PAGE 4 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON JULY 23, 1976
Editorial
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Employee Potluck Pieni
Spilyay Tymoo
(The way it is)
Editor's Note
To The Editor.
Dear Mr. Miller:
I have just finished reading
the July 9th Edition of your
newspaper. I would like to
compliment you and your staff
on the contents and excellent
photographic work in this
issue.
I am sure the members of
the Confederated Tribes also
appreciate your newspaper be
cause this is an excellent
means of maintaining commun-
ication between the Tribal ad
ministration and the individual
Tribal members.
I plan to be in the Warm
Springs area during the middle
part of August, and I would
like to stop by your office and
visit with you.
Keep up the good work.
Very truly yours,
Ray L. Matilton, Jr.
Planning Director
(Hoopa Calif.)
Dear Editor, Sid Miller:
My family wishes to thank
the Warm Springs Confeder
ated Tribes for their generosity
in sharing with us the delicious
meal at the Indian Salmon
Bake at Cascade Locks, Sun
day 18th. This the first year
we have attended, and heard
about it through the Oregon
Journal.
It was a great feeling of
sharing and making friends.
Sincerely,
Nancy Avedevech
Portland, Oregon
Traveling to and from the
printing office in Prineville,
thoughts ran through my
mind; for instance, are we
doing the community justice in
putting out this paper? Are
they reading the paper as well
as I hope they are? And many
other minor matters that are
of no importance at this time.
I know of at least one
person who reads the paper
over and over. Would you
believe it’s the editor. Even
though I know what is in each
edition, I read the paper for
errors and to find other meth
ods of doing lay-outs of the
paper, trying to improve each
issue to make it more inter
esting for the readers.
Being new at this line of
work scares me at times, but I
feel that I am improving right
along with the paper. I can see
a great deal , of improvement
from the very first edition a
few months ago, as compared
to the latest one. I also believe
that we are getting through to
the readers as there have been
several letters to the editor.
This pleases me.
It was an honor to receive
a letter from Congressman Al
Ullman M.C. I do appreciate
all the letters that have been
coming in. That in itself is a
bit of encouragement. Thanks.
The time of the year has
arrived, and thats for all the
departments to work on the
coming years budget. MBO is
playing an important part in
projecting budgets for the
coming year. MBO (Manage
ment by Objectives) when em-
ployed properly can be very
instrumental in working out
budgets. This gives the Super
visor, Department Heads, and
the Management a better tool
to work with. As each depart
Congress has taken a giant
ment works on its budget, step toward construction of a
there must be goals and ob- new Indian School near Salem,
Or. A $5 million federal ex
penditure was appropriated for
jectives set to strive for to the upcoming year.
become more efficient in its
Many buildings at the pre
operation. This has had quite sent site have been closed
an impact on each department since the end of the past school
as planning can be more effec year because of health and
tive for the coming year. This safety purposes.
is the third year this has been
Even though deterioration
applied and is showing pro at the present school has be
gress in the overall projecting come , evident in recent years,
the budgets.
Chemawa has been on the top
Hope For Chemawa
The Deschutes county fair
and rodeo together for the
rodeo this year August 6th, 7th
and 8th is trying to contact all
the past queens to participate
in the rodeo grand entries and
the downtwon parade on Sat
urday morning starting at
10:00 a.m.
From Warm Springs a past
queen is Naomi Kalama, and
she is planning to attend the
three day affair, the Spilyay
Tymoo learned.
Sincerely,
Nancy Larson
Counselor
Sweathouse Lodge
P.O. Box 92
Monmouth Oregon, 97361
Celilo Resolution
At a Tribal Council meet
ing held June 1, 1976, ihe Celilo
Resolution was presented to
the Tribal Council. It was sta-
ted that there have been sev-
eral meetings held at Celilo.
With full attendence at one of
the meetings there, the three
Tribes were present and each
tribe was represented by Tri
bal Council members, they de
cided to come to an agreement
and draw up a document. This
was instituted by the Yakima,
Warm Springs, and the Uma-
tillas, and the intent was that'
the three Superintendents take
the document and rework it
and come up with a Consti-
tution.
Council Agenda
The following is the Tribal
Council Agenda for the re
mainder of July. There have
been some changes in the
agenda, so those interested
should take notice.
July 26 - 10:00 a.m., Tribal
Council Meeting.
1. Fantasy Films Contract
and Agreement - Dennis Kar-
nopp.
2. 11:00 a.m.
Report on
status of fish litigation - Dennis
Kamopp.
3. 2:00 p.m. - Management
Reports.
July 27 - 10:00 a.m., Tribal
Council Meeting.'
1. Committee and Council
Delegate Reports.
2. Unfinished Business.
But a meeting in Portland,
Or., with the Solicitor, the
suggestion was instead of a
Constitution, a delegation of
authority be granted to that
group, and also a Board be
appointed.
