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KLAMATH TRIBUNE
MARCH 1961
Browning Cops All-Indian Tourney; Awards
Given Players, Dancers, Queen and Court
RICHARD BARNEY
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The tops in all-Indian basket
ball play was seen at the Klam
atb Reservation Jaycees 1961
all-Indian tourney held at Chilo
March 16, 17, and 18. With
the number of teams reduced this
year to eight, (juality was the
keynote. Capacity crowds were
on" hand each of the three nights
to watch Indian clubs from 5
western states, Arizona, Montana,
Nevada. Oregon, Washington ;
battle it out for the crown.
The opening round of action
pitted Warm Springs against
Sprague River, Toppenish vs.
Fallon, New, IMioenix vs. Brown
ing, and Lodge (irass vs. Klam
ath all-Nations. These games
were all action-packed and the
evening encounters unfolded par
ticularly tense drama as Lodge
(irass came from behind in the
late stages to down Klamath all
Nations. US to 59, and defending
champ Browning had their tough
est game of the whole tourney in
finally overtaking a talented but
understaffed Phoenix team, 99 to
Friday night's championship
round saw Toppenish edge Warm
Springs in a thriller, 67 to 66, and
Hrowning charge into the finals
bv trouncing two-time winner
Lodge (Irass, 101 to K4.
In the championship game Sat
urday night the Browning Black
feet continued their winning ways
by conquering the Toppenish
Papooses 'M to 76 behind the 30
point effort of Murray llarwood,
thus joining Lapwai. Idaho, and
Lodge (irass in the record books
as double tourney winners. The
Black fet Braves can now aspire
to a third tourney win and perm
anent possession of the travelling
trophy. In a preliminary to the
championship game. Warm
Springs was again participant in
a close one, this time coming out
ahead in edging Toppenish S-Sl
in overtime and copping third
place. In consolation play the im
pressive Phoenix Chiefs drubbed
the Wa-Pai-Shones from Fallon
8L(7 to capture fourth.
Tourney awards meted out
after the final game had llarwood
as the most valuable player and
at the head of the list of the all
star players. Other all-stars were
Ron Olnev of Tonpcnish, Ron
Owing of Sprague River, Charlie
Fixico-Phoenix, Buck Sal way -Phoenix.
ICd Mad sen - Warm
Springs, Floyd Crossguns-Browning,
Norm Johns-Klamath nil
Nations, John Williajns-Fallon,
and Owen Old Crow-Lodge (irass.
Reigning as queen over the
1961 tourney was Michelle Mc
Noise, Klamath tribal member
and senior at Sacred Heart Aca
demy, Klamath Falls. She receiv
ed a wrist watch, donated by Bly
l-nKKmtf I the ticket sales
competition Princess Karen Jenk
ins came out first, receiving a
transistor radio, Queen Michelle
was second and received a $25
bond, and Princess Helen Davis
was third, receiving several car
tons of king-size Coke. All ticket
sales prizes were donated by
the Coca Cola Bottling Co. of
Klamath Falls.
Authentic Indian dancing was
again a distinctive feature of the
tourney. Awards conferred in
recognition of dancing skill were:
1st place ($75) Steve James
Washoe Tribe; 2nd place ($50)
Tony Shoulderblade Cheyenne
Tribe; Mil place ($25) Cordon
Frazicr Paiute Tribe; 4th place
($15) Byron Patt Warm
Springs Tribe. Best costume
awards were: 1st place ($20)
Rudy Saluskin Yakima Tribe;
2nd place ($10) Kllen Suppah
Warm Springs Tribe; 3rd place
($5) Krin Kirk Modoc Tribe.
Reservation Jaycee Bob Doak,
general chairman of the tourney,
reports also that it was a finan
cial success.
Investments Program
Slated On TV April 3
A full half hour program fea
turing a panel discussion by
Klamath Tribal members is
scheduled to take place on KOTI
TV on Monday, April .1 at 7 p. in.
The program has been jointly
planned by the Reservation Dis
cussion Croup, the American
Friends Service Committee and
the Klamath Kducation Program.
KOTI-TV officials have been ex
tremely cooperative in offering
the facilities of their station in
presenting to the public, the
Klamath Indian story.
The program will cover a wide
range of subjects including a dis
cussion of the expected pro rata
distribution and its implication to
the Indians and the Basin as a
whole. The program will also re
veal to the general public an
aspect of the Klamath Indian
tribe that is little known and un
derstood. This aspect involves the
educational achievements of the
Klamaths during recent years,
the progress made in employ
ment, and the contributions that
the Klamath Indians have been
making to their community.
Like another Klamath body and
fender student, "Buz" Kirk (Feb
ruary, 1961, Tribune), Richard
has a strong background in saw-,
mill work. lie first gained lum
bering experience working in a
family portable mill. During the
past four summers he has worked
at the B & M mill in Chiloquin.
"I did everything around the
mill but saw lumber. I worked in
the pond, trim lumber, and some
times help run the resaw. I like
it pretty good," he avers.
Despite his busy work schedule
taking in both the school year
and summers, Richard still finds
time to hunt and fish. In fact,
he shows how going to school
can further your hunting and
fishing skills. He points out that
OTI offers "every kind of sport
down there vou want to take
bowling, archery, all that stuff".
Richard signed up for a course
in skeet shooting "whatever it
is". In a more serious vein, he
admits to being fully aware of
what skeet shooting is and that
jt cannot only sharpen his aim
for bird hunting on Klamath
Marsh but also help him in local
trap shoots. He has followed
many local shoots as a bystander
and with skeet shoot schooling
figures they "would be duck
soup". He decided against a
course in spin casting as "I do
that all the time so I thought
I'd do this". He rates as a "master
fisherman" and many of his big
ones have been caught virtually
out of the front yard of the fam
ily's home overlooking a stretch
of the Williamson.
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