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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1985)
I S pilyay T ymoo I August 2, 1985 P age 7 j Bury is new Adult Administrator by Lenora Kim Starr O rig in a lly fro m T o ro n to , C anada, Je ff Bury, 30 has been hired thro u g h C entral O regon Com m unity College as the Adult E du catio n A dm inistrator. W ith Sum comes an array of new ideas to help enrich thé a d u lt education program . T eam in g up w ith W arren “R u d y ” Clem ents and the train ing services staff, Bury will help develop and adm inister teste to students who w ant to find their strengths and weaknesses in mathe- maties; determine,3where their .career interests lay or ju st to help the student find out wheré they stand in w ith an o v erall com prehensive test. W ith the Spifyay Tym oo photo b y Pixie Sanders results o f this test Bury will tai A site on the Warm Springs River just upriver from the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery has lor a special academ ic program been the subject in recent tribal court cases concerning people fishing within a half mile upstream And fo r a student to strengthen their a half mile down stream o f the hatchery. The law governing the area is a Tribal resolution. ‘Skills in m ath, w riting skills or help them find a p articu lar col lege which offers the best pro- gram s fo r their study m ajor. Jeff Bury earned a M asters O n A ugust 10, 1977 T ribal BE IT F U R T H E R R E way fo r him to p u t food on the D eg ree in E d u c a tio n a t the C o u n cil ap p ro v e d reso lu tio n SO LV E D , T h at the extent of table fo r his family, Enforce- B righam Y oung U niversity in Spilyay Tymoo photo by Starr Jeff Bury #5016 w hich relates to fishing the closure shall be one-half irieht officers are faced with P rovo, U tah and w orked for near the W arm Springs N ational mile upstream and one-half riiile people who th in k th a t the law five years at Eastern A rizona dow n to earth, friendly and we ■ Jeff Bury, has also workec Fish H atchery. * d o w n s tr e a m fro m th e F is h should not apply to Indians College. /finally feel like we’ve finally with the San Carlos Apaches ir BE IT R E S O L V E D , By the H atchery site which is described since the hatchery is located on M oving from one state to found a'place we can call ‘home’,” A rizona and has done m ission T ribal C ouncil o f the C onfed as: S^SW%NEJ4,Ni4NW»/$SE% the reservation. The law was an o th er in six different states, said Bury. He continues to say ary w ork in Alaska. He is very e ra te d T rib e s o f th e W arm section 24, tow nship 8 south, w ritten to protect the fish runs B ury an d his wife an d tw o th at he is really impressed with concerned about education and Springs R eservation of O regon, range 12 east o f the W illam ette to the hatchery to ensure future daughters are making their home the way the tribal leaders are states, “Personally I think that p u rsu an t to the A rticle V o f the M e r id ia n , W a sc o C o u n ty , runs. in R edm ond. “We really, feel handling the tribal enterprises education can d o alpt in helping C onstitution and By-LawSj.that O regon. A spaw ning salm on can carry like C entral O regon is where we and says th a t there seems to be a people develop a better self image a p o rtio n qf the W arm Springs In recent m onths people have between 3,000 and 7,000 eggs. It w ant to settle and sink down “forw ard thinking attitude, and and get m ore out of life because R iver located near the W arm been fishing w ithin the one mile is these eggs th a t are used to o u r roots. We Jik e the people the leaders seem to haye a vision our aw areness has increased. Springs N ational Fish H atchery closed área. In one co u rt case a supply the hatchery. here because they seem to be to have good things happen for Because of our education/w e be closed to all fishing. person testified th a t it was a the tribe.” understand more.,” Fishing regulations are tribal Toe Ness T here was this guy w ho asked to be excused from ju ry duty. “I owe a m an $ 100 th a t I borrow ed,” he explained, “and he’s leaving tow n today, I w ant to catch him before he gets to thé plane to pay him the m oney.” Judge: “ Y our excused, I d o n ’t w ant anybody on.the ju ry w ho can lie like y ou.” Y ÏKES .S S S S s s _ Before passing-sentence the judge asked the picketpocket, “Ju st w hat good have you done for hum anity?” “W ell,” replied the crook, “I’ve kept three or four detectives working regularly.” YIKES S& SS SS T h ere was this lady w ho was called to the stand. She was very attractive bu t no longer young. “ Let the witness State her age,” said the judge, “after which she may be sw o rn .” YIKES f ssssss T he ju d g e said, “ I ’m going to lq t you off w ith a fine this tim e, b u t an o th er day I’ll send you to j a i l ” Driver: S ort of a w eather forecast, eh, Y our H onor?” Judge: W hat do you mean? Driver: Fine to d a y - c o o le r tom orrow . Y IKES SSSSSS Apportionment discussed, sought at meeting- (Continued from page 1) A m ong vocal o pponents to the proposed apportionm ent was Janice Clements. She stated that “we need to live here like a peo ple.” A change in the present voting procedure would “pit fami lies against fam ilies we should just leave it the way it is.” She com m ented, th a t people need to [be bettgrinforjm edand th at “we d o n ’t k n o w h o w ou r youngfpeo- ple feel.” Clem ents suggested th a t th e T ribe is really not