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PAGE 2 DECEMBER 15, 1978 extended Logging Season Possible sizeable managed forest in Ore W ith B etter Roads gon providing logs to a year- by Cynthia Stowell Two weeks after loggers particularly during storms and were called in from the woods thaws - when it is environment because of muddy road condi ally unsound to have equipment tions, the Tribal Council will be in the woods. Rather, a rocked weighing a consultant’s recom road system would permit log mendations for an extended sea gers to1 extend their season “to son road system. utilize suitable operating weath On December 19 logging er as it occurs.” engineer Carl Raynor will pre Currently all but a few sent findings of a $10,000 feasibi reservation roads are dirt sur lity study requested by the Warm face, with annual maintenance Springs Forest Products Ind by WSFPI including sprinkling ustries Board of Directors. As and motor patrol grading. The detailed in his 50-page illustrated result of continued maintenance report, Raynor will recommend and use has been the lowering of the construction of a rocked road surfaces and poor drainage, surface road system over a five according to Raynor. year period to provide increased “The development of a hard access to the forest for logging surface road system is custom operations. arily the first step by manage Raynor stresses in his report ment in developing an operation that an improved road system al stand of tim ber,” states Ray should not encourage all-weather nor. “ Instead, this timber tract logging because there are times - stands by itself . . . as the single Who’s NINA? Spilyay Tymoo, along with other tribal newspapers in the northwest, will be printing re gional news items with greater frequency thanks to the NINA news service. When “NINA” appears at the beginning of a story, it means that a member of the Northwest Indian News Association has called or mailed an item into the central bureau, which is tempo rarily housed at the Sho-Ban News in Ft. Hall, Idaho. Recently-hired director Nick Nichols sends the story to mem ber newspapers or TV-radio stations via the Sho-Ban’s Telex machine. Members with Telex machines receive the news in moments, while others receive Mailgrams within 24 hours. As a NINA member, Spilyay Tymoo has access to all the pooled news. With a Telex in the 1979 budget, Spilyay will be improving its communication with Indian tribes not only throughout the northwest but nationwide. The NINA news service, an outgrowth of the Northwest Indian News Associaton born last summer, is operating on borrowed money, time and space. Nichols is seeking funding to expand the Service into a fully staffed news bureau supplying original news stories and photos much like the major wire servi ces. The NINA dateline is recog nition of the important events and issues that bind Indian tribes together regionally and nation ally. We are proud to be part of the system that serves to gather this information for Indian read ers and listeners. around manufacturing plant, that does not have a hard surfaced woods road system. Investment in 196 miles of rocked roads west of Highway 26 would cost in the millions but pay off in numerous ways, Raynor suggests. These benefits would include better forest manage ment, more efficient logging and manufacturing. The advantage of year-round employment for woods workers, and improved recreational access. Local concerns - WSFPI, BIA Forestry, and loggers - agree that many of their prob lems would be solved by a better road system, but they are wait ing to see if the high cost of construction will produce a net gain or loss in their efforts. “We need it if it is economically feasible,” said WSFPI manager Ralph DeMoisy. DeMoisy and logging mana ger Hank Palm er spelled out the problems that seasonal log deli very poses for the mill. Money is presently being tied up in a huge log inventory due to a heavy influx of logs during the six or seven months of hauling. Ex a -' " - ? 5 ' i . tended season logging would - provide “a more even flow for One and two and . . . decking,” said Palmer. Ray Scott counted to himself while compressing the chest of a Red This year many logs are Cross mannikin during a recent CPR class. Nine members of the being decked at considerable Warm Springs Police Department learned cardiopulmonary resusci tation from registered nurse Emily Akerson. (Continued on Page 5) Spilyay Tymoo Photos by CDS “Ishi, the Last of his Tribe” to be aired on TV in “The Incredible Tale of the by Jack Haikey, Talking Leaf LOS ANGELES -(NINA) - Last of the Wild Indians” intro Dennis Weaver and Eloy Phil duced into civilization in 1911, in Casados, an Apache actor, star “Ishi, the Last of his Tribe” on NBC TV’s Wednesday Night at the Movies, December 20. The fascinating dram a, based on a true story, tells how Ishi and a small band of the Yahi tribe, lived in concealment after Lowry. “They are drinking but gold seekers and settlers invaded behaving themselves. ’ ’ their land in the late 1800’s and Certain establishments in early 1900’s. Realizing their only chance Madras have