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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.
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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.