At another meeting at Ce
lilo this was to be presented to
the group, and also a Board be
appointed.
Another meeting was
called at Celilo, the Board was
suggested, and things went
along quite well at first, but as
time passed there was some
controversy among those pre
sent and the discussion linger
ed. Another meeting was
scheduled at a later date in
which the resolution was fin
ally expected after a lengthy
discussion, subject to approval
of the Tribal Councils.
What this would do is dele
gate certain authority to this
group at Celilo. The function of
the Board would be to carry
out those functions, apply for
EDA funds, apply to the Bur
eau to take care of the facil
ities there, but nothing to en
cumber land such as leasing or
whatever. The Board would
have to come back to the
Tribes for those authorities.
priority list for educational re
building.
Congressman Ullman’s re
quest for construction funds
received favorable attention
from the Appropriations Com
mittee. Congressman Robert
Duncan who serves on that
committee had a favorable in
fluence as he serves on the
committee also.
Full House and Senate ap
proval of the appropriation is
still needed.
Committees Tour
Past Queens
To The Editor:
Dear Sirs:
Sweathouse Lodge is an
alcohol treatment center for
Indians. We have Indians from
many tribes, reservations and
urban areas. The program fo
cuses on Indian culture and
spiritual beliefs. The people
here would enjoy contact with
other Indian organizations and
reservations through your
newspaper. Unfortunately our
funds are limited so we can’t
afford a subscription but we
sure would appreciate being
donated copes of Spilyay
Tymoo.
We are looking forward to
hearing from you.
The employee picnic com main dish, hot dogs n’ buns
mittee has requested the Spil chicken, baked beans, or pork
yay to announce, that the n’ beans, ham, venison, meat
deadline to have all food to the loaf, chili beans, and casser
Community park area no later oles; fixings, group 1 pickles,
than 6 p.m., so as the serving relish, mustard; group 2 olives,
can be started by 6:30 p.m. catsup, potato chips; salads
and last approximately till 8:00 potato salad, macaroni salad,
tossed green salad, celery n’
p.m.
carrot sticks; dessert, 2 pies
All supervisors should have ea., cakes, watermelon 2 ea.,
received an announcement on cantaloupes.
what each of his employees
For each food assignments
are to bring.
- please bring enough to serve
The suggested menu is; at least six or more people.
The Timber Committee,
the Range Committee and the
Tribal Council were well re
presented on the forestry tour
held Wednesday., July 21. A
group of about 25 people
roamed through various thin
ned and unthinned areas of
timber land west of Sidwalter
and experienced first hand the
effects of tree-thinning on the
environment. Gunther Heeren
of the Forestry Department
and Wilbur Johnson of the Tri
bal Council arranged and con
ducted the tour, which pre
sented the pros and cons of the
treatment techniques used
after thinning occurs.
The first stop on the day
long tour introduced the group
to the Fire Control Station
where reports of fire are re
ceived and crews and equip
ment assembled. Larry Walow-
itsa and Gunther Heeren led a
tour through the plant explain
ing operations in each area.
The rest of the day was
spent in the forests discussing
and observing the condition of
the forest floor in six different
locations.
Heeren explained the two
kinds of treatment equipment
most commonly used after
thinning: Tomahawk and
Track Mack. Both procedures
involve crushing the slash but
they differ in when they are
used and what effects they
have. Basically Tomahawking
is done with a special attach
ment to a caterpillar and it
can only be used on dry slash.
The caterpillar tends to chew
up the ground making reseed
ing easily accomplished. The
Track Mack can crush green
slash quite effectively so that
it disintegrated faster but it is
a more costly method. Both
techniques were said to be
beneficial in terms of regrowth
of grass and timber.
Wilbur Johnson and others
maintained that theser meth
ods presented a fire hazard
and discouraged grazing by
domestic stock and wildlife. It
was suggested that the piling
and burning of a slash might
be a quicker and safer way of
treating thinned areas.
Everyone seemed to agree
that tree-thinning is a neces
sary procedure. It remains to
be seen, perhaps through fur
ther experimenting, which
method of treating slash will
be most beneficial to both
timber growth and grazing.
Linton Winishut
The Tribal Council, Tues
day July 20, approved by reso
lution number 4679, the ap
pointment of Linton Winishut
to serve on the Fish and
Wildlife Committee.
Winishut was appointed by
the Tribal Council July 13, 1976
to replace Sam Scott who re
signed. The position has been
officially accepted in writing
by the new committee mem
ber.
Other members of the Fish
and Wildlife Committee are:
Harold Culpus (Chairman),
Delbert Frank Sr., and Nelson
Wallulatum. Committee mem
bers serve a three year term
which will expire May 31, 1977,
when the new Tribal Council
members are chosen. The new
Tribal Council will then ap
point new members of the Fish
and Wildlife Committee.