2 March 23, 2000
Warm sprincs, Oregon
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An era ends with Retirement of Harrison Davis Sr.
Miss Warm Springs updates community
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Harrison Davis
After 39 years of service with the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
and with the Bureau Of Indian Affairs,
Harrison Davis Sr. retired January, 15
2000.
Harrison Davis, 73, tribal has lived
on the Warm Springs Reservation most
of his life. When Harrison was 2, his
parents, Annie Anderson, and Walter
Davis, separated. His grandparents John
Anderson, and Susan Moses-Andcr-son
were dry land farmers and lived in
the Simnasho area. They raised horses
and cattle and grew wheat and rye.
After harvest, the wheat was taken to
Pendleton where it was traded for floor.
His grandparents would play a big
part in raising him along with three
other brothers and sisters. His surviv
ing older brother, who is 87, and sister,
who is 85, reside on the Colville reser
vation. Harrison is the youngest of six
children. He is a vetran of World War
II, and the Korean War. At the age of
19, he was in the tail end of World War
II, and at 23 years old when the Korean
war broke out. He inlisted for another 3
years.At a tender age of 7, Harrison
started attending the Warm Springs
Boarding School. He continued for the
next 1 1 years in Warm Springs. During
those years the only means of transpor
tation was wagon and horse back. At
that time Harrison didn't know the
meaning 'of what school meant. 1 k
couldn't speak, write or understand a
word of English.
When he was not attending board
ing school, He and the family would
move to the Valley where they would
pick berries or hops. This lasted most
of the summer months. In the fall they
would return to Central Oregon ureas
such as Powel Butte or Princ vil le where
they would pick potatoes. Alter that
was done, the kids had to return to
boarding school.
Harrison raised 7 boys and 6 girls,
all of whom live here on the reserva
tion. His sons and daughters have given
him over 20 grand children, and he has
IS great grandchildren.
"I don't really recall how old I was
at the time I first started working. I do
know that it's been 39 years total," said
Davis. "During those days, year alter
year, employees like myself would
work under the Tribal Organization
and other years, we would work under
the the direction of the BIA, it was a
seasonal tiling."
"During the fire season I was hired
as a laborer at Fire Control which now
is called Fire Managmcnt. When fire
season was over, temporary employ
ees would be laid off. Finally alter a
few years, I started staying on longer
than the rest of the crew. At times, I
would work up to 1 1 months instead of
just 9 months, and I"d be the first
employee to return to work when the
season started. I was placed on
permenant employment status under
government personnel while other
employees were hired under the Tribal
Organization around the same time,"
Davis explained.
As a labor'er, during the spring sea
son, Harrison and crew would main
tain and prepare the equipment used to
battle forest or grass fires. When out in
the field, another of Harrison's respon
sibilities was to follow behind a dozer
while it was cutting fire lines or roads.
He would follow behind with the equip
ment truck cutting tree brush and re
moving the large rocks. This would
help eliminate damage to side mirrors
as well as the underneath of any oilier
Hi c fighting apparatus or vehicles uti
liini? the roads.
"I held thai same position for I don't
know how many years," Harrison
mused. "That was until my supervisor
discovered that 1 was alile to operate
heavy equipment." Alter thatdicowry,
I lan ison, wa promoted to truck driver,
and heavy equipment opeilor. After a
few years. Harrison was promoted to
heavy equipment foreman, mainly in
charge of keeping up the maintenance
on all heavy equipment I'm IJIA Roads.
"The heavy equipment such as
grader's, docrs, and Ine trucks, were
being stored at the IJIA Roads ware
house," said Harrison. "Not long after
wards, I iie Management, which was
then called l ire Control, was moved to
the Industrial par k wheie it is presently
located," recalls I larrison.
Another one of Harrison's duties
during the Spring and f all seasons was
to he behind the wheel olan IS-wheeler
semi and trailor I Ian ison w ould haul 8
to 10 inch seedling tiees fiMin v;uious
Oregon nursui iers. Places such as Kla
math Falls, Bonana, Springfield, Cot
tage Grove, Bend, Woodhurn,
I loodRiver. There w ere times he would
travel as faraway as Tacoma, in Wash
ington State.
"The reason for thai w as, w hen pine
cones were picked, they would ship
them to Sweet I Iomeand process them
there," said Harrison. "There, they
would sepearle the different species
and later move them to different
nursuries. From the nursuries, all the
seedlings had to be numbered fur the
area that they were picked. All the
seedling trees from those pine cones
arc then returned to the areas they were
picked from. That's the only way they
will grow buck," Harrison explained.
During those years, as a BIA tire fighter, '
Harrison would patrol the reservation
boundries on a daily basis via helicop
ter. "Only BIA employees were al
lowed to work around the helicopter
because of insurance reasons. I don't
recall what year it was but the helicop
ter stationed at Warm Springs Fire
Control was one of those two seater
bubble looking things," Harrison re
membered. 1 larrison said the worst fire he re
calls on the reservation during those
days was the one in 1 956. "The fire was
located in the Lions Head area,"
Harrison said. "Foot and hand, we
fought that fire for 21 days straight.
Because of the rugged terrain, we were
unable to utilize any of the heavy equip
ment. Besides that, we had no modern
equipment; we only had one chain saw.
I remember during that fire, the saw
mills were closed and employees were
used in di ffcrcnt shifts to help battle the
large blaze. That was the biggest fires
I have ever involved in."
The fire started in the area of Lions
Head and continued to travel down
through Whitewater and the Mt
Jefferson area. "I bclcive that was one
of the hirgest timber fires here on the
Warm Springs Reservation. I don't re
call the acreage but I'm sure there must
be a record of it here in Warm Springs .
some place," Harrison said.
After various types of training, In
the early 1980's, Harrison was pro
moted to Assistant Fire Management
Officer. Five years ago he became a
public relations person, working with
liaison personnel. Earlier this year,
during a retirement celebration,
Harrison was presented with a gold
watch from the Warm Springs Inter
agency Hot Shot Crew. He also re
cei ved a Pendleton blankets, a neck tie,
and many other awards.
I ve worked so long, it s pretty
hard toacccptreurment'Harrison said.
"Retirement is a hard word to explain
to some people. I still follow the same
pattern I was accustomed to. I still do
die same things I used to do on a daily
basis. I get up early every morning, as
I did before. I visit with people while I
dr ink coffee at the Deschutes Crossing,
but afterwards, instead of going to work,
I have to go home. That is very hard to
except, because I'm not a couch potato
or a T.V. person," Harrison lamented.
Itukdi wigwa. Good day! March
signifies the middle of the spring
semester for students in both high
school and many colleges. I encour
age all of our students to study hard
and finish this semester up strong.
One of my goals as Miss Warm
Springs 2000 is to share my reign
with the community and I will be
updating you as to my travels. I hope
that the young woman of the commu
nity will see the value of this experi
ence and consider running for the
title in December!
In January, I attended the Annual
Holiday Indian Basketball Tourna
ment at the Community Center. This
was my first official appearance as
Miss Warm Springs and I had the
opportunity to meet some of the
young women who ran for the Holi
day Tournament Queen. I had the
opportunity to attend the ECE Val
entines Day Pow-Wow at the Agency
Longhouse and the Lincoln's Day
Celebration in early February. I re
ally enjoyed spending time with the
youth from ECE. It was great to see
them dancing and having fun! I wel
come the snow in Warm Springs with
open arms-Arizona doesn 't get many
snow days and definitely none in
Tempe.
I attended the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians Conference in
Portland and had the opportunity to
address the delegation at a banquet
sponsored by the Tullalup tribe. I
spoke briefly about the importance
of voting and had the opportunity to
meet Deborah Senn, a candidate from
the state of Washington running for
Congress.
At the end of February, I was
invited to be the Mistress of Ceremo
nies for the 33rd Annual Miss
O'Odham Tash Pageant in Casa
Grand, Arizona. The reigning Miss
O'Odham Tash, a fellow ASU stu
dent, passed her title to Natalia
Antone, in front of a crowd of over
300 people. This was the first time I
had ever been asked to MC a pageant
so you can imagine I was a little
nervous!
I will be representing Warm
Springs in the Miss Indian World
Pageant at the Gathering of Nations
Pow-Wow in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, April 26-30, 2000. As part
of the pageant, contestants are sell
ing raffle tickets for the Miss Indian
World Pageant Raffle. If you'd like
to purchase tickets for the Miss In
dian Pageant, please contact Bridgctt
Whipple at Cultural Resources, 553
3548. Your support is appreciated!
I would enjoy hearing from the
youth of our community and would
like to start an email forum with the
students of Warm Springs who are in
high school and college. My first
question for the youth is what do you
perceive arc some of the problems
that the youth in our community are
facing today? Please email me with
you opinions or any other questions
or comments to
dawamanahotmail.com
Chffl Cook-off
Chillinnium 2000
Supporting Healthy Communities
National Alcohol Free Weekend April 8, 2000
In honor of National Alcohol Free Weekend, CHET will
be hosting their first Annual Chili Cook-Off.
The event is slated for Saturday, April 8, 2000 beginning at 8 a.m. with a
Family Fun Run. At 10 a.m. the Chili Cook-Off begins. CHET is
challenging other tribal departments to participate in this National
Holiday. If you want your team involved, please call them for entry
rules. Remote control car races for kids will be sponsored by Fire
Management. The first 70 entries will get a free T-Shirt. If you think you
can handle fun in the sun, good cooking by locals, and support the cause
to have an ALCOHOL FREE WEEKEND, then Mark your calendars
for Saturday, April 8, 2000. We will be located down at the Community
Center. If you have any questions or concerns, PLEASE do not hesitate
to call a member of CHET at 553-4922.
Warm Springs senior citizens schedule
Committee seeks candidates
The Warm Springs Seniors Divi
sion have submitted their agenda for
the following months.
March
26th-Sunday Rose Garden Trip
Your Blaers vs New York
26lh-Sunday 6 p.m. Blazcrvison
Your Blaers vs New York
27lli-Moiulay 5:50 p.m. "Heart
Smart" at Warm Springs Agency
Longhouse, a fun activity to promote
diabetes awareness ! Come have your
self a great meal and ,a rollicking '
good time with your family and
friends! . .
28th-Tuesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. WS
Tribal Referendum RE: Purchase ad
ditional interest in the I lydro Project.
April
Ist-Saturday 7p.m. Blazcrvision;
Blazers vs Milwaukee'
2nd-Sunday 6 p.m. Blazcrvision;
Blazers vs Seattle
5th-Wcdnesday 7 p.m.
Blazcrvision; Blazers Vs Houston
The Pi-Ume-Sha Committe is
seeking possible candidates for
Pi-Ume-Sha 2000.
There are enough Jr. candidates
in the 7-12 age division but they
would like interested Sr. candidates
in the 13-19 to contact the Commit
tee.
You may call Danni Katchia at
553-3241 (work) or 553-9067
(home); oryou may call Lucy Suppah
at 553-3222 (work) or 553-9151
(home) for more information or to
sign up.
10th, 11th & 12th-Domestic Vio
lence Workshop at Kah-Nee-Ta
14th-Friday 11 a.m. Tulalip
Elder's Lunch, Marysville, WA
19th-Wednesday 7 p.m.
Blazcrvision; Blazers vs Denver
20th-Thursday 9:30 a.m.
Muckleshoot Annual Elder's Day
May
12th-Friday Warm Springs 10th
Annual "Honor Seniors Day"
June
lx U4th-Tucsday Annual Senior's
Day, New Fairgrounds in Redmond
July
20th-3rd Thursday 12 noon Tribal
Elders Celilo Picnic
August
1 9th-22nd-NICOA National Con
ference at Duluth, Minnesota (possi
bly a 12 day trip - lets make this a
great adventure!)
For further information contact
the Senior's program at (541) 553
3313 Fax: (541) 553-2240.
Chief Nelson Wallulatum and Delbert Frank,
Sr. say, "Vote Yes"
March 28, 2000
Gas prices discussed during
Tribal Management meeting
Warm Springs Animal Program
continues to work well
Spring clean-up
Root Feast meeting set
April 6, 2000
at Simnasho
Longhouse
and Agency
Longhouse
The Warm Springs Housing
Authority's three RSS staff CR,
Missy, and Suzie are encouraging
everyone to attend or send an alter
nate to the "ANNUAL SPRING
CLEAN-UP MEETING". We will
be planning for this year's events and
projected dates for the events to oc
cur. For example: Do we want to
start this year's Spring Clean Up
with a BBQ, sack lunch gathering?
What areas do we want to focus on
for cleaning projects? Together we
can make a difference for the better
ment of our community! We look
forward to seeing you attend this
meeting, which is scheduled for
Thursday, March 23, 2000, 1 :30 to 3
p.m. at the Housing Conference
Room.
The Warm Spi ings animal program
began in the spring ofl 994 in response
tocoinmunity concerns about the num
bers of stray animals and, more impor
tantly, in an effort to reduce the number
of dog bite in juries. Animal vaccina
tion clinics were held and people could
apply for a certi ficatc to obtain reduced
spay and neuter services from one of
the local vets.
Since 1 994, the program has grown
tremendously. Last year 283 certifi
cates were issued and two vaccination
clinics were held in Warm Springs.,
Over $I3,()(X) was spent toward this
program.
At the vaccination clinic held in
Warm Springs on March 1 1, 59 dogs
and cats were vaccinated, 37 dogs li
censed, and 26 certificates were issued.
The animal vaccination program is
working well but is geared towar d ani
mals with owners and does very little
for stray or unwanted animals.
On May 22, the National Humane
Society will be coming to the reserva
tion. It plans to round up as many stray
animals as possible and they will spay,
neuter, and vaccinate the animals. They
are encouraging anyone interested in
1 learning what they are doing to come
down and watch the process. The ani
mals will be taken off the reservation
for adoption. At the present time there
is no animal control on the reservation.
If there are problem animals, the only
, option at die present is to call the police
department. If people have questions
or concerns about the animal program,
please contact Nancy Collins at (541)
553-4943.
Youth rally set
There will be a Youth Rally For
Jesus 2000 at the Tulalip Indian
Reservation beginning April 6, 7 &
8lh. Services begin nightly at 7 p.m
Everyone welcome!
Hosting: Michael & Erick Wil
liams (425) 334-6325 or (360) 659
1777. Sponsored by the Merle Wil
liams Ministries and the Jubilation
Revival Center
On March 15,aDirector'sManaee-
ment meeting was held in conference
room 1, at the Tribal Administration
building. Present at the meeting were
the Director of Tribal Relations, Rudy
Clements, Secretary-Treasurer, Charles
Jackson, Director of Managed Care
Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Gar
land Brunoe, Personnel, Compliance
Director, Benson Heath, Director of
Office of Information Systems, Lloyd
Phillips, FinanceCash Management,
Lisa Sledge, Planning, Ray Rangila,
and Tribal Council, Doris (Teeney)
Miller. .
Tribal Department updates were
discussed during the managementmeet
ing. It also included a review of a
revised financial forecast of the 2000
Tribal Budget implementation which
included additional funds for a Senior
Pension Fund. The Manager's year
2000 goals and objectives, as well as
Tribal Council Priorities were dis
cussed. A request to Rudy Clements
for the completion of a talking paper
that will be presented to Tribal Council
for approval.
Tribal Council Vice Chairman,
Garland Brunoe, mentioned the high
cost of fuel that could be reaching $2 by
this Summer. He questioned if the
Tribes could possibly purchase a large
bulk of fuel some place. The fuel could
be stored in the Industrial Park area,
and be utilized for purchase by Tribal
members as well as Tribal employees
at a lower cost per gallon. Everyone is
remained to vote on March 28. To
approve the settlement agreement be
tween the Tribes and PGE. Your vote
counts. There are 650 tribal votes
needed.
Remove Studded Tires by April 1
April 1, is the deadline to re
move studded tires from your
vehicle, anyone using studded
tires after April 1 , can be fined up
to $ 1 50.as that is a class C traffic
violation.
The deadline was moved up
from April 30 to reduce road
damsges from the studded tires.
An estimate of $ 1 1 million is
spent on road repair each year by
theODOT.
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Rose Garden responsibilities shift to Personnel Department
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From left to ngh!, Benny Ho
The Terr-omit'l I Vp.irtnunt has
been given the responsibility ol han
dling the R.e C ir Jen events tick
ets. "An ad"...;;: 'iv l: . e ch in in
volving the Ro-e Gat Jen Suite has
been transfered from the M.in.ige-
th. Amelia Tewee, and Lois Lesarlley
ment area, over to the Personnel
Of f ice," Personnel Director, Benson
Heath stated.
Monitors during the Sky Box
events will include Benson Heath,
Amelia Tewee, Lois Lesarlley, Dor
othy Shadley, Angie Smith, Mary
Sando-Emhoolah, Jeff Sanders Sr.,
ValSqmemphen,SandraGreeri,and
Jesse Del Nero.
"Things will remain the same
with the random selection process
with the exception that senior citi
zens will get first choice," Benson
said. "If there are any changes, it's
because something is not working
right. Then I would make the
nessary adjustments from there.
Before I would make those adjust
ments, I would first need to know
what the current practices, as well
as what were some of the past prac
tices. Having this knowledge be
fore hand will help the Personnel
Department to improve and be of
better service to our membership.''
The Rose Garden is still the respon
sibility of the Secretary-Treasurer
who had it in the Management area.
Howerver it has been assigned to
Personnel.
"I beleive in looking back of how
the Sky Box ended up in the Person
nel Office is because of some up
coming projects. Primarily, the
relicensing of the Hydro Project,
the upcoming elder care facility, as
well as some school issue's that are
corning up. They had to make time
for that and I beleive that's why the
Sky Box project has been detailed
over to us," the crafty, Benson sur
mised. Benson said the Personnel staff
includes himself, Amelia Tewee,
and Lois Lesarlley. "We are open
for any suggested improvement that
the membership my have in how
we currently deal with sky box func
tions. As of yet, we havn't run into
any negetive problems, per say,
other than perhaps some miscom
munications with some of the se
lected applicants," Heath explained.
"For more information, or to
share a suggestion about the Sky
Box events, please stop by the Per
sonnel Office at the Aarninistration
Building or call 553-326Z The Per
sonnel Department will be glad to
hear from you.
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