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February 15,1985
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Editorial
E Coosh EEWA:
(The way it is) .
Letters to the Editor-
Commendation to the young Thank you for prayers, concern during illness
To the Editor,
I was at the heart-breaking
funeral of a beloved nephew,
“ Burgs” D anzuka. His sudden
death was a shock to all of us
who loved him, b u t I could also
see some good things and activ­
ities come out of it.
His m other, bless her soul,
was kind enough to let us take
him into our home after his
father passed on and I got to be
very close to him. He, my two
sons, Scooter and Willy, and I
spent a lot time hunting and
fishing together. 1 am also a
parent who believes that all of
our children should at least com­
plete high school in order to
com pete in this world of mania.
1 work with the schools as a
JO M /T itle IV parent, and while
in this capacity, besides beingat
home, I learned how sensitive
an individual “Burgs” really was.
I ’m going to miss him very
much.
The main point and reason of
this letter is to “The Living” and
how I viewed their conduct. I
saw all the ceremonies that were
performed and 1 encourage them
to go on with it. I encourage
Nelson W, Delvis H., Elston,
Prunie and Bernice and all the
other leaders to keep teaching
the young in the way of Indian
belief and religion. Why, I would
even encourage having Indian
language classes.
The reason I say this, is when
those young singers and dancers
“caught heck,” and I qualify
this point because I didn’t see
anyone really angered during
the cerem onies, those ybung
singers and dancers went on
with it. And after the old leaders
were exhausted and went to
rest, those young singers and
dancers carried on with what
they knew had to be done.
As I view it, the young took
care of their own and I would
like to commend them on this
and say “go on with it.”
Elmer “Hooligan” Schuster
Respect will be returned
To The Confederated Tribes,
Tribal Council, Tribal Police,
relatives and friends,
We would like to express our
appreciation to everyone who
helped out with the funeral. We
w ouldn’t have been able to pro­
vide the services w ithout your
support.
We especially thank the cooks
who had little time to them ­
selves for rest as there were
meals and snacks constantly pre­
pared.
W ith all the relatives and
friends present we were able to
w ithstand our loss easier. We
appreciate you showing your
respect to the family and will be
returning that, respect. In our
time of need we received over­
whelming emotional support.
Sincerely,
The Danzuka, Heath and Foltz
Family
photo by Shewczyk
Full Snow Moon
'he “fu ll snow m oon ” February 5 created a beautiful nighttime
cene over this area. The next fu ll moon occurs March 6 and is
ailed the “fu ll worm m oon ” by the Farmer’s Almanac.
Community Center Calendar
February 16
February 18
February 19
February 25
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Dance, 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
Tribal Holiday playday-l:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m,
Dance-6 to 8 p.m.
Community Valentine’s contest ends
—Li’l Boys and Girls bingo-6:30 p.m.
t - Sports open hoiise-includes basketball, gym­
nastics, rollerskating, 6:00 p.m.
Toe Ness
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To the People,
We would like to thank each
and everyone for their prayers
and concern during the recent
illness of our father and grand­
father Andrew David.
It is nice to know th at there
are people who would contrib­
ute their time, money, food and
travel so far to be with the fam­
ily during a stressful time and
who attended the two nights of
services.
To the following people we
wish to express our apprecia­
tion for your donations in what­
M ark and their dancers, Edith
McCloud and family, Jon and
Yvonne Pinkham and cousin,
Mr. and Mrs. David Sohappy
and family. Also, thanks goes
to Mr. and Mrs. Armond Min-
thorn and Elizabeth Jones of
Pendleton Oregon.
We also thank the local peo­
ple: Mr. and Mrs. Silas Willi­
ams, H arriet Williams, Harold
Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Art M it­
chell, Beans and Sarah Greene,
Lillie Heath, Caroline Tohet,
M aryanne Meanus, Ada and
Wiggie Sooksoit, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilfred Jim , Animal and Sham.
Thanks also to anyone We may
have not mentioned.
