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r n Spily^y Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon P^ge 7 September 21, 2011 cocc Teleco beta testing branch opens Central Oregon Community College opened its Madras branch this month. Taking part in the opening ceremonies were Marjorie Smith, Jefferson Greene, Kobe Baez-Figueroa, Joseph Smith and Jose Alvarez (from left), who are of the N’chi Wanapum and the Palouse Canoe families. Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Chieftainship: members hold different views (Continued from page 1) “I feel we just need three Council people to be nominated into Tribal Council instead o f a chief,” said Geraldine Jim. “Our Council people need to sit there and do their job. I hope we pick a chief that will get out there and help all the people, no mat ter what tribe they are. I hope to hear men that are running for the chief to speak tonight and have their say. I feel the need to pick the chief now. A chief that we feel is going to do the best job for all o f us, not just his own family.” “W hy d o n ’t we have the people come up and give their reason for their nomination?” Mary Tohet said. “Prove to me that you’re worthy o f this posi “We never had a ch ie f,” Demus Martinez said. “We had leaders. I ’m wondering why we’re having this debate if we never had a chief anyway. The first chief was Queahpama. He was selected. I’ve talked with a lot o f younger people over the In te rn e t, people my age or younger. They’re not happy. They’re not being included.” At the meeting Daisy Ike and Cassie Katchia presented their family history. Derek Tasympt told o f his qualifications. L a st w eek’s m eeting was sponsored by the Katchia fam ily. George Clements was nomi nated by Terry Courtney. and O.B. Kalam a, who were never recognized by the big shots at D.C. Isaak alone had to conduct business in D.C. on the dams. He came back and said that anyone who owned a home at Celilo would get a home built for them on the reservation, which never came to be. The Rock Creek people came and claimed all the houses that are built at Celilo now. I remember there were In- dian/French people from Idaho that had houses built. But those o f us that were born in Celilo and owned homes there didn’t have houses built. This is a bit o f history that I remember, from back when I was around 13 years old. The elders at that time told the people that no longer would the chieftainship be heredi tary, but it would be decided on by the people by a vote. After my uncle was elected chief, they had a big giveaway at HeHe. They didn’t have the kind that you see today— these were items o f real tra ditional value to the people, items that the family worked hard to gather. There were Pendleton blankets, horse saddles. The family didn’t de pend on the tribes for sup port at this time, the way it seems to be done today. This was all a family effort. Maxine McKinley. tion. I am Wasco, I ’m all three tribes. What are you going to do for our people?” Letter regarding Chieftainship I rem em ber back when C h ief Queahpam a passed away. A year afterwards, the longhouse elders got together at H eH e and talked fo r about ten days, deciding what to do about the chieftainship. At th at tim e, the longhouse elders had the say, because they were the ones who helped the head chief decide the right thing to do for the people. T h e longhou se people were five in numbers. The chief alone did not, by him self, make decisions without his advisors. At the meeting they chose some men until they nar rowed the candidates down, by election, to my uncle and fos ter-father, Charley M cKinley’s brother. Charley was an eagle-whistle blower at all the gatherings. The elders chose Isaac McKinley by vote to become the chief. He did not choose this on his own. The longhouse elders then chose and named those who would become successors. Delvis Heath did not become chief by any chosen people, but by the ch o ice o f the old longhouse elders. Yet, he says my uncle, Isaak McKinley, was not a recognized chief. My uncle, Isaac, was one o f the first Council members. He traveled to W ashington D.C. several times with George Meacham (Continued from page 1) “These towers would be tall enough to su pplem ent the Sidwalter tower. Once we get those in place, we’ll get the fi ber running in.” Bandwidth on the reserva tion is expected to more than quadruple in capacity, which many broadband custom ers should notice right away. Some o f the fiber optic lines have been buried on the reser vation. However, there’s more work to do, more fiber to lay. “When we applied for funds, we didn’t think the casino would be right down the road. So we have to change some thing around. This project is constantly mov ing.” But so far, the project is en tirely on budget and within the expected timeline. When the telco begins pro viding residential customers with serv ice in N ov em ber, the 4 broadband connection will be on a fixed loop. C u stom ers will receiv e a wireless router which will con nect to a canopy antenna on the ro o f o f their home. This an tenna will be aimed at one o f the towers. “This is going to deliver the telephone line dial tone and also the broadband through the same little antenna. That’s the quick and easy way to deploy broad band.” The Warm Springs Telecom munications Co. plans to get the service into place this year and then cover the reservation en tirely next year. Wild-fish groups to sue over Elwha River hatchery SE A T T L E (AP) - Wild-fish advocates say they plan to sue federal and Washington state agencies over a fish hatchery built as part o f the Elwha River restoration project. 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