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$750.
3. Cedar premium clear natu
ral: $1,000.
4. Cedar tight knot Wasco
canoe paint colors, C hinook
salmon logo, and canoe paddle:
$900.
5. Young person is pine or
tight knot cedar: $600.
6. Infant, pine or tight knot
cedar: $400.
7. Outer box: $200.
8. Standard size— X-large—
XX large— all the same price as
per above listing.
B y George Aguilar Sr.
At the time o f this writing I
have five caskets on inventory,
including the special Wasco unit.
Special logos can be made and
attached o f your choosing like
a basketball, guitar, cowboy hats,
horse, eagle feather, o r how
about the outline o f the Rez?
The possibilities are many.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
George Aguilar Sr. with casket and items of adornment.
one”s funeral arrangements.
I am now offering the con
struction o f burial caskets uti
lizing, a N ative American ap
proach to your casket needs. I
will offer you savings on costs
o f the casket which only a small
m anufacturer can make. My
hand-crafted pine or cedar cas
kets will convey the N ative
American and traditional cus
tom s o f th e C o n fed erated
Tribes o f Warm Springs. Grow
ing up and knowing the older
families o f warm Springs I will
be working with, as craftsman I
have committed myself to help
ease your planning and decision
making concerning the loss o f
a family loved one by saving you
a bundle o f bucks.
1. A simple standard size pine
casket can be constructed and
delivered in about six to eight
hours.
2. Five casket sizes will be
available: standard^ large, extra
large, young person and an in
fant size.
3. Outer boxes can be made
on request for an additional cost
per unit.
4. The introduced Wasco ce
dar wood casket is also being
offered. This uniquely designed
casket will be stained jet black
or pale blue (traditional canoe
colors) on the outsid e, and
knook knook: resem bled red
stain Wasco face paint on the
inside. The logo o f a Chinook
salmon is attached on the ends
and a cedar carved canoe paddle
on the to p ... The mentioned
color combination was used on
canoes o f the K iksht people
Special note
With no paint or
preservative chemicals
applied to the wood,
the cedar casket is
designed to be an
environmentally
friendly unit.
(Wasco) many snow melts ago.
Casket dimensions:
Standard: 24"x78"xl6" deep.
X-large: 28"x80"xl8" deep.
XXJarge: 32"x80"x20" deep.
Young person: 18"x54"xl2"
deep.
Infant: 12"x30"xl0" deep.
Price o f product as listed:
1. Simple pine casket natu
ral: $750.
2. Cedar tight knot natural:
The cedar casket is by far the
lightest in weight at approxi
mately 80 to 100 pounds. With
no paint or preservative chemi
cals applied to the wood, it is
designed to be an environmen
tally friendly unit.
Further saving can be had by
not using or purchasing an outer
box. The use o f the cedar cas
ket will not need an outer box.
The older generation did not use
an outer box. T he use o f an
o u ter box began during the
1950s w hen the local people
purchased steel caskets.
The phone number is 541-
553-3047. I f n o t available,
prom pt response will be avail
able by contacting E aston or
Tina Aguilar.
Respectfully,
George W. Aguilar Sr.
More Letters to the Editor
Powwow
The Lincoln’s Birthday Pow
wow Committee would like to
thank the following for their
sponsorships, donations, and
contributions to the success o f
the powwow:
C o n fed erated T ribes o f
W arm Sprigs R eservatio n ,
Warm Springs Police D epart
m ent, Fire & Safety, N atural
Resources, Credit Board, Three
Warriors Market, KWSO, Kah-
N ee-Ta Reservations—K rysta
R hoan, K ing M ountain T o
b acco —Tode G oudy, R ound
D ance C o o rd in ato rs—Carlos
Calica and Cheeks Boise, Lupita
T o h e t family, M iss W arm
Springs Tamera Moody, Luther
Clements, J.R. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Sal Sahme, Gilbert Brown,
Jabbar Davis, Simnasho Mayor-
Captain Moody, Oliver Kirk,
C ena W olfe, A tcitty Begay,
P reston Tom, as well as the
Dancers, Drummers and Pow
wow fans; without you we could
not o f done it.
