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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1960)
t Poge 4 KLAMATH TRIBUNE MARCH 1960 Browning Cops Indian Tourney; Dancers, Queen and Court Add Color to Contest Indian Arts Festival Slated For June; Scholarship Fund To Be Established Mill:.: W Rnrnoim Soto, left, shows elation when Viola James, 1959 Tourney Queen, presents her with bouquet of red roses, symbolic of being crowned Queen. A glittering array of talent was seen at the PXrf)" National All Indian Haskctball Tournament, held in ( liil Mpiin March In-P) under the sponsorship of the Klamath Reservation Javcccs. A hii;h calibre of hallplayiug as well as Imlian dancing was witnessed. The customary 12 teams were entered in the tourney, primarily representing 11 trihes from S states. The Klamath All-Nations All - Stars ami the Chiloquiu Tlmnderhirds were the local en trants. The Warm Springs Mag pies, winners of the elimination tourney, represented the Warm Springs tribe. From Washington eame the Toppenish Papooses (Yakima) and the LaConner Athletic C luh ( Sw inomish ). Lap wai, rcpicscnting the Ncz Perce tnbe, was the vole entrant from Idaho. The ("rows and HIackfcct of Montana were represented bv Lodge Grass and Hrowniug re spectively. Ogalalla Sioux from Tine Ridge, S. D.. came the great est distance to compete and the Atapahoes came no short ways hoin St. Stephen's, Wyoming. From dow n south came the Paiuto nt Reno. Xcvado, and the .Vaxajos it Window Keck. Ariz. Aftci a hatd fought I dav s of basketball. the HIackfcct of Pj ow uing emerged victorious, topping Lodge (ras 55 to Vi in the finals and preventing the lat ter team limn gaining a third consecutive win and pcimanent p ivstssi, mi nf the traveling tioph. The Hlackfeet earned a beautiful Mt of jackets as champs. Warm Splines copped thiiti place with an SS in SO win over Pine Ridge, Toppenish took fourth (t to (r over Window Rock, and Klamath all-Nations wound up fifth by beating Lapwai m overtime, 75 to 70. These 5 winners will be seeded auto matically for the 19ol show. The seven clubs not placing were still highly appreciated for their ball playing efforts and St. Stephen's was awarded the sportmanship trophy for their gentlemanly con duct. The all-star team was as follows: Larry Pretty Weasel and Owen Old Crow (Lodge Grass); Murray Harwood and Flow! Crossguns (Hrowniug); Norman Crazy Thunder and Mar vin LcKcau (Pine Ridge); John McCutcheoii (Klamath all Nations); Hob Tom and Tom Fstinio (Warm Springs); Tom Arvisn (Window Rock). Murray llarvvutx won the Most Valuable Plavet award. ' 'outrihutiug excitement and color to the whole event were the Indian dancers and the Oueen and her court. A wide variety of dances could be seen during the -I eve nings. A highlv -talented group ftom Warm Springs, including Darold George. Levi Kennedy, Lien Suppah, Nancy Oueahpina, Sammv ( olwash. and Teny Green performed such dances as the owl dance, war dance, rabbit dance, feather dance, skip dance, and scalp dance. In addition. Miss 1 ireen, a mere 5-year old, per formed the butterfly dance in dividually and Levi Kennedy did a solo hoop dance. Levi Fasthorsc, an Ogalalla Sivu, also proved a versatile The Indian Festival of Arts, a non-profit corporation designed to help encourage and dcvelope Indian talent was recently organ ibed in La Grande. Hehind this drive to create a scholarship fund which will be used to cultivate Indian talent in the field of art and literature is (iladvs Hibec Price, whose book let NUN MIP NT SHEKK was especially written for the 1959 National Indian Fncampment in Pendleton. dancer, doing the war dance on several occasions.and the Ribbon dance and the Sioux Stomp. Other dancers included Jopcy Goggels and Charles Oldman. (Arapahoes). Gordon F r a z e r (Paiute). Dan Scott (Warm Springs), Henry Cole (Klamath), ami Tony Shoulderlade (Chey enne). Doing much of the sing ing for the dancers was Jesse Oldman. Prizes awarded by the Javcccs to the dancers were: 1st Prize $75.00 ..Charles Oldman 2nd Prize $50.00.... Levi Fasthorsc 3rd Prize $25.00 Dan Scott The $25.00 award for best cos tume, donated by Rodger's Chev ron Service, went to Nancy Queahpma. The enactment of "Running Hear", put on by the Chilouin High School Panthcrcttes on Friday evening, was also very entertaining. Jane Jackson, Rose Nealy, and Raiuoua Soto, all Klamath tribal members, were the entrants in the queen contest. After a spirited and close contest Ramona was crowned queen, on the first night of the tourney, and received a beautiful Hallmark wrist watch, donated by the William Wamplcr Logging Co. In the ticket sales competition Princess Jane came out ahead and received a $25.00 award. Princess Rose, 2nd in ticket sales, received a camera outfit, and Oueen Ramona, coin ing in Mil, was awarded several cartons of King-Size Coca Cola. All the ticket sales prizes were donated by the Coca Cola Mottl ing Co. of Klamath Fall. To the immense enjoyment of the Saturday night throng, the royal court performed a Ouccn's dance. Later in the evening, as a finale to the Indian dancing, Oueen Ramona assisted Levi Fasthorsc in the Peace Pipe Dance, a dance steeped in Sioux tradition. Capacity crowds were on hand the first A nights and the specta tors overflowed onto the floor the final night. General chairman of the whopping affair was Rob ert Doak of the Reservation Javcees. A large quantity of the booklets was unsold during the encamp ment, and according to Gladys Price, "In an effort to find a con structive use for them, vVe have come up with the idea of offering awards to American Indians for their best efforts in the various arts, if we can sell the booklets to set up the award fund." During June 23 to June 30, 1960, a festival will be held at Fastern Oregon College exhibit ing the artistic and literary tal ents of the Indian people. The amount in the award fund will be announced at that time. Dr. Frank Mennett of Eastern Oregon College states that his college will sponsor an outstand ing American Indian artist dur ing the festival. The success of the program de pends to a large extent upon the sale of the booklets. However a number of Indian artists who have already gained recognition in their fields have pledged them selves to assist in the develop ment of new talent. George M. Cochran, a Cherokee portrait artist, for instance, has pledged fifty per cent of his profits from the sale of his prints of original portraits to the award fund. The Klamath Reservation Jav cees cooperated in the sale of the booklets during the All Indian Invitational Hasketball Tourna ment. The Hooklcts are now on sale at the Education Office in Chiloquin. ALL-INDIAN SHOW (Continued from Page 1) sponded to the request for help in the sale of tickets in the Klam ath Falls area. Members of the Herald and News staff, churches, Toastmistress clubs, as well as other individuals pitched in to promote the show and help sell tickets. The U. S. Hank had a window display promoting the show and J. C. Penny's set aside a booth in the store the Saturday before the show where several members of the cast in costume sat with interested non-Indians of Klamath Falls to sell tickets. After the show, the members of the cast were hosted, by the people of Klamath Falls to a get togcthcr at the Y.M.C.A. It has been reported that the Reservation Discussion Group has been invited to stage the shovv at Kingslcy Field in Klam ath Falls during the latter part of April. The proceeds for this coming show, it has been tenta tively reported, will be shared with Kingslcy Field by the Dis cussion group for recreational purposes.