self- governing. “W e’re always living by sottiebody else’s rules.” A comm ent made by Clements th a t b ro ught applause was th at im p o rtan t decisions are m ade before consulting the people. “We used to come to the Long- house to m ake decisions and n o t ju st talk. Now we talk about decisions th at have already been m ade.” If and when ap p o rtio n m ent is adopted, it first has to be approved by the voting mem bership in a secretarial elegtipp because it would be a cqnstitri- tional am endm ent. NO decisions on the issue will be made by T ribal Council alone. Sm ith used the phrase “equal vote. ” A nd because the Civil Rights Act pertains to self-govern- m ent, “T ribal m em bers could argue they are being denied th eir e q u a l rights in th e law .” He continued, saying, “we d o n ’t w ant a judge to decide how things should be. We need to explore other ideas. I ’ve seen reservations where a judge has decided ap portionm ent. It dis- rdpts'’th e reservation.” He ad- V ised lh at people be “cautious.'” 3 C h arlotte H erkshan, in an em otional statem ent,, said th at Her husbahd, who is K lam ath Indian and a V ietnam veteran h ad a tribe when he went into the, service. “W hen he came home, not only did he not have a country th a t supported him, he d id n 't have a trib e.” , Sihe a d d e d th a t h e r “ g ra n d m a s warned us ab o u t this happen ing.” She ¿suggested 'two possi ble changes in the voting proce dures, “ V ote by bloqd quan tu m qr by trib e.” In ad d itio n , she s a i i th a t if tr ib a l m em b ers “ w o u ld c h e c k w ith v it a l statistics and vote where they shquld and register w here they should, the problem w ould clear u p .” J n his concluding statem ent, R udy Clem ents said, “there has to be a way (to settle the issue). Use the collective wisdom of qur people” as in the past; “We have to be realistic, we’re not in the past. We have good leader ship now— it should be used.” C lem ents co n tin u ed , com menting again on voting equal ity. “This issue is not perso nal—the issue isjheeqsure equa- lity. I d o n ’t think it’s fair th a t a jSeekseequa m em ber, is seven times m ore im portant than me-”; As a voting alternative, he sug- gested th a t districts be kept intact and that Council members be nom inated by districts as it is j now. then, at election time, the entire mem bership would vote fOr a ll candidates with the top eight vote receivers being elected to Council. “ D o w hat you think is right. .. D o n ’t be intim idated by rough talk,, education, o r not ,being able to speak Indian, ” Cjements advised. His plea, said Clements, is “an honest concern from a factual, non-em otional base.” Celilo to be discussed A special task force estab lished by the C om m ission on Indian Services in cooperation With the G overnor’s Office will mCet Friday, A ugust 9, 1985 at the L onghouse in Celilo Village near The Dalles, Oregon. , The purpose of the meeting will be to assist the Celilo Vil lage comm unity to identify their socio-econom ic needs and to help the com m uinity to estab lish realistiC'goals to meet those needs. The task force will also seek to identify resource avail able through th estate o f Oregon to support thecom m unity’s goals for socio-environment improve ments. The meetingw ill begin with â to u r of the Village at 10:00 a/m. All attendees should meet at the Long H ouse at 9:45 p.m. Thé meeting wilfcontinue until about • 4:00 p.m. with a lunchbreak during the interim. Testimony and comments will primarily be solicited fipm Celilo com m unity residents and task force members however an opportu- mf> will be provided for obser vers to subm it their comments. Wasco County Fair to celebrate one-hundred seventeenth year M arking its 117th year, the W asco C ounty F a jr will be held A ugust 22-25 in Tygh Valley, O regon. C elebrating the fair’s b irthday will be done w ith exhi bits, carnival rides, horse races, a pow w ow , ro d eo , livestock judgings, horseshoe pitching, a teen-age dance, an open horse show , a w estern dance, a fam ily day, P ioneer D ay, Tbe Dalles and S herm an C ounty day and all thé fun of a couhty fair. This year will m ark thè second an n u al P a M a Pow wow which will be held A ugust 24 at 10 a.m. at the teepee village located at the W asco C ounty Fairgrounds. Last year the powwow was added to the attractio n s of the fair to celebrate the involvem ent of W arm Springs Indians 100 years anniversary. It has been decided th at tbe one day powwow will rem ain a p art of the fair. The powwow will feature con test dances in m en’s and women’s tra d itio n a l an d fancy dance; boy’s a n d girl’s trad itio n al and fancy dance and w om en’s round dance. A raffle exhibitions; an open stick game; a ju n io r court and brave attendants; and the popular teepee village will again be featured. This year the ju n io r court will consist of Loni Wolfe, S harbn Jones and Sh^w na Jackson with A lonzo Jim , Jonas M iller, T ra cey Sam and G ary W ah p at seeking the brave’s w arbonnet. will be added to the rodeo apa an added purse of $100/ The Lloyd W oodside horse race and the Son Son H eath M em orial, race will also be featured with a' They will be in the community purse of $100 and a w arm up selling tickets* for the raffle. blanket for the winners. Plan to join the fair cele T his year the M artina H eath M em orial T rophy horse race. bration. Spilyay Tym oo photos b y Leno-Baker Loni Wolfe Sharon Jones Tracey Sai ® Gary Wahpat Alonzo Jim Jonas Miller
