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Spilyay Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon
April 29, 2004
Olney Patt
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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.
Respectfully submitted, E. D.
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