We look forward to next year.
math Falls: Jacket, cash, blan
ket.
T h an k you to Iren e
Onepennee for helping me with
judging... And thank you to my
uncle Miko Polk and family for
helping with the jackets... And
Droopy (Sena Polk) and family,
Anna Polk-Lopez and family...
A lso my gram a and gram pa
(Alex and Phyllis Tohet) for
helping with the supply water
and chips at the Round Dancé
on Thursday.. It felt good to of
fer these to my people. I enjoyed
the smiles o f appreciation for
the offer, very hart warming.
I would also like to thank my
mom and dad Chet Tias for the
su p p o rt and encouragem ent
throughout the year. I had fun
traveling to powwows. And just
being there for me.
Thank you.
Shum-Ing-Wash.
Tohet.
Pita
1st birthday
Lincoln’s Birthday Pow
wow Committee.
Great time
I would like to thank every
one for the privilege o f repre
sent the Lincoln’s Birthday Pow
wow. I had a blast traveling,
meeting new people, it was a
great stepping stone in life.
I would also like to thank the
young ladies who participated in
my teen girls fancy out going
queen special....Winners:
1st place: Katrina Blackwolf:
.Toppenish, Wash.: Jacket cash,
pendelton blanket, plumes.
2nd: Persia Salone: Tuba City,
A riz.: Jack et, cash, blanket,
plumes.
3rd: Destiny Summers, Kla-
Salmon plan
My name is Terry Courtney
Jr. I am a platform fisherman
and I am very concerned about
what salmon recovery really is.
I ’ve d one over 10 years o f
studying the Warm Springs N a
tional Fish Hatchery.
I firmly believe that it is be
ing operated out o f compliance
with the original intent for the
people o f this reservation. |
Too many times our fisher
m en couldn’t fish at Sherars
Falls because o f the low returns
o f the wild salmon.
There used to be about 2,500
o r m o re salm on b e fo re .th e
hatchery was built.
Now the wild salmon count
is between 400 and 650. But
there are over 2,000 or more
hatchery fish that are being used
for non-tribal fisheries.
O ur elders used to gaff and
spear salmon above thè hatch
ery site. I did some gaffing in
1961 and 1962.
I have a good plan that can
bring back the salmon, but it will
take between six and ten years,
maybe sooner.
Native Thunder
Courtesy photo.
Native Thunder team members: Jake Suppah, Chasan
Walker, Gilbert Tsatoke, Jack Frantz, Vernon Suppah,
Delbert Bishop, Byron Kill, and Adam Parker
O ur basketball team N a
tive Thunder took third place
at the Camp Verde, Ariz.,
tourney.
A special thanks to my
b ro th e rs W o lf (V ern o n )
The salmon need all o f us
tribal people to protect and pre
serve them for the future gen-
Suppah and Chasan Walker
for making the trip down to
play on our team.
Jake
Suppah.
and
Ju lie
erations.
Thank you.
Awees.
Awareness Proclamation
(The following item was sub
mitted by the Warm Springs Vic
tims of Crime Office.)
State of Oregon Proc
lamation from the Office
of the Governor:
Happy 1st Birthday to
our Lucky Charm, Romeo
Rain Whitefoot, on March
17, 2011.
We love you. Mom and
Dad.
I
,
March 9, 2011
Wood worker brings skill, care to casket service
In 1944,1 began learning the
wood working skill at the Warm
Springs Boarding School and
Chemawa Indian School. In
1948, I start wood working in
Alaska using hand carving tools.
My uncle-in-law A ndrew
Mather used these old tools in
carving totem poles for the city
of Wrangell, Alaska.
In 1956, I furthered my ex
perience in wood working, con
structing kitchen cabinets for
the Tribal Construction Depart
ment.
In 1956 a special request was
made from th e ‘then-102 year
old Chief Tommy Thompson
of the Celilo Wyampums to con
struct a cedar casket. I played a
small part with the construction
o f the casket. From that time
on I constructed all caskets for
the Rez...
