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E Coosh EEWA: The W3y it is Encourage graduates to continue their education Spilyay Tyrnoo July 3, 2008 Letters to the Editor Special thanks By Selena Boise Management Successor So, w hat do you think o f those tribal graduates? Pretty cool that they were able to com plete this enormous milestone in their Spilyay lives, and then face Speaks the decision ahead _ o f them, which is: what do I do now? Well, encouragement for con tinued education is what I heard at the Education Committee’s graduation banquet. There were very good speeches and recog nition of previous success sto ries. So, I hope to see some of these graduates come back with their success stories after their continued education. I have a graduate, and I keep pressuring her to complete all the paper work necessary for higher edu cation. She’s like, “I will mom.” But I feel like I was all those times I would look up their progress on power school. They would hate it when I did that. B ut, I am p ro u d o f my daughter for what she did, be cause it was a hard year for our family. She was there when the hardships were very hard on us. She took care of her grandpar ents as much as she could. She was a drop out for a little while because she wanted to be there. But I am a strong believer in continued education and I envy those young graduates who are going to go back to school. Be cause when I was young, and just graduated, I waited a while before I went, and by then I was set in those ways that keep you from concentrating on school- w ork. A n occasional drink turned to a needed drink. And education wasn’t my goal any longer. But, now I wish that I had continued and finished way back then because in later years it becom es difficult to juggle school, work and kids. I took a year off from my current edu cation goals because I wanted to deal with my grief and didn’t think I would do as well. Although it is possible to get an education at any age, it is much easier and you are more focused at a young age. When you do that you are ahead of the game. Because everything else falls into place for you af ter you receive an education. You just find a new goal after that. Stay focused, continue to leam, and like Luanne Foltz said, “find a career path that will make you happy.” Page 6 During her time in Washington, D.C., TaSheena visited the Vietnam War Memorial. I wanted to send out a very special thank you to everyone in Warm Springs. I just returned from competing in the National History Day Contest at the Uni versity of Maryland. I received an award for Outstanding State Entry in the Junior Division. This is the first award that a Ma dras student has received in about 13 years. I am very thankful for ev eryone who helped support my trip by purchasing banana bread, hot dogs, floats, lemonade, and raffle tickets. Because of you, I had enough money to attend this contest and see some o f the beautiful monuments and me morials located in Washington, DC. I would also like to give a big thank you to Warm Springs Power Enterprise, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort;, TomCat Logging, and Credit Enterprise for your gen erosity. Thank you to the Ro tary Club, the Lions, JCMS L eadership, and Je fferso n County Historical Society for your donations to all four JCMS Students that were attending the National Contest. I am especially thankful to all o f my family, w ho offered words o f support, love, and encouragement. I want to ac knowledge my Auntie Sharon for never doubting that I would win a medal and for all of her support. Courtney Lupton, our school coordinator, thank you so much for your support and for listening to my mom’s vent ing when things were going crazy at Nationals. T hank you to Nancy Collins and Victoria Par sons for sharing this incredible experience with my mom and I. And a huge thank you to my mom. From the moment we got the call that I could go to Na tionals, my mom never stopped finding us a way to get there. I am so grateful that she was able to go with me and share this amazing experience with me. TaSheena George. In treatment ment. I chose treatment so that I could get the help I need for my addiction. Right now I’m here in Eugene attending an intensive in-patient treatment center. I’ve heard that there are a few graduates from here in Springs. If they are still yet in recovery, I would like to get to get together with them when I return to the rez. This treatm ent center has taught me a lot about myself and has helped me see things that I just didn’t want to see. I am going to be a different man. I won’t say that I’m a changed man because I’m still yet work ing on it. All I really can say now is that I’m on the road to recovery now and I have a lot o f obstacles in front o f me. I would just like to let the people that I ’ve wronged know that they didn’t deserve what I did to them. I also want my fam ily to know that I’m taking my recovery very seriously for once. I ’m doing this for myself and for my children because I haven’t been there for them while they’ve been growing up. All I can say right now is that I ’m working on my recovery. Hello, tribal members. How’s the rez life treating you? Me, I’m doing just fine. I’m just writing to let you guys and gals know how I’m doing and to let a few people know that Johnson Heath Sr. they didn’t deserve what I did to them. I wrote a letter a while back In memory\ o f Sarina Marie when I first went to prison to let a certain person know that I Kibby-Wolfe. May your Soul rest did her wrong and now I’m writ in peace, baby. I’m going to miss ing this letter to let every per you each and every day for the son that I wronged know that rest of my living days. I’m working on my problems. In I ’ll always love you in my my last letter I told everyone heart, mind and soul. Baby, you that I’ve changed but I really no longer have to suffer for you didn’t. Actually I told everyone are in a better place right now. I that I was going to appease the know you hear me when I cry courts and try not to get caught, i for you every day, but 1 can’t but I ended up getting caught help it, for you are going to be anyway. It was either go back to missed by me each and every prison or attend in-patient treat day. So, Baby, I’ll see you when In memory I get there, for we will once again be together forever. Baby, I love and m iss you forever. Always yours, Kanet Wolfe. All my heart An open letter to my baby Shirley Geneva Wainanwit. I love you, Big Girl, with all my heart. I want you to know I ’m behind you 100 percent. Al though things aren’t looking very good right now, in a short while, things will turn for the better. Always remember God has had his hand on you since the day you were born. You are always in my prayers and also other family members and friends are praying for