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2000 Spring Competition Pow-Wow Winners
Basketcap Special
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4.
Beverly Allen
Arleta Rhoan
Katrina Walsey
Wainanwit Schroeder
5. Rachelle Begay
Yakama
Warm Springs
Yakama
Klamath/Nez
Perce/Warm
Springs
Yakama
Golden Age Women
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2.
3.
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5.
Arleta Rhoan
lolaTotus
Aurelia Stacoma
Regina Wheeler
Donna Clark
Warm Springs
Yakama
Warm Springs
Yakama/Nez Perce
Klamath
Golden Age Men
1. Ron Shoots the Arrow
Sioux
2. Frank Plumage
Assinibione
3. Ray Blackwater
Blood/Blackfeet
Sask. Canada
4. Uren “Bunski” Leonard Warm Springs/
Wasco
5. Jackson Kit-Tsle Bussell
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom
by Walt Klamath
For the last few months, I have been attending an honor guard training in Salem
conducted by the Salem American Legion. I have relearned many things that I had forgotten
since my discharge from the military.
We have been training quite a bit on manual arms. Also, some drill steps seem a little
harder to do now than in 1951. We are doing these things to honor our comrades in arms
in their crossing into the Spirit World. We are sending them along in a good way. I think that
this is good.
One big thing I’ve noticed is that there are no young people doing this. To me, this
is sad. We need some young blood in there to carry on these ways. All of the people there
are my age or older, at least at this particular lodge.
My understanding is that we need a minimum of four rifles on the firing line, two for
the flag guard. The volley of shots is not a 21 -gun salute, but a volley of three by however
many rifles are present, ideally seven.
The 21 -gun salute is a Navy term, fired by the Navy big guns. You see, a rifle is not a
gun. While in the service, I did sleep with my rifle on more than one occasion because I
referred to it as a gun. This is how the command broke us of calling our weapon a gun.
The funeral home is the one that contacts the guard. The family decides what it
wants done and the guard will do everything in an honorable way and by the numbers.
Anyone interested in being part of the honor guard, please contact Norman Counts,
police chief; Bob Jensen at the clinic; or myself. Some training should be done on the
procedures. This really will come easy because most of us did this quite extensively while
on active duty.
The folding of the flag almost becomes an obsession to make it come out right.
While the flag is being folded, the following words are read to the receiver of the flag and
then the flag is handed over:
The banner of love and devotion, now being folded, is a living memorial of the
courageous thoughts of our comrade, the one you came here to honor this day (name).
The blue field represents the sky that overlooks our land and denotes watchfulness of
God the eternal. The red stripes tell us of the blood, sweat, and tears that have been
offered and conquered by our comrade’s devotion to the responsible freedom of (his/her)
country. The stripes boldly proclaim the peace that (he/she) helped bring to our future
generations. This is (his/her) flag, this is our heritage. Receive it with the tears of our minds
and the faith of our hearts. Ah-ho.”
Wisdom of the Elders
Since before time, geese have flown in a “V” formation. Scientists have decided that
there is a purpose for this. It seems that it cuts the air so it will be easier for the following
geese. A question has been around why one leg of the “V" is longer than the other. Well
now, according to the elders, the reason why one side is longer is because there are more
geese on that side.
10
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Arlissa Rhoan, 2nd place,
Women’s Traditional
Women’s Traditional
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2.
3.
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5.
Noella Crazybull
Arlissa Rhoan
Karen Umtuch
Leah McGurk
Tisa Pinkham
Seminole
Warm Springs/Siletz
Yakama/Nez Perce
Dine/Apache
Nez Perce/Cree
Women’s Jingle
Max Alex
Navajo
Paula McCurtain Blackfeet/Choctaw
Acosia Red Elk
Umatilla/Cayuse
Bridget Eaglespeaker Blood Alberta,
Canada
5. Tilda Waisey
Warm Springs
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