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Blessing ceremony at creek honors lamprey
By NATHAN BRUTTELL
Corvallis Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — David
Harrelson banged a drum
Saturday afternoon alongside
the trickling Lamprey Creek
in a blessing ceremony
honoring the creek and the
ish it will forever be named
after.
“There is an obligation
between people and ish. In
order to fulill the obligation,
we have to know these
animals and ind a place
for them in our society,”
Harrelson, a tribal member
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde, said
following the blessing.
“This naming ceremony is
immensely important, and so
is respecting place and one’s
ancestors. I value this a great
deal.”
The 3-mile-long tributary
of Oak Creek had no oficial
name until last August, when
it was christened Lamprey
Creek by the U.S. Board of
Geographic Names at the
request of a group of local
Anibal Ortiz/The Gazette Times via AP
David Harrelson, department manager and tribal historic preservation oficer for the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, participates in the Lamprey Creek Awakening,
a ceremony to celebrate the naming of Lamprey Creek on Saturday in Corvallis.
residents. On Saturday, the
celebration — known as the
Lamprey Creek Awakening
— called attention to the
Paciic lamprey, an eel-like
migratory ish that was an
important food source for
Native Americans in the
Northwest.
The ceremony at the
closed Fire Station No. 5
also honored the researchers
dedicated to restoring local
lamprey, which is now in
steep decline throughout the
Lawyer: Dismiss conspiracy charges in
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge case
PORTLAND (AP) — A
defense lawyer in the Oregon
wildlife refuge occupation case
argued Monday that a federal
conspiracy charge leveled
against over two dozen people
is constitutionally vague,
could threaten free speech and
should be dismissed.
Attorney Amy Baggio
made that argument and
others on the irst day of legal
motions in the case stemming
from the Ammon Bundy-led
41-day armed occupation of
the Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge that started Jan. 2, The
Oregonian.
The conspiracy charge
provides a “sphere of protec-
tion” for federal employees,
but it’s so broadly worded that
it could restrict free speech
and assembly designed to crit-
icize the federal government,
Baggio said.
“This statute can chill, it
can threaten not only First
Amendment expression but
the Second Amendment right
to bear arms,” Baggio said.
The occupiers in their
takeover of the refuge wanted
the government to relinquish
public lands to locals and free
two imprisoned ranchers.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Ethan Knight challenged
Baggio’s statements, saying
the conspiracy statute in this
case is not about speech but
about conduct. Knight said
what makes their conduct
criminal is the conspirators’
agreement to prevent federal
oficers from doing their work
at the refuge.
U.S. District Judge Anna
Brown said the statute does
not criminalize mere criticism
or mere protest.
“It criminalizes force,
intimidation or threats against
public employees preventing
them from doing their jobs,”
the judge said. Brown added
that it’s OK to criticize U.S.
Bureau of Land Management
employees, but preventing
them from doing their work
on their property isn’t allowed
under law.
BRIEFLY
Man sought in wife’s death
in Warm Springs found dead
The defense also wants a
weapons charge against some
of the occupiers dropped. It
accuses some of the defen-
dants of using or carrying a
irearm to further a crime of
violence. They contend that
the underlying conspiracy
isn’t a “violent crime.”
Knight argued the under-
lying conspiracy represents a
violent crime, but he conceded
that determining that presents
a “close call” for the court.
Defense lawyers also asked
prosecutors to give more
speciics on the allegations
against each defendant, to help
determine who might go to
trial together.
Brown says she’ll rule on
the motions in the near future.
A Nevada man who partici-
pated in the Oregon occupation
pleaded guilty last week to a
federal conspiracy charge. In
exchange for Corey Lequieu’s
plea, prosecutors agreed to
drop weapons charges.
The trial for the other 25
defendants is set for Sept. 7.
TERREBONNE (AP) — The FBI
says it has recovered the body of a man
who was being sought in the death of his
wife at her Warm Springs home.
Mark Kevin Johnson Jr. was
discovered Saturday afternoon inside a
vehicle that had plunged over a 50-foot
cliff in the Deschutes River Canyon near
Terrebonne. Because of the dificult
terrain, authorities on Sunday used a
rope system to bring the remains back to
the top of the canyon.
Johnson’s wife, Candelaria Rhoan,
was found dead last Thursday. Detectives
described the manner as violent.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Ofice is investigating. Both the
33-year-old Johnson and the
30-year-old Rhoan were members of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Oficials clamp down on
lead in Portland air
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
And we’re grateful there are
so many people in the area
who care enough to protect
it.”
Hann noted that the
naming should also provide
a signiicant help to the
community’s safety.
“We had an accident (in the
creek) recently,” Hann said.
“Without a name, without
a location on a map, it was
dificult for the police and ire
department to respond to the
person in distress.”
Saturday’s ceremony also
featured educational displays
and demonstrations about
Paciic lamprey at the Walnut
Community Room, including
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon
State University and local
nonproits.
“I’m honored to be here
today to dedicate this creek,”
said David Close, Oregon
State University isheries
biologist and member of the
Cayuse Nation. “All of the
work the university has done
here has been outstanding.”
region, reports the Corvallis
Gazette-Times.
“Today is a marvelous
day,” said Carl Schreck,
professor of Fisheries at
Oregon State University.
“We’re honoring a ish
with the name. But I think
more importantly, we’re
recognizing forever that these
animals are an important
part of our environmental
ecosystem. It elevates our
ecological consciousness and
recognizing how important it
is to preserve every cog in the
wheel to have our ecological
machine working.”
In addition to the ecolog-
ical impact, Ward 8 City
Councilor Frank Hann said
the naming of Lamprey
Creek provided a connection
to the area’s past, present
and future, and honored the
“powerful impact culturally,
spiritually and nutritionally
for those who lived here for
thousands of years.”
“(The lamprey) is the
oldest ish to inhabit our
city,” Hann said. “We’re very
grateful for Lamprey Creek.
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