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Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Clements:
remembered
at Gorge
(Continued from page 1)
In 1999, the econom ically
depressed city partnered with
the e q u a lly d e stitu te W arm
Springs to promote a casino that
would create 1,700 new jobs. In
addition, the city began show
casing the rich Native American
history o f the area in its tour
ism outreach.
“Rudy had an untiring re
solve to make the world a bet
ter place for all of us to live,”
said former mayor Roger Free
born. “He will be greatly missed
but surely not forgotten.”
“When one of us would get
angry, he’d hold out his hand and
draw us together. Because o f
that I believe our communities
are bonded in a significant way,”
said fo rm er C ity C o un cilo r
Sandra Kelley, who stated the
belief that the casino project
had bonded agencies through
out the county.
“During one o f our visits to
Raelynn Ricarte/ Hood River News
A drum group was part of the ceremony at Cascade Locks, honoring the late Warren R.
Clements.
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Warm Springs he told us ‘this is
peace, this is peace forever,’”
said Cascade Locks Port Com
missioner Joeinne Caldwell.
Carol York, District 1 Countv
Commissioner, also spoke highly
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of Clements. She had met the
tribal gam ing chair when the
battle was first heating up over
a contested casino proposal on
trust land just east o f Hood
River.
The two officials im m edi
ately “hit it o f f ” and began
w o rk in g to fin d com m on
ground.
York said the end result of
the negotiations they orches
trated was the com p rom ise
plan to site the casino in the
largely w illing com m unity of
Cascade Locks.
“The casino in C ascade
Locks will be his legacy and it’s
up to all of us to strengthen the
partnerships and achieve the
project that meant so much to
him,” said York.
C h arlie
T ailfeath ers,
Clements’ brother-in-law, led the
opening prayer at the service
and described Clements as “a
pleasant, gentle and helpful in
dividual.”
The Quartz Creek D rum
mers draped an em pty chair
with a Native American blanket
to show their respect for the
deceased musician.
Tailfeathers said that in ad
dition to teaching youth the
m eaning behind the ancient
tribal songs, Clements held nu
January 19, 2006
merous distinguished posts on
and o ff the reservation in a
quest to improve the quality of
life for his people.
“One of his biggest passions
was to please and make other
people happy. He was a very cul
turally spiritual person and it was
something he carried on very
strongly in our fam ily,” said
Margie Tuckta, Clements’ niece.
She gave an emotional thank
you to Cascade Locks officials
for organizing the memorial ser
vice.
Other Warm Springs mem
bers who attended included
Anna Clements, Rudy’s widow,
C h ie f D elv is H eath , L o uie
Pitt, director o f governm ent
affairs, and Tribal Councilors
Bernice M itchell and Reuben
Henry.
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“Our way of life is that we
share everything because we are
only on this earth for a short
time,” said Heath. “He under
stood that and had figured out
what it takes to be happy.”
(Note: This article appears
through the courtesy o f the Hood
River News.)
Clements family appreciates the support of many
Anna Clements and her fa m
ily received an outpouring o f sup
p ort from friends and relatives on
the reservation, fro m across the
state and Indian Country. Anna
wishes to share some o f the car
ing words she received follow ing
the passing o f her husband War
ren R. “R udy” Clements.
The untimely passing of Mr.
Warren “Rudy” Clements was
unexpected and met with shock.
The late Rudy Clements was
such a talented, knowledgeable
and experienced tribal leader
whp was. always a w arm and
dependable friend to everyone.
The late Mr. Clements was a
great ambassador for the Con
fed erated T ribes o f W arm
Springs. He was always on a
mission to help the tribes, tribal
members of his community or
special guests attending various
events and special tribal festivi
ties held on the reservation.
The late Mr. Clements had
such a great knowledge of the
history, culture and traditions of
the Warm Springs tribes. He was
always up to the task of pro
te c tin g and p rese rv in g the
tribes’ culture, sovereignty and
treaty rights.
