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Rodeo icon
dies in agency
car crash
Songwriter
remembers
‘Little Wolf’
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
• Kartar’s Condon was regarded as one of
the greatest Indian cowboys of all-time
S
ometimes when he’s playing a
gig an old timer will shout out
and whoop, “That’s Little Beaver.
That’s Larry Condon.” Dave Schildt
cannot always see the calling party, but
he hears them in
the crowd.
His song “Little
Wolf” is always a
favorite, he said,
and just as the old
timers occasional
shout, the song
is about Larry
Condon.
Schildt came
up riding rodeo—
Schildt
and eventually
teaching school—in Browning,
Montana as a member of the
Blackfeet Nation. In the 1970s he
took on with his mentor and traveling
partner Martin “Bud” Conelly to
join the Western States Indian Rodeo
Association, where Larry and his
nephews rode with so much success.
“I wasn’t paying attention much,”
he told the Tribune. “I was just getting
started. I ran into all those guys [Larry,
the Best boys and the Condon boys] in
Tygh Valley, and I got to watch them
ride. I thought, holy cow, these guys
can really ride.”
Conelly told Schildt of Larry,
but only briefly. In the 1990s, when
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
T
he Colville Reservation—the entire Indian
rodeo community—lost one of rodeo’s old
time greats Wednesday, June 5, when Larry
“Little Beaver” Condon was killed when his pickup
collided with a semi-truck on Highway 97 at the
Nespelem Agency campus.
At 81, Condon left a lasting
impression that was felt
across the country and at the
funeral services, held in Kartar
Valley Monday, June 9, where
horsemen, family and friends
rode along in a final ride with
the cowboy who was once
ranked as the sixth best bull
rider in the world.
Condon
Condon qualified to the RCA
Nationals Final Rodeo in 1961
and 1964. In 1965, he again
qualified but was forced to watch from the grand
stands, crippled up with a broken leg—“Those
things just happen,” he said years later. He qualified
for the Indian National Finals Rodeo throughout the
1970s, placing second twice
Customarily modest, he once said, “I traveled
with the greatest cowboys in the world. Don’t
know how I got to be with them.”
This month, The Tribune reached out to twotime world champion Deb Copenhaver, 89, and
asked him his memories of Condon.
“I called Larry last fall,” Copenhaver said. “I
see CONDON, A5
see SCHILDT, A5
ABORIGINAL TERRITORY
ELECTIONS
Boyd elected
council chair
BY SHANE MOSES
The Tribune
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
A portrait of the sun dial at Smokiam Park in Soap Lake.
Proclamation issued to
rename park in Soap Lake
NESPELEM – Jim Boyd of the
Inchelium District was selected as the
new chairman of the Colville Business
Council on July 10. Boyd replaced
outgoing chairman Michael O. Finley.
“I’m very honored to hold this
position. I care tremendously about our
people, about our land,” said Boyd.
“Every time I sit at the table, that’s the
first thing I’ll ask myself, is whenever
there is a decision, is this in the best
decision for our people, is this in the best
interest for our land?”
Long-time councilman Mel Tonasket,
Omak, was selected as the vice-chairman
and William “Billy” Nicholson II,
Nespelem, was selected as the new
secretary after the oath of office
ceremony at the Nespelem Community
Center.
For the Health and Human Services
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
Newly-elected Colville Business Council
chairman Jim Boyd speaks to the crowd
during the oath of office at the Nespelem
Community Center on July 10 in Nespelem.
Committee, Andy Joseph, Jr. of
Nespelem District retained the position
of chair. As did Nicholson in the
Management and Budget Committee.
Hammond was selected as the chair
for Tribal government in an eight to six
final count against fellow Inchelium
representative Stevey Bylilly.
see ELECTIONS, A2
Former chairman appointed by governor
BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
SOAP LAKE – The relationship
between the Tribes and the city of
Soap Lake took a turn for the better on
May 7.
The city’s mayor issued the Tribes
a proclamation during the secondannual Soap Lake Powwow. The
city unanimously voted to rename its
largest park after the Smokiam, the
aboriginal name given to Soap Lake
by the Moses Columbia people.
“There is a desire to create a legacy
of cooperation and understanding
between the Native People and the
citizens of the community of Soap
Lake for generations to come,” the
proclamation stated.
The cooperative gesture came
almost two years from the date in
see SMOKIAM, A4
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
A pair of travelers cover themselves in mud
at Soap Lake on July 8.
Inside this month’s Tribal Tribune
A2-3 .....Council Corner
A4-5 . .......Tribal News
A6-7..Natural Resources
A8-9...............Briefs
A10.........Technology
A11 ........Storytellers
A12.....Obituaries
A13..... Directory
A14-15 .....Sports
CHENEY – Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed
outgoing Colville Business
Council Chairman
Michael O. Finley to
the Eastern Washington
University Board of
Trustees, the school
announced June 17.
“Michael Finley will
help the EWU Board
of Trustees strengthen
the university,” said
Inslee. “He understands
the importance of
operating in a transparent,
responsive and costefficient manner that will
achieve results and benefit
students.”
The 35-year-old Finley,
Finley
who was voted out by the
Inchelium District in this
year’s primary election,
begins his term at EWU
on July 1, replacing Mark
Mays, who passed away
this spring, the release
stated. He will complete
the term in 2015, which
has broad responsibilities
will be to supervise,
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coordinate, manage and
regulate the school by
state statute, according
to the EWU Board of
Trustees website.
“I am truly honored
being bestowed such a
distinguished position,”
said Finley, who earned a
master’s degree in history
from the school in 2005.
“It is a responsibility I
accept with humility, and
I pledge to foster success
with the university and
the entire student body
in every discipline and
at every corner of the
institution. This represents
an opportunity to give
back to the university that
helped me realize my own
June 2014 Edition
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Issue No. 6
Printed on July 15
see FINLEY, A2
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TRIBAL TRIBUNE
COUNCIL CORNER
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BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
Members of the Colville Business Council poses for a group picture outside the temporary administration building on July 10. From left to right, Allen Hammond, Ricky Gabriel,
Rich Tonasket, Joe Somday, Jim Boyd, Stevey Seymour, Marvin Kheel, Edward Marchand, Nancy Johnson, Mel Tonasket, Jack Ferguson, Andy Joseph, Jr. and William Nicholson II.
Not pictured, Michael Marchand.
ELECTIONS
FINLEY
Jack Ferguson, Keller,
was appointed to continue
as chair of Education
and Employment, and
Joe Somday, Keller, was
selected to continue as
chair for the Natural
Resources committee.
Bylilly was chosen to
continue as chair for the
Cultural Committee. For
the Veterans Committee,
Mel Tonasket was selected
as the new chairman.
Ricky Gabriel was
named chair of the
Community Development
Committee.
For the Law and Justice
Committee, newly elected
councilman Marvin Kheel,
Inchelium, was appointed
as the new chairman.
potential, which in turn led to my
prosperity.”
Dr. Deirdre Almeida, the director
of the university’s American Indian
Studies Program, served as a member
of Finley’s Master’s thesis committee.
She noted his continued involvement
upon graduating and looks forward to
working with him as a colleague.
“On several occasions, he has found
the time to be a keynote speaker at our
annual American Indian Student Day,
an outreach program used to encourage
middle and high school students to
attend college,” she said. “Michael
was more than happy to share with the
students what his experiences at Eastern
had been like and how it impacted and
changed his life.
“I believe his commitment to Eastern,
the American Indian Studies Program
and his overall dedication to Native
Americans, will be reflected in the
carrying out of his duties as a trustee.”
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from A1
Almeida noted Finley’s presence
will assist the American Indian Studies
Program tremendously.
“He will be able to truly convey our
interests and needs,” she said, noting
that fellow trustee Jo Ann Kaufman is
also of Native American heritage.
Finley has served on the Business
Council since 2008, when he replaced
then-Vice Chairman Gail DeLaCruz
who died in office.
After earning his education at EWU,
Finley went on to co-author “Finding
Chief Kamiakin: The Life and Legacy
of a Northwest Patriot” with Richard D.
Scheuerman in 2008.
In 2011, he was honored by EWU as
the Cecil Dryden Alumni Award winner,
an annual achievement presented by the
school’s history department.
Dr. Bill Youngs, chairman of the
department at the time, said that
Finley’s thesis was “one of the best
I’ve ever directed in my 38 years at
Eastern.”
At 30, Finley was the youngest
chairman ever to be elected by the
Colville Tribes.
FINLEY ’S NEW RESPONSIBILITIES
from http://www.ewu.edu/about/
administration/bot
Trustees – General powers and duties of the
board
The University’s governing body is appointed
by the governor with broad responsibilities to
supervise, coordinate manage and regulate Eastern
Washington University as provided by state statue
(RCW 28B.35.120).
The Board of Trustees consists of eight
members, one of whom is a student. Trustees
serve six year terms, except for the student whose
term is one year. We hope you will take the
time to peruse our site to learn more about us as
individuals.
The Board receives email at boardoftrustees@
ewu.edu. Or, please write to: Eastern Washington
University Board of Trustees, 214 Showalter
Hall, Cheney, WA, 99004. The president of the
University also holds the position of secretary
to the board. Therefore, you may contact the
president of the university at president@ewu.
edu or the assistant to the president and board of
trustees at [email protected].
Colville Business Council announces its support in legislative races
• Tribal leadership giving nearly $30,000 to state legislative candidates, all democrats
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
The Colville Business Council is donating
$23,750 to candidates of Washington’s legislative
races this year—all are Democrats and most have
worked on bills supporting tribes.
An additional $11,800 will be headed to
the State Democratic Campaign, $900, and
their Kennedy Fund, $5000, and to the House
Democratic Campaign Committee, $900, and that
committee’s Harry Truman Fund, $5000.
Among the supported candidates is John
McCoy, the only tribal member in the Washington
legislature.
Tribal lobbyist Miquel Perez, who nominated
McCoy to receive CBC support noted, “over the
last 10 years, McCoy has championed many bills
important to tribes in Washington State.”
CBC donated $1900 to McCoy’s campaign,
and to the campaigns of five other Washington
representative hopefuls, including David Sawyer,
29th district, and Drew Hansen, 23rd district.
Sawyer is vice-chair of the community
development and tribal affairs committees.
Hansen recently worked the Colville Tribes
last year on a MOE that reduced the risk to tribal
cultural resources in wildfires.
CBC further donated $950 contributions to 14
other candidates, including Sherry Appleton of
the 23rd district who is chair of the Housing and
Tribal Affairs committees.
Currently Appleton is working on a bill
concerning dental technician licensing for tribal
dental care.
Funding for the contributions comes from the
CBC Budget. In 2013, $13,400 was provided to
state campaigns.
A full list of CBC supported 2014 candidates is
available, [Right].
G
reetings,
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU! Thank
you for all the voters who
participated in our election
process. Your vote truly
is your voice. Thanks
for all who voted me in
for a second term. It is a
humbling honor to be elected
to our Colville Business
Council. I will work hard
for our membership over the
next term. I attended the
Intertribal Timber Council
Symposium June 23-26 to
discuss forestry and fire
issues. We have started on
our tribal budget process for
Fiscal Year 2015.
I attended the Intertribal
Timber Council (ITC)
Symposium June 23-26 to
discuss forestry and fire
issues. A highlight of the
trip was to hear about our
Tribe taking 2nd place
in the Pumper Olympics.
Congrats to Mt. Tolman
Pumper crew and great
job to Isaac Cawston for
John McCoy
Frank Chop
Monica Stonier
Hans Dunshee
David Sawyer
Drew Hansen
Sherry Appleton
Larry Seaquist
Nathan Sclicher
Marcus Ricelli
Dawn Morrell
David Frocht
Sam Hunt
Laurie Jinkins
Tami Green
organizing the Olympics.
We had an opportunity to
meet with federal officials
from Washington, D.C. to
voice our concerns over lack
of funding, lack of federal
hiring, and other issues face
to face. The ITC is using the
Indian Forest Management
Assessment Team (IFMAT)
III to explain to federal
administrators and legislators
why Tribes are a better
investment of their federal
dollars than the USFS or any
other federal agency. Tribes
“
Marko Liias
Steve Conway
BILLY NICHOLSON
NESPELEM
Shari Song
be introducing legislation to
link funding with these two
potential tools to manage
our forests bordering our
reservation and circling our
mill. As the ITC delegate for
our Tribe, I will be able to go
on the lobbying trips to DC
to help push this legislature
which will help our Tribe
by managing around us and
provide more funding to do
so.
We have started on our
tribal budget process for
Fiscal Year 2015. Our
Thank you for all the voters who participated in our
election process. Your vote truly is your voice. Thanks
for all who voted me in for a second term.
across the nation get more
done on the ground with less
funding. Our Tribe is using
the IFMAT report to lobby for
more funding as well.
The Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation was
elected to the ITC Board for
another two years. Did you
know our tribe is 2nd largest
timber producing tribe in
the nation? As such, many
of our issues align with the
ITC issues like the TFPA and
Anchor Forest. The ITC may
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administration is working on
our first revenue projection.
At the same time, they have
requested programs to send
in their budget requests on
our updated budget templates.
Hopefully, the revenue will
Luis Moscoso
come in over the expenses.
However, if not, we will
either need to make more
revenue or cut our expenses.
We should get our first look
at the budget in July. The
goal is to have the budget
complete before September
30, but the sooner the better
to allow our programs to
focus on providing services
to our membership instead
of worrying about their
respective budget.
Enjoy the 4th of July
fireworks and keep our
reservation safe from fire. I
look forward to the Joseph
fireworks every year. I am
sure it will be another great
show. Our next Nespelem
District Meeting will be
on Wednesday, July 16,
at the Nespelem Catholic
Longhouse. Thanks again
for the support during our
election process. Being
elected by our people is truly
an honor. Thank you.
Thanks for reading,
Billy Nicholson
JUNE 2014 • • A3
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
TRIBALISM…something to
work toward…
Is it possible to decolonize
Tribal Public Policy, restructure
the government’s organization
and govern our businesses and
services to reflect a healthy
contemporary Tribal Nation? We
use terms of Sovereignty, SelfDetermination, Self-Governance
and other political language
that could unite the future of
our Tribal Nation. However, we
are a divided Confederation,
how can our Leaders reclaim
a contemporary traditional
framework to govern to protect
and preserve our Natural and
Human Resources?
Historically, Tribal Leaders
made decisions based on the
needs and strengths of the
collective community. Tribes
selected their leaders differently,
rather they were hereditary
chiefs, heads of families,
specialized chiefs such as
salmon, war and hunting chiefs
or designated because they
proved to have special gifts like
spiritual healers etc. Traditional
Leaders governed Tribal
economies through societies
that were not structured around
capitalist values, materialism
or power structures that dictate
top-down or classist regimes.
It appears the modernism of
some Tribes have demonstrated
the complete adoption of
western capitalist philosophy
of governance, business &
economic development. This
has been proven while analyzing
the salaries, household incomes,
T
o membership of the
Colville Tribe,
I want to first thank
the creator and the membership
for having the confidence and
trust to elect me for a second
term to serve the people. This
was a close election and I
have the utmost respect for my
opponent. I will do my best
with the responsibility you
have bestowed upon me. I
hear the people state they want
respectful, honest, transparent,
leadership you can trust, which
is accountable. I too appreciate
the opportunity to have worked
with some great leaders. I
am dis-heartened to see some
of my colleagues leave the
circle. I am confident they will
continue to serve the Tribe and
their communities in a different
capacity. I too thank my family
and friends who have supported
me on this journey. None of us
are guaranteed tomorrow and
we must make the most of each
day we are given. I don’t believe
religion and politics mix, but
I believe in a higher power. I
believe in Prayer. I ask the
membership to continue to pray
for the people, our reservation,
and the council. We are all
human and we make mistakes.
I will do my best to study the
issues and make informed
decisions with the heart or our
people and lands as the center of
my decisions. I too am thankful
for the women at the sweat lodge
and for leader’s school at the
Catholic Church. As an elected
leader, I must nurture my spirit
and stay grounded to my beliefs
and values.
Behavioral Health System
This past month, I have
traveled more than my norm in
and social services data. The
gap between the haves and
have nots has grown, we have
more people working longer
hours, more jobs and living
from paycheck to paycheck. We
have retired Elders who have
worked their whole careers
on or near the reservation and
living on limited fixed incomes,
living in substandard housing,
and many with their children
and grandchildren some great
grandchildren in over crowded
homes.
Tribes have a different
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The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation has the
authority and ability to apply Tribalism; to support the idea of
equitable opportunities to those working at low wages with
education and training plans.
meaning of wealth compared to
the contemporary Production
& Consumption definition that
is measured by a significant
rise in profit, bottom line and
focused on revenue generation.
Contemporary U.S. Tribalism
can be explained as Native
or American Indian Political
& Social Thought through
resistance & self-determining
actions. There are many regional
Tribes enacting TRIBALISM
by reforming their constitutions,
re-framing Tribal economies by
investing in areas within their
governments that they value.
For example, the Swinomish
Tribe funds quality child care
for anyone that wants to work,
the Makah Tribe funds all
the past two years. I have been
elected to serve on a Behavioral
Health State wide task force
to represent the twenty nine
tribes. There is an in-equity of
Tribal representation on this
board, but I will do my best to
represent Indian people. We
have a Tribal Health Behavioral
health system, but often we
must rely on the state system,
more commonly known as
Regional Support Network
(RSN). I accepted nomination
to this board, because of the
high number of suicides on the
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Columbia River Treaty
I attended a meeting in Astoria
on the Columbia River Treaty.
Tribes were left out of the
original treaty, yet the Columbia
River borders are reservation
and many other reservations.
This treaty is between the United
States and Canada and is up
Cary Rosenbaum
Editor
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Justus Caudell
Managing Editor
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justus.caudell@
colvilletribes.com
Tribal Media members of the
Native American Journalists Association
students accepted into college/
universities, the Lummi Nation
is funding unique wrap around
youth and adult intensive
outpatient treatment centers
due to the high incarceration
and death rates related to
Drugs & Alcohol Abuse. The
Yakama Nation has regained the
jurisdiction of their juveniles by
creating space for incarcerated
youth to return from State/
County facilities and be placed
within the Yakama Correction
Facility to be ensured cultural
rehabilitation services.
What does this mean? I ask,
what is the Vision of our Tribe?
(Not, the draft on paper for 3-4
years?) Effective governments
”
as members we focus on CTFC
and their financing, we must
be reminded to ask, “What is
getting funded? Who decides?
How much and why? How
effective was the investments?”
The Confederated Tribes of
the Colville Reservation has the
authority and ability to apply
Tribalism; to support the idea
of equitable opportunities to
those working at low wages
with education and training
plans. I believe every employee
deserves working conditions
where they receive a living wage
instead of a working poor class
wage. I believe the Colville
Tribe can offer vocation/
technical training programs and
college bound credits through
health care choices for families.
Indian Health Service
NANCY JOHNSON
NESPELEM
Our Nespelem and Omak
Clinic were in crisis with high
vacancies and lack of funding. I
was part of a delegate team sent
to Washington DC (earlier this
year) to advocate for health care.
I am happy to see responses
with positions being filled at the
clinic. We will continue to meet
with the Area director and return
to DC (if needed) to advocate
against disparities and quality
I want to first thank the creator and the membership for
having the confidence and trust to elect me for a second
term to serve the people.
reservation. Individuals and
families have had to wait at the
hospital for a RSN to make an
assessment for hospitalization
or not. There has been a break
down in coordination and
communication between Tribes
and State/Counties. I too have
heard from a group of young
individuals that state we must
incorporate our traditions and
culture into treatment. Our ways
are not always understood by the
outside and we must continue
to have a voice for those in
greatness need.
Tribal Tribune
Staff Directory
LYNN PALMANTEER-HOLDER
OMAK
and organizations have a
unified Vision that guides a
comprehensive strategic plan
detailing measurable goals and
objectives, detailed budgets
and qualified staff. A vision
& strategic plan would guide
CBC’s priorities and Tribal
funding? Tribalism allows
communities to ask, “How will
CBC allocate and distribute
Tribal funds? How will CBC
evaluate, measure and monitor
the effectiveness of these tribal
investments?” The budget cycle
is beginning, while sometimes
for renewal in 2024. There is a
10 year clause for either party
to give advance notice for any
changes. It is critical for Tribes
to lobby now for recognition
into this treaty.
Health
I am delegate to the American
Indian Health commission
for our tribes. At this meeting
many Tribal Leaders and
Health Directors meet to
discuss strategies and resources.
The primary focus of these
meetings has been Affordable
Health Care. I urge everyone
