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Spilyay Tymoo
April 13, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Appointments
Powwow
The Warms Springs Heath
and Wellness Center is encour
aging you, as the patient, to
make appointments to see the
doctor, nurse practitioner, dia
betes staff and dentist.
Once you make an appoint
ment to be seen in any depart
ment, it is very important that
you keep your appointment and
show up 10 minutes before to
update your information at the
registration desk.
This is so we have the cor
rect address and phone number
in case we have to send you a
letter or call you for any rea
son.
We need to make sure we
have the correct insurance in
formation and assist you in ap
plying for Medicare or Oregon
Health Plan if you are eligible.
We are required to ask these
questions every time you come
in to the clinic.
It may seem redundant or
silly to be re-asked questions you
just answered on your last visit
but we need to follow the regu
lations we are told to follow.
We have more people want
ing to see medical clinic provid
ers and dentists in any given day
then we have appointments.
This is why it is important
that you just do not show up for
your appointment and call if you
cannot make it so someone else
can be given your time slot.
Thanks for helping us de
crease the num ber o f people
who do not come in for their
appointments.
C arol D evaney, chief ex
e c u tiv e o ffic e r o f the IH S
clinic.
I am writing on behalf of all
the Native brothers here at the
Federal Correctional Institution,
Sheridan.
We would like to invite any
drum group, dancers and inter
ested people to come celebrate
at our annual powwow. We plan
to enjoy a day o f dance and
song from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
June 28, 2006. We will also pro
vide a feast o f buffalo Indian
tacos and other refreshments.
All people and groups that
can make it must have valid ID,
and clear a state and federal
record check. We need to get
interested folks cleared at least
30 days prior to the June 28
powwow. P lease give som e
thought to joining us at our pow
wow. Come celebrate with your
W arm Springs brothers and
tribal members from across the
U.S. For more information call
Chaplin Richter at (503) 843-
4443, ext. 256, or Mr. Hollcok,
ext. 131. Thank you. C harles
E. Frank, No. 55384-065, Fed
eral Correctional Institution,
P.O. Box 5000, Sheridan, OR
97761.
Invitation
You and your families are in
vited to attend our annual his
torical Penn Cove Water Festi
val. This is a time to open our
hearts in friendship and sharing.
A time to welcome our First Na
tions neighbors.
We will be joining our ances
tors on Whidbey Island in the
town of Coupeville by welcom
ing you and sharing our gifts and
talents together. We wish for you
to mark this day on your calen
dars and copy and send this in
vitation far and wide. We request
the honor o f your presence with
open arms.
The Penn Cove Water Festi
val will be held on Saturday, May
6. It will be held in the town of
C o u p e v ille , W ash in g to n on
Whidbey Island. The hours will
be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
There w ill be canoe races,
performers, fry bread, vendors,
children’s activities, and more.
For
in fo rm a tio n
c all
S u s a n B e rta at (360) 678-
3 45 1; or send an e-m ail to
susan@orcanetwork.org.
Thank you
Dear friends and family,
We are submitting this letter
as a thank you from the Moose
Lodge team to the friends, mem
bers of the Moose Lodge men/
w o m en ’s p o o l leag u e o f
Redmond, and all those who
came to participate in the last
Memorial Pool Tournament held
in March at Redmond.
The pool tournam ent was
held in honor of our teammate
Janice Marie Gilbert. The tour
ney was to assist the family in
raising funds towards the head
stone for Janice.
Tournament results: Winner
for the tournament was Tony
and S eag ray from W arm
Springs. There were 14 teams
that registered for the pool tour
nament.
The tournament raised $140;
the cake auction, $77; donations
received, $12 (from G eorge
S m ith ); $10 (fro m G lenda
Kessel); $50 (from DEL); meal
donations received, $53; silent
auction, $360. Total raised: $702.
Thank you to the cooks for
the meal prepared: Kris Conner;
A lex an d ria H en ry; M arcia
Simtustus; and Kit Conner.
Special note: We are planning
a second tournament to be held
on Friday, April 28 at the Rialto
Tavern in Madras. Again, rules
are the same, scotch doubles
(any doubles), double elimina
tion, 8 ball/BCA Rules. Regis
tration starts at 6 p.m., tourna
ment to begin at 7 p.m.
Payout will be in prizes, all
funds raised will be donated to
wards the headstone for Janice
Spilyay Tymoo
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Sincerely, Pat A llen , Lynn
D avis, M arcia Sim tu stu s,
C a ro l O tt, K ris C o n n e r,
o th er team m ates p la ye d
w ith (R ialto T avern, p a st
tim e, M oose L odge), fam
ily m em bers o f Jan ice G il
b ert.
Concern
I sit here and listen to young
p eo p le talk ab o u t w ho go t
punked out, shot or jum ped
over the w eeken d, all for a
color, a number, a letter. It’s bad
enough alcohol and drugs are
killing our Native people off.
Now our Native kids are killing
each other off. Our kids are
supposed to be the future, but
I’m scared for my litde kids. I
don’t want them to grow up
around such violence. If these
gangsters are so tough, then why
not go to Iraq and fight in the
war instead-of fighting your own
N ative brothers and sisters.
