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PAGE 4 NOVEMBER 19, 1981 SPILYAY TYMOO E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) Issues aired at our community meetings Letters to the editor Let’s abide by Tribal customs Tribal Members: The subject Columbia River by having fish or give up your turn to the All of these in which I’m focusing on is them put their names on a map next man. T rib a l C u sto m s. T rib a l to identify their sites. What unwritten laws are important. Customs are the laws that are has happened to our unwritten My heart cried and my law about site ownership? I teachings went down the drain handed down from'generation to generation. We have to live would hate to have that happen in the search of my Brother. by them to the fullest extent. in Sherar’s Bridge. I’ve been in Just the same, I’m still going to The respect and honor of these Sherar’s Bridge since I could abide by these laws of the river. From the time I was first customs are very important. If walk. There are people today we don’t abide by these that could tell us who fished in called to the river, I observed unwritten laws that have been each given. site. I remember fishing at Sherar’s Bridge by most of these families and sites In d ia n s. O b viously these taught us, our ancestors would not have taken the time to teach today, and I’m not that old. individuals don’t have any Let’s back up and think about respect for our laws. These laws us the customs. Just to mention a few, i.e., first deer these things before we run and are a carry-over from Celilo kill, first salmon caught, girls set up a scaffold. Let’s try to Days, which include Sherar’s digging of roots and picking honor the people that fished Bridge too. A fisherman is b e r r ie s , jo in in g o f th e these sites year after year. I down there fishing for his food Longhouse. Let’s address the have built many scaffolds at for his family. I t’s a Sherar’s Bridge, so 1 know how dangerous occupation. A salmon issue, because this is the much work is involved and how fisherman could drown. When way 1 was taught by my father dangerous it is, not to mention this happens, all nets come and grandfather. Before I could the cost of lumber. Now that out of the river until he has even fish, I had to learn how to make a net. It there was fish to we have covered outfits and been found. NO fisherman is be caught, we had to have the fishing sites, let’s cover the allowed to fish at all. If you do, equipment to do it with. This fishing itself. I’ve fished, but you're showing disrespect for meant nets, hoops and poles. when someone came down that the individual and his family. Just a net alone don't do the couldn't fish, I gave them a fish Here again, I would hate to trick, therefore we had to put to take home. Here again, there have Tribal Council pass a law have been times when 1 did this, to take care of this situation. the whole outfit together. The sizes are im p o rtan t, to o , the person got picky because it Let’s take care of our own at the because there are different sizes wasn't a chinook or it was too river. Abide by these unwritten of twine, length of hoop and its small. When Christmas comes laws. Have more respect for diameter and length of pole and once a year, we never complain our Ancestors’ teachings. I its diameter. Now we have the about the kind of presents we c a n ’t say how m uch I receive. I would rather give outfit all rigged up. What do all the help we had then receive because it makes appreciated you do with your outfit? in the search for our Brother. me feel good inside. It lightens Naturally we have to have a fishing site. Here again, we my heart and showing the respect of our fellow man. don't run down to the river and Thank you again. God Bless There are sites at Sherar's set upon just in any site. There you all. Bridge that are called "Hobo are all kinds of fishing sites located on the river, but non- Sites.” If you have your pole Phillip David Indians have spoiled the and sack, all you have to do is Indians’ honor system on the get in line to Osh, catch your Over-loaded, speeding log trucks causing reservation road damage To the editor, I just want to thank all the people ftiat had the opportu nity to attend our community meetings, it was good to see you. Also to hear that many of our elders have the same concerns about our Tribal Government as we do. For the people that could not make it to the meetings I would lik e to c le a r up a n y misinterpretations that may have been directed to you from other sources. We are not here to condemn or crucify anyone, we are merely concerned stockholders in this multi-million dollar Corporation! What is happening to our d i v i d e n d s — is it b e in g mismanaged, if so WHY? There was a very good point brought out in one of our meetings. Why do we send