E COOSb EEW: it IS ?&A Spilyay Tymoo December 22, 2005
Spilyay
Speaks
?7ai5 to
powwow
committee for
their time and
kind words
I fly Selena Boise
',"' SLutiigrmeiil successor
;i;Merry Christmas to all our
roders atul many wishes for a
tfcippy New Mar. I hope this
ikjijje finds you in
grud spirits this
hiifiday season, as I
0i getting ready
ty Christmas at
l;6me.
I; At this time I would like to
sjay. a few thank you's to the
Veterans' Powwow committee.
This annual gathering was held
December 16-17 this year and
iwas there that the veterans
were honored and thanked for
tltcir service to this country.
JT'irsr, I would like to thank
inyaunt Charlotte I lerkshan. It
was quite an honor to have my
sjbrt George recognized for his
service to this country, and with
quj Charlotte it would not have
happened, so thank you Char
lotte. ,lso a thank you to Captain,
wfo was in charge of the pow
wirw for the time it took to do
this for us.
;.' X'e are at this time still trying
t) get used to George being
away again, as he has left on the
2Jst for his next post in I lawaii,
where he will be until the spring,
wl)en he and his combat buddy
wjll be sent to Iraq.
want to say thank you also
t6 my aunts and uncles for be
ing there at this special occassion
f,op- George. Without all the
family's support ' George
wouldn't carry himself with con
fidence the way he does.
', Also to all the veterens with
heir words of encouragement,
and sharing that really helped all
f us, as we see George off to
is next post.
I It is hard for us but we just
fold onto the faith that we have
mi our son. His courage and
Strength will get him through and
firing him back to us for another
visit.
; lie is quite the inspiration for
eur younger children and makes
them think about their goals af
ter high school.
Letters to the Editor
Por that, thank you George.
Good cause
A million thanks to all the
people that made our
fundraising a success.
Many came by the next day
and purchased tamales. The rest
were sold at the Christmas Ba
zaar. Thanks to the families that
donated to our cause. Deer
meat was donated by Frank and
Roberta Suppah. Beans were
donated by Charlotte I lerkshan.
Snow's Cleaners donated cash
to purchase items. I lometown
Drug gave me a discount on
Burt's Beeswax I.ip Balm.
I,ois Smith donated the cake
mix. Thelma Colburn helped me
make tamales for two days (16
hours) plus another eight hours
for the sale.
F.vcryonc will truly be blessed
for they gave from their heart.
Items will be shipped to those
serving from our community
and arc graduates from Madras
High School.
Serving: Austin Smith Jr. (on
front lines); Winter Sky (Smith)
F.rickson and husband Darwin
Ivrickson (on front lines); Levi
Dowdy (on front line); Lawren
Slockish; Tashna I licks; George
Boise; Rose Sanchez; Hester
Scott; Joseph Mitchell; "Chip
per" Calica; James Spencer.
Sincerely, Shirley A.
Smith.
Spiritual needs
I hope that this reaches you
in the best of health and the
strongest of spirits. My respects
and prayers go out to all.
. My name is Troy L. Joncs
Ravenwolf,' a Vl Koyukon
Athabaskan and Creek artist
woodworker, presendy incarcer
ated at the Two Rivers Correc
tional Institution in Umatilla. I
am only a man, I am not a chief
nor do I sit on any kind of coun
cil, which is not permitted here.
This is only one voice reaching
out to all that will listen. I can
not speak for anyone else but
myself. However, there are
many who feel the same that are
unheard at this time.
I, like most of the indig
enous Native Americans here at
TRC1 and in prisons all across
this Great Country have wan
dered the land with no sense of
identity, afflicted by alcoholism,
drugs and various forms of
abuse. Some have only limited
education and checkered work
histories at best and we found
ourselves behind the walls
through our own ignorance. We
arc paying for our misdeeds. We
all have suffered a disconnec
tion from our life ways, our
peoples, our relations and ulti
mately, the Creator,
While we, the fallen ones,
come from many nations and
tribes, and have varied experi
ences of the traditional ways, we
all share in our need for your
help. I lear me! All of our broth
ers and sisters, Indian and non
Indian alike. Please answer our
calling out and lend a helping
hand.
This brings me to the point
of this letter. You see, here at
TRCI our spiritual needs are
being met by the prison officials
with indifference.
Our situation here is wors
ened by the fact that we here
are without a Native spiritual
advisor on hand, and lack of
volunteers from the community
has prevented us from the ben
efit of the purification Sweat
Ixxlge Ceremony and the Drum
Circle, which are the only two
opportunities for us here. There
is no consideration for us to
have the talking circle, or give
away, smudging and the enrich
ment of the passing of oral tra
ditions. We have no potlatch,
powwow or sacred pipe cer
emony to celebrate who we are
and to give thanks.
