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Rally for a Clean Klamath: Oct 25 in Sacramento 12:30
Help us turn in a letter on toxic algae for over 35 groups and Senator Chesbro.
1001 I st. Sacramento at 12:30pm
Join Klamath tribal members, the Klamath Riverkeeper, fishermen, and other Klamath residents on October 25th at 12:30 p.m. to ask the State Water Resource Board (SWRB) to CLEAN UP THE KLAMATH AND SAVE THE KLAMATH SALMON.
The opportunity to ask state officials to deal with pollution through the Clean Water Act comes as a triennial review every three years. We will get a Klamath comment period at the hearing from 1-1:30 to talk about the Klamath fisheries, dams and toxic algae.
1001 I st. Sacramento at 12:30pm
Join Klamath tribal members, the Klamath Riverkeeper, fishermen, and other Klamath residents on October 25th at 12:30 p.m. to ask the State Water Resource Board (SWRB) to CLEAN UP THE KLAMATH AND SAVE THE KLAMATH SALMON.
The opportunity to ask state officials to deal with pollution through the Clean Water Act comes as a triennial review every three years. We will get a Klamath comment period at the hearing from 1-1:30 to talk about the Klamath fisheries, dams and toxic algae.
Ask the State Water Resource Board (SWRB) to CLEAN UP THE KLAMATH AND SAVE THE KLAMATH SALMON.
The opportunity to ask state officials to deal with pollution through the Clean Water Act comes as a triennial review every three years.
This is our chance to tell California water managers to UN-DAM THE KLAMATH and to protect our river and river-based economies. Cleaning up the Klamath is a key part of bringing the Klamath Salmon back. Water board's have the power to not give the Klamath dams necessary permits, and to deal with poor water quality watershed wide. Currently, toxic algae is not addressed in the review, though the area with the toxic algae below Iron Gate Dam is.
We will have a peaceful demonstration for the Klamath River at 12:30 and testify on what the Klamath River and Salmon mean to us at the public forum at 1 p.m..
The opportunity to ask state officials to deal with pollution through the Clean Water Act comes as a triennial review every three years.
This is our chance to tell California water managers to UN-DAM THE KLAMATH and to protect our river and river-based economies. Cleaning up the Klamath is a key part of bringing the Klamath Salmon back. Water board's have the power to not give the Klamath dams necessary permits, and to deal with poor water quality watershed wide. Currently, toxic algae is not addressed in the review, though the area with the toxic algae below Iron Gate Dam is.
We will have a peaceful demonstration for the Klamath River at 12:30 and testify on what the Klamath River and Salmon mean to us at the public forum at 1 p.m..
For more information:
http://klamathrestoration.org
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Jene's poetry reminds us to never give up!!
Jene L. McCovey candidate for YUROK Tribal Chair
Jene, 55 years young, mother of Victor E. Stone, Lenard Wells Stone and
Daisy Etta Smith, and is Grandmother to Miss Jene M. McCovey.
She has been a quadriplegic in a wheelchair for 26 years. "Drinking and
driving is a hard lesson to learn." As a motivational speaker she has
engaged young and old people alike to consider personal empowerment and
intent. Creator knows your heart and your intent to walk back to Him in a
good way. But sometimes there's a rock in the way and you must be the
water that goes around and becomes the eddy behind the stone. Then,
sometimes you must be the rock and stand unmoving as the tide crashes
against you. Take courage in the battles you choose, and find the wisdom
to walk away when you must.
Jene has a raffle of nearly twenty items, mostly native crafts and
jewelry. They are 1 ticket for $5 and 6 tickets for $20. This is her
campaign funding. Contact her 707-822-4233, or 1091 Hallen Drive Apt A,
Arcata, CA 95521, or jlmwesaw [at] northcoast.com
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Below is an article slated for the ‘Yurok News’
Naknow, Jene L. McCovey.
Please vote for me. I have great pride in my people.
Culturally we belong to the "World Renewal Religion." In spirit we
dance together with Karuks, Hupas, Chululahs, and Wiyots. As a block,
we should unite our tribes and seek the return of our sacred items of
patrimony--return the dance regalia and honor the spirits of every
plant and animal that gave its life to be a part of the dances. Some
people believe the dance article has a spirit, and it crys when it is
locked away in a museum drawer and does not dance. Some people say the
spirit of every animal crys.
If we cannot bring the dance regalia home, we should go to them and sing
with the sacred items of patrimony. Educate the world there is a great
need to balance the world and stomp out evil. The world needs to know the
flint in the "White Deerskin Dance" cuts the world open to let the
sickness and bad out to the end of the universe. Then we make the
medicine, our prayers put the world back together again, we fix the world
anew. Not just for us, but for mankind.
