n
E Coosb EEWA: The way it is
N otes on
Per C apita
B y D uran Bobb
We covered Indians and taxes
in a recent Speaks. Another
common myth out there: “Na
tive Americans get a monthly
check from the U.S. govern
ment.”
Almost any tribal member
who has ever attended school
off-rez has had to defend him
self against this popular belief.
The Department of Interior
says there is no basis for this
myth other than m isinform a
tion.
“The reason why tribal per
capita checks are printed on U.S.
treasury checks is that Tribal
Council felt the need to keep up
a good relation
ship with the fed- f
g g
eral
go vern -
S pilyay
ment,” Director
S p ea k s
o f G overnm en
tal A ffairs L o uie P itt said.
“That’s called a trust responsi
bility.”
It’s also one of the reasons
why the tribes still have a su
perintendent on-rez. “He per
sonifies the relationship that the
tribes has with the government,
in the treaties and such.”
The money in each check is
100 percent tribal.
“Per capitas first started way
back when the tribes began log
ging. I remember it was in the
1950s. We each got something
like 20 dollars... and we were
very pleased with that.”
Today, tribal industries extend
far beyond logging. We have the
hydroelectric dam, Kah-Nee-Ta,
Composite Products and more.
Much work and effort are
put forth in several departments.
“There are people who sign
on the tribal side, and people
who sign on the Bureau side. At
times, things can go wrong.”
Earlier this month, during
what many tribal members con
sider to be a crucial time, Spring
B reak, per capita paym ents
were late.
“This is the third year in a
row that this has happened at
this same time,” one caller said.
“It was a domino effect,”
Louie Pitt said. “What could go
wrong did go wrong. I got mine
late as well. I feel partly respon
sible, and I apologize.”
“I like to see folks out hav
ing a good time with their chil
dren. That’s why we’re taking a
good look at this, troubleshoot
ing it to determine what went
wrong. We’re going to try to
keep it from happening again.”
“In this day and age,” another
caller said, “any little bit helps
us out. It’s tribal dollars. Our
elders went without and put this
money away so that we could
have a bit of that today. If it’s
late, then so be it.”
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Spilyay Tymoo April 6, 2011
Letters to the Editor
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Yakama hosting
The Yakama Nation invites
elders to the Thirty-Second An
nual Elders Day Dinner in May.
The Elders Day, with the
theme “Ridin’ Through Yakama
Trails, Trail o f G olden M o
ments,” begins at 9 a.m. on May
19 at the Sundome, the Yakama
Central Washington State Fair
Grounds.
RSVP by May 1. The host is
the Y akam a N atio n A rea
A gency on Aging. Vendors,
booths for arts and crafts, are
wanted (no food vendors).
Please contact YNAAOA at:
509-865-7164; or fax 509-865-
2098. Email:
vsmartlow@yakama.com
or
aaoareception@yakama. com
This is a senior citizens event,
for those 55 years o f age or
older.
Howlak Tichum
G randm a M argaret Boise
was born on March 9, 1917 to
O ly and E lva Charley.
Grandma passed away on Feb
ruary 24, 2011 at her home in
Warm Springs.
Preceded in death were her
parents, her husband Oly, her
son Phillip, son Levi, daughter
Leah, daughter Rose, her grand
sons Thomas and Michael and
grad-daughter Toni Marie.
Margaret is survived by Tony
B oise, D avis Y oung B oise,
daughter liz Yaw, grandsons Jus
tin Boise, Lil Earl, Young Boise,
Kurtis and Lance Boise, Ezekiel
LeClaire, grand-daughter Terry
M allo ry and N eteva, C arol
L aw rence, R acel and Ted
Barney, Annetta Saludo, Suzette
Boise, Cynthia LeClaire, Leslie
Yaw. Aunt Dora, Pamela, Terry
Goudy and Family. Grandson
Jade and grand-daughter Trina
Goudy. Aunt Neda, Eliza, Char
lotte. Aunt Marcella, David and
Tracey Miller, Uncle Robert, the
Aguilars, charity, Mom, and Na-
Na. All of her great-grandchil
dren and her great-great-grand-
ch ild ren , T yrone, M aureen,
T ika, M ich ael F rank, G ary
Im one, R eed, B rock, K ass,
Dale, Laquisha, Sam and baby.
Ikiaka, Winona and Lonnie, the
Colwash Family, Mercey and Lil
Bull and family. The Calica
Family. Grandma Ruby. The
M assy Fam ily, the W illiam s
Family, the Charley Family, Ri
chard Tewee and Family, the
B elgard F am ily and all
Grandma’s gambling partners.
