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About Siletz news letter. (Siletz, Oregon) 1989-1997 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1990)
PAGE 2 - SILETZ, OREGON February 1990 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To Our Family and Friends, We would like to thank all of you for the shower that was given us and for all of the cards and gifts we received for our wedding. It made us very happy to know so many of you thought of us. Love, Brett & Kelly Lane A Note of Thanks: Tribal Council members? How many STEDCO commissioners resigned in December, ,1989? Who's the new Chief Judge? Did the Siletz Indian Housing Authority succeed in its attempt to evict a /Tribal member from Government Hill Housing? Where's the new heallh clinic going? T rib a l m em bers wishing answers to these and other questions need only to write to me, Andy Viles, c/o Siletz News II. P.O. Box 152, Alvadore, OR 97409 for the latest issue of Siletz News II, Andy Viles Dear Brothers and Sisters and Eiders: While I was attending r am writing in deep the Candidate's Fair at the concern of the Indian publics' Springfield Area office, my perception and spiritual car was broken in to, the values of Native American d riv e r's side w indow Indian brothers and sisters smashed and items stolen in prisons, like the Oregon from inside. It was a very State Prison, Oregon State unpleasant experience for Corrections Institution and myself and my daughter. the Oregon Woman's Priêorf However, out of most and their, right to practice d if f ic u lt s it u a t io n s and learn Indian ways and the something good also results. vitalness of finding in Indian That was true in this case. ways good morals and the So many caring people did spiritual fündamentals for their best to be of help. I s e lf-im p ro v e m e n t and would like to extend my cultural rehabilitation and thanks to Mary and Andy becoming better Tribal Viles who stood out in the members and law abiding pouring rain with a citizens in their returning to flashlight securing plastic to the community. the drivers door where the Well my brothers and window had been. Sue George sisters and elders, good and Alice Werth also offered people walking the good red their assistance in numerous road out there; we brothers ways and- I'm sure there here at Eastern Oregon were others who also Correction Institution who deserve a word of thanks...i have been walking the hard, was in such a daze... I hope bad road that led us here, we that you all know how much need to find that good, red your help meant to us. road and learn to be good people too, and become better People like you make this member's of the Native world a better place. American Indian Race and the time is now! Before we leave Sincerely, prison. Here we are being punished for our crimes but Teresa M. Miller we need the chance to team and grow and turn awayfrom Dear Editor: crime, drugs and alcohol and What caused the become good people too, and firings at STEDCO? Did, learn to give and not take, Tribal Council "donate" and learn to lové and not $5,100,00 to a logging hate, and to live and not ^¿eenT^^yi’tjlat^erhpjeye’dTwO/'« ’•V / i3êàthyand»iéarrt*'tpv‘ gro’v/^md ' ' not waste away, and learn to be good Indian people and not lost children of the many Tribal Nations, children lost on a dark road. Help us people to help ourselves and to help others find the Good Red Road....I pray to the Great Spirit, and the four directions and to the Earth Mother and to all creation that you hear my words and see the truth and the injustice of the Brothers here being denied Native American Indian R eligion and s p iritu a l counciling; we need a Pipe C arrier, a Sweatlodge Leader, and Drug and Alcohol Councilor, volunteers here to come at least once a month or more if possible and teach us to become Warriors and turn away from criminal ways. The f o llo w in g statements are the facts and the truth to justify my cause, our cause here, and they point out law and the Resolution American Indian Religious Freedom, and the injustice of this freedom here at EOCI; and my Native American Indian Brothers and Sisters and Elders should know the truth and take just one moment ini thought and perception and take a walk in our mocbasins and then understand.... ;.,,ln Honor of all the Native American Indian Brothers and Sisters In Prison Throughout This Country, Your Brother Crazy Horse, Sincerely, Ronald C. Johnson A SPECIAL THANK YOU I want to thank all of you that took the time to support my campaign for re- election. When you shoulder responsibility and risk for the betterment for your tribe you are bound to make some mistakes. Sometimes you have to take one step backward in order to take two steps forward. It takes a lot of courage to be a tribal leader, the river has grown deep and wide, filled with debris and is hard to swim up stream. I have the courage and wisdom to continue doing a good job for you. Again.d thank all of you. Respectfully yours, Frank Simmons Letters To The Editor All letters received will be printed. Please type or write legible, no profane language will be printed. All letters must include your name and address. Send letters to: "Siletz News" P.O. Box 549, Siletz, Oregon 97380. PLEASE NOTE: The General Manager of the Siletz Tribe is the Chief Editor of the Siletz Newsletter.