to seek if they qualify for free
or reduced insurance. We
have Tribal Assisters in each
of the communities. You too
can access on the internet.
Individuals, who qualify, bring
third party billing revenue to
our clinics on the reservation.
Having insurance also expands
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health care for our people.
We are waiting to hear
announcement of a Joint venture
application to support an Omak
Clinic. The Tribe would build a
clinic and Indian Health Service/
Federal Government will
adequately staff the clinic for 20
years. This will make a huge
impact for health care on our
reservation.
Employment
I continue to hear from
individual membership on
employment/employee issues
on the reservation. I hear
individuals don’t feel they
receive due process, and/
or fairness. As many of you
know, Administrative powers
are separate than Council,
but this does not escape our
responsibility to ensure our
membership is treated with
fairness, respect and dignity. I
believe there is abuse of the
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Intern Bruce Butler joins team
Tribal member Bruce Butler has joined the Tribune team as an intern,
working through Colville Tribal Human Resource’s college summer intern
program.
"I’m excited to have Bruce join us if only for the
summer,” said Tribune managing editor Justus Caudell.
"I believe Bruce’s photography background will help
as we work to improve the Tribune’s visual appeal, and
I hope we can open further opportunities for Bruce’s
professional career.”
Butler graduated this spring from the Colville
Tribal College with an Associates Degree in Business
Management. While in college, he studied photography
under Andy McAlpin.
Butler
"I look forward to applying my new found passion of
photography at the Tribal Tribune and for the people of
the Colville Indian Reservation,” said Butler.
The summer intern program provides college students and recent
graduates with the opportunity to work from June to late August.
Samples of Butler’s photography are available on his professional
Facebook page, Arrow Lakes Photography.
accredited institutions on the
reservation. We have worked
toward this…it can be done.
Tribal administration, managers,
employees and supervisors
deserve to be employed in work
environments where they are
valued and respected, we have
worked toward this…it can be
done.
Tribalism & acts of justice can
guide the morale and cultural
compass toward a unified,
productive & healthy Nation.
To my Elders, my family,
my community and those that
supported me, I thank you for
believing & supporting me.
I was and will continue to
honor this time as your elected
leader. To those Elders that
stopped to share your wise
words…I am thankful from
the depths of my soul. To my
children, grandchildren, my
mother, aunties, uncles, my
siblings, nieces and nephews,
my friends…I am grateful for
your loyal support and guidance,
and lastly, to my most gracious
Husband and Loyal Friend who
has always believed in me more
than any other…who had my
back at all times, my confidant,
my Yang’ for 44 years, 39
married…”Dad, I Love you…
and now…I’m unemployed…
but, I’m YOURS!…LOL!” As
promised, my job is to finish that
dissertation! Yay!
In Peace & Love to my
Creator, Family, Tribe and
Community,
Lynn Palmanteer-Holder
Personal: 509-322-7718
10 signature process. The ten
signature process was set up for
emergencies, but it is becoming
a way of business.
The Omak Casino was signed
by 10 signatures. In my last
letter, I reported I would be
making a motion to bring to
the people, but was never given
this opportunity, because it was
processed by ten signatures.
Again, I support the Omak
Casinos, but am concerned about
the debt. We must diversify
our economic development and
create jobs for our membership,
yet the overall debt should be a
factor. I wanted the corporation
to bring down their debt, prior
to securing a loan for 68 million
dollars. I too am confident the
Casino will pay their bills and
bring revenue, but wonder if
a destination vacation resort,
which encompasses the beauty
of our land/water, would not
have been the true cash cow.
I too did not see the current
council setting priorities. I
see the Omak Clinic as a high
priority, yet the tribe will need
around 40 million to build this
clinic. The Tribal Government
building will be a total cost of
32-40 million. Decisions are
being made in silos without
priorities, planning, and looking
at the overall debt.
Again thank you for your
vote and support. I believe
in open communication with
the membership and will
continue to write in the Tribal
Tribune. I hope everyone has
a safe summer. Fires on the
reservation are of great concern.
Please be responsible when
camping. Help protect our forest
and our lands.
Respectfully,
Nancy C. Johnson
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By The Tribune
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –
Will Marchand, CCT: DOT
Department of Transportation
provides program update
PRESS RELEASE
The Colville Tribes:
Department of Transportation
(CCT: DOT) recently
submitted the 2014-2018 Tribal
Transportation Improvement
Program (TTIP), as well as an
updated version of the Long
Range Transportation Plan
(LRTP), to the Community
Development Committee of
the Colville Business Council
(CBC), for approval. The
former, is the short term
road construction projects
the Colville Tribes will be
implement in the near future,
and the latter is the overarching
long term transportation goals.
With regard to both, it is critical
the public, non-member and
member, make their voice
heard about potential projects
and improvements. As the
late Bureau of Indian Affairs
Northwest Regional Office
(BIA-DOT-NWRO) Regional
Engineer Joe Bonga was fond
of saying, Tribal Transportation
Program (TTP) funds exist to
serve the needs of the customer
(the reservation population), and
if the public does not make their
voice heard, it is difficult to plan
projects for the public.
Tribal Transportation
Allocation Methodology
There has been some
discussion of late about the
funds that are expensed by
CCT: DOT, as well as concerns
about future funding. To put
these discussions to rest, CCT:
DOT would like to explain
how the program is funded.
CCT: DOT operates on a
Government to Government
(G2G), agreement with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, which
means the program is funded
through the United States
Department of Transportation
(DOT), and is administered
by the BIA-DOT-NWRO. The
funding the Tribe receives is
actually the same funding that
a state DOT would receive, and
is drawn from the Highway
Account for the Highway Trust
Fund; which itself is drawn
from the gas taxes people
pay at the pump. There is a
standardized methodology
used when funding for tribes
is allocated, referred to as the
Tribal Transportation Allocation
Methodology (TTAM), which is
•27 percent on eligible road
miles
•39 percent on tribal
population
•34 percent divided equally
among the 12 BIA regions
and distributed among Tribes
in that region based on eagy
Tribe’s average FY 2005-2011
formulate distribution
What this means is
that the funding the tribe
receives for transportation
is not “performance based”,
but is based on concrete
measurements such as
population and roads miles.
This methodology differs from a
previous methodology used, as
it includes non-BIA and Tribal
roads as “eligible” road miles.
This change was brought up in
the most recent transportation
funding bill, MAP-21, and did
not exist with the prior bill,
SAFETEA-LU. Most NW
Tribes were devastated by the
implementation of MAP-21,
however the Colville Tribes
actually benefited greatly from
MAP-21, and received a larger
allocation than was previously
allocated.
A $10 million dollar figure
was brought up about the
Tribe’s Transportation program,
and that we are “missing out”
on funds, however the $10
million in funds being withheld
is a formality, and will be
released when the Tribe renews
its G2G-MAP-21 agreement
with the BIA-DOT-NWRO, and
CCT: DOT has been diligent in
pursuing external funding, with
Jason Palmer having acquired
a number of grants since his
ascension in 2010.
Transportation Policy
Development
CCT: DOT has been very
active in tribal transportation,
and employs two of the most
prominent figures in NW tribal
transportation today, in Jason
Palmer, Program Manager, and
Will Marchand, Transportation
Planner.
Palmer is the co-chair of the
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians (ATNI) Subcommittee
on Transportation, as well as the
Chairman of the Washington
Indian Transportation
Policy Advisory Committee
(WITPAC). In this capacity,
he was instrumental in the
development of the MAP-21
transportation bill, and has
been a vocal proponent for the
Colville Tribes with regard to
Washington State transportation
issues.
Marchand’s presence was
requested on the Washington
Traffic Safety Commission’s
(WTSC), Traffic Safety
Advisory Board, and he was
recently nominated to the
Tribal Transportation Program
Coordinating Committee
(TTPCC), by the other TTPCC
representative, Rick Galloway,
as well as the Colville Business
Council (CBC). The TTPCC
is the primary advisory body
that oversees the development
of transportation policy, with
each region only receiving two
representatives. The TTPCC
only has two representatives
in each BIA region, and the
northwest region has over 35
tribes, so to have the TTPCC
rep be a Colville Tribal member
is no small feat. And with
a presence on the TTPCC,
it is hoped that the next
transportation funding bill will
be as favorable to the Colville
Tribes as both MAP-21 and
SAFETEA-LU were.
Far from being invisible
in tribal transportation, the
Colville Tribes are one of the
bigger proponents of tribal
transportation both on a local
level as well as nationally.
Transit Plan
The CCT: DOT
Transportation Planner,
Will Marchand, is presently
developing a Transit Plan.
This plan will identify existing
services, and identify where
possible expansion could and
should occur. Ideally, the
Tribe would like to expand the
existing system to serve more
residents, as gas prices as well
as the cost to own and maintain
a vehicle are extraordinarily
high. A major element of
developing this Transit Plan
is public input, so if you are
interested in Transit in your
area, it would be advisable to
contact CCT: DOT about the
issue. It would be particularly
beneficial to complete the
Transit Survey that was
dispersed by the department in
late June, which can be request
from CCT: DOT, or be found
on CCT: DOT’s Facebook at
facebook.com/colvilletribesdot.
Tribal Tribune, the official
publication of the Colville
Confederated Tribes, was
recognized as the top tribal
newspaper of its circulation
size at the National Native
Media Conference at Santa
Clara’s Hyatt Regency on
Saturday on July 12.
The Tribune received
General Excellence
recognition after being judged
by NAJA member publications
based on content, adherence to
Associated Press style, design
and layout for newspapers
printed in 2013. Editor Cary
Rosenbaum and Managing
Editor Justus Caudell traveled
to receive the award.
“I’m extremely proud of
the Tribal Tribune and its
success,” Colville Business
Council Chairman Michael
O. Finley said. “Under Cary
Rosenbaum’s leadership,
the Tribune has grown from
a basic newsletter to one
of the finest publications in
Indian country. We are also
very fortunate that one of
our own tribal members is
willing to serve his Tribe and
his community by providing
us with a high quality news
publication, which is a
critically important tool for
keeping our membership
informed of important issues.”
The Eastern Door,
which serves the Mohawk
SMOKIAM
from A1
which the state Committee on Geographic
Names rejected the Tribes’ proposal to rename
the lake Smokiam, which it was known by from
time immemorial.
Raymond Gravelle, Soap Lake’s mayor, was
all for the change at the time, and — despite its
rejection — invited the Tribes back to educate
the community with its first powwow in more
than 30 years in 2013.
While it was not the outcome the tribe sought
just two years ago, it was another small victory
for the people, 82-year-old tribal elder Barb
Aripa said.
“It’s not especially the plaque,” she said,
“but the fact that the city had realized that the
Smokiam, Healing Waters,
is the aboriginal name that
my ancestors had given
Soap Lake.”
The occurrence of such
generosity from a city to
a tribe is rare, Colville
Business Councilman Ricky
Gabriel said.
“By issuing this
proclamation, Soap Lake
is setting the tone for the
Aripa
future for all relationships
between municipalities and
tribes,” he said. “It’s something that’s heartfelt
— not only to the Colville Tribe, but all of
Indian Country.”
The proclamation to change what was
formerly known as East Beach Park was also
signed by city council members Joanne Rushton,
John Hillman, Keith Hagglund, Robert Brown,
Kat Sanderson, Kandis Lair and John Glassco.
Indians not welcome
For nearly 40 years, the city of Soap Lake
was regarded by the Tribes as unwelcoming and
prejudice, Aripa said.
The Tribes hosted an annual powwow in the
city, setting up tipis, dancing, drumming and
stickgame.
Her father, former Business Councilman
George Frieldander, was a catalyst in bringing
the powwow to the city. He, along with Harry
Owhi, would make several trips back and forth
from Nespelem to Soap Lake to bring people for
the festivities. They were the only two people
with trucks at the time who were involved with
the event, Aripa said.
While the dancing ended at sundown,
gambling was played into the early morning
hours, which bothered local residents, Aripa
Happy Birthday to Steffie Joann
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Mom, Phillip, Olivia, PhilBob,
Braeden, Keirden, Taylor and Kaila.
Congratulations,
Leighton Boyd! We love you very much!
Ya-yat, Papa, Aunts, Uncles and all your
Cousins! Your Momma is smiling down on you
each and every day!
community of Kahnawake
in Quebec, Canada finished
second in the division, which
serves tribal newspapers with
4,000 or less subscribers. The
Potawatomi Traveling Times
of Wisconsin placed third.
Caudell and Rosenbaum
combined for another top
award, “Best Coverage
of Native Americans” for
the Tribune’s “Series on
Suicide,” which followed the
community’s response after
the Colville Business Council
issued a State of Emergency
on the number of suicides in
October.
Rosenbaum won four
additional first place awards
for writing.
said. In addition, some tribal members were
purchasing alcohol at local stores and were
setting a bad example for the event.
The relationship between the city and the
Tribes escalated when a detective was called to
stop the stickgame because residents couldn’t
sleep, Aripa said.
This led to people telling tribal members not
to come back, “because they didn’t want the
stickgame going on all night and the noise of the
drum,” she said.
City officials told her father that the drumming
had to end or they were going to shut down the
powwow.
With drumming being the backbone of a
powwow, Friedlander didn’t know what to do,
Aripa said.
“Dad felt really bad,” she said. “This was our
aboriginal land. Our people come here forever —
years ago from when they were born.
“And then the dancers they felt bad too. Dad
told ‘em, ‘I’m ready to pack up and head home.
I don’t like the words they told us and it’s not
good to listen to that.’”
Aripa recalled using the lake for traditional
purposes up to 70 years ago. The women would
enter the water in March before they could go
root digging and berry picking.
“The water was really cold, icy,” she recalled.
“They’d tell us, ‘Stay there longer, you can’t just
jump out. You have to let the water go through
your body; it will take the bad stuff out.’”
The men would do the same before they went
to hunt and fish.
“It had different healing power,” she said.
“Men was specifically for salmon fishing and
hunting.”
Using the locale for healing was not limited
to once a year, Aripa said. It was also utilized by
several tribes as well, although it is in the Moses
Columbia’s aboriginal territory. Many regional
tribes believed in its healing powers, and were
given safe passage on their way to the lake, she
said.
The city reached out to the Tribes in recent
years through an email to Aripa to bring back to
tradition.
The message she interpreted was: “Please
come back, we’re different, we’re not the same
people that used to be here. I email back, ‘I think
too many people are hurt. It still bothers them
from long ago.’ We didn’t go back.”
On June 26, 2010, the first step in establishing
a positive relationship occurred as Aripa was
invited to speak at the unveiling of a tribal statue.
Four years later, she feels pretty good about
the relationship.
“By recognizing the traditional name it’s a
good path forward to mending differences.”
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SCHILDT
from A1
Schildt traveled to Canada for the Calgary Stampede
he realized Condon’s significance. He found the older
man’s name in the program—champion, 83-point
record setting ride, 1967—and he began his research.
“We rodeo right along side these great champions,
and we don’t really know what we should know,”
said Schildt. “That’s why I wrote these songs about
cowboys who are legendary.”
Schildt wrote “Little Wolf,” Larry’s song,
remembering a time in 1984 when he chatted with
Larry behind the chutes at the White Swan Treaty
Days.
On a singer-songwriter competition for a LA based
rodeo program, the song and one other won Schildt
the competition. It remained the most requested song
at the station for two weeks, said Schildt. It was
also featured on an album issued by the Buffalo Bill
Historical Museum that covered 25 years of cowboy
songs and ballads.
“It’s a song that carries itself well,” said Schildt—
just like the cowboy it’s about.
Now that he’s retired from riding and teaching,
Schildt continues his singing-songwriting career
and is at work on a documentary about Native
horsemanship and Indian rodeo. You can follow his
career on Facebook or on his blog.
from “Little Wolf,” by David Redboy Schildt
Courtesy
CONDON
from A1
said, ‘Larry let’s go to the finals. He said, ‘Oh Deb, I
don’t think so.’ I said, ‘No, the Indian finals.’ He said,
‘Oh. Okay.’
“When I talk about the Indian National finals, I
mean there were Indians from all over the world.
Canadian Tribes. Klamath. Southwestern tribes. Crows.
Blackfeet…,” said Copenhaver. “Larry knew them all. I
never shook hands with so many, but Larry called them
all by name.
“I was amazed he knew and remembered as many
people as he did. He was absolutely a great ambassador
for all Indian nations. I said about as much as I can when
I say that.”
Copenhaver emphasized the respect Larry had in the
all rodeo arenas, Indian and non.
“Everybody respected him as one of the finest bull
riders of all time. The go-around wasn’t over until Larry
went. He had so much respect and so many friends
wherever he went. Everybody loved Larry.”
Condon once told a reporter his first professional
rodeo was at age 13 where he “rode a bareback horse at
a rodeo at Nespelem.” He won the competition, and the
next year, at 14, he entered the bulls competition “but I
slapped [the bull] (with his free hand) so I didn’t get into
the money.”
In 1967, with a record score of 83, which would stand
for eight years, he won the bulls buckle at “The Greatest
Outdoor Show on Earth,” the Calgary Stampede. The
experience was a memory that would last a lifetime;
“Just about everybody in the rodeo business was there.
I guess those were the biggest crowd I ever rode for,”
Condon said.
In a book titled, “American Indians in a Modern
World,” Condon is listed alongside the likes of Will
Rogers, Tom Three Persons, Kenny McLean and others
as notable Indian cowboys. Of cowboys he competed
against and traveled with, Condon could list some of the
most famous names in professional rodeo, legends such
as Jim Shoulders, George Paul, Ronnie Rossen, Larry
Mahan, Copenhaver and Freckles Brown.
A friend of Larry’s, who grew up in Omak just a few
years younger, Loretta Gumm remembered Larry as
“always a happy guy. Always had a joke. Always could
think to brighten your day. He was one of those people
who just made you feel better.”
His jokes and honest practical statements are found in
news articles throughout his more than 40-year career.
One 1979 article shared this memory of Condon:
“When asked to name the most famous person he’s
met over the years, he sat back, thought a long minute
and answered, ‘Me.’ Then he cracked up, laughed, shook
his head no, trying to dismiss the remark as a joke.”
Though he was small enough to jockey as a teenager,
he quit after three years when he began to gain weight.
From then on, it was strictly rodeos.
After 23 years in the professional circuit—from
the time Condon finished a tour in the military as a
paratrooper until 1970—he quit the professional rodeo
tour and concentrated on all-Indian circuits.
He first retired in 1978 when a shoulder injury forced
him out of the national final competition, but by the next
year he came out of retirement first winning in Tygh
Valley, Ore., then at the Klamath All Indian Rodeo with
an incredible 93 point ride on a bull that had not been
ridden for six years.
Freshly out of retirement, after the first two rodeos, he
sat second in the overall standings with only his nephew,
Dave Best, ahead in points—at that time, he could count
14 nephews in professional rodeo.
“I just coax them along, tell them to try hard,” he said
in 1979 of his nephews. “They’re tougher than hell when
they’re really riding good.”
A 1982 article, titled ‘Age may (finally) unseat
cowboy,’ quotes Condon saying, “Some crazy guys just
keep going.”
Dave Red Boy Schildt, cowboy poet and musician,
wrote the song “Little Wolf” about Condon after meeting
the older cowboy at the White Swan Treaty Days rodeo
in 1984.
On his blog, Schildt wrote of Condon, “While the
younger riders were walking around slapping themselves
in the face to psych up to ride a bull Larry just stood
there and quietly chuckled at what they were doing. He
had an old grass bull rope lying at his feet in the dirt. You
would have thought he was just there to watch if you
didn’t know he was entered. His bull was right behind
him in the chute hooking the chute slats and bellowing.
He didn’t stretch or even hardly move before he set his
rope to ride. He quietly finished his smoke, took a slight
breath, removed his coat and got on his bull.”
Little Wolf leaned against a fading number five,
in a bucking chute behind him stood a bull with red
eyes.
How long you been riding? He said, “40 years.”
I heard Hank sing Kaw-Liga through Old Opry Cheers.
Said, “I grew up running horses, off of reservation
ridges
a snaffle-bit, no saddle, just papa and us kids.
Then our lives changed forever from a stampede to
corral.Papa went to Heaven 40 years ago this fall.”
He crushed a Bull-Durham cigarette, and said, “It’s
time to pull. Put Papa’s tricks to use, trying to ride them
bulls.
Pop said, ‘Try everytime and you will succeed,’
because back in ‘61 I won the Calgary Stampede.”
I watched a living legend, Little Wolf was his name,
ride to a 90 on a spinning bull that day.
I knew the glue that held the man together through the
years, was a love of old Pop and those Calgary tears.
I knew the glue that held the man together through the
years, was a love of old Pop and those Calgary tears.
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Tips for staying cool when summer heats up
Summer heat can be more than
uncomfortable; it can be a threat to your
health, especially for older adults and
children. Whatever your age, don’t let the
summer heat get the best of you.
Heat Exhaustion
Heat exhaustion occurs when a person
cannot sweat enough to cool the body –
usually the result of not drinking enough
fluids during hot weather. It generally
develops when a person is playing,
working or exercising outside in extreme
heat. Symptoms include:

