PAGE 4 November 25, 1992
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Editorial
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Letters to the Editor
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As the year 1992, ncars its end .
there are many issues to be taken
care of. At the present time the
tribes arc working on the 1993
budget. We have a new political
party taking office, we have un
employed to consider along with
all the violence that goes on all
around us.
We may have a busy year ahead
of us and could be a tough year
too. We've got to start looking at
things more realistically and not
forgrantcd. We all should partici
pate in tribal affairs to protect
what we have.
Our resources all over the world
are dwindling and here it's not
any better. Our forests, our water
rights and all the resources have to be protected. We are almost like'
driven into a comer holding on to what little we have left. Everything
is being drained out of our reservation. Everything going out with
hardly any returns.
There is a lot of behind the bush talk where it's said, "why do we
need consultants come in and tell us things we already know?"
Consultants cost a bunch of dollars. Behind the bush is no place to talk,
we have general council meetings where these things should be
brought out.
There are many who really wonder what's going to take place with
the new party taking office in January. Many feel confident that things
will be for the better of the whole country. Even if things do improve,
we still need your input on how to handle our own affairs.
There are a lot of thins on the drawing boards that need attention.
Projects that may be beneficial to the tribal membership. We've got to
find ways to improve our employment systems for our tribal members.
Let's all hang in there together to do what's best for our future. Ah-Nah-Chi-Toon.
Northwest Holiday Career Fair
Native American Students
Higher Education Workshop
at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 29, 30, 1992
Registration: $1 0.00 per student; $1 5.00 per adult
Includes 3 meals, 2 lunches and 1 banquet meal
Sponsored by:
JOM Committee, Education Services, Employment Services
Thank you
To the editor,
I wish to say thank you to the
Warm Springs Indian people for
making the contribution in memory
of Harold at the High Desert Museum.
The museum has been oneof Harold's
projects in Central Oregon from the
start.
Harold was so interested in Cen
tral Oregon and supported a lot of
things. It is a wonderful feeling for
me to know so many people liked
Harold and supported him.
As ever,
Dorothy Barclay
Toe Ness
This old guy looked over his will and said to his attorney, "This
makes my son and I like football players."
Attorney: "How's that?"
"Well, until I kick off, he doesn't receive." YIKES
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The angry housewife met her husband at the door at 5:00 a.m. He
had alcohol on his breath, lipstick on his checks.
Wife: "I hope you have a good reason to come waltzing in at 5:00
in the morning."
Husband: "Yep, there is, breakfast." YIKES
SS SS SS
"Can you keep a secret?" asked old Joe.
His friend said, "sure."
Joe: "I need to borrow some money."
His friend: "Don't worry, it's just as if I never heard it" YIKES
SS SS SS
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Happy belated Birthday
November 18, 1992
Marcus "Boo-Boo" Muldrow
9 years old
Happy 3rd Birthday
November 28
Ozzie James Corbett Polk
We all love you both!
from, Beans, Vicki, Sallie,
Tyrone, and Angela
fe ??e proft really worth the risk
To the editor,
I am a Tribal member and would
like to express my concern over a
proposed plan to establish a landfill
on the Reservation. This landfill will
not be used for community trash, but
rather a dumping ground for metro
politan areas. I recently became aware
of this issue and felt compelled to
offer some of my concerns and
opinions that arc hopefully shared by
others in the community. Trends of
environmental degradation continue
unabated throughout our country and
I would like to help raise the level of
public understanding of environ
mental threats such as the proposed
Alcohol a
To the editor,
Dear Grandmother, Please send
help, your children arc confused and
crying, I believe that I am an equal
part of this planet, no more or less
important than the soil I walk on, or
the four legged that give their lives
for my survival. Society says to have
harmony is to own much material
and if you don't you must live off
welfare. We have been poisoned by
this substance called alcohol. Before
1953 it was illegal to consume so our
people would buytrade alcohol from
bootleggers intermittently which
provided us our baseline for binge
drinkers. They tell me about this
condition called FAS. This poison is
damaging our children permanently.
Sometimes, this damage is on the
inside and causes mental retardation.
Sometimes it is on the outside and
makes our babies look different and
sometimes both inside and outside
are damaged and if the spirit is poi
soned baby dies.
Happy belated 4th Birthday
November 17, 1992
Whitney Lynn Jackson
from, Ruth, Mom and Inman,
Dad, John, brother, Grama and
Grampa Lucio-Warm Springs.
