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Spilydy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon P^ge 6 Oregon House considers Metolius hill (AP) — T he O regon Senate passed a bill th at w ould ban m ost developm ent in the Me tolius River basin, designating it as an Area o f Critical Statewide Concern. T he bill was expected to go to the H ouse this week (after print deadline for this paper.) I f the Senate bill becom es law, a 450-unit destination resort four miles from the river tenta tively approved by Jefferso n County could n o t be built. S en. G in n y B u rd ic k , D - P o rtla n d , said th a t p e o p le from across th e n ation have w ritten to su p p o rt protecting the river. T he Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs are in support o f the proposed legislation. The tribes are concerned that housing and related develop m ent in and adjacent to the ba sin could im pact wildlife, fish eries, w ater an d cu ltu ral re sources. D eer and elk p o p u latio n s from the reservation migrate in the winter o ff the reservation to the Metolius basin area. A nother serious concern is downstream in Deschutes river. fisheries. T h e C o n fed erated The tribes are also concerned T ribes and P o rtlan d G eneral about the possible impact to cul Electric are investing over $108 tural resources in the Metolius million in fish restoration above basin. the Pelton-Round Butte dams, T here have been no signifi including in the Metolius River. can t review s o f cu ltu ral re Also, housing developm ent sources in that area, and there would require the use o f water • is currently no cultural resources in the basin, w hether ground or managem ent plan for the area. surface water. O pponents o f the proposal H ow this would affect the in- condem ned the measure as an stream flow o f the Metolius and unwarranted intrusion by Gov. its tributaries is n o t clear. The Ted Kulongoski and legislators tribes have a reserved in—stream into a local land-use issue. water right in the Metolius and Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council (AP) — The Yakama N ation is pulling out o f a natural re sources council th at aids O r egon and federal officials with planning cleanup o f the con taminated Portland harbor. T he Environm ental Protec tion Agency and the O regon D epartm ent o f Environm ental Quality are overseeing cleanup along the six-mile-long Portland harbor, where sediments in the low er W illam ette R iver have show n high levels o f metals, pesticides and other hazardous substances. B ut any cleanup settlement should include the C olum bia R iv er as w ell, b e c a u se th e Willamette flows into the Co lum bia and its toxins pose a threat to fish in the Columbia River as well, Yakama N ation Tribal Council Chairman Ralph Sampson said. T h e Yakam as have treaty rights to salmon and other fish in the Columbia River. O f par ticular concern to the Yakama tribe are juvenile salmon travel ing th e last 100 miles to the ocean from the confluence o f the W illamette and Colum bia rivers. T he tribe said in a letter to other trustees Friday it was with drawing from the council be cause other trustees do not agree it’s im portant to include the Co lumbia. T he letter said the tribe would pursue natural resource damage remedies “on its own.” Council trustees include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, N ational O ceanic and A tm o spheric Administration, Oregon D epartm ent o f Fish and Wild life, and six tribal governments, in cluding th e G ran d R onde, N ez Perce, Siletz, Umatilla and W arm Springs. A n EPA spokesman did not immediately return a telephone m essag e se e k in g c o m m e n t Tuesday. Jim A nderson o f the O regon D epartm ent o f Environm ental Quality said a preliminary inves tigation o f the nature and ex te n t o f the W illam ette River contam ination should be com pleted later this summer. A d ra ft feasib ility study, which will include the range o f options for cleaning up areas o f p otential concern, should be completed in sum mer 2010, he said. Treaty was signed 154 years ago June 25,1855: Five hundred Indians o f the Wasco and Walla Walla (Sahaptin) tribes gather at T he Dalles. A m o n g th e g ath erin g are chiefs, family leaders and other tribal m em bers. T he C ouncil lasts three days, as the tribes are there to consider the treaty pro posed by the U.S. A ccording to the term s o f the treaty, the tribes are to give up ownership claim to 10 mil lion acres o f land. T he tribes will receive reser v a tio n la n d b e tw e e n M t. Jefferso n and the D eschutes River: This land will be exclu sively for the Indians and can never be occupied by white set tlers. The governm ent promises to build a flo u r and sawmill, a school, hospital and other build ings on the reservation.... It is a m om entous and diffi cult decision: th e trib es are asked to leave the Columbia for land that many o f the