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Page 4 January 14,1982 Editorial E Coosh EEWA • (The way it is) Letters to the editor Guest editorial — Lucky logger tells his Story W.S. helping the economy To the editor, If the space is available, I would like to express my f e e lin g s a n d o p i n i o n s concerning some questions I’ve been asked prior to the National Geographic story in the April 1979 issue. I’m not too much for big long words, so instead of sounding like Mr. Spock, 111 speak plain and simple. First of all, my story begins when I was 16 and I used to go out and watch my dad, Delton Switzler, fall trees and I was quite impressed watching some great Noble Firs shake the ground with a thunderous crash. So I was convinced that I wanted to be a logger. It was a lot of work and sweat and sore muscles', but I liked the job, seeing deer, elk, b e a rs, w ild h o rse s and everything else clear down to ants—and, of course, bees! I was 19 when my former b o ss, S am m y D a n z u k a , brought David Boyer up in the woods to photograph loggers. I lucked out when he picked me for his pictures. I was the youngest logger in the falling business, anyway. He told me not to be nervous and do my job like he wasn't there. So I proceeded to fall and work up But unfortunately, one of them some Douglas Firs for him. He cut his foot last year because he took about 30 pictures and he had no ears. Now he wears a told me I was going to be in the size 8 on one foot and a 9 on the National Geographic book. other. (Just kidding again). I never believed it and my Logging isn't all work and no friends never either until the play, th o u g h . On some book came out a few years weekends we would take turns later. I was surprised to say the bringing some cold beer out on least. a hot day and after work we A lot of people asked me if I would shoot the breeze and got paid for it. To ease bring up some pretty hilarious everybody’s curiosity, I never things th at happened to got a dime for it. However, I do someone while at work. All-in- consider myself very fortunate all, we laugh and have fun and to have my picture seen sometimes half of the crew worldwide. I’m sure the rest of winds up at Pine Grove. the people that was in there feel (Sound familiar?) the same. Even though a tree is a I would like to thank my beautiful thing to cut down, it father for giving my brothers has to be done to keep our mill and me know ledge and and its employees going. patience. If it wasn't for him Well, to close my letter, I I'd probably have battle scar: would like to thank the logging from my saw. My father taugh bosses for giving me the me everything I know, such a: opportunity to work with them raising cattle, riding wile and I hope to work with them horses and, of course, running in the future. And I thank you the chain saw. But the birds and people for listening to my story the bees I had to learn by and for your time. myself. I must be a fast runner because I'm not married yet! I With my best wishes to you for a successful New Year, had to be fast to outrun all them bullets. (A little humor Jay Switzler, tribal member there). Now that I know about falling. I’ve been trying to teach P.S. Keep up the excellent a few of my friends how to fall. work, Spilyay Tymoo! Inmate blasts Gene Smith letter To the Editor, In Spilyay issue 13 was a letter headed “No response to jail concerns.” Now in the number 17 issue a letter was written by police captain Gene Smith. In my eyes this is very much an exercise of favoratism and shows his narrow-minded view. Here in Oregon officers exercise, in my view, what I call malice, fraud, corrupt intent, m alfesan ce, n o n -fe a sa n c e, oppression, official miscon duct, all under color of the law. The biggest criminals are in our law enforcement and in their official capacity, a long line of intended manipulations happens because of lack of good faith. Let me put it this way, when you commit a crime you face time, ignorance of the law is no excuse for any man, even officers of the law. So, Mr. Gene Smith, if you are reading this please learn to exercise law enforcement in good faith and not through one-sided views like making an allegation against Mr. Stwyer which is a real put-down. I t h o u g h t y o u w e re a n intellectual being a police captain (with a small c). Now I’m not fully satisfied in making my broad-minded view. I have no recommendations for our unethical, ill-minded criminal injustice system. This person is an enrolled Warm Springer. This person is standing up for all inmate rights. This person has trapped the unethical law enforcement officials. They should learn to exercise jail time, moral codes and ethics as law enforcement officials using Equity. As of this moment. I'm now in the process of cleaning house here at this institution, awaiting more allegations to