Here at TRCI we need vol
unteers to facilitate the Sweat
Lodge ceremony, Pipe Cer
emony and the Drum and. Talk
ing Circles. We need and would
like spiritual advisors, elders and
tribal historians from the com
munity to come and share with
us their history, ways, language,
stories and songs. Financial sup
port for Native American
books, music educational vid
eos, sacred medicines (sage, ce
dar, sweet grass, kinikinik, bit
terroot, lavender and copal) is
needed.
The existing Sweat Lodge is
in need of new red willows,
rocks and firewood. TRCI has
very strict policies that hinder
our obtaining medicine bags,
sacred objects, prayer offering
ties and prayer (eagle) feathers.
All donations of this nature will
be respectfully utilized.
All of these things will help
us be connected and preserve
our culture and traditions.
Any assistance and guidance
that you might be willing to pro
vide would be greatly appreci
ated. All donations cither material
or financial must be sent with
the notation that the funds or
items are for the Native Ameri
can Relgious funds only.
We invite volunteers to
TRCI. You would be most wel
come and honored.
You must first contact TRCI
chaplain or religious services,
then pass a LEDS (law enforce
ment data systems) background
check and attend an Oregon
Department of Corrections ori
entation. The Oregon Department of
Corrections does offer some
transportation expenses. The
process must be endured.
Again, everything must first be
discussed with the chaplain.
At this time I would like to
send out my respects and thanks
to all of the past, present and
possible future volunteers and
supporters who have been there
for the fallen relations. A hand
up is always a good thing. Please
know that you all are in my
prayers, and blessings.
All of our relations - your
brother in life and in spirit. Re
spectfully, Revenwolf, Troy
L. Jones, No. 11733597. P.S.:
I invite any correspondence to
the address below. Thank you.
Contact information:
Oregon D.O.C., TRCI: atten
tion: Chaplain Hodney, religious
services; or Mr, Guy Hall, ex
ecutive superintendent. 82911
Beach Access Road, Umatilla,
OR 97882. Or e-mail:
don.e.hodneydoc.state.or.us.
Letters of apology
Doing well
To our dear friends and fam
ily, we want you to all know we
are doing great down here in
Texas. We have been clean and
sober, we are working and liv
ing a good life without drugs or
alcohol. If you would like to
contact us you can write or
email us .Wishing everyone
Happy Holidays and a great
New Year!
Sincerely, LaLani Wolfe
and Thomas Charley.
Not enough revenue at other casino sites
'By Warren R. Clements
J ; Chairman, Kah-Nee-Ta
J ' Board of Directors
An information sheet con
cerning the potential casino de
velopment has recently been
ljstributed in the Warm Springs
community. This includes a
document entitled "Cascade
Locks project-Cash Position
fl3urn Rate' Factor." 1
j This is a copy of informa
tion that was previously pro
vided by the Tribal Council to
the;membership and is what was
then considered as the best
available estimates of expendi
tures for the year 2005.
; Also included were projec
tions done by ECONorthwcst,
the! consulting firm which the
tribe has utilized, of potential
tevenue from casino construe
tion at two different sites on the
reservation, one near Helle
junction and one at the site of
the' existing gravel pit, just south
bf Jlighway 26, between the
jown of Warm Springs and the
top of the grade to the west.
Again, these figures are the
actual projections, but can be
misleading unless they are fully
understood.
For example, the revenue
projections are gross revenue,
and do not take into account the
expenses that produce the re
maining cash, which is the
money that is available to the
tribe.
In order to determine the
remaining cash, it is necessary
to reduce the gross revenue by
all of the operating costs and
development costs, including die
debt service and financing costs
of the construction.
Both the potential sites at
Helle Junction and the gravel
pit are currently undeveloped
and would require spending for
the costs of utilities, infrastruc
ture, debt service, etc, which
would be very substantial. It is
questionable whether it would
be possible to finance either of
these projects, given their costs
and limited revenues.
All of the estimates for costs
of construction and revenue
produced have been done by
expert firms that the tribe has
been utilizing.
These include engineering
cost estimates prepared by the
engineering firm of Bussard
Engineering of Bend; construc
tion cost estimates prepared by
Andersen Construction of Port
land, the firm that built the
Museum at Warm Springs; esti
mates of financing costs re
ceived from national investment
banking firms from around the
country, and estimates of gam
ing revenues prepared by the
firm of ECONorthwcst, the
leading gaming analysis firm in
the Northwest.
Based on all of the estimates
developed for these potential
sites, the Tribal Council deter
mined that these sites would not
generate sufficient cash to pro
vide needed funds for the main
tenance of tribal government
and programs.