Daffy and the boys, Jim Fam
ily, Clarence and family, the
Johnson family, the Macy fam
ily. Pastor Rick, the Senior Pro
gram and bus driver.
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If I forget anyone, please
fo rgive me. I know that
Grandma knew a lot of people
and she loved all of us equally.
Grandma told me her mom’s
mom, Neda, raised her up and
that we’ve got things easy nowa
days compared to how it was
w hen she was gro w in g up.
That’s when they would walk up
the river and pack buckets of'
water home.
She would always be out with
her little hatchet, gathering limbs
to make a fire. They never lived
in one area. Her and her grand
mas would move with the fam
ily, g ath erin g native foods.
Down to the river for salmon,
up to the huckleberry fields,
over to where the roots were
plentiful, out to the woods for
hunting season.
They would pack up and get
around by horseback. She did
this until she was taken away
from her grandma to be placed
in a dorm itory school where
they cut off her hair and tried
to break her from speaking the
native tongue.
From th ere, G randm a
learned how to read and write.
She learned to run farm equip
ment and turned out to be a
hard worker. She later started
w orking as a bouncer at the
R ainbow M arket for m any
years.
Later on she settled down
after her children were taken
away from her. One day after
work, her husband said they
took the kids. And that day, she
turned her life around. She got
another chance at life, to raise
her daughter Rose’s children.
Carol, Rachel, Annetta, Terry
and Michael. When she went to
Washignton to pick us up, she
gave us everything we needed.
She promised us that nobody
would ever hurt us, and she
would always take care of us.
She put us through school and
brought us to the longhouse af
ter school.
D uring my grade school
years, I rem em ber Grandma
started to be an undertaker.
That’s when I remember that
she could no longer hold or hug
us. She was a very strong per
son in her heart, her mind and
in her soul. Grandma was al
ways there when the people
needed her most. She would
never say no, no matter what.
We are going to miss Grandma’s
strength, her smile and her en
couraging words.
We loved G randm a very
much, and will miss her every
day until we meet again.
We will always remember ev
erything she taught us growing
up while shopping, paying bills,
saving money, gathering roots,
picking berries, cutting eels, cut
ting and drying salmon, go get
fresh fruit at The Dalles, when
deer meat was brought to us we
would stay up late until it was
taken care of.
Later on, when Grandma
couldn’t go out anymore, we
would go and gather the wood
and bring it to her. We all done
what we could for Grandma, it
was her time. Great-grandfa
ther gave her back to us so many
times’and now just remember
ing all the good times, the laughs,
the smiles and all of her days
here with us. Remember, don’t
fight each other. Love one an
other because you never know
when you will see each other
again. Cry for me now so I
can hear you not when I am
gone. She raised us up now
she’s gone. She never left us,
she is just patiently waiting on
the other side.
Our prayers and all our love
to you, G randm a M argaret
Boise.
Thank you
Thank you to all who helped
at the funeral.
Thanks to the police, EMT
sup p o rt, R achel Sm ith and
Annie. Thanks to Renae at the
hospice, Doug from M adras
Bel-Air. For all your help and
support, I would also like to
say thank you to my sisters
Carol, Arnetta, Mallory, Elsie,
D aw n, W inona and L eslie.
Also thanks to Uncles Tony,
Jack, Thom as, Davis, Young,
Curtis and his friends for pull
ing together and getting the
home taken care of.
Thanks to everyone who
showed up at the family meet
ing and those wanting to be there
but couldn’t make it.
Thanks to M illie Colwash
and her family for being there
to cook and prepare the meals
and cleaning up the tables and
kitchen. A big thanks to the bell
ringer and drummers for bring
ing out the songs during the fu
neral.
Thank you to all family and
friends for food and other do
nations given. Auntie Eliza,
Aunt Marcella, Uncle Harvie,
Cousin Elsie for always being
there to help and support us.
Thank you Grandpa George
and Easton for the beautiful
casket.
Thank you George Jr., Dixon
Davis, and Brian from utilities
for taking down the fence and
digging the plot.
Thank you Auntie Eliza and
Mona Schuster for putting on
Grandma’s dress. Thank you
Mercedes Miller for taking care
of the dishes.
Thanks to Emily Lucei for
m akin g the m em o ry cards.
Thank you Jode for officiating
and thank you to the tribes for
the funeral grant. Thanks to
Nick Johnson, Tracey Miller,
Bubbles and D orian, D avid
M ontiell, and all fam ily and
friends for your love and sup
port.
Granda M argaret Boise’s
beloved family.
Dedicated
I dedicate this to my fiancé
and best friend Julia Dahlana.
Baby, we’ve been far apart for
many years all because of my
foolish ways and through it all
you’ve stayed by my side, even
when people got mad, you didn’t
give up and for that I’m grate
ful to have you in my life.