Dizziness, weakness, nausea,
headache and vomiting

Blurry vision

Body temperature rising to
101°F

Sweaty skin

Feeling hot and thirsty

Difficulty speaking

Possible loss of consciousness
or seizure
Heat stroke is a serious medical
emergency that must be treated quickly
by a trained professional. Until help
arrives, cool the person down by placing
ice on the neck, armpits and groin. If the
person is awake and able to swallow,
have them drink a small glass of water
every 15 minutes or until help arrives.
Tips for Staying Cool
The combination of heat and humidity in
the summer months can be downright
uncomfortable and even dangerous. Stay
cool by following these safety tips.

Drink plenty of water. In hot
weather, drink enough water to
quench your thirst. The average
adult needs eight 8-ounce
glasses of water a day, and
even more during hot weather.

Skip the caffeine and soda;
drink water instead.
A person suffering from heat exhaustion
must move to a cool place and drink
plenty of water to avoid a more severe
heat-related condition – heat stroke.

Dress for the weather. When
outside, wear lightweight
clothing of natural fabric and a
well-ventilated hat.
Heat Stroke
Heat stroke is the result of untreated heat
exhaustion. Symptoms include:

Eat light. Replace heavy or hot
meals with lighter, refreshing
foods. And always eat smaller
meals before work or intense
activity.

