Editor's Notes
Please Sign Letters
We are quite pleased with the number of letters we have been
receiving for publication lately. It is a good indication that folks out
there are reading, thinking and responding.
Please remember, however, that it is this newspaper’s policy to
print only signed letters. A signed letter would be one bearing the
name of the individual, department or organization whose views are
expressed. Authentic Indian names are acceptable but pen names are
discouraged.
Creative writing (poetry, essays) may be submitted with pen
names, however.
This policy protects us and our readers from any irresponsible
expression of opinion. Thanks for cooperating.
Dogs Taking Over
It has always been stressed
that dog is man’s best friend.
Well I can see their point because
dogs come in all shapes and sizes
and each breed has his place in
the world. It would be just great
if they were in their right places
and not here in Warm Springs
unless they were here for a
certain purpose like disturbing
the residents all night long.
Why is it that all dogs have to
gather around homes at night
while people are trying to get
some sleep. There should be a
law for those people that own
dogs and do not take care of them
and let them roam at large
creating disturbances all night
long while people are trying to
get some sleep.
I think that if a person would
like to own a dog he should have
the sense of responsibility and
respect for others who are trying
to get some rest and see that
their dogs are put up for the
night.
“YAWN” I’m doing this
cause I.can’t get any sleep from
the racket out side. 4 A.M., I
don’t know about the neighbors,
perhaps they have become ac-i
customed to the racket, but not I.
Any response can be sent to
P.O. Box 735, Spilyay Tymoo,
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761.
“Not a Pooch Owner, Never will
be.”
Indian News Notes
Thanks to all
the people
by Vince Lovett
I want to thank the Church of
Latter Day Saints for their as
sistance during my son’s funeral.
They provided pastries
and
cakes at the longhouse and were
helpful in more ways than one.
Thanks also to the people
who prepared the meals.
Thanks to Mark Budge who
stood by my side while they were
tending the body, right up to the
last day after the body was put to
rest.
Also I want to thank the
people who came forward for
Owens’ fire shower and helped
with gifts.
Chesley Yahtin
INTERIOR SECRETARY IDENTIFIES CRITICAL INDIAN ISSUES
FOR 1979: A november 14 memorandum from Interior Secretary Cecil
Andrus to Department Senior Staff listed 10 critical Indian issues for
1979. These were matters which were expected to “require the most
intensive and continuous involvement by the Executive Committee,”
which consists of the Secretary, Under Secretary James Joseph and
Solicitor Leo Krulitz. The ten items in alphabetical order: Boldt
Decision; Duck Valley, Wildhorse Reservation; Eastern Indian Land
Claims; Hoopa-Yurok controversy and Klamath River Fishing;
Indian Affairs Reorganization; Indian Education; Indian Water
Policy Implementation; Navajo Land Selection; Responsibilities
toward Alaska Natives; and Trust Responsibility Administration.
For each item, there was a brief amplification. Thus, on water
policy: “Begin a process of Indian water rights claims identification
and negotiation. Develop legislation.” On trust responsibility: “After
the Department’s trust responsibility is defined, the administration of
the Department’s programs to meet its legal obligations and policy
goals will be reviewed and assessed.” Alaska Natives: “Policy
clarification will be developed concerning the Federal trust
responsibilities after full implementation of ANCSA and definition of
the role of BIA. Guidelines will be prepared for subsistence hunting
and fishing; legislation will be submitted establishing Native
organizations eligibility for self-determination contracts.”
Thanks from
Chevron
Our family would like to
thank all our people, friends and
families tor patronizing us in the
years we have been in the
Chevron station business.
It’s all of you that spent your
money at the station that keep us
in the business. Our family
can’t thank you enough. George,
Janice, Gettes, Warren, Luther,
Matthew, Cassie, Carey and
Careen.
INDIAN VILLAGE IN ARIZONA IS FIRST SOLAR CITY : The Papago
Indian Village of Schuchuli, long lighted by kerosene lamps, initiated a
$100,000 solar power system December 17. The system, paid for by the
Federal Government, local governments and the Papago Tribe, was
dedicated in ceremonies at the desert village of 96 persons, which has
had no electricity. Until now, the villagers did their washing by hand
or drove 20 miles to take it to.the nearest laundry. Water was pumped
by a diesel engine. The solar power system will provide energy for
lights, a water pump, refrigerators and washing machines, an official
of the Federal Energy Department said in Phoenix.
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Don’t Shut Us Out Close Encounters--------------------
The Tribal Council closed its December 19 meeting to the pfess,
as well as to anyone not directly involved in the topic of discussion.
