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Indian business conference set
Thursday and Friday, Novem
ber 21 and 22, are the days set
aside for the Oregon Indian
Business Development confer
ence co-hosted by the Oregon
Commission On Indian Servi
ces, O regon D epartm ent of
Economic Development, Oregon
Department of Agriculture and
the Oregon State World Trade
Council. The two-day confer
ence will be held in the.state
Capitol building.
The purpose of the meeting is
to provide information on how
to turn ideas into a business in
an organized and successful man
ner. Also, the conference will
provide a forum for reflecting
on the past and considering the
future. Information will also be
S p ily ^ Tymoo pnoto by behrenu
provided on state and other
The administrative staff o f the Warm Springs Police Department m oved into their new quarters last financial and technical assist
week.
ance programs that can help to
develop Indian businesses both
on and off reservations. In addi
ction, domestic and international
We will be accepting applicar accept applications. All, paper
business opportunities will be
tions for winter term on a first work by the student must be
explored for the development
còme, first serve basis. Eligibil complete: forms turned in, FA F’s
ity for each participant will de completed and mailed, accep-
The Wednesday night Warm
pend if they meet the standards tance by colleges/universities Springs Bowling League needs
set by the Confederated Tribes. (copy must be in our file), test a team to fill a vacancy left by
November 15, 1985 5:00 p.m. ing through A dult Learning the Brightwood Bowling team
jl The fisheries program in
who were forced to withdraw
will be the last day we wiP Center (COCC-Geoff Bury).
Warm Springs is focused oft
because of shift changes.
increasing anadromous fish pro
Anyone interested in spon
soring a team can contact the duction. Studies throughout the
M aternal grandparents are Pelton Lanes in Madras. The year provide data necessary to
Greg and Patti (Green) Pearce,
of Palouse, W ashington áre Jean Green and Dave Green of fees and other details can be evaluate the production, com
proud to announce the birth of M adras and paternal grandpa worked out at that time. The pare it with previous years and
their first son, Kenneth Lee, rents are Mr. and Mrs. Al Pearce team is needed by November
who was born October 23,1985 of Bellevue, Washington. Great 20, the start of the second round
- in Pullman, Washington. Ken grandm other is Julia Green of of league action.
neth weighed in at seven pounds Madras.
Winter term applications due
Team needed
Of Indian businesses.
space must be made.
The conference will also fea
Registration for the confer
ture the Success Exchange Cen ence is $20 per person with
ter, which will be open each day banquet and luncheon tickets
of the conference to provide a optional, which are $11 and $8,
informal meeting for network respectively. Early registration
ing, sharing experiences, dialo is encouraged.
gue, making invaluable contacts,
For more information con
solving business problems and tact. Kathy Gorospe or Peggy
other pertinent information. Exhi Wubker at the Oregon Corm
bit space will also be available. mission on Indian Services at
Exhibitors must register for the 378-5481.
conference and reservations for
W/C schedule changed
- U ntil the Nutritionists’ posi
tion is filled at IHS, Maggie
Lindsay from Madras will be
filling in at the Clinic. She will
be working each Tuesday from
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. start
ing on November 5 th. Tips means
that WIC applications (certifi
cations and recertifications) will
only be done on Tuesday. The
clinic workup (heights, weights,
hematocrits, etc.) can be com-
pleted by the nurses, Monday
through Friday, but you will
have to see Maggie to complete
the application. No vouchers
will be given out until the appli
cation is completed and received
by our office,. Thank you for
your cooperation.
If you have any further ques
tions, please contact RuthTeWee
at 553-1161, ext. 291.
Data helps evaluate production
Birth announcem ent
plan for the future.
One method used to estimate
chinodk populations is to count
the number of redds in streams
and rivers. Redds are sites in the
streams where chinook deposit
eggs. Characteristics that make
redds identifiable, according to
f o u r oz,
Continued front page 1
Thanksgiving mini-powwow set
annual Thanksgiving dinners Will
be held at the Simnasho and
Agency Longhouse.
The schedule for the mini
powwow and dedication are as
follows: Friday morning—tradi
tional Indian dedication cere
monies of thé Longhouse: six
a n d under girls anti boys con-
test ; a n d 7- J 2 y ears girls a n d
boys contests. Saturday sche
dule is as follows: m orning-^
specials, name-giving cérémo
nies. giveaways and other cere
monies; afternoon—to be an
nounced, grand entry, 13-17
years of age girls and boys con
tests; team dancing for girls and
boys 17 and under. On Sunday
Senior lunches
W ashat services will start at 10-
10:30 a.m.; grand entry at 2
p.m.; fancy dance for 18 and up;
ladies shawl/cloth dance; mens
dance; traditional 18 and up
womens circle and mens, and
the traditional senior division
for men and women. Each even-
T u esd ay , N ovem ber
12—Punch, franks, macaroni
and cheese, relish dish, peas,
fruit.
