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Editorial E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) Letters to the Editor— "Spilyay Speaks" Member questions need for apportionment To the Editor, I recently read the article on the apportionm ent issue with horror. The article contained m any legal errors. I believe that> if is the responsibility p f the Spi lyay new spaper to Seek out the correct inform ation when pub lishing an article on a topic so im portant to the people of W arm Looking over the O regonian one day, I noticed Springs, particularly for an arti an article in th e M etro/ N orthw est section where cle th at seemingly supported the headline read, ‘¡Hiroshima A nniversary Uni one side of an im portant issue. I tes Peace Lovers. ’’ The article started out, “Forty.; strongly advise' th a t the staff years ago Tuesday, (the date was August 6 ) “L it verify the legal inform ation pre tle Boy” was dropped on H iroshim a, killing more sented in such fu tu re articles th a n 100,000 Jap anese men, with the tribal attorneys. I fur women and children.”. ther advise th at if the Spilyay is Almost, 200 anti-nuçlear ae- going to support one particular tivistspainted hum ansilhouettes side of an issue, th a t such sup on downtown Portland sidewalks p o rt be put in the form of an protesting th e nuclear- arm s race. editorial rather than a front They claim they are trying to page article. prevent a nuclear war and all F urther, I request th at perti th at garbage but little do they nent parts of this letter be printed know it’s people like this who in the next issue. T hank you. can spark off a nuclear war. The In d ian Civil Rights Acts Stop to think, what foot would does not guarantee to individ-» the shoe be on if these same ual Indian people under the individuals could have witnessed jurisdiction o f a tribal govern the days in the early 40s. On m ent the same constitutional D ecem ber 7, 1941, the sneak rights as other people under the attack, on P earl H arbor. The jurisdiction of a state o r federal killing of many innocent hum an bein¿S in the wake of surprise governm ent» A constitution;, attacks throughout the Pacific sector ôf the tvorld. The celebra w hether it is the U.S., state or tions am ong the Japanese oh their trium phs and victories on these tribal constitution, is a docu ment th a t limits a governm ent’s 6 How m any people dem onstrate the fall of Cprregidor, Bataan, ruling pow er over its people; M indanao, the death m arch of prisoners of war, the hostile torture One governm ent’s constitution g iven to th e A m e ric a n s fro m th e J a p a n e s e . If th ese P e a c e L o v e rs does not necessarily limit another;- c o u ld h a v e w itn e s se d th o s e d a y s p e r h a p s it w o u ld b e a d iffe re n t sto ry to d a y .T h e y d o n ’t thin k o f the thousands of lives this saved by th e use-of th e atomic¡¡bomb p u ttin g a n e n d to W W II, n ê P î o m ention the hundreds of thousands o f parents who suffered through those w ar years, especially those w ho lost sons, husbands, fathers and daughters. This group doesn’t realize how bad those years were. I was a small boy during the war and it was tough to see my b rother and all his friends leave for the arm ed fofces. Those war years scared, the hell o u to f me. Everytime I think of those years it rem inds me of a big black cloudehguffin'g¡ everything in its path, like a bad dream. Í ### F or a while things looked quite dim for the baseball fans because of the big strike between the players and the owners. But after a two hour meeting they came to an agreement with each other, however it took ten more hours to get all the details worked out on a five year contract. This was a second strike with-in the past five years. ' ' ' ¡ " ■' -■ ' * ’ ’ ■ ~ But the way things look it will be th at fam iliar call Of “Batter U p ” which means th at the pennant race is. on once again. F o r a While it looked pretty dim especially for tne fans for the thought of no baseball garnis On th e tu b e. The husbands might,have gotten acquainted with their wives. W ith the agreement between the players and owners, this will leave the husbands and wives loving strangers once again. \ ### Jus’t recently the U m atilla Tribe held a dedicatioh ceremony of their $2.5 million grain, elevator which they Constructed from a loan by the Bureau of Indian Affairs., P ortland Area D irector for; the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Stan . Speaks was on hand for the dedication ceremonies. The newly coippleted grain elevator which was built on tribal land. A spokes person from the BIA in P ortland said,'the,Pendleton F lour Mills leased the facilities from the Tribe and the Unión Pacific