A special thank you goes to
Fred M unizand family for being
with the . family at Pendleton
and Dry Creek. There is nothing
we can say or do to show our
appreciation for being so kind
and helpful. He provided much
strength to all of us. We love
you and thank you for your
help.
We have God to praise and
give the glory to for answering
all our prayers.
Sincerely,
Ernestine Stevens, Amelia Spino
and Families
Reliable person needed to direct tribe
Jyoung people would benefit by
¡[them. So here we are.
This is to inform our Tribal
There is so much hate, jealousy
members from the Warm Springs and greed, not only by non­
Indian reservation o f my think­ members b ut also am ong our
ing. Looking dow n the road for tribal members here at W arm
our younger people, and our Springs, in my opinion. We
resources now in operation and must overcome that and unite
in the future, are my main con­ as one strong Indian people in
order to become a well-balanced
cerns.
First of all, we need someone reservation. I am sure we have
who would be beneficial to all enough resources on our reser­
of us. Someone who has the vation to keep us, in time, liv­
knowledge, knows the ins and ing com fortably, providing we
outs of political movements and make good, sound investments.
ties who would guide us in the That is exactly why we need a
right direction. The person must good leader like Ken Smith.
Ken is an Indian, also a tribal
also be honest, loyal and depen­
member, which means a lot to
dable.
I am sure th an none of us all of us. It makes a lot of us feel
would regret hiring Ken Smith a lot more secure to have a local
as our general manager again. person to handle our local bus­
He would be a big asset to our iness because he is one of us and
tribal government and how they I he is qualified. L et’s put it this
handle Indian affairs. He put in way, having one boss is sure
four years of his life and he has better than having two or three
familiarized himself with the bosses and getting everything
situation. He also tried to help messed up. Besides, I think we
other native American Indians would also be saving the Tribe
nationw ide, and considering some money and getting things
their problems, that was no easy! back in shape once again.
L et’s face it and live in reality
task. L et’s all give him a big “E”
fo r E ffo rt a n d E ffic ien c y , my dear Indian people. We can
which 1 think is a lot better than only have one boss and a good
oneatthat. We’ve always stressed
an “A ” fof being absent.
First of all, we have to think to our young people to get an
positive and I think we should education and to come back
hire him back as our general home and work for the Tribe.
manager. In the past, while he Even pur old Indian people told
worked for all of us and with us, us that. So let’s put that into use
he did a trem endous job overall. and keep our promise and fulfill
W hat I am talking about is our local people’s wishes.
The U.S. governm ent has
big business—our timber, our
mill, our two dams, Kah-Nee- helped us to a certain extent.
Ta, tribal business and adminis­ Therfe are a lot of things that I
tration. He helped set up all of d o n ’t like and agree with that
these businesses for us to draw the so called BI A is doing to us.
bigger and better incomes, which F or instance, like the so called
we are spending, some of it not new IIM system that is to be
so wisely. Now who is responsi­ computed. You know thats really
opening the door to the BIA
ble for all this?
We have too many non-mem­ with us. The next thing you’ll
bers handling our Indian money know is that they will be telling
here and at other places. How us how to spend our individual
long are we going to have the nioney. Do you know that is
.federal governm ent lead us a- really invading our privacy and
round like a lot of bulls th at are I think it will slow us from get-
led around with rings in their ting our private money. The
nosès. I think it is high time that IIM accounts are handled by
we took the old bull by the our tribal office and most of the
horns, turn him our way and money comes from the Tribe.
make him stop crapping on W hat darn business is it of the
us—we’ve had enough. It took BIA? They sure d o n ’t tell us
us a long time to get where we what they have in their private
are today. Our old people, who accounts, etc. I’m sure not in
have passed on, though unedu­ fa,vor of this new system. It is a
cated, held on to our reserva­ disadvantage to all tribal mem­
tion and all its resources. know- bers. We have our own computers
ing that sometime later their if hot purchased for the cause.
