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August 2, 1985
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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