people were n o t familiar with. A t first the various chiefs suggest different places for the re s e rv a tio n , p laces th a t are closer to the traditional hom e lands. Chief Sim-tus-tus says the Indians need to keep access to their usual fishing, hunting and gathering places, even if the tribes are to cede the 10 million acres. “T he falls where we catch the fish, we w ould like to re serve,” he said. C h ief M ark objects to the proposed reservation because there is n ot enough timber there, and he and other leaders have a num ber o f other concerns.... A t the same time, though, the Indians know the white settlers are arriving in increasing num bers. F or the federal govern m ent, Joel Palmer, superinten dent o f Indian Affairs o f the O regon Territory, makes per suasive arguments. “T he white m an has come am ong you, and others are coming,” he said. “I w ant you to make a bargain so th a t w e m ay alw ays live in peace.” T h e tribes, he said, w ould have access o ff the reservation to their usual fishing, hunting and gathering places. H e said th a t if th e trib es m oved to the reservation and didn’t like it, then the govern m ent would find them a differ- ent one. “I f the reservation is n o t large and good enough, we will extend it,” he said. By the end o f the third day o f the Council the tribal leaders are ready to sign. O ne-hundred fifty-one Indians endorse the document. I t was June 25,1855, a defining day for the Confed erated Tribes o f W arm Springs. (The following are two statements regarding the Treaty of 1855, re printed from the tribes’ Peoples Plan.J “H untingtonpointed to quite A fter an outstanding per formance in the USA Junior N a tio n a ls a ll-sta te h ig h school basketball com peti tion at V ancouver, W ash., Kristi Olney has been invited to participate in the presti gious USA Junior Nationals International Sports Festival at the University o f Illinois. T he festival will be July 27- August 2. K risti will be senior at Madras High School. She is th e d a u g h te r o f L u cin d a H eath . K risti is cu rrently seeking donations from the community to help her travel to the co m p etitio n at the University o f Illinois. U SA J u n io r N a tio n s , based in Madison, Wise., pro vides one o f the top amateur competitions in the U.S., and offers its program to all ath letes w ho have a high talent level in basketball and want to develop their skills and techniques th ro u g h state wide, national and interna- Krlsti Olney tional competition. This is a unique opportu nity for athletes to improve th e ir b a sk e tb a ll ta le n t th ro u g h highly organized competition. U SA J u n io r N a tio n a ls provides inform ation about its participating athletes to. schools throughout the U.S., in order to help the athletes earn scholarships. Overstreet plays Kah-Nee-Ta Tom m y O v erstreet and his band T he Nashville C on nection will perform at Kah- Nee-Ta’s G old Ballroom on Sunday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. D o o rs o p e n at 7 p.m . Tickets can be purchased for $5 and $10 in advance at the Lodge front desk, or by call ing (541) 553-1112. “ I d id not grant the Indians right to f i s h f o r thousands o f years. The Treaty o f 1855 simply reserved to the Indians the rights which they already possessed. They traded tithe to most o f the hand in the N orth w est in return o f their fish in g rights. The trihes negotiated hong a n d hard not to be dispossessed o f those rights. N o one can claim the Indians got the best o f the bargain. I t is beyond me to understand w hy a number that he said were good men and told them they to the non-Indians.... had better all sign, as this Olney traveling to hoops festival anything. They possessed the anyone w o u ld say it is not f a i r paper would go back to June 18, 2009 Judge Robert J. Belloni U.S. vs. Oregon, 1979 Support for chronic pain sufferers D o you have chronic pain or do you have a family mem ber or friend who lives with chronic pain? I f you answered yes, then the C hronic Pain S upport G roup offers help. The Chronic Pain Support G roup will m eet this week and again in July. T he m eeting this week will be at 5:30 p.m. on T hurs day, June 18 at the W arm Springs Health and Wellness Clinic atrium. The topic for discussion will be: Chronic pain m an agement. The speaker will be Nancy Holmes, PsyD. N o potluck dinner, but a small snack will be presided. The meeting in July will focus on the topic o f “A rt Therapy.” T h e p re s e n te r w ill be Marge Koepping, ARNP. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, and will be held at the clinic. Washington. So there were quite a number signed. I understood the English language pretty well a t that time and I did not hear H untington say anything about the fisheries. A fte r some little _ _____ ____ ________ _____________ time we received the cattle and the blankets. 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