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Warm Springs, Oregon
April 19, 1991 PAGE 3
Returnees honored at parade, powwow
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1874. This column contains John Smith's first annual report for
1866. Smith's predecessor was William P. Logan, who served
from June 13, 1861 until his death on July 30, 1865. Logan
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Patriots Welcome Home Parade A prll 6. Shown next to Macy is Pete held In her honor.
Benson, a soldier from Redmond who recently returned from the Gulf.
A kind deed by a good
Samaritan eventually led a young
serviceman to Warm Springs for
the Patriots Parade April 6.
Pete Benson's mother, of
Redmond, happend upon Robin
Mitchell and her three children in
their disabled car between Bend
and Redmond. Local police were
helpful in arranging a trip home
for Robin and her passengers, but
Pete's mom wasn't satisfied. She
brought the quartet home herself.
In conversation, Robin learned
that the Good Samaritan had a
son who had recently returned
i from his Navy ship in the Gulf.
On hearing this information,
Robin and her mom Faye
Waheneka extended an invitation
to the Benson family to attend the
Welcome Home parade April 6.
Pete walked his way through
Warm Springs carrying a
borrowed flag.
Pete was obviously pleased
with the event and touched by the
support shown by Warm Springs
residents. He was discharged by
the Navy in February after five
years' service. He spent five
months in the Gulf. Having
received little, if any, recognition
from Redmond residents, Pete
must have felt the Parade to be a
A special dance was held in Shauna's honor during the third annual Travelers Traditional Powwow held at satisfying result of a job well
Simnasho.Shauna said later that she is "proud that the older people approve" ofwhat's she doing in the Army. done.
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Sir: In accordance with the regulations of the Indian depart
ment I have the honor to submit the following as my first annual
report upon the condition of the Indian affairs at this agency.
I was first put in possession of this agency, ana the Indian
department property belonging to the same, on the 31st day of
March 1866.
When taking possession I found nearly all of the Indians In
destitute condition. Their crops last year having failed, and a very
severe and cold winter folio wing, compelled them to use all of the
wheat, corn, and potatoes which they had reserved for the seed to
subsist them until the snows had disappeared from the hills,
enabling them to dig roots on which to subsist until the fishing
season. I Immediately purchased with their anuity fund and
issued to them a sufficient quantity of seed wheat, corn, oats, and
potatoes, and I was well pleased with the willingness and energy
with which they commenced their terming operations. There
being no seed grain on hand belonging to the department, a
portion of that which was purchased with the anuity fund was
used In seeding down the department farm.
I found the department horses ana work-oxen and the horses
belonging to the Indians very poor and weak, and wholly unfit for
labor of any kind, ana there being no forage on hana with which
to feed them, they were left with only such food as they got by
grazing on the hills. This caused the Indians to be very backward
in puuing in weir spring crops.
The Indians broke twenty-live acres ot new grouna in May, a
portion of which was planted with corn, but too late to produce
any crop this season.
The Indians were well satisfied with the appearance of their
crop till about the middle of May, when the grasshoppers made
their appearance in much greater numbers and two months ear
Her than they did last year. The grasshoppers first made their
appearance In fields located at different points upon the reserve,
and would entirely consume the crops growing thereon before
committing the least damages to crops growing in the adjoining
fields. A great many of the Indian's crops of wheat, oats, and
garden vegetables have been entirely destroyed by them, and but
very few, if any, of their crops have entirely escaped their
ravages.
The wheat crop at the commencement of harvest presented a
fine appearance until carefully examined. The wheat stalks were
large and very tall, but leafless, and the heads but partially filled
with very light shrivelled grains, which will not average in weight
more than 54 pounds per bushel.
During the present harvest I have visited every Indian s farm
upon this reserve, and after a careful examination of their crops,
and from the information I could gain in conversing with them,
have made the following estimate of their crops of wheat, corn,
oats, and potatoes, the number of Indian engaged in raising the
same, and the tribe to which each of said Indians belonged, viz:
335 bushels wheat, 71 bushels corn, ana 256 bushels potatoes,
aised by sixteen Indians belonging to the DesChutes tribe; 1,352
bushels wheat, 161 bushels corn, 31 bushels oats, and 480
bushels potatoes, raised by thirty-eight men belonging to the
Wasco tribe; 655 bushels wheat, 169 bushels corn, and 194
bushels potatoes, raised by thirty-three rnen belonging to the
Tygh tribe. Total number bushels wheat raised 3,342; corn,
344;oats, 31; potatoes, 930. Total number of Indians engaged In
farming operations, 87.
