4 January 14, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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P J L Y A V S "P Mf S Kids create havoc, where are the parents? Looking for family
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That's the way the ball
bounces. For years now there
have been a lot of talk on the
Tribal Public Safety Branch,
mainly in the protection of tribal
members. The way the people
are treated by non-Indians. The
do's and don'ts, and the Ifs and
what. ifs.
At the general council
meetings questions have been
raised and the only reply
received is, "Okay, We'll check
into that." And there is no
response on what they did or
not.
Even at that many people
won ' t step for ward to speak even
though they may have a
lagitiment point. They shrug it
off by saying, "What's the use, they've already made up their
minds and won't listen to what I have to say." It appears that there
are some areas in' a department that needs investigating and
something done, and all they say is, "We'll look into that." with
no action. Like a way around the whole problem so as they can
continue operating with the budget at question. The next year at
a general council meeting the same question arises and the same
excuse is given. There should be a limit on a time they will
respond to the general public on all the questions arisen at the
meetings. There should be a place where they say, "We have all
of your concerns and we will check into them and report back to
you on such and such a date on everything questioned, and not let
go by them saying, "We'll check into that.''
It appears that this happens all the time at all the general
council meetings, where they promise they will do something
about it just to get on with the meeting and get back to operation
with the new budget, and no feed back to the tribal members.
There are a lot of unanswered questions floating around out there
even now.
Now as we are about to enter another century our future must
be handled well. Our investments and resources have to be
protected and handled well.
In today's society there are plenty of people who don't know
what our treaty rights mean to us. They are always questioning
what right we have in doing certain things that anyone else cant '
do. Our hunting and fishing rights as well as all the other promises
made during the sighing of the treaty with the United States
Government.
We' ve got to stand firm and defend what little we have left. Our
timber and natural resources are being threatened all the time.
All down through the centuries the Indian people have all lived
in harmony, everyone looking out for the other. The big migrations
from one area to the other collecting foods for the long hard
winters.
Today times are changing rapidly and each person just about
has to lock up everything he owns where in the past there was trust
among each other.
Like they say "Traits' have been handed down through the
generations and the Indian people all helped one another, by all
sharing as a big family during hard times. When the Europeans
or other cultures came to this country they brought their traits
with them, like Steal from thy neighbor, Rob thy neighbor. Their
traits have been taking over here lately as a person cannot leave
his home unlocked like they did in the olden days.
Oh Yeah! back to the referendum, we all should get out and
vote one way or the other, your vote does count no matter who
you are. Because we've got to start looking out for one another
again and not let that greed trait take over where we will steal our
neighbors blind. Steal from our friends and anyone around. Some
things are hard to replace, valuable artifacts that have been
handed down from generation to the next. Today valuable
artifacts can be found in hock shops from that greed trait. That
trait has been brought from the old world... AHH-NAH-CHI-TOON!!!
To the editor,
"Home the Place to Built
America". Where are E, the PAR
EKESofall the CHILDREN that are
creating havoc in the community?
WHY? are they running around
the community all hours of the night
when they should be in bed getting
rest for school. WHY? are they abu
sive, getting into Malicious Mischief
by destroying property, doing theft
in homes while residence are home
or gone (shooting, beating up people).
Are prophecies being fulfilled and
our youth are fulfilling these proph
ecies due to parents being irrespon
sible in raising these children by the
example we live or words that come
out of our mouths.
Satan is doing everything in his
power to gather as many people on
his side.
1. Parents, lets straighten up our
lives in order to be examples (good)
for our children to follow.
2. Break the chain of drinking and
drugging. Your lives are so impor
tant to your children's lives for the
upbringing that is needed. They love
you no matter what or who you
are.
3. Break the chain of GOSSIP:
this is Satan's best tool besides de
pression. The most evil thing on the
human being is the tongue & mouth.
It can maim, kill, cause suicide, de
stroy any home, will drive family
away, have people's lives destroyed,
have outstanding clean living
Eeople's lives destroyed due to lies
eing made up on them. People do
ing this want them in the gutter with
them.
4. PARENTS stop making com
ments about getting even with people
(your Indian people), for your chil
dren hearing this will gather their so
called friends and do the damage for
you.
