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Spilydy Tyvnoo, W ^rm Springs, Oregon Page 7 November 2, 2011 In Recognition of Veterans KWSO keeps a list o f a ll o f Gaylord Heath, George Aguilar, the Veterans who served fro m the George Boise, Gerald Danzuka Warm S prings com m unity. The Jr, G erald Sam pson, Gerald radio station asks f o r updates to Wewa, Gilbert Brunoe, Gilbert the list. H ere is the m ost recent ver Yahtin, Grant Waheneka, Gus sion: (N ick) K alam a, H am ilton G reeley, H am ley D anzuka, Warm Springs Veterans Harold Culpus, Harold Lewis, (Past and Present) H arrim an Palm er, H arrison A aron G adberry, A aron Davis Sr, Harry Miller, Harvey Kalama, Alan Langley, Albert Jim , H arvey Sco tt, H arvey C om edow n, A lfred C lark, Tohet, Henry D. Martinez, Alfred Smith Jr, Allen Gilbert H enry K alam a Sr, H ester Sr, Alphonso G arcia, Alfred Scott, H iram Yaw, H uston Smith Sr, Alvin Charley Sr, Alvin Moody, Isaac Esquiro, James J. Smith Sr, Alvis Smith III, Alvis Coburn, James Teeman, James Smith Sr, Anita Bryant, Anthony W eiden, Jam eso n M itch ell, Davis, Armando Ribeiro, Arthur Janice Smith, Jeff Mitchell Mitchell, Arthur Thomas, Aus Jeffery Sanders Sr, Jerom e tin Smith Jr, Ben Holliday Jr, H enry, Je rry St. G erm aine, B enjam in D ick, B enny Jessie Anstett, Jim Sahme, John Powyowit, Bertson Simtustus, Courtney, John Francis Lewis, Bill Sam, Brian Suppah, Bruce John M iller, Johnny George, Brunoe Sr, Bruce Smith, Calvin Johnny Guerin, Jonathan Smith, Two Bears, Cecil Brunoe Sr, K athleen Heath Foltz, Keith Cecil Seyler, Charles Calica, Baker, Keith Moody, Kelsey C harles K alam a, C harles Haywahe, Kenneth Miller, Kirby McKay, Charles Moody, Charles Heath Sr, Larry Langley, Larry Tufti, Chesley Yahtin Sr, Chester Switzler, Larson Kalama, Lasco Vanpelt, Claude Smith Jr, Claude Gilbert, Laurence Squiemphen Smith Sr, Clifford Arthur Sr, Sr, L avena Ike, Law ren C liffo rd M eachem , C urtis S lo ckish , L aw rence B row n, Brown, Cyril Johnson, Dallas L aw rence M acy, Law rence W in ish u t Sr, D an M acy Jr, Squiemphen Jr, Lawrence Tufti, D aniel B risb o is, D aniel Leo Hellon, Leonard Kalama, M artin ez, D anny K atchia, Leroy Scott, Levi Dowty, Levi D anny Scott, D arrell Sm ith, Greene, Levi Keo, Lewis Baker, David Kalani, David Red Fox, Lloyd Adams, Lloyd G. Smith Davis Miller, Delbert Frank Sr, Sr, Louie LeC laire Jr, Louis D elton S w itzler, D ennis Henry, Louis Tewee, Louise Leonard, Dennis Thompson, Ed Jackson, Lyman Jim , Manuel Manion, Eddie Reed, Edward Garcia, Mark Stacona, Marvin Henderson, Eldon Tom, Eldred Ike, M arvin Meanus Sr, Max Heath, Elliott Palmer, Ellison Jackson, McKinley Wesley, M elvin G reeley, M elvin D avid Sr, Elm an K ishw alk, Elm er Henry, Elm er Quinn, Wewa, Merris W allulatum Sr, Elmer Scott Jr, Elton Greeley, Milan Smith Jr, Milan Smith Sr E m erson C ulpus, E m erson M ilton H olliday, M orris Smith, Emery Parker, Erland Johnson, Moses Hellon, Nat Suppah, Ernest Spencer, Eugene Shaw, N elson W allulatum , G reene Sr, E ugene P arker, Nelson Wolfe, Nelson Zumont, Everett Miller, Fabian Sutterlee, O m ar W in ish ut Sr, O rville F elix W allulatum , Francis Danzuka, Orville Lewis, Oscar Kalama, Francis Thomas, Fran Moses, Patrick Mitchell, Paul cisco Martinez, Frank Brunoe, Henderson, Percy Miller, Percy F rank M itch ell, F ran klin Winishut, Phillip David, Pierson Suppah, Freddie Blodgett, Gar Mitchell, Powell Spencer, Rafael lan d B runoe, G ary Sm ith, Queahpama, Rain Circle, Ralph Queahpama, Randolph Boise Sr, Randy Smith, Ray Lyle Holliday, Ray Scott, R aylene T hom as, R aym ond Gene Sm ith, Raymond Johnson Sr, Raymond Moody, Raymond Tsumpti Jr, R aym ond T sum pti Sr, R egin ald K alan i, R eginald Winishut, Reuben Johnson Sr, Richard Hellon, Richard Macy, Richard Scott, Richard Tohet, Rick Santos, Robert Sanders, Robert Thomas Jr, Roger Smith, R oland K alam a Sr, R onald Kalani, Ronald Smith, Roosevelt H eath, Rosco D ick, Roscoe Smith, Roscoe Stacona, Roscoe Thompson Sr, Rose Sanchez, Ross Kalama Jr, Ross Kalama Sr, Roy H eath Sr, Roy Meachem, Rueben Johnson Jr, Russell Smith, Sam Scott, Sam W ewa, Sam m y D anzuka, Sam m y H atchet, Shauna Queahpama, Shawnelle Shaw, Sherm an H olliday, Sidney Miller, Simon John, Sim s H o lliq u illa, Sophie Smith, Spencer Keo, Stephen Boise, Steven Jam es, Tamera Calhoun-Coffee, Tashna Hicks- W ert, T erence C o urtn ey Jr, T hoedore B runoe, T hom as Kalama, Tommy Keo, Tommy Sm