In the early 1960s I became
the Construction and Mainte
nance Department’s manager. I
resigned in 1968. I spent sev7
eral years in the state o f Oregon
as a union affiliated journeyman
carpenter. I became a licensed
and bonded residential and com
mercial builder, to pursue con
struction projects.
Being in the building business
and working with wood from my
youth, I am now launching a
small casket construction busi
ness that features hand-carved,
affordable and personalized cas
kets.
Funerals are the most expen
sive purchases many o f our
people o f Warm Springs will
ever experience. Grieving fam
ily and friends, when under great
emotional stress, are confronted
with many decisions that need
to be made quickly for a loved
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Whereas, Sexual Violence
affects O reg o n ian s every
day, w hether as a survivor
o r as a fam ily m e m b e r,
friend, p artn er, .neighbor,
employer or co-worker o f a
survivor; and,
W hereas it is estim ated
th a t o n e o u t o f six a d u lt . and community in O regon
women in Oregon has been the has the ability to help elimi
victim o f forcible rape som e n a te sexual v io le n c e by
time in her lifetime; and,
w orking to g eth er to p ro
W hereas, it is im portant to m ote social change;
recognize that sexual violence
N ow therefore I, Jo h n A.
is preventable; and
K itz h a b e r, G o v e rn o r o f
Whereas it is im portant to th e S ta te o f O re g o n ,
encourage healthy, non-violent hereby proclaim April 2011
interactions and relationships to be Sexual Assault Aware
and un-do social norm s that al ness M onth in O regon, and
low fo r and p ro m o te sexual encourage all Oregonians to
violence; and
join in this observance.
W hereas every individual
TeleCo Corner
Office
remodel to
start soon
by Marsha Spellman
Marketing & Regulatory
Director, W STC
In the next couple of
m onths, like our spring
flowers, you will start see
ing signs th a t the new
telecom company is start
ing to bloom.
One o f the first signs
will be the remodeling of
a building that will become
our new headquarters. We
will be using the space next
to the Warm Springs Con
stru c tio n d ep artm en t.
The building previously
housed the old garm ent
assembly factory.
We have hired an ar
chitectural firm , Steele
A rchitects, from Bend.
They are in the process o f
drawing up the plans to re
model this building to be
purpose-built for a tele
com m unications opera
tion. They have also hired
a Bend con tracto r that
will build out the plans.
Steele Architects is work
ing with us to give design
ideas for the best way to
rem o d el this building.
Pretty soon, we will have
a newly refurbished build
ing that will be the home
o f the W arm S prings
T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s
Company.
The building will be di
vided into two parts. One
half will be the “central
■ office.” The second half
will house all the customer
service needs, as well as
the offices o f the manage
m e n t o f the com pany.
Both parts are critical fo r
the company to function.
T he “ central office”
| (CO) is the term used in
the telecom industry to de
scribe the area that houses
the technology that is nec
essary to run the network.
T he switch is the main
piece o f equipm ent that
will be in the CO. The
switch is essentially the
brains o f the netw ork.
W ith o u t a sw itch, we
would have a network that
has a line going from one
phone to every phone...
Like a tin can and string.
Remember the old TV
shows, Lily Tomlin was the
operator w ho manually
used wires to switch the
calls from one person to
another? The switch o f
today, called a soft-switch,
is a relative small piece o f
equipment. This will en
able us to not only switch
your calls, but offer you
features that you d o n ’t
have now.
Since the switch is the
key ingredient that makes
the entire company work,
it needs its own room. A
clean room, with air con
ditioning, standby power
and other features, is re
ally important.
In addition, since we
will be providing addi
tional equipment, both for
the network as well as for
the customer, the CO will
sto re eq u ip m en t, be a
space for repairing equip
ment, and will be the of
fices for the Operations
Manager and other tech
nical staff.
The other half o f the
building will be for cus
tom er service and m an
agement offices.
Please see TeleCo on 10