noticed a big in for surviving was to avoid dis crease in business since July. covery, they lived off the land, The Porterhouse, for instance, perservering by cunning and had become “taken over” by superb moral and physical cour Indians according to an em age.. But one by one, through ployee there, until a bouncer was mishap and age, they succumb. hired. Other taverns haven’t In the teleplay, using the noticed a great influx in busi flashback form, Ishi is discov ness, perhaps only one or two ered hovering just inside a ’ nights a week with very little slaughter house near Oroville, trouble arising from the larger California. Immediate reaction crowds. of the workers is to kill the It is evident that there are “savage” on site. Fortunately, a more Indians drinking in Madras cool headed sheriff takes the because the short-term detox frightened and starving Ishi into clients of the Madras Alcohol custody. He calls on Doctor Treatment Center have risen from 50 percent to 95 percent Native Americans. Not all are from Warm Springs, however, as some are travelers or residents of Madras, say center personnel. QUESTION: Now that the holi A person is sent to the day season nears, “What are you treatment center in lieu of jail looking forward to the most? Marie S.: Re-newing old ac and often stays only until sober again, usually six to eight hours. quaintances as well as new one’s, The Madras and Warm Springs being invited to most of the centers work closely together to parties. I hope the New Year is help transport local residents better than the old one. Also I’ll try to live up to my last years back to the reservation. Landlord of the Frontier Bob resolution. Mrs. Maxwell: A better year Mclnturff, has yet to make any definite plans for the future of for everyone . . . . Norma O.: Looking forward the building, as Leiferman has until December 22 to appeal the to that certain person during my final decision of the OLCC. happy single life. Orthelia M .: I ’m looking for According to Leiferman’s attor ney, William Whitely, there has ward to the holiday basketball been no move to appeal that tournament, the holiday bowling tournament and of course the decision. Frontier Doors Closed Permanently, cont’d Warm Springs police depart ment. The three-month period following closure marked only a slight decrease with 115 youths arrested. Adult arrests decreas ed slightly from 822 (May-July) to 785 (August-October), said Sanders. Even though the closure means more traveling to Mad ras, the Jefferson County Sher iff’s office has not noted any sub stantial increase in traffic in fractions related to drinking since July. Madras Chief of Police Bob Lowry stated there has been some increase in tavern activity in Madras, but that most of it has been dispersed throughout a wider area, such as to Pine Grove, The Dalles and Redmond. There has been an increase in bar complaints in Madras, he said, but not necessarily because of an increase in Indian custo mers. Most bars have hired bouncers to handle the problems. But generally the Indians are “policing themselves,” said S p ily a y T ym oo Coyote News SPILYAY TYM O O STAFF Managing Editor Sid Miller Assistant Editor Sandy Rangila Photographic S p e c ia lis t/W rite r Cynthia Stowell Reporter/Photographers Roger Stwyer Donna Behrend Priscilla Squiemphen, Secretary FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs R eservation of Oregon. W arm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written m aterial to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P. O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274 Subscription Rate $6.00 per year • Fuller (Weaver), an anthropolo- eist. from the University at Berkeley. Fuller subsequently takes Ishi to “civilization” and the two establish communications and thus are able to chronicle the final days of the Yahi Tribe. Last members of the Yahi Tribe include Ishi’s mother; his grand parents; elder uncle; beautiful cousin, Lushi; and Timawi, the last young warrior from another village that had been plundered by unscrupulous white intruders. The script was written by the late academy award winner, Dalton Trumbo and his son, Christopher. The teleplay is based on Theodora Kroeber’s book of the same name. She is the widow of anthropologist Al fred Kroeber, who with others actually worked with Ishi. The film employs Indian characters to h a n d le th e lead roles. Lois Redelk stars as Ishi’s grand mother. Redelk is a Sioux woman and a promising actress in Los Angeles. (Note to locals: Redelk play ed the mother in “Three War riors” filmed at Simnasho.) i—P e o p le ’s O pinio employee banquet. Cynthia S.: I ’m looking for ward to my vacation in Victoria, British Columbia. Sandy R.: I really hope we have snow on Christmas and also looking forward to getting to gether with the family and friends. Donna B.: To see what I get from Santa Claus and sharing it with the family. And to see the reaction of our youngest daugh ter to all the excitement during Christmas. Pennie: I ’m looking forward to going to California to spend Christmas with my parents and also to slow down for a while.