Thursday, November 14—Pear
grape juice, tripe and hominy,
green salad, brussel spropts,
french bread, fruit:
in g a b la n k e t d a n ce will be h e ld .
d a y ,N o v e m D e r 19 -
D r u m m e r s w il 1 b e p aid a n d .. Lemonade, pork ehops and apple
so m e lo d g in g w ill b e p ro v id e d
sauce, rice, broccoli, tossed
for visitors. Meals will be served salad, wheat rolls, fruit.
during the three-day ceremonies
Thursday, November21—Ap
and powwow. For more infor ple pear juice, oven fried chicken,
mation contact Pierson Mitchell, potatoes, corn, coleslaw, wheat
553-1406 or M ona Jim , 553- bread, fruit.
1322. Anyone who wishes to
Tuesday, N ovem ber 26-
make a donation can contact Orange juice, ham and baked
Mona.
salmon, fruit salad, sweet pota
toes, corn, rolls.
T h u rsd a y , N ovem ber
28—Punch, meatloaf, potatoes,
peas and cauliflower, Carrots
salad, white bread, fruit.
Two (2) percent milk served
at each meal. All meals served
with coffee, tea and milk.
General Council Meeting
November 12 and November 20
Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.
tribail fish biologist Cris Stain-
brook include: gravel is small to
medium in size; water current at
redd locations is moderate; depth
of water is 6-24 inches. Counts
are made during spawning sea
son usually extending from (ate
August through September.
Uftfortunately some stream
areas are virtually impossible to
reach, says Stainbrook. Surveys
in the same areas over the years
provide data which indicates
chinook preference for certain
spawning areas. Stainbrook
points out out that redds, now
are appearing in areas which
have recently been opened up to
chinook, such as above Straw
berry Falls. This year’s low water
condition appeared to keep redds
lower in each stream.
Counts for 1985 show that
redd counts in index areas
is down. Redds totaling 390
wefe* Counted a s c o m p a re d io
(9 8 4 ^ to ta l of 429 a n d 198^
with 421. a
Although total production in
the Warm Springs River system
has increased over the years, a
major problem has come about
in not being able to separate
wild from hatchery stock. The
fin clipping program authorized
by the Tribe with Bonneville
Power Adriiinlstration funding
provides a means for identifica
tion. The system allows wild
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
fish to escape upriverwhile hat
Collecting data—Counting redds to estimate chinook populations chery fish are used as brood
are tribal natural resources fishery technician aides Cassie Cle stock. Over the years wild fish
ments (left) and H obo Patt. Observing from the raft is Carla may have been taken unknow
ingly. By next year., returning
Conner.
fish will show fin clip marks
enabling accurate wild and hat
chery counts.
Indian columnist’s anger wins award
This article reprinted from
the Oregonian.
Martin, South Dakota—It still1,
pains him, deep in his gut, to
remember how the priests tried
to beat the Indian out of him.
“We, were punished for speak
ing Lakota,” he said. “We had
to bite down on a heavy rubber
band. And while we held it in
our teeth, the priests would pull
it back, and snap it across our
lips. It made a believer out of
But Tim Giago never forgot
the language, or the anger that
began to stir within him. And
years later, when he had the
skills, he struck back with words
and skewered his tormentors,
and many like thein who, in
ignorance or malice, belittled
the Native American.
Recently in Washington, D.C.,
Giago was honored for his words,
born of his anger, with the pres
tigious H.L. Mencken Award
fior Newspaper Column Writing.
“ He speaks with some out
rage—and some sympathy,” said
Reg M urphy, publisher of the
Baltimore Sun, the award’s spon
sor. “He was direct and straight
forward. Mencken didn’t believe
in pulling punches.”
Giago, whose weekly column,
“Notes from Indian Country,”
is published in seven newspap
ers, most of them in South
D akota, beat out some of the
biggest names in American jour
nalism, including Jimmy Bres-
lin of the New York Daily News.
Chicago Tribune columnist Mike
Royko is a previous winner.
