E Coosh E EWA: The way it is
Spilydy Tymoo
August 3, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Casino brings
fight between
Indians
B y Selena Boise
Management Successor
Have you read about the
shots being taken at the Cowlitz
casino? It appears that this ca
sino will take busi
ness away from the
Spirit M ountain
profits.
John Barnett,
Chairman of the Cowlitz tribe,
said that it is a sad thing because
there are Indians fighting Indi
ans. Grand Ronde with their
economic reasons for opposing
this new casino, disputed the
“Indians fighting Indians” com
ment that was made. Siobhan
Taylor, Grand Ronde’s public
affairs director, stated that that’s
not what it’s about, that it’s di
rected against outside interests,
out-of-state big money interests.
The cable TV commercials
were used to oppose this casino
project, much like the ones that
opposed the Cascade Locks ca
sino project. Bankrolled by the
Grand Ronde.
George Skibine, director of
Indian gaming in the Interior
Department, said, “there’s a lot
of money at stake, I think you
will see people try to make ef
forts to protect their turf.
Whether it’s right or wrong,”
though he didn’t have an opin
ion on that.
It was also stated that these
type of Indian versus Indian
disputes happen across the
country, and what happens is
political consultants are the ones
who end up chuckling all the way
to the bank.
But, the Cowlitz do not have
a casino at the present time. This
would be their first and I would
think that for economic reasons,
they are interested in taking care
of their people. A lot like the
Warm Springs want to, or any
other tribe for that matter.
From my standpoint I believe
that taking care of our people
means assuring that we have
money for health care, for hous
ing, for the security of our
children’s children, and to take
care of our elders. Right now
we are depending on this new
“Bridge of the Gods” casino to
assist us with this plus much
more.
For now we struggle and we
rely on our leaders to do what’s
right for us all.
When I was in boarding
school we used to celebrate
Native American week really big
with athletic competitions, and
everything surrounding the fact
that we were Native Americans.
The student body was around
500. We would do this together
as a group. We were Native
Americans, not Sho-Bans, Utes,
Navajos — we were all Indians.
Pdge 4-
Photo courtesy of Norma Miller
Ray Jackson (left) and Craig Smith at the Games.
Great experience at Games
My name is Craig Smith
Jr., and I had the opportunity
to travel with Team Oregon
15-16 Boys Basketball to the
2006 Native American Indig
enous Games in Denver,
Colo, July 3-7. This is the first
for Oregon to win a medal
in basketball in the Indig
enous Games and the team
came home with the Bronze
Medal. Our coach was Ed
Case Jr. of Chiloquin. Team
players
were
from
Chiloquin/Klamath Falls,
and two of us from Warm
Springs, Tanner Yallup and I.
Protect resource
Even though this winter was
rainy, the Shitike Creek was at a
lower level than normal, who
knows why. It could be from
global warming, the melting of
the glaciers on Mt. Jefferson.
Last year while out hunting I
observed a lot of mini caterpil
lars drifting by in the air cur
rents, they were on a long silken
web (like a spider web) that is
how these caterpillars, unstop
pable tree killers, travel from
one area to another. The adults
have wings.
Recendy I drove on Highway
26 towards Portland, the
amount of dying and dead trees
was alarming. Tree bark beedes
appear to be out of control kill
ing trees causing the forest to
be more of an extreme fire haz
ard than before.
Anyway we need to take bet
ter care of our resources. A
botded water project on the rez
would benefit tribal members
with good clean drinking water
and a source of revenue. Glo
bal consumption of water is
doubling every 20 years. Every
year around the world freshwa
ter is becoming more and more
scarce. It is one of our most
valuable resources, even more
so than petrol or gold, you can’t
drink gold. We are dependent on
drinking water the same as we
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This was a great experi
ence and opportunity to meet
other Natives from across
Indian Country. I had a lot
of fun and would like to
thank those who sponsored
me: Fish’s Shutde/Tim and
Susan Surgeon; Craig Smith
Sr.; Buttons and Roosevelt
Heath; Heather and Donnie
Elder; Robert Macy; Marcia
Soliz; M artin Smith and
Sayenn and Rick Walker;
Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts Industries; Darryl Smith
and Anna Hurtado for the
uniforms.
are on the air to breathe.
We must secure and protect
our most precious asset, water,
therefore it is not a good idea
to sell our rivers, like millions
of acre feet, volumes to be di
verted or pumped off the rez,
including underground water
because in the long run it would
cause tremendous irreparable
ecological damage.
