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Unique S urvey Being Oondyoted at Warm Springs Reservation by OS Tribal Leaders Are Attempting to Find Pans for Future (Editor's note: This is an other in a series of articles on the research and public service projects being car ried on by the stale's col leges and university. The articles are written by Wilma Morrison, long-time reporter of Oregon education.) t By WILMA MORRISON 5 "We are blind; we have no j eyes. You can be our eyes, but . if you are going to do this, ; you must be honest. And if " you are going to be our eyes, I it is only while we send our young people out to get vision i for us . . ." This complex and beautiful t ly worded expression came from an old Indian woman who had listened to Dr. Nor " man McKown explaining to a Z gathering, of her people the I unique developmental study that Oregon State college is making on the Warm Springs Reservation. , f Warm Springs tribal lead iers will tell you that when Ithey signed a S100.000 con Itact with Oregon State to help them plan the economic-so-- cial-educational future of the j Confederated Tribes they ; were following the pattern of their planning-minded ances- tors. Distinctive for Tenacity I In a way they are right. ;The Warm Springs are dis ; tinctive for the tenacity with r which they have held togeth " er both their patrimony and - their people since the treaty ' ef 1855 placed them on their 4 Central Oregon reservation. But there is no pattern for ' the kind of a job that Project Director McKown and his as ' gociates - specialists in engi " rieering forestry, sociology, agricultare, business, and oth- - er field-are trying to do for Z the "Warm Springs. " oth Oregon State and Uni- verity of Oregon have long ; been tctive in community, Tbusiness and agricultur 1 " planning over the state, but i this unpublicized "action re- - search" project which began 12 years ago in the shadow j of Mt. Jefferson is different. It is different in its greater scope and in the college's written as well as moral com ; mitment to follow through with help to the Warm Springs geople after the rec ommendations are in. It is ; also a dmatically different research study in the weight of th human factors in- volved. No Other Tribe ' In the Portland office of '. the Burau of Indian Affairs, " the rea director, Don C. Fos ' ter, said he knew of no other . Indian trible which had at '. tempted anything quite like ; t h i s developmental liaison with i eollege. Most develop- mental inventories initiated by trjbs have been short-time "hote)het" appraisals, he said, t that tn their way into the . tribal vehives and die there. lev. patient process rrf bri"a$ipjt the Indians them i selvt ito the planning so ; that t'nev understand the rec- ommations," he said, "sets ; this udy apart." "Besides the it promises to the Warm Springs," Foster said, "to tho bureau, it is a yard l Stick be which we can plan J work in the future with other bribes." ' Back of the exhaustive re 5 port which the OSC consult ants will turn over to the 11 ; man council of the Confeder i ated Tribes next fall is the I untypical history - and the C somewhat untypical predica l ment-of Oregon's last real In dian reservation. The Umatil jlas exist as a reservation but ithe tribe has been dispersing J for 40 years and a large part I of the tribal lands are held by ' whites. The Klamath reserva tion is in process of termina tion. Only the Warm Springs j Confederation which includes members of the Wascos. the JWarm Springs and the Paiute tribes remains as aa enclave Jan entity. 5 Isolated Background The isolated background of 'the Warm Springs who had ivery little contact with the : outside world until Highway 26 went through their reser vation in 1949, and their rela tively high degree of pure ; blood, set these people apart from most other Indian I groups. 5 Dr. McKown called them "a hard-core reservation that ihas been isolated and is quite pure Indian." Allan Gal- braith. the Indian bureau su perintendent at Warm Springs Jsaid, "They are a very close-knit group, much closer than ;the average Indian tribe." " We drove around the east leru part of the reservation where many of the Warm Springs tribe live, with Dr. McKown and Delbert Frank, ' m . PROMPTED SURVEY Mrs. Oscar Moses and three of the nine Moses children, typi fies one of the reasons that prompted the council of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to move into a $100,000 I -- iF"". SURVEY PROJECT Key to the unusual Oregon State college survey project now in progress on the Warm Springs Reserva tion is the participation and understanding of the Indians themselves. Here, Delbert an elected member of the tri bal council. Under McKown's direction, Frank is heading a survey of the present housing and the housing wants of his people. He said, "Warm Springs planning, in terms of hanging on to tribal resources, began a long time ago. Our old peo ple knew then that the time would come when white peo ple would cover the whole country . . . and our young people would need every thing they had . . . When the neighbors came from other reservations and said they had sold their timber and built new houses with the money, our people kept their timber. Now as the population has grown around us and as the population on the reser vation grew, it caught us in a spot. The old people were right. Come to Conclusion "In order to come to some conclusion we decided we should get someone like Ore gon State college where the recommendations would be valued by the bureau (of In dian Affairs). We know that if we made evaluations, they would not meet standards; we don't know enough . . . "We have no work for our young people here. No indus try, no recreation to ' hire them. We have done a little relocating of-our young peo ple but it has been a failure. All of them have returned . . . they don't know how to go out in the world and fight . . . "If we could have things for them here so they would work for a living and, at the same time, if they would get education . . . We have schol arships (S1.000 a year). We are trying to get our young people to go to college. All but one who went are work ing in the tribal or agency offices. There are great im provements; there are results of this education. This survey is one result . . . "We believe now we are barking up the wrong tree by letting our children go out and try to compete with edu cated people, unprepared." There is a complex of so ciological and psychological factors back of the tribal council's decision to invest SI 00,000 of its people's share in the Celilo Falls fishing set tlement, in this OSC study. The breakdown of the old family patterns and controls; the loss of individual incen tive that goes with per capita support from the tribe; and the loss of a basis for leader ship -in what one consultant called "a real dead-level de- mocracy"-these are a few of the trends that concern the Warm Springs leaders. But on top of these are some hard fiscal facts. Popu lation on the reservation is climbing almost twice as fast as in the rest of the state. (From about 800 in 1938 to 1, 465 on the tribal rolls this year). As it climbs, and as the profit from the reservation's main source of income, tim ber, grows less, annual per capita payments to tribal members are likely to drop. Last year the per capita pay ment was $1,100. This year it is $900. Contrary to the common misbelief that the Indians re ceive government pensions, their guaranteed incomes de rive from tribal property. In case of the Warm Springs, the core of their income and vir tually all the reservation economy is timber from which they get about $1,500, 000 a year. They get $100,000 a year from Pelton dam, and some smaller amounts from other easements and fees for usage of their 600,000 acres of land. While the reservation death rate of 20 per 1,000 is more High School Choir To Tour in North The Medford High school choir will conduct a spring tour of northern Oregon April 28-29, Lynn Sjolund, choir di rector, has announced. Thursday, April 28, the choir will be in a concert in the Willamette university fine arts auditorium. Later that day the choir will appear with the Lewis and Clark choir at Lewis and Clark. Small choir groups will give selections during the dinner hour in the Templeton com mons at the college. Friday morning, the choir is scheduled to appear in a concert at North Eugene High school. After this appearance the choir will return to Med ford. "Such an experience is in valuable to high school groups and an excellent intro duction to music in higher education," according to Dr. Justin L. Dyrud, vocal music supervisor in charge of tour arrangements. The choir will present the musical. "Oklahoma," here April 22-23, it was announced. It will also conduct a 45-mi-nute concert for the state con vention of the Parent-Teachers assocition April 26 at the Hedrick Junior High school. survey contract with Oregon State college. A rising Warm Springs population and a potential drop in tribal income from timber has led to economic-social-education planning. Frank, member of the tribal council, turns over results of a housing survey to the study director, Norman McKown, center. At right is Dr. Henry Zcntncr, sociologist on the project. than twice that of the 9.1 in the suae, the birih rate more than makes up for it -40.2 compared to the statewide 22.9. Where 50 per cent of Oregon's population is 35 or younger, on the reservation more than 50 per cent are 25 or younger. Colleges of 70 Is Subject of Meeting Ashland - Mrs. Wick e s Shaw, Lane county represen tative, and director of infor mation for the Oregon state system of higher education, will speak at two committee meetings for "Colleges in 1970" in the valley this week. Other out-of-town guests will be Dean Dan Polling, dean of men at Oregon State college; James Frost, alumni secretary for the University of Oregon; T. M. Williams, television and radio expert from the Portland extension center; and Leonard Calvert, newsman for the Eugene Register-Guard. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, announced that meet ings with local citizens will be held in Grants Pass Mon day at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library, and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford Red Cross building. Purpose of the meetings is to acquaint a number of prom inent local citizens with the statewide informational pro gram now being launched to inform people of the urgent needs of Oregon's public sup ported institutions of higher learning for the critical dec ade ahead. Young Adult Group Planned at YMCA A young married adults group will hold its first ses sion at the Medford Young Men's Christian association gymnasium Wednesday, March 16. at 8:30 p.m., YMCA officials have announced. To be eligible to participate , in the Y's program for young j married adults, the combined j age of the couple must not ex-, ceed 60 years. ; Included in activities plan- j ned are volleyball, badminton and swimming, along with ta ble games such as cards. Mem bership in the YMCA is not necessary to participate, YMCA officials said. Future meetings are plan ned the first, third and fifth Wednesdays each month. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Sunday, March 13, 1960 Area Drivers Get Licenses Suspended Salem - The department of motor vehicles has released names of 461 drivers whose licenses were ordered suspend ed during the period begin ning Feb. 29 and ending March 4. Length of suspension varies, depending on charges in volved, recommendation of court, discretionary action by the department or require ments of Oregon law. The de partment said some of the li censes involving court recom mendations may have been reinstated after suspension was ordered. The department warned drivers that the penalty for driving while suspended is a jail sentence of no less than two days and up to six months, and there may be imposed a fine up to $500. Under li censing procedures, this will also result in an additional year of suspension. Among those suspended in Jackson county were: Driving While Suspended (In cludes any conviction for viola tion of traffic laws, involving op eration of motor vehicle, while driving privileges were sus pended) Charles Edward Holcomb, 27, of 248 Wightman St., Ashland, no op erator's license. 1 year. Phillip James Kantas. 22, of 16 North Claremont St., San Mateo, Calif., driving while suspended, 1 year. Raymond Leslie McVay, 26, of route 1, box 16B. Jacksonville, driving while suspended, 1 year. Randall L.ee Surgeon, 35. of route 1, box 326, Eagle Point, no operator's license, 1 year. Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (Manda tory suspension) Blaine Biles. 46. of 707 West 11th st., Medford, suspended 3; 3 60 to 5'26 60. Discretionary- Action of Depart ment Rodney Franklin Davis. 20, of route 1. box 440, Talent, violation of license provisions, cancelled 22660. George Terry Taylor, 85, of 424 King st., Medford, voluntary sur render, 1 year. Local Students Interviewed at UO Eugene Several Medford students at the University of Oregon, were interviewed re cently to find out how ade quate a preparation for col lege is being given to high school students who plan to enter college. Forty counsellors from 22 high schools of the state visit ed on the campus and inter viewed 1959 graduates. The overall reaction of students was that their preparation had been good. They also in dicated some feeling of frus tration in the need to assume greater responsibility for themselves in the college situ ation. Attending meetings f r o m J Meaiora iiign scnooi were Miss Joe Kirtley and Alex McDonald. Medford students inter viewed included Susan Baker, Clark Barker, Dee' Barnes Lawrence, Dennis Barr, Joyce Bauman, Judith Brill, Sharon Carr, Judith Christensen, Sus an Coffman, Jacqueline Crea ger, James De Lorme, Robert Emmens, James Frohnmayer, Dewey Gail, Susan Graff, Harlow Head, Sandra Hess, Richard Hildebrand, Claudia Hoover, George Ice, Iverne Iverson, Janet Little, Judith McGraw, Michael Murray, Donald Peek, Ron Peery, John Pond, George Rasmus sen, David Rath, Priscilla Shafer, Roberta Sleeter, Pa mella Stacey, Bonnie Van Dyke, Frieda Van Riper and Lou Voegtly. To Early Yet To Prune Walnut Trees It is still too early to prune or graft walnut trees, Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultur ist, reported this week. The best time to prune black walnut trees is when the leaves on the tips of shoots start to grow, Cordy said. This usually occurs in mid-April or early May. If when the limb is cut, it starts to bleed nothing can be done to stop it, he added. Although the bleeding is not desired, it is not disastrous. Bleding may be prevented by pruning and grafting at the right time. Cordy added that black wal nut trees are ready for prun ing slightly earlier than Eng lish walnut trees. This, he said, is a gauge to use in HELP Wa need clothing, sheet, dishes, furniture, and bedding. Wa Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 10 BJUS! 74 Local Boy Scouts To Attend Jamboree Only 74 Boy Scouts and Ex plorers from the Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts of Amer ica, will be able to go to the Fifth National Jamboree at Colorado Springs, Colo., George C. Flanagan, jamboree chairman, announced Satur day. Space Craft Topic Of Meeting Here Daniel W. Fry, West Co vina, Calif., will speak on "Space Craft and Space Tra vel" at a meeting in Medford Tuesday, March 15, sponsored by Understanding, an organi zation Fry founded. He will speak at 8 p.m. at Hedrick Junor High school. The lecture is open to the public on a donation basis. He is editor of Understand ing magazine, a monthly pub lication of the organization Understanding, which is "dedicated to bettering the understanding between the peoples of this earth and those who are not of this earth," ac cording to a news release from the organizations head quarters in Pasadena. Fry is described as vice president in chage of research president in charge of re search at Crescent Engineer ing and Research company, El Monte, Calif., and author of three books. HUSBAND'S JOBS Washington-About 446,000 men in the nation's armed forces are married. . w;mm Adds fun to your parties (gives There's absolutely NOTHING that looks so good, tastes s grand at a party as Jorgensen's prize winning FIESTA ICE CREAM! Serve everyone a heaping dish watch them go for th refreshing flavor, and come back for more! Make it a habit to serve FIESTA whenever the family or good friends get together! Your Grocer has a wide selection of tempting flavors! "Because of the tremendous response to the National Jam boree from all over the coun try, we have had to release one of our Jamboree troops to another Scout council in Re gion XI," Flanagan said. "As of March 10, we have 56 reservations, and addition al reservations will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis, and a waiting list will be started as soon as 74 reser vations have been received at our council office," Flanagan explained. Details of Trip Details of the trip to be taken in connection with the Jamboree are nearly com p 1 e t e, Flanagan said, and many special stops will be made in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. The entire trip is scheduled for 23 days and will cover nearly 4,500 miles. The cost to Scouts is $295 which includes pre-Jamboree training, travel by chartered buses, meals, lodging, troop equipment, sightseeing, Jam boree fee, and insurance. 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