5. PARENTS: show your chil
dren that you love them. By words
and Hugs, touching in the right way
is so important.
6. PARENTS: Listen to yourchil
dren no matter what time of hour it is.
Communication is so important they
in turn will come to you in all time of
need. Listen to your children's fears
for it is real to them. Don't ignore
these fears.
7. PARENTS: while sitting at the
table eating, do positive role playing
by doing something nice or speaking
nice & positive talking on people
you feel you despise. Look for the
good in these people. You'd be
amazed at how your feelings and
thinking can change (practice makes
perfect).
8. Start at home by making our
children responsible. Helping at
home is learning good responsibili
ties. This is where it all begins with
us parents. We have been entrusted
with these precious spirits (children)
by the highest power in heaven. We
are responsible in building these
temples up and sending them back
clean & pure as they were loaned to
us. Their sins will be upon us if we
don't do our part in raising these
children right.
9. Any children involved in any
destruction or violating any rules with
intent to commit theft, destruction or
any bad thing, should have their
monthly payments directed to all the
vandal & theft or any destruction
within the community & against
people. In the cities they are making
the parent's responsible for their
children's part in destruction, why
not here.
10. Teach our children while they
are going to school, to befriend all
students by speaking kind words to
each other. Maybe the school will
change with this kind of behavior.
Indians need to pull in other Indian
students, don't slander them. Espe
cially those that do good in repre
senting all of our Indian people, no
matter what tribe they are. THEY
REPRESENT YOU TOO!!!
1 1 . Children: get together, do some
constructive, positive work free for
your own community. Clean up the
community by starting at your home.
So much can be done: Wake up and
do something good. Doing good is a
pleasure, a joy beyond measure. Be
willing to help someone MAYBE we
can lead our parents instead. You are
the future leaders. LET'S WAKE
UP AND START TODAY!!!
What we write on the hearts of a
child cannot be erased and when a
mother is at home to contribute to the
indelible marks that are written on a
child's tender heart, it is a rich heri
tage. Many women have discovered the
real problem with the rat race-that is
when the race is over, you're still a
rat. The father is the head, the mother
is the heart. And without the heart,
there can be no life.
Remembering Mother
When all the children have grown
& gone,
which memories of mother will
linger on?
Will it be the time she dried their
tears,
Hold them close and calmed their
fears?
The way she always found the
time
to read their favorite nursery
rhyme
Over & over, time and again,
until they knew it, beginning to
end.
The sleepless night with an ailing
child,
Mother stayed there all the while,
Ministering love with healing
hands,
Spinning tales of faraway lands.
What memories will follow them
as they go?
All of these, and more, I know;
But most important, can they say
"She loved God's word and taught
me to pray?"
Sincerely,
Shirley & Alvis Smith, Sr.
Tribal member support addition of gaming
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An irate businessman dictated the following letter: "Sir, my
stenographer, being a lady, cannot type what I think of you. I being
a gentleman, won't dictate it. But, you, being neither, will know
what I mean." YIKES
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A hunch is a feeling that makes you certain about something that
you know absolutely nothing about. YIKES
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Junk is something you keep and then throw it away, two weeks
before you need it. YIKES i
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The quickest way to get a lot of undivided attention is to make a
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To the editor, i
Indian Gaming, Our new Buffalo.
My good feeling is that the expan
sion of our Indian Head gaming be
ing transferred to the Columbia River
area would be a safe bet.
"At present all this backlash from
congress and it's constituents," said
Peter Homer, President of the Na
tional Indian Business Association.
They feel Indians can't manage their
own governments. They don't trust
them to manage themselves. There's
a lot of jealousy. They feel Indians
are getting too big for their britches.
George Scovine, Director of In
dian Gaming for the Bureau of In
dian Affairs did say. The Bureau of
Indian Affairs is currently proposing
it's own changes to the Indian Gam
ing Regulatory act. Those changes
involve the Secretary of the Interior
being given authority to negotiate
compacts states decline to negotiate
with tribes.
While some west-side casinos are
folding, floundering or fighting regu
lators, Indian HeadKaheeta Casino
appears to be doing fair.