Sweating stops

Unawareness of thirst and heat

Body temperature rising rapidly
to above 101°F

Confusion or delirium
When the Mercury
Rises…
Staying well-hydrated is one of
the most important things you
can do to beat the heat. Feeling
thirst means that your body is
on the road to becoming
dehydrated, so don’t wait to
drink until you are thirsty –
especially if you are working
outside in extreme heat.
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intended as medical or legal advice.
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NATURAL RESOURCE NEWS
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THE SAN POIL’S SECLUDED SALMON: Part 1
Dispatching
predators
in the San Poil
L to R: Daniel
Monaghan, Todd
Nanamkin, Charlie
Joseph, Levi
Picard and Jeffrey
Joseph.
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL & BRUCE BUTLER
The Tribune
At 10 p.m., with the sun down and the water in the San
Poil bay beginning to cool, five men, employees of the
Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife Resident Fish program,
make their way to their boat.
It is early July. The water is calm, and the guys are
ready to work through the remainder of the day and into
tomorrow, calling back to an ancestral time when 7:30 to
4:00 p.m work hours did not dictate one’s day but fish,
and fish activity, did.
For a living, these men electroshock fish, a task best
done at night when fish are most active near the water’s
surface.
The project, which the tribe officially calls the
Kokanee Enhancement Project, aims to remove
predatory walleye and small mouth bass from the San
Poil to give young native kokanee and red-band trout a
fighting chance in their out-migration from the San Poil
to Lake Roosevelt.
So the guys do.
They maneuver cautiously around the bay, 10 to 20
feet offshore, calling out hidden logs and shallows with
short statements; “Watch out ahead.” Off the front of the
boat hangs a metal witches hand on an adjustable boom.
Each finger of the hand is long and emaciated metal, and
it is through the apparatus the men send 340 watts at six
amps into the water.
When they feel they are not catching enough fish, they
turn up the juice.
“The shocking doesn’t kill the fish. It stuns them,”
says Charlie Joseph, fisheries technician.
As Charlie explains, this allows the men to target
the predatory fish, the walleye and bass, those great
population reducers, which the men measure, catalog
and place into coolers to be distributed to the Colville
Tribal membership.
In 2009-10 Bonneville Power Administration funding
provided CTFW the opportunity to study the food
consumption of predatory fish in the San Poil. Over
the two years, the tribe saw walleye and bass were
consuming over 90 percent of the native fish population.
“With that information we implemented our predator
removal program in a specific locations in the San Poil
where we thought they were having the greatest impact,”
said Resident Fish program manager Bret Nine.
Though Nine noted that studies show rainbows
migrate year round, the group has worked through May,
June and into July since 2011 when migration is most
active. On average, Nine noted they remove around
2,500 fish, a removal that the manager stresses is very
small considering the same 2009-10 study showed over
18,000 walleye and 30,000 bass inhabit the San Poil arm
of Lake Roosevelt.
Up and down the lake, through a Memorandum of
Agreement like publication titled the Lake Roosevelt
Guidance Document, the Spokane Tribes and the
Washington State Fish and Wildlife department are
also working to do their part to reduce the number of
predatory fish in the reservoir.
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
CTFW employees Todd Nanamkin and Levi Picard measure a small mouth bass caught through
electrofishing, in early July. The two work removing predatory fish from the San Poil bay.
In 2012 on the Spokane reservation, the tribe even
began issuing a bounty on walleye caught in the Spokane
River arm of lake between April and May, the primary
spawning period of walleye.
According to a Spokesman-Review article by Rich
Landers, titled “Tribe puts Lake Roosevelt walleye on
table- for dinner, debate,” the Spokane arm is considered
the most productive spawning area for Roosevelt’s
walleye.
The area had been closed for non-tribal fishermen in
the early 1980s as a sanctuary for walleye to breed.
In 2007, an initial “liberalization of harvest” was
provided in the state regulations, and by 2012 the state
provided for public comment a recommendation to
further increase the number of walleye removed from the
entire reservoir.
The suggestion referenced condition of walleye rather
than affect of walleye on native fish populations—a fact
that Nine and the men on the boat also note, rarely do
they pull in a walleye over 14 inches.
“Data indicates walleye abundance has not declined
and fish continue to exhibit slow growth and poor
condition due to a predator/prey imbalance within the
reservoir,” reads the recommendation published by the
WDFW.
The recommendation states, “angler harvest (about
CTFW attend public
events through Spring
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Army Corps Earth Day
Approximately 200 students
from area schools toured Chief
Joseph Hatchery on April 24,
2014 for the Army Corps Earth
Day event. Students went to the
hatchery building to see small
salmon fry, picked up educational
brochures and watched videos on
the tour.
Koulee Kids Fest
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We had a few runners (some
kids who caught their first fish) at
the 10th Annual Koulee Kids Fest
that was held on Saturday, June 14.
The CTFW staff set up its fishing
pond next to the Colville Tribal
Museum in Coulee Dam, Wash.
Staff taught youth how to fish, and
handed out educational materials to
each child as they headed toward
the museum to make paper salmon.
There were approximately 150 kids
that participated in the day’s events.
Mill Pond Days
The CTFW staff set up their
fishing pond at the park in
Nespelem, Wash. for the annual
Mill Pond Days event on Saturday,
June 21. Other activities for youth
included: 5k run/walk, 3-on-3
basketball tournament, parade and
talent show.
50,000 walleye annually) is not sufficient.” Further,
“Modeling suggests that an increase in angler harvest to
150,000 annually is necessary.”
The public comment section of the recommendation
showed a conflict: keep the walleye for the fishery, by
cautiously managing state fishing regulations, or remove
the walleye to protect Lake Roosevelt’s trout fishery by
allowing a limitless keep on state gathered fishing.
Following the tribal lead, the state adopted a moderate
approach, limiting the daily take to 16 without a size
limit, and opened the previously closed portion of the
Spokane River.
In the San Poil, the Colvilles have allowed non-tribal
fisherman a limitless bag of walleye and bass.
As tribal biologist Holly McLellan says, “The overall
goal is to increase redband rainbow trout and kokanee
abundance in the reservoir and in the Sanpoil River to
support tribal and recreational fisheries.”
And like ancestral times, the men distribute the catch
to tribal members at Keller Park.
This article is the first in a short series in which the Tribal Tribune
will look at the resident fish species above Grand Coulee Dam,
the seemingly impassable mass that blocked healthy salmon runs
from ever returning to the San Poil. Next month, the Tribune will look at
the history of walleye and bass above Grand Coulee Dam,
and why that is important to indigenous fish species.
Environmental Trust
Department (ETD) is implementing
the Tribe’s Nonpoint Source
Management Plan
Press Release
In 2012 the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
reviewed the Tribe’s updated
Nonpoint Source (NPS)
Pollution Assessment and
Management Plan (Plan),
a final version which was
approved by the Business
Council and resubmitted to
EPA in November 2012.
The Plan creates a
framework for coordinating
natural resource program
efforts to maximize their
effectiveness in preventing,
reducing, and mitigating
NPS pollution on the
Reservation.
ETD has contracted
construction services from
San Poil Logging (TERO
Certified) to begin NPS
control work for the Buffalo
Lake watershed. Work will
improve Buffalo Creek
water quality and control
runoff to Buffalo Lake.
The project is scheduled to
commence the last week of
July and continue through
August, with completion
expected the second week of
September.
Buffalo Creek is the
primary tributary to Buffalo
Lake. Its waters support
beneficial uses of fish,
shellfish, wildlife habitat,
ceremonial and religious
water use, recreation, and
stock watering. Its flows
collect from mountain slopes
and springs east of Buffalo
Lake.
As the stream approaches
the lake, it leaves behind
confining topography and
has developed a broad
floodplain that acts as a
freshwater estuary.
The project will address
the dense road network,
inadequate stream crossings
and shoreline disturbance
caused by livestock and
feral horses. The watershed
project will implement
best management practices
to decommission roads,
manage road drainage and
runoff, improve stream
crossings and build livestock
fencing to decrease shoreline
access. Presently, dissolved
oxygen and fecal coliform
measurements are not
meeting tribal water quality
standards and Buffalo Creek
is not supporting designated
uses. Raised turbidity levels
are also a concern. The
proposed work will address
these NPS impairments and
threats to the Buffalo Lake
watershed on a watershed
scale.
The NPS Assessment
and Management Plan
can be found here: http://
www.colvilletribes.com/
environmental_trust_non_
source_point_pollution_
documents.php
Specific questions about
the project or the NPS
Management Plan can
be answered by the NPS
Management Coordinator
@ 509.634.2417 or douglas.
[email protected]
JUNE 2014 • • A7
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
DANGER TO SACRED PINNACLES
In the words of
our ancestors:
• Chelan PUD opens discussions of work, replacing power lines that run through sacred site
Mary
(Miller)
Marchand
Coyote and the
Peshastin Pinnacles
W
PHOTOS BY BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
Climbers make their way up the Peshastin Pinnacles on July 7. The site is sacred to the Colville Confederated Tribes.
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
To meet new federal
regulations, Chelan County
PUD has begun discussing
replacing power poles in the
Peshastin Pinnacles State
Park, a task tribal leaders
worry potentially puts at risks
sacred rock formations found
in Colville tribal legends.
The proposition reveals
one conflict in a series
between the tribes and nontribals concerning the site.
A 2003 Seattle Times
article told of Mary
Marchand’s connection to
the tribal legends and the use
of the site, which revealed
another conflict—that of
recreational climbers.
“…Sadness pierces Mary
Marchand, 76, a Wenatchi
elder, when she sees rock-
climbers on the Peshastin
Pinnacles,” read the article,
speaking to Marchand who
passed away in 2013 and
who is featured in the Grand
Coulee Dam’s new 2014
laser light show speaking
of the tribal connection to
the Columbia River and the
region.
Guy Moura, director of
Colville Tribal History/
Archaeology, noted
Marchand’s push to get the
location listed on state and
federal historical and cultural
property registries. In early
July, Moura predicted the
location would finally be
listed on the state list soon,
a listing that would ensure
extra protection of the
location.
The PUD plans to replace
poles on two 115-kilovolt
transmission lines that
run through the park. The
two lines date back to the
early 1930s and 1978, and
according to an article first
published in the Wenatchee
World, the tribes worry heavy
equipment and possible
blasting will damage the
timeless formations.
Reportedly, Chad Bowman,
Chelan PUD’s transmission
and compliance director,
noted the tribes’ concerns are
the only factor preventing
progression with the project.
In early June, the PUD
met with the Colville Tribes’
Cultural Committee in closed
session to discuss the project
and other options, one of
which may include building
a new route for the lines,
depending on cost and land
owner permissions.
Though one user named
only “telemarker” on an
online forum stated the World
article exaggerated claims
of rock climber use, forum
member Mark Webster noted
the recreational value and
beauty of the park.
“There are more tourists
there than climbers now.
They love to hike around,
it’s very pretty. On a typical
spring weekend there may be
10 climbers a day, more or
less,” wrote Webster.
Last October one of the
spires collapsed, becoming
one of a few that has in
recent decades.
“The pinnacles will
continue to fall down as they
have done forever,” wrote
Webster in the online forum.
“I was shocked when Trigger
Finger fell over in the 80’s…
but after seeing two more big
collapses I’m not surprised
anymore.”
CTFW, elders and leaders honor first salmon
• CTFW hosts First Salmon
Ceremony at Omak Creek,
celebrates one year of production
at Chief Joseph Hatchery
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
The morning of the June 20, nearly
100 Colville Tribal members, program
heads and leaders of the Colville as
well as other tribes of the United
States and Canada met at Omak Creek
near the Paschal Sherman Indian
School to celebrate the first salmon of
the year.
“We take part in these traditions
[to remind] each of you, you are a
member of a salmon people,” said
elder Barb Arripa.
Later, the group gathered again at
the Omak Long House for official
discussions and presentations from
Land and Property director Cody
Desautel, CTFW director Randy
Friedlander and others concerning
salmon related projects ongoing within
the tribe and the region.
“Our ancestors have been doing
this for hundreds of years,” said Chaz
Williams, Wenatchi Salmon Chief,
who traveled from a Wenatchee
hospital to attend the event. “We don’t
know what predators the salmon face
when they are in the river, or in the
ocean, or when they return here. That
is why we pray for them.”
For Desautel, new to the Land
and Property director position, the
day represented an opportunity to
meet with tribal leaders of the Nez
Perce tribe, the Yakama Nation and
the Okanogan Nationals Alliance in
attendance.
The day represented the first
anniversary of the ribbon cutting
at Chief Joseph Hatchery near
Courtesy
Salmon, hanging at the early morning Salmon Ceremony near Omak Creek.
Bridgeport.
“Tribes were related ever before the
border,” said Friedlander, speaking
of ongoing projects up and down
the Okanogan and Columbia river
systems. “Now what’s taking us back
and forth are fishery projects.”
Along with potential talks of
fish passage over Chief Joseph and
Grand Coulee dams in relation to the
Columbia River Treaty renegotiation,
Friedlander noted the record 275,000
sockeye salmon expected to pass
through Wells Dam and head north to
Lake Osoyoos this year.
“Some of you heard one of my
chiefs speak this morning: We are one
tribe. The border is not our border,”
said Pauline Terbasket, executive
director of the ONA.
“It’s our ancestors and loved one’s
who remind us why we take part in
these traditions,” continued Terbasket.
Upper Columbia River Tribes
director D.R. Michel reiterated the
push by part of the regional tribes to
advance fish legislation: “The tribes
Whitney named Wildlife Program head
Press Release
Richard Whitney will
head the Wildlife program
for the Colville Tribes’ Fish
and Wildlife Dept.
Whitney will provide
strategic planning and
oversight of the wildlife
program and will be
responsible for evaluating
both reservation and offreservation programs.
“Wildlife management
is very rewarding and a lot
of fun too,” said Whitney.
“Working for my tribe
and strengthening our
sovereignty through the
management of natural
resources have always been
dreams of mine.”
Whitney will have
frequent contact with
county, state, and federal
agencies, and other tribal
governments. He said,
“One of the challenges that
I see right away is to try to
regroup as a program and
start working as a team
to identify and achieve
attainable goals.”
Whitney recently
completed his master’s
degree in natural resource
sciences at Washington
State University while
working full-time for the
Wildlife Dept.
“I was allowed to work
nonstandard hours and
weekends to complete my
field work associated with a
grant that we wrote to study
sharp-tail grouse. During
the school year, I would
drive back and forth to
Pullman twice a week. I did
my homework whenever I
could.”
have never surrendered to the loss
of the salmon. We will continue to
push.”
“We have a lot of work to do. We
need to correct a lot of damages,”
noted tribal elder Jim Smith, who
directed CTFW in the early 1980s.
Smith further went on to note the
years of work former CTFW director
Joe Peone put into salmon projects,
particularly the hatchery at Chief
Joseph dam.
“We’ve always got to remember
people who have spent the time,”
said Smith. “Things don’t just come,
jump onto our reservations. In my
40 years, I’ve never seen the federal
government say ‘here.’ It takes people
staying away from home and working
hard.”
Si Whitman, chairman of the Nez
Perce tribe, noted his tribes support
and appreciation for the Colvilles;
“What you’re doing here is greatly
important. I applaud you. I applaud
the Confederated Tribes for doing
what was denied you.”
hen I first started working for
History under Adeline Fredin,
her and me kind of questioned
ways of protecting the Pinnacles. It was
because those rocks are used for cliff
climbing. Later on Washington State Parks
and Recreation Commission got a hold of
it, but still allowed climbing.
The Pinnacles are part of our oral
history; wherever our people were, there
were rock structures or pictures in the
bluffs depicting stories that were told and
handed down for years and years. Coyote
Stories start from down at the mouth of
the Columbia River. When Coyote broke a
dam that was holding back the salmon from
coming up the Columbia River, he started
bringing salmon to the various rivers,
tributaries, and creeks that the salmon had
access to go up and spawn. In some areas
he was a shyster and I guess now days you
would say he was a womanizer because
he wanted the most beautiful lady or girl
out of the encampments of the chiefs. He
would ask for one of the daughters and
then, in turn, he would give salmon. So,
whenever he got turned down, he would
put a dam there blocking the salmon from
going up into the area. The legend behind
Peshastin Pinnacles is one of those stories
connected with Coyote’s journey.
Coyote went up to Icicle River bringing
salmon. He returned back down the
Wenatchee River with the salmon that
were those still following him. Right
at this time period is when the animal
people got turned to rock and the human
beings came out of those rocks to stay
here on earth. One era ended and another
began. The elders said it was like a curtain
dropping and those spiritual people turned
to rocks. The word they used meant it was
“finishing.” Down at Peshastin Pinnacles,
the rock formations are salmon and all their
mouths are opened and they’re looking at
the sky. The elders believe the creator was
above, because whenever they prayed or
asked for things, they would always looked
skyward.
My interpretation is this was a blessing
to those salmon; they were singing a song
because Coyote led them with a song.
In front of the salmon is another rock
formation, Salmon’s wife, Mourning Dove,
you can see her wings, her head and her
mouth are upward too. She is sitting on
a big boulder or rock formation. Next
to Mourning Dove is Mole; Mole was
Coyote’s wife, her head is tipped upward.
There are many other images visible on
this big boulder, all kinds of animals that
you can pick out on the rock. Squirrel and
Bear are there. Then there is a little Fox,
and there is another, bigger, Bear, and a
White Bear. But when you sit there you can
never stop finding all that is in these rocks.
Each animal had his own song.
We thank the Creator for putting these
things on earth for part of our survival,
those teachings came down from my
ancestors because my great grandma
was the one that taught me and her great
grandma taught her. That goes way back,
way back beyond the white man coming to
this area.
We have other rock formations that need
protection, one is down there in Wenatchee,
south Wenatchee, and they call it the Owl
Sisters. Another area is in East Wenatchee,
there is a story of Coyote trying to build
another sweathouse. Apparently he was
trying to take over Jack Rabbit’s home
to use as a sweathouse because he was
too lazy to build one from the beginning.
Jack Rabbit got home just in time because
Coyote was there invading it. He asked
him, what are you doing? I am building
me a sweathouse. Jack Rabbit says, you
leave that alone that is my home. They
argued back and forth and finally Coyote
got to Jack Rabbit’s home and Jack Rabbit
started kicking rocks at Coyote to get him
away from there, rocks and dirt. So if you
go there you can see those rocks down over
the hill. There are a lot of rock formations
that told stories about the area that got
destroyed from the various dams; their
backwaters, the lakes, put them underwater.
This was some of hard feelings or sorrow
that our tribal people suffered. We knew
these were left for all of us to go and see,
as part of the stories that we were told.
Some of them have pictures, pictographs,
on them and many of those are under water.
This is our history. Protect these areas
because of what’s there. If you point out
the exact place, and it becomes public
knowledge, then everyone is over there
digging around.
Mary (Miller) Marchand was a tribal
elder, leader and historian who passed
away in 2013. The provided interview
was published with the permission of
Marchand’s family. Original interviewer:
Jennifer Ferguson on November 20, 2009.
A8 • • JUNE 2014
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Government Center construction progresses as planned
By The Tribune
NESPELEM – The Colville Fire Department worked
demolishing houses, buildings at the Nesepelem
Agency to make way for the new Tribal Government
Center, June 8. A number of local fire departments
used the opportunity as live-training drills.
Several buildings remain standing, including an
apartment complex, which will be removed in early
Fall.
quick co nstructio n ti m eli n e
July 29, 2013
A-Frame building burns
Feb 21, 2014
Schematic design begins
June 3, 2014
Groundbreaking/
Job Fair
June 10, 2014
Excavate foundations
July 14, 2014
Basement walls put up
Oct 7, 2014
Structural fabrication begins
December 2014
Rough plumbing,
mechanical, carpentry
begins
Feb-July 2015
Electrical, sheet rock,
painting, HVAC, cabinets, doors, flooring/
ceiling install
August 2015
Completion
JUSTUS CAUDELL/Tribune
LOCAL BRIEFS
Silver Creek fire reminds all of danger
KELLER – Significant
progress was made
Tuesday, July 8, towards
the containment of the
Silver Creek II fire located
about 2 ½ miles southeast
of Keller, Washington.
The fire, which started
Friday afternoon, July 4,
burned over 330 acres in
steep, rocky terrain with
poor access.
Warm, well above
average temperatures,
with no precipitation,
resulting in low humidity
and slightly breezy winds
issued a challenge to
firefighters.
Infrared heat devices
detected one hot spot
on Mon., July 6, and
additional monitoring
continue through the early
week.
Crews monitored
and controlled areas to
the north while mop up
continued on other areas of
the fire.
Demobilization began
while local resources
remained on site.
A Burn Area Emergency
Response (BAER)
team is working to
evaluate the damage
caused by the fire and
make recommendations
on stabilization and
rehabilitation needs.
There are no continued
road closures, but fire
equipment and personnel
are on Silver Creek Road
and Copper Creek Road
and Mt. Tolman Fire
Center asks for public to
please exercise caution if
using those roads.
Base Camp was set up
at the Keller Community
Center and hosted nearly
200 firefighters.
Member fishing
regulations open
new fishing area
The Colville Tribal
Member Fishing
regulations for the 2014
season include an extension
of the fishing area on the
Okanogan River up to the
Canadian line.
“I’m glad we are pushing
up to the border and
pushing our jurisdiction,”
said Billy Nicholson,
Nespelem district
councilmember, “I don’t
think it can be understated,
and I hope our membership
takes advantage of that.”
The extension extends
the sockeye fishery into
Lake Osoyoos.
An area around Zosel
Dam, in Oroville will
remain closed. Tribal
members are encouraged
to check their regulations
for specifics; other
small changes have also
occurred.
Among other changes
include the opportunity for
tribal members to use hook
and line fishing techniques
from scaffolds at Chief Joe
Dam on a priority basis—
that is, members can use
modern fishing practices,
but must forfeit their
scaffold positions to dip net
fishermen when present.
CTFW biologist Kirk
Courtesy
The Silver Creek fire, putting up a column visible from over fifty miles away. Picture
taken July 5, the second day of the fire.
Truscott noted a reminder
that MS-222, a chemical
used to anesthetize tagged
fish, is a deadly carcinogen.
Fish bearing a floy-tag,
radio-tag or with a tailpunch should be released
and not eaten.
Salmon ceremonies
draw attention to
Columbia River
Treaty
KETTLE FALLS – The
Colville Tribes, Okanogan
Nations Alliance and the
Inchelium Language and
Culture Association held
salmon ceremonies in
Kettle Falls and Castlegar,
B.C. June 12 and 13.
The events brought
attention to the Columbia
River Treaty, noted Indian
Country Today in an online
article.
Later this year, the U.S.
Department of State is
scheduled to announce
a formal negotiating
position for upcoming
talks concerning the
treaty between the US and
Canada.
Many federal agencies,
the four regional states and
a number of regional tribes
on both sides of the border
are working to update the
treaty to include ecological
function, including salmon
passage over Chief Joseph
Dam, Grand Coulee and
three in Canada.
The treaty was originally
signed in 1964.
Fisherman missing
after boating
accident on
Columbia
OKANOGAN – Kenneth J.
Leslie, 46, was still missing
as of June 13 and presumed
drowned after the boat
in which he and his
common-law wife traveled
overturned in the Columbia
River June 4. The Omak
Chronicle first reported the
story.
“I just want my honey
found, soon, so he can be
put to rest,” said Colleen
L. Gillogly, 44, Leslie’s
partner.
The two were on
vacation, traveling from
their home in Sedro
Woolley, and were
transporting camping and
fishing gear from a boat
launch the Timm Ranch
to a near-by camping spot
when their overloaded boat
began taking water and
soon overturned.
Two dogs, a pit bull and
a Chihuahua, were also in
the boat.
Gillogly was able to
strap on her lifejacket and
swam ashore with the
pit bull. Leslie and the
Chihuahua went under and
neither came up. According
to Gillogly, Leslie had been
ill and was not a strong
swimmer.
Tribal Police and
Okanogan County
responded to the call and
continue to search the
river. Thus far, only the
boat and some equipment
has been found five miles
downstream.
Electric City
considering town
police force
ELECTRIC CITY – Electric
City is considering
creating a town police
force, reported The Star
newspaper, June 25.
Mayor Jerry Sands
stated the city will consider
funding the force through
a taxy levy of 35 cents
per thousands dollars of
assessed valuation.
Sands will ask council
to consider placing the
levy on the Aug. 5 primary
ballots.
Currently, Grand Coulee
provides law enforcement
