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.
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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. ' ' '
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.'.. ' ’
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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
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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
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