you too. Love you sweetheart... stay strong. Dad, Tim Wainanwit. cause o f my wrong choices I am writing another apology letter, also being intoxicated at the IHS. To all o f the staff at the IHS I apologize for my wrong actions. So I am sorry. I apologize to the tribal courts, IHS staff, my fam ily. I will try to further better my choices into positive decisions. James T. Greene Sr. I am sorry I broke tribal law on 4-6-08 by driving under the influence o f intoxicants, and reckless endangerment. I apolo gize to the community and po lice officers. Ellie Williams. I am sorry I broke Tribal law by negligent wounding. I apolo gize to L.B. who was directly impacted by my actions. I also want to say again that I am very sorry for my actions and I will make every effort to follow our laws in the future. Laneda Th ompson. Apologies I am sorry I broke tribal law in the summer of 2007 by put ting L.A. and others in danger by my obscene actions. I apolo gize to L.A. It will not happen again. Jessica Kirk. I am sorry I broke tribal law on May 16, 2008 by neglecting my child. I am sorry and it won’t happen again. I apologize to my daughter. It won’t happen again. Amethyst Maki. I am sorry I broke tribal law on May 16, 2008 by breaking the law of having smoking meth in front o f a young teen and it w o n ’t h ap p en again. Craig Tailfeathers. I am sorry I broke tribal law on April 3,2008 by violating the W.S. Tribal Code 305.66. Be I am sorry I broke tribal law on 4-28-08 by being under the influence in public and having a gun on m,e and pulling it out when there were a lot o f civil ians around. I am sorry to all those who were around. I am also sorry to the owner o f the Shell gas station. F urther, I apologize to the court. Cody Wallulatum. I am sorry I broke tribal law on 5-30-08 by driving under the influence with no drivers license and drinking under the age. I’m also sorry for having stolen property in my possession. I apologize to the tribal court. I also want to say in the future, I will not drive under the influ- enceand hay^, .sjolenprQperty, in my p o ssessio n . Freddy Wallulatum. (Apologies continue on page 14.) Theft of fish at W.S. hatchery causes serious damage Randy Boise and Kevin Blueback Tribal members and hatchery employees Sometime during Tuesday night or early Wednesday morn ing, June 10-11, persons entered the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery and removed salmon from the catch pond. The actual number removed is difficult to determine as the salmon are still retuning to the facility. A conservative estimate is that up to 40 were removed. It appears th at chemicals were used to stun and kill the Spilyay T ym oo fish. In d iscrim in ate use o f chemicals could easily destroy all o f returning adults, and in es sence, wipe out a year class of valuable fish. I f such an event occurred the impact would be felt for years to come. Warm Springs Hatchery was founded as a collaborative ef fort between the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs and the Federal G o vernm ent dating back to 1954. At that time mem bers o f the tribal community brought to the government’s at tention that the salmon run was diminishing, and requested that an evaluation be performed to determine if a suitable hatch ery site could be located. It took several decades for Congress to supply funding and the hatchery to be constructed and initiate operations. T he core m ission o f the hatchery is to produce Spring Chinook salmon to enhance the annual run. As a part o f the process all returning adult salmon that are not required for hatchery pro duction are retained for tribal members. This program is man aged and administered through the Department o f Natural Re sources o f the Confederated Tribes. Returning adults that are held for hatchery production must be treated with chemicals to con trol potential fish diseases prior to the spawn process. These fish are never released to the pub- lic, as they are not considered fit for human consumption. Wild salmon are not retained for hatchery purposes and are passed through the hatchery to continue their migration up stream to com plete th eir lifecycle. It is not known how many wild fish may have been taken. This year the returning adults are not responding as in the past. The timing o f the return is late and based on historic levels the num ber o f fish required for hatchery operations is about 60 percent o f expectations. The run prediction was initially for up to 6,000 adult hatchery fish and 1,000 wild fish. To date the have been less then 200 wild adults and less then 1,000 hatchery adults. The theft o f fish creates im mediate problems for hatchery operations; the theft included wild fish which impacts an al ready declining population; and it reduces the ability o f the De partment of Natural Resources to allocate fish for tribal mem bers and tribal functions. Addi tionally the use o f chemicals may affect all other fish in all areas and production phases and down stream o f the hatch ery. Security measures have been increased to help catch any fu ture violators. I f anyone has information about who commit ted this act, please contact the Conservation Officer with Di vision with Natural resources. (C o y o te News, Est. 1 9 7 6 ) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Reporter: Leslie Mitts Advertising Manager: Sam Howard Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541)553-3539. E-Mail: spilyay@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. Happy Birthday and other wishes... Congratulations to ev erybody and my brother, Alexis Anguiano, on their high school graduations. We did it! Alexandria Anguiano. Happy Anniversary to Rob ert and M arella Sam. From Maria Ropery and kids, Mary D a n ^u ka and fam ily, Mona Ropery and kids, Tucy and Tho mas Williams, Julie and family, grandma Plum and boys. I’d like to wish and hope that my aunt Marla Hicks’ granddaughter K aili Leanne Marie w ill have a great and w onderful 8th birthday this year. She will be 8 years old on the 23rd of July. May your birthday be great for you Kaili. Be very great and happy, it’s your 8th birthday! L ove, your mother’s niece Evette Patt, 50 Kourt Dr., apt. 3, E u gene, OR 97404. To my step m other Bunny and all my aunties, sisters and friends, Happy belated Mothers Day and in-laws as well, and many more to come. I love you and please write me if you have time. Tamara Henry. To my uncles, brother, friends, Happy belated Fa thers Day to you all, as well I love you all. Tamara Henry. To my friend Nelson Zomant, I need you to write me or come visit me when you have time. I can’t re member your PO Box number so please don’t be shy and say some prayers for me as well. Yourfriend, Tamara Henty, 675 N W Cherry Lane, Madras, OR 97741. Happy birthday to Mariana Manion. From Jammers.