In fact, our estimates show
that the cash generated from a
casino at these locations on the
reservation would not signifi
candy surpass the cash gener
ated from the existing casino at
Kah-Nee-Ta for a number of
years.
The important consideration
is not the gross revenue pro
duced by any casino. Rather, it
is the cash that is available for
distribution to the tribe, for ex
penditure on tribal programs,
that is the important factor.
As stated above, we estimate
that the cash available from ei
ther the HeHe or gravel pit sites
would not significandy exceed
what is currendy generated by
Kah-Nee-Ta.
By comparison, our estimate
of the cash available from the
development of a casino at Cas
cade Locks ranges from $15
million to $60 million per year,
for the same period of time.
After all debt is repaid, the
cash generated at the HeHe or
Gravel Pit sites would be ap
proximately $15 million to $18
million annually. At Cascade
Locks, after repayment of all
debt, available cash is expected
to exceed $100 million per
year. Therefore, the Tribal
Council has concluded that it is
in the tribe's best interest to con
tinue to pursue the development
of the new casino at Cascade
Locks. Ch er 80 percent of tribal
members - in the largest voter
turnout in a tribal election in the
history of our tribes - agreed.
Additional information on
the casino Issues will be provided
to the tribal membership, as this
project goes forward
To the community of Warm Springs, I am writing this
letter of apology for my actions on December 1, 2005. I
committed assault and battery, abduction and reckless en
dangcrment. I apologize for my actions and I now am serv
ing 300 days in jail. I hope the victim and her family can
forgive me and let me be part of her life and the life of
our unborn child. Jackson Mitchell.
To my wife Teeny and kids and the people of the Warm
Springs reservation, I am truly very sorry for driving drunk
again on Dec. 2. 1 am sorry to do that to the people who
were glad I was sober. I know I did wrong, and now I'm
doing time for it. I know I'm not getting any younger. It's
time to grow up. When I get out of jail I want to get back
on the right track. I thank you for your time to read this. I
love my family with all my heart. And the people who will
support me to get over my illness. Theodore McKinley.
I would like to take this time to apologize to the com
munity and also to my family for my actions on Dec. 4,
2005. I am truly sorry and I am sure it won't happen any ;
time in the near future. You know me. Sincerely, Ty Lewis.
To Mr. Leander Kalama, I am writing this letter of apol
ogy concerning the night of our conflict at your residence.
I was highly intoxicated and it wouldn't have happened if I
was sober minded. So, I am sorry for the trouble I caused.
I am now on my way to rehabilitation from alcohol. I am
going away to amcricore so on top of a sorry farewell you
and the fam will be in my prayers. Bruce Berry.
I am very deeply sorry for committing the charge against
me CR657-05 on or about the day of November 19, 2005,
9:45 a.m. I hope the business of Deschutes Crossing will
forgive me for I know not what I did in the condition I was
in at that date and time. So please forgive me. Wendell
Greene.
To the Warm Springs tribal members, I apologize that I
made a very poor decision on driving under the influence
in August, 2005. Then putting my son in danger. There's no
excuse. For that I am truly sorry. I. Wallulatum.
I would like to apologize to the community of Warm
Springs regarding my actions that took place. I put myself
as well as other people in danger.' I thought about the or-"
deal and know that I will not put myself in that situation
again. Sincerely, Raphael Caldera.
I would like to apologize for my actions on Nov. 10,
2005. I was under the influence of alcohol and made a
poor decision to drive, and was pulled over for a DUII.
I'm sitting 30 days for my wrongdoing. Please forgive me.
Sincerely, Jess H. Stevens III.
Birthday and other wishes...
Happy birthday to my mom
Gloria Warner on December 31 '.
Mom, I love you and hope your
day is very special. Love, your
only daughter Jolena.
Happy 35th Anniversary,
Mom and Dad, on December
31. Wow, 35 years - that is a
very long time. You both are the
best parents. I wish you all the
happiness in the world and
many more happy and loving
years to come. I love you. Love,
your daughter Jolena.
Happy birthday to my
beautiful niece "Angel
Baby Warner." Hope you
have a lot of fun today.
Love, your auntie Jo.
Merry Christmas to all my
family, near and far. I am think
ing of each of you all my days.
Wishing everyone a happy holi
day this season. I love you. Jolena
Warner. 1
I want to wish my boyfriend '
Michael Summerhalder Jr. a'
very special Christmas and New
Year. Not only to you, but to
your family too. You're so won
derful and very very special to'
me. I love you with all my heart.
I love you. Love, forever, Jolena'
J. Warner. Xoxoxo.
Spilyay Tymoo
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