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Page 16 Spilyay Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon April 29, 2004 Olney Patt Continued from Page one Times were troubled for the Patt family. Olney was alone and he felt like an island on the res ervation. "I never understood why people would be at our home using belittling or abusive lan guage," she says. , She goes on, "My father would have them come in the house. My mom would ask us to leave and I would go around by the side. I could hear what they were saying. It was a sad time for me because I didn't understand why they were us ing mean and abusive language with my dad in our native tongue." After incidents like this, atwai Frances Patt would order Orthclia and the other kids to leave him alone and let him think about what had happened. She remembers hearing her fa ther and mother talking long into the night about some of the dif ficult decisions facing the tribes during those years. She credits her mother with helping provide the strength to hold the family together in those times. " "I feel proud because I've come from a stealthy family, strong and healthy on both sides," Orthclia says, "We were rich, not in wealthy things." Orthelia prefers to concen trate on the happy memories of her family. A traditional family where the men and women had their separate duties in the house, but as soon as the girls stepped outside, they were ex pected to take care of the horses, paint truck racks and carry firewood. It taught them to be comfortable in two differ ent worlds. But most of all she recalls the warm memories of a little girl when her father would be the first one out of bed on a cold winter morning. Olney would rush to the wooilstovc and get the fire started. Then he would jump back in bed. While the house warmed, he would sing traditional songs - owl dance, round dance and even war dance songs to his entire family. I Ie kept the rhythm by gently rapping his knuckles on the wall. "I le would tap on the wall and sing to us every morning. I Ie had a really good voice," she says. Olney was with his family. These were the good times. These were the happy times. History of a Leader 1950 - Fought against public law 280 1957 - Cclilo flooded by The Dalles Dam backwater 1958 - The Dalles Dam settlement of $4 million for loss of fishing sites. Most of the money is held in tribal treasury. 1958 - Pclton Dam dedi cated. 1961 - Warm Springs Land Purchase Act passed by Con gress first time an Indian Tribe had repurchased their own land with their own money. 1961 - Confederated Tribes purchase Kah-Nee-Ta for $165,000. 1965 - Dedication of Round Butte Dam and Lake Billy Chi nook. 1966 - Warm Springs Na tional Fish Hatchery authorized to stock waters on reservation with salmon and trout. 1972 - Tribal Elderly Pension Program established. 1972 - Kah Nee Ta Lodge grand opening. Kah-Nee-Ta: focus on tribal member employment (Continued from page 1) The intent of the program, along with enterprise hiring practices, will focus on tribal member employment and opportunities. The human resource de partment will be implement ing the program in the very near future. Under Janell Smith's guidance, program manager Laurain Hintsala, along with two coordinators, Priscilla Frank and Leroy Smith, formerly of Warm Springs Forest Products, bring a unique understanding to the program and human resource area. It is Kah-Nee-Ta's hope that tribal members will take advantage of its human re source staff and jobs in the hospitality industry. As Kah-Nee-Ta continues to grow and be a profitable business for the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs, the enterprise takes this op portunity to sincerely express its gratitude and appreciation to the tribal membership for their support of Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino. Please support the businesses you see in the Spilyay Tymoo. 1972 - McQuinn Strip re turned to tribes. 1974 US District Court rules Indian people are entitled to half of the harvcstablc salmon and stcelhead in the treaty area and have the right to fish at traditional off-reservation sites. 1976 - Phase 3 of Kah-Nee- Ta dedicated. 1977 - Tribal Administration Building completed. 1 978 - Warm Spring National Fish I latchery dedicated. 1978 -Industrial Park estab lished. 1979 - Confederated Tribes appropriate 510,000,000 for Pelton Reregulating Dam Hy droelectric project. 1984 -PGF. settles with tribes on negotiated payments relating to PeltonRound Butte Project on the Deschutes River. Nat Shaw of Tribal Reaions provided research for this history. Letters of apology To my family, friends and fellow people of Warm Springs, I have just returned home from successfully com pleting drug and alcohol treat ment at the Sundown M Ranch in Selah, WA. While there I learned about the ad dictive poisons that control so much of our people. I'm not trying to sound or act better than anyone else. I'm not. I was selling that poison to our people in the form of meth amphctaminc. This is my for mal apology and yes I am very sorry. To some of you this could be humorous, for you have read lots of apology let ters. I am sincere and plan on paying back our commu nity in positive cultural and spiritual ways. I would like to say thank you to the courts and police department for without them I would not had a chance to turn my life around and get on the "Red Path of Sobriety." It is a good feeling, but again 1 am sad and very sorry to you my people of Warm Springs. Sincerely, Shawn D. Cartncy. I am writing this letter of apology to a person very dear to me. My action of anger was uncalled for on March 29, 2004. I hope I'm not a fright to you because I love you. Alcohol's done me no good so I'll work on that problem. I wish us a more stable future, T.T. To the community of Warm Springs I am really sorry for my actions that resulted with my self being arrested for driving under the influence of intoxi cants. I understand that I endan gered the community by driv ing with no taillights (which have been repaired). I will not let it happen again. Sincerely, A. Gonzales. To the community and people of Warm Springs. I would like to apologize for driving under the influence back in February 2003. I re alize what I did was wrong and will try not to let it hap pen again. C. Stwycr. Due to a conviction and sentence for the criminal act against the tribes of driving under the influence, and upon recommendation of prosecu tor Toni Made, I have been ordered to write a letter of apology to you. So, therefore, in compliance of the court, I apologize to you. I would like to thank the police officer for being kind enough to take care of my ve hicles. Thanks much to my two kids for their big heart. 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