Grama and Grampa Briscoe,
Harp, KS.
Thank you for
help at accident
To the editor,
We would like to thank the
Jefferson County Sheriffs Dept.,
Russell's Towing and all of the car
ing & concerned people, friends and
relatives for the help and much needed
words of encouragement and comfort
to our children during their unfortu
nate accident they experienced on
November 18th.
Our many thank you's to Sally
Craig for helping them get out of the
vehicle, to Mary McNevins for con
tacting me at work and being socaring
and encouraging to the kids until our
arrival, to Andrea Smith for con
tacting Jack. And to all of the school
buddies and friends who were there
when I arrived.
Jack and Linda Langley
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landfill. Even though this plan may
just be a proposal, I believe the
community needs to be forewarned.
We all must consider the future im
plications of this act very carefully.
The underlying theme of course is
money, but money is such an incom
plete measure of value. Yes, cities
arc willing to pay a significant dollar
amount to anyone who is willing to
take their trash, but is it worth the
risk financially? Tradeoffs between
short-term financial gain and long
term quality of life need to be given
extreme thought in this case. Granted,
it would be great for the tribe's
pockctbook, but at what environ
mental cost? Wc, as Native Amcri-
poison
Tell me grandmother did I choose
to be co-dependent or was I chosen.
In my confusion of innocence and
intoxication by chance and not by
choice will the future hold no capa
bility to choose or be confused. I
want for my grandchildren no more
than you hoped for us.
Grandmother I know you know
all of these things. When it is raining,
I feel your tears and know of your
pain. Because die sun returns and the
rainbow is bright I see your faith and
feel the warm compassion of your
heart.
I understand a woman with child
is sacred, a time of training, a prepa
ration. We have woven a warped
vicious cycle of pain, violence and
enfolded it with alcohol & drugs.
Help us unravel!
Help us heal!
Help us become whole again Body
and Soul.
Hoyschqe Sila
Barbara Revey
Lummi
Lane College
Plans Powwow
The Native American Student
Association (NASA) will be holding
their 2nd Annual Lane Community
College Powwow Saturday, De
cember 5, 1992 at the Lane Com
munity College Campus Gymna
sium. A traditional dinner will be held
in the Cafeteria for elders, drummers,
and dancers from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Grand entry is scheduled for 5:30
p.m. Host drum isShim-Shu-ee; MC
will be Bob Tom; Whipman is Paul
Whitehead; and Whipwoman is
Georgene Nelson.
Vendors can contact Don Addison
at 344-4758 or Frank Merrill at 747
4501 Ext. 2238.
This 2nd Annual Powwow is
sponsored by Native American Stu
dent Association and The Students
of Lane Community College.
Family conference to be held in Portland
Oregon's Agenda for Children,
Youth and Families is now accepting
registrations for its fourth biennial
conference, entitled Changing Times,
Changing Families; Community
Models for Positive Change. The
conference, scheduled for December
8 and 9 at the Oregon Convention
Center in Portland, will feature ad
dresses from several national and
regional leaders in children's issues,
plus 84 workshops focusing on
today's family environments. De
signed to appeal to professionals,
consumers and business leaders
concerned with children's issues, the
conference will conclude with a town
hall meeting to discuss the children's
agenda facing Oregon's 1993 legis
lative session.
Keynote speakers will include
Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts;
Happy Birthday
Senior Citizens
born in November
2 Ursula Little
3 Nettie Shawaway
6 Roma Jean Joe
15 Joann Brisbois
18 Manuel Garcia
19 Lupe Samuels
28 Franklin Suppah, Sr.
29 Zelma Smith
30 Benjamin Holliday, Jr.
cans, have always prided ourselves
in the protection or mother earth,
now we want to aid in her demise?
With landfills, contamination of
groundwater and nearby surface
water is also a potential problem.
The EPA claims that at least 25 -some
say 80 of the landfills in
operations today may be polluting
surface water and groundwater. The
watershed system across our Reser
vation is of the utmost importance to
our economic and social survivabil
ity. I would like to cite an example
from the past to further explain my
fioint. Whenever the forum of
roquois tribal government held a
council meeting, thev first spoke an
acknowledgement of obligation: "In
our every deliberation wc must con
sider the impact of our decisions over
the next seven generations.'' In other
Where do we stand?