To the Editor,
Notice
The Judge asked the witness, “ Do you know what that oath
means'?” “! sure do."answ ered the witness,“ It means that if I swear
I will not be responsible for
any debts incurred by Ruth Tias
to a lie, I gotta stick to it.” YIKES
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ever way you helped out: the
grandchildren who never get
m e n tio n e d , T o n y , W illy ,
Tommy, Rosetta Fuentes and
familie, Jackie Smith, Snuff and
Versa Smith and family; the
hunters, Eddie, Frency, Li’l Guy
S p in o , K ro u c h S m ith , J r ..
Beartracks Simtustus, Willy and
H t a f Jim ; for the cook M ar­
garet Boise. We are grateful for
..Amelia’s daughters’help, Rosa­
line M oran, W inona, Roxanne
and Raydine Spino and Gwen
-too; and to the people who tra-
iiveled from Washington; Andrew
^George, Louise Billy, Agnes
as of January 8. 1985.
I could alm ost write a book
on the BIA and the U.S. govern­
ment, but who would give a
damn.
Lo, the poor Indian, they are
a lost cause and a dying nation,
as some so called politicians would
say, but do you think they’d
adm it it? I give some credit to
some of o u r local Indian people
and some of our tribal lawyers,
in some cases they are a big
help. I also give credit to some
of our councilm en and heads of
different departm ents. But at
the same token, some council-
men aren’t worth the salt that
comes out of them. The same
goes for some of our d epart­
ment heads and tribal employees
who aren’t really qualified for
the positions they hold.
People are put on through
our cheap little tribal politics, in
my opinion, that has been going
on am ong our so called higher
ups, like one hand washes the
other. In the past our law and
order was corrupted as was our
court and Kah-Nee-Ta. Who
knows, perhaps the same is hap­
pening at the mill and in other
departments.
Also, I feel we are years behind
in o u r C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d
By-laws. We sure need to update
them. We should also vote as
one when we nom inate our can­
didates for Council. T hat way,
we weed out the people who
should n.ot represent us. Re­
member, voting of the whole
reservation local Indian popu­
lation for each candidate is the
right way to do it.
So, let’s look really hard at
these unbalanced situations that
need to be changed by referen­
dum vote. We need to update
our tribal government and real
soon. We really need to have
some of these things changed,
and soon. If we wait too long,
we may be sorry.
You know th at Ken has a lot
of options, he could go to work
for other big firms, even other
reservations could hire him. We
d o n ’t want to lose him. We have
first chance at him. Let’s go for
it and hire him back. You know
it takes money to make money
and you have to invest to earn
more. L et’s not let Ken slip
through our hands. After all, a
bird in the hand is better than
tw o in the bush.
Remember, my dear Indian
péople, here and wherever, it’s
all of our money, yours and
mine, th at’s being handled, whe­
ther it’s coming in or going out.
We want a person who is relia­
ble to handle it. I feel Ken is the
right m anforthejob. Remember,
we just lent him to the BIA for a
few years. Now we w ant him
back. Let’s keep him busy—this
is to our advantage.
In ending, I d o n ’t mean to
hurt anyone. All I am doing is
telling it the way I feel it is. That
is my constitutional right.
Respectfully yours,
Alvis Smith, Sr.
A Tribal Member
Drive continues
The drive for donations to
the March of Dimes continues
through February. The goal for
Warrh Springs is $675.
Money collected in Warm
Springs will be utilized at the
IHS clinic by the purchase of
an in fa n t oxygen an aly zer.
“ We’re really fighting for that
goal,” says drive chaifman Neda
Wesley.
Tribal Council donated $270
to the drive, ten cents for each
tribal member. Small contribu­
tions are as im portant as large
donations.
To help with the drive or to
contribute to the March of Dimes
contact Neda Wesley or Jeannie
Danzuka.
Justice Sunday Celebration
February 24,1985
10 a.m.
Presbyterian Church
Owen Panner will be one of many featured speakers.
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