JANUARY 13, 1978 PAGE 3
Counselor Position Filled
by Roger Stwyer
You don’t know where
you’re going unless you know
who and w here you are and
where you come from.
With th at p hrase in mind,
Sm all-Fire Hawk, who will be
the new counselor a t M adras
High School, has made it one of
his goals to get as many Iridian
students to rem ain Indian and
yet learn to live with their con
temporary every day surround
ings.
Originally from Churchill,
Manitoba, Canada, Small-Fire
Hawk sta rte d as U.S. History
teacher at Madras in the school
year 1976-77. Effective January
23, Hawk will be the new Indian
Here he chats with student Fox Leonard (right).
counselor, a position left vacant
for the p ast eight weeks. A
graduate from the University of
California a t Berkeley, 32 year
old Sm all-Fire has four years
experience in counseling ; two
years in Bishop, California and
two years in Hoopa, California.
Moreover, Hawk has taught So
ciology, Psychology, Indian His
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tory, and has coached football,
basketball, and track. He is cur
rently assistant varsity coach in
basketball, football, and track at
Madras.
At the p resent tim e, Hawk
isn’t certain as to Whether or not
he will be the Indian Club
advisor but m entioned th at he
would like to be.
As for the Indian students,
Sm all-Fire would help their
needs and get them in a position
to help themselves educationally
and socially. But attendance has
been and alw ays will be a
problem a t MHS. “ A lot of the
students don’t care because they
have no reason to c a re ,” says
Hawk of the attendance prob
lem. Hawk wants to give them a
reason to care.
Separatism has always been
in public schools. Wherever you
go, the Indians will be in one
group, and the white people will
be in another. Small Fire Hawk
sees two sides of this ; “Good in
a group because they (the In
dians) can keep up their tr a
ditions, bad because people
wonder why we do the things we
do.” Hawk continued, “We wear
his (white m a n ’s) clothes, his
shoes, his h ats, we drive his
cars, we know a lot about their
culture, but they know nothing
of ours.” Hawk had no immedi
ate solutions to this problem
which, for m any, c a n ’t be sol
ved.
“ I like it, I like counseling,”
stated Small-Fire Hawk.
Counselor Has
New Year's
Baby
The first baby born in J e f
ferson County in 1978 belongs to
the new Warm Springs grade
school counselor Bill Bailey and
his wife Cathy.
Alison Jean Bailey was born
at M ountain View Hospital at
1:00 p.m . Ja n u a ry 5, 1978. She
weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz.
Alison is the Baileys’ second
child. They also have a son
Joshua who is 3 years old.
Brands Should
Be Registered
All brands th a t a re not
registered with the Tribes or the
State m ust be brought to the
Natural Resources Departirient
before M arch 31, said brand
inspector Gordon Scott.
This would include any.
brands th at have changed or
have been tra n sfe rre d to new
owners.
The brand, along with the
owner’s name, and address and
the d istric t in which the live
stock will be run, should be
brought in or sent to the Natural
Resources Department as soon
as possible for registration.
Talent Show on Again
Murder Suspect in Custody
made by the Oregon State Police
Crime Lab on January 4.
Colwash’s half clothed body
was discovered by off-duty
Warm Springs police officer
Cliff Jenkins Sunday evening
D ecem ber 18,1977 on the P101
In custody a t Rocky Butte road behind Alice’s Restaurant.
Ja il in P ortland is M erlin Roy Colwash had been shot nine
B ranham , 19, a resident of times in the head.
Warm Springs and a tribal
As described in a complaint
m em ber. B ranham , who was filed with the U.S. A ttorney’s
arrested January 4 at the Tribal office, B ranham was seen in
Jail, was indicted by the grand possession of the m urder wea
jury January 11 on a charge of pon early on the 18th at a Warm
Springs home where a party was
first degree murder.
going on. Branham allegedly left
The FBI investigation lead the p arty with the victim at
ing to the arrest of the suspect around 5 a.m . The gun was
revealed that the bullets causing returned to the site of the party
Colwash’s death were from a on the following day.
stolen 22 caliber revolver that,
B ranham was a rre ste d at
was in Branham’s possession a t' the Tribal Police Station by Bob
the time of the iricident. Positive Mannix of the FBI in Bend and
identification of the weapon was charged with the murder.
Rising tension in the Warm
Springs community in the after-
math of the December shooting
of 16 y ear old Ja re e n Colwash
has been somewhat stemmed by
the arrest of a suspect.
February 16 is the new date
selected for the annual Talent
show to be held at 7 p.m. at the
Warm Springs Community Cen
ter. So for those who got their
act together for the December
show (which was postponed),
there is ample time to refine and
polish.