ith, Tony Fuentes, Tony Suppah, Tracy Arthur, Truman Lumpmouth Jr, Uren Leonard Jr, V ernon H enry, V esta Johnson, Victor Moses, Vinson Macy, V irgil Switzler, Walter Langnese III, Wayne M iller, Wesley Charley, Wilford Johns Jr, Wilford Sooksoit Sr, Wilkins H ello n, W illard Suppah Jr, Willard Tewee, William Spencer Hicks, W illiam Wainanwit Sr, Willis Miller, Wilson Frank, Wilson Spencer, Woodrow Smith Sr, WynterDawn Smith, Zane Jackson. KWSO 91.9 FM , PO Box 489, 4174 H ighw ay 3, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Ph. 541-553- 1968, fa x 541-553-3348. E-mail kwso@wstribes. org lot of people tell me I got a big mouth. I work with a lot of people, and I’m willing to work for yo u ...a lot of people don’t understand what’s going on be cause some of our managers are dictating to us. We need to real ize that. Health is very poor here on the reservation. We have the highest death rate in the country. The highest unem ployment rate. We’ve got the highest suicide rate. We need economic developm ent.. .not for our tribe, but for you as people. We recently got a big load of money, and some of that was targeted for you. They should be setting this money aside for you to expand or go into business for yourselves in order to keep your family go ing. People are unemployed. They can’t pay their light bill or make their car payment. They need to get working on some of these issu es. We have the money sitting there, but we’re not moving on it. The new ca sino is promising us jobs now, but we need a guarantee on that. This is the eleventh meeting, it’s going on and on. It’s time to sit down and decide.” “I could go through my lin eage, but there was a sheet that was passed out earlier,” John K atchia Sr said. “If you’re Wasco, you’re Wasco. I’ve spent m ost o f my life w orking in manufacturing, logging, in vari ous positions. I’ve served on a number of boards and the Tim ber C o m m ittee, the W SFP Board. The overall good of the During the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91, a group of Warm Springs residents met regularly to support the troops serving in Operation Desert Strom. They put together and sent care packages to the troops, on a volunteer basis. Shauna Queahpama (at center in jacket) served during the war. She was home on leave when this picture was taken with the volunteer group, which included (from left) Faye Waheneka, Raymond Miller, Charlotte Herkshan, Geneva Charley (Gary Smith’s mother), Matilda Mitchell, Wauna Calica, Nettie Shawaway, Richard Craig, Madeline Queahpama-Spino, Shirley Smith (Alvis Smith Sr.’s wife), and Marcia Macy. Tribes celebrate breaching o f dam Tribal leaders from the Co lumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and its four mem ber trib es— W arm Springs, U m atilla, Y akam a and Nez Perce— last week celebrated the breaching of Condit Dam on the W hite Salm on R iver in Washington. Visibly moved while watch ing the live w ebcast o f the breach event, tribal leaders gath ered with approxim ately 150 representatives from the settle ment parties, contractor, and local leadership at the dam site to witness the historic event. “The White Salmon is sacred to the tribes because it flows from Pahto or Mount Adams,” said G erald Lew is, Yakam a councilman and chairm an of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. “This river system has always provided for our people. Now people, that is my main guiding force. It’s an honor to be men tioned in the same group with the other candidates.” “The chief is going to be a representative for all three dis tricts,” JR Smith said. “One of my main concerns is runaway spending. We’re the ones that put council in there. We need to get this tribal administration back in control of the people. A nyone ru n n in g for W asco Chief, I want to see your lineage. I’m a businessman, 37 years.” Four questions were pre sented to the candidates present, and each had an opportunity to answer. A lot of people feel that the role of chief is no longer an effective position. What do the candidates think of this? Our tribes were considered at one time to be top of the lad der. Today we’re at the bottom, it seem s.. .what are you going to do to change that? We tell our children to finish their educations, and yet there are no jobs on the reservation. What are your thoughts on the future generation? Most of the crime on the reservation is related to alcohol ism. What will you do to re duce alcohol