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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1982)
Pag« 4 October 25,1982 Z" " SPILYAY TYMOO ..... ■ Editorial E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) 7 Drum convention Letters to the editor R e v iv a l p la n n e d Critical of Law and Order staff ■■■■■■■MauuHBaBnBauHHMmmHMuasBsuiauuuHMMuawasiMUHi^BsiUaBaBuuMHusHBsuMBMasBaaiHgUmaBasMBBumnuBBBV To my people, young and old, Are we, the people of Warm Springs, letting our Law and Order department get out of hand? I think they are applying state laws on our reservation to our people when it should be our tribal laws that apply. When an Indian person is suspended in a state court from driving then that is where it should be enforced, off the reservation, in state land. It is m y u n d e r s t a n d i n g th is suspension applies in the state so a person shou.d be able to drive on the reservation. I think it is wrong for the police to pick up a parent who has their children with them and then to place the children in jail with the parent. I would like to know what our Law and Order is coming to and where it is going. I think in hiring “green horns” from no where, who have no idea where the people live, is not a good idea. I ask why do we have guys like this working for us? I think we are getting pretty hard-up to put these kinds of people to work on our police force. I feel if these people put to work on the police force should have to take a test on their familiarity with the Warm Springs geographical loca tions. They should be able to know where to go when they are needed. It seems all these “greenhorns" come on our r e s e r v a tio n a n d to tla lly disregard our traditional and cultural ways. I have heard of incidents when they rush to stop an incident and after they get there, they let the violator go. This doesn’t seem right for the “bad guys” are let go to possible endanger the innocent once aga n. These “greenhorns” come here to earn the money and we p a y g .o o d m o n e y f o r policemen. I ask, why should we pay so much to these people when they don’t do a good job? I think they should read the Law and Order Code of our reservation and know it. This is no joke! Concerned Tribal member, Clydell Gilbert The Northwest Seven Drum Indian worship convention and revival will be held at the W a rm S p r in g s A g e n c y Longhouse on November 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. The convention and revival is being sponsored by the ^yarm Springs Washut leaders. The first day activities will begin with a service before dinner and afternoon worship services, worship dance will be held at all services. The remaining days will be devoted to meal service and worship services being held day and Thanks night. The services will be open to testimony, confession, teaching and advice by the Washut leaders. Leaders for daily worship will be arranged by the Washut leader at the start of the convention and revival on Wednesday, November 24. It will be a gathering of old time Indian worship (Washut) leaders, drummers, followers, dancers, food and cook donators. No ph o to g rap h in g and recording will be allowed at any time during the convention or revival. for voting! We would like to thank the w ho g o t a d o p te d . O u r voters for voting for our condolences to those who did grandson. And Thanks to the not. Path Home for getting him Mr. & Mrs Fred Blodgett and back on the reservation. family Congratulations to others was no longer needed. I can only assume that the decision must ha /e been made by those who feel the com m unity residents and employees have no need to improve their Parent Workshop mental or physical health through fitness at the expense of the Tribes. I, personally. On Monday, November 1, the Warm Springs Elementary Would be willing to pay for school will be sponsoring a Parent Workshop on the following Eva’s classes. topics: Eva cannot be replaced! Her 1. Growth and Development Stages of Puberty p e r s o n a l a t t e n t i o n to This will be conducted by Linda Allen, the Jefferson County individual priblems motivates Health Nurse and Arlene Boileau. others towards better health. 2. Drug Education—what our children are being exposed She has didicated herself to the tO. - ' X Tribes and its goals for nearly This session will be conducted by Caroline Cruz and Joan ten years now. She will be sadly Schmidt. missed. Adolescense and drug awareness are concerns of our young people and informed parents can be more assistance to theii Carol A. Jenkin children, says the staff “We hope that all parents will be able to Personnel Department attend this workshop.” If you have any questions, please call the school, 553-1128. Will miss Eva’s fitness program To the Editor, I read with much dismay the article on budget cuts in the last issue of the Spilyay Tymoo. My anxiety comes from learning that the Assistant Director of the Community Center has been cut from the 1983 budget, which will leave a large gap in the Center’s programs. In particular, the noontime aerobic and physical fitness/ conditioning programs may disappear altogether, since nothing was mentioned in the article about Eva Montee’s programs being carreid on as usual. 