As a consortium, our tribes can begin to change the Native American Graves
Protection Repatriation Act to recognize the spiritual connection to the
physical as we understand it.
Our "World Renewal Religion." should be recognized as a world religion by
the United Nations. Practitioners and tribes would have to agree. We would
have standing in the "World Court" and expose the calculated distruction
of the Klamath River. The lethal waters has caused multi-year fish kills.
These deaths of adult and juvenile fish is a form of GENEOCIDE. The lethal waters are caused by toxic green algae that grows behind the dams, herbicides, farmland pesticide and fertillizer run
off and mining are a few pollutants of our Klamath River. Water diversion
How can you equate an anadronomous fish, whose nature is to return to its
natal stream of birth to spawn and die, with that of a potato?
"We Don't Talk to the Fish Anymore"
We don't normally talk to the fish anymore.
but
That does not mean we no longer pray for their well being.
and
That does not mean we no longer offer
prayers of thanks to the Creator
by dancing the sacred dances
and
That does not mean we no longer offer
prayers in the smoke of the sacred pipe.
We ask the spirituals to help and intervene
in the salmon's continuance
and therefore our own continuance.
But let us ponder,
What do the salmon have to ask of us humans?
They say;
Please don't pollute the water we breath in
because it hurts us as we suffocate !
Please don't dirty my children's womb
so they may not be aborted
and never be !
Please let our babies grow to be strong
so they may return to our natal streams
where Creator meant us to be.
Please allow the Creator's purpose to prevail,
the continuance of creation,
for both the fish and humans.
It is because of our purpose of sustenance
that humans may continue in their spiritual journey
and successfully return
to the presence of the Creator,
as does all good things on earth.
By Pudoh Jene
a Yurok 1992
In Sacramento, I assisted with legislative language, lobbied for
environmental issues, elders and disabled, and cultural resources. I have
advocated for the preservation of our fisheries, quality water, non use of
pesticides, native language and education within federal, state and county
forums. Give me the facts, I make my position clear and concise. I have a
paralegal certificate from the American Indian Law Center, NM. "Federal
Domestic Assistance Technicion Specialist," grant writing and federal
Indian law. There is no loyalty or stability in grants. Economic
development is key!
I can read and understand law. I write and speak with conviction. I've 34
hours training as a mediator. I have a BA in anthropology. [I have served
over 35 years as a board member and executive officer of 11 non-profit
organizations.]
We Yuroks need leadership that is transparent--open. I'm afraid Council
has rolled over and exposed our under belly. What are the deals council
has brokered for? Regarding the "Yurok Park," what if Green Diamond does
not want to negotiate equitably--fair? Or if the federal players change?
The courts are not friendly during this federal regime. We need land, but
not at the cost of our sovereignty or cultural integrity.
BOTTOM LINE: Safely increase land base, promote economic
development,housing and elder care. I'd advocate for fair treatment,
clarity, and open communications [ between council and tribal members ].
[Issues needing to be addressed: the Hoopa Yurok Settlment Act 86,000,000
million dollars and timing for tribal member input, the Klamath River
fishery, water quality and dams, the unmet housing needs, the
electrification of the Yurok Reservation, and education. Call me, Jene at
(707) 822-4233 ]
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jene L. McCovey
1091-A Hallen Drive
Arcata, CA 95521
707-822-4233
707-822-7717 fax
To show how important the restoration of the Klamath River (ie., removal of lower four dams) is to the Yurok, almost every candidate for tribal chair (including Jene McCovey) supports the removal of the Klamath dams in their campaign platform..
"This year's top issues include the Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund and distribution of the fund's approximately $85 million, the removal of the Klamath River dams and providing more open, transparent tribal government, according to candidates.
The 2,481 registered voters on Oct. 11 will have 11 people to choose between for the three seats. Elections are held annually for three of the nine council seats.
The candidates include:
• Incumbent chairperson Howard McConnell.
McConnell, 69, was elected to office in 2003. He travels from his home in Hoopa to his full-time job in Klamath as chairperson every day.
If re-elected, McConnell said his priorities include finalizing the Hoopa-Yurok settlement agreement, removing the dams along the Klamath River and the purchase of 47,000 acres of land owned by Green Diamond Resource for a tribal park."
<-->
"O'Rourke, 46, was elected to office in 2003. His duties as vice-chairman are full-time.
If re-elected, O'Rourke's priorities include removing the dams along the Klamath River, which he hopes to accomplish by getting the backing of the National Congress of American Indians, to help lobby on behalf of the tribe."
<-->
"Brooks, 55, is a self-employed artist who lives in Crescent City.
If elected, Brooks said she will do all she can to preserve the Yurok tribal land and the Klamath River.
"If we don't have that, we don't have a reservation," Brooks said. "I don't think we're doing enough at the tribal (level)."