The number of acres under cultivation by the Indians this
year, is estimated as follows, viz: 260 acres in wheat, 10 acres in
oats, 20 acres in corn, 60 acres in potatoes, 25 acres in garden
egetables. Total number of acres under cultivation, 375.
lithe grasshoppers had not visited us wis year i am confident
that wheat crop would have amounted to 5,000 bushels and the
oat crop to 400 bushels. ( . ..
Information for this column Is researched and provided by Warm
Springs tribal attorney Jim Noteboom.
International Trade Fair set for May 9
The National Center for Ameri
can Indian Enterprise develop
ment and it's American Indian
Procurement and Technical As
sistance Project (AIPTAP) will
sponsor the fourth annual Interna
tional Indian Business Trade Fair
on Thursday, May 9, 1991, at the
Red Lion Inn at the Seattle
Tacoma International Airport.
"Eighty Indian business enter
prises owned by tribes and indi
viduals throughout the United
States exhibited in the 1990 trade
fair," said Glenn Wright, Procure
ment Director of AIPTAP, funded
by the Defense Logistics Agency of
the U.S. Department of Defense,
"and next year's trade fair pro
mises to be even more successful
with even more exhibitors inclu
ding some enterprises from Canada."
The National Center expects
more than 150 government agency
and private industry buyers to
attend the trade fair.
"Apache Aerospace Company
landed a contract from McDonnell
Douglas Helicopter Company at
the 1990 trade fair," said Glenn
Wright. Many other exhibitors
signed contracts with attendees in
the months following the trade
fair. ,
Exhibit space is limited; booths
will be sold on a first-come, first
served basis. Take advantage of
this unique marketing opportunity
and reserve your booth early. Your
registration includes a 10'x 10'
booth and a ticket to the Indian
Business Awards Luncheon. Each
company's profile will be pub
lished in the trade fair directory
which will be furnished to all
buyers attending the International
Indian Business Trade Fair and
Reservation Economic Summit on
Private Sector Development.
All companies interested in buy
ing a booth will be required to
show proof of Indian ownership
and control of the business. If you
have any questions, you may con
tact the American Indian Procure
ment and Technical Assistance
Project at (818) 442-3701 in
California or toll free at 1 (800) ,
423-0452 elsewhere.
COBRA offers
training
, April is National Sexual Assault
Awareness Month. The Central
Oregon Battering and Rape Alli
ance is hosting a Volunteer Train
ing Seminar in Sisters on April
13th and April 20th. COBRA has
many volunteer opportunities.
You can make a difference. For
more information, please call
382-9227.
Communications coordinator needed
The Lummi Indian Nation of
Bellingham is looking for a full
time Communications Coordina
tor to develop and implement a
communications program for Tri
bal members and the non-Tribal
community inside and outside the
reservation.
Considered applicants will have
a bachelor's or master's degree in
journalism, english, technical writ
ing, or another communications
field, or in public or business
administration.
One to three years of relevant
professional experience including
demonstrated writing skills and
knowledge of print production is
required. Experience with Tribal
affairs preferred.
Salary ranges $25,000 to $30,000
per year depending on experience.
Send resume, cover letter and
references to: Clayton Finkbon
ner, Lummi Indian Business Coun
cil, 2616 Kwina Rd., Bellingham,
WA 98226-9298. Deadline is May
17, 1991.
Membership recruitment begins for national museum
Housing news
Mean dogs
The Housing Department is re
ceiving reports about mean dogs. If
you have a dog, remember the dog
may not be mean to you or your
children. It may chase or even bite
somebody else. This may be a
dangerous situation, so please
watch your dog. Also, if you have a
dog, watch them so they won't dig
in the garbage cans. A lot of work
goes into picking the trash up so be
courteous to your neighbors and to
the community. With spring clean
up taking place, the trash will be
picked up. Let us all work together
to keep it clean.
Clean spaces
Another reminder to Trailer
Court tenants to start cleaning
their trailer spaces, and getting rid
of all the old appliances, clothes,
and non-operating cars. It is
against your lease agreement to
repair cars in your yard or drive
way and on the street. It is
dangerous to the children, and it
looks awful. Everyone work to
gether and clean up the com
munity. Notices will be out soon on
clean up week and when the trucks
will be around to pick up every
thing. Thanks to you
The Housing Department would
like to thank all the tenants for
keeping their inspection appoint
ments. Everything went on sched
ule and the evaluations will be
done by the first week in April. The
few that were missed will be sched
uled as scon as possible, so if you
did not have yours done, call the
Housing office for a time that is
good for you. The Housing office is
proud to say everyone is doing well
in taking care of their units, a few
repairs that will be taken care of as
soon as possible. As soon as the
inspections and survey of fire ex
tinguisher and smoke detectors are
done, a man from Columbia Gorge
Fire Equipment will be around to
recharge and check them. A re
minder on spring clean up which
will be in April. Lets work together
on cleaning up the community.
