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Spilygy Tytnoó Pdge 7 A u g u s t 7, 2013 Gaming: decision does not effect Indian Head, H.R. land (Continued from page 1) The tribes have had a pur chase option for land at Cas cade Locks, K arnopp said. A way to recover some o f this investment would be to com e up w ith a develop ment project for the site, he said. The money spent so far o n th e p u rc h a se o p tio n would off-set the purchase price, he said. Councilman Jackson said he once supported the Cas cade Locks proposal. The p ro ject has now cost the tribes close to $30 million. “I can no longer continue to support any more spending there,” he said. Councilwoman Evaline Patt asked Karnopp if there is som e p re c e d e n t fo r a tribe spending this m uch time and money pursuing a fee-to -tru st decision. “A t what point should this have g o tte n ifi to tru st? ” she asked. A t the Council meeting last w eek, A nita Jackson asked to make some com m ents about the Cascade Locks situation: “F rom a tribal m em b er’s p ersp ec tive,” she said, “n o b o d y seems to be taking respon sibility for anything.” <( We need to work together fo r the best interest o f the tribes and the people. We need to g et back to that standard. ” Jackson said, “I f some one made a mistake, then fine, we’ll move on. But we want to see what happened here, so we Can make sure it doesn’t happen again.” P riscilla F ra n k c o m mented there should be an acco u n tin g to th e people. “How do we spend $30 mil lion and have nothing to show for it?” There should be no finger pointing, she said. “We need to work together for the best interest o f the tribes and the people. We need to get back to that standard.” Before voting on the m o tion the Council m em bers clarified th a t th e decision would have no effect oh tribal authority regarding the east H ood River trust land, or on the gaming compact for I n dian H ead Casino. KNT H ow lak Tichum O n Ju ly 26, E lm er Crow, Jr. perished in the process o f rescuing two o f his grandsons from the Snake River at Buf falo Eddy. H e died sav ing those he loved, at a place that he loved, and in a river he loved. E lm er w as b o rn in O ro fin o , Id a h o on M arch 24, 1944 to E lm e r C row Sr. and H a ttie Joy. H is b lin d g ra n d m o th e r Edna Miller took the responsi bility o f raising E lm er and instilling in him the traditions and culture o f the N ez Perce and Cay use tribes. U n d er her care, Elm er was taught by num erous tribal el ders, including five who h a d f o u g h t in th e N e z Perce War. Frorri’fh'em, he learned the Nez Perce language, tra d itio n a l h u nting and gathering sites, a love for the land, and techniques for con structing traditional tools and hunting and fishing gear. H e was taught tra d itio n a l and m o d e rn hunting and fishing tech niques by his father and e x te n d e d fam ily, and regularly h a rv e ste d salmon throughout the Nez Perce usual and ac custom ed fishing areas from C entral Idaho to the now-inundated Celilo Falls. The full-extent o f the wealth o f traditional N ez P erce know ledge and culture that was lost with his passing will never be known. Elm er’s dedication to the natural world and to tribal treaty rights guided and drove him in his ef forts to protect them. He was one o f the first Nez Perce to reopen tribal fishing at Rapid River, a small tributary to Idaho’s Salmon River, back in the early 1970’si This small river became a flashpoint o f co n tro v ersy b etw een th e State o f Idaho and the Nez Perce over tribal treaty fish ing rights in 1980. Elmer was a key tribal leader o f the tribal fishermen in this con flict. In his later years, Elm er w orked for the N ez Perce Tribe Fisheries D epartm ent’s resident fisheries program. In this role, he was responsible for protecting and restoring the non-migratory fish spe cies living throughout Nez Perce Country. Given his body o f knowl edge and dedication to the natural resources o f the re gion, Elmer’s role expanded into cultural presentations and o u treach th ro u g h o u t N orth America. Following a series o f heart p ro b le m s an d su rg eries, Elm er felt he was living on borrowed time and was de termined to make this “bo nus time” count. H e dedi cated even more o f his fife to ensuring the traditional teachings, values, and tech niques he was taught as a child would be preserved. In the early 2000’s, Elm er con structed the first N ez Perce bighorn sheep horn bow to have been made in sixty years and it was likely that he was the only person still alive to know the technique for build ing it. H e would never write down the involved, 3-month long m ethod, insisting on passing the knowledge one- on-one only to individuals he trusted to usethe skill to pre serve N ez Perce culture. A rd u n d the tim e o f Elm er’s heart problems, the already low Pacific lamprey returns to Idaho began to plummet. Once returning in the millions, in 2009, only 12 lamprey p assed L ow er G ranite Dam, the last major dam b e fo re th ey reach ed Idaho. Elmer took up this cause, pouring his heart and soul into ensuring the lamprey— or “eels” as he always called th e m — would be rescued from the brink o f extinction. H e worked tirelessly with tribal, state, and federal agencies in his mission to save them . H e alm ost single-handedly drove lam prey recovery from obscurity to a funded, active- program with re gional support. Elm er is survived by his wife Lynda, children Jerem y (and Margaret), J a rro d (and A m anda), Jayson, and Jamie, and six g ra n d ch ild ren : K h ia, D an e, P h in n , Lucy, Sophie, and Henry. He is also, survived by his cho sen m o th e r B eula Worthed, his sisters Joyce Admyers, Elizabeth Crow, B ern ie L asarte, an d Brenda Moses, and his brothers Reggie Crowe, Jeff Crow, Louie Lasarte, Raymond Lasarte, Billy Henry, and Em m it Tay lor. Preceding Elm er in d e a th are his p a re n ts E lm e r Crow, Sr. an d Hattie Lasarte and siblings Wendell Crow, Gregory Crow, E d Crow, an d Annie L,asarte. M em orials may be made to the Elm er Crow Memorial Fund, care o f the N ez Perce Tribe, PO B ox 365, L apw ai, ID 83540. The fund will be used to further the cause o f rescuing the Pacific lamprey from extinction. (Continued from page 1) The resort lodge was used for a time to house the fire fighters who were w orking On the Sunnyside T u rn o ff blaze. The flames from this fire came very close to the lodge. The rooms sustained smoke damage, and have to be co m p letely cleaned. ‘W h en we’re done, we will have a very clean resor't,” Smith said. The landscape around the resort was blackened by the flames. This will be a deter rent for guests this year, but the hillsides will be green again next year. Smith said he ex pects the resort to make a strong come-back next year. The insurance team that coordinated the restoration work hired the K ah-Ne e-Ta employees to help with the work. This was very helpful, as these employees otherwise w o u ld have b een o u t o f work, Smith. 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