1 have worked for many companies, large and small, over the years and when I came to work for The Confederated Tribes, I was pleased and amazed that I was offered a physical fitness program, free of charge. O f course, I immediately took advantage of the noontime aerobic classes a n d , s in c e 1978, h a v e p e r s o n a lly b e n e fite d by increased physical fitness, loss of fat, better ability to cope with stress on the job, and a generally better attitude about myself and others around me. I credit Eva for my increased awareness. Literally hundreds of Warm Springs residents and employees have benefited from Eva’s fitness programs as well. I would never attempt to second-guess the powers that be who determined that the Assistant Director's position Low stum page rates upsetting H e llo T r ib a l C o u n c il representatives and Tribal Members, My area of concent is the p ro je c te d re v e n u e s of $5,006,768. Mr Ken Smith talks of the timber resource saying, “Timber, unlike coal and oil and some other resources, is a renewable resource and always has a future. We need to look at future needs, problems and resources of the future, as well as how our tribes will use this great asset of timber as a base for further development.” This $5,006,768 figure is to Note from the Editor S p ily a y T ym o o w elco m es articles to be published from its readers. Short letters preferably 300 words or less are also welcome. A 0 letters must include the writer’s name and address. Thank you letters and poetry will be published a t the editor’s d is c r e tio n . S p ily a y T ym oo reserves the right to edit all copy. come from the Warm Springs block, with the McQuinn p rojected revenues to be $4,000,000. Rem em ber last year when the projection on the W arm Springs block was $8,200,000 in 1982 or their slogan was “8.2 in 82,” which fell dismally short—hence the budget deficit Let us discuss the revenue projections and the real income for this last year: Warm Springs block (sales sold by tribes ONLY to W SFPI $ 3 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 r e v e n u e — in contract with the McQuinn Strip, or open market, to highest b idder 37.500,000 board feed cut with $6,200,000- revenue. To summarize the above overall: McQuinn sales 164.86 per 1000 board feet all sales. Warm Springs 43.04 per 1000 board fe e t all sales. We are in hard economic times; it is reflected in both prices but even in good times the W arm Springs Forest Products Industries gets a Warm Springs Elementary School Parent Workshop Monday, November 1, 1982 damn good deal with the lower Time: 7:00 p.m. prices paid to the Confederated. Place: Elementary School Gym Tribes being a co n tin u al happening. A member of the W SFPI b o ard, Mr. Don Plummer, has stated in a minority letter that the tribes are “subsidizing” the W SFPI by low stumpages. Tribal Council has recently raised the stumpage prices to better “...stabilize our revenue projections...” I hope this is a better projection than the last, $ 9 8 .4 3 f o r P o n d e r o s a Pine,$25.10 for Douglas Fir and $10.00 for white fir. Putting this in cord figures, it’s roughly 50 dollars a cord, $ 13 a cord for Douglas Fir and $5 a cord for white fir and other species. 1 hope all these figures speak loudly. I have been through two years of dealing with the low stumpage rates in timber sales. I may get emotional discussing this but I feel I have a right to do so. It is our trees. Continued on page 12 Tribal Council Agenda October 22 Flag Inauguration Dinner & Ceremony-Agenc; Longhouse October 25 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a an. 1. 10:00 a.m. Informal meeting with Ken Smith 2. 2:00 p.m. 509-J Report-Darrel Wright October 26 Tribal Council Meeting. 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m.«Tribal Court Report-Irene Wells Justice Service Administrator Report-Dick Burton October 26-27 Economic Development Seminar (American Indian N atl Bank)—Kah-Nee-Ta October 27 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Forestry Technician Training Program- Timber Committees 1983 Timber Sales October 28-29 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Meeting- agency Longhouse, Warm Springs