This week, more than 200,000
Americans will receive a letter ask
ing if they will release potent forces
capable of changing the world
around them. The letter reminds its
readers that many Native Ameri
can tribes believe that humans,
animals and nature are intertwined
with the spirit world. The letter
goes on to ask if the readers will
believe in that kind of power long
enough to learn about, join as
members of and contribute to the
newest museum in the Smithson
ian family-the National Museum
of the American Indian.
The membership recruitment
package launches a national mem
bership campaign in which Ameri
cans are asked to become charter
members of the first national mu
seum dedicated to the history and
culture of Native Americans.
This membership campaign also
introduces the museum campaign
logo. It was designed by Larry
DesJarlais, a North Dakota Chip
pewa who is a faculty member at
the Institute of American Indian
Arts in Sante Fe, N.M. The logo,
the artist says, "represents Native
Americans as a holistically bal
anced people. A sunlike symbol,
representing a headdress, is placed
solidly upon Mother Earth, em
phasizing the link between the two.
The symbol reflects the sun's signif
icance to many tribes."
The director of the National
Museum of the American Indian,
W. Richard West, Jr. (a member of
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma), noted that the muse
um's fund-raising campaign will
emphasize several broadly based
efforts such as the membership
drive. "We are pursuing our fund
ing needs with a different ap
proach," he said. "This museum
must belong to all Americans and
we hope that they will participate
in its development."
The National Museum of the
American Indian will have two
public facilities and a storage facil
ity: A museum in Washington,
D.C.; and exhibition and educa
tion facility in New York City; and
a storage, conservation and re
search center in Suitland, Md. The
Washington, D.C., museum will
open later in the decade on the
National Mall, between the Smith
sonian's National Air and Space
Museum and the U.S. Capitol.
Director West says the National
Museum of the American Indian
will be a living museum, a focal
point of Indian art, music, litera
ture, dance, philosophy and the
ater in the United States. It will
provide a resource for Native
Americans who wish to study their
own history and a training oppor
tunity for Indian students.
Currently, the museum's collec
tion is displayed in a building at
1 55th Street and Broadway in New
York City, the former Museum of
the American Indian, Heye Foun
dation. The Heye Foundation col
lection, legally transferred to the
Smithsonian in June 1990, has
been called the largest and most
comprehensive collection of In
dian art and artifacts in the world.
It includes one-of-a-kind items
such as Sitting Bull's drum and
Geronimo's hat. The objects repre
sent cultures of North, South and
Central America and span thou
sands of years, from the prehistoric
era to the present.
Beginning in 1993, the New
York facility will move to a new
site in the Old U.S. Custom House
in lower Manhattan. This facility
will offer special programs and
performances in addition to exhi
bitions focusing on the cultures of
native peoples of the Western
Hemisphere.
Charter membership in the mu
seum is being offered for a contri
bution of $20, which entitles the
members to a free subscription to
Native Peoples, a full-color quar
terly magazine dedicated to the
sensitive portrayal of the arts and
lifestyles of Native Americans. The
magazine, now the official publica
tion of the National Museum of the
American Indian, is published in
Phoenix, Arizona. In addition.
charter members receive a members-only
discount in Smithsonian
museum shops and the mail-order
catalog; free admission to the mu
seum at 155th Street and Broad
way in New York; and invitations
to join Smithsonian study tours.
Current Smithsonian Associates
may enroll as charter members at
an annual cost of $18, with the
same benefits described above. A
contribution of $35 automatically
brings the member an additional
publication Smithsonian Runner,
a bimonthly insiders' newsletter on
Native American projects and ac
tivities at the Smithsonian.
The membership drive is the first
phase in the museum's fund-raising
campaign, which must secure from
private sources one-third of the
construction costs of the Washing
ton, D.C., Mall Museum. Last fall,
actor director Kevin Costner at
tended the world premiere of
"Dances With Wolves" (winner of
seven Oscars at the 63rd annual
Academy Awards ceremony),
which was shown as a benefit for
the institution's new museum and
the Smithsonian Resident Asso
ciate Program (the Washington,
D.C., area membership program
for the institution).
Though in its earliest stages, the
museum's fund-raising campaign
has received more than 1,500 indi
vidual contributions as a result of
an announcement which appeared
in four newspapers on January 7,
1991. In the II weeks since then,
gifts have been received every day,
with the average gift totaling more
than $38.
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