Spilysy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 28, 2005
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As councilman, Jackson worked on key projects for the tribes
Zane Jackson was born at
Dry Hollow on the Warm
Springs Reservation to
Charles and Georgiana
(Miller) Jackson on January
13, 1924. He was the young
est of his parents children.
I le had two older broth
ers, Vernon, who preceded
him in death, and Max Jack
son, who still resides in Warm
Springs. He also had older
half-brothers from his
mother's first marriage,
Clifford, George and Roy
Mcacham. Mr. Jackson had
no sisters who survived past
infancy.
His father was both a
cattle rancher and a tribal
leader who served on the
Warm Springs Tribal Coun
cil for many terms, some as
chairman. Zane Jackson
spent his youth helping with
the ranch, and the experience
taught him the value of hard
work.
Unlike his older brothers
who all attended Chemawa
Indian School near Salem, as
a youth Mr. Jackson went to
Madras Union High School,
where he played on the bas
ketball team. He often joked
that he was the shortest cen
ter Madras ever had.
In the fall of 1942 he was
elected Sergeant of Arms for
the high school student asso
ciation and actively partici
pated in other school activi
ties. In mid-1942, Mr. Jackson,
brother Max and a number
of other reservation boys re
ceived their Selective Service
numbers. In the spring of
1943, Zane enlisted in the
US. Navy. After basic train
ed
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Council Chairman Jackson in the mid 1970s.
ing and a stint at a naval instal
lation in Farragut, Idaho, he
shipped out to the Pacific the
atre. He served as a Pharmacist's
Mate and was billeted at a na
val field hospital in New
Caledonia, about 800 miles east
of Australia. After an honorable
discharge from the armed ser
vices in 1946, Mr. Jackson went
to work as a heavy equipment
operator and log truck driver
for Wilson Lumber Co., hauling
reservation logs to the Warm
Springs Lumber Company mill.
Mr, Jackson joined a few
other tribal members who
started up their own logging
businesses, contracting with the
new tribally owned mill to har
vest tribal timber on the reser
vation and deliver it to the mill.
Mr. Jackson, like his father,
built a successful business. Also
like his father, he defined suc
cess in both financial and hu
man terms. I le took pleasure in
the fact that he and the other
loggers were providing good,
solid job opportunities to tribal
members. He would often hire
a man and give him a chance to
"turn his life around," even when
he didn't really need any more
workers.
Mr. Jackson earned respect
in the community and was first
elected to the Tribal Council in
1971. He served continuously
until he resigned in July, 2004.
During his 33 year tenure on the
Tribal Council, he served four
terms as chairman.
One of the most significant
events in Mr. Jackson's public
service career came on Decem
ber 12, 1988, when he and 15
other tribal leaders were invited
to discuss issues of concern to
Indian people with President
Ronald Reagan at the White
I louse.
While serving on the Tribal
Council, Mr. Jackson always put
the welfare of the tribal mem
bership before any personal con
sideration. I le was a tireless pro
moter of giving tribal members
a chance to show what they
could do. I le also served on the
Kah-Nce-Ta board for many
years. Jackson was Tribal Coun
cil chairman when an agreement
was reached to bring telephone
service to the rural areas of the
reservation. During his tenure,
arbitration was held and a satis
factory settlement was reached
on an adjustment to the lease
fee for the Round Butte project
with Portland General Electric.
As chairman he oversaw the
establishment of separate trust
funds for the Senior Citizens
Pension Fund and Tribal Edu
cation Scholarship Fund. It was
also under his leadership that the
tribes entered into water nego
tiations and reached an agree
ment beneficial to the tribes with
the State of Oregon. Other sig
nificant events during Jackson's
terms as chairman include pass-
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Mr. Jackson addresses the gathering at the dedication of
the re-regulating dam. And at top, in 1 988 shaking hands
with President Ronald Reagan.
ing referendums authorizing the
construction of the Museum at
Warm Springs, the Early Child
hood Education Center, and the
I Iealth and Wellness Clinic.
Mr. Jackson was an avid
golfer and traveled to "pro-am"
tournaments around the West in
search of the "bogey free"
round of golf. In the process
he made many other friends
and proved to be a natural good
will ambassador for Warm
Springs. During his lifetime, Mr.
Jackson made many friends and
few enemies. Perhaps it was his
quick smile or the "twinkle" in
his eye as he was gently chiding
you about something.
Mr, Jackson was first mar
ried to Norma (Kurtz) Jackson.
They adopted a daughter Donna
Qackson) Iiehrend, now de
ceased. Zane and Norma di
vorced in 1984. Mr. Jackson
married Patricia McQuire in
1985. He has three step-children,
Tonya Davis, Gary and
Stacey Bean. Mr. Jackson was
preceded in death by his par
ents, uncles and aunts. He is
survived by his brother Max,
his cousin Zelma, his nieces
Colleen (Meacham) Rcimcr,
Maxine (Meacham)
Stephens, Deborah and Anita
Jackson, Joyce (Meacham)
Reyes, and his nephews
George Meacham Jr., Mark
and Charles Jackson, cousins
Alvis Smith Sr., Claude Smith
Sr., and numerous other cous
ins, five grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
News from Indian Country
Remains believed to be 5,000 years old
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Bone
fragments unearthed at a
planned development site
turned up what archaeologists
believe are' the 5,000-year-old
remains of two American Indi
ans. The remains, accompanied
by trash pits, charcoal, carbon
ized seeds and tools, suggest a
camp used by nomadic hunters
who might have gathered me
dicinal herbs and food in the
area around 3000 B.C., said
David Pollack, a Kentucky Heri
tage Council archaeologist and
site-protection manager.
Indian tribes have been noti
fied of last week's find in south
ern Jefferson County, Ky. The
Army Corps of Engineers also
is involved in handling the site.
Spear tips and burned rock
were found several years earlier
at the 55-acre site near Inter
state 65 that is slated for a Wal-
Mart, restaurants and condo
miniums, officials said.
Archaeologists hired by devel
oper Hagan Properties are still
working to determine the scope
and significance of the find
and if more remains exist be
yond a one- to two-acre section.
Pollack said state officials
might ask the developer to pre
serve the burial area. If that
can't be done, he said, the re
mains likely will be moved.
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Tribes asked to evaluate burial site
The Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs are being
asked to participate in the
evaluation of an American
Indian burial site on a parcel
of land located near Ante
lope. A youth ministry that op
erates a camp on a ranch
south of Antelope is in the
process of purchasing the 480
acre parcel from the state. The
evaluation of the burial site is
part of the sale process.
Colorado-based Young Life
in the 1990s purchased the
former Rancho Rajneesh, and
converted it into a camp, now
called Wildhorse Canyon, that
hosts 6,000 youth during the
summer, and another 12,000
during the off-season.
Last week, the State Land
Board gave preliminary ap
proval to sell the 480-acre par
cel to Young Life. The Depart
ment of State Lands is selling
state-owned parcels that are
isolated and difficult to manage.
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