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■X. Page 4 January 24,1983 Spilyay Tymoo Editorial E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) Letters to the editor LOve ¡s .. . . Nominees must be present Entering the Valentine s card contest N o m in atio n s fo r T ribal Council are in the process of being scheduled. In line with this, the Agency District has instituted a new rule. If a person is nom inated, that person must be present to accept or decline—or if that person cannot attend the m e e tin g , th e n w ritte n c o n f i r m a t i o n m u s t be presented a t time of the nomination. If this is not done, that nomination will not be recognized. F o r y o u r in fo rm a tio n , qualifications for office as stated in the Constitution and By-Laws are: No person shall r e p r e s e n t th e C o n f e d erated Tribes on the Council unless he is a duly enrolled member of the community who has attained the age of 21 years, and who has never been convicted of a major crime. The apportionm ent, also from the C onstitution, is: “Agency District, 3 elected members, one of whom shall represent the Sidwalter Flat a re a , to g e th e r w ith the reco g n ized c h ie f o f the District. Chief: Nelson Wallalutum Agency District and statem ents m ust be completed in ten (10) words or less. Best male and female entries will each be awarded a prize. This top prize (for both male and female) will be for b e s t o v e r a ll h a n d m a d e Valentine Card and the best greeting. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again! The Personnel Department is sponsoring the annual St. Valentine’s Day contest. Rules are as follows: There are three categories in this year’s contest. 1. Prizes will be awarded for the best overall handmade Valentine Card with the most original greeting. All greetings must begin with: “ Love i s ... ” Tribal member responds to Watt’s statement Letter to the Editor, I would like to make a comment in reference to the remarks made by James Watt, Secretary of the Interior. First 1 would like to say I feel Indians are always being put down by someone, like Mr. Watt. His comment about socialism on reservations being the cause ol a high drug abuse rate, social disease and alcohol abuse aren’t as bad as he made it sound. It is true we have our share of problems but cities outside of Indian Country have much more then we do. In the cities 1 have seen trash, hookers, and winos in the streets. In most large cities a person can drive through the streets and see people laying in the streets, drugs being sold. These are not Indians. A person can read in the n e w sp a p e rs an d see on television stories about crime, rape and kidnappings. I ask the people who think they must make statements about Indians to stop and think just where these large cities and their slums came from. The A m erican N ativ es d id n 't welcome the settlers of this c o u n try with slum s and ghettos. They are a product of the people who came to this country after the Indian. Our waters were not polluted before the coming of the non-Indian. In d ia n s a re living on reservations and on these reservations you won’t see trash in the streets, hard drugs being pushed, bums, hookers and pimps. On reservations you won’t find people being mugged or snipers killing people. Before these non-Indians, look at Indians and condemn life on reservations they should clean up their cities. We have problems but in comparison to the rest of the nation our problems could be labeled as minor. America hasn’t solved the problems of the many refugees brought in but still they seek e n tr a n c e in to A m e ric a . America should take care of the problems of the people who have been here for years like the Blacks, the bum laying on the street, the junkie looking for hard drugs to shoot into his body, the pimps and hookers on America’s streets. There are good Indians. There are good non-Indians. Each has good and bad. All have problems, instead of of pointing fingers, let’s get together and try to solve the problems. We all live in this land together so let’s be friends. If there are people out there who can’t learn to live without bugging Indians, then perhaps they need to go back to their old country. We are willing to leave them alone and they need to leave us alone. We can solve our problems. I feel we as Indians, are able to return to the old ways and still survive. But this is now how the world is presently set up. Those people who criticize us, like this country as much as we do. So it isn’t likely that people will leave this country to go back to the land of their forefathers. So lets learn to be friends and stop putting each other down. Note From The Editor eliminating the talent show from the community agenda several people decided it was time to get it back and offer the community a glimpse of some Warm Springs and Central Oregon talent. For encouragement money prizes of $100 for first place, $60 for second and $40 for third will be awarded. The prizes will be awarded strictly on talent, says spokesman for the talent show co m m ittee C aroline Cruz. 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 ll letters must include the writer’s name and address. Besides a chance to see some Thank you letters and poetry talent production of the show is will be published at the editor’s intended to generate money to d is c r e tio n . S p ily a y T ym oo the right Io edit a li copy. ~ ■intiaie a soccerteague- program 3. Prizes wiil also go to both male and female entries for the best greeting. Its important to remember th a t a ll c a rd s m ust be handmade and all greetings begin with the words: “Love Is” Auction Submit entries to Frances A llen in the P e rso n n e l Department (Extension 265) no later than Wednesday, February 9th, 1983, by 5:00 p.m. a team of judges will be selected to choose the winners. Entries will not be returned to entrants. You may submit more than one valentine, but you can only receive one prize. Winners will be posted in the Tribal Administration building for one week and will be announcea a t 4:00 p.m ., Monday, February 14, 1983. Frances Allen Director January An auction for Lincoln’s Birthday powwow fund raising will be held after services at the S im n a sh o L o n g h o u se on Sunday, January 30. Anyone 30 wishing to donate items for the raffle or auction can turn them in to Kate Jackson, Richard C raig or any com m ittee member. Tribal Council Agenda 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 Washington, D.C. February 1 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Accounts Receivable Policy 2. 2:00 p.m. Review Task Force Police Report February 2 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Group Insurance Deferred Compensation 2. 2:00 p.m. U.S. Postal Service/ Postal Staff and Ray Rangila February 3 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Grand Ronde Legislation—Catherine Harris Eric Frank 2. 3:00 p.m. Deschutes—BLM/Scenie Waterways Tribal Member Staff/Planning Dept. February 7 Tribal Council Meeting, 8:00 a.m. Kah-Nee-Ta 1. Committee Reports (Detailed agenda to follow) February 8 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a .m . P G E L i t i g a t i o n - D e n n i s Karnopp/Barnes Ellis 2. 4:00 p.m . IH S E ligibility -C riteria-B ob Jackson/ Garet Soules in Warm Springs. “It’s a com m unity type p ro je c t,” February 9 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Water Matters & Other Issues/Dennis explains Cruz. Karnopp and Work Plan-Water Allocation This money will go towards February 14-18 PGE Litigation-Federal Courthouse/Portland buying soccer uniforms and it is February 21 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. hoped that the Community 1. 10:00 a.m. Reduction in Force Policy Center will pick up the project 2. 2:00 p.m. 1982 Pre-audit Report and sponsor a Warm Springs February 22 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. Committee Appointments: Celilo-Wyam youth soccer league. Board, Water Board, Credit Committee The Talent Show committee Law and Order Committee Discussion meets every Monday at 1:30 2. 3:00 p.m. Realty p.m. in conference room 3 at February 28 Joint Meeting-WSFPI/Tribal Council the administration building for those who would like to assist. Kah-Nee-Ta Tribal Council Room—9:00 a.m. Those interested in participa General Council—Agency Longhouse ting can contact members of 6:00 p.m.-Supper the committee; Uren Leonard, 7:30 p.m. Meeting Jody Calica,, Carolijne Cruz or Agenda: Annual Report-W SFPI____________ Winona Strong. “ Space creatures” to help fund soccer “Space Creatures” is the theme for the upcoming talent show planned for March 10. It’s going to be an eye-catching e v e n t b e s id e s b e in g a n opportunity to display those hidden talents. A fter several years of 2. Prizes will also be awarded (to both male and female entries) for the best handmade Valentine Card alone. and completed in ten (10) words or less.