a non-Tribal member out to secure a good pension plan for people we do not hire? Are the enrolled members benefitting from this plan? Ou,r natural resources are declining at a very fast pace. So fast that we should be thinking of saving, not spending: Committees, mileage, meal tickets! I am not saying that 1 should be given a meal ticket and mileage but the non-Tribal employees that get 2-3 times more salary than us should have the great priviledge of buying their own gas and meals. I would like to urge all Tribal Membrs to make every effort to attend the General Council Budget Meeting. Ask your questions and get answers before approving your budget! For this is how the Tribal employment breaks down in our Tribal Enterprises. 4%—Hydro Plant 25%—W SFPI 18%—Kan-Nee-Ta Vernon Henry Kids saddened by vandals To the editor, Vandalism has hit the Day Care Playground. Parents and teachers worked hard and spent much time and energy to construct the new Goodwood Activity Center. Their efforts were well spent for the benefit, of the Day Care and H S/D C children. Recently, unkown indivi duals attempted to set fire to th e G o o d w o o d A c tiv ity Center. Because of this incident the playground has been, and will continue to be, padlocked after hours and will be patrolled by the Tribal Police. The children are very proud to have the Goodwood Activity C e n te r P la y g ro u n d . The children take care of it and were very sad when it was burned. The children were also curious as to why anyone would want to burn their playground. It is difficult for,us to explain to the children that some individuals do not respect other people’s property. Our children are learning respect for being lucky enough to have the play ground. Do you think some of you could learn to respect the happiness of our children? Day Care Staff HS/DC Staff Tribal Council Agenda Spilyay Tymoo November 9,1981 We must look beyond today, beyond the selfishness of self- pleasure and indulgences. Our future generations now depend on the present generation’s insight to the future. I know that a lot of us are concerned about our reserva tion and its future. I again submit this following request to the people. Please notice its original date. January 8, 1971 To: Tribal Committee Timber Committee Law and Order Committee T h e r e is to o m u c h overloading in weight on the trucks and there is too much height above the trucks from the roadway presenting safety hazards. Also the truck speed is 50-55 MPH set up by the state, and very few trucks travel it this speed; most travel about 60-75 miles per hour. Excessive speeding and overloading puts too much stress and strain on the roadway. Some good examples of this are: 1) The road from HeHe Mill to Simnasho 2) Simnasho south to the Mutton Mountain Road 3) The new asphalt plant-mix surface on Tenino-Peters Pasture Road from Warm Springs to the Whitewater Junction. When the surface is broken I strongly believe that there should be some regulations set on either asphalt or oiled roads up for all the logging trucks it cannot be replaced except by tearing out an entire section used on this reservation. and re-done. We need set rules November 17 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Juvenile Section, L & O Code Revision— as to the load capacity, Howard Arnett roadway height and truck 2. 2:00 p.m. Employee Pension Plan Revision— speed limits on different roads. Dennis Karnopp/Doug McClelland No two roads are the same, 3. 4:00 p.m. Enrollments thus different roads can handle District Meeting—Simnasho/Simnasho Longhouse leg a lly -lo a d e d tru c k s a t Agenda: Credit/Housing Referendum different rates of speed. November 18/19 All Committee Workshop Agenda: Roberts Rules of Order/Kah-Nee-Ta These few limitations could benefit our reservation in the November 19 District Meeting—Agency/Seeksequa-Agency long run. Draft speed limits as Longhouse—Agenda: Credit/Housing Referendum to truck speeds, both loaded November 20 Tribal Council Tour 9:00 Start from New Ad. Building, Home and unloaded; legalize the « Development, Griffin and Abbott Properties truck weights to fit all the November 23 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. roads. 1. 10:00 a.m. Coordinated Natural Resources Plan- Adopt some or all of the Clint Jacks, Jody Calica state’s regulations. Draft up a 2. 2:00 p.m. Reservation Fire Plan Proposal-Jody code of our own. We need a Calica, Ed Manion code on this matter right now to protect the reservation road November 24 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Justice Service Administrator Report- system. A code should be set up Dick Burton before the next logging season. 2. 2:00 p.m. Tribal Court Report/ Management Reports Thank You, Terrance E. Courtney, Jr. November 30 to December 11 Round Butte Dam A rb itratio n - Port land