So I’ve stepped up as a man
and asked for you to be my wife,
hearing you say “Yes” changed
everything that I used to be
lieve— not too m any people
m arry their teenage love, let
alone their best friend.
Baby, I love you and with
every day I’m becoming a bet
ter man for your and our fam-
ily.
I love you, truly yours and
forever.
Matthew Dean Ortiz.
Earthquake
I’ve lived over here in Duck
city Eugene for many years now
and I’ve heard many things be
ing talked about but the biggest
thing being talked about now is
the terrible earthquake Japan
had on the 19th of March in the
year 2011.
I know nobody knows when
but I really think it might be
coming to the end of time now.
If it’s true, we should all be will
in g to learn m ore o f Je su s
Christ. He was given to all of
us for our sins. You all in Warm
Springs, have a good and Happy
Easter this year.
Evette Patt, 50 Kourt Dr.,
no. 3, Eugene OR 97404
Jurisdiction
Senate Bill 412 was presented
to the Oregon lawmakers for
approval, potentially eliminating
our exempt status from Public
Law 280.
This proposed change to ex
isting Treaty language “is a mat
ter of great importance” that
was never brought to the en
rolled members for discussion,
in violation to our Constitution
and By-Laws.
Who granted and when was
this authority given to tribal em
ployees to negotiate away our
long standing Treaty rights.
This bill is way beyond the
legal issue to be clarified, is it
legally appropriate for Warm
Springs police officers to pur
sue non-Indians off reservation
for violations of tribal law that
originated within our jurisdic
tional boundary.
Oregon’s Supreme Court has
already made that legal determi
nation, favorably for the tribes.
So why does Senate B ill 412
even exist?
Randy Smith.
Lost receipt
I am trying to receive this
money from Warm Springs Cor
rections. I misplaced the money
receipt, this was back on July 28,
2005. I was cleaning my house
and ran across the receipt for
the amount $437.85.
I am pretty sure the Correc
tions officers were different
ones, so the ones on duty now
really are at a loss.
I am just asking if the depart
ment can reimburse me please.
I understand, we all make mis
takes. Thank you.
Wendell E. Greene.
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to the S pilyay T ym oo!
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Indian Business Talk
Payday lenders, pawnshops and other financial pillagers
B y Bruce Engle
Loan officer
IV. S. Credit Enterprise
Payday lenders, pawnshops
and other financial pillagers: The
first two are lenders of last re
sort—or should be.
They have their place. Their
product is costly. Some say it’s
too co stly and m aybe even
“ c rim in a l.” T he o b jectio n s
sound good and seem well in-
tentioned.
Unfortunately, the loss of
those last resort lenders would
do a disservice to those who
might occasionally need a quick
financial boost. Legal borrowing
is preferable to the alternative.
I suggest the convenience of
having a last resort lender avail
able to us is worth a slightly
“higher than norm al” cost—
maybe one time—just don’t be
come a steady customer.
The key is to know the cost
of credit and be careful what
you sign.
The wording of the contract
establishes the deal. Read it
before signing.
If need be, take it home for
the night and read it carefully.
Go over it with a fine tooth
comb. Get help if there are
terms you don’t understand. An
advisor who knows credit terms
and contracts can help you
avoid being scammed.
D on’t trust a lender that
won’t let you take the contract
home to review before you sign
up-
Interest rates and fees can be
financial killers. For example:
One: $1,000 at a flat rate of
10 percent for two weeks would
mean you need to pay $1,100
back. That would cost you $100,
while
Two: $1,000 at an annual rate
of 10 percent for two weeks
would cost you a whole lot less,
and
Three: $1,000 at an annual
rate of 10 percent for one year
w ith 12 m o nthly paym ents
means you would pay $87.19
m o n th ly— for
a
to tal
o f$ l,046.27.
The $46.27 is the interest you
would pay.
You pay $100 in interest in
the first exam ple; and only
$46.27 in the third. Quite a dif
ference.
It all depends on the word
ing of the contract.
“Fees” can add to the cost of
credit. There may be an Appli
cation Fee. There will surely be
a late payment fee.
There w ill be a “bounced
check” Fee (NSF —nonsufficient
funds). Payday lenders often
charge a “small” fee for extend
ing the payoff date. That can
be a big rip. Be careful.
For example, a $200 payday
loan for two weeks might have
a $20 fee for extending the pay
off for two more weeks.
If you do that 10 times you
will have paid $200 for the privi
lege of not paying off the origi
nal $200 loan.
You will still owe the original
$200. There’s the rub and that’s
the rip.
Don’t do that.
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