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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
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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
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