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rik Rate Fuman No. 2 Û Û 6171 .B C Warm Springs, OR < ¿230°SW HPA rk RAVEL S0CIETY PORTLAND ™ K AVE L -- VOL. 6 NO. 17 OP 9 7 2 Ö5 iy a y T ym oo NOVEMBER 19, 1981 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 H. Greeley winner of tribal flag contest Warm Springs has an official flag came from citizens who and symbolism. With these in flag. After much deliberation thought there should be a flag m in d , C o u n cil m em bers Tribal Council selected the flag to represent the reservation. selected Hamilton Greeley’s designed by Hamilton Greeley Orthelia Miller and Maxine design. He will be awarded as first choice in the tribal flag Clements began organizing the $100 for his entry. Second-place went to Rosie contest on November 3. With contest with approval from 30 entries it was a difficult Tribal Council. Winona Strong Tom who will recieve $80 for was recruited as a neutral her entry. A $60 prize goes to decision. A cting T rib a l C o u n cil party, taking the entries and Charles Kirk for his third-place entry. Norma M. Smith placed chairm an Olney P att, Sr. tallying the votes. Not many entries came in at fourth and wins $40 for her flag opened the day’s council meeting with, “Today we have first, according to Orthelia design and $20 will go to Anne a responsibility different than Miller. But with an extended H. Starr for her fifth-place any of our other duties.” The deadline the number of entries entry. O th ers who su b m itte d historic decision of selecting a increased. Harry Phillips’sixth f la g to r e p r e s e n t th e grade class at Warm Springs entries for the contest will Confederated Tribes of the Elementary submitted many receive recognition for their Warm Springs Reservation entries along with adults in the participation in the contest. Each entrant signed a release was the responsibility he was community. Judging by the six Tribal fo r his or h er design. speaking of. “A treaty-oriented flag is what I would look for,” Council m em bers present The designs may be used at a during the meeting was based later date as art work on tribal he added. The idea of having a tribal on design, creativity, visibility sponsored calendars or news releases. Symbolism behind the design 1. The three (3) Stars above Mt. Jefferson represent the Indian People of the Warm Springs C onfederated T ribes—The Warm Springs, The Wasco, and The Paiute People of the Warm Springs Indian Nation. 2. The Round Warshield alone represents the Sacred Circle of Life, The Gift of Life, and The Rebirth of Life. 3. The seven (7) Eagle Feathers represent T ribal R eligion, Praising of the Great Spirit, P ra y in g fo r P e a c e an d Forgiveness, and Cleansing of FLAG DESIGNER—Hamilton Greeley holds design that made our Souls. him first place winner in the tribal , flag contest. 4. The Peace Pipes represent Brotherhood and Peace to all People. 5. The Salmon represent one of the main food sources of our People. 6. The Tepees represent our old Indian way of Life, Rejoicing, Hydro wages— Singing, Dancing, and Happy Indian Celebrations. 7. Mt. Jefferson’s own Great Spirit represents our Beautiful M o th e r E a rth and O ur Beautiful Indian Land. 8. The Rainbow represents Hope for the good things in Life, Hope for all future generations of our People. 9. The Pair of Coyote represent the Old Indian Legends of our People. 10. The Crossed Arrows represent the History of Indian Wars, World Wars I and II, The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War, and Our Pride in being U.S. Soldiers. 11. The one word “Enaimuna” represents and means, “We are all one People.” 12. The Year 1855 is for the Year of our Treaty with the United States Government and for the exercising of our Sovereignty Powers reserved in our Treaty of June 25, 1855. 13. The Dam represents the first Hydro Project on our Warm Springs Reservation, leading to this Tribe’s own Hydro Project. 14. The O utline of the Reservation represents the area of our Warm Springs Indian Country, Zipcode 97761. 15. The Blue Colors represent the Great Spirit Land, and the W ater of Life for which People, animal, fish, roots, and birds cannot survive without this blessed gift of water. 16. The Green Color represents our Warm Springs Reservation for as long as the grass should grow. 17. The Pair of Eagles represent our Reservation’s wildlife, Freedom for our People and courage for all People as long as the Mountains stand. Union council suit said to be “silly” by Sandy Rangila In what appears to be a splashy union play, the Oregon State Building and Construc tion Trades Council filed legal action Nov. 3 in an attempt to stop a $15 million state loan which partially finances the Tribes’ hydroelectric project. T he u n io n co u n cil is charging that the contractor, A.S.C. Constructors, Inc., is paying $8 to $9 an hour, less than prevailing area wage rates. Project Manager Jerry Dibble, A.S.C. and tribal sources say the $8 to $9 figure is “a gross exaggeration” and that it is incorrect. “We believe that no such figure exists,” said Robert H. Moore, resident engineer T ribal atto rn e y D ennis for the tribes. Karnopp explained that an After the state attorney alternative writ of mandamus general ruled that state labor is a proceeding to have an order laws do not apply on Indian issued to a public officer to reservations, the trades council carry out his duty. “The filed a p e titio n fo r an petition has been filed but has alternative writ of mandamus not been served on us,” said the with the M arion C ounty tribal attorney: Circuit Court. A show-cause Karnopp said that, although hearing has been set for Dec. he hasn’t seen it yet, he believes 28. the writ is defective and faulty. Five defendants are listed on S.uch a writ “can only be issued the petition: the Labor Bureau, against a public officer. The the state D epartm ent of union council has attempted to Energy, Warm Springs Power direct the writ to non-public Enterprises, the Confederated agencies,” he explained. Tribes of the Warm Springs “It’s just a union attempt to Indian Reservation and A.S.C. get their foot in the door,” Contractors, Inc. K arnopp speculated. “The union is unhappy that A.S.C. is non-union and, of course, they w a n t a ll c o n s tr u c tio n contractors to be union.” “I think the thing is kind of silly,” Karnopp said, referring to the legal action. He added th a t the T rib e has no involvement with the union. Although he has not seen it yet, Karnopp said the next step would probably be to file a motion to dismiss the petition in Marion County Circuit Court. While Tribal and A.S.C. officials are not particularly worried about the legal action, they are upset with misrepre sentations and statistical errors printed in the Oregonian on Nov. 4 and on Nov. 15. (The figures and statements in the Nov. 4 article were presented by the union council and Labor Commissioner at a joint news conference on Nov. 3). The trades council claims that only 5 percent of the dam workers are Indian. In reality, out of 157 workers currently on the job 20 are Indian. That computes out to 12.7 percent In d ia n s w o rk in g on the project—not 5 percent. According to Lizzie Rhoan, tribal employment liaison, about 100 Indians have applied Continued on page 2