Locations have proved the deter
mine of many of the states Tribal
casinos. Most northwest casinos are
crowded around Interstate 5, fight
ing for a piece of the mighty, enter
tainment dollar at Cow Creek, Grand
Ronde, in areas of Seattle and Olym
pia and Vancouver British Colum
bia. The Lummi Indian Nation, one
of the first tribes to open an Indian
casino, closed it's doors in 1997, and
laid off nearly 240 casino employ
ees. Officials at tribal casinos predict
at the time that the Lummi 's plight
might be first of several closures.
Since then, three others have made
Virginia Wyena
"Sap-Pacth'-Ah"
Memorial to be held at the
Priest Rapids Longhouse
February 20th, 1999 at 9 a.m.
Basketweavers, Family, Friends,
Relatives & Co-workers invited.
Dinner following.
Happy Holidays to
"Lawrence Gerald Polk"
I didn't forget about you cuzz,
I love you,
Your little sis,
Jessie M. Polk
In Springfield, OR
deep cuts and halted their state-mandated
payments, which was intended
to offset the casino's impact on local
communities.
Four weeks ago, US Federal Mar
shals removed more than 100 slot
machines from the Pacific County
Casino. East of the Cascades, our
close blood brothers the Colville and
Spokane tribes, which offer more
than 2,000 slot machines in seven
casinos, are bracing for US Federal
agents may now turn their attention
on them.
Where the Warm Springs Indian
Tribal voters voted to bring gaming
to our Rez, they were thinking in
terms of 100s of gambling customers
per day and plenty of good jobs for
tribal members. Our hoping for 1 00' s
of customers and Tribal members
hired for most jobs was just a bad
dream. Problem is most people do ,
not want to drive 12 miles out of the
way to gamble, only 22 tribal mem
bers make an effort to work at our
gaming business. It looks to me that
if our gaming business is relocated to
the Big River area, about 90 of the
tribal gaming employees will be non
Indians from the local areas, so it
may be that 290 white people will cry
all the way to the bank. For the Big
River area this may mean tribal ca
sino employees will be spending lots
of bucks in the local business.
Any way you look at it, it will be
good that our Big River Casino non
employees will be able to afford nice
cars, gasoline, nice homes, better
apartments, some other good things
in life, their stopping to pick some t
bones or something after work. And
soon it will be our tribal casino money
is bouncing around the Big River
community.
Hood River is a good city of about
5,005 good peoples. The American
Indians that live here is next to zero.
The Japanese maybe 12 of total
population, the poor Spanish speak
ing people living around and near
your fine city maybe as high as l3rd
the population. The city has granted
about 20 or so Las Vegas type slot
machines to be in good use at the city
wet spots. The Hood River people
enjoy spending hard earned cash at 2
city bingo halls, some store sells
Oregon state lottery tickets to a good
number of people who are all in hopes
of winning millions. I have been ad
vised that Elk' s Lodge did have some
Las Vegas type slot machines. Please
do not tell anyone. Hood River has a
high rate of unemployment which is
12 of the population needing good
full time work. The more people I
talk to from Hood River, the more
they tell me they hope the Tribe will
go ahead and built this one fine ca
sino. If they have a casino in town, it
will save a lot of money from going
to Reno, Nevada. In the end it will
mostly Big River people benefiting
the $50 million windfall.
How can a few Big River
Rednecks fight a good new buffalo
like this?
Inmi-naimuma, We are all one
people.
Hamilton Greeley
Warm SpringsWasco
Indian Nation
Happy Birthday
Theresa "Tates" VanPelt
Love from,
Tiger, Margie Ann, Danni,
Dalton & whole crew
To the editor.
I saw your address in an old issue
of "News from Indian Country"
newspaper so decided to write & see
if you can help me a little. I'm Native
American and looking for my rela
tives & family members. As a child I
was taken from my family and placed
in foster care. I was raised in foster
homes and lost all contact with my
family. I have family in the "Warm
Springs" area the last I heard, but I
don't exactly know where at. Could
you please print my letter, name &
address in your next newspaper?