Mrs. Speaks and I express
ou r co n d o len ces to Mrs.
Annabelle Clements and family.
S ign ed , S ta n ley Speaks,
B IA N o rth w e st R e g io n a l
Director.
Words cannot adequately ex
press how deeply saddened we
were by the news o f R udy’s
passing. Warm Springs as a com
m unity owes a great debt of
gratitude to Rudy for his con-
the river will be greatly missed.
D e n n is W a ls h , S h a s h i
S u r i, S te p h e n K n o w le s ,
W alsh B ishop A ssociates.
S p ily a y file photo
Atwai Warren R. Clements
His positive attitude, know
ing that the tribes’ goal to re
turn to the river would some
day be reality, w ill be greatly
missed. His prayers to being our
meetings was heart warm ing,
reminding us that all we have
and all we are come from the
Great Spirit. James Bussard,
and staff at Bussard E ngi
neering.
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tributions to the cultural and
economic well being o f the res
ervation. With heartfelt condo
lences, O ln ey P att Jr. and
Rosenda Shippentower, Co
lu m bia R iver In ter-T rib al
Fish Commission.
Our thoughts are with you.
Cathy Sherick, Portland Metro
R egio n al
P arks
and
Greenspaces, Salmon Festival
co o rdin ato r. O thers on the
Parks staff — Bill Doran, Lora
Price and Deb Scrivend — also
sent their condolences.
His friendship and concern
were cherished not only by us
but by folks from near and far.
Your loss is shared by many.
Frank and Anna Halfmoon,
Coulee Dam, Wash.
His leadership and vision for
W arm Springs N ation was a
guiding influence on our team
and efforts. We extend our con
dolences for the loss of a friend
and colleague. R udy’s strong
passion, warrior spirit and com
mitment to the tribes’ return to
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Dear Anna,
Rudy has always been a spe
cial person in my life. I first
worked with him when he di
rected the Community Center
and I enjoyed my work there so
much. Rudv did a lot toward
developing health and leisure
time activities for his people at
Warm Springs. He worked hard
in that area (as well as other ar
eas) to develop programs for all
ages — from the youngest to the
older adult. I hope his contribu
tion to his people will never be
forgotten.
In my person life I will never
forget and will always be thank
ful to him for providing me with
a job at a time when I needed
one. Without question, he put
me to work for the tribes and I
have enjoyed a lifelong career
working in the recreation and
fitness field — 21 years with
Warm Springs and another 15
in my current position at Moun
tain View Hospital in Madras. I
can only hope that I was suc
cessful in contributing even a
small portion of what Rudy con-
Margie and Joe.
Garland and Susan Brunoe.
Ed and Urbana Manion.
The Warm Springs Gaming
The follow ing sent flowers, and Commission staff.
David Day.
th eir co n d o len ces to A nna
Len Bergstein.
Clements and fam ily.
P eg g y
F ow ler,
Steve
T he M useum at W arm
Springs Board of Directors, the Q uennoz, PGE officers and
museum Board of Regents, and P elton-R ound B utte project
all the museum staff.
staff.
Tribal Council and staff of
Mickey and Arlene Boileou.
Alice Scott and Max Jackson. the C o nfed erated T ribes o f
C o rey C lem en ts, Jo e l Grand Ronde.
Ken and Jeanie Smith.
Holliday and Boby.
Val Fuava and family.
Shirley E.
Mark and Jeanette Philips.
, Sandtity M brn' and Siblings,! <
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sister Marene.
The Jackson family.
tributed to the people of Warm
Springs.
Eva and Dick Montee
The staff at Lava Lanes.
Scott and Myrna Clements.
Mike Clements and family.
The Coquille Indian Tribe.
The Tribal Council Confed
erated Tribes o f Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw.
S u n sh in e, Je rm a yn e and
Keno.
Leota Sanders and family.
(Editor’s note: Anyone whose
name was inadvertently omitted,
please know it was an accident, and
that, your support is greatly appreci
ated by Anna and her family.)
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