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Spilygy Tymoo April 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor
Hands Around
the Courthouse
G reetin g s! My n am e is
Charlene Smith, I work at the
Warm Springs Victims o f Crime
Services.
It’s that time o f year again-—
for “Hands A round the Court
house” on Tuesday, April 10 at
10 a.m.
O ur departm ent is seeking
donations for this event. Last
year we received cash, water,
candy, pens, pencils, chips, juice;
so any type o f donation will be
not only useful but appreciated.
Last year was great. Please
feel free to attend at the Warm
Springs Tribal Courthouse. We
will have drumming, snacks, and
o f course the H ands A round
the Courthouse for the victims
o f crime survivors.
T hank you in advance for
your assistance. I can be reached
at the Warm Springs Victims o f
Crime Services, 541-553-2293.
Charlene Smith
Shaker services
The Warm Springs 1910 In
dian Shaker Church will be open
for prayer services Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday, April 6-8-
D inner will be at 5:30 p.m.
on b oth Friday and Saturday
with prayer services right after
both nights.
Sunday services will start at
10 a.m. with baptisms to imme
diately follow.
L unch and an E aster egg
hunt for the kids will also be
Sunday afternoon after all ser
vices are complete.
For more inform ation they
can contact Tamera Kalama at
541-553-3201 or William Sam
at 541-553-3495.
Sovereignty
The very essence o f our in
herent sovereignty is our people,
the tribal members. It is us as a
people who exercise sovereignty.
It is only the people who can
revere, foster and prom ote sov
ereignty. I cannot overstate the
critical importance o f sustaining
our sovereignty, a task that was
and should rem ain a diligent
endeavor for Tribal Council and
the people. The people need to
realize the im portance o f our
sovereignty, to abide by it in or
der to keep our sovereignty. We
are only one o f eight tribes in
the United States w ho still hold
o u r sovereignty. O u r treaty
rights and sovereignty are our
strength since 1855.
O n June 25, 1992 the Eigh
teenth Tribal Council on behalf
o f the people declared and cer
tified the tribes’ inherent sover
eign authority with the Declara
tion Sovereignty. It outlined a
brief history o f the three Tribes
an d su m m arized th e 1855
Treaty. I would like to point out
a few excerpts o f that document
as follows: “Today, the people
o f the Confederated Tribes con
tinue to assert and exercise sov
ereign authority over the tribal
reservation, over other territory
with tribal jurisdiction, over ter
rito ry th a t may com e u n d er
tribal jurisdiction in the future,
and over the protection o f our
rights and our people and their
welfare in all places.” “The Con
federated Tribes shall always
exercise our sacred national sov
ereignty in order to achieve the
highest o f goals: to preserve our
traditional cultural ways th at
have existed for so many cen
tu ries in h arm o n y w ith o u r
homeland; and to provide for
the well-being o f our people for
th e m any cen tu rie s th a t lie
ahead.” “We shall, as we always
have, give respect to all persons;
acknowledge the special wisdom
o f our elders and religious lead
ers; nurture bright hopes for the
future th at reside w ithin our
young people.” “O ur sovereign
authority includes the right to
choose n ot to adopt formal writ
ten laws, procedures and poli
cies governing particular sub
jects; formal laws can be intru
sive and inflexible and we have
learned that some issues are best
addressed by in fo rm al trad i
tional ways.”
I would also like to point out
the following contained in the
declaration: “We, the.members
o f die Confederated Tribes o f
W arm Springs Reservation o f
O regon com prised o f Wasco,
Warm Springs and N o rth ern
Paiute Tribes, hereby declare
o u r national sovereignty. We
declare the existence o f this in
herent sovereign authority— the
absolute right to govern, to de
termine our destiny, and to con
trol all persons, land, water, re
sources and activities, free o f
all outside interference.”
Finally, I w ant to point out
this: “U ltimate sovereignty is
vested in the people, who re
ceived that sovereign authority
in the form o f laws given by
the Creator and by the land it
self. O ur people have delegated
only lim ited authority to the
Tribal Council and have reserved
the rest o f our national sover
eig n ty to o u rse lv e s.” “ O u r
people, as the custodians o f our
sovereignty, revere all o f those
things and declare that shall be
p rotected absolutely and for
ever.”
Respectfully,
Maxine Switzler
New school
I ’m writing to encourage all
registered voters to get out and
v o te in su p p o rt o f th e new
middle school in Warm Springs.
O ur children o f Central O r
egon deserve the best education
we can offer them. These are
our children, n ot your children,
my children, our children.
I rode the bus from Warm
Springs to Madras from the 7 th
grade to the 12th grade. The bus
ride requires Warm Springs kids
to get up and go to sleep every
school day a few hours earlier.
I know my brothers and sis
ters from Simnasho had to make
even more sacrifices and get up
much earlier than us in Warm
Springs.
Us from Warm Springs rode
the bus route 40 miles a day
(guesstimate). O ur family from
Sim nasho was on the bus 70
miles a day.
