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February 23, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 6 This Week in Aboriginal History Senior Moments by Carl A. Ellis with Emma Edwards Indian casinos get nod from U.S. Supreme Court One day, moment at a time Seniors might enjoy hear- ing about my latest toy. One of my Christmas pres- ents this year was a “Fire Stick.” With it, I can watch television programs such as “Murder, She Baked,” old black-and-white films and recent Hallmark movies. I’m having fun with it. It means another remote by my recliner. And, sometimes when the phone rings, I’m not sure if it’s my iPhone, house phone, that new stick or my other three TV remotes. Once I even grabbed the control for my La-Z-Boy re- cliner, which makes it go up or down or out. It’s at times like these that we wonder if we’re “losing it.” So, what is “it”? At one time or another, we’ve all thought about the “big A.” Seems we used to think more often about the “big C” or the “big H.” Which is scarier? I kind of think I would rather have cancer or a heart attack than Alzheimer’s. I suppose the most tolerable would be to have the “big A” and then we would not re- member or know to worry about the others. I most certainly don’t mean to joke about any one of these ailments that our generation seems to live with at this time of our lives. Northwest Senior and Dis- abilities Services sponsors Alzheimer’s workshops and symposiums from time to time. I attended one and learned that there are more than 100 types of dementia and Alzheimer’s is simply one of them. If you or a loved one need more information on the sub- ject, call Suzanne Bjaranson, community program supervi- sor, at 503-861-4200. A book highly recommended to me and that I personally have shared with others is “The 36- Hour Day” by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins. Also of interest is “Cancer – Thriving and Surviving,” a class sponsored by Clatsop Community College, North- west Senior and Disability Services and Columbia Me- morial Hospital. It meets at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, April 16 through May 21, in the new cancer center in Astoria. To sign up for this free class, call 503-338-7564. Also, consider “Living Well with Chronic Conditions,” such as heart disease. It’s from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, April 19 to May 24, at CMH. If interested, call 503-325-4321, Ext. 5758. Before I was accepted into the free class a few years back, I had to wait and wait for an opening. So it’s not too early to get your name in to this worthwhile class. At a recent Warrenton Se- nior Citizens meal, Dawna Rekart, who was representing Warrenton Christian Church, was called upon for the prayer. She reminded us of the prayer written by Amer- ican theologian Reinhold Niebuhr around 1934. It seems appropriate to close our column with the first part of it. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time.” Feb. 23, 1954: Congress votes to withdraw support to Wisconsin Indians that was guaranteed in 1854. Chiefs Oshkosh and Keshe- na of the Menomonee (people of the wild rice) had formed an agreement with federal Indian agents in 1854 to keep just 275,000 of their original 9.5 million acres in exchange for eternal government pro- tection. Feb. 24, 1730: With both sides running out of ammu- nition, French troops and the Natchez Indians reach a peace agreement. The Nat- chez release all prisoners, and the French withdraw to the Mississippi River. The French had been anx- ious to make the agreement because their Choctaw allies had expressed a desire to quit the fight. The prisoners are released to the Choctaw, who demand a ransom for their services. The Natchez even- tually escape into the wood- lands. Feb. 25, 1987: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in “Cal- ifornia v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians” that Cali- fornia cannot prohibit tribes from conducting high-stakes bingo and poker games legal elsewhere in the state on trib- al land. The landmark decision opens the door to the reser- vation gambling industry na- tionwide, and leads to enact- ment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Feb. 26, 1757: Fort Au- gusta, built by Pennsylva- nia troops at the juncture of several Indian trails on the Susquehanna River, is sur- rounded and briefly held un- der siege by Indians. The Indians leave after a few days, but return a few months later. Feb. 27, 1973: The siege at Wounded Knee begins. It lasts until May 8, 1973. Feb. 28, 1675: The Mis- sion Santa Cruz de Sabacola El Menor is dedicated. The mission is for the Sawoklis Indians on Georgia’s Apala- chicola River. Ellis is an author and his- torian who is working on a book about American In- dians. Learn more about American Indian history at facebook.com/snippetsin- time. BUII: Impaired boater faces more charges are properly licensed, aren’t impaired, have passed state boater education courses and operating vessels that are safe and properly equipped. When the three Coast Guard officers boarded the 51-foot Chris Craft cabin cruiser, they found Wood highly inebriated and brought the boat to shore, where they conducted several field sobriety tests that con- firmed their suspicions, ac- cording to a police report. The boat operator initial- ly told officers his name was Michael Ian O’Wood and said he could not find his identifi- cation. When dispatch ran a check on his name and birth- date, they found no records in Oregon or Washington. The man also told them he’d had nothing to drink since the previous day. When con- fronted with the failure of the sobriety tests and the records check, he again gave them a false name and agreed to re- turn to the boat to search for Senior lunch menu Monday, Feb. 26: Beef stew, potatoes, carrots, coleslaw, apple pie. Thursday, March 1: Pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, green beans, tomato soup, berry trifle. The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is $5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more information, call 503-861-3502. his ID, again returning emp- ty-handed, police said. One of the Warrenton of- ficers spoke with the female passenger and asked if she knew where the man’s ID was. She handed him a Wash- ington state driver’s license identifying the boater as Ian Michael Wood. “I ran Wood and found that he had a warrant for his arrest out of Clatsop County Circuit Court for FTA (failure to ap- pear) on a DUII charge,” ac- cording to the police report. “The warrant was confirmed by dispatch and I went back up the dock and placed Wood under arrest.” When asked about the name differences, the man contin- ued to state the phony name, according to the report. The presumptive fine for giving false information to an officer to avoid an arrest is $5,380.