and has requested nearly
$209,982 for 2015. The
current contract between
the two cities is $79,000
annually.
Town of Coulee Dam
seeking commission
member
COULEE DAM - The Star
Newspaper has reported the
town of Coulee Dam has an
opening for a Civil Service
Commission member.
Mayor Greg Wilder
said two of the three
commission seats have
been filled with Shawn
Derrick and Herb
Sherburne.
The third position is for a
four year term.
The commission will
oversee human resource
process of Coulee Dam
police officers and school
resource officers.
Interested residents are
encouraged to contact
Wilder at 633-0320.
Haney temporarily
back to police chief
position
NESPELEM – Former
Colville Tribal Police
Chief Matt Haney will
temporarily be back
in charge of the police
department, succeeding
Cory Orr.
Haney previously served
in the position before being
promoted to Public Safety
Deputy Director, a position
he will continue.
He succeeds Cory Orr,
who was confirmed by
the reservation attorney’s
office that he is no longer
with the department.
Haney declined further
comment.
— By The Tribune
Happy 8th Birthday, Ericka Lynn Star
Grunlose, July 22, 2014. Wishing you
many blessings, Love mom, dad, and
all your families
JUNE 2014 • • A9
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
REGIONAL BRIEFS
Wanapum Dam 800-foot spillway in final repair
CRESCENT BAR – Grant PUD and
its contractors continue work on the
800-foot-long Wanapum Dam spillway
to prepare for final reinforcing repairs.
Various types of drilling are
underway as crews prepare for repairs
once they are approved by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC). Repairs will also likely include
additional reinforcing anchor bars in the
upstream and downstream sides of the
spillway.
All repairs will occur over the summer
allowing the utility to increase the river
elevation in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Costs are still on track at the $61 million
estimate.
Fish passage modifications to both of
the dam’s ladders have proven effective,
allowing the utility to suspend the
trap and haul operation for migrating
adult fish in May. Over 23,500 spring
Chinook adults have migrated upstream
successfully. Spiral flumes have been
added to the existing fish ladders in
anticipation of the record-breaking
sockeye, summer and fall Chinook runs.
As of June 22 over 7,000 sockeye and
13,000 summer Chinook have been
counted passing Priest Rapids Dam.
Excavation and pile-driving work is
near completion on both the Vantage
and Frenchman Coulee boat launches.
The improved sites will be available to
the public by the 2015 Memorial Day
weekend. Current low-river conditions
have allowed the utility to expedite these
projects at a decreased cost to customers.
The 38-mile stretch of shoreline from
above Wanapum Dam to below Rock
Island Dam will continue to be closed
as a precaution for public safety and
to protect culturally-sensitive sites.
The shoreline will remain closed until
repairs to Wanapum Dam are in place.
While there may be some portions
of the shoreline that appear safe, the
velocity of water moving through the
narrow river channel, and sandy banks
creates hazardous conditions for the
public. Recreation sites below Wanapum
Dam continue to provide recreation
opportunities throughout the summer
months.
Wanapum Dam remains stable and is
operating at approximately 50 percent
capacity. The river elevation above the
dam has been reduced by approximately
25 feet while repairs occur.
For additional information, visit:
http://www.grantpud.org/your-pud/
media-room/wanapum-dam-spillwayresponse.
Coeur d’Alene Tribe poker
dispute headed for arbitration
WORLEY, Idaho – According to the
Spokesman-Review, Texas Hold’em
style poker games at the Coeur d’Alene
Casino are headed for arbitration after a
dispute between the state of Idaho and
Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn
Winmill called a May 2 lawsuit by
Idaho, which called for a halt to the card
games, premature.
Winmill wrote in his decision Idaho
officials did not follow the dispute
resolution process outlined in the gaming
compact.
Idaho Governor Butch Otter and state
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden filed
the lawsuit against the casino, which had
just started offering table poker games.
The Coeur d¹Alene Casino has six
poker tables. Marketing studies indicated
that the casino was losing business to
tribal casinos in Washington and to
commercial card rooms, which also
are allowed in Washington, casino
executives said in an earlier interview.
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe,
President Fawn Sharp of the Quinault
Indian Nation and State Senator John
McCoy of the Tulalip Tribes received the
awards.
Billy Frank, Jr., longtime chairman
of the Northwest Indian Fisheries
Commission and Nisqually elder, was
also honored. Frank passed away earlier
this year.
E3 is an outgrowth of the
Environmental Education Association
of Washington, the state’s professional
association for environmental
and sustainability educators and
stakeholders. E3 stands for education,
environment and economy.
Estakio Beltran, Yakama Nation
local to run for Congress
Three tribes win state
environmental awards
OLYMPIA – The not-for-profit group
E3 Washington gave three Washington
tribes the coveted Green Apple Awards,
reported Indian Country media.
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe,
President Fawn Sharp of the Quinault
Indian Nation and State Senator John
McCoy of the Tulalip Tribes received the
awards.
Billy Frank, Jr., longtime chairman
of the Northwest Indian Fisheries
Commission and Nisqually elder, was
also honored. Frank passed away earlier
this year.
E3 is an outgrowth of the
Environmental Education Association
of Washington, the state’s professional
association for environmental
and sustainability educators and
stakeholders. E3 stands for education,
environment and economy.
Nez Perce hatchery updated
Three tribes win state
environmental awards
OLYMPIA – The not-for-profit group
E3 Washington gave three Washington
tribes the coveted Green Apple Awards,
reported Indian Country media.
reported BPA in their quarterly journal.
BPA funded about $600,000 in
hatchery improvements.
The hatchery sits at the confluence
of the main stem Clearwater River and
its North Fork, near the site where Nez
Perce helped hungry Lewis and Clark
expedition members build five dugout
canoes.
Built in 1969, the hatchery rears 2.1
million summer steelhead, 1.5 million
spring Chinook and 300,000 coho
annually, and is operated in cooperation
between the tribe and Idaho Fish and
Game.
OROFINO, Idaho – The Nez Perce tribe
has partnered with the state of Idaho,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and Bonneville
Power Administration to update the
Dworshak National Fish Hatchery,
ANCHORAGE, A – Estakio Beltran
asked for the support of Indian Country
at NCAI’s mid-year conference in his
Washington congressional district 4 run
as the democratic hopeful.
Beltran, an Alaskan Native raised in
the foster care system in Yakima Valley,
promised his office door to be open to
any tribe visiting Washington D.C.
Washington’s fourth district has
been held by Republican Doc Hastings
since 1995. Previously, the district was
represented by now Washington State
governor Jay Inslee. In early 2014,
Hasting announced his retirement.
Going into the primary election,
Beltran will face Democrat challenger
Tony Sandoval.
Pre-primary election, Republican
hopefuls include Clint Didier, former
Washington Redskins football player,
Janea Holmquist Newbry, State senator,
Dan Newhouse, former state legislator
and WA Department of Agriculture
director, Gavin Siem, George Cicotte,
Kevin Midbust, Glen Stockwell and
Gordeon Allen Pross.
— By The Tribune
NATIONAL /INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS
Assiniboine Sioux partner with Brad Pitt’s housing foundation
FORT PECK, Mont. – The Sioux
and Assiniboine Tribes of Fort Peck,
Montana have partnered with Brad
Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation to
help build new sustainable homes
for tribal members in need of
housing.
Starting this
year the first of
twenty homes
will be built for
tribal members
in need,
according to
tribal officials.
All of the new
homes will be
solar-powered
Pitt
with three to
four bedrooms
and two to three bathrooms. The
homes will be available to tribal
members whose income level is
at or below 60 percent of the area
median income
The Make It Right Foundation
is a non-profit foundation founded
and created by celebrity actor Pitt in
2007.
The organization was created
to help people whose homes were
destroyed after Hurricane Katrina
devastated most of the Lower 9th
Ward, in New Orleans.
Canadian supreme court
ruling hands Tsihqot’n
victory
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of
Canada has granted a declaration of
Aboriginal title to the Tsilhqot’in
over 1,750 square kilometers of
territory in a historic ruling handed
down Thurs., June 26, reported
APTN National News.
The decision marked the first time
the high court has ever granted a
declaration of Aboriginal title to a
First Nation.
The ruling acknowledges
Canadian First Nations can claim
occupancy and control over vast
swaths of land beyond specific
settlement sites, provides more
clarity on Aboriginal title and sets
out the parameters for government
“incursion” into land under
Aboriginal title.
Tsilhqot’in Nation Tribal Chair
Joe Alphonse called the ruling
“amazing” and said it marked the
beginning of a “new Canada.”
Northwest Tribal Courts
providing free access to
justice
The Northwest Intertribal Court
System (NICS) launched an online
database providing attorney and
public free access to tribal court
appellate opinions from 30 tribes
Standing Rock Indian
Reservation
Google Maps
Courtesy
This mock up of a new Make It Right home scheduled to be built on the Fort
Peck Reservation shows solar panels used to make the homes sustainable.
in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska
and northern California June 26,
reported Indian Country Today
Media.
The new NICS platform features
a “Boolean” search engine, hyperlinked subject matter and tribal
indexes, U.S.-based technical
support, and a mobile application.
Other legal databases, like
Westlaw and LexisNexis, charge a
substantial fee for similar services.
Formed in 1979, the Northwest
Intertribal Court System (NICS) is a
consortium of Indian tribes that have
joined their resources to ensure that
each tribe is able to have its own
court by sharing judges, prosecutors,
and court-related services.
Indigenous Recognition
Added to El Salvador
Constitution
Leader of El Salvador passed a
constitutional reform in June that
officially recognizes Indigenous
Peoples, reported Indian Country
Today Media June 30.
“This ratification marks a crucial
first step in recognizing the rights of
Indigenous Peoples in El Salvador
and in reversing the historical
suppression of indigenous identities
and cultures,” said Victoria Tauli
Corpuz, the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
National and international
leaders also hailed the amendment
as a positive development for the
indigenous Nahua, Pipil, Lencan and
Mayan Kakawira Chorti peoples,
representatives of which attended
the Assembly’s vote.
The National Indigenous
Salvadoran Coordinating Council
(NISCC), the nation’s largest
Native organization, expressed their
gratitude to the many national and
international organizations that
supported the legislation.
Chris Wondolowski, Kiowa
member, stars in World Cup
Chris Wondolowski, Kiowa, was
officially named to the U.S. Men’s
National Team for the 2014 FIFA
World Cup in Brazil, reported Indian
Country Today.
When the preliminary roster
was announced on May 12,
Wondolowski tweeted, “So honored
to apart [sic] of this 30 man group.
Still a lot of hard work left to do but
so excited for this opportunity.”
Wondolowski plays professional
soccer for the San Jose Earthquakes.
The US soccer team had been
eliminated from competition in the
second round of the tournament.
Group plans to file federal
lawsuit against Cleveland
Indians
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Newsnet 5,
an ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio,
has reported on a federal lawsuit
against Major League Baseball’s
Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo
logo set to be filed in late July.
Robert Roche, director of the
American Indian Education Center,
said, “We’re going to be asking for
$9 billion and we’re basing it on a
hundred years of disparity, racism,
exploitation and profiteering.”
Bob Rosen, president of the
Wahoo Club, stated, “If just a small
amount of people are against it, that
I think you’re doing a disservice to
people that like it.
With the Washington Redskins
controversy, Newsnet 5 reports
Rosen worries if Chief Wahoo fades
away, the Indians team name could
also be in jeopardy.
— By The Tribune
The Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North
Dakota and South Dakota, where President Obama
visited, June 13.
President Obama visits reservation
CANNON BALL, N.D.- President Obama made
his first trip as President to
Indian Country to reaffirm
his commitment to Native
Americans, reported an article
on CNN.com.
“I’m proud that the
relationship between
Washington and tribal
nations is stronger than ever,”
Obamma reportedly said. “My
administration is determined to
Obama
partner with tribes and it’s not
something that just happens
once in a while. It takes place
every day in just about every issue that touches
your lives.”
Nearly 2,000 people attended Obama’s
discussion where the president announced
initiatives to improve education and economic
development for tribes around the country.
During his five years in office, Obama has hosted
an annual Tribal Nations Conference and added
more than $3 billion dollars in the overall budget
for tribal communities.
Obama is only the fourth sitting president in US
history to visit a reservation.
A10 • • JUNE 2014
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
thetribaltribune.com -> Tribal News
Tribes to honor ground of future Verizon tower
• Corporate official says groundbreaking
ceremony is ‘news for us’
BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
NESPELEM – Tribal elders, members and officials
will offer prayer and drumming in September to give
thanks to the creator for increasing the quality of life
on the Colville Reservation via a 50-foot Verizon
service tower.
The groundbreaking ceremony is a first for
Verizon, according to Keith Pacheco, who manages
the corporation’s business with tribes from central
Washington to northern Idaho.
“It was news for us,” Verizon’s Keith Pacheco said
with a pause, “a whole tribe wanting to honor a site
for a future tower…”
For the Tribes, the benefit comes down to
providing choices that previously did not exist, said
interim Information Technology CIO Jim Ronyak.
“It will allow creativity, hope, education,
healthcare, public safety and knowledge to be at all
our fingertips,” he said.
Expanding communication
opportunities on the reservation
is vital to the Tribes, Business
Councilwoman Stevey Bylilly
said.
“Verizon’s willingness to work
with the Tribe and build the
tower in Nespelem is a major
win for the I.T. department. This
will give on-reservation members
another opportunity at both
Ronyak
cell phone and internet access,
eliminating the AT&T monopoly
in Nespelem.”
Following the ceremony, Verizon expects to have
the tower up and working in three to five weeks,
according to Pacheco, who was in Inchelium and
Omak in June promoting 15 percent discounts off
monthly bills for Colville Tribal employees.
“Safely, by the end of the year,” he said. “But we
have pretty lofty goals to make that quicker.”
Balloon testing, a phase prior to construction,
began on Bunker Hill in early July. The testing
intended to represent the proposed towers to
inform the pubic, according to Melissa Helland, an
independent contractor for the corporation.
Ronyak expects 83 percent coverage of the
reservation after the tower is built — up from the 27
percent he calculated from AT&T. While the increase
of quality of life cannot quite be measured at this
time, he is certain it will be substantial.
A list of positive changes it will provide, however,
include, increased signal to call 911 in case of
emergency; network extenders to build signal in
bad spots around the tribal government areas, ready
access to industry-qualified broadband; telemedicine;
foundation investment in the community; reliable
access to data; reliable ways to finding or
communicating with loved ones; lower service costs
with a better signal; and the potential for online
learning on smartphones.
Ronyak’s primary emphasis concerned community
safety.
“Police will be able to communicate with dispatch
on the dark, isolated roads of the reservation land,”
he said. “Parents won’t have to worry about kids not
showing up. The tribe will receive a 5,000 percent
increase in reliable coverage for productivity.”
“
This will give on-reservation members another opportunity
at both cell phone and internet access, eliminating the AT&T
monopoly in Nespelem.
-Jim Ronyak, Information Technology department interim CIO
Pacheco noted Verizon’s commitment to reducing
domestic violence over the last four to five years by
donating to programs and shelters nationwide.
“We see it as a strong issue to eliminate and
educate.”
Following the Nespelem project, the Tribes will
look to increase cellular connectivity in Inchelium
and Keller as well, according to Bylilly.
“I am hopeful to see our relationship with Verizon
continue to grow,” she said.
”
A winning relationship
The relationship between the Tribes and Verizon
was poor until 2012, Pacheco admitted, as the
relatively small market was not on their agenda to
provide competitive coverage.
“We knew any kind of partnership would have to
have a tower in Nespelem,” he said. “As a company
all about bottom dollar lines, our goals holistically
are: Where’s the population at?”
Verizon officials began reaching out to Ronyak,
who had hard feelings surrounding the service AT&T
was providing.
“He was ready and willing to meet with us,”
Pacheco said.
“My most immediate concern was how poor
the cellular coverage was for the Colville Tribe,”
recalled Ronyak, who became the I.T. director earlier
that year. “The heat map of coverage pretty much
was in Omak and parts of Grand Coulee.”
That map revealed less than 27 percent of the
reservation land being covered by quality signal, he
said. And the Tribe was paying full service on each
cell phone, racking up large costs.
“This really meant the Tribe paid full price for
services while never being able to use smartphone
packages to the best of their ability,” Ronyak said.
Ronyak credited I.T. Project Manager Susie
Allen and Mountain Tops Manager Larry Allen
with helping to develop a plan for the upgrades
throughout 2012 and 2013 – a time in which the
relationship between the Tribes and AT&T continued
to deteriorate, he said.
“AT&T chose not to upgrade anything until July
2013, and then the Tribal Administration Building
burned down,” Ronyak said.
Following the fire, I.T. administration made a plea
for emergency services with Cellular on Wheels
(background).
“This was met with resistance (from AT&T) as
well,” Ronyak said. “Finally, AT&T did agree to do
emergency upgrades to the Nespelem water tank to
provide 3G service to the agency campus.”
The emergency upgrades allowed the tribal
workforce in Nespelem to send and receive emails
and not regularly drop calls, he said.
Happy 5th Birthday MAX!
Love you lots, Mom, Dad
and Grayson
Would like to Welcome Cora Condon June
29, 2014 7lbs 8oz 20 ¾ inches long
Congratulations to her parents Destiney
Petty, Joe Condon Jr & Big Sister Ella
Jayne Love Auntie Jenette & Uncle Keith
Tribal Human Resources goes green, aims to increase hire speed
By The Tribune
NESPELEM – Get your laptop
and internet ready, because if you
plan on working for the Colville
Confederated Tribes in the near
future, you better be able to use
email.
Inbox activity matters, as job
selection will happen within a
relatively short window of time, so
check frequently.
On May 22, Tribal Human
Resources released a broadcast
stating, “We are moving toward
the online application system,
eventually. So in an effort to start
the transition (and to reduce costs),
we’re beginning to correspond with
applicants who apply for jobs via
email instead of the United States
Postal System.”
“Our Human Resources
Information Systems (HRIS)
database is going to be an online
application process which will
automatically compare the applicant
to the qualifications of the job,” HR
Manager Kara Finley said, “then
rank the individuals who are a match
so we can screen faster.
“Obviously, this will speed up our
hiring process for our permanent
positions – hopefully get it down to
30 days or less
from the request
of hire.”
Finley said that
getting applicants
comfortable with
emailing is a
huge step toward
the department’s
goal of
implementing an
Finley
online application
process.
“There are
some amazing things that we’re
shooting for that have been in the
works within our department since I
arrived almost a year ago,” she said.
“Although our efforts haven’t been
evident until recent, we’ve been
making moves behind the scenes.”
She contends that the HRIS
database will be the vehicle to the
department’s job skills bank where
they aim to be able to refer a person
to a job the same day in situations
that call for temporary employment.
“The key is to change our hiring
policy to coincide with our vision,
efforts, which is why we’re having
the Employee Policy Manual
rewritten by an outside employment
law attorney (Rick McGee) who is a
guru in Indian Employment Law.”
Anticipated implementation phase
begins in August 2014, Finley said,
and will go live about six to seven
months later. She noted a finalized
EPM will be released in July 2014.
The Tribes currently have public
use computers with internet set up in
each district of the reservation.
Current position openings can be
found at http://www.colvilletribes.
com/jobs.php. A list of places to
access internet for free can be found
by calling HR at (509)634-2842.
Happy “4th” Birthday Claire Bear!!!
Love, Mom and Cora
FOREST HEALTH
CBC releases Forest Health Hazard Warning
PRESS RELEASE
The Colville Tribal
Business Council has
declared a Forest Health
Hazard Warning for federal
lands on the Colville and
Okanogan/Wenatchee
National Forests, citing
forest health concerns
demonstrated by increasing
spruce budworm and
mountain pine beetle
activity which impacts
trust lands on and off the
reservation.
The Tribe has submitted
a Tribal Forest Protection
Act Proposal which
would cover lands on the
Colville National Forest
adjacent to the Colville
Reservation. The Proposal
advocates treatments to
promote forest resiliency
which will minimize risks
from insects, disease, and
catastrophic wildfire.
“The Colville Tribe’s
TFPA proposal will
promote forest health,
protect tribal property,
and ensure that we can
continue to hunt and gather
in our traditional places,”
said outgoing CBC
chairman Michael Finley.
The Washington State
Commissioner of Public
Lands has issued the same
warning for state and
privately owned lands.
The Washington
Department of Natural
Resource website
notes, “Over the last
several decades, eastern
Washington forests have
experienced a doubling of
the acres damaged each
year by insect and disease.
Additional forest health
issues cited in the warning
include overstocking,
excessive ladder fuels and
a species composition
shift toward species more
susceptible to catastrophic
wildfire.
The TFPA proposal
will be submitted to the
Colville National Forest
this week for review. A
similar proposal will
be submitted for the
Okanogan/Wenatchee
national forest in the
coming weeks.
Aaron Stafford
June 23, 2014.
Happy 21st Birthday Grandson. We love
you, so very much. Grandpa and Grandpa
JUNE 2014 • • A11
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
STORYTELLERS
Zacherle/Marchand
Ahoy! Message from the Underwater
I’ve got some interesting news for
all you readers out there in Tribal
Tribune Land, and your friends and
families, about what started out as a
fun spring and summer 2011 fooling
around with bug nets in Reservation
Cricks (with research permit in hand),
and ended with the discovery of a
clear message – in another language.
In Bug-ese no less! I’ll fill you
in only a little now with what the
Message from the Underwater is, for
starters. The message says in part:
“we can tell you how your goingsons near our homes, the cricks, are
affecting these homes of ours.”
In order to de-bug this hidden
message from the underwater world,
I had to catch a lot of them. Luckily,
there are really a lot in the cricks,
so even though I caught a lot, it was
a drop in the ocean – I mean in the
stream. I caught bugs from exactly
eight square feet from the rocky
bottoms of each of fifteen streams.
Two of these streams had very little
or no human goings-ons nearby. The
other thirteen streams…did. But the
human goings-ons varied. It seemed
light for some streams in comparison
to others, and rather heavy for those
others.
I could have gotten the general
gist of what the bugs were saying
just by figuring out who they were,
and how many there were of each
kind in the stream (they tend to
deliver their messages in formation,
kind of like those marching parade
types at half-time), but that would
have been too easy. It only meant
about two years over the microscope
identifying 21,831 individual bugs,
and comparing the who’s-who-andhow-many-whos between streams.
I wanted to make sure they weren’t
fibbing though. So what I did first
was that I measured the signs of our
shenanigans near these 15 streams.
To measure these signs, I walked and
drove along roads near parts of the
streams, and paid attention to distance
with the car odometer and a GPS
unit. I also went online, and found
telltale signs of goings-ons in Google
Earth satellite and aerial photography.
These bugs were not going to get
away with hiding a thing, with their
bug-ese and all.
Some of the signs I found and
measured are: 1) miles of roads
along each stream within 100 yards
of the riparian zone (the area near
the stream in which the vegetation
is leafier and more lush than outside
of this zone); 2) miles of clearcut
logging within 100 yards of the
riparian zone; 3) square miles of
clearcut logging in which this area
comes to within 100 yards of the
riparian zone; 4) miles of building
frontage in which that frontage is
GA
BRUCE BUTLER/Tribune
Nespelem Creek near the Nespelem Rodeo Grounds.
With
whopyawil J.
Condon
O
ne time xwaylxŸ (fox) and
snkÂlíp (Coyote) were living
in the same lodge.
The píxm (hunting) was poor,
they became very ílxwtlx (hungry).
Hunted
every sun but tmxíwÂt (did not
find any game). Fox nis (left) that
tmxwúlaxw (country) to hunt
some where else.
So Fox left and snkÂlíp alám
(Coyote stayed).
Coyote had nothing to eat but
insects and packlthø (leaves),
A snilítn (camp)lut lkwúts (not
far) away there was good stíkl
(grub).
Coyote lut nxlcíns (didn’t ask)
for food there, the sqilxw (people)
didn’t like him.
He grew misílxwts (more
hungrier). Finally he had a plan.
In that camp where there was
plentiful of food lived yxwyxwútxn
(badger) and he was a good pxmímn
(hunter).
The game he killed he gave to
qwnÂqwanÂt i› sqilxŸ (poor
people).
He was such a good hunter the
tlxxtlxáp (elders) wanted him for a
ES
!
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For more information contact:
Carey Picking: 509-631-2510
Josie Batten: 509-631-0003
within 100 yards of the riparian zone;