To the editor,
Now that the new GM for WSFPI
has settled into all business at hand, I
believe it's time for us to take stalk
and see where wc stand as a Tribal
Enterprise.
Starting with the building of the
Small Log Mill which of $ 1 1 .6 mil
lion upon its completion, and the
subscqucntial loss of $10 million for
that year, 1990, we have the loss of
$6.7 million in 1991, and the loan
from First Interstate Bank for $12
million, which will be in place Feb
ruary of 1993. The total deficit for
these combined years are $40.3 mil
lion, plus interest.
Somehow, it's not much of a sur
prise to hear of the reluctance of any
bank to further advance the Tribes
any more capital to keep this part of
the Enterprise operating. At least,
$ 1 1 .6 million of this money was spent
with good intentions, to provide em
ployment for Tribal Members. The
$16.7 was pure loss, money we will
never again see. The total amount of
money borrowed and repaid since
November of 1991 is not known at
the time of this writing. The $12
million that will be in place in Feb
ruary, is intended to keep operations
from shutting down and to keep Tribal
Members working and off the un
employment line. We can never stress
enough, the meaning of the words
Happy Birthday
(November)
EagsG. 6th
Blanche W. 10th
Nettie D. 16th
Curdy D 19th
LaVonneB. 21st
Ethel H. 24th
Alan M. 26th
Thinking of you all,
Take care.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of When
the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Ne
glecting Our Children; Michael Petit
of the Child Welfare League of
America; Loretta Fuddy, Director of
the "Healthy Start" program in Ha
waii; Thaddeus Lotte, principal of a
nationally-known elementary school
in Houston; Mirian Westheimer,
Director of the Home Instruction
Program for Pre-school Youngsters;
and business leaders Kerry Killinger
of Washington Mutual Savings Bank
and R.L. Wheling of Proctor and
Gamble.
Panelists for the town hall discus
sion will be Norma Paulus, Oregon's
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Kevin Concannon, Director of
Oregon's Human Services Depart
ment; and Representative Gene
Derflcr, chair of the legislature's
"Children's Care Team."
The 84 workshops are grouped
Tribal Council Agenda
Thursday. Friday. Nnvpmhpr 26. 27. 1992
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Monday. November 30. 1992
9:00 a.m.-Busincss
9:30 a.m.-Unfinishcd business
1:30 p.m.-Confcrcnce Call
2:00 p.m.-1993 Proposed Budget Discussion Continued, Resolution
Appropriating 1993 Budget, Per Capita Resolution
Items Tn Bp Srhprtnlprt;
EDD - Training Dollars
Funding guidelines for Community Activities (Powwows, Rodeos,
Sports Activities)
words, any vote among the council
members also included an equal vote
for the needs and dignity of those
who would live ISO to 200 years into
the future. Are wc willing to do the
same for our future generations?
In closing, when it comes to the
issue of mother earth, money is not a
realistic crutch, especially when
dealing with a successful entity such
as ours. The Reservation's resources
arc limited and must not be wasted;
there is not al ways more. Most wastes
and pollution arc cither resources wc
arc too dumb to use or arc so dan
gerous they shouldn't have been
produced in the first place. Wc don't
need it!
Is the profit really worth the risk?
Bodie Shaw
P.O.Box 781
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
Tribal Members and MIT's and other.
The next question is, will the new
GM, and the newly appointed Board
of Directors be able to shoot their
arrows straight and true enough to
keep Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries from further deterioration.
It is felt by many that a full audit of
WSFPI books for the last 10 years is
in order, many feel that there should
be accountability, and last but not
least, a yearly audit of all branches of
the Enterprises and every General
Manager be held accountable. The
Tribal Membership should settle for
nothing less.
Amos Switzler, Jr.
Happy Birthday
Elena
77 years old
November 29
Love, Mom and family
among seven key areas: integration
of education and social services; early
childhood care and education; part
nerships; special populationsspecial
needs; strengthening families; advo
cacy for children; and the juvenile
justice system.
Conference cost is $80 per person
for those registering by November
20; $95 for late registration. Lunches
are included. To request a registration
form or to register by phone contact
conference chair Muriel Goldman in
Portland at 636-2283, or call the
Oregon's Agenda office, in care of
the Oregon Council on Crime and
Delinquency, at 228-5397 in Port
land. Oregon's Agenda for Children
Youth and Families is a non-profit
organization formed in 1985 for the
sole purpose of conducting statewide
forums to advance children's and
family-related issues.
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