Apr» 17,1981 Page 5
Spilyay Tymoo
Why did you take
our fish away?
To the Editor,
1971 INDIAN DIPNET AT SHERARS FALLS ’ 1980 INDIAN DIPNET AT SHERARS FALLS
SPRING CHINOOK
concern for us poor fishermen
at Sherars Bridge. The Tribe
and State could have allowed
us some fishing time, for
example, three-day openings
per week, week-end fishing.
Again I must say, how are we
supposed to teach our young
people to carry on our Indian
heritage? It wouldn’t do any
good because they wouldn’t
have any place to exercise what
they have been taught.
I write this editorial with a
broken heart knowing I can’t
go fishing at Sherars bridge.
This is my usual and customary
fishing site. Must we give up
everything?
I have heard recommenda
tions in the past and had to live
with them. But to hear our own
Tribal Council make the law
that there will be no fishing at
all in Sherars Bridge is the
lowest of all.
What good is our usual and
customary way of fishing? I
believe if our ancestors were to
hear this — they would roll
over in their graves. Some of
the old timers would only say—
Let’s go fishing.
I feel really bad when I’m
sitting there making my nets,
knowing that they wouldn’t
even get put on a hoop. All that
teaching that was taught to me
concerning fishing will not be
exercised this Spring. It’s too
bad that some of our faithful
leaders d o n ’t have any
knowledge about fishing. They
don’t know the feeling of
catching that first Spring
salmon. To me, it takes me
back to Celilo Days when I
caught fish bigger than I was.
To close Sherars bridge until
late June to all fishing is
unbelieveable. The tribes have
always compromised with the
state on openings and closures.
But- they haven’t shown any
A very Concerned Fishermen
W.S.I.R. SPRING CHINOOK
REDD COUNTS 1975 - 1980
10 0 0
Phillip David
The charts at the right
were presented to the
T r ib a l C o u n c i l in
February by Natural
Resources personnel. As
the charts show, the
spring chinook fisheries at
Sherars Bridge are in very
poor shape.
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Dog complaints growing
Dear Spilyay,
There have been a growing
number of dog complaints
received by the Warm Springs
Tribal Police Dept. These
complaints are from livestock
owners, that dogs are chasing
their livestock and in some
instances have killed small
calves.
Dog owners that are notified
that their dogs are involved in
this type of activity and who
fail to take any corrective
action such as tying up or
confining their dogs do so at
their own risk.
The Tribal Police Dept. has
taken a position that any dog
running at large in the
community or rural areas that
chase and harass, or kill any
livestock, will be destroyed.
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Jeffery E. Sanders
Chief of Police
From the Jr. High Liaison
HFMarie Calica
Special thanks to the science
teachers, Mr. Blackman, Mr.
Delamarter and Mr. Linch for
taking the extra time to assist
the students with their projects
and by donating the extra
funds needed. These funds
went toward the pizza feed and
allowed more students to be
involved.
Counselors, Mrs. and Mr.
Whipple have been very busy
c o m p le tin g s ix th g rad e
registration and orientation of
the Jr. High. Orientation
programs are presented in each
community to parents and
guardians of students who will
be attending Jr. High next year.
The American Heritage trip
is getting near and teachers
John Schideman and Mary
Halousek have been busy with
th e s tu d e n ts w ho a re
participating. Several mini
workshops for this trip were
made possible by these teachers
requesting Title IV- funds. A
get-better-acquainted potluck
was held and Jr. High students
participated even though it
wasn’t a school event.
Vice principle Cordill will be
visiting the Tribal Council
April 13 to better acquaint
himself with the tribal members
and tribal structure.
To start off the last nine
200
weeks of school, the Indian
Club will be having a mini
workshop April 7. A business
meeting was held after school
on Friday April 10 to discuss
previous plans and implemen
tation.
I have returned to work as
the Jr. High Liaison after
eleven weeks of educational
le a v e to e n h a n c e my
professionlism which will
enable me to deliver finer ideas
in working with both Madras
and Warm Springs communi
ties and school.
I’m back and ready to
continue working as a team
member of the Jr. High school
staff. It takes every one of us
working together to help each
student obtain success.
It’s great to return to all the
warm welcomes from students
and staff and I appreciate
working with such a fine
school.
The Indian Club had a
meeting on April 7 to continue
with our yearly-planned events j
and we appreciate Mrs. Darcy
for assisting by carrying out
some of the planned programs, j
Parents and community
members are encouraged to
visit the school. We welcome
any questions, concerns or
comments you may have.
Unity and support needed for resort
To the editor
Concerning the letter “Lodge
should hire better people”: This
letter was almost a joke and if
more than a handful of people
believe this, I’ll be surprised!
If there are facts on the
things talked about in this
letter, then why weren’t these
facts given to someone who can
deal with the problems and
then they should be solved!
This shows that there is a need
for unity and support, not
separation!
I’d like to know where in the
whole state of Oregon that you
could find an Indian with 10-12
years of, hotel-motel manage
ment experience. After all,
didn’t a non-Indian have the
management job there before
now? They had ten or so years
to show some way of making a
profit. What happened?
Now an Indian has the job a
year or so and he is supposed to
work miracles! How can the
present management do things
right when it’s hard to have
workers on the job?
Then the question was asked,
how will the young people learn
anything? Well the young
people will learn like they have
always learned things—from
their parents!
So I d on ’t think it ’s
m am agem ent th a t’s the
problem . It’s everyone’s
problem. So unite and help
with all the support you can
give. After all, everyone will
sh a re in th e w e a lth !
Sincerly,
. Carmen Parkins
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