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CRITFC proposes bills
Representatives of Colum the proposed act to all
bia River treaty tribes April members of congress. In it
asked Congress citizen of the C R IT F C ch allenges bill
Pacific Northwest to oppose proponents who claim that
two bills that would take away steelhead decommercialization
certain treaty fishing rights of is necessary to p ro te c t
tribes in Washington, Oregon, steelhead. “Steelhead are the
and Idaho. Washington state strongest runs of salmonids on
congressmen Slade Gorton and th e C o lu m b ia R iv e r ...
Don Bonker intoduced S. 874 maintaining essentially steady
and H.R. 2978, the Steelhead numbers over the past 20
Trout Protection Act, on April years,” the statement reads.
“Biologically they are a hardy
“Congress has a bill that fish that can better survive the
takes our steelhead fishing t o r t u o u s p a s s a g e o v e r
rights and gives them to the Columbia and Snake River
white man for recreation,” said dams than can chinook and
Levi George, Yakima member coho salmon. Also, they are not
of the Columbia River Inter- subject to ocean harvent...”
T rib a l F ish C om m ission
“Steelhead are doing fine;,
( C R I T F C ) . “ F o r th e ir ^what really needs protection
vacations, we would lose our are upriver chinook and coho,”
livelihood and way of life.”
explained Kathryn Brigham,
The bill proposed to use CRITFC commissioner from
federal money to compensate the Umatilla tribes.
tribes for loss of treaty rights. “I
According to the inter-tribal
don ’t think using federal statement, the bill directs the
dollars to take away rights of taking of a treaty-secured
Indian tribes makes economic property right and gives it over
sense,” Nathan Jim, Warm to the private interest of sport
Springs member of CRITFC, fishermen. “To allow this
said. “If money is going to be taking would be tantamount to
spen t it sh o u ld go for allowing the federal govern
hatcheries, habitat restoration, ment to condemn your house
im p ro v em en t of passage for the purpose of enlarging
fa c ilite s a t d a m s, an d your neighbor’s lawn...,” the
limitations on ocean salmon sta te m e n t read s. If this
fishing. That way we could interpretation is correct, it
have enough salmon and would have serious constitu
steelhead for everyone.”
tional implications under the
T h e S te e lh e a d T r o u t constitution’s 'f i f t h amend
Protection Act would abridge ment, which bars the taking of
the treaty fishing rights of private property for other than
Columbia River tribes and a public use.
tribes in Washington state by
As fo r th e e c o n o m ic
making state steelhead laws justifications, the CRITFC
apply to Indian tribes.»State s t a t e m e n t r e f u t e s th e
laws in Washington, Oregon, contention of bill supporters
and Idaho classify steelhead a t h a t lic e n s e fe e s a n d
game fish—a classification that punchcards purchased by
bars commercial harvest and steelheaders pay for a large part
sale. These state laws do not o f s t e e l h e a d h a t c h e r y
govern Indian tribes because p r o p a g a t i o n . “ T o o u r
tre a ty fish in g rig h ts, as knowledge, not one of some 30
interpreted by the United hatcheries and rearing ponds
States Supreme Court in that raise Columbia River
Puyallup Tribe v. Department steelhead in W ashington,
of Game (1973), include the Oregon and Idaho is paid for
right to catch steelhead for by the sale of fishing licenses or
commercial purposes.
punchcards. These hatcheries
CRITFC, composed of the and ponds are almost entirely
fish and wildlife committees of funded by public and private
the Nez Perce tribe in Idaho, power companies and the
the U m atilla and W arm f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t to
Springs tribes in Oregon, and compensate for destruction of
the Yakima tribe in Washing fisheries...,” states CRITFC.
ton, is sending a statement on
TOE NESS
There was this guy who was taking out a $20,000 fire insurance
policy to cover some recently acquired item of furniture. “Tell
me,” he said to the broker, “What would I get if all the new
furniture was suddenly destroyed by fire?” “Twenty years,” the
broker coolly replied. YIKES!!!
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This guy asked his friend, “Do you have any idea how many really
great people there are in this country?” “No, I don’t. But I’m sure
it’s one less than you think.” YIKES!!!
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an area the horses were not fed
and watered properly. “That is
the responsibility of the horse
owners. The ride bosses have
been coming in and doing it,”
Gene Greene commented.
As far as containing that
number of horses in a small pen
Lucinda feels it is inhumane
treatment. Veterinarian Mark
McFarland of Madras was
asked to come to the arena to
determine cause of death. He
felt “It wouldn’t have been
worth their money to do a post-
moretem on the horses. I don’t
think I could have told” the
cause of death. The horses had
been dead too long before he
was notified and before the
Greens found out, although
others were aware of it on
Monday morning.
M c F a rla n d com m ented
about the horses death giving a
general comment about horses
confined in small areas. He
said,“In a small area it was
possible that there was some
fighting. There’s no possibility
for the horses to get away. It’s
possible the dead horses were
kicked by the dominant horse.
They have their pecking order.”
Pointing out that he doesn’t
know exactly what the horses
had been through he said, “If
the horses were tired they
would want to lie down. It’s
pretty hard to rest in that type
of situation.”
Confused and in an uproar
about only their horses bieng
impounded and locked up in a
small pen Lucinda says, “I’m
going to fight for my rights. I’ve
had trouble all these years.
We’re trying to get along with
everyone- but if I have to press
charges I will. It’s inhumane
and it’s discrimination.”
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Trampled?— Three horses were found dead Monday morning
A pril 27 at the Warm Springs arena. The horses were owned by
Sterling and Lucinda Green.
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Three horses owned by
Sterling and Lucinda Green
were found dead in a corral at
the Warm Springs rodeo
arena on the morning of April
27. The horses died of
undetermined causes.
The horses were rounded up
and brought to the rodeo
grounds by ride boss Perry
Greene for EIA testing after
being confined for two days in a
trap corral. 17 of the 26 horses
belonged to the Greens. The
horses were brought to the
arena instead of being taken to
the Green’s own place as
requested as a result of horses
being released before results of
te s tin g b e in g r e c e iv e d ,
according to Perry Greene.
At 9:30 p.m. on Thursday a
padlock was put on the corral
in which the Green’s horses
were confined. All 17 horses
were contained in the small
sized pen despite other pens
being available. Sterling and
Lucinda Green checked on the
horses Friday and brought
them feed and water. They
checked on them again on
Saturday finding them to be
alright. Being gone all day
Sunday they returned at 4:30
p.m. Monday to discover two
yearlings and a mare dead.
The horses being tested for
E IA a re n o t n o rm a lly
padlocked in according to
N atural Resources director
Gene Greene. When asked
about the Green’s 17 horses
being locked in the corral at the
arena police chief Jeff Sanders
said, “The Warm Springs
Police. Department, Game and
Range division, padlocked the
gate becausg ot an investigation
of alledged misbranding of
horses, illegal use of branding
irons and problems with horses
being turned loose bykids in the
community.”
The Greens are very upset at
the treatment of their horses.
Lucinda says, “Somebody is
responsible for the mess out
there.” She claims besides
being confined to too small of
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The first grade teacher had her class color a picture of a duck
carrying an umbrella. The kids were supposed to color the duck
yellow, and the umbrella green. But every class has its rebels.
Little Tommy colored his duck bright fire engine red. “Tommy,”
asked the teacher patiently, “how many red ducks have you seen?”
“The same as the number of yellow ducks I’ve seen carrying green
umbrellas,” he said. YIKES!!!
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Horses found dead at corral
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