file several writs. Us human beings or American Indians are under r e p r e s e n t e d in c o u r ts throughout the United States because of ill feelings. That’s okay though, we’re tough and making a comeback in politics. Now brothers and sisters, grasp onto that education so you won't be taken advantage of in whatever way. White-eyes say, here corne a bunch of Indians with a bunch of money. Alright, Toe-Smart Ones, let’s rip ’em off, legally. We now must exercize equity within the tribe and not ill- m in d e d c o m p e titiv e n e s s . Everyone looks at one another as a big joke. Well the joke’s on you. White-eyes has manipu lated you royal. Toe-smart Injuns, they say, are always fighting among each other. Yes, even right now you are exercising White-eyes teach ings, I can do better at this, better at that; but it really is who can wreck the best car, consume the most alcohol, smoke the most joints, pop the most hits of whatever, play the by The Madras Pioneer Jefferson County has had the distinction of having one of the “healthiest” economies in the state, with unemployment well below the statewide average and nearly half that of neighboring Crook and Deschutes counties. We can be thankful for a diversified economy based on agriculture, tourism, timber, etc., for the condition that we find ourselves in today. Things are definitely not good, but they are still considerably better than in many other locations. A large- part of the credit for the local economy goes'to the stabilizing effect and employment provided to this area by the Confederated Tribes and those industries associated with the Warm Springs Reservation. This fact is too often overlooked, but we recognize and appreciate the employment, trade and stability that the Warm Springs Reservation has long provided to this region, EIA approach praised Members of the Confederated made the decisions and efforts, and gave the cooperation and Tribes dedication that has brought us Warm Springs, Oregon this far in a program that seemed a formidable task. I Dear Members: have enjoyed our working relationship and I would hope My wife and I would like to that 1982 will see a successful thank your Range Committee, completion of our E.I.A. the Extension Office, the Tribal program. Council, and the members of Thanks again for a fine meal, the Confederated Tribes of the gifts of appreciation, and I- Warm Springs for the beautiful very m uch enjoyed the appreciation gifts we received pagentry of the 1982 Princess at the 1982 Princess Night on selection. December 29, 1981, at the Longhouse at Warm Springs. Sincerely, I would like to commend highly the approach being Lee A. Wallace taken on the reservation in Virginia F. Wallace d ealing w ith th e E .I.A . 10120 N. 1st Street problem, and also those who Terrebonne, Oregon 97760 best games on one another. In this manner you don’t earn anything but frustration, heart ache, anger, jealousy, self- destruction, jailtime, loss of job, friends, wife, death, and family. All this, just because of com petiveness, and in a childish manner. I can’t recall this being the Indian way. Our real problem is the ill-minded White-eyes and their crooked systems. I must close now, but I’d like lanuary 12-14 Natural Resource Workshop to share this all with you. We’re subject to injustice always, and lanuary 12-14 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians I’m doing something about it Ocean Shores, Washington by making a comeback with the 1981 w a r r io r ’s w e a p o n - lanuary 18 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 9:00 a . m. Enrollments politics. I’ll be enroute to the 2. 10:00 a.m. Hydro Report/Chrpnology Am erican Indian Lawyers Preliminary Discussion/ ÉGÉ Meeting , Training. 1 am tired of being called a Blanket Ass Indian. Education is mandatory for us January 19 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. all. Do you think our great 1. 10:00 a.m. Management Plan (Tentative) chiefs had education? Well they did. They had education to lanuary 20 Tribal Council Meeting; 9:30 a.m, fight for what is right. -«.-1-.. 10:00 a.m. Block Grants-Bob Jackson 2. 11:00 a m . Comp Plan Review Bd-Findings <£ P.S. Go to the longhouseand Issues/Comp Plan - pray for a better life. All your friends will not give you that lanuary 21 Tour of In-Lieu Sites— Columbia River life, but the Great Spirit will. Tribal Council Agend The only jailhouse lawyer who won’t kiss the administration’s hind end, or listen to people who act without good faith, Martinez Charles E-359 42647 2605 State Street Salem, Oregon 97310 lanuary 25 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. 509-J Report 2. 2:00 p.m. Realty—Water situation on Island Area lanuary 26 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Management Reports 2. 2:00 p.m. Justice Service Administrator Tribal Court l^anuar^j7-30^CAi— ;
