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Coyote News
In Brief
New police chief
hired
Dan Kneale, formerly of
Warrenton, Oregon, was
hired as Warm Springs'
newest chief of police.
He came on board
September 23.
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Coalition wins case
against forest
service
The Confederated Tribes
were part of a suit filed
against the US Forest
Service for failure to
protect water quality in a
John Day River tributary.
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Museum show opens
Memorable Images, in
the Museum's Changing
Exhibit Gallery, offers
visually stimulating
photos of the past
Calica spends time in
nation's Capital
Direlle Calica, as part of
the WINS program,
spent seven weeks as '
an Intern in Washington,
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Lessons offered
The Sahaptin, Kiksht
and Paiute lessons offer
plenty of challenge to
language students.
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Spilyay taps news
service
To better inform Spilyay
readers of goings-on in
Indian country, Spilyay
has joined the AP
Newsfinder news
service.
Tribe plans charter
school
Sahaptin language will
be part of the curriculum ,
at Warm Springs ,
Elementary next fall.
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WS youth fare well in
PPK competition
The popular football
competition drew 77
youth from throughout
the county.
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Pro offers tips
Resort golf pro advises
players to warm up
adequately before
beginning a round.
Remember to
VOTE
October 16 In the
Adoption
Referendum
Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo is
Friday,
October 18, 15Q3
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James Teeman will perform a hoop dance.
State, Tribe at odds over Treaty of 1 865
The past often comes back
to haunt those of us in the
future. The Treaty of 1865,
considered fraudulent and
unenforceable by many,
including federal government,
is now determined, by high-
ranking state officials, to be
the basis of numerous
agreements between the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and the State of
Oregon. Though the Treaty
was ratified by the US Senate
those 130 years ago, the Treaty
was never recognized nor was
it enforced. This recent
controversy is a bitter reminder
that our tribal ancestors were
cheated and lied to by an
unscrupulous government
Indian agent.
Efforts are currently
underway to inform State
officials and the public about
the history of the Treaty of
1865.
As the descendants of the
signers of the Treaty of Tune
25, 1855, between the United
States and the Tribes and
Bands of Middle Oregon,
Warm Springs people have
always exercised their
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reserved rights. The existence
of the admittedly fraudulent
Treaty of 1865 has never
affected the practice of those
rights. The Warm Springs
Tribal Council learned recently
that the US Senate has
adjourned for this term
without action on S. 2102,
Senator Mark Hatfield's bill to
recognize the invalidity of the
Treaty of 1865. While tribal
officials are disappointed that
the bill was not enacted by
Congress this term, the Tribe
is very grateful to Hatfield for
understanding the moral and
ethical need to restore the
honor of the United States by
wiping the 1865 Treaty from
the historical record by
nullification legislation.
It was just by chance that a
State official happened to see
Hatfield on C-SPAN
introducing the bill. Word
quickly spread about what
Hatfield's intentions were.
Governor John Kitzhaber
quickly fired Hatfield
correspondence stating, in
part, "Clearly, the Treaty of
1865 was not a proud moment
in our nation's history and I
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Spirit Walker dance group from Warm Springs will go on tour to perform for American
Servicemen and their families at military bases overseas. This is the first time ever for a Native
American group to go on tour for our servicemen," says Tuckta. The Spirit Walker dance
group will oegin their 35-day tour November 5 and continue to December 9.
They will perform in Iceland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Norway, England,
Scotland and possibly Spain. They will perform two shows per day and have one day of travel.
"We're getting paid ana seeing the world," says Tuckta. Their performance consists of dance
performance or each performer, the eagle dance, hoop dance and the Lord's Prayer.
The airfare and ground travel is paid for by the U.S. Government and each performer in the
group will receive $75 a day, even on their traveling days. The amount of money being paid
for the trip, including daily payments to dancers, is $18,370.
Tuckta was contacted by Denny Herman, who manages his dance group throughout the
year, to see if he was interested in going. Tuckta says, "It's an honor for me to be selected to
represent Warm Springs. If this tour goes well, we may be able to travel to other countries and
perform."
This is the first time traveling overseas for all members of the group, except one. Danelle
Tailfeathers has performed will the Native American Dance Theatre in Italy, Paris, Africa,
Middle East and every state in the United States. Danell will be the fancy shawl dancer for the
Spirit Walker tour.
Other dancers include: Eldred Heath, grass dancer; Greg Arquette, drummer; Sandra
Sampson, women's traditional; Angela Polkjingle dancer and Lord's Prayer; and Joe Tuckta,
men s traditional dance, eagle dance and MC. James Teeman will perform men's fancy and a
hoop dance.
Tuckta's original dance group consists of young children and teens and due to age
limitations, they could not participate in this tour. He is very confident this group will do well.
"They are all really good aancers and performers," he adds.
make no attempt to defend it.
Nevertheless, this treaty has
been in existence 131 years and
agreements and
understandings on the affected
lands have evolved on its
basis." Kitzhaber feels, that
without the treaty, the tribe
potentially could lay claim to
major rivers, including the
Deschutes, and hunt on
millions of acres of ceded lands,
private or public, without risk
of prosecution.
Kitzhaber's actions will not
stop the Warm Springs Tribe
from signing a long-sought
water agreement with the state.
In an interview with the
Oregonian October 1, Tribal
Council Member Zane Jackson
stated "We intend to go
forward" with the agreement.
"It's a good agreement. It
benefits the tribes, the federal
government, the state." The
agreement has taken nearly 15
years to negotiate and ensures
adequate flows in the
Deschutes River, balancing
development and irrigation
with natural resources. The
agreement was to have been
signed last month, but US
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perform various dances for military
government officials raised
objections and wished to add
language that would prohibit,
forever, the Tribe from
litigating future water
agreement violations.
That S. 2102 did not become
law changes nothing legally,
just as the enactment of the bill
would not have changed the
legal status of the Treaty of
1855. Since time immemorial,
and in the 140 years since the
1855 Treaty was executed,
Warm Springs people have
exercised their off-reservation
rights to hunt, fish and gather
traditional foods consistent
with numerous federal and
state court decisions and
statutes recognizing the nature
and scope of those treaty rights.
The Tribe will continue to
exercise those off-reservation
Treaty rights for as long as the
Tribe exists as a distinct
people that is to say, forever.
The State's response to S.
2102, especially the numerous
letters and phone calls to
Senator Hatfield, the rest of
the Oregon Congressional
delegation, the media, and
various water users, sports and
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conservation groups, was
extremely "disappointing."
Despite the express
recognition of the invalidity
and unenforcability of the
Treaty of 1865 by the federal
government and many years
of support and recognition of
the 1855 Treaty rights by the
State, the Tribe was very
surprised and angered to learn
that the highest ranking state
officials now apparently
believe that the Treaty of 1865,
which the state itself has
acknowledged was
fraudulent, is a valid and
enforceable document and that
Warm Springs people do not
have the rights always
recognized by both the federal
and state governments.
The Tribe can only hope that
Governor Kitzhaber and other
high officials of this state were
misled by subordinates, and
that they will yet come to
understand the truth. The
misstatements and untruths in
various state letters in
opposition of S. 2102 will be
fully addressed and the many
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