The AP story explains that the Lost River Sucker

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Silent Thunder: SPLC intelligence indicates that, “...white supremacists are making a bid to control methamphetamine distribution.” It has been my experience, after investigating the inner workings of at least 35 counties, primarily in the Northwest, that large-scale trafficking in controlled substances is a function of the regions' elected power structures. Street-level dealers are occasionally busted so that the general public has the illusion that local authorities are cracking down on drugs.

A draft report from Oregon State University has characterized the Klamath Basin as sharply polarized over the water issue with an undercurrent of racism against the tribes,” the closing paragraph of an Associated Press story about the Klamath Basin water controversy said.


The three men are being charged with felony job function email list intimidation, conspiracy, unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

Chilliquin, a town of 800, is the home of the Klamath Tribes offices. which may or may not be endangered, is sacred to the Klamath Tribes that celebrate their returning to the Sprague River to spawn each March.

It appears, however, that in recent years the return of the suckerfish was more of an excuse to party than strict adherence to tribal tradition. According to the Klamath Tribes' website, “The last known shaman to perform the ceremony was Lee Snipes - Captain Sky, perhaps in the early 30s.”

Indeed, throughout the spring and summer months and while The Idaho Observer was directing its attention toward the reporting of the K-Falls water controversy last August and September, there was no mention of the suckers' sacred status.