Signed, a worried mother.
Great career
This is to our uncle Marvin
T. Meanus Sr. on your great re
tirement and for all your years
of hard work, time and effort,
for all the service and most of
all the dedication you put into
your work and job duties. I’m
sure you’ve made the Utilities
D epartm ent very happy and
proud o f you for all o f your
hard work you have done for
them. We’re very thankful for
having a wonderful, thoughtful,
very helpful and caring uncle
like you. And we thank you for
all the help you have done for
us.
So we can gladly say that we
love you very much, uncle, and
w ant to say that we are very
proud o f you and congratula
tions on your retirement. So, no
you can take it easy, relax and
enjoy yourself, or even take a
vacation, anything you want to
do you do it. You’ve certainly
earned it and, uncle, take good
care o f yo u rself because we
love you.
To all our cousins we encour
age you to love, care for, watch
over and protect your father
because uncle M arvin (cow
hand) is a very nice gendeman,
and very special to us as I’m sure
he is to you guys also. So it’s now
up to you guys to see to it that
uncle is happy and also, cousins,
keep him company, same with
the grandchildren. He would
love and enjoy each and every
one of you in good company.
So it ’s u n cle’s turn to do
whatever he would like to do
and take his retirem en t for
granted. And be comforted and
not have any worries about work
any more.
To close this, we would like
to let all of you know we love
you guys also and please spend
time with your father, our uncle.
A nd take good care o f him.
Show him that he is loved by all
of you and one more thing, may
God bless each and every one
of you, and take good care of
yourselves also, because we’re
family. We love you all. Sin
cerely,
Mr. and M rs. W arner W.
W illiam s Sr. and ch ild ren
(W a rn e r J r ., H ilb e r t ,
R a y m o n d , H a r r ie t an d
D elb erta), and from R ich
ard W. Payne Jr.
Love you all
To the Arce family, Annette,
Teodoro, Adrianna, Rosalina,
Jo a n n a , T h eo d o re, S teven ,
Daniel, Beatriz, Elisa, Martin,
Mrio, Jovanni, I miss and love
you all.
This is the longest I ever
have been away from all you. I
hope this experience will change
us for the better. Thanks to my
Mom and Dad for your support.
T h an k you, R o sie, for you
words o f encouragem ent and
constant support. I thank you
from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks to my sister Joanna for
listening to me, being my right
hand and celly to the rest of my
family. Thank you for being
here for me. I love you. Your
daughter, sister, auntie, Marci.
Exhibit
The National Park Service’s
traveling tent show will be ar
riving at the Museum at Warm
Springs and holding lectures,
videos, speeches A pril 22-25.
Those two lost white guys, Lewis
and Clark, were near Wappato
Islan d area, now know n as
Sauvie’s Island (why the name
change?).
On April 3, 1806: “... an old
m an who appeared o f some
note among them and father to
m y guide brought forward a
woman who was badly marked
with the small pox, and made
signs that they all died with the
disorder which marked her face,
and which she was very near
dying with when a girl, from the
age of this woman this destruc
tive disorder I judge must have
been about 28 or 30 years past,
and about the time the Clatsops
informed tri that this disorder
raged in th e ir tow ns and
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distroyed their nation.”
A pril 6, 1806: ’’The party
rem ained in camp on Sauvie
Islan d , h u n tin g and d ryin g
meat. They hoped to amass a
sufficient quantity to last them
till th ey reach ed the N ez
Perces. Since the rain was al
most continuous, they had to dry
it over fires. Overcast skies pre
vented them from making ce
lestial observations and gales
lashed the river to turbulence. In
the wide river below the mouth
of the Willamette, they had not
realized how much the spring
flood was adding to the difficulty
o f their progress.” (DeVoto’s
notes on Chapter XXV, From
Sandy River to The Dalles of
the Columbia.)
Note: All of the area below
Celilo Falls was Chinookan, the
U pper Chinookan know n as
The Dalles Wascos, Dog River
Wascos and the Cascade Wascos
(known in the Middle Oregon
Treaty o f 1855 as Ki-gal-twa-
lals.)
The Kiksht, or Chinookan
language went from below Celilo
F alls to the m o uth o f the
Colum bia. It can be guessed
that runners were passing the
word about what these interlop
ers were doing, gathering food
and p rep arin g to m ove u p
stream. The mighty Wascos I
am sure had the red carpet laid
out for them. Louie Pitt.
Regarding letters
Thank you for writing to
the Spilyay Tymoo. Please,
when writing, keep in mind
that letters should be o f no
more than 350 words. Let
ters that are too long will
have to be cut. Please sub
mit only one letter per per-
1 son pet edition.
Happy birthday wishes ...