Maybe someone will see my name
and address that can help. I'm pres
ently doing time, but I'm striving to
better myself. This really would be
appreciated if you could do this for
me. Also anyone that wishes to write
me as a "pen-pal", I'll answer any &
all letters. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Dionisio Rendon C89115
PO Box 7500-C-2116
Crescent, City, CA 95532
Shekinah can
build your home
To the editor,
This open letter is for anyone that
is interested. I am part of Shekinah
Enterprises, along with two otherco
workers. Easton is the President, Tina
the Vice President and myself, the
consultant. We deal with several
things such as construction work,
tree thinning, autobody, interiorex
terior painting, Native American
crafts etc. This letter is intended to
reach the people who are looking
towards getting a home built. I have
45 years of construction experience.
Several houses on the reservation
have been built by myself and work
ers. They are sound and built to last.
I can draft the specifications, lay the
foundation, frame and whatever is
necessary to get the house built. I
worked for rehab, which is now 'con
struction', with several emplcyees
under my leadership.
If anyone wants a home built,
please call 553-1960. If we don't
answer the answering machine is al
ways on and we will get back to you
as soon as we can.
George Aguilar, Sr.
Member shares dog story
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To the editor,
To Chris Talifson and Family, In
response to your article in the last
edition, I sympathize with you over
your dog. I have a similar story but
the roles are different. A long time
ago, I was visiting friends and when
I left them, I accidentally ran over
their dog as I was backing out of their
driveway. I didn't know I had ran
over their dog at the time (they seen
it happen). But because I was in a rig
that had good shocks and huge tires,
I didn't feel (me hit) anything and I
didn't hear if the dog cried out be
cause if I had, my radio was too loud
for me to hear anything.
I didn't learn what I had done
Time Shares, send $1 and
SASE to DBK, POB 1009,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
You'll receive infotmation
about what it is, how it works
and what to expect.
until a future visit when I noticed
their dog wasn't around. When I
asked them about it, they said she
died. I asked if she was hit by a car.
They confirmed it. Then I couldn't
resist actually naming people who I
thought did it, when they kept saying
"no" to the people I named. Since I
had no more names to blame and
since I visit often, I asked in a low
voice, "Did I run over your dog?"
and they shook their heads YES! I
couldn't believe it! I felt so bad! That
was their favorite dog too.
Please realize that maybe the per
son who hit your dog didn't even
know it, like me.
Tricia Sahme
Happy Birthday to my friend
Cinda
wishing you all the best
Selena
Memorial,
stonesetting
announced
There will be a memorial, stone
setting and name giving at the Agency
Longhouse on January 23, 1999. This
folio wing is the agenda (hope to keep
on schedule):
5:30 a.m. Names, Andrew, Edna,
Arlene David to be given; Tradi
tional breakfast, Simnasho Cemetery
for services for Allegra (Leggs) and
Louise Delrose, then to Agency Cem
etery for services for Amelia David
Spino.
Return to Longhouse for memo
rial ceremonies with the showing of
outfits.
Dinner After dinner the rest of
the names will be given. There will
be a total of 1 8 names given on this
day. We invite all people to attend.
Also asking that all grandchildren of
these elders to help by bringing forth
a gift bundle of some sort for the
give-away, also some food for the
table. All young women of the fam
ily are asked to be on hand to do the
cooking. Thank you.
Medicine Dance will be held
January 23 through 30 at the Lower
Dry Creek (Lucinda's place), supper
at 5:00 daily (sharp).
Stonesetting and
name giving set
We, the children and grandchil
dren of Amelia Spino will honor our
beloved Mother and Grandmother
by having a Stonesetting and family
namegiving on a date to be sched
uled by her children and grandchil
dren. This decision by the children is in
regards to the wishes of their mother
while she shared her love with us all
before her passing.
This will allow the family time to
gather and prepare as it was meant to
be and for all the children to be
present. Names will be given to
Amelia's children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact any of us. Thank
you.
Respectfully submitted:
Eddie Spino, Jr.,
Rosaline Spino Moran,
Winona Spino Stwyer,
Roxanne Spine Begay,
Louis Spino, Raydine Spino,
and her grandchildren &
great-grandchildren