made an agreement to pick up products from the elevator and this will also be utilized by the T ribal Farm operated by the Umatillas. The grain elevator has been in full operation since its opening on July 15. The entire work force of the grain elevator are tribal members. This m arks their first joint venture of economic' development for- the U matillas. SB s Toe Ness n This guy said he went to a rockfestival recently and it was fascinat ing. There were four hundred girls, five hundred boy’s and fifty uncom m itted. Y IK ES k > S S S .S S S There was this .Geheral M anager who said that he had a n e w departm ent that \vould handle,all com plaints. He said that he put Helen W eight in charge so when anyone came in with com plaints he just tells them to go to HELEN W EIGHT. YIKES - ’ ’ f- i SS SS SS g o v e rn m e n t’s pow ers. T h e W a rm qopstitution does not.have tb be interpreted the Same as,the Uni ted States Constitution. We can have pur own form of district ing if we choose. This is tribal sovereignty. Thè Indian Ci^il Rights Act did say that tribal governm ents, have to exiend U.S. protections to individuals, but those protec tions are very limited. The fed eral courts have reviewed alleged violations of the Indian^ Civil Rights A ct with an eye to pres^-, ervation of tribal sovereignty rather than strict U.S. constitu tional protection of the indi vidual rights. Ip Santa C lara v. Martinez an Indian woman mar ried to a non-Pueblo was not allowed ¡to seek tribal member ship for her children,as a Indian m an in the same situation be cause the Supreme Court saw the protection of the tribal sov ereignty more im portant than the individual rights in ques tion. The C ourt ruled th at the Indian Civil Rights. Act did not waiv^the tribes sovereign immu nity. F o r example, I could not sue the tribe under the Indian Civil Rights saying th at my “one man-one vote” federal constitu tional rights are being violated. I would have to argue th a t m y tribal constitutional; rights are being violated. But if our election procedures were challenged in federal court and p H court, heard the case, it. w o u ld lo o k to p r o te c tin g o u r ; Springs tribalrgovem m ent?ba^w ib?l' »©vereigntyiibeforeaprUfti its own constitution, w ithin tectiop o f our individual rights which is discussed our tribal as guaranteed under the. U.S. election procedures; and th at constitution. The underlying phi- Thanks for support To the Editor, ■ T h isfetter is in thanks to N at Shaw fo rra isin g $200 inpfizfe monies for the kids at the H uc kleberry Feast Rodeo. If it wasn’t fo r him, I d o n ’t think th a t any of the kids would have gotten any money for their participa tion.'.. ' ’ .',¡¡2 The VFW , N at himself, the Rainbow M arket, Brunoe Log ging and Construction, Benny H eath and three Redm ond busi- : ness’S, D ick’s Saw Shop, Terre bonne Jacks and W ilson’s F u r niture, alj contributed. I thank all of you. losophy is th at the tribe must continue fo exist and the federal governm ent must not impose itself on the tribe if it doe§ not have to. But if the federal court saw th a t serious election viola tions did occur, like stuffing of the ballot box or paying people to vote in a certain way, then they might come in a n tell us how to run our government.) ,; This underlying philosophy, th at the tribe m ust continue to exist, is the most im portant element missing from the Spi lyay article. The error in the article was th at an impression was made th at we are violating the federal constitution by our election procedures. We do not know that. We can, under our own constitution have our elec tion procedures as we want. I believe th at the. federal courts would not change them, but tell us to make our own decision. Sincerely, Celeste Whitewolf Motorist thankful to local police department Editor’s Note: The following is a letter received by JSA Gerald Smith from Mrs. E Renee’ Fite. Dear Sir: On August 2nd at app ro x i m a te ly 11:00 p.m., my two sons, and I were stranded at mile post 94 west of W arm Springs because we ran out of gas. W e were able to flag down a passing motorist who to o k u s into W arm Springs and told us how difficult it might b e to obtain assistance at th at hour as the stations would be closed; he also m entioned w hat “friendly folk” the police departm ent could be if I could reach them. Since this was my plans for th at evening. Despite this, he continued our rescue with nO thought of himself or his personal life. The entire res cue took until 12 midnight; he,, stpelling of gas and probably very tired, and more likely than not, no longer having a desire to carry out his previous plans for the night, made one last check., in M adras (on his own time and with his private