5) miles of cultivated field within 100
yards of you-know-what; 6) square
miles of cultivated field in which this
area comes to within I-think-youknow-what-by-this-time of you-know
what; 6) miles and square miles of
burned land within 100 you-knowwhat of the you-know-what zone; and
7) number of head of horses and cows
in the same range management unit
as the stream. Anyway, those are the
kinds of goings-ons and shenanigans
that I measured. These bugs weren’t
going to fool me. I went into this
little conversation with them with my
eyes open, alert. Maybe they thought
they were smarties. Hah! I knew
which streams were most impacted
by these two-legged type goings-ons.
Well, the bugs told me what I
already knew (but actually a little
more)! The two “reference” streams
with virtually no human impact
had all different bug types galore in
them, including kinds you can only
find in the healthiest, least impacted
streams. The “kinda sorta” impacted
streams didn’t have those real hoidytoidy bugs, or if they did, hardly
any. But they had lots of other bug
types galore, but not quite as many
types as the reference streams. The
“beginning to get serious” impacted
streams had even fewer bug types (in
no way you’d call “galore”), and lots
and lots of what I call “back-street
bugs” – the kind you don’t want to
meet in a backwater alley somewhere.
These bugs live in anything.
Then there were a couple of
“not-just-beginning-to-get-serious”
impacted streams. These were
borderline backwater alleys I’m
afraid to say. I’m talking about
Coyote Creek and Manila Creek. I
live near Manila Creek and on a quiet
night, I hear faint little punching and
screaming noises.
Then there was the low-down
lower end of Omak Creek, which is a
truly bad backwater alley. Almost too
tough a neighborhood for even the
meanest, most low-down bugs.
Here’s the crick by crick lowdown, report card style, according
to the bugs, who basically reported
the effects on their home cricks of
the goings-ons I’d already found
(they probably knew better than to
Stream
Grade
Thirteenmile
A+
West Fork Hall
A+
BridgeC
Seventeenmile
C
West Fork Sanpoil
C
WilmontC
Thirtymile C
John Tom
C
NasonD
S. Fork Nanamkin
D
Barnaby (below houses) D
Little Nespelem
D
Upper Omak
D
CoyoteF
ManilaF
Lower Omak
Ftry something fancy, and in fact told
me what I couldn’t have otherwise
known: how much those streams
had been hit by what I’d measured,
attached below).
Actually, the crick bugs did tell
me/us that even the cricks I/we
thought were maybe sort of healthy,
like Bridge Creek, are actually not
feeling so good. No ‘B’ grades here.
Straight from ‘A+’ to ‘C’. Not even
a C+.
In conclusion, if what is really
desired is a healthy environment with
good water for us and the Seventh
Generation, we need to keep an eye
on the effects of logging, livestock,
and buildings - near the cricks – by
keeping an ear to the bug-ese in the
cricks. We need bug reports that
things are getting better; not worse.
P.S. My full report has been
submitted to the Department of
Environmental Trust FYI.
PPS: In order for this work
I’ve done to have any impact,
Environmental Trust needs the
resources to build a long-term ongoing
biomonitoring program. These
“grades,” based on percentages, with
the reference streams set at 100%, can
be used to diagnose other streams,
without starting over, and to keep track
of all streams of interest, from year
to year or every 5 years, or whatever
time period is decided, to see whether
there is improvement in the health of
each stream, or the opposite. In this
way the true effects of work to improve
the streams can be evaluated.
Why Badger Is So Humble
Beautiful
Stories
FAMILY!!
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Fortier
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Storyteller
Family Reunion
July 18-20, 2014
Owhi Lake, Gua Point
Family dinner:
Saturday, 19th 3:00 p.m.
Join us for visiting and games.
Come have fun!!
sniklthxw son-in-law.
Badger lut ta nxwnxwílÂs (did not
wish to marry).
He nstils (thought) he would find
a better wife in a lkwtúlaxŸ (far
country).
One sun when Badger’s four
sisters went to the satítkw (river)
to cáwlx (bath), they came upon a
swinúmt (pretty) woman.
The sisters liked her appearance.
Ålítslx (They invited) her to their
lodge.
They musls (hoped) that their
brother would like to make her
tklthmílxws (his wife).
When Badger ¨kicx (returned)
from hunting wiks (he saw) a
woman in his lodge.
Siws (He asked) her to sit by his
side, the woman smiled u¨ xína›
(agreed) to.
First I must take some dried meat
to øintlxxtlxáp (my parents) said this
woman.
Althccúps (Your sisters) must go
with me, and help me carry the sliqw
(meat).
Badger agreed to that, and the next
xyalthnxw (sun) the woman and the
sisters of
Badger, carried packs of
sÅwÂí¨cÂa› (dried meat) to the
lodge of her parents.
The woman told them, klthímntxŸ
(wait) outside while I take the meat
in.
i capsíws( the sisters) waited
tkmknilthxŸ (outside).
Nixlmslx (they could hear)
talking.
After all the meat was wiskwúms
(stored) away, the door flap was
Deb & Jeanie Louie welcome their new Greatgranddaughter: Lynae Mae Weaselhead May 12th,
2014 8lbs 1oz 21.5 in Daughter of Nate Weaselhead
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Great-greatgrandaughter
Happy 4th Birthday Kain!
June 17, 2014
Love,
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Happy Birthday wishes for my children
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thrown back and out stepped Coyote.
He had been the pretty woman.
Haatms (he laughed) over the joke
he had played on Badger and his
sisters.
The capsíws (sisters) were very
angry, but unable to punish Coyote.
They went home.
They told Badger of the trick.
He was ca-ax (ashamed). It hurt his
pride.
He and his sisters did not want the
people to find out, the people found
out anyways.
A few suns later Badger wanted
to take a kwilstnm (sweatbath).
He went to the sweathouse. Some
people were ilí (there), nixlÂms (he
heard) someone say.
The proud, the handsome Badger
is ¤ctÂcxwúy (coming). He would
not take a woman from his own
snqÂwsqílxws (tribe). He liked
Coyote better. We do not want to
sweat-house with him. Those words
cÂa-áx (shamed) Badger.
He axlmncút (turned) from the
sweat house and went to look for
Coyote
He found Coyote and kils (chased)
him out of the country. He was
proud no longer.
He qwnÂqwnÂscút (humbled)
himself before all the people and
took from among his people a
náxwn¤Åw (wife).
And he has been humble tl pnicí
(ever since) lth letters are what we
call the slurpy L, it has it’s own
sound.
PRACTICE
way ixí kn lthckicx
Then I came back
kids birthday wishes from across the miles
Wallowa, Oregon
where you can see the mountains”
“From
24th Annual
Wallowa, Oregon
Celebration
July 18, 19, 20, 2014
Friday Evening, July 18th
Roll Call 7 p.m.
Social Dancing
MCs: Thomas Morningowl and
Fred Hill
Saturday, July 19th
Horse Parade 9 a.m.
Roll Call 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
4 person Big Drum Contest
$1000 prize money, with three places
Sunday, July 20st
Washat Services 9 a.m.
Friendship Feast 12 p.m.
Roll Call 2 p.m.
Championship Dancing
Friday & Saturday Mornings Open for Memorials & Namings
*NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS*
CONCESSIONS WELCOME !
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Located at the
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70956 Whiskey Creek Rd
Contact Homeland Project Office:
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(541) 886-3101
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A12 • • JUNE 2014
Lawrence “Larry” Francis Condon
Born July 24, 1932;
Rode off into the Horizon
June 4, 2014.
Survived by his Son
Jeff Condon, DaughterIn-Law, Sonya Condon,
Grandchildren: Jeffery
L. Condon, Camille
Condon, Rosalie Condon
Great-grandchildren:
Trevor Marchand, Taliyah
Marchand Siblings: Alice
Best, Leonard Condon,
Henry Condon, Teresa Sam, Margie Hutchinson,
Kathy Sirois
He was born and raised in Kartar Valley on July
24,1932 to Margaret Dick Condon and Smith Condon.
Along with his brothers and sisters, he grew up
taking care of animals living a ranch life. It was there
Larry quickly perfected his natural talent of riding
and roping. He attending St. Mary’s Mission and
did a stint as a Paratrooper in the Army. However,
at a young age he started his rodeo career and found
his purpose in the thrill of testing his ability in the
rodeo arena. That thrill took him from Kartar Valley
to travel all across the United States and Canada
rodeoing with likes of Donnie Gay, etc etc….from
Madison Square Garden, San Antonio, Little Rock,
California, Calgary and back…., the trail of postcards
from all of these places kept the family updated on
where he was and how he was doing…, Along the
way, he got the nickname “Beaver” and it stuck!
In 1962, Larry became the first Indian Bull rider
to qualify for the RCA National Finals Rodeo. He
won and held the highest scoring ride at the Calgary
Stampede, which stood for many years. It was at the
Calgary Stampede where Larry drew Joe Kelsey’s
notorious bull simply named “53.” Not only had this
bull never been rode, Larry had served as a pallbearer
for a White Swan cowboy that had been killed by this
bull. Larry took 53 on and showed him who was boss.
Gid Garstead simply handed his judges scorecard to
Larry after his amazing ride and said, “here write your
own score…” Without missing a beat, Larry replied,
“No…I might cheat myself…” I’m sure he had a
laugh or two recalling that story to family and friends,
a unique combination of humility and humor!
At a Texas rodeo sitting on the rails with a bull
rider, the man asked Larry, “Hey, Larry, which bull
did you draw?” Again master of the one-liners,
Larry responded, “see that one over there quivering
and shaking? That one is mine.” The challenge of a
meaner bull just meant one more opportunity for him
to test his ability and have fun.
Traveling to a rodeo with his nephews (or as he
would call them “Dirty Little Buggers” and the nieces
he would call his “Ole Hay Bags”). Well, his Dirty
Little Buggers kept asking him, “Hey Beaver, what
does the stock look like, what kind of bulls you think
we drew?” Larry replied, “It don’t matter, you all are
riding for second anyways…” I’m sure he laughed
pretty hard about that, and “Beaver” wore that
championship buckle pretty well on the road home.
There are countless other stories we could tell
and like Uncle, share a warm smile with him…He
modeled greatness combined with humility, respect
and love. These are characteristics that we all can
carry in ourselves to honor his spirit...8 Seconds
simply was not long enough for us….., but we were
blessed to witness all of those glorious 8 second
lifetimes!
Mary Elizabeth (Best) McGowan
March 10, 1919 ~ June 3, 2014
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we
announce the passing of Mary Elizabeth McGowan
(nee: Best) on June 3, 2014, at the Colville Tribal
Convalescent Center in Nespelem, WA. Mary was
born in Monse, WA to parents, Arthur and Lillian Best
and was a proud member of the Colville Confederated
Tribes.
She is lovingly survived by her daughter and sonin-law, Loretta and Ben Gumm of Keremeos, B.C.,
Canada; granddaughter, Janet Gumm and fiancee,
Doug Allen of Fort Fraser, B.C., Canada; sister,
Frances Crossland and brother, Albert Best, both of
Omak, WA; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mary
was preceded in death by her husband of 38 years,
Paul C. ³Jiggs² McGowan on February 25, 1978; her
loving grandson, Gregory A. Gumm on May 19, 2012;
both parents, Arthur and Lillian Best; brothers, Perlie
Best, Joseph Best, James Best, and Abraham ³Link²
Best; and sisters, Esther (Best) Pautzke and Lillian
(Best) Tenner.
As a young lady, Mary worked as a Nurses¹ Aide
at the hospital in Nespelem, not far from where the
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Convalescent Center is now located - the place where
Mary had resided since June 6, 2012. It was while
she was working there that she met and fell in love
with a young Montana Cowboy named Paul ³Jiggs²
McGowan. They were married on May 3, 1940. Their
first home was in Nespelem, where their daughter,
Loretta, was born in February 1941. They eventually
moved to Moses Meadow, where her husband worked
cutting and selling firewood and fence posts with
Mary¹s father, Arthur Best. When it was time for
Loretta to start school, they moved to Omak and Mary
went to work in the Omak Bakery, decorating cakes.
It was during this time, that her husband, Jiggs, went
to Richland, WA, where he did Heavy Duty Mechanic
work on equipment used to build the Hanford Atomic
Works. Mary and Loretta joined him as soon as
Loretta finished grade one. Two years later, they
moved to Brewster, WA in time for Loretta to start
grade three. They bought a small ranch there, where
they raised cattle and sold alfalfa hay and husband,
Jiggs, worked as a Heavy Duty Mechanic during the
building of Chief Joseph Dam in Bridgeport. Mary
went to work packing apples and was the head packer
for many years while they resided in Brewster. In
the mid 60¹s, they operated the Flying ³J² Tavern
& Cafe in Okanogan for almost two years, before
purchasing property in Kartar Valley near Omak Lake,
where they lived and ranched until moving back to
Okanogan on Cameron Lake Road in the fall of 1977.
After her husband passed away in February 1978,
Mary returned to packing apples and worked several
years at the Okanogan Packing Sheds. She resided at
the Cameron Lake Road home until it was necessary
for her to move into the Colville Tribal Convalescent
Center in Nespelem in June 2012, due to the onset of
Dementia.
Mary spent her school years at St. Mary¹s Mission
and often spoke well of her years there. St. Mary¹s
Mission was a special place to her and she was
always happiest when she could attend church there,
especially the Christmas Midnight Mass and Easter
services. She was a member of the Catholic Church
all her life and was always eager to help in any way
she could, often leading Rosaries with Fathers Jake
and Bob for funeral services. She was also a longtime
member of the Okanogan Eagles and held several
local and State Offices during her active membership.
Family was always important to Mary; she looked
after both her father and mother in their later years
and she was never happier than when brothers and
sisters, nieces and nephews and friends came to visit the more people there, the better she liked it. She was
always willing to lend a helping hand to relatives and
friends alike.
We would like to express our deepest appreciation
and gratitude to all of the Staff at the Colville Tribal
Convalescent Center in Nespelem. They provided a
wonderful atmosphere and much love to Mary during
the past two years - they all were like family to her
and she loved them dearly. She was especially fond
of being taken on car rides, dancing, lunches out
and her Pop Tart capers. Thank you to Dr. Myers in
Nespelem for all his assistance and care. We also wish
to thank those who took the time to visit Mary at the
Convalescent Center; your thoughtfulness meant a lot
to us.
Rosary services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday,
Junwe 13, 2014, at Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel
on Elmway in Okanogan, WA. A Catholic Mass will
be held for Mary at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June
14, 2014, at St. Mary¹s Mission in Omak, WA, with
Burial to follow at the Okanogan City Cemetery.
Those wishing to do so, may make a donation to the
Colville Tribal Convalescent Center in Nespelem, WA
in Mary¹s name. Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel and
the Okanogan Co. Crematory are entrusted with the
funeral arrangements.
Henry “Hank” Piatote
Henry “Hank” Piatote, 84, died Wednesday afternoon,
June 18, 2014 in Puyallup, Washington. Born May
13, 1930, to the Nespelem, Washington home of
William and Margaret Thompson-Piatote he attended
Puyallup High School. A standout all-around athlete,
the recent high school graduate was drafted by the
Brooklyn Dodgers pro-baseball team, an offer young
Hank turned down, to pursue life’s adventures and see
the world. On April 5, 1950,
he joined the United States
Air Force, serving during the
Korean conflict, was awarded
the Good Conduct Medal and
attained the rank of Airman First
Class prior to his honorable
discharge on September 2, 1953.
After earning his Bachelors’
Degree, Hank worked as a civil
engineer with Waste Water
Management Services with Indian Health Services of
Seattle, Washington. Never losing his love of adventure,
Hank traveled throughout the United States and many
countries participating in his hobby of photography. One
of Hank’s greatest joys was attending Seattle Mariners
games with his brother Melvin.
Predeceased by both of his parents; brothers: Melvin
and Wesley Piatote; infant sisters: Theresa and Mae
Piatote, nephew Melvin Piatote and cousins: Sharon
Redthunder and Ned Comedown Jr ., Hank is survived
by nephews: Monte Piatote, Mike Piatote, Marc
Piatote and Paul Ann Piatote and first cousins: Delores
Palmanteer-McNevins, Maurice Socula, Theresa Elisoff
(Jeff), Charlene Bear Cub, Minerva Bear Cub, Adam
Bear Cub Jr ., Sam Bear Cub and Martin Comedown.
On Friday June 20, 2014 at 2 p.m ., a Family
Dressing took place at Strate Funeral Home in Grand
Coulee, followed by a 7 p.m ., Rosary at the Nespelem
Longhouse in Nespelem, Wash. A 10 a.m ., funeral Mass
was held Saturday at the Nespelem Longhouse, followed
by burial with military honors at the Little Nespelem
Cemetery.
Please sign Hank’s online register book at http://www.
stratefuneralhome.com. Strate Funeral Home of Grand
Coulee, Washington is honored to be serving Hank’s
family.
JOHN DAVID HALL, SR.
John David Hall, Sr. (JD) of
Omak, WA passed away June
18, 2014 at home surrounded
by his wife and children. John
was born February 2, 1962 in
Omak and was the youngest son
of Charles (Dewey) and Rosie
(Seymour) Hall. He was the
grandson of Charles and Elisa
Hall and Charlie and Cecilia
(Smith) Seymour and the great-grandson of Joseph and
Rosalie Seymour. He was an enrolled member of the
Arrow Lakes Band of the Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Indian Reservation.
John lived his entire life on the Colville Indian
Reservation with his formative educational years at St.
Mary’s Mission. He was honorably discharged from the
Army after serving four years in the National Guard. He
was employed with the Colville Tribe, working seven
years at Precision Pine Mill and over six years with
the Okanogan Bingo Casino, whereby he retired last
summer due to his illness.
He married his soul mate, Jennifer Gunn on August
4, 2007 in Okanogan, Washington in a traditional Native
American ceremony. John’s hobbies were fishing and
going to yard sales. He was a quiet man with a kind
spirit and a big heart.
John is survived by his loving wife, Jennifer; his
children, John Jr. (Emily) of Tacoma, WA, Phillip,
Charles and Rhonda (Ken) of Nespelem, WA and six
grandchildren who will carry on the traditions and
cultural ways of his people and the Arrow Lakes Band.
He also leaves three brothers, Charles (Chief) Hall,
Tucson, AZ, Michael B. Hall and Robert L. Hall, both of
Nespelem, his sisters Sheilah and brother-in-law, Stretch
Cleveland and Cecilia (Tootsie) Hall, both of Nespelem.
Favorite nieces and nephews include Scott and Danny
Conant, Jessica Babcock and Michelle Hall Shining
Elk, Shawn Stout, Stacie Stout, Amanda Picard, Richard
Picard, Jody Picard and Chuck, Bobbie and Jason Hall.
He was preceded in death by his parents and
grandparents, his brother Dewey (Sunshine) Hall, and
sisters Rosalie Jean Hall, Evelyn Florence Hall and
Lydia Daisy Hall, two infant children, his niece Jolene
Picard, and nephew Marvin Palmanteer.
Services were held June 19th, 7 p.m. at PrechtHarrison-Nearents Chapel, Okanogan, WA. Rosary
services were held June 20th, Inchelium Community
Center, Inchelium, WA at 7 p.m. with funeral services
June 21st, 9 a.m. at the Inchelium Community Center.
Per his request John was buried next to his mother at
Kelly Hill Cemetery, Inchelium, WA. Father Jake
Morton and Mel Tonasket officiated at the services.
JUNE 2014 • • A13
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
Service Directory
JOBS
IMPORTANT
DISCLAIMER: All
tribal jobs require digital
applications, which can
be acquired at www.
ColvilleTribes.com/jobs.
php.
PLANT FACILITIES MANAGER
LOCATION: Inchelium
DESCRIPTION: Plant Manager
for Incheliem Water/Sewer District
to monitor and maintain plant
facilities.
REQUIREMENTS: Must live
within 30 miles of town center
and be willing to become a State
Certified Operator at no cost.
HOW TO APPLY: For complete job
description and salary, call Marjory
Salhus at 722-3020
ASSOCIATE JUDGE
OPEN UNTIL FILLED
JOB DESCRIPTION: This an
Exempt position: To provide a
broad range of judicial functions
at the trial court level for the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation’s Tribal Court.
Attend training sessions and
be able to conduct staff training
as requested or approved by the
Chief Judge.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Juris
Doctorate Degree from a law
school accredited by the American
Bar Association. Must be a
member in good standing of any
State Bar Association and have
sufficient legal training to preside
over criminal proceedings.
REQUIRMENTS: Experience
reflecting knowledge and
understanding of the Colville
Tribes Community and its people,
including Tribal Law, Customs and
traditions.
SALARY: DOE plus benefits
LOCATION: Colville Tribal Court,
Nespelem, WA
HOW TO APPLY: Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Human Resources Office
P. O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509)634-2842
jacqueline.trevino@
colvilletribes.com
CHIEF OF POLICE
ClOSING DATE: Applications
MUST be received in the Human
Resources Office by 12:00
midnight, Friday, July 18, 2014.
BASIC FUNCTIONS: The Chief
of Police (COP) is a full function
law enforcement professional who
will have the overall supervisory
and command authority over
all aspects of the Colville Tribal
Police Department (CTPD) and
the actions and activates of those
persons working for the CTPD.
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s
Degree in Criminal Justice, six
(6) years of law enforcement
experience, three (3) of which
must be at a supervisory level
equivalent to a Captain or above in
a law enforcement agency: OR
Ten (10) years of progressively
responsible experience, 3 of which
must be at a supervisory level
equivalent to a Captain or above in
a law enforcement agency;
HOW TO APPLY: Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Human Resources Office
P. O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509) 634-2842
jacqueline.trevino@
colvilletribes.com
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
CLOSING DATE: Applications
and supporting documents
MUST be received in the Human
Resources Office by, 12:00
midnight, Friday, July 3, 2014.
BASIC FUNCTIONS: This is an
exempt position. The incumbent
of this position will be responsible
for prosecuting criminal matters
in Tribal Court; representing
Tribal CFS in dependency
matters in Tribal Children’s
Court; representing the Tribes
in appellate cases before the
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals;
representing the Tribes at Civil
infraction hearings.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be a graduate from an
ABA accredited Law School.
Member of the Washington
State Bar Association or ability
to obtain admission through
reciprocity, in which case the
applicant
must become a member of the
WSBA at the earliest, reasonable
opportunity.
SALARY: Non ORA Attorney Pay
Scale, DOE
LOCATION: Nespelem, WA
HOW TO APPLY: Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Human Resources Office
P. O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509) 634-2842
jacqueline.trevino@
colvilletribes.com
OPEN POSITION ON THE
COLVILLE TRIBES LAND USE
REVIEW BOARD
The open position is for a Tribal
Member from the OMAK District.
The position calls for the individual to have been a resident of
the Colville Reservation for at least
(4) four years and must currently
reside in the district, which he/she
is applying.
Selected individuals will serve a
term of (3) years.
The Land Use Review Board is
a (7) seven-member board, which
hears special land use cases such
as: Variances; Conditional Use;
Special Use; Appeals and complex
Shoreline Development permit
applications.
They meet the third Thursday
of each month and are paid a
$100 stipend as well as mileage for
attendance at each meeting.
If you are interested in a position like this, please contact Pete
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Palmer, Land Use and Shoreline
Administrator at (509) 634-2577 or
send her a letter of interest stating
your qualifications and interest to:
Pete Palmer, Planning Department,
P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA
99155. Please include address and
phone number in letter. DEADLINE
IS JUNE 27, 2014 AT 4:00 P.M.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
COLVILLE TRIBAL CREDIT
CORPORATION BOARD MEMBER
(DIRECTOR) – TWO (2) POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
1.Member of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation
2.Banking Representative
(at least five (5) years banking
management experience)
SALARY:Board members
receive a stipend of $350 per
meeting plus travel expenses per
Colville Tribal Credit Corporation
policy.
REPORTS TO:The stockholders
of the Corporation which is the
Colville Business Council.
LOCATION:Nespelem,
Washington
AUTHORITY/RESPONSIBILITY: The Board of Directors is the
legal authority for Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation, the revolving
loan and check cashing facility
for the members of the Colville
Tribes. As a member of the Board,
a Director acts in a position of
trust for the organization and
is responsible for the effective
governance of the Corporation.
For more information contact
Human Resources.
APPLICATIONS:Resume and
letter of application must be
submitted to General Manager,
Colville Tribal Credit Corporation,
P.O. Box 618, Nespelem, WA 99155
by 4:00 p.m., July 31, 2014. For
further information, please contact
John Smith at 509 634-2661 or
[email protected].
FOR SALE
Vehicle for sale
2011 FORD FUSION
Accepting Bids
Property sold in “AS IS”
condition
ASKING BID: $14,500.00
Offers to purchase are to
be submitted to Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation by June 30,
2014. Please submit bid in a
sealed envelope clearly marked:
“Bid Enclosed, “FORD”. Bids
can be mailed to: Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation, P.O. Box 618,
Nespelem, WA 99155 or emailed
to Meghan.finley@colvilletribes.
com
Tribal members interested in
financing through Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation must apply for
a loan at the time they send in
their bid before June 30, 2014.
For additional information, or to
look at vehicle, please call Colville
Tribal Credit Corporation at (509)
634-2658. Colville Tribal Credit
Corporatio reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all bids.
REAL ESTATE
For Sale/Trade - 69 Skyline
single wide trailer, 12 x 50 1bdrm.
Hardwood flooring throughout, new windows & insulation,
furnace well maintained.
Bathroom needs new tub &
surround. $2,000/OBO/Trade
You move to your location.
Located in Okanogan. (206) 9402188.
In this edition, many of the real
estate listings have been provided
by Colette Adolph, Real Property
Officer, contact number (509) 6342344. Please contact her if another
number is not provided.
Former Tribal Business available
