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Spilyay Tymoo PAGE 4 AUGUST 26, 1983 Editorial E Coosh EEWA: (The way it is) Help care for blessings and gifts Tribal Members: Sherars Bridge has come to life with many scars to show it’s existence. I have personally witnessed many changes over the years. Sherars Bridge has taught me the meaning o f love. The peace and enjoyment I get there, has always been special. As a small by, I still remember the place as it was. The people have all passed on who taught me the importance of fishing. There are only a few people left who truly have any knowledge about the place. Many years ago, the people used to all gather at Celilo to fish and trade. My -people stayed at Sherars Bridge to fish. As a matter of fact, my father. (Thomas David) located a number of fishing sites. Also, Grandpa (Fred Sumpter) took me from the falls all the way down to Buck Hollow. He told me about all the fishing sites, when to fish them, what size net to use. He pointed out these fishing Sites to me and told me who used them. Most of the fishermen today don’t know the history of Sherars Bridge. I was taught the respect Sherars Bridge and everything that goes along with the place, especially the laws that govern the place, not whiteman’s laws either. I would like you to keep in mind . the difference between the two laws. Our Chief was called upon to settle disputes, misunder- s t a n d in g s an d w r o n g s committed by our people, or else he appointed a person to do so. But, today we don’t practice this any more. Our Tribal Council has put us all in a very unreal predicament. One of our most sacred resources has been blemished. The Great Spirit, who provided us with this wonderful resource, may someday abolish or curtail all of our resources. The fish, wild game and roots may disappear. We will all have to pay for a few people’s wrong doing. The Chief is our leader, but we don’t have a leader today. I realize that the Simtustus family is still in mourning but we still must have a leader. With respect to the Simtustus and H eath fam ilies, the chieftainship has to be filled. The past three chiefs, as I remember them, had set the highest possible standards for anyone to follow. I wouldn’t want it to be any other way. Our Warm Springs Chief is looked up to by many, many people all over the country, as well as in Warm Springs. We, the people, have to revert back to our old laws if we want to be traditional. We d o n ’t h a v e a n y o t h e r a lte r n a tiv e s. Our T rib al Council has good intentions but they don’t have the right to decide a b o u t our Indian traditional ways. By forming the task force of individuals who have very little knowledge about the unwritten laws, it’s frightening. The Superinten dent, Chief-of-Police and tribal m anagers d o n ’t have the knowledge of our written laws that govern Sherars Bridge. They need to be educated to understand our unwritten laws. D on’t accept anything less than the truth for our sacred resources. Haying to accept a few people’s opinion just isn’t sufficient of adequate. There are still some o f us old timber left to provide the truth about Sherars Bridge. O ur fo r e fa t h e r s w ere knowledge. Give back to our preserving a great resource for elders that compassion, love us to care for, not to fight over. and sincerity to lead us all Leave that to the whiteman, to happier days. Great Spirit, they d on ’t appreciate this we appreciate Your patience sacred land as much as the with us, we realize that we are In d ia n s d o . A ccep t the all in need of Your help. Lead knowledge they teach ypuand us all to accept the truth, put it to good use for the benefit responsibility and love for one o f your people, the., Indians. another. Great Spirit, the Obtain the formal education prayers go out to You from way but don’t stoop to their ways. down deep within. Make us With formal education plus all humble, but not ignorant or the wisdom dnd knowledge irresponsible. We raise our that our ancestors had to hand and songs to You. obtain the hard way, we can Forgive us for our sins and continue to preserve our Indian correct our faults. Great Spirit, Heritage and identity. Y o u ’re o u r M ak er and It has been proven that when Provider, help us to take care of a person obtains a little bit of and to a p p recia te Y our authority, that person becomes blessings and gifts.” a know-it-all. I’m sitting here listening to Sincerely Washut songs with this prayer in my heart, “Oh Great Spirit, Phillip David help and guide us all with Your special blessings, so that we Editor’s Note: If you care to may all respect and accept make a response to the above Your gift of life and everything letter, either send or bring them that You have provided for our to the Spilyay Tym oo office or use. Great Spirit, correct our write to David at 6304 N. wrongs so we may be an Atlantic, Portland, Oregon example for our younger 97212. generation. Give our leaders that special gift of wisdom and Tournament contibutions appreciated An event to rem em ber To the Editor, I would like to thank all the people that helped us put on a s u c c e s s fu l to u r n a m e n t. Putting a tournament takes a lot of time and money. Many thanks to Dennis Kamopp, Robert Nash, Jim N o te b o o m t h e T r ib a l Attorneys for their donation for the sponsor of the 1st place and “At Least We Tried* trophies, and the U.S. Bank ol Portland for their donation for the Sportsmanship T-shirts. 1 would also like to thank Girlie, Bunny and D oll for keeping books. Joe “Pie” Henry, Jerry “Chicken-Hawk” Sampson, Dave Wolf and Bid Ed Henry for being the umpires. Thanks Ed Henry, Jr. for all the running around doing little erqmds. ¿1 would like thank all the visiting teams for participating in this year’s tourney and- we hope to see them next year. I would also like to thank the Tribal C ouncil fo r their donation of the salmon and Ed Henry for his contribution of food. And Aaron Arthur for To the Editor, cleaning of the salmon and We would like to take this Judy Johnson for the salad. This food fed the visiting teams time to thank all the people who made possible the success, before they started their trips o f the second annual Eddie home. A s p e c ia l t h a n k s to “M ankins” Cole memorial Hamilton Greeley for his rodeo. Announcer for the rodeo was drawing of the logo that was used on the sweatshirts and T- Bill Carter who added humor and his persona! touch to keep shirts. things moving; timer Georgie Signed, Miracle who assisted Carter; Ellen Johnson the judges Jazz Wewa and Animals Manager Frank Reese for their time and effort; Thea Sanders who was our gate attendant, it was a rough chore but she took time to be a contestant; to Tippy for the $200 she donated for the race purses; to S p ily a y ’s- photographer and reporter Pat Leno for the news items and coverage; for the many people who worked the chutes and to the specatators and contestants all these people made all the work of putting the rodeo on worthwhile. A special thanks to all the people who assisted with the barbeque. The barbeque gave us time to spend with all the people who made this year’s rodeo an event to remember. We hope to see you all next year when we have plans for a bigger and better rodeo. It will be the third and fin a l “Mankins” Memorial rodeo. Thank You, Shad and Deanna Shadley 4-H Indian Heritage Club attends State Fair The Warm Springs 4-H Indian Heritage Club will participate in State Fair activities in Salem, August 27 and 28, Starting at 10 a.m on Saturda, the club will present an Indian dancing exhibition and from 11 a.m to 4 p.m, they will have their action booth display where all 4-H leaders will rotate time spent in the booth. On Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m is the fashion review rehearsal from all interested participants with the fashion review beginning at 11 a.m. At 11:30, the club will present Beautician applies makeup to Doddie McCabe prior to fahsion show held at Kah-Nee-Ta withEDD a n o th e r In d ia n d a n c in g funding and Kah-Nee-Ta sponsorsip. Thefashion show provided an opportunityfor members o f the exhibition. tribal organization to work on improving total self-image and give an executive image. Before leaving the fair grounds, the group will have a pizza feed. Editors Note Spilyay Tym oo welcomes articles and letters to be published from its readers. Short letters preferably 300 words or less and must include the writers signature. and address. Thank you letters and poetry will be published at the editors discretion. AU letters are the opinion o f the writer and do not reflect any opinion of SpzTyop Tym oo. Spilyay Tymoo reserves the right to edit all copy O R refuse publication o f any letter that contains libelous material.
