanted to stay here temporar
ily, but now I have no money to leave with. I have
suffered the greatest loss in my life in the death of my
wife of 46 years. I am now losing my home with
nowhere to go. I am more white than Indian, but I am
an Indian at heart and have always lived that way. I
don’t hate the people who are doing this to me. I feel
sorry for them and their ignorance. May God bless
them.
To My Great Sorrow,
Ralph Flanary
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lands and extend reservations without limit. In short,
Siletz is asking that Indians no longer be thought of in
terms of “elimination.” And some people are highly
optimistic that Siletz a U.S. federal judge will agree.
I’m not betting on it. The psychology of
elimination still rules the day. Reservations are still
made to function as the Whiteman’s toilet. W hat was
that I was reading about the Ft. M cDermitt Tribe’s
plans to use reservation lands in southern Oregon to
store nuclear waste? W hat was that I was reading about
the Warm Springs Tribes’ plans to use reservation lands
as a landfill for Portland’s garbage?
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SPIRITUAL GATHERING
Phrophecy says there will come a time when each
of us must stand up and recognize ourselves for who we
really are ..."
March 20, 1993, the Siletz Tribal Council fully
supported our request for use of the the Tribal Community
Center and the grounds to host a "Spiritual Gathering of the
Native Youth and Elders" of Oregon, July 1st- 4th, 1993.
It is our belief that it is time for a gathering of the
people in order to overcome the bitterness and confusion
that is threatening the survival of our Red Nation.
The Elders of all Nations have always fulfilled the