for lease ADDRESS: 3041 Hwy 155,
Coulee Dam INFO: Trade-Auto
Service Repair/Garage and Retail
Store. 5,760 SF space available.
25,265 SF lot size, 1978 YB
MIN RATE: $1.95/SF/YR
Terms: 36 MO
Equipment available for sale
separately. Lease application
materials with requirements,
available upon request.
Inchelium Area Land Sales
The land owners of Colville
Allotment 101-5402 wish to sell
120 acres of beautiful timbered
land in the Hall Creek Area. This
particular tract of land is located
approximately 10 miles north of
Inchelium off of the Hall Creek
Road. There is a small seasonal
drainage area that flows through
the mid portion of this property.
Utilities are available along the
Hall Creek Road. The landowners
are willing to sell this property for
$116,000. For more information
contact the Realty Department at
(509) - 634-2347.
Priced to Sell: The land owner
of Colville Allotment 101-5588-E
wishes to sell 10.00 acres. The
land is slightly timbered, and is
located 1 mile northeast off of
the Cobbs Creek Road. For more
information contact the Realty
Department at (509) 634-2347.
Are you looking for home along
the Bridge Creek Road in the Seylor
Valley area? We have one home
on (5) five acres that the owner is
willing to sell for $160,000 or he
will sell the home and (40) forty
acres for $210,000 and he is even
willing to negotiate for the sale of
the home and 140.00 acres and
home for $360,000.
Keller Area Land Sales
Fee Property- Located
approximately four (4) miles off of
Highway 21 on the Bridge Creek
Road is a 69.35 acre tract of fee
property. Please contact Gregg
Caudell for specific information
on the selling price. Gregg can be
reached at 509-775-2130.
Nespelem Area Land Sale
The land owner of Jim Billy
Allotment 101-49-C wishes to
sell 3.00 acres, the land is known
as the “Rainbow House” along
Hwy 155, between the town of
Nespelem of the Colville Agency.
This particular home has lots
of charm and is waiting for the
right buyer. For more information
contact the Realty Department at
(509) - 634-2347.
The land owner of Colville
Allotment 101-5536 wishes to
sell Lots 7 & 8 Block 52, Town
of Coulee Dam, containing .180
for more information contact
the Realty Department at Phone
Number (509)634-2347.
The land owner of Colville
Allotment 101-5532 wishes to
sell Lot 24 & 25, Block 62 Town of
Coulee Dam, containing .40 acre,
(1012 Central Drive). For more
information contact the Realty
Department at Phone Number
(509) 634-2347.
The landowners of allotment
101-178-A containing 20 acres
would like to sell developed
potential residential site, (ready
available water well, electricity,
sewer and septic) Rural area 6
miles northerly of the town of
nespelem going on park city loop
road and gold lake road. For more
information contact Bill Moomaw
at area code 509-826-4605.
The landowners of allotment
101-4189 containing 5 acres would
like to sell potential residential site,
rural area 6 miles northeast of the
town of nespelem going on cache
creek road and access would be
from owhi loop road. For more
information contact Bill Moomaw
at area code 509-826-4605.
The landowners of allotment
101-248-1 containing 20 acres
would like to sell potential
residential site, rural area 6 miles
northeast of the town of nespelem
going on cache creek road and
access would be Berland Road.
For more information contact Bill
Moomaw at area code 509-8264605.
The one landowner of
allotment 101-268-B containing
5.00 acres would like to sell, 2
miles northeast on cache creek
road (just above cache creek
grade) of the town of nespelem
for more information contact
the Realty Department at Phone
Number (509)634-2347.
The one landowner of
allotment 101-4160-B containing
4.97 acres would like to sell,
developed residents 1 miles north
on of the town of nespelem. 4607
Highway 155 House B, for more
information contact the Realty
Department at Phone Number
(509)634-2347.
The one landowner of
allotment 101-5541 containing
0.42 acres would like to sell
developed duplex residents
within town of Elmer City, River
View Drive, for more information
contact the Realty Department at
Phone Number (509)634-2347.
The landowners of allotment
101-1260-A containing 5.00 acres
along san poil river would like to
sell a potential resident area, 6
miles north on Highway 21, in
the Keller area (before bridge
creek turn) for more information
contacts the Realty Department at
Phone Number (509)634-2347.
Is owning a small business
something that you have dreamed
of? The Leith Log House Drive-Inn
is for sale and might just be the
business you have been looking
to start. Located between the
town of Nespelem and the
Colville Agency. (Original Jim Billy
Allotment 101-49-2, 101-49-G).
For more information contact
the Realty Department at (509) 634-2347.
If you are looking for a large
family home, this six bedroom,
two bathroom, located north of
Nespelem off of Highway 155
might be the home for you. It
is a split entry with 1700 square
feet which was built in 1977.
This home comes with laminate
flooring, a private well and septic,
furnace and wood stove and
sets on 4.97 acres of trust land.
Priced to sell at $149,000 if you
are seriously interested give me a
telephone call at (509) 634-4248
or (509) 631-1827.
Okanogan Area Land Sales
Tired of looking for a trust
property home site in Okanogan
Area? This 94.00 acre property
comes with a 1,440 square foot
home with three (3) bedrooms
and one (1) bath. This home is
located four (4) miles south of
Okanogan right of Highway 97.
This owner is not willing to sell
low and is looking for buyer who is
willing to pay her asking price, be
prepared to negotiate.
For more information on any of
these properties contact the Realty
Department Colette Adolph, Real
Property Officer at Phone Number
(509)634-2344.
Colville Tribal Credit Coportaion
Real Estate for Sale
216 Electric Place, Electric City,
WA 99123
PARCEL#010348000
Residential Property sold in “AS
IS” condition
Offers to purchase are to
be submitted to Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation by February
28, 2014. Please submit bid in a
sealed envelope clearly marked:
“Bid Enclosed, “Electric City”. Bids
can be mailed to: Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation, P.O. Box 618,
Nespelem, WA 99155 or emailed
to Meghan.finley@colvilletribes.
comFor additional information, or
to view structure, please call
Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation at (509) 634-2658.
Colville Tribal Credit Corporation
reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bids. Note that
any reasonable offer would
require internal Credit Committee
approval.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
APPLICANT NAME: COLVILLE TRIBE FISH & WILDLIFE
Application Number: 07-112014-01G
Water Source: 2 Existing Wells
Locaton:
Township: 29N
Range: 31E
Section: 7 SE1/4 NE1/4
Purpose: Water supply for Fish
& Wildlife Spirit Ridge facility.
Water Usage: Approximately
8100 gallons per day, total.
Any person claiming their
water rights may be adversely
affected by issuing a permit for
this water use may contact Lois
Trevino (509)634-2430 or Bruce
Wakefield (509)634-2423.
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APPLICANT NAME: BERNARD
DICK SR.
Application Number: 05-192014-01G
Water Source: New Well
Locaton:
Township: 34N
Range: 26E
Section: 35 SW1/4 SE1/4
Purpose: Domestic use
Water Usage: Approximately
5000 gallons per day.
Any person claiming their water
rights may be adversely affected
by issuing a permit for this water
use may contact Lois Trevino
(509)634-2430 or Bruce Wakefield
(509)634-2423.
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APPLICANT NAME: JOSEPH
CARDEN
Application Number: 05-212014-01G
Water Source: New Well
Locaton:
Township: 29N
Range: 25E
Section: 10 SW1/4 SE1/4
Purpose: Domestic use
Water Usage: Approximately
5000 gallons per day.
Any person claiming their water
rights may be adversely affected
by issuing a permit for this water
use may contact Lois Trevino
(509)634-2430 or Bruce Wakefield
(509)634-2423.
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LEGAL NOTICES
In the Tribal Court of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation
In Re the Custody of Sylus Matt,
DOB: 10/12/2006, Minor
Case No.: CV-CU-2014-37061
Order for Substituted Service
Michael Matt, Petitioner,
Vs. Shannon Edwards,
Respondent,
This matter came before
this Court on March 24, 2014
regarding an emergency motion
and Petitioner for Custody filed
by the Petitioner, Michael Matt
requesting custody of the minor,
Sylus Matt, DOB: 10/12/2006.
The Court, being fully advised in
the premises, finds that the court
should allow service by substituted
service.
Now, therefore
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. A notice shall be published
in the Tribal Tribune for two (2)
consecutive issues or published for
three (3) consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation in
the Reservation District where the
cause of action arose, which says
the following: A lawsuit has been
filed against you in the abovestated Court by the Petitioner
above. In order to defend aginst
his lawsuit, you must answer the
motion to enforce child support
by stating your defense in writing
and filing it by mail or in person
upon the Petitioner. If you fail to
do this within twenty days if live
on the Colville Indian Reservation
and thirty days if you live off the
Colville Indian Reservation, after
the date of the first publication of
this Summons, a default judgment
may be entgered against you. A
default judgment is one where the
Petitioner is entitled to receive
what they are asking for in the
motion because you have not
answered the complaint in writing.
A custody hearing has been set for
June 3, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the
Colville Tribal Courthouse, 3 Joe
Moses Road, Nespelem Agency,
Nespelem, Washington.
2.Additionally, this notice shall
be posted at the Colville Tribal
Headquarters and the Tribal
Courthouse for three consecutive
weeks.
It is so ordered.
Done in open court this 24th
day of March 2014 and signed this
27 days of March 2014.
Milton Nomee, Pro Tem Judge
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Pursuant to Colville Tribal Code
§2-2-71
In the Tribal Court of the
Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation
Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation,
Plaintiff
vs.
Kimberly Simpson
Defendant
COMPLAINT
Case No. CV-CD-2014-37046
To Defendant:
A lawsuit has been filed against
you in the above-mentioned
Court by Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation. In order to defend
against this lawsuit you must
answer the complaint by stating
your defense in writing and filing
it by mail or in person upon the
spokesperson for Plaintiff, Meghan
Finley, at the office below stated.
If you fail to do this within thirty
(30) days after the date of the first
publication of this Summons, a
default judgment may be entered
against you. A default judgment is
one where the plaintiff is entitled
to what it is asking for in the
complaint because you have not
answered the complaint in writing.
The complaint has been
filed in an attempt to collect a
promissory note, and additional
security interest. Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation is requesting
that the Court enter judgment
against you for principal balance
together with interest accrued
at the rate of 7.25% per annum;
late fees, spokesperson fees,
costs and disbursements; that
the judgment bear interest at
9.25% per annum from the date
of judgment; that in the event
of nonpayment of judgment,
execution may be issued for
payment of any judgment; any
further spokesperson fees,
collection costs and cost of
further court proceedings for the
execution of any judgment entered
in this action; that your tribal per
capita payments be withheld to
satisfy any judgment; that if you
are employed by the Colville Tribe,
that 25% of your tribal wages
or salary or $50.00 whichever
is less be withheld to satisfy
any judgment; that you shall be
required to make payments on any
judgment entered; and any other
and further relief as the Court may
deem to be just and equitable.
Meghan Finley
Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation
P. O. Box 618
Nespelem, WA 99155
509/634-2658
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Pursuant to Colville Tribal Code
§2-2-71
In the Tribal Court of the
Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation
Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation,
Plaintiff
vs.
Mersaedy Vasquez
Defendant
COMPLAINT
Case No. CV-CD-2013-36284
To Defendant:
A lawsuit has been filed against
you in the above-mentioned
Court by Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation. In order to defend
against this lawsuit you must
answer the complaint by stating
your defense in writing and filing
it by mail or in person upon the
spokesperson for Plaintiff, Meghan
Finley, at the office below stated.
If you fail to do this within thirty
(30) days after the date of the first
publication of this Summons, a
default judgment may be entered
against you. A default judgment is
one where the plaintiff is entitled
to what it is asking for in the
complaint because you have not
answered the complaint in writing.
The complaint has been
filed in an attempt to collect a
promissory note, and additional
security interest. Colville Tribal
Credit Corporation is requesting
that the Court enter judgment
against you for principal balance
together with interest accrued
at the rate of 7.25% per annum;
late fees, spokesperson fees,
costs and disbursements; that
the judgment bear interest at
9.25% per annum from the date
of judgment; that in the event
of nonpayment of judgment,
execution may be issued for
payment of any judgment; any
further spokesperson fees,
collection costs and cost of
further court proceedings for the
execution of any judgment entered
in this action; that your tribal per
capita payments be withheld to
satisfy any judgment; that if you
are employed by the Colville Tribe,
that 25% of your tribal wages
or salary or $50.00 whichever
is less be withheld to satisfy
any judgment; that you shall be
required to make payments on any
judgment entered; and any other
and further relief as the Court may
deem to be just and equitable.
Meghan Finley
Colville Tribal Credit
Corporation
P. O. Box 618
Nespelem, WA 99155
509/634-2658
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IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE
COLVILLE RESERVATION
Case No.: CV-CU-2014-37061
Michael Matt, Petitioner
Vs. Shannon Edwards,
Respondent
ORDER FROM SHOW CAUSE
THIS MATTER came before the
Court on this 3rd day of June 2014
for a show cause hearing. Present
was the petitioner, Michael Matt.
The Respondent Shannon Edwards
failed to appear.
The court after reviewing the
file, record, and applicable law
finds that his matter shall be
continued due to the respondent
was not served.
The Court shall continue the
hearing due to lack of service on
the respondent and notice shall
be given to all parties of the next
hearing. Now, therefore;
IT IS SO ORDERED.
1. The hearing scheduled for
June 3, 2014 shall be continued
to allow the respondent be
served by substituted service.
The hearing shall be set for 16th
day of September, 2014 at 9:00
a.m. Colville Tribal Courthouse,
Nespelem, Washington.
2. All previous orders shall
remain in effect, until further order
of this Court.
Dated this 3rd day of June,
2014.
S/Scot D. Stuart, CHIEF JUDGE
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Joshua J. Busey
Bailey & Busey PLLC
411 N. 2nd Street
Yakima, Washington 98901
Phone: 509.248.4282
Facsimile:509.575.5661
Email:Joshua.busey.attorney@
gmail.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
IN THE YAKAMA NATION TRIBAL
COURT
Case No. C-14-14
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES
AND BANDS OF THE YAKAMA
NATION acting through the
YAKAMA NATION CREDIT
ENTERPRISE, Plaintiff
V.. SUSAN YOCASH IUKES, a
deceased individual, and the
ESTATE OF SUSAN YOCASH IUKES;
HEIRS AT LAW OF SUSAN YOCASH
IUKES; TENANTS or PARTIES IN
POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY
SUBJECT TO FORECLOSURE
(TRUST ALLOTMENT NO. 3052);
ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES
UKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT,
TITLE, ESATATE LIEN OR INTEREST
IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED
IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN
(TRUST ALLOTMENT NO. 3052);
LEROY YOCASH, JR., an individual,
and the martial community of
LEROY YOCASH, JR. AND JANE
DOE YOCASH; ROSE MARIE
YOCASH KRISE, an individual, and
the marital community of ROSE
MARIE KRISE AND JOHN DOE
KRISE, wife and husband; STELLA
J. YOCASH, an individual and the
marital community of STELLA J.
YOCASH and JOHN DOE YOCASH,
wife and husband; EARL YOCASH,
an individual, and the marital
community of EARL YOCASH &
JANE DOE YOCASH, husband and
wife; ANTHONY YOCASH, JR.,
an individual, and the marital
community of ANTHONY
YOCASH, JR. & JANE DOE
YOCASH, husband and wife;
SABRINA YOCASH, an individual,
and the marital community of
SABRINA & JOHN DOE YOCASH,
wife and husband; LISA CHRISTINE
SCOTT HOSTEEN, an individual,
and the marital community of
LISA CHRISTINE SCOTT HOSTEEN
& JOHN DOE HOSTEEN, wife
and husband; and TENANTS OR
PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF THE
REAL
PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
THIS FORECLOSURE (TRUST
ALLOTMENT
NO. 3052); Defendants.
TO THE FOLLOWING
DEFENDANTS: The Estate of Susan
Yocash Iukes;
The Heirs at Law of Susan
Yocash Iukes; and Any Persons or
Parties Unknown Claiming Any
Right, Title, Estate, Lien or Interest
in Trust Allotment No. 3052
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
to appear within sixty (60) days
after the date
of the first publication of this
Summons, to-wit, within sixty (60)
days after the 5th day of
June, 2014, and defend the
above-entitled action in the aboveentitled Court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff and serve
a copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorneys for plaintiff
at their office below stated; and
in case of your failure so to do,
judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of
the complaint, which has been
filed with the Clerk of said Court.
The object of said complaint is
one for collection of a debt and
foreclosure of a mortgage.
DATED this 3rd day of June,
2014.
___/s/ Joshua J. Busey
Joshua J. Busey (WSBA 34312)
Bailey & Busey PLLC
Counsel for Plaintiff
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A thank you letter from Inchelium candidate
Inchelium District voters, I would like to thank everyone
that took the time to vote. I especially appreciated all
who supported and voted for me. Running for an elected
position would not be possible without the support and
backing of my family and friends.
I also would like to congratulate Jim Boyd and Marvin
Kheel. I appreciate your integrity and commitment to
represent our community. I would also like to congratulate
the other district’s elected council members to the CBC.
A special thanks to the two people who “heard a rumor”
and came to me to ask me about them. One, it is
completely crazy for anyone to think that “the first thing I
would do if elected is stop the seniors quarterly money”.
Our elders look forward to their stipends, some may need it
for their household, and others may like it to a few bucks in
their pocket. The second rumor I was approached about is,
“I was only running for power and money. Not one council
member has more power that another or more power than
our district members. And the money, I honestly do not
know how much council members make. If I were money
hungry wouldn’t I want to find out how much the pay is?
My point is, do not be afraid to ask questions of candidates
and council members. They are here to represent you.
Again I want to thank all who voted in this election,
and once more congratulate Jim and Marvin. One of
the reason’s I ran for election is because of the lack of
communication from all our representatives. Mikey Finley
was the main speaker at district meetings. The others
did answer questions when called on directly. To gain the
respect of community members please become vocal, and
know what is happening in Inchelium. Show up and see
how the seniors are doing, and find out what concerns they
have. All programs have concerns; visit them to find out
what they are. I believe our four representatives are more
than willing to help solve concerns people have.
One last thing, council was asked to change the district
meetings back to the Longhouse so that people are able to
hear better. It was decided by three council members that
were there to move back to the Longhouse. Apparently
forgotten the next month, meeting was at Buttercup again.
Jerry Signor
A14 • • JUNE 2014
TRIBAL TRIBUNE
SPORTS/COMMUNITY NEWS
thetribaltribune.com
ANCESTRY
Righting a wrong: State searches for Finlay descendants
BY JUSTUS CAUDELL
The Tribune
A legal notice appeared
in papers recently, tucked
in the depths of classifieds
advertisements and service
directories around the Pacific
Northwest; “Washington
State Parks and Recreation
Commission is performing a
lineal descendant search for
anyone who can prove direct,
unbroken descent from Jacques
Raphael Finlay (also known as
Jaco, Jacko, and Joco Finlay/
Finley)…” read the publication.
“Please contact…”
Tribune posted the notice on
Facebook, and immediately
curiosity was peaked.
The loudest question
expressed by the Tribune
readership, “Why?”
The official answer, received
by a number of members—
descendants of Jaco—was this:
“Back in the 1950s there
were a number of excavations
at the site of Spokane House,
Riverside State Park. During one
of the excavation seasons Jaco
Finlay’s remains and funerary
objects were removed and taken
for study. In the 1970s the Finlay
family rallied and in 1976 were
successful in having Jaco’s
remains reburied. For some
unknown reason his funerary
objects were not reburied with
him.”
Now the state is working to
bring the case into compliance
with NAGPRA, Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation. The first step is
to locate people who can prove
unbroken descent from Finlay
and to give those descendants
opportunity to make a claim of
the funerary objects.
If no one wishes to make a
claim, the state will work with
the Colville, Spokane, Kalispel,
Salish & Kootenai, Yakama,
Coeur d’Alene and Wanapum
tribes to decide what do with the
objects.
If descendants cannot reach an
agreement, a court decision will
be made.
“He had 18 known children
and there were probably more
in Canada. He has descendants
on the Flathead, Spokane,
Colville, Kalispel and Couer
D’Alene reservations with more
in Canada,” wrote Troy Felsman
on Facebook. “I just thought
about it, at least six of our Tribal
Councilmen are Jocko Finley
descendants.”
As Felsman noted on
Facebook, “Finlay was a busy
guy.”
He was an early Canadian
fur trader, scout and explorer
associated with the North West
Company where, according to
online resources, he was listed
as a clerk, the highest position
for ‘half-breeds’ working for the
company. Despite his position,
he was said to have been paid as
much as David Thompson, the
famous English explorer.
It was Thompson who
commissioned Finlay to lead
an expedition across the
Continental Divide in 1806.
In 1810, he built the Spokane
House, which became the first
trading post in the present-day
state of Washington. His mother
was Chippewa and his father a
Scot in the North West Company
Trader. He passed away in
1828 and buried at the Spokane
House.
According to the website,
historylink.org, his funerary
objects included “a fragment of
a bone comb, a tin drinking mug,
and a disintegrating hunting
YOUTH
RECOGNITION
Native CARS program wins award
By The Tribune
PHOENIX — Bernadine Phillips was
surprised to hear the news.
She and Rebecca Hunt were named
Annual Native Health Research
Conference award-winners for their
work with the Children Always Ride
Safe (CARS) study here on June 5.
The award is given to either a
Native American Individual or a
Native American community that has
demonstrated great strides in advancing
and conducting culturally competent
health research.
“We were all really proud, more
or less, of our program and so proud
that we want to support it,” Nespelem
District Councilman Ricky Gabriel said.
Other nominees included Charlene
Hamilton, of the White Mountain
Apache Tribe, and the Seminole Tribe
of Florida.
The award panel noted the Tribes’
work with two studies, CARS and the
Prevention of Toddler Obesity and
Tooth Decay Study.
“In both these studies, their
participation began at the stage of
proposal development and carried
on through each step of the research
knife sheathed in a thin metal
scabbard. A three-by-ten-inch
portion of writing slate, together
with a nosepiece and broken
lens from a pair of spectacles…
and an assortment of pipe bowls.
There were two pipes of clay
and one carved from wood; a
stone bowl that still held the lead
ring used to attach a stem, and a
copper one beaten smooth.”
“One of the clay pipes had
distinct lines scratched into
its bowl that formed a rough
connected ‘JF,’ and local
historians were convinced that
the cryptic monogram signified
Jaco Finlay,” continues the
website.
In 1976 Finlay’s remains were
finally reburied near the site of
his initial burial.
Now the state is working to
close another final chapter in
Finlay’s story.
process,” a press release stated.
The CARS study is backed by the
Northwest Portland American Indian
Health Board (NPAIHB), which has
extensions on five other reservations.
“Through the Native CARS study,
a lasting victory for the Tribe was
the development and implementation
of a primary tribal child passenger
safety law,” the release states. “This
two year process involved assessing
community support for the law (98
percent of drivers surveyed said they
would support a tribal child safety seat
law), working with tribal attorneys and
tribal council to draft a law, holding
public hearings to listen to comments
on the law, developing a police training
program to facilitate enforcement of
the law, and developing a diversion
program that waives the fine for first
time offenders who complete a child
passenger safety training course.”
The CARS study shows an increase
of 17 percent in tribal member use of
proper child restraint after intervention.
The Colvilles are currently in the final
phase of the project: dissemination,
which followed successful intervention
and maintenance phases, Phillips said.
The Tribes will tackle the law
and order code, law enforcement
training and child passenger safety
portions, she added. The six tribes
will establish a manual for all of the
training and will be available online
when it is complete.
Gabriel sees the process as a shortterm answer to problems existing
on the Colville Reservation and
elsewhere in Indian Country.
“Tribes are still lagging behind
in the laws,” he said. “There are
still loopholes that people are dying
through. We want to try to close those
loopholes.
“We ran into funding obstacles. The
funding is costing us lives today. It
seems to me the funding is by other
governments’ discretionary. When it
comes to the application to tribes.
“The state and everybody else gets
access to those funds, but the tribe
it’s not an ongoing program. So we’re
trying to find funding sources for it.”
For Phillips, finding funding
would be ideal, “as well as car seat
distribution program,” she said. “And
a lot of what we have is grant-based.
So we know when the grant ends that
the funding isn’t always gonna be
there again, so that’s probably one of
the biggest challenges right there.”