The Rez could be facing the
end of our livelihood which are
the endangered and Scared Wild
Chinook Salmon etc.
Everybody wants all of our
resources, jobs, etc. Indian wa
ter is under law private property,
we must protect it and not re
linquish it. Respectfully,
Tony Littleleaf.
From a parent
I, as a parent, have experi
enced one of the worst possible
fears involving one of my chil
dren. On April 29th while I was
in Bend, my daughter was
babysitting a young child. My cell
phone rang; someone on the
other end stated that my 13-
year-old had been arrested. A
feeling of anxiousness over
whelmed me. Why was my 13-
year-old arrested? She had never
been in trouble. She was a re
sponsible young adult. I called
the dispatch center in Madras
to find out that she not only had
been arrested, she was uncon
scious and being transported to
Mountain View Hospital.
I immediately returned to
Madras, heading towards Moun
tain View Hospital. I arrived at
the emergency room to find my
daughter laying on a gurney,
foaming at the mouth, unable
to open her eyes, unable to
speak to me.
After speaking with the officer,
I found that she had been given a
gift for her 13 th birthday from a
family member (not an immedi
ate family member), an aunt who
has an alcohol problem. This gift
was a bottle of tequila. My daugh
ter drank half the botde celebrat
ing her birthday.
As my daughter lay in the hos
pital with a blood alcohol level
of .35, she was recovering from
her night of almost dying in
front of my eyes. I later find
out that this is not the first time
she has tried alcohol.
As a parent, you teach your
children right from wrong and
hope they are able to stand up
to peer pressures when it comes
to alcohol or any other type of
drug. You have faith that they will
make the right decisions. But, to
receive pressure and encourage
ment from an adult that it is oaky
to drink is unacceptable.
Alcohol is easily accessible to
youths and young adults already.
Especially when given by an
adult, let alone a trusted adult.
This again is unacceptable. As a
small community, I recommend
that parents, friends, family
members and the community in
general band together and at
tack this problem head on. Put
ting your head in the sand
doesn’t help. Education and re
sponsibility start at home. It
needs to continue within the
community, too. We as a com
munity need to step up the edu
cation and accountability to all
who supply alcohol or any other
drug to our children. Shantel
Vasquez, Madras.
USAF basic training graduate
Raylene “Rae R ae”
Thomas graduated basic
training in the USAF from
the Lackland Airforce Base
in San Antonio, Texas.
Raylene w ill be at
Lackland for twelve more
weeks for advanced techni
cal training. After that, she
will be home on leave for 14
days at the end of October.
Our family would like to
thank Lauraina Hints ala for
assisting us with a gas card
during our travels. If any
body would like to write to
Rae or send her any care
packages. You can reach her
at the following address:
AB Thomas Raylene A
PFC 3 360 TRS Tight 516
Dorm A8
1320 T rueper S t Unit
367978
Lackland AFB TX 78236-
6388
Raylene would like to
thank everyone who sent
her cards and letters during
her crucial time of need.
We are very proud of you
Rae Rae. Love,
Your mom, Walsey,
Dena and Daisy; Kuthla
Daisy, Auntie’s Leona,
Lena; U n c l e ’s Ty,
Luke, Fred; and all
your cousins.
Letters of apology
This is an apology to officer Sherwood for my actions
back in February and also to the Warm Springs community
where my heart is. So with that I would like to apologize for
this incident and for all my wrongs in the past that I have
committed. Please forgive me. I was not quite myself during
any of these offenses. I love you all. Agustin Pedraza Jr.
Sincerely, to the victim on this matter who is also my
lover and my baby’s mother, I have to tell you how sorry I
am for allowing myself to do something like this to you and
our baby, and as for anyone else affected by this incident I
apologize. Other than that opinions need not apply elsewhere.
Just remember that I love you and our God will always love
us. Keep praying. Agustin Pedraza Padilla Jr.
To whom it may concern: I would like to apologize to my
community for the bad decisions that I have made in the
past. I would like to say that I am very sorry for disrespect
ing our community, and also my family, my northender
homeboys, my daughter Ester Lawrence, Little Bull Suppah,
Avery Frank, Sonny Yahtin and Cecil Yahtin. I never realize
that at the time I could have hurt all of us. I’m sorry for
endangering all of our lives. I hope that my apology is ac
cepted. I ride shotgun now, for awhile no more driving for
me. Thank you, Marva Lawrence.