These bus rides are not. con
ducive to the best education our
fam ilies o f C en tral O reg o n ,
Madras, Warm Springs can of
fer our children. I know this long
commute each and every school
day is a major factor to the high
dropout rate o f our children o f
Warm Springs.
I f Madras children had to
ride the bus to Simnasho each
and every day, I know something
would have been done years and
years ago.
It is time to treat our Warm
Springs children with the same
deserving respect and consider
ation, considering how much
o u r c o m m u n ity o f W arm
S p rin g s c o n trib u te s to th e
wellbeing o f Central Oregon.
Bobby Eagleheart
Easter Eggs
Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb is wishing a Happy Easter!
m an fo r th e C o n fe d e ra te d
Tribes o f Warm Springs.
There is always some great
news in having an education. It
wiU help you in your family. Al
ways have the desire to get the
highest in your education.
E v e tte P att, 50 K ourt Dr.
apt. 3, Eugene, OR 97404
Education
I ’ve Eved over here in D uck
City E ugene fo r m any years
now. I hear a few stories about
o u r children w ho are still in
School, some good, some n ot so
cool.
To the younger children who
are stiU in school, I hope you all
will look at the older generation
in Warm Springs and the elders
in your family.
I have a grandfather Olny
Patt Sr. I really w ant to be as
intelhgent as he was. H e was the
chairman o f the Warm Springs
Tribal CouncE for many years
before he w ent to heaven a few
years ago. Some people really
liked him , som e d id n ’t. We
shouldn’t look at the ones who
didn’t Eke him, we look at the
great work he has done as chair
School bond
The heart o f economic de
velopm ent in a com m unity is
ed u c a tio n .
W ith o u t
a
com m unity’s co m m itm ent to
provide the b est possible re
sources for educating its people,
a community is in decline.
The Jefferson County E co
nomic D evelopm ent Advisory
Board is pleased to support the
proposed 509-J, bond measure
on the May 2012 ballot.
Existing companies need a
stream o f skilled and depend
able workers. Companies from
emerging industries looking to
lo c a te in o u r co m m u n ities
strongly consider the quaEty o f
our education system and the
caliber o f its educators and stu
New Spilyay logo
Spilyay Tym oo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
dents.
A n e sse n tia l p a rt o f the
learning process is a weE-main-
tained and safe environm ent.
The bond measure addresses the
needs o f each faciEty, the need
for a new K-8 faciEty in Warm
Springs and a sorely needed per
forming arts center faciEty th a t'
wiE benefit the entire commu
nity.
We beEeve the 509-J school
board was visionary about the
needed faciEties and im prove
ments while sensitive to the cur
rent economic conditions.
Beyond the long-term facE-
ity additions and improvements,
there wiU be a two-year, short-
term benefit from construction
activities with construction jobs,
services and suppEes.
Construction w ork in a com
munity also conveys that a com
munity is on the move toward
growth and a higher quaEty o f
Eving. This is attractive to po
tential new businesses.
Most importandy is our com
mitm ent to our youth: we want
to provide the best possible en
vironm ent for learning and per
sonal development. We encour
age the community to support
this sensible bond measure.
Sincerely, Wayne Pearson,
manager, Econom ic D evelop
m ent o f Jefferson County, on
behalf o f the Jefferson County
Economic Development Advi
sory Board.
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Reporter: Duran Bobb
Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson
Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades
Wishes...
I want to wish a Happy 26th
Birthday to my Baby sister Socorro
Vanessa Cuevas! Hove you lots!
From Monica, Keanu & Kody.
A sister is
a gift to the
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artist Travis Bobb.
Honor Seniors
The Senior Citizen D epart
m ent is getting ready for the
Twenty-Second Annual H onor
Senior Day.
This will be May 11 at the
Agency Longhouse.
We are getting together for
updates o f the sponsors and
door prize donations. The meet
ing wiU be at the Senior Citizen
D epartm ent at noon this after
noon, April 4.
For m ore information, con
tact the Senior Citizen D epart
m ent at 541-553-3313. O r write
to:
Senior Citizen Dept., PO Box
C, W arm Springs, O R 97761.
Emails are as foUows:
wEson.wewa@wstribes.org
luciUe. schuster@ws tribes, org
Memorial &
Stone Setting
For Duane E . Winishut
& Bertha Heath
Saturday, April 7, 2012
at the Agency Longhouse.
Stone setting for Duane
W inishut Sr. at 9 a.m.
Giveaway and meal to
fo llo w at th e A gency
Longhouse.
K w a t a n i
Wiyanawitpama
K ata Tsisyuwak ku
T ’Quarianmy, NataEe
Atauwishamash!
L ove,
A lla w iik t,
W aushukta,
Sun Hawk, Sundance.
Happy Easter to Cheryl,
Jaden, Daren, Holly and Mike.
Hove, Dave.
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4 Happy Birthday!
H appy Birthday to m y
Brother Hector! Love you!
Monica, Keanu & Kody.
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