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
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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