Spilyay Tymoo
Page 4 January 7,1983
Editorial
E Coosh EEWA
(The way it is)
Letters to the editor
Who speaks
for the children?
—Tribute to a great chief—
To the People,
To relatives and friends,
On behalf of my mother and
family, I would like to thank
each and everyone one of you
for the support and love that
you’ve given in the loss of our
f a th e r , A m os S im tu stu s.
Although he will be missed by
all of us, it’s comforting to
know now that he can finally
rest and is at peace.
We are grateful to the Tribal
Council’s proclamation of a
week’s mourning in honor of
him. We are also grateful for
the steps that Council has taken
to assist traditionally and the
many ways that they’ve shown
their deep concern for him and
the family.
I’m so glad that he shared
with you what he had shared
with u sât home—that being his
many concerns of all the people
on th e re se rv a tio n . His
concerns, like those of any
chief, included daily happen
ings, national events and his
concern and general outlook
for the reservation and his
Indian people.
It was heartwarming to hear
the many testimonies of the
great people that he worked
with. The direction and the
path which guided him was that
of which his father and his
forefathers also walked and
established. It seemed such a
short time for us to learn that
direction, but we feel fortunate
that we've learned the most
important aspect of our father
in his position—his values.
H earing your testim onies
confirmed our belief that you
shared those same values.
Because he was considerate
and respectful of others, not
only because he was our father,
but our chief, we are taking this
time of grace in love and
respect of him. Even though life
must go on and everyday life
takes place, as his people, we
honor a Great Chief.
Thank You,
Evaline Patt
Preserve timber for future
Editor/Tribal Members:
“In the Pacific Northwest,
logging is one of the major
activities that can affect aquatic
resources (water, fish, etc.).
Industries based on timber and
fish have flourished in the
Northwest since pioneer days,
and these industries are still
vitally im p o rta n t to o u r
economy. However, as we
make more demands on, and
become more aware of, our
environment, logging practices
th a t w ere a c c e p ta b le o r
overlooked in the past are no
lo n g e r a c c e p ta b le to a
concerned public.” R.L. Lantz
Ph.D., School of. Forestry,
Wildlife and Range Sciences,
Protection of Salmon and
Trout Streams in Logging
Operations.
In my opinion, our tribal
environment is no different, we
have got to make dollars, but
a lso p ro te c t a ll of the
environment. The resources
have been impacted greatly
both good and bad, in these last
three decades by logging,
“...without impairment of the
productivity of the land....”
(excerpt of the law followed by
our neighbors the U.S. Forest
Service), is nearly impossible
when even the best logging
practices take away from future
produetvity, example: roads,
c o m p a c tio n , skid tr a ils ,
erosion, water siltation.
I applaud the implementa
tio n o f th e S tre a m s id e
Management Plan, but was
disappointed that a recent
attempt at advancement of
further resource protection
with regards to watersheds was
turned away by Tribal Council.
Our fisheries here at home are
worth money and much more
culturally. “From an economic
standpoint, fishery valued can
often equal or exceed the value
of commercial Douglas Fir
with 100 feet on either side of
the stream.” as stated by Lantz.
Protecting water quality, (fish),
b y q u a l i t y r o a d s , s o il
protection is a good long term
investment and is difficult to
do when prices for a tribal tree
is low. In some areas we are
cutting trees simply to build
roads, little if any dollars come
to us as income. Protection of
these resources today means
dollars for our tribal children
tomorrow. If we don’t care,
Who Will?
Sincerely,
Lewis E. Pitt, Jr.
Tribal Member
Notice to commercial fishermen
As a result of federal court
litigation involving the 1982
fall chinook season in Zone 6 of
the Columbia River, Judge
Walter E. Craig ordered that
the Columbia River treaty
tribes determine the number of
subsistence or “take-home”fish
caught during the 1982 fall
season.
While it is legal for tribal
f is h e rm e n to k e e p fish
harvested during the commer
cial season, these fish usually
are not counted as part of the
S p ily a y T ym o o w elco m es
articles to be published from its
readers. Short letters preferably
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A 11 letters must include the writer’s
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Thank you letters and poetry
will be published at the editor’s
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reserves the right to edit ad copy:
tribal harvest since they are not
sold to licensed commercial
buyers.
Judge Walter Craig ruled
that under the United States
Supreme Court’s 1979 decision
in Washington v. Passenger
Fishing Vessel A ssociation
(Boldt case), fish harvested
during the commercial season
b u t used for subsistence
purposes must be counted as
part of the treaty Indian share
of the catch.