To the people of the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs: I am sorry I broke Tribal law on June 11 by being
intoxicated and driving while intoxicated. I apologize to my
family for the shame my actions have brought our family
name. Further, I apologize to the following: my cousin
Jannella T. who was direcdy impacted by my actions. I also
want to say that I’m truly sorry and I will make every effort
to follow our laws in the future. LaVonne R. Boise.
Birthday and other wishes ...
On A ugust
9: To my sister
L era,you have
the m ost p r e
ciou s bithday
g ift o f all! two wonderful daugh
ters. Love y o u sis from Bert, Bud,
Talliah, De% Lenso.
Happy
Birthday
Mom! Love,
Shiralda and
Brittany.
Happy 8th Birthday to
Shiralda, we love you lots!
We are so proud of you.
Love Auntie Bert and
Uncle
Bud,
Cousins
Talliah, Dez, Lenso.
Happy 6th Birthday to B rit
tany, we love y o u very much and
we are so p ro u d o f y o u . L ove
A un tie B ert and U ncle Bud,
cousin’s Talliah, De% and Lenso.
I th in k it is so cool you
a ll sh a re y o u r b ir th d a y ’s
on th e e x a c t s a m e d a y !
B e s t w is h e s to a ll a n d
hope you have fu n ! Love,
B ert, B ud an d the k id s.
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Happy Birthday to my cousin
Edee! I was going to put in a pic
ture but decided not to...Hopeyou
have an awsome day! love your cut^
Bert and all the kids.
Happy Birthday to Raymond
T sum pti J r., S hielyn C alica,
Tatum Tsumpti, Lane Bailey,
Jade Tsumpti, D estiny Adams.
From , C alica , T sum pti and
Bailey Families.
Happy Birthday to our
father Raymond “ Chip”
Tsumpti Jr. Love, your
Baby Daughters from the
“N o rth E n d ” Jade and
Tatum.
Happy Birthday to Auntie
Shielyn Calica. Love, Your Baby
Northender nieces “Simnasho
Babies” Jade and Tatum.
H ap p y B irth d a y to our
cousin L an e B ailey. From
yo ur fellow “N orthenders”
Jad e and Tatum
Happy A nniversary to
Chief and Shillie on Aug 14,
from your kids and grandkids.
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Happy Birthday to Jade and
H a p p y
Tatum “Tater Tot” Tsumpti, our 19th B irthday
fam ilies precious beautiful Baby on A ugust 19
Girls from the N orthend o f the to R a y le n e
Rtf^—
L ove,
G randm a w ith
lo v e ,
Wauna, U ncle R usty C alica, from M om ,
G randpa
and G randm a W a l s e y ,
R aym ond Sr. and B eu la h D en a
an d
Tsumpti, James, M ary and Lane Daisy, Kuthla
Bailey “Schoolie Flat Fam ily”, Daisy, Auntie
Floyd and Joseph Calica, Shielyn L e o n a , Jo n , M a rio an d
Calica and A dams Family T.J., Ju le s, Sister Em, M ike and
Laura, M elanie, M ariah and Kids, Uncle Ty and Venus,
Raymond “Ray R ay”.
cousins Tarver and Corbin,
Happy Birthday to Des U ncle L u k e an d D eb b ie,
tiny Shielyn Adams. With A u n tie L e n a a n d J a m e s ,
lots of love, Grandma cousins N atasha, Jam es Jr.,
Wauna, Uncle Rusty, and Fred, Uncle Fred and
Uncle Chip, Jade, Tatum, P at, co u sin s L ara, D awn,
Floyd, Joseph, Grandpa F elicia and Ilani.
Raymond and Beulah
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Tsumpti, James & Alary
I wish Vera, Sheralda
Bailey Family and finally
and Brat a happy birthday.
from “Grandma” Shielyn
I love them lots, from Tonah
Calica and your aunties
Scott.
Melanie and Mariah and
uncle Raymond Adams.
Happy Birthday D
Happy Birthday to our Pre Grandpa, Leland Thom
cious Daughter Destiny Adams. Sr., on August 10. Love
With Lots of Love, Your father Selena, Tony, Tonya, Le
Troy Adams Jr. (T.J.) and Jackson, George, and De
Mother Laura Hunt.