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Editorial E Coosh EEWA (The way it is) Letters to the Editor— "Spilyay Speaks" Thanks go to many for opportunity Dear Editor, H ow dy, I would like to take this oppo rtu n ity to th an k those few who p u t an effort into m ak ing my stay at Flathead I ndian reser- v ation a success. The men I would like to th an k the m ost are those w ith and fo r w hom I w orked. The m an who I would liketoexpress my gratitude is George The L ab o r D ay weekend inarks the end of D uC harm e. He not only did the sum m er seasori and a time for all the stu everything to m ake me feel wel dents to settle dow n once again for an o th er com e b u t Came to be a very school year. good friend. The m en I worked w ith also deserve my thanks D u ring the sum m er m onths and they are: TomOrr, KenTrickey, activities usually pick up in all J o h n C onko, Alvie “ Big G uy” communities with new work pro gram s to em ploy students ju st retu rn in g from school. T he log ging com panies in full opera tio n and all types of season jo b s are fairly easy to find. To the Editor, T h ro u g h o u t the trib al organ ization student trainees have I have never dared to tread been buzzing aro u n d the Ijgll into political issues to express ways w orking in alm ost every thy o pinion ab o u t tribal busi d epartm ent. This p rogram has ness. I have alw ays trusted in w orked w e llin the past giving the, decisions of tribal represen students an actual experience o f tatives and elders to determ ine on the jo b tra ilin g . I t’s good for the d irection o f o u r T ribe as a the younger student who may whole;. I believe th a t is why we, have their sights set op one o f m ost T ribes, have been suc thing b u t w ith the actual on the cessful fo r m any years p rio r to job training they find out th at m oderation and dictation. * this is n ot w hat they really w ant. This gives them a chance to look O u r elders have practiced the a t oth er fields in which, they can m ake a living at in the future “ self-d e te rm in a tio n ” concept w ithout any disruptions of th eir future studies. I t ’s im p o rtan t to since the beginning of th eir life. find a field in w hich a person can m ake a living a t today because of They were tau g h t traditionally such a great deal of com petition ini every field. th e v alu e o f reserv in g th eir G od—given ways to survive to # # # # # # ..... d a y ’s e co n o m ically d iffic u lt M cC lure, D oug B ranson, Jim Finley and Rick Clary. These m en gave up a lot o fth e ir time to explain their operations and also tau g h t me a lot ab o u t their reservation. T he people here at hom e th a t I w ould like to th an k are very few. I w ould like to begin with my parents. F o r w ithout them I would have given up on the p rogram a lot sooner. I would like to th an k T rib al C ouncil for th e ir d o n a tio n on b e h a lf o f E. D. D.: A ccounting— A mos, Cassie, and Dee, fo r getting my paychecks to me. Credit—Cassie, an d T r a c v f o r h elp in g w ith tran sp o rtatio n loan. R aydine in forestry for getting my time in. Then there are those who offered m oral sup p o rt and encourage m ent; I w ould like to th an k all of you. Even th o u g h my stay was shorter th an expected, ! believe th a t I did my best. I w ould like to say I ’m sorry to those who had so m uch faith in me. I w ould have attem pted to stay longer but I was having such a difficult time with finances. I was unable to secure financial aid th a t had been “prom ised” to me. I was left with ho choice but to pack my bags and come home. I know th a t in certain peo ples’ eyes my stay was a failure b u t I feel otherwise. N ot only did I learn m any things ab o u t the F lathead but I experienced the samedifficulties that other young people have unnecessarily en countered while attem pting to better myself. A nyway, I will alw ays trea sure my stay in M o n tan a and n e v e r fo r g e t th e f r ie n d s I ’ve made. Thanks to those who helped Captain Tribe has changed much over the years S um m er time, when the living is easy, a? it was wriffen in a §ong. traditions, salm on, deer ri(eat, J Sum m ertim e is for vacations, travel and a chance to do things of various roots and berries, ¡find leisure o u r forest intact to provide a F o r the past couple of m onths the county fairs have been draw m eans o f living fo r those o f us ing quite a bit of attentio n . T he county fair is where individual«, younger people less fortunate to have a chance to display their talents an d accom plishm ents for the take advantage o f the careful^ year no m atter