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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