A ccordingly, the W arm
Springs Tribe is proceeding to
determine the number of fish
used for subsistence purposes
harvested by Warm Springs
fishermen during the 1982 fall
season.
The Fish and W ildlife
Committee requests that all
W arm Springs commercial
fishermen who participated in
the 1982 fall gillnet season
please* contact Gene Gtceae.'Ot
Terry Luther at the Natural
Resources department and give
an estimate of the number of
ta k e -h o m e fish , if a n y ,
harvested during the 1982 fall
season. If you have any
questions, please contact the
Natural Resources department
or Howie A rn ett, T ribal
A ttorney (382-3011). The
co o p eratio n of all trib al
commercial fishermen is urged
and appreciated.
Failure of the Tribe to make
a determination of the number
of take-home fish caught this
fall during the commercial
season may result in Judged
Craig accepting an erroneous
estimate of the tribal take-
home catch provided by the
S ta te s o f O r e g o n a n d
Washington.
Harold Culpus
Chairman
- Fisb and • WildBfe Committee
The year of 1982 is gone and
now we are into a new year. For
many of us it is the time to stop
and reflect upon the past events
of 1982. I would like to share
with the people one of the
things I feel we all need to stop
and review.
We dealt with an adoption
referendum which was held in
November. Forty-eight names
were on the referendum. For
the 28 people who were
adopted by the vote of the
people it was the end of a long
wait. I feel thankful for those
who were adopted, but for the
20 people who didn’t receive
the necessary votes, I feel
concern.
I realize that there will
probably always be those who
don’t make it. But I think what
we, as a people, need to do is to
voice our feeline about the
things we feel are being done or
not being done.
Follow ing the ad o p tio n
election, a great many people
expressed concern about the
ballot and the manner in which
it was presented to the voters. It
was hard to read and harder to
know if the votes were going to
the person whom you thought
you were voting for. The names
were not always in a straight
line with the boxes. We, at
Warm Springs, have a printing
department that could give us a
more professional looking
ballot. If it iff important enough
to present to the people to vote
on then it should be important
enough to have a good clear
ballot.
I was a member of the
enrollment committee before it
was disband. As a member of
that committee I had the
chance to learn and understand
the families and their ties to our
Tribes. The committee worked
on the census rolls and it was
finalized. This is the roll from
which the vital statistics draws
the information on all families.
So, information coming from
their office should be accurrate.
They also have all the family
background for all families. I
feel that there should be
someone to oversee all of the
information which is compiled
by th e V ita l S ta tis tic s
d e p a rtm e n t befo re it is
p re se n te d to the T rib a l
Council. Even a committe
would serve this purpose. I feel
there shouild be a check to
make sure all the necessary
information has been included.
This method was used before
and I feel it added to the
accuracy of the data.
When I worked on the final
census which our tribe now
used for the backgrounds on
our people, we' made sure this
i n f o r m a t i o n w as m a d e
available to the voters. The
family background (family
trees) should show from which
fam ilies the people are
descendents. It would help the
elders to know which families
the children come from, the
elders can. relate to the old
family names which have
undergone changes through
marriages and modernization.
These facts can be of benefit to
those who have their, name on
the ballot.
These children are of our
blood. Their grandparents and
great grandparents helped to
form the tribes, But for many it
is the older, family name our
people b e tte r understand.
Many of those up for adoption
come from families whose
names identify such places as
Sid Walter Flats and Tenino
Valley to name just two.
After this last election a
number of questions were
raised by many people and I
feel the people have the right to
be heard. The question of
marking of the ballots with
pencils, perhaps it is time to
write rules for elections which
would make it mandatory to
use pens or perhaps indelible
pencils.
I feel it is time for the Tribe to
review and update the rules
covering elections. I feel there
were so many questions raised.
There should be a way to
correct these situations. I am
certain there are many people
who have some good ideas to
contribute to the betterment of
future elections.
Viola Kalama
Tribal Member
Tribal Council Agenda
January 10 Tribal Council Meeting, 9J0a.m .
1. 10:00 a.m. EIA R eport/Clint Jacks
2. 2:00 p.m. Simnasho School Update
January 11 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1. 10:00 a.m. Water Rights and Other Issues-Dennis
Karnopp
January 12*14 Oregon Wildlife Federation—Corvallis
January 17 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1. 10:00 a.m. Block G rants/Ray Rangila
2. 2:00 p.m. Unfinished Business
January 18 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1. 10:00 a.m. Enrollments
2. 2:00 p.m. Realty
January 24 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m.
1. 10:00 a.m. 509-J Report/D arrel Wright
2. 11:00 a.m. Auditors Report
January 25-28 Joint Meeting—NTCA/NCAI/IHS
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