vehicle) thS ee th a t we were okay and on th e, right road to our destination. I w ant to thank Officer Burris for his dedication to “ helping” : people, whether he be ‘on’ or ‘o f f duty. I can see th at his 8oes p e e p e r than th e h o u rs hie sp e n d s w hile a t such distance (Battle j^ p u n d , ^jBioxk^.THis i w,a.Si/an exjr&rh'giy. W a s h in g to n to P rin e v ille , w onderful example of a caring Oregon), I must adm it I would policeman for my two very impres have been quite frightened to sionable children (aged 9 and call the police departm ent except 12) who have been exposed to fof our aides com ments. We did so much bad publicity within indeed call W arm Springs P.D . my own local area because of and were extremely lucky th at negligence by policemen. T hank you once again, Offic our benefactor knew w hat he er’s B u rris, and C rabb of the was talking about. Officer M ike Burris came to W arm Springs Police D ep a rt continue our assistance; While ment,. he pondered how best to help Greatfully, us, I learned th at he was due to Mrs. E. Renee’ Fite gO off duty and th at he had More letters on page 7 ; Sincerely, Delvis Heath, Sr. Swiminstiiictor relates summer’s activities To the Editor: A nother sum.mer has passed* fo rm e and I w ant to say th an k you for asking m e to Come back next sum m er to help teaC hthe children from the C om m unity Cehfer.how to swim and be safe in, oh and around the water. N ot ju st at K ah-N ee-Ta’s pool, but at the various Jakes and riv ers and the ¿peek th at runs through W arm Springs where all the kids gather to cool off when the weather turns warm. All of the youngsters seem to enjoy the swim lessons ahd espe-i cially the free time after ,class! The aides I had this summ er were terrific, they1 did a great job. D ue; to their help, several youngsters were given individ ual help on certain swim skills* tjbat I m ight not of had time to perform , which helped.,them to pass, the final swim test. Only one or two adults a t tended the adult swim class on Tuesday and Thursday evening, but one earned a Beginners,, advanced beginner and inter mediate card, and the other student earned the advanced swimmers card, which, is the highest level to be earned before life saving. One m an came fof two short lessdhs, so he could Spilyay Tymoo welcomes articles and letters to be published from its readers. All letters, preferably 300 words or less, must include the writer’s signature and address. Thank you letters and poetry will be published at the editor’s discretion. All letters are the opinion Of the writer and do not reflect in any way the opinion of Spilyay Tymoo. Spilyay Tymoo reserves the right to edit all copy QRrefuse publication of any letter that contains libelous material. enter the triathalon contest., I also w ant to thank all the m others who came and helped with the five (5) and under class for Iwo'jyeeks. Som e of these moms are pretty good aides. M ostall youngsters learned how to put on a life jacket, survival float, do a beaver dive and sit on the bottofn and recover a flower and help someone that may be in trouble; w ithout get ting in the Water; by using, a towel, long stick, piece of clo thing, d r throw ing them some thing th at floats. All in all, the classes went very well, I U'as on time; the bus was oh time and I’ve been invited to come back next summer. I also w ant to thank Kah- Nee-Ta (Village) for the Use of their various facilities, it made it all possible. Again, T hank You. Following is the num ber of cards issued this summer: card -14 skills; three life saving 15 basic w ater survival cards cards. issue. 14 beginner cards-23 skills; seven advanced beginner cards- As Ever 16 skills; 1 interm ediate card-22 Pauline A. Browning-W.S.I* skills; 1 advanced swimm er Astoria, Oregon Tribal Council Agenda August 26 Warm Springs Tribal Council Meeting 1. 9:00 a.m. Business ; 2. 9:30 a.m.' Enrollments 3. 1:30 p.m. Pension Plan August 27 Warm Springs Tribal Council Meeting at Kah-Nee- Ta/Council Meeting Room 1. 9:00 a.m. Business 2. 9:30 a.m. W S F P I/S m all Log Study August 28 Warm Springs Tribal Council Meeting 1. 9:00 a.m. Business 2. 9:30 a.m. Tribal C ourt Issues August 29 Warm Springs Tribal Council Meeting at Tribal Court 1. 9:00 a.m. C o u r t Procedure O bservation—“D ay in ' C o u rt” ■ SUBSCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO SEND SUBCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO P.O. Box 735 . WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR $6.00 All Warm Springs tribal members will receive the Spilyay Tymoo at no cost. Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes ,of.Warm Spjmgs............i . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • <
