Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
January 11,2001 11
Tribal member vents continued from page 5-
Wc, Warm Springs Confeder
ated Tribes have the electricity, the
land, water, and resources to cre
ate a vibrant wholesome industry
business. We could use these re
sources, the estectic value, clean
air, water, living, to attract first-rate
honest (if that's possible) business
people to help us build our infra
structure business community by
advertising on the Internet. We
could have used those millions of
dollars we wasted in Hood River for
a down payment on a Barge. These
are those big boats that run busi
ness up & down Columbia River
with access to our global economy.
For the next 7 generations, if you
have forgot our elder's teachings.
Water, drinking water, since
we're on the subject of Chooz'.
How about our infinite wisdom
council approving another million
of dollar worth of water plant to be
built in the exact same location be
low our poop pond, lumbermill,
door plant, trash dump, below
Bend, Madras, Sisters, Redmond,
Prineville, etc. their farming waste,
PCB, industrial waste, human
waste, DDT farming waste, etc. All
this drains into our Deschutes
River. The most polluted cancer
causing sick river on our rez. And
our so-called leaders allow another
water plant our drinking water to
be built again.
Eliminate the districts and vote
as one. This would eliminate big
families in each district from mo
nopolizing all the power, resources,
education, experience, jobs, etc.
We should get more thoughtful
leaders if we all come together as
one. It is time to come together,
eliminate the three districts and all
vote as one. Anybody that is not
brain dead realizes that we cannot
continue to stay divided. If we con
tinue with the present system (cre
ated by whiteboys for whiteboys),
administrating, we will continue to
be robbed for generations.
Agency district meeting was
pitiful, sick, outrageous. Our so
called leaders were cussing, using
the F word on our people and an
other was taking cheapshots, ver
bal at our WS concerns. Little kids
in men's bodies making decisions
that affect all our WS peoples lives
for generations to come. With
simple minded, mean spirited,
thieves, like those in council. Know
wonder the timber contractor can
steal all they can, not be held ac
countable then are subsidized, bail
out, given millions more to enable
to continue stealing from all of us,
living dead & yet to be born. Sick,
very sick, greedy, selfish leaders,
concerned only about themselves &
their family & the pet lawyers.
These pets cost our people our
lives, our resources, money, affords
our leaders access to lawyers that
the'use1 to rip us off. Steal all they
can with our tribal lawyers help!
The Coyote watching the chicken
coop syndrome. Mangy coyote,
coyote sell-out, uncle tomahawk,
Kahlija puppets controlled by their
great white father, money greed,
whiteboy sickness, corporate busi
ness interest that will in the long
rung only benefit a few WS tribal
members. The precedent is our tim
ber resources that only benefited &
still benefit only a few tribal mem
ber while 95 of our Warm Springs
people live in poverty, sickness,
death. ..spend your millions worth
of blood money you cheap creeps.
Our people are dying because or
your selfish greed!
Opportunities should not be
less accessible to any of our young
people. But our present administra
tion has been monopolizing not
only opportunities but also tribal
positions & they have a system in
place that rapes, fiscally rapes all
our tribal people.
I think that if we build a tribal
liquor store, tribal adult recreation
center, tavern, we could put all the
money we earn back into preven
tion. Build a teen center, music,
tire, clothing, co-op, jobs, build our
own town instead of allowing the
uncle tomahawk kalaija puppets to
funnel all our WS tribal resource
into the Madras community, which
they have an interest in. Crimi
nal conflict of interests. Time for
some of us to get together and bring
a class action lawsuit. It is time for
change, way past time for change.
Out with the crooks. In with our
grass roots WS people.
We can do so much for the fu
ture of our WS tribal people if we
just work together, get rid of the
crooks, distinguish business from
)ersonaI and put our grass roots WS
seople in office, jobs, jobs, create
,obs.
I failed at my wood yard busi
ness but when I had it going on I
created over 100 jobs for local
woodcutters. Now the WS tribes
took it over and employ just a few.
Can't even come up with their own
business ideas. We have to lead
them into it. Then let them take the
credit. Oh well, as long as it gets
done & it benefits all our Warm
Springs Confederated peoples.
You all know me, or most of
you do, cause I was born, raised and
will die at home in Warm Springs.
We have to protect what little we
have left, not take it for granted
cause there are forces within our
community that would like to steal
what little land, freedom, resources,
etc. that we have left. You know
I'm pretty well messed up with the
drugs & alcohol plus other isms,
demons that I fight with. But I do
love my people, children, dad,
bros., sisters, etc. I care about our
Warm Springs Native Indian
people and others. Things are go
ing to be okay, as long as we hang
in there, be strong, protect our
selves, care about one another.
Nothing lasts forever. Not even
the poverty, violence, drugs, alco
hol, hard times or the good times.
70's & 80's are gone and so is most
of our timber resources & who stole
these resources? Think about it;
follow the money trail up the
Deschutes. But it's all-good just
most of the time it seems to e not
so good for 95 of our people..
Something needs to be fixed fast!!
Help, help, help, our leaders are
killing us. At least the Jewish Ho
locaust had the consolation of be
ing killed by a foreign govt. Ger
mans. Here in Warm Springs our
own government are the genocidal
monsters, our own government is
supporting genocides of our own
people. Our brother Luther
Danzuka murder, torture, sick,
very, very sick. Tribal govt. Ad
ministration, then they are trying to
cover up not only Luther's murder
but also the murder of the little
baby. Sick, sick tribal administra
tion. And where is the BIA Supt.?
Hiding?
Mr. Luther Danzuka, if he was
here, I'd ask him what it feels like
to be tortured, slowly dying, mur
dered by our own tribal govern-'
ment, Administration, talk about
Holocaust!!
Luther went to our EMT in
good faith, our Police & they mur
dered him!! Ouch. .Criminal viola
tion of our right to life. Criminal
violation of public trust. Man, if
this wasn't Payton place itself, ev
erybody responsible for our broth
ers murder from the EMTs, Police,
Doctors, and etc. would at the very
least in under indictment for homi
cide. What about that little baby our
tribal government, administration,
tortured, murdered by allowing our
child to roast in the sun!! Double
ouch!! Criminal violation to the
human Right to life. Murder by our
own Tribal Government. Can t get
much worse than that. It's legal to
murder our people in Warm
Springs.
What kind of message does that
send our Warm Springs commu
nity? No wonder everything is fall
ing apart, out of control, here in
Warm Springs. Our people killing
each other, plus the sleaz bags that
some people drag in here that kill
our tribal people. Man, go back to
the hole you crawled out of, sell
out. Only in Warm Springs can our
own tribal govt, administration
murder our people and get away
with it!! Only in warm Springs can
our Bro go to marriage counseling
in good faith and lose his wife and
family to the marriage counselor
who subsequently get promoted!!
Tramp go back where you crawled
here from. The road leads out. The
same way you came crawling in.
I'm angry. Angry about these so
called leaders that kiss up to the
whitebacks. We, WS tribes have
our own Indian values, moves,
ways, lets place the authority to say
no or yes back into the hearts,
minds, souls, of our Warm Springs
tribal peoples, as our elders suf
fered and died for.
We must come together, Warm
Springs, Wasco, Paiute as never be
fore to protect what little water,
timber, land, air, natural resources,
freedom, defend ourselves as never
before! ! But we must TEAM up, all
of us. Warm Springs up for the
good of all of us & not just a cho
sen few that become rich while the
vast majority 95 of our people
live and die in poverty, violence,
drugs, alcohol, and oppression.
Lets come together for the sae of
the next 7 generations.
This is what I think our tribal
government, tribal administration,
tribal enterprises are like our drink
ing water and cancer if we don't
come together and put a stop to
building our water treatment plant
in dry creek on the Deschutes River
the most polluted, filthy source of
cancer causing water on our Rez.
Then we will have to live with lit
erally killing our own families,
peoples through drinking all of
Bend's, Redmond's, Prineville's,
Sister's, Warm Springs' human
waste, industrial waste, PCP, farm
ing waste, cancer causing drinking
water. If we don't put a stop to all
the stealing that is going on as you
read this then we will again be
guilty of genocides on our own
people because it is this very coun
cil, administration that approved
this drinking water TX plant to be
built on the filthy polluted
Deschutes in the first place. Damn!!
Toe bright! I guess we are all ex
pendable in their greedy eyes. The
water TX plant, Tribal govt. &
Tribal admin. Must be dealt with
before our lives can start to get bet
ter. Oh! And what is that 2.5 mil
lion in the budget for Small Busi
ness. Is somebody padding their 1 8
new position? I knew it was all an
act. When one of our so-called
managers was offering up their po
sitions for budget cuts. Yeah right!
I guess we will see who moves into
the new million-dollar small busi
ness position. ..creep.
Well, signing off for
now.... just expressing the truth as
I see it. Have a nice day as the cops
might say.
Bobby Eaglelleart
Thanks for all the help
Thanks for helping at the Veteran's dinner
To the editor,
I would like to thank all the spon
sors that made it possible for me to
go to the Indian National Finals. I
tried my hardest to win but I just was
not able to do so. I hope the next time
I go,-1 can represent my people bet
ter. I would like to thank all of these
sponsors that made it possible for me
and my chaperone (my dad) Toba
Scott to go to Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Thank you and Happy Holi
days to all!
Deb & Toba (my parents), Warm
Springs Tribal Council, Warm
- Springs Composite Enterprise Warm
Springs Power Enterprise, Indian
Head Casino, Spirit Mt. Casino,
Kahneeta Resort, Heath Stables, Coca
Cola, Warm Springs Rodeo Associa
tion, WS Social Services Branch, Big
R, Leavitts Western Wear, The Pio
neer, Juniper. Travel, KWSO & staff,
Carmela Scott, Benny Heath, Flint
Scott, JP Part & Olney Patt, Olsen &
Iva Meanus, Zane Jackson, Jody
Calica, Brenda Scott, Delvis Heath,
Earl & Rita Squiemphen, Rosie Tom,
Nola Queahpama, Neda & Jimmy
Wesley, Carol Bailey, Delcie Scott,
Rose Scott & Pat Allen.
Raffle Winners are as follows:
J'Dean Kalama-earrings by
Carmela Scott; Wendall Jim-earrings
by Carmela Scott; Wendell Jim-blanket
throw by Neda & Jimmy Wesley;
Gean Hudson-Beaded Blazer Pin by
Carmela Scott; Nora Kimsey-picture
frame by Leavitts Western Wear;
Loren Suppah-Big R gift certificate
by Big R; Merle Suppah-Litefoot CD
by KWSO; Pat Allen-Brownstone
CD by KWSO; Cordelia Knecland
Igloo cooler by Coca Cola & Litefoot
CD by KWSO; Carol Bailey-Arigon
StarSundance CD by KWSO; Cheryl
Kennedy-Litefoot- CD by- KWSO
yarn bag by Deb Scott, T-Shirt by
Indian Head Casino; Earl
Squiemphen-Yarn bag by Neda
Wesleyt-shirt by Indian Head Ca
sino: Josh Moorland-Indian Head
Casino Denim jacket; Gloria Quam
stay at Kah-Nee-Ta and a game of
golf by Kah-Nee-Ta Resort; Desiree
Allen-blanket by Neda Wesley
BrownStone CD by KWSO.
I'm sorry if I missed anyone!
Thanks again.
Israel Scott,
Western States Champion
Saddle Bronc RlderINFR qualifier
Baby births
Sammv and Clinton RrukeH
Head of Warm Springs are the proud
parents of a baby boy, Hazen Jacob
Lane Bruised Head, born December
21", 2000 at 6:24 p.m. at the Madras
Mountain View Hospital. Hazen
weighed 8 lbs 0,3 oz and was 20 A
inches long.
He joins sister Ashton Slimmer,
age 5. Maternal grandparents are
Frances and Kenny Allen of Warm '
Sp!ring$, Oregon add patera! grand-'!
parents are Margaret and Peter
Bruised Head of Standoft, Alberta'
Canada.
Michele Gonzales and Eduardo
Cuevas welcomed their baby girl,
Alma Rose Cuevas on December 13
2000 at the Madras Mountain View
Hospital. Alma weighed 8 lbs 1 oz
and was 20 V inches long. She joins
two brothers and five sisters. Grand
parents are Georgina Suppah and
David Gonzales of Warm Springs,
Oregon.
Apology given for insensitivity
To the editor.
, To Lee, Connie Johnson and the
Warm Springs Community:
I would like to extend my deep
est sincere apology for entering the
Agency Longhouse on Saturday, De
cember 02, 2000 during Washut ser
vices for a family member of Lee and
Connie Johnson's.
I would also like to apologize to
the Warm Springs community mem
bers who were in attendance during
these services.
This was a total over site on my
part, and I should have considered the
feelings of this family and how they
had to deal with the loss of their fam
ily member.
I truly wish to extend my deep
est and sincere apology and ask that
Lee, Connie Johnson and the Warm
Springs community may be able to
forgive me for the mistake on enter
ing the Agency Longhouse during
such a sacred time of their lives.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Whittenburge
Indian Trail Restaurant
2001 special
Good through
February 28, 2001
$11 Lge 2 topping pizza
$9 Med 2 topping pizza
$7 Sml 2 topping pizza
To the editor,
Once again Veteran's Day has
passed, truly a Nationally Declared
Day to honor those soldiers who
fought for our freedom, those who
lost their lives in battle and those still
missing in action. The V.F. W. La
dies Auxiliary to Elliott Palmer Post
4217 are to be commended for the
honor dinner they prepared. It would
not have been possible had it not been
for the following persons: Ellen Thompson-cold
drinks, roots & salmon;
Madeline' Mclnturff-salad fixings;
Larson & I's Cute-deer meat; Rick &
Aurolyn Watlamef-grouhd meat; .j
Laura Grabner-6 pies; Mina Shike-35p
pies; Martina Stwyer-25 cakes;
Jos'epha Crowe-flour, fruit cocktail;
Kirby Heath-100 lbs. potatoes; Iris
Smith & children-potatoes; Eliza
Brown & children-made arrange
ments to provide honor cake for Vet
erans, funds donated by the above
Auxiliary members for the cake.
' Myself and sister Hilda Culpus
provided and cooked with all the will
ing persons. The cooks, Eliza Brown,
Flossie Wolfe, Carol Dick, Patsy
Brown, Lois Smith and all the little
helpers who served the food, I espe
cially would like to thank Charlotte
Herkshan for her dedication to act as
our MC for the special count down
of all our Veterans.
The Ladies Auxiliary paid trib
ute to five Auxiliary members who
left us within the past year by having
a release give-away so that we could
go on with the preparation of the
honor Veterans dinner. This past year
has been difficult as we strive to go
without Marjorie Danzuka, Nancy
Johnson, Effie Culpus, Verbena
Greene and Kathleen Heath. For each
member we lose through death, we
must recruit new members. The ini
tial annual dues are subject to change
after our December 7, 2000 meeting.
I have encouraged many persons to
join in but go no committments. I am
again encouraging you to visit our
meetings. We as members usually
have close working relationships.
At this time we are planning vast
fund raising activities such as Christ
mas Bazaar, flea markets, bake sales,
fund raiser dinners and much, much
more. If any member has any ques
tions for terms of office, you may re
fer to section 807 in the V.F.W. La
dies Auxiliary By-Laws and Ritual.
Ladies of the Auxiliary, have
:your .donations ready for. the X-mas.'
Bazaar Df c, 9th at the tflmmunity
Wellness Center. Make a special ef
fort to attend this meeting on Dec. 7th
6:30 p.m. at the V.F.W, hall.
I am enclosing for the editor to
publish our officers names and the
order in which appears our By-Laws
adn Rituals page 35.
Have a safe and happy Holidays.
Neda Wes ley
2000 Auxiliary
Officers
President-Ellen Thompson
Jr. Vice-Eliza Brown
Sr. Vice-Eileen Spino
Secretary-Neda Wesley
Treasurer-Kathleen Heath
11-07-00 Susan Brunoe
Conductress-Laura Grabner
Chaplain-Hilda Culpus ,
Guard-Viola Kalama
3 year Trustee-Iris Smith
Historian-Adeline Miller u
Patriotic Instructor--Wjlm picard
Color Bearers: 1
1. Barbra Poncho
2. Phyllis Strong
3. Freda Wallulatum
4. Romagene Joe
Flag Bearer:
Susan Brunoe
Beulah Tsumptsi
Musician:
Neda Wesley
(My sincere apology for not printing this letter in a timely manner. I accept full
responsibility for any inconvenience it may have caused. Again, I am sorry-Tina)
Where is the hiring policy?
The Dollar Bill
Take out a one dollar bill and
look at it. The one dollar bill you're
looking at first came off the presses
in 1957 in its present design.
This so-called paper money is in
fact a cotton and linen blend, with red
and blue minute silk fibers running
through it. It is actually material.
We've all washed it without it
falling apart.
A special blend of ink is used.the
contents we will never know. It is
overprinted with symbols and then it
is starched to make it water resistant
and pressed to give it that nice crisp
look.
If you look on the front of the
bill, you will see the United States
Treasury Seal. On the top you will see
the scales for the balance a bal
anced budget. In the center you have
a carpenter's T-square,a tool used for
an even cut Underneath is the Key
to the United States Treasury. That's
all pretty easy to figure out, but what
is on the back of that dollar bill is
something we should all know.
If you rum the bill over, you will
see two circles.Both circles, together,
comprise the Great Seal of the United
States. The First Continental Con
gress requested that Benjamin
Franklin and a group of men come
up with a Seal.
It took them four years to accom
plish this task and another two years
to get it approved.
If you look at the left hand circle,
you will see a Pyramid. Notice the
face is lighted and the western side
is dark. This country was just begin
ning. We had not begun to explore
the West or decided what we could
do for Western Civilization. The
Pyramid is un-capped,again signify
ing that we were not even close to
being finished. Inside the capstone
you have the all-seeing eye.and an
cient symbol for divinity.
It was Franklin's belief that one
man couldn't do it alone,but a group
of men, with the help of God.could
do anything. "IN GOD WE TRUST'
is on this currency. The Latin above
the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS,
means "God has favored our under
taking." The Latin below the pyra
mid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM,
means "a new order has begun." At
the base of the pyramid is the Roman
Numeral for 1 776.
If you look at the right-hand
circle, and check it carefully, you will
learn that it is on every National Cem
etery in the United States.
It is also on the Parade of Flags
Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida
National Cemetery and is the center
piece of most hero's monuments.
Slightly modified, it is the seal
of the President of the United States
and it is always visible whenever he
speaks, yet no one knows what the
symbols mean.
The Bald Eagle was selected as
a symbol for victory for two reasons:
first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is
strong and he is smart enough to soar
above it. Secondly, he wears no ma
terial crown. We had just broken from
the King of
England. Also, notice the shield
is unsupported.
This country can now stand on
its own. At the top of that shield you
have a white bar signifying congress,
a unifying factor. We were coming
together as one nation. In the Eagle's
beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS
UNUM," meaning "one nation from
many people."
Above the Eagle you have thir
teen stars representing the thirteen
original colonies, and any clouds of
misunderstanding rolling away.
Again, we were coming together
as one. Notice what the Eagle holds
in his talons.
He holds an olive branch and ar
rows. This country wants peace, but
we will never be afraid to fight to pre
serve peace. The Eagle alw ays wants
to face the olive branch, but in time
of war.his gaze turns toward the ar
rows. They say that the number 13 is
an unlucky number.
This is almost a worldwide be
lief. You will usually never see a
room numbered 13, or any hotels or
motels with a 13th floor. But,think
about this:
13 original colonies, 13 signers
of the Declaration of
Independence, 13 stripes on our
flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 let
ters in the Latin above, 13 letters in
"E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above
the Eagle, 13 plumes of feathers on
each span of the Eagle's wing, 1 3 bars
on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive
branch, 13 fruits, and if you look
closely, 13 arrows. And for
minorities:t he 13th Amendment.
I always ask people, "Why don't
you know this?" Your children don't
know this and their history teachers
don't know this. Too may veterans
have given up too much to ever let
the meaning fade. Many veterans re
member coming home to an America
that didn't care.
Too many veterans never came
home at all.
Tell everyone what is on the back
of the one dollar bill and what it
stands for,because nobody else ill.
To the editor,
Indian First. Our Tribal Member
Preference Policy put into place by
our Tribal Council who then had a
genuine concern for our people is
exactly what Webster's Dictionary
describes policy as wise management--a
principal or plan of our tribal gov
ernment. In 1991 when our mill was com
pelled to lay off 150 workers, I ad
dressed the Tribal Council with facts
regarding other tribes that aggres
sively enforced their TM's preference
policy. The Seminole Indians of
Florida actually forced a non-tribal
member to leave their job and be re
placed by a TM which had the capa
bility to do the job. the non-tribal
member had a better resume with
higher qualifications, but as long as
there was a TM which had "enough "
qualifications and was capable to
handle the job, the TM had first pref
erence. That is what the SOVER
EIGNTY we fought for-for so long
stood for. The right to establish our ,
own laws to wisely govern our
people. Any other hiring entity would
be sued to practice such favoritism in
hiring. We, not only can do it but we
do, do it. Otherwise we would be sued
for even having the nerve to put that
section on all our tribal job applica
tions. If a TM is qualified he should
get the job, or remain on the job when
"lay offs " are a necessity of manage
ment. Of the 60 "lay offs" at the mill,
Not a single member should be laid
off. They are all qualified and ca
pable. I worked at the mill and know
you can train monkey to do most of
those jobs, they are easy and monoto
nous, but they do bring in family in
come for the TM's-the very reason
the mill was established for in the first
place.
Being self-sufficient means
when there is just enough food for
your family, you feed your family
first You don't call every Polanski,
Pedro, or Gertrude, and every other
stranger to share your last meal, starv
ing everyone. It means you look out
for your own first. You make sure
your family gets its share Of the pie.
The 1991, the Council make a
new referendum after I addressed the
issue, which was to enforce the Tribal
Member Preference-Affirmative Ac
tion Plan Policy. The management
that did the hiring just "scoffed" at
the new referendum, and nothing
changed, as usual. The Tribal Coun
cil had neglected to place a penalty
in place to aggressively enforce their
decision. If the person were fired for
"insubordination" for not following
policy, the referendum would have
some power.
If management knew they could
lose their own jobs and be in the same
boat as the tribal member they are
oppressing, they would not scoff. But
would adhere to Tribal Council's
mandates.
I've got two college degrees and
one business certificate and for nearly
3 years have got aced out for a job 1
was qualified for, but a white guy got
the job. A white guy who pays no
taxes for the community and could
care less about our needs. How do we
encouage our children to go to col
lege, when they know a white guy
will get the job anyway? And to top
that off, that white guy will hire an
other white guy as a consultant. If
your salary is. $65,000 plus you are
automatically entitled to a consultant
to do your thinking for you. Two
white guys doing a job, one Indian
can do. Wisdom?
What are these TM's going to do
when they have no work? Occupy the
jail? Sell drugs? Burglarize? Poach?
Get drunk and destroy? Desperate
people do desperate things. We need
a referendum that fires the hiring per
son for not hiring TM's first!! Take
care of our ow n first
Tribal Member,
R.T. Thompson
(Shy'Lumcc)