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Burial site discovered by hunter
INDIAN BURIAL SITE—A cave on the side of a cliff off the reservation, near Sisters, was
discovered to be an Indian burial site. Tribal representatives Rudy Clements and Matilda MitcheU
examine the cave and its contents.
Spilyay Tymoo photos by Shewzcyk
by Marsha Shewczyk
A rabbit hunter inadvertent
ly overturning rocks on the
edge of a cliff near Sisters,
O regon d iscovered w hat
appeared to him to be an
I n d ia n b u r ia l site . H is
supposition proved to be
correct.
After finding segments of
basketery along with bone
fragments hunter Joel Brown
realized he had come across the
remains of a person. He took a
sample with him turning it over
finally, to Deschutes National
Forest archeologist Carl Davis.
Generally “anytime anyone
finds skeletal material they
m ake c o n ta c t w ith law
enforcement people who make
contact with the State police
and national forest personnel,”
which isw h a t happened, says
Davis.
Davis explains, according to
a recent bill passed in the
Oregon legislature initiated by
the Commission on Indian
Services,'any skeletal material
or artifacts, discovered on
either private or federal land, is
to be turned over to the nearest
Native American community.
Davis relates that, “Archeo
logists are tiying to work with
Native Americans. We are
trying to establish some
support for working with them
so we both can get something
out of it.”
“ W h atev er the N ative
American agency wants, we
will honor that request,” Davis
a d d s . I d e a lly , th o u g h ,
archeologists would like time
to a n a ly z e an y o f th e
discoveries and then turn them
over to the Native American
agency.
Upon being notified of the
burial site discovery Davis
contacted the Warm Springs
Tribe with the information.
T rib a l C o u n c il in tu r n
d eleg ated O rin Jo h n so n ,
M a tild a M itch ell, G ra n t
Waheneka and Rudy Clements
to go o u t to th e site.
A ccom panying them were
other representatives from
Warm Springs, members of the
Oregon State Police and the
Deschutes and Willamette
National Forests. Leading the
group was the discoverer of the
burial site.
The artifacts and remains
located on private property
were examined. Prayers were
said for the deceased. Finally
the remains were removed
a lo n g w ith s u rro u n d in g
material for further informa-
material for further examina
tion by archeologist Davis and
physical an th ro p o list Bill
Zubosky.
The contents of the cave are
now in the hands of Davis who
awaits direction from the
Warm Springs tribe, deciding
what is to be done next.
Although analysis is not
complete Davis is able to tell
that the boné fragments are
those of an immature female.
The bag found in the cave is a
root bag with weavine similar
to th a t found in W arm
Springs according to elder
Matilda Mitchell.
Tribal elder Grant Wahene
ka explained that the cave was
not a normal burial site. The
girl could have been in hiding
after being w ounded, he
h y p o th esizes. The trib a l
affiliation is not clear.
If permission is procured to
further analyze the findings
Davis expects to be through by
April. “We would like to go
ah ead and look a t the
basketry,” he adds. This might
produce further information
about the burial site. The
remains will eventually be
interred after ceremony in
Warm Springs.
A deteriorated basket and a few
pieces o f bone were found in
the cave.
Threat, but no bomb
On February 7 at about 3
p.m. an employee at the
Community Center received a
telep h o n e call from an
unknown person who stated
there was a bomb in the
building. The caller stated the
bomb would explode at 4 p.m.
The Warm Springs Police were
called.
The police cleared the
building and at 3:45 the police
closed traffic on Hollywood
Boulevard. A search was made
of the building and no bomb
was found. At 4:15 p.m. the
traffic on Hollywood was
allowed to resume. A second
search was made of the
building with the final result
being that there was no bomb.
According to Lt. Ray Calica
it caused a good deal of
inconvenience for the people of
Warm Springs with the traffic
being stopped and the people
lost the use of the Center for the
rest of the day. A good deal of
time and monies were spent on
the entire episode, according to
Calica. The Jefferson County
S heriff’s departm ent sent
deputies over to assist the
WSPD in the search. The
m a t t e r is s t i l l u n d e r
investigation by the BI A.
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“Tempest in a teapot”
Continued from page 1
assimilation and integration
with respect to the Indian, the
policy is one of distinction and
separation. Do you think that’s
right?
Answer: We have tremen
dous problems on the Indian
reservations. I frequently talk
about it by telling people if you
want an example fo the failures
of socialism don’t go to Russia.
Come to America and go to the
Indian reservations.
We have 50 million acres of
Indian reservations 1.4 million
American Indians. And every
social problem is exaggerated
b ecau se of s o c ia lis tic
government policies on Indian
reservations highest divorce
rate, highest drug rate, highest
alco h o lism ra te , highest
unemployment rate, highest
social diseases, because the
people have been trained
through a hundred years of
government oppression to look
to the government as the
creator, as the provider, as the
supplier and they have not been
trained to use the initiative
to integrate into the American
system.
We have terrible schools on
the Indian reservation and we
have tried to change that and
Congress won’t. The liberal
Eastern idea is that I will
support the Indian people and
they drive out to my home state
of Wyoming in August for a
two-week vacation and buy an
Indian bead necklace and
think they have done their
thing for Indian America.
Terrible socialism.
We ought to give them
freedom. We ought to give
them liberty. We ought to give
them their rights. But we treat
them as incompetent wards. I
am their trustee. They can’t
make a decision on the
reservation about their water,
their land. They can’t own land
oh the reservation.
Question: Is that the basis
of much of the legitimate
anger of many of the Indian-
leaders, forgetting the radicals
for a moment who are using the
issue. The fact that they
literally live on a plantation?
Answer: That’s correct, with
the big Bureau of Indian
Affairs and the Secretary of
In terio r controlling their
rights. There’s some benefits to
that.
Question: Isn’t it true that
some of the established Indian
leaders have a strong personal
stake in the present policy and
o p p o se w h at th e y c a ll
termination?
Answer: In the great society,
we came in with all these legal
aids and all these programs and
made funds available to fund
Indian governments, so if you
are the chief or the chairman
you are interested in keeping
th e se g ro u p o f p eo p le
a s se m b le d on a d e s e r t
environment where there are
no jo b s, no a g ric u ltu re
potential, no water because if
the Indians were allowed to be
liberated, they would go and
get a job and that guy wouldn’t
have his government handout
as a government-paid Indian
official.
Q: They’ve become ward
bosses. I have heard Sen.
Goldwater in Arizona talk
about the impact of federal
legal services programs in
taking an Indian community
that was once very conservative
in its values, radicalizing it
politically and then turning it
out on a reliable basis for
liberal candidates.
A: There have been too many
instances of that. Fortunately
there are some great American
Indian people that want to
bring freedom to their people.
They want their people to have
jobs and take their social place.
We have been working with
them. It is very discouraging
w ith the lim itations th at
Congress gives us with the laws.
It is very encouraging when you
work with a few of the Indian
people because they are
electing some good people.
There is hope if we will let our
people go.
If we had treated the black
people in America like we are
now treating Indians, or the
Chinese or any of these other
minority groups, there would
be a social revolution that
would tear the country up. But
Congress tolerates the abusive
government actions on Indians
and I try to liberate them and
get squashed by the liberal
Democrats in the House of
Representatives.