if its cooking, sewing, farm ing, grow ing liyestQck or teachings o f o u r elders. just hobbies of building things, painting, photography, everyone The poin t th at I w ouldJike to gathers at the county fair. ex p ress p u b licly is. th e v a st I t’s always refreshing,to See Indian artifacts on display am ong all changes, and m any there are, the fineexhibits at (he fairs. Things of value th a t have been handed th a t are occurring w ithin our dow n through the generations; ,some date back to who really tribe. I am hopeful th a t m oder know s when. Jt is through ihese artifacts th at rem ind us of our ation and m isinterpretations will proud heritage. A heritage th at is slowly dying if we d o n ’t ti;y to, not create such drastic changes preserve it. It is from pur .elders th at we strive, to keep o u r Indian th a t the elders an d young peo traditions alive and still be able to live in the m odern w orld lets not ple will lose sight of m easure forget. m ents taken to preserve our way o f life and to keep politics ;-## ## ##: intact. ■ ÎH S » Toe Ness I feel strongly th at we have any issue. All mem bers have selected o u r re p re se n ta tiv e s equal right to vote for their dis equally for a long time, to repre tric ts and to rep resen t th eir sent o u r districts to explore and people’s interest. resolve the needs of our districts. We need to exam ine m ore M any of o u r T rib al C oun- thoroughly w hat the definition cilmen and councilwom en have of “apportionm ent” m eans to been respected, trusted and tra our people and explain to the d itio n al people in o u r com m un people how it will be applied ity over long periods o f time. w ithin our political business in They have been selected by our the future. districts, by o u r people, not I am concerned ab o u t w hat through personal appointm ent. p u rp o se a p p o rtio n m e n t will We placed them on Council serve and for w hat population through o u r free right to Vote. of people. W hile sitting on council, each I have to look back to evalu m em ber serves, as one vote on ate bow far our T ribe has p ro gressed in the last few years. O u r T ribe has advanced enor m ously fo r all people, n ot ju st a selected group. These advance m ents were m ade possible, not because o f “ one in d iv id u a l’s d e c is io n s,” b u t because o u r council served in unity and honor, to serve all tribal m em ber’s interests. T hanks to Celeste W hitewolf for insight concerning the legate ities of A pportionm ent at the national, state and federal lev els. The interpretation was clear and straight forw ard. Priscilla Frank Is tribal court system legal? To: Relatives and tribal mem bers, Tribal Council, Represen tatives (employees) o f the Tri bal Legal System: This letter is w ritten w ith the utm ôst'çoncern and im portance regarding the legality of the W arm Springs T ribal légal sys tem (court). It has recently been a policy and procedure o f the T ribal C o u rt system to post publicly in our tribal newspaper, and places, any notices of court appearances and charges on indi vidual tribal members. It seéms to me, this is an o u trig h t breech o f confidentiality, defam ation o f c h a r a c t e r , a lo n g w ith jeopardizing a, trib a l m em ber’s fam ily and name, n o t only Kn our own co m m unity,but also in other Reservation Communities. This is not, even to m ention w hat type o f dam aging effect it plight place on the individuals future creditation, or em ploy m ent seeking status. In my own observation, if our tribal legal system were m ore professional, they w ould prac tice (he use 6f the certified mail services m ore for notification o f sum m ons or appearances, which also leads to a pertinent ques tion in mind. W hat do we salary the paper server for? N eeding m ore claraficatioh, who voted to have this type of invasion of personal privacy dis played fo r public aw areness? Is it the responsibility o f p u r tribal legal System to initiate, and dic tate the laws to our tribal mem bership, are n ’t o u r opinions or inputs, n o t valued as im portant o r intelligent enough? In conclusion, I would like to ask o u r people, “W hat ab o u t the tribal court system’s back yard?” The app aren t fact to this ques tion is, they m ust be o u r role models, and set prim e examples to our reservation, in order to expect us to follow their laws, rules, procedures, regulations, etc., before using their au th o r ity o r discernm ent on ou r reser vation. Respectfully, Stephanie Heath Burke Nightmares are one and the same To the Editor, As the co o rd in ato r of the International Shadow Prqject, I read yo u r editorial on th ejjro - SS SS SS ject (A ugust 16) w ith great in terest. The project was organ ized as a com m em oration pf the This lady told her friend, “ M y husband is on a sea food diet, 40th anniversary of the bom b ing of H iroshim a. O ver 400 cit evertime he see’s food he eats.’’ YIKES ies in 22 countries participated in the event. SS SS SS From your editorial, it appears T here were these tw o m en who met on a rehl narrow street where th a t you are poorly m forined neither could pass. O ne lowered his w indow and said, “I never about the purpose of orir project. First o f all, you com pare the back up for a stupid id io t.’’The other guy, “Well, I d o ,’’and shifted into reverse. YIKES bom bing o f H iroshim a with the attack on P earl H arbor. To me, both actions were despicable. I SS SS SS dP see an im p o rtan t difference: Two guys talking and one said, “ Every once and a while my wife the Japanese attacked a mil puts on one of those m ud packs.” His friends, “D oes it im prove her itary in stallation while our gov looks?” “Only fo ra while, then the mud starts falling off.’’ YIKES ernm ent destroyed ah entiredity of civilian non-combatants, many o f them women and childreriT SS SS SS You say lives were saved by T here was this couple who were in the m arriage counselors office using the bojglx W hose lives? when he turns to the husband and said, “Now let me hear your A m erican But is t h e ; lying, biased, distorted version of the conflict Mr. W orm . YIKES life of an A m enean sp ld ieran y m ore precious or sacred th a n the life of a Japanese infant? SS SS SS M any of the participants in These tw o drunks were talking and one said,“ Everytime I drink the Shadow Project were aropnd T om Collins, I get a stabbing pain in my right eye.” The other guy in the 1940s and m any lost fam said, “ W hy d o n ’t you take the straw out o f your glass.” YIKES ily in the war. They are p rotest ing because they see o u r govern SS SS SS m ent an d o th er governm ents preparing fp r the next w ar andd T oday the cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down. YIKES 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 OR refuse publication of any letter that contains libelous material. fcr • ft they understand th at military solutions are no longer accep table. The next w ar w ill be the last war. P erio d , The presence of nuclear w eapons m akes the w hole co n cep t o f “ enem ies” obsolete; if one n atio n goes, we all go. Let us n o t forget th at the Japanese and G erm ans are now o u r allies and the Russians, bur allies: in the last war, ‘are now o u r enemies. W here’s the logic in that? A re we prepared to end the w orld over differences in ideology? Yes, the Jap an ese to rtu red prisoners. O u r governm ent ist bom bing villages in El Salvador and supporting apartheid, and to rtu re, in S outh Africa. As A m ericans, we have plenty of blood on o u r hands and we have to start cleaning up our mess at home. Y our “ bad d ream ” is the me m ory o f the last war. M ine is. the prospect of the next one. Yes, we are “tryirig to prevent nuclear w ar.” Yes, we are “peace lov ers.” How you can be so arro gant as to call th a t “garbage” is beyond me. In reality, our night mares are one and the same. Sincerely, Andy Robinson, Coordinator International Shadow Project Was bombing justified? To the Editor, The 40th A nniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima-Nagasaki was a time for personal and public remembrance of the tragedy p f trie loss o f life through war. An argum ent rages about wheth er or not the bom bing was ju sti fied in light o f inform ation avail able to decision m akers at th at time and w hether or not the bom bing resulted in a net sav ing or net loss of life. W ith 50,000 nuclear w eapons in the a r s e n d ls o f th e T J.S . a n d U .S .S .R ., we must not be side tracked by a quarrel aboift w hat did or did not happen in 1945. R e a r A d m ira l L a R o c q u e w arns us: “ I t’s very im portant fo r all o f us today to realize the Soviet U nion is not the enemy. N uclear w ar is the enemy. W e’re going to have to learn to live w ith the R ussians or we and the R ussians are going to die at about the same tim e.” C arl Sagan states, “A. m ajo r nuclear conflict w ould rip to Continued on page 7 SUBSCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO SEND SUBCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO F.O. Box 735 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 NAME ADDRESS CITY_ STATE ZIP SU B S C R IP T IO N RATES: O NE 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 Springs.