H appy 29th birthday to
Alvagene Charlie, my one and
only precious Tootsie. You fill
my heart with happiness and
joy, so I ju s t wanted y o u to
know I ’m alw ays thinking
about you and I love yo u with
a ll o f my heart. H ugs and
kisses, I miss yo u and will al
ways love you. Always andfor
ever, you r Toots. Darling, please
never doubt a love that’s true,
fo r in my life there’s only you. I
may not show it all the time
but I ’m yoursforever and I hope
y o u ’re mine. Happy birthday,
crasy. Always, yo u r Toots.
Happy birthday to
my nephew M artin Jr.,
on A pril 6. T here’s not
a day goes by that I ’m
not thinking o f you . I love and
miss y o u with all my heart. Love,
y o u r A untie Marci.
H appy B irth d a y to m y
baby sister Joan na F. A rce
on A p ril 16. I h o p e yo u
learn ed this lesson in life.
I w an t you to change for
the better. You have it in
you. You had it in you all
along. I stand right behind
yo u in a n y th in g and e v
e r y th in g . F o rg e t th o s e
w ho try to p u ll and push
you dow n. B ecause you
w ill alw ays be at the top.
Keep you r saying: “D on ’t
hate me because you ain ’t
m e .” I lo ve you and I ’m
v e ry p ro u d o f you. L ove,
you r sister, M arci.
Happy Birthday Baby Mar
tin, April 6. Love, and miss you
lots. Love, your Auntie Joanna.
H appy B irthday to my
cousin Erica Parra, April
29. Love, and m iss you.
Your cousin, Marci.
H appy B irthday to Jim m y
Florey. With love, y o u r A untie
Marci.
H appy
15th
birthday to our
sonny boy Matthew
David Sconawah II.
We waited since we
meant fo r our dreams to come true
then we waited nine months to wel
come you. We lost some sleep, we
worried a lot, but with one swift
kick yo u took our hearts. Your ar
rival was a moment that will last
forever. Since the day you were born
w e’ve cherished you. You’re 15years
old now. You’ve learned so much and
no matter what w e’l l always love
you a whole bunch. You’l l always
be our sonny boy. Much love and
kisses, mom-e and dad.
Letters of apology
I, Mervin Govenor, would like
to apologize to the “Rez” for be
ing behind the wheel while I was
under the influence of alcohol. I
was not thinking straight and it
will not happen again. Mervin
Govenor.
I’m sorry, sorry to my family. I tried
my best to stay out of trouble; to
the court system and judges that
worked on my case. I’m sorry. I
will try to keep m yself out of
trouble and jail. Thanks, Lucinda
Stwyer.
To the Courthouse, I’m sin
cerely apologize to the Housing
Department for destroying prop
erty that was being fixed up. Also,
sorry to the neighbors who were
awakened and thanks be to God
that the residence wasn’t being lived
in at the time. Charles Thomas
Hellon.
To my family, friends and the
community, I’d like to apologize
to my fam ily, especially my
grandkids (the younger ones).
Also to the community. I was
detoxed and charged with DUII.
Now I’m paying for it, with a loss
of driving privileges. I’m on pro
bation. I have to do community
service and write this letter of apol
ogy. If anyone needs a driver, or
ride, the answer is no. Georgena
Suppah.
I would like to apologize to my
niece, Christina, for my unneces
sary actions on Jan. 1, 2006.1 had
time to think about what I did
wrong while in jail, and feel bad
for what I did wrong. I love you,
“Mija,” and am truly sorry. I hope
your can accept my apology. Love,
Auntie Kari.
I would like to start off with,
I am sorry being wrong to the
fishing rights. Our river has been
established for our people. When
I know better, and I am old
enough to admit to myself. I’ve
been wrong to m yself and my
people. Amen. Coyote Search and
Rescue. Wesley J. Spino II.
I, Glen Dwayne Eaglespeaker,
ask that the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs Tribes forgive me
for my default for drinking and
driving with four counts of put
ting in trouble with the alcohol. I
will try my best to be more careful.
I did not mean to put the ones in
danger and I ask you to forgive me
for even w rongdoing. Glen
Dwayne Eaglespeaker.
I am sending my apology to the
Warm Springs Confederated Tribes
and all in this community for my
actions that took place on the night
of December 2, 2005.1 regret my
actions and have been treated with
respect by the courts. So it is with
my deepest apologies that I close
and thank you for your time and
leniency. Kit A Gonzalez.
I would like to apologize for
my actions on December 15,2005.
I was under the influence of alco
hol and made«a very poor decision
to drive. I am truly sorry and I am
sure it won’t happen any time
soon. Leroy Hicks III.
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The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, I would like to
apologize for the incident(s) that
occurred on November 7, 2005.
Not only to the tribes but also to
both families that are involved.
Mine and my fiancee’s, Carolyn
Johnson. We are sincerely sorry for
bringing our problems into your
home. We have both sat and are
both straightening up. This is not
only for the benefit of us, but also
our unborn child. Thank you for
taking the time to read and accept
my letter of apology. Winterdawn
Selam.
Warm Springs Indian Reserva
tion, I apologize for messing up
and getting caught with D.P. and I
hope my family will forgive me
because it’s embarrassing to get
caught with any thing to do with
drugs and once again I want to
apologize. Marcus James Crowe.