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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
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“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.
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next Spilyay Tymoo is Thursday, Nov. 10. T hank yo u !
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