“I am writing for Indians,
Giago said, “But whites read it,
too. I hope they’ll learn some
thing. They may not always
agree, but it has given them
another point of view.”
In Indian country, the voice
of the American Indian is still
largely silent. It was that way in
1979 when Giago was hired to
write a column in the Rapid
City (S.D) Journal.
Suddenly there were stories
about successful Indians in the
. White author
ities no longer were the only
source of information on the
Pine Ridge Reservation.. In his
column the American Indian,
so often a caricature with feather
and war whoop, became human.
“From that small beginning,
it absolutely amazes me how
attitudes have changed in South
D akota,” Giago said, “At a time
when racial feelings were bit-
ter—from the 1973 Wounded
Knee takeover—I was given an
opportunity to write a column
from my heart, and put down
opinion I grew up with. An
Indian opinion. W ithout cen
sorship. It gave me confidence.”
It was self-esteem that Giago,
now 51, had lost as a youngster.
He grew up in a Lakota home in
a timé before welfare, a time of
family farms and peace on th e '
reservation. But a time also of
acculturation and assiipilation,
national policies that sought to
rid native Americans of their
Indianness, to force them in the
white mainstream. The schools
were the laboratories.
Attended Jesuit school
O n Pine Ridge, children at
tended boarding schools, run
either by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs or the Catholic Church.
Giago went to the Holy Rosary
Indian Mission in,Pine Ridge,
run by Jesuits.
It was like the military, with
captains and marches to supper.
He learned Latin and English
and a got a good education. But
he read from texts that called
Indians howling savages and
South D akota ap uncivilized,
unoccupied wilderness. He did
well in writing and read vora
ciously.
But still he was forbidden to
speak Lakota, the language of
his home. And he was told, in so
many ways, that he and his
ancestors
were rotten.
rim Giago, Editor-Publisher o f the Lakota Times in Martin,
South Dakota, he is also the Chairman o f the Native American
“I was part of a guard exper
Press Association. H e received the Mencken award fo r Newspaper iment that failed, but it des
Column writing just recently in Washington, D.C., beating out troyed a lot of Indian lives,”
some highly noted column writers in the country today.
Giago said; “It confused the hell
out of me. 1 came out of Holy television station. It was his
Rosary with a total lack of self- writing that attracted the edi
tors of the Journal, in search of
confidence of who I was.”
an Indian voice.
At the same time, discrimina
With early success, Giago be
tion was ram pant in border
towns. Indians were not permit came a full-time reporter. With
ted to drink, and in nearby growing confidence, he quit to
Rushville, Nebraska, they had start his own paper, the Lakota
to sit in the balcony in the movie Times, on the reservation. Using
a 1946 Chevy owned by his
theater.
wife’s cousin as collateral, he
“You felt you were worth got a $4,000 bank loan.
Today, five years later, the
less,” he said, “I was also angry.
I had a hard time adjusting. It Times is the largest weekly in
wasn’t until my early 40s that I South Dakota, with a circula
began to settle down. The Indian tion of 7,000 and the largest
male has a very difficult time independent Indian weekly in
finding himself, what he wants the United States. This year it
to do'. Too often he takes the will gross $340,000 and employ
direction of alcohol or suicide.” 13 persons—all Indians. It is
Giago’s proudest achievement.
Giago fled Holy Rosary a
I n his entry for the Mencken
year before g raduation. He aw ard , he su b m itted th ree
joined the Navy, tried various columns: life at Holy Rosary;
colleges, worked for J.C. Periny alcoholism on the reservation;
Co. Inc. in California for sev and an attack on the “Washing
eral years and eventually re ton Redskins,” Indian bureau
turned to the reservation to crats who run the Bureau of
work for the tribe in economic Indian Affairs. They are typical
development. He also began of his columns, which range
writing poetry.
from nostalgia to attacks on
trib a l go v ern m en t and the
American Indian movement. The
Poems published
judges said the columns con
“I found a real release for my tained “compelling emotion and
anger,” he said. The poems piled compassion.”
“This award will open a lot of
up in a shoe box until a friend
urged him to publish them. “The doors, for me and Indian peo
Aboriginal Sin,” a collection ple,” Giago said. “I hope it will
about life at Holy Rosary, came cause editors to look at us in a
different light: that we can put
out in 1978.
By this tiriae, Giago was writ things down on paper that peo
ing occasionally for Indian pub ple will enjoy. Indians have a
lications and had begun an inter hell of a lot to teach white
view show on a Rapid City society.”