Under scrutiny were the eighteen budget items held in abeyance by
the Council September 27.
Those items included the salaries of the general manager and
his branch heads, four positions in the police department, a couple
of social service programs, according to Council chairman Gene
Greene, the positions, pay increases, and programs were put on hold
pending justification by the various departments concerned. It was
the council’s job on December 19 to make a final evaluation of the
merit of the items.
Spilyay trotted faithfully into the council chambers to record
what (s)he considered to be a “matter of great importance”
which, according to the constitution, should be subject to popular
review. Spilyay was promptly asked to leave, as it was to be a
“closed” session. An appeal for “background information” was even
denied.
The tribal budget and the associated programming and staffing
should not be treated as a private matter, to be discussed behind
closed doors. All tribal members are affected by such key council
decisions, and they are entitled not only to know the outcome but to
understand fully the context and rationale for the council’s action.
Since it is not practical for tribal members to attend council
meetings nor for the council to take every issue or decision directly to
the members, it would seem to be efficient and in the council’s interest
to have a member of the local press in attendance. The council’s
theme when it took office in May of 1977 was “keeping members
informed.” Utilization of the newspaper is an effortless way to fulfill
that promise.
Spilyay was told that the information could be gathered from
council members or council minutes after the fact. But second-hand
reporting can never match the perspective gained from an eyewitness
account. We feel that Council is seriously jeopardizing the quality and
detail of information made available to the public by closing such
meetings to the press.
Maine Settlement Nears
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Indian tribes, landowners,
and the White House have ac
cepted a proposed settlement of
Indian claims to the northern
two-thirds of Main, according to
the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
The proposal calls for the
U.S. to pay an initial $27 million
to the Penobscots and Passama-
quoddies. Another $10 million
would be used to buy 100,000
acres for the tribes.
Still needed: official approv
al by the state and by the
Congress.
or The Birth of a Bureaucracy
Satire by Sam Crane
(c) 1978, Sho-Ban News
Washington - President Car
ter, while governor of Georgia,
reported that he had seen an
official UFO. While running for
President, he promised that if
the government knew anything
about UFO’s, he would release
the information to the public.
Word is that in a few months,
the official announcement will be
that the government has been
making contact with creatures
from another world.
A friend of mine, who shall
be nameless, works as a special
scientist involved with this type
of thing. He was telling me that
the government has not only
made contact, but they are in the
process of negotiations on an
interplanetary treaty.
Here is the announcement in
a few months or years:
President Jimmy Carter an
nounced today the establishment
of the Bureau of Alien Affairs
(BAA).
The new Bureau, temporari
ly housed in the Department of
Exterior, is expected shortly.
The BAA will be responsible for
implementation of the new inter
planetary treaties, and the estab
lishment of the outerspace trust
responsibility, and for the imple
mentation of Alien self-determin
ation.
Six alien reservations have
been established. One on the
north face of the moon, one on
Mars, about 600 miles from the
nearest canal, two on Pluto and
two common cities on various
planets with land held in trust.
The BAA will be responsible
for the Health, Education, Wel
fare and Land Operations for the
various alien tribes. Kmenchi La
Mars, Chairman of the Mercury
tribe (he jokingly says the only
tribe named after a spaceship)
says, “I’m concerned about let
ting these people do this, after
all, we have been running our
own lives for over 70 million Kilo
years, who do we need to become
self-determined now?”
An entity to deal with alien
Health, under the BAA, will be
the alien Health service. Its
director, Salmon Custer, an
nounced that the first priority of
the A.H.S. will be to sterilize
many of the females of the alien
race, “We all know that these
aliens are always multiplying
faster than rabbits. I don’t think
that will benefit anybody.”
Another problem that the
BAA will deal with is the edu
cation of aliens. Director of BAA
education, Willard Not-A-Grad,
said, “I will send these creatures
to the best Vo-Techs in the coun
try, I think most of them are
extremely bright.”
A relocation program and
other tactics to bring them into
our society is currently being
planned.
| Community Calendar
gJANUARY
s 8 Parenting Committee Workshop with Mike Giamatteo. Time:
8 12-4 and 7-10 staff and public respectively. Will be held atj
8 Community Center
g 10 4-H Beadwork Club 4 p.m. in Extension Office
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* 10 Senior Citizens Luncheon at the Longhouse 11 a.m.
Su Each Thursday Caroline Tohet will be teaching beadwork toi
8 kids 9-18. Contact the Extension Office for more information, i
g20 Rollerskating party in Bend. Call Extension office forj
information
|23 Home Ec Club Meeting One session 11:30-1 p.m. Second session
= 7-8:30 p.m.
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