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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
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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.
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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.