abuse? “Hopefully, you’re better in formed,” Jackson said. “I know th ere’s m ore q uestions out there, we’re obviously going to have to have another meeting.” Another Wasco Chieftainship meeting is being planned for November. the W hite Salmon River can begin to heal. And when that happens,” he said, “those who depend on the river will also heal. The salmon and lamprey will return, and our tribal mem bers will be here to meet them.” C onstructed in 1913, the 125-foot concrete structure was a complete barrier and blocked over 30 miles o f habitat for steelhead, coho, spring and fall chinook, and Pacific lamprey. Last week’s breach opens that habitat and allows the W hite Salm on R iver to run u nim peded. Condit Dam will be slowly demolished over the next year. Complete removal is anticipated to be in August 2012. The second largest dam to be removed in the United States for fish passage, the breach comes 12 years after a 1999 settlement agreement between PacifiCorp, Columbia River In ter-Tribal Fish Com m ission, Yakama N ation, W ashington Fish and Wildlife, National Ma rine Fishery Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washing ton D epartm ent of Ecology, American Rivers and other non governmental organizations. The settlem ent agreem ent outlined a removal process for the dam that was less expensive than installing fish passage. “This is a historic day for the White Salmon River,” said Paul Lumley, CRITFC executive di rector. “Today is the culmination of over 20 years of work and dedi cation by the tribes, federal agen cies, and non-governmental or gan izatio n s to ensure that salmon and lamprey are given every opportunity to survive in the White Salmon River.” Classes help with grief Birth C hieftainship (Continued from page 1) “I w an t to relate to the people my knowledge in work ing the trad itio n al system ,” George Clements said. “I know about the 1855 Treaty, how it was made. The one thing that I understand is that it’s not to be interpreted the way the white man interprets. It’s a rule, the way we interpret it, that’s how it was m ade.. .I’ve been in the ju dicial system for over 30 years. I served on the Law and Order Committee. [I know] the Ap peals Court is under scrutiny. They say we don’t know what to do about the law. Our people are just as smart as they are. One thing about us — we know our ways, our customs and tra ditions. T hey don’t respect those. As a chief, I would make sure that happened.. .I’ll tell you the issues and listen to what you say and take those issues back to council. It’s what the people want, not what the lawyers want. That’s what we need. We need our council to start letting the people make their own deci sions. The chief no longer has the pow er...the power lies in you.” “I’m not going to tell you why you should vote for me,” Grant Clements said. “You should know your own candidate, not what we’ve done and what we haven’t done. That’s what my elders said — watch the people, know them. But over the years, I ’ve served on two committees... the Range and Ag, and the Timber Committees. A Courtesy of Faye Waheneka. Dominique Coronado- Crispen C h ristin a “S p lash ” C oronado and M oses C rispen o f N am pa, Idaho are pleased to an nounce the birth of their son, D om inique Coronado-Crispen, born on September 25, 2011, weighing eight pounds. G randp arents are Lupe and Susan Coronado from Milton- Freewater. Two classes to help cop ing with grief are scheduled for this fall. The first one will be on Nov. 10 at the Resource Cen ter from 4-5:30 p.m. This will be a onetime class before Thanksgiving called “Coping with Grief During the Holi days.” This onetime class is de signed to give com fort to people who have had a re cent loss, or any loss at all. The second class will be on Dec. 8 at the Resource Center from 4-5:30 p.m. This will be a onetime class before Christmas and New Years called “Grief Support during the Holidays.” For information call Anzie Adams, Volunteer/Bereave- ment Coordinator, at 541- 460-4031. - ^ The deadline to subm it item s for p u b licatio n in the next Spilyay Tymoo is Thursday, Nov. 10. T hank yo u ! V____________________________________________________________________________ PIONEER ROCK & MONUMENT Specializing in N ative American Design 201 Crafton Rd PO Goldendale, WA 98620 LET US S A V E Y O U T IM E & M O N E Y DESIGN & ORDER OVER THE INTERNET www.pioneerrock.com www.betterheadstones.com Find MAP To Our Shop Under 'CONTACTS' J
