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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1978)
PAGgA JANUARY g, Simnasho Elders Plan Powwow The Third Annual Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow has been scheduled for February 10, 11 and 12 at the Simnasho Long- house. It is sponsored and plan ned by the Simnasho Longhouse Elders. The events will include con tests for children eleven years of age and under, teen boys and girls, and adult men and women. Special events to be held are? an auction which will be held every day when time al lows; a raffle drawing every day (tickets may be purchased daily from Princess candidates for 25 cents each or in blocks of $5.00); and on Saturday a trophy will be given to the best group enter tainment. The trophy is sponsor ed by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Green with additional money from the Simnasho Longhouse Elders. Sunday Washut services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Later in the day, the Suppah and George Clements Families will sponsor a Robert Suppah Memorial Open Straight Dance, to be accom panied by a give away. The big raffle will be held on Sunday after the Robert Suppah memorial straight dance. Tick ets can be purchased from one of the five princess candidates, for $1.00 apiece. The young women hoping to be crowned Queen of the Lin coln’s Birthday Powwow are: Lorraine Suppah, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Suppah; Trudee Clements, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clem ents ; Carmel Squiemphen, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Squiemphen; Colleen Seelatsee, 16, daughter of Frank Seelatsee and granddaughter of Ellen Heath; and Lila Telakish, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Telakish. Drummers and singers, who will be coming from as far as Canada and Montana, include World Champion Badland Sing ers from the Ft. Peck reser vation in Brocketon, Montana, the Treaty Six Singers from the Thunderchild Reserve in Saskat chewan, Canada, the Heart Butte Singers from the Black feet reservation in Montana, and the Snake River Singers from the Sho-Ban reservation in Ft. Hall, Idaho. Nathan Jim Sr. will emcee the three day activities. Anyone interested in hostil a visiting family, or need! moré information on the pOi wow, please get in touch wi| any one of the members of tl Simnasho Longhouse Eide] committee. wel of I Thi OS ! oft« fch< mu Wa Da cip wo ev< thí op Ds nei wa Cl Di fa To na W be m ,ar ■ fo of COLLEEN SEELATSEE AND LORRAINE SUPPAH he Sf ¡ib STORY BY PRISCILLA CARMEL SQUIEMPHEN SQUIEMPHEN N t " ! c Í ii li 11 J d . 3 LILA TELAKISH TRUDEE CLEMENTS AND MRS. ANABELLE CLEMENTS PHOTOS BY CYNTHIA STOWELL
