Spilydy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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
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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
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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. A n d here I might
say that a p a ir o f blankets was
cut into three pieces and we got
one hundred pieces o f blankets. ”
William C. Parker
(Billy Chinook)
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