Police dept.
hosting teen
academy
By The Tribune
The Colville Tribal Police
Department will be hosting their
fourth teen academy August 18-22.
Enrollment is currently open.
“This is a critical time period in
kids’ lives,” said Public Safety Deputy
Director Matt Haney. “We don’t want
to teach the kids what not to do, but
teach them about things they can do.”
“This academy provides children
with the opportunity to spike their
interests to be police officers and
hopefully they will be our future
warriors and protectors of this
reservation,” said Sergeant Dustin Best.
The Youth Academy will provide
an inside look at a police officer’s
duties such as Investigations,
Evidence Collection, Firearms, vehicle
operations, patrol procedures, K9
Narcotic Detection, and Defensive
Tactics.
CAMP
EHLO
the tribal communities with the children.”
The lodge, an in-patient treatment facility for drug and
alcohol addicted youth from ages 13 to 17, has been in
operation for 26 years and is governed by officials from the
Kootenai, Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Kalispel,
Colville and Spokane tribes.
With basketball being a prevalent sport on reservations, the
lodge’s deputy director, Brad Meyers, pitched an idea to begin
camps, which initially raised alarming concerns by Whelshula,
as a correlation between athletes and addiction was found
upon her research.
“I did some research on athletics sports and the brain and
addiction. What I found is there’s a statistically high number
of college and professional athletes addicted to drugs and
alcohol,” she said. “So I said to Brad, ‘Ethically, I can’t do
that. We think we’re doing a good thing, but now we have
this statistical data that says we could exacerbate the problem
rather than help it.’”
Whelshula’s research indicated serotonin and dopamine
surges when athletes engage in sports, she said, adding those
surges travel the same reward pleasure pathways that drugs do.
“What happened is when those athletes played sports, what
they wanted was the natural high playing the sport, but what
they wanted to do was extend the high after the game,” she
said. “That’s where drugs and alcohol would come in. In that
activity of trying to extend the high is where addiction comes
in. Then the drugs end up taking the precedence of the game.”
A few years ago, the lodge brought former NBA player
Chris Herron, who struggled with drugs and alcohol over the
course of his basketball career, to Spokane.
So how did the duo end up actually hosting a basketball
camp given the results?
Whelshula decided to turn the negative into a positive and
use the clinics as an opportunity to do an early drug screen for
children six to 18 years old. It was the sixth of seven stops to
the tribes it serves, utilizing a $200,000 methamphetamine/
suicide prevention grant funded by Indian Health Service, she
said.
The lodge initiated a “very short assessment tool,”
Whelshula said, “Six questions around addiction. If you
answer ‘Yes’ to two of those, that indicates a risk of
addiction.”
The camp, which featured an appearance by former NBA
player Craig Ehlo, also featured addiction education through
presentation. The goal was to approach addiction the soft way,
according to Meyers.
“That’s the way we’ll do it anywhere, inner city Seattle to
Colville Reservation, it’s the best way to connect with kids,”
he said.
An example Meyers provided is teaching children radical
acceptance techniques.
“If your opponent is going up for a layup and you go to
block the shot and the ref calls a foul and you feel you didn’t
touch the guy, you could stand up there and argue with the ref
until you get a technical,” he said. “The other thing you could
do is accept that the ref will not change the call and finish
your day. In a moment you always have a choice and we’re
suggesting you take a path with a wise mind — being present
in the moment.”
University product, to boot — a clutch
jumper for a series-clinching 101-100 Game 5
victory.
Ehlo was good-humored when sharing the
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Tribal member Martina Whelshula and Tavio Hobson pose for a
picture on June 18 at Paschal Sherman Indian School in Omak.
Mission possible
A year into their mission, Tavio Hobson, founder of A
PLUS, came into the picture through Meyers, who invited him
to the lodge through campaign fundraising.
“We realized we have complimentary missions,” said
Hobson, whose non-profit organization serves as a fullyintegrated after school development program that partners
with schools year round, featuring life coaches who monitor
attendance, behavior and grades to promote the building of an
academic foundation. “I was blown away by the innovation
(of The Healing Lodge). We consider ourselves innovators as
well, but what they were able to really do struck me.”
With the partnership, the camp — which nearly didn’t come
to fruition — has now evolved into a partnership that could
extend beyond the seven tribes after the grant expires.
“Our thing is, wow,” Whelshula said, “Can you imagine
if we were able to do this clinic once a month in tribal
communities around the state? We could impact 1,200 kids
around the state easy.”
A PLUS believes it will gain strength through the
partnership, Hobson said, and that tying in the lodge’s ability
to provide substance abuse prevention will provide a child the
tools to go out, get knocked down and get back up.
“Our national model really revolves around those
(partnerships) and local leaders,” he said. “If we’re going to
say, ‘Let’s have a native youth initiative and serve kids,’ there
needs to be tribal leaders that can help implement what’s going
on.”
The relationship between A PLUS and the lodge is
now about sustainability, which will build off the proven
effectiveness of the program, Whelshula said. She envisions
a national program that hires notable native athletes and
incorporates tribal organizers as an American Indian initiative
under the umbrella of A PLUS.
“A PLUS will be the mother program,” she said, “which
to me has the infrastructure, financial base, sizzle with
professional athletes backing; it will create a more robust
program that we can take nationally.”
“Our goal is to be able to have a program like this on every
Native reservation,” Hobson said.
story to a group of more than 50 children
varying from ages 6 to 11 at Paschal Sherman
Indian School in Omak on June 17. The
52-year-old former NBA player was in
attendance to speak at an A PLUS Basketball
Camp in collaboration with The Healing
Lodge of the Seven Nations of Spokane.
“‘The shot’ was my moment,” Ehlo said.
“I just was not on the winning side of it. It
was like being in Heaven to compete so hard
against Michael Jordan.”
The 14-year player made the children laugh
when retelling a story of how — on one
occasion — future Hall of Famer Shaquille
O’Neal picked up 3-year-old son and gently
dunked him through a basketball hoop for
fun.
When it was time to hang up his jersey,
Ehlo recalled a message given to him by Hall
of Fame center Elvin Hayes, who he played
with on the Houston Rockets in 1984.
“You’ll know when it’s over with,” he
recalled Hayes saying.
For Ehlo, that career ended with a one-year
stint with the Seattle Supersonics, a year after
the team lost in the NBA Finals to none other
than Jordan and the Bulls.
He credited his parents' work ethic as a key
to his success.
“The desire to work hard allowed me to
reach the NBA,” he said.
And now, he passes those lessons on to his
own children, as well as the crowds he speaks
in front of.
“When my son asks for lunch money, I ask,
‘What he did to earn his money?’ Ehlo said.
“Laundry, garbage, dishes, clean his room?”
“(Your parents) want the best for you.”
The basketball camp, hosted by the Seattlebased A PLUS Youth Program, will continue
on June 18 with junior high and high school
skills training.
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Craig Ehlo smiles as he talks with students at
Paschal Sherman Indian School in Omak.
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PHILLIPS
HORSE RACING
Milo Pakootas
Jr. rides Amp
during the
Nespelem
4th of July
Horse Parade
on July 5.
Amp will
compete in
this year’s
Suicide Race.
SHANE MOSES/
Tribune
Riders preparing for Suicide Race
BY SHANE MOSES
The Tribune
OMAK – It’s getting close to that
time of year when the starting gun
fires and the horses fly off the suicide
hill on their downward decent to the
Okanogan River.
The 81st annual suicide race
will see reigning champion Loren
Marchand with his hands full
as he goes for his sixth overall
championship.
Marchand reached a major
milestone last year by winning his
fifth title, putting him second on the
all time list of past winners of the
Suicide Race. Marchand has a total
of 19 wins on the hill, second to
legendary Alec Dick, who won a total
of 32 races during his reign.
“Training is going great,” said
Marchand in July. “Taz is all legged
up and fit, ready for another year.”
This year’s field, like years
past, looks fierce and ready for the
challenge.
Among some of the other riders
in a run for the money is three-time
champion and seasoned jockey Tyler
Peasley, of Okanogan, who has won
a total of three overall titles. Peasley
brought home silver in last year’s
race, and his last title came in 2011—
when Taz was out with an injury.
Rocky Timentwa aboard Progress
brought home the bronze with his
third place finish last year, as he looks
to improve with another year under
his belt.
Another horse to keep an eye on is
Amp, owned by Milo Pakootas Sr. of
Nespelem and trained and ridden by
Milo Pakootas Jr.
As Marchand and Taz prepare for
the world-famous suicide race, they
both embark on another elusive task,
to once again be Kings of the Hill.
When asked what’s one the best
things about riding in the suicide race,
Marchand replied, “The best thing
about riding is keeping the tradition
going on, watching the younger guys
step up and race,” said Marchand.
“I like how the racer and their horse
are so in sync with each other, cause
if you don’t have that, it’s going to
be the roughest ride of your life and
you may not make it across the finish
line.”
HOOPFEST
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decreases each year — that could truthfully
say they played through the collection. More
than 25,000 participate annually, making the
tournament the largest 3-on-3 in the world.
This year at Hoopfest 25, a second
championship would have been oh-sosweet, though it wasn’t necessarily on top of
Rosenbaum’s list of priorities.
“All I want to do is put my one foot on
the court and call it my 25 years,” he said.
“Then it ain’t gonna be as important for me
to play.”
He entered two completely different
brackets. One was alongside tribal members
he’s played with and against his whole life;
another, with his nephews and son.
“We want to get him another
(championship) shirt this year,” teammate
and nephew Brandon Kohler, 20, said prior
to the tournament.
Unfortunately, the increased odds did
not pay off for Rosenbaum, who had
simultaneous games on Sunday morning,
which resulted in a forfeit of his family
bracket team after an injury to Kohler
required his participation.
Alongside Bob “Can’t Jump” Dennis,
Willie “Wonka” Womer and Butch “Old
Man” Stanger, he played into mid-Sunday.
While he would like to continue playing
in the tournament, Rosenbaum said he won’t
stress getting a bracket in after reaching the
25-year mark..
“It just isn’t gonna be as important for me
to make it there,” he said. “I’ll go. The kids
want me to try to make 50. I say, ‘Dream
on.’”
For Rosenbaum, the quarter century is a
goal realized.
“I accomplished a goal. I didn’t think I’d
make it that far actually,” he said. “The ol’
hardwood takes a toll on your knees and
ankles and back.”
And though the hardwood is where
he played a majority of his basketball,
Rosenbaum chose the streets of Spokane as
his all-time favorite event.
“Hoopfest we would be on the top; very
top,” he said. “And I’ve played in dozens of
tournaments throughout Indian Country and
beyond.”
One of 58
Being a Hoopfest veteran has its perks, it
turns out.
Around Christmas, Rosenbaum received
a surprise gift from the non-profit — a black
Nike track jacket with the Hoopfest 25
insignia.
“I opened it and said, ‘Shit, alright!’”
Rosenbaum said, laughing.
In the weeks leading up to the tournament,
a poster was revealed with all 58 remaining
players included.
On the Friday night before the
tournament, he was invited to a special
dinner at Lewis and Clark High School
where he received a Nike duffel bag with
several gifts, all themed with the Hoopfest
25 logo: a pair of shoes, socks, two shirts,
shorts and an early gift for next Christmas in
an ornament.
Rosenbaum doesn’t dread the early
morning game like most, as he’s required to
be at Nike Center Court at 7:30 a.m. each
year anyways to be a part of a veterans
photograph. Most brackets start at 8 a.m.,
FILE PHOTO/Tribune
Keith Rosenbaum, (bottom left), smiles at his
first Hoopfest, which his father Kevin said was
one of his favorite moments because it started
the tradition over again.
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“She’s in the industry, and she really, really, really
wanted to see me fight Valerie Letourneau,” she
said. “She is definitely someone I could compete
with, someone I could beat, and I still think I could
beat her.”
Phillips came out firing shot after shot on
Letourneau in the first round of the fight,
compromising the Canadian fighter’s face. In the
next two rounds, Phillips withstood flurries of
punches by Letourneau. She made several attempts
to take the Canadian down to no avail, which may
have worked against her.
“If I would have gotten a takedown, I definitely
would have won,” she said. “Judges like the point
fighters, the beautiful fighters; they’re not looking
at damage done. They’re looking at it like a boxing
match. MMA is not boxing by any means.”
If that means Phillips has to get prettier in some
areas of her fighting, she’ll do it, she said.
One criticism the Omak fighter received was that
she could improve on her endurance.
“I’m not worried about my cardio,” Phillips said.
“I’m in the right direction and going in the right
direction there’s just a lot of things I’m working on
more and they will come more naturally.”
She is looking forward to making the most of her
remaining three fights.
“It’s just enough to get in there and prove yourself
to get better,” she said. “You compete you get
another contract signed — that’s my goal to keep
my job.”
And if you know anything about Phillips, she
is used to responding after a loss. After losing her
first professional fight, she won four-straight which
helped her reach the UFC.
“There’s always positive in anything negative that
comes along in this sport,” she said.
Although her background does not include
Colville tribal heritage, Phillips, of Choctaw and
African American descent, finds it important to
participate in the culture in which she was raised in
near Omak.
“I think it’s important to be who you are and don’t
lose track of who you are,” she said. “Even if I am
the world champion, I’m still going to participate in
these local events.”
Notes: Phillips fought and won two weeks prior
to her UFC debut at Northern Quest Casino. …
Letourneau was also a replacement fighter, subbing
for Germaine de Randamie.
up with a 3-on-3.
“I didn’t know what the hell that was,
actually,” he said.
After participating, he related it to
growing up and playing 4-on-4 in his
backyard or at the Christianson residence in
Inchelium. The Army veteran also compared
it with playing in the Army, where asphalt
courts are the norm.
When asked how many teams there were,
he responded with, “Hell, there was only
like …. I don’t even member how many
teams there was. They only blocked off one
street. They didn’t know how big it was going
to get.”
At the time, Rosenbaum didn’t think
the tourney would turn out to be much of
anything. The first year didn’t promise
much, he said.
“It was kind of an experiment I thought
the first couple years but then it just sprouted
and went ‘boom,’” he said, gesturing a large
gap with his hands.
“The first couple years getting the hang of
all the people was kind of a pain in the ass,”
he said. “But after a while you figure out
your groove, how to maneuver, get to your
spots you need to be to watch other people
play. I like the crowd, the crowd is generally
pretty fun. And there’s good food.”
Favorite moments
CARY ROSENBAUM/Tribune
Keith Rosenbaum, 20, attempts to block his
Hoopfest opponents’ shot during Hoopfest 25
on June 28 in Spokane.
while others can start as late as 11:30 or
noon.
All the special treatment wouldn’t be
possible had he not found teams throughout
the years. One summer, he recalled begging
tribal member Benny Marchand — who had
a last minute opening — to play, because he
didn’t enter a team himself, he said.
“That’s as close as I come to missing
it,” Rosenbaum said, noting that he never
received a Hoopfest shirt that season, the
only one missing from his collection.
Up until the last five or six years,
Rosenbaum was entering his own team to
ensure he got in. Now, he almost expects to
be asked — playing on multiple teams twice
in the last three years.
Womer, founder of Native American
business enterprise Womer & Associates,
joked that he had Rosenbaum’s contract for
one more year.
The First Hoopfest
The first Hoopfest was so long ago
Rosenbaum doesn’t even remember one of
his teammates. He recalled being asked to
play by Joe Boyd alongside Lanny Boyd, Jr.,
both of Inchelium.
Playing in Indian 5-on-5 tournaments
nearly ever weekend, Rosenbaum was
surprised when Joe asked him to change it
When it comes to Rosenbaum’s favorite
moment of the past 25 years, he said it’s a
toss up between his son Keith’s first year
and when he won the championship.
“When Keith started playing, it was
starting the tradition (of playing each year)
over again,” he said.
On the championship: “Cuz we won it for
a change,” he said. “I was a finalist quite
a few times, but never earned the glory of
the championship shirts. We had won loser
kings (consolation bracket champions) lots
of times.”
In ’93, Rosenbaum recalled playing in an
8-team bracket that he thinks was divided by
age – where they fit into a 25-35 range.
He vaguely recalls winning the
championship game pretty easily, but vividly
remembers the weather.
“It was kind of weird: it was sunny one
second, wind blowin’ the next, rainin’ the
next,” Rosenbaum said. “It was a weird
day.”
He memorized the bracket, 115, and the
backboard sponsor, which was Shasta soft
drink, located on Main and Post.
One special moment would have been
playing alongside Keith last year, he said,
but a deer cutting accident forced the need
for a replacement.
“That dumb ass,” he said, laughing. “He
got hurt Friday night before Hoopfest.”
This year, though, they did team up until
the forfeit. Keith also played on another
team and won a championship through the
back door. Rosenbaum’s daughter Kammi,
who will be a senior at Lake Roosevelt High
School this year, played as well, winning a
game on a team playing just for fun.
Another notable year, he said, was
playing in the Budweiser Open — the elite
competition — with Joe Pakootas and Joe
Bear Swan.
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The former Big Sky
Conference defensive
standout at Montana said he’d
been trying for eight years
to get over the hump — and
Wynne, fittingly, dedicated
the title to him.
“This win’s not for me, but
for J.R. Camel, one of the
best basketball players I’ve
ever met,” Wynne told KXLY
after the game.
Camel said he was able to
remove the achievement from
his bucket list.
Check that off for Indian
Country, too. In 24 years of
elite competition, no Native
American team had won an
overall championship.
Back in 2005, Colville
Reservation’s Rez Woyers
from Inchelium made history
as runner-up. That team also
had a 40-year-old in Lonnie
Simpson, who reflected on
the tournament in 2006.
"Our run in last year's
Hoopfest says a lot for the
talent level of small places,"
Simpson told The Pacific
Northwest Inlander. "Just
because you play in a 4A
school doesn't make you
better than a player in a B
school. Our story proves it."
Desert Horse Elite’s victory
this year further reinforces
that statement.
Wynne, who only played
in a handful of games as a
senior at Wellpinit, added a
nice cherry on top to a real
rez success story. His journey
includes a six-year hiatus
from organized basketball
between high school and
college before he set scoring
records at the Community
Colleges of Spokane and
signed with Vanguard.
And though he has received
much praise in recent years,
Preston Wynne maintains that
he is just another basketball
player in Indian Country.
“There are way better
players than me on every
rez, and I just want to show
them how easy it is just to
go and do it,” he told The
(Haskell University) Indian
Leader after Vanguard won
its title. “It’s so simple, I
wish everyone (had) the
opportunity to do what I do,
they just have to get off the
reservation and do it.”
The message there: Don’t
be a gem waiting to be
discovered — you may never
be found.
Cary Rosenbaum is the editor of
Tribal Tribune. The Inchelium native
can be contacted via telephone
at (509)634-2225 or email at cary.
[email protected].
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BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
Kevin Rosenbaum
watches as his son
Keith participates
in Hoopfest on June
28 in Spokane.
Rosenbaum is one of
58 original players
in the 25-year
tournament.
A graphic illustration
of shirts Kevin
Rosenbaum has
tucked away from
past Spokane
Hoopfests.
CARY ROSENBAUM/Tribune
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Tribal member one of 58 originals left in world’s largest 3-on-3 tournament
SPOKANE – Nearly half of Kevin
Rosenbaum’s 52-year life has been spent
playing Hoopfest.
The tribal member’s hair was once as dark
as the asphalt he has played on annually for
the past 25 years.
Now, it is as white as the net in which he
aims to make it through.
Once, in 1993 — alongside his nowdeceased brother Joey and fellow
Incheliumers Les Fifer and Joe Bear Swan
— he captured the much-coveted Hoopfest
Champion T-shirt.
Enthusiastic about his participation,
Rosenbaum has collected shirts from each
of the past tournaments — some severely
beaten down by overuse, others in near-mint
condition.
He’s one of only 58 – a number that
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Courtesy of Kevin Rosenbaum
Kevin Rosenbaum poses with teammates Joey Rosenbaum, Joe Bear
Swan and Les Fifer after winning their bracket in Hoopfest 1993 in
Spokane. Rosenbaum has played in all 25 tournaments.
UFC
Phillips’ dream comes true with fight
Coyote
Stories
• Omak fighter loses split
with Cary
Rosenbaum
decision in Vancouver, Canada
BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
Wynne helps
Camel get
over the hump
PRESTON WYNNE STOOD in
the spotlight at Nike Center Court to
receive the most valuable player award
for the 6-foot-and-under elite division.
His 11 points led Desert Horse Elite
to a title all Native
Americans could
take pride in at
Spokane Hoopfest,
the largest 3-on3 basketball
tournament on
the planet — an
event that has
practically become
tradition for Inland
Wynne
Northwest tribes.
It was familiar
ground for the
Spokane Tribal member, who three
months earlier was awarded the NAIA
Division I tournament MVP after
leading Vanguard University, of Costa
Mesa, California, to its first national
championship.
“I got two championships and two
MVP trophies,” Wynne told The
Spokesman-Review upon receiving his
Hoopfest award. “It’s been a great year.
I’m just blessed, I guess. You couldn’t
ask for anything better.”
The title had been elusive for Native
teams. And he and
J.R. Camel, 40,
were determined
to make the most
of their second
attempt at a
championship as
teammates.
It was the aging
Camel's third shot
at the top prize in
Camel
four years. The
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Sik-Jistsu combat systems founder Rick
Little made a prediction in late February
that Elizabeth Phillips would be fighting
in the UFC within a year.
Turns out “within six months” would
have been more appropriate.
The 27-year-old Omak product found
her way to a four-fight contract just a week
before UFC 174 in Vancouver, Canada
which she served as a replacement on the
preliminary card of the world flyweight
championship fight between Demetrious
Johnson and Ali Bagautinov.
Phillips was on her way to the Soap
Lake Powwow on
June 6 when she
received the call from
one of her gym mates.
“They want you,”
she recalled hearing.
It was the message
she had dreamed
about hearing since
starting her career in
mixed martial arts in
Phillips
2011. It was also a
message of urgency,
as she was to replace Milana Dudieva.
“I had to go run, do blood work, get
an MRI, get my mouth-guard made; do
all this stuff in a week and it was pretty
hectic,” she said.
Although she lost a tough split decision
to 31-year-old Valerie Letourneau — one
in which she received the initial nod
29-28, before two straight 28-29s —
Phillips still feels fortunate for the chance
to showcase her skills, which aired on
television.
“I feel blessed to have that opportunity
and have that opportunity to want me to
be there,” she said. “I have a lot of mixed
emotions about the fight.
“Well, I was pretty disappointed for
two reasons: One, because it was it was
such a close fight and I felt like I did more
damage, and then also we were supposed
to win fight of the night and that was
about to get signed over to us and that got
taken away from us too. I felt like I got
double screwed over.”
Fellow UFC fighter and training partner
Julianna Pena helped push for Phillips’
entry into the organization.
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COMMUNITY
Former NBA player
speaks in Omak
BY SONNY SELLARS
The Tribune
CARY ROSENBAUM/Tribune
Area youth participate in a dribbling drill during the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations/A
PLUS basketball camp at Paschal Sherman Indian School in Omak on June 18.
Much more than a basketball camp
• Tribal member returns to study,
educate potential at-risk youth
BY CARY ROSENBAUM
The Tribune
OMAK – It was one of the last stops on
regional reservations, and a homecoming
for tribal member Martina Whelshula,
executive director of The Healing Lodge
of the Seven Nations in Spokane.
A two-day youth basketball camp — in
collaboration with Seattle-based nonprofit
A PLUS Youth Program — came here to
Paschal Sherman Indian School, where
area students learned the game from
experienced coaches.
Administrators, however, had another
goal in mind: Gather data regarding
addiction.
“Tribal communities are really
struggling, especially around addiction,”
Whelshula said. “This is our way
of reaching and bringing what The
Healing Lodge has to offer as far as our
knowledge, skills, ways that we can help
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No story of Craig Ehlo would be
complete without talking about “The
Shot.”
Twenty-five
years ago this
May. The Eastern
Conference
playoffs. No.
3 Cleveland
against Michael
Jordan and the
No. 6-seeded
Chicago Bulls.
Three seconds
Ehlo
remaining.
Ehlo had just
inbounded the ball to Cavalier
teammate Larry Nance, who then
passed it back as the surging 6-foot,
8-inch shooting guard powers the ball
to the hoop to give his team a 100-99
advantage.
“Mr. Jordan, I’m not supposed to
let you catch the ball,” Ehlo recalled
saying on the ensuing play.
As fate would have it, however,
one of Jordan's defining moments
came — on the Washington State
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