"
entire article @;
http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=2179
In addition to the yurok, the Hupa and Karuk also require the removal of the lower four Klamath dams to maintain their cultural identity and spritual relationship with the migratory salmon. Hupa nation's radio station KIDE-FM aired a show about the Klamath salmon die-off in 2002 caused by the water diversions and Pacificorp's lower dams along the Klamath river restricting & reducing water flow velocity and oxygen holding capacity, increasing water temps and breeding rates of gillrot bacteria "C. shasta" that were ultimately responsible for the fish die-off..
"In the Fall of 2002, disease raged through the warm and shallow water of the once-mighty Klamath River. Within days, 68,000 adult Chinook Salmon perished as they returned home to spawn. This story flows through past and present, through the hearts, the voices and the songs of Tribal people who consider the fish their relatives, to the highest levels of government and corporate power."
If you haven't heard this radio program "Dying for Water", is available on this website database;
http://www.flickerfeather.org/dyingforwater/resourceguide.php
additional info on Klamath salmon die-off @;
http://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/news/fishkills.htm
We won't give up until Pacificorp's lower four Klamath dams are decommissioned, removed and the Klamath river restored to previous conditions to enable migratory salmon populations access to their breeding habitat upstream; with cold, fresh, and fast flowing water to return the juveniles to the ocean where they can become adults..
Jene L. McCovey candidate for YUROK Tribal Chair
Jene, 55 years young, mother of Victor E. Stone, Lenard Wells Stone and
Daisy Etta Smith, and is Grandmother to Miss Jene M. McCovey.
She has been a quadriplegic in a wheelchair for 26 years. "Drinking and
driving is a hard lesson to learn." As a motivational speaker she has
engaged young and old people alike to consider personal empowerment and
intent. Creator knows your heart and your intent to walk back to Him in a
good way. But sometimes there's a rock in the way and you must be the
water that goes around and becomes the eddy behind the stone. Then,
sometimes you must be the rock and stand unmoving as the tide crashes
against you. Take courage in the battles you choose, and find the wisdom
to walk away when you must.
Jene has a raffle of nearly twenty items, mostly native crafts and
jewelry. They are 1 ticket for $5 and 6 tickets for $20. This is her
campaign funding. Contact her 707-822-4233, or 1091 Hallen Drive Apt A,
Arcata, CA 95521, or jlmwesaw [at] northcoast.com
><<> ><<> ><<> ><<> ><<> ><<> ><<> ><<> ><<>
><<> ><<>
Below is an article slated for the ‘Yurok News’
Naknow, Jene L. McCovey.
Please vote for me. I have great pride in my people.
Culturally we belong to the "World Renewal Religion." In spirit we
dance together with Karuks, Hupas, Chululahs, and Wiyots. As a block,
we should unite our tribes and seek the return of our sacred items of
patrimony--return the dance regalia and honor the spirits of every
plant and animal that gave its life to be a part of the dances. Some
people believe the dance article has a spirit, and it crys when it is
locked away in a museum drawer and does not dance. Some people say the
spirit of every animal crys.
If we cannot bring the dance regalia home, we should go to them and sing
with the sacred items of patrimony. Educate the world there is a great
need to balance the world and stomp out evil. The world needs to know the
flint in the "White Deerskin Dance" cuts the world open to let the
sickness and bad out to the end of the universe. Then we make the
medicine, our prayers put the world back together again, we fix the world
anew. Not just for us, but for mankind.
As a consortium, our tribes can begin to change the Native American Graves
Protection Repatriation Act to recognize the spiritual connection to the
physical as we understand it.
Our "World Renewal Religion." should be recognized as a world religion by
the United Nations. Practitioners and tribes would have to agree. We would
have standing in the "World Court" and expose the calculated distruction
of the Klamath River. The lethal waters has caused multi-year fish kills.
These deaths of adult and juvenile fish is a form of GENEOCIDE. The lethal waters are caused by toxic green algae that grows behind the dams, herbicides, farmland pesticide and fertillizer run
off and mining are a few pollutants of our Klamath River. Water diversion
How can you equate an anadronomous fish, whose nature is to return to its
natal stream of birth to spawn and die, with that of a potato?
"We Don't Talk to the Fish Anymore"
We don't normally talk to the fish anymore.
but
That does not mean we no longer pray for their well being.
and
That does not mean we no longer offer
prayers of thanks to the Creator
by dancing the sacred dances
and
That does not mean we no longer offer
prayers in the smoke of the sacred pipe.
We ask the spirituals to help and intervene
in the salmon's continuance
and therefore our own continuance.
But let us ponder,
What do the salmon have to ask of us humans?
They say;
Please don't pollute the water we breath in
because it hurts us as we suffocate !
Please don't dirty my children's womb
so they may not be aborted
and never be !