P roceeds from the event,
which is open to anyone in the
C entral Oregon a re a , will go
toward the community Fourth of
July celebration. Any type of
Paglaing commented that it was
his first time witnessing such an
event. One inm ate recalled a
pow-wow he went to in White
Swan, Washington, he said that
he had never seen anything like
it.
The Warm Springs.people
who went to Salem include
N athan Jim and his fam ily,
Sammy and Millie Colwash,
Perry and Verbena Greene, Ber
nice Mitchell, Rodney Mitchell,
and Wiggy Sooksoit. There were
also people from other tribes.
A contest to see who would
be Princess of the Wanata Club
was challenged to the girls who
were in attendance. Locals Alice
Jim and Annette Jim entered
Second place will receive $40
and a trophy, th ird place wins
$30 and a trophy, and fourth and
fifth will g a rn e r $20 and $10
respectively.
There will also be a Lions
Club raffle featuring four draw
ings for a quartered steer.
Admission charges will be $2
for adults, $1.50 for students
12-18, and $1.00 for grade school
age and younger.
For further information or
details contact Uren Leonard or
Elton Greeley at 553-1161.
Second Annual Employee Banquet
The Confederated Tribes will
be having their second Annual
Awards banquet at Kah-Nee-Ta
lodge February 3.
The commemorative event
will get underway at 6:30 with a
no host cocktail hour and the
m eal is a t 7:30. The M aster of
Ceremonies for this year’s ban-
Wanata Club Holds Row-Wow
by Roger Stwyer
A very seldom heard of club,
the W anata Club, has been
holding two socials (pow-wows)
a year and nobody has known it.
The Wanata Club is the In
dian Club of the Oregon State
Correctional Institute in Salem,
Oregon. Bobby P a g la in g ,
Apache, is presently the chief of
the club and he also h as a sub
chief and medicine man. Wanata
Club m eetings a re held bi
weekly on Fridays.
At a recent pow-wow at the
Correctional Institute, a group
of Warm Springs people travel
ed over to participate and have
religious ceremonies before the
pow-wow got underw ay. Chief
talent is welcome.
Rehearsal time has been set
for February 13 at 7:10 p.m., full
dress rehearsal is February 15
at 7:10 p.m ., and the Talent
Show itself will be at 7 p.m. on
February 16 at the Community
Center,
Door prizes will be d istri
buted between acts, and special
features designed to delight the
audience are being planned.
For the first place winner
the prize is $50 and a trophy.
but a student from Salem reign
ed as P rincess. According to
activities supervisor, Wayne
E atherly, first first nam e was
C arla, but he didn’t catch the
last name.
Activities supervisor, Eath
erly, her first name was Carla,
but he didn’t catch the last
name.
Activities supervisor, Eath
erly, stated that he would like to
get the club members into mak
ing costumes and dancing.
The residents of vocational
training in cooking prepared a
huge cake for the guests in a
totem pole shape. Eatherly esti
mated the cake to be six feet by
two feet.
quet will be Mr. Cliff Y arnell.
An added a ttra c tio n for this
year’s occasion is there will be a
guest (comedian) speaker which
should brighten things up a bit.
His nam e is Mr. Roy Craft,
former editor of the Skamania
County Pioneer who was also a
publicity agent for Marilyn Mon
roe.
Craft has appeared at sev
eral gatherings throughout the
West Coast bringing sm iles to
many faces. The Spilyay Tymoo
staff had the opportunity to see
Craft in action at the Northwest
Indian news sem inar about a
year ago in Spokane.
In addition to the guest
speaker there will be door
prizes. There will be two, the big
one being a weekend for two at
some lodge in Washington or
Oregon. These a re the lodges
that work in conjunction with
Kah-Nee-Ta in the form of an
exchange basis. The other prize
will be a dinner for two a t the
lodge. T here will be several
other door prizes draw n a t in
tervals during the ceremonies.
Guests of honor will include
the tribal council members and
their spouses, Dan Myles, Persh
Andrews, Jim Cornett, and re
tired Tribal employee’s. There
will be a special table for these
guests.
The purpose of this banquet
is for the Confederated Tribes to
recognize th eir em ployees for
their years of service and also to
mention those who have just
joined the T ribal em ploym ent
rolls. It was stated by several
la st y e a r th a t the reason they
didn’t atten d the banquet was
because they thought it was for
those who had achieved Certain
goals. But this is not so. This is
for every Tribal employee, as
the Confederated Tribes a re the
“Host.”
A spokesman said that there
would be two drink tokens given
to each trib a l employee which
can be used any time during the
evening.
The m eal will be served
buffet style with a v ariety of
dishes of turkey, ham, meatloaf,
etc.
After the dinner and award
ceremonies there will be a live
band for your relaxation and
dancing. All Tribal employees
should be there.