Please let our babies grow to be strong
so they may return to our natal streams
where Creator meant us to be.
Please allow the Creator's purpose to prevail,
the continuance of creation,
for both the fish and humans.
It is because of our purpose of sustenance
that humans may continue in their spiritual journey
and successfully return
to the presence of the Creator,
as does all good things on earth.
By Pudoh Jene
a Yurok 1992
In Sacramento, I assisted with legislative language, lobbied for
environmental issues, elders and disabled, and cultural resources. I have
advocated for the preservation of our fisheries, quality water, non use of
pesticides, native language and education within federal, state and county
forums. Give me the facts, I make my position clear and concise. I have a
paralegal certificate from the American Indian Law Center, NM. "Federal
Domestic Assistance Technicion Specialist," grant writing and federal
Indian law. There is no loyalty or stability in grants. Economic
development is key!
I can read and understand law. I write and speak with conviction. I've 34
hours training as a mediator. I have a BA in anthropology. [I have served
over 35 years as a board member and executive officer of 11 non-profit
organizations.]
We Yuroks need leadership that is transparent--open. I'm afraid Council
has rolled over and exposed our under belly. What are the deals council
has brokered for? Regarding the "Yurok Park," what if Green Diamond does
not want to negotiate equitably--fair? Or if the federal players change?
The courts are not friendly during this federal regime. We need land, but
not at the cost of our sovereignty or cultural integrity.
BOTTOM LINE: Safely increase land base, promote economic
development,housing and elder care. I'd advocate for fair treatment,
clarity, and open communications [ between council and tribal members ].
[Issues needing to be addressed: the Hoopa Yurok Settlment Act 86,000,000
million dollars and timing for tribal member input, the Klamath River
fishery, water quality and dams, the unmet housing needs, the
electrification of the Yurok Reservation, and education. Call me, Jene at
(707) 822-4233 ]
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jene L. McCovey
1091-A Hallen Drive
Arcata, CA 95521
707-822-4233
707-822-7717 fax
To show how important the restoration of the Klamath River (ie., removal of lower four dams) is to the Yurok, almost every candidate for tribal chair (including Jene McCovey) supports the removal of the Klamath dams in their campaign platform..
"This year's top issues include the Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund and distribution of the fund's approximately $85 million, the removal of the Klamath River dams and providing more open, transparent tribal government, according to candidates.
The 2,481 registered voters on Oct. 11 will have 11 people to choose between for the three seats. Elections are held annually for three of the nine council seats.
The candidates include:
• Incumbent chairperson Howard McConnell.
McConnell, 69, was elected to office in 2003. He travels from his home in Hoopa to his full-time job in Klamath as chairperson every day.
If re-elected, McConnell said his priorities include finalizing the Hoopa-Yurok settlement agreement, removing the dams along the Klamath River and the purchase of 47,000 acres of land owned by Green Diamond Resource for a tribal park."
<-->
"O'Rourke, 46, was elected to office in 2003. His duties as vice-chairman are full-time.
If re-elected, O'Rourke's priorities include removing the dams along the Klamath River, which he hopes to accomplish by getting the backing of the National Congress of American Indians, to help lobby on behalf of the tribe."
<-->
"Brooks, 55, is a self-employed artist who lives in Crescent City.
If elected, Brooks said she will do all she can to preserve the Yurok tribal land and the Klamath River.
"If we don't have that, we don't have a reservation," Brooks said. "I don't think we're doing enough at the tribal (level)."
"
entire article @;
http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=2179
In addition to the yurok, the Hupa and Karuk also require the removal of the lower four Klamath dams to maintain their cultural identity and spritual relationship with the migratory salmon. Hupa nation's radio station KIDE-FM aired a show about the Klamath salmon die-off in 2002 caused by the water diversions and Pacificorp's lower dams along the Klamath river restricting & reducing water flow velocity and oxygen holding capacity, increasing water temps and breeding rates of gillrot bacteria "C. shasta" that were ultimately responsible for the fish die-off..
"In the Fall of 2002, disease raged through the warm and shallow water of the once-mighty Klamath River. Within days, 68,000 adult Chinook Salmon perished as they returned home to spawn. This story flows through past and present, through the hearts, the voices and the songs of Tribal people who consider the fish their relatives, to the highest levels of government and corporate power."
If you haven't heard this radio program "Dying for Water", is available on this website database;
http://www.flickerfeather.org/dyingforwater/resourceguide.php
additional info on Klamath salmon die-off @;
http://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/news/fishkills.htm
We won't give up until Pacificorp's lower four Klamath dams are decommissioned, removed and the Klamath river restored to previous conditions to enable migratory salmon populations access to their breeding habitat upstream; with cold, fresh, and fast flowing water to return the juveniles to the ocean where they can become adults..
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