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Page 2 September 11,1981
SPILYAYTYMOO
DON’T FORGET!!
the
509-J Budget Election
Tuesday, September 15, 1981
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
See page 8 for further information
Siletz powwow planned
The Confederated Tribes of
Siletz request the honor of
your presence at their first
annual Powwow Encampment
on Government Hill scheduled
for September 11, 12 and 13,
according to Pauline Ricks of
the powwow committee. The
Siletz will be celebrating the
return of Government Hill and
3,600 acres of reservation land.
Opening ceremonies at 11
a.m. on Saturday the 12th will
include a special Seven Drum
ceremony dedication (Warm
Springs Drum) and blessing of
the land. This is the first time in
many, many years that the tribe
has had such an event on their
own land.
“Nothing would please us
more than to have our brothers
and sisters of other tribes join
us in the dedication and
blessing of the land,” said
Ricks. “It has been a long and
hard fight to regain restoration
and a reservation for our
people.”
The Siletz will be celebrating
one year on September 4 since
they regained their land base
and, on November 18, it will
have been four years since they
were restored as a federally
recognized tribe. The Siletz
have been working hard on
Government Hill clearing the
land for this “very humble and
historic event.”
Ancient archaeological site discovered
A small cave, known as Lava
Islan d R o c k s h e lte r was
recently discovered on the
Deschutes National Forest
southeast of Bend, Oregon.
Preliminary investigations at
the' site suggest that the cave
may have been used 10,000
years ago.
The site, reported by two
local student archaeologists,
was brought to the attention of
Forest Service personnel in
March 1981. Recognizing the
importance of the site, the
Forest Service immediately
contracted with professional
archaeologists to investigate
the cave. Excavations at the
site, aided by Forest Service
employees, began in July and
will be completed this month.
One of the most important
finds at the site was a group of
32 obsidian spear points,
ranging from two to five inches
in length. This cache is the
largest single find of Paleo-
Indian points in the Pacific
N o rth w e st. P a le o -In d ia n
people are thought to be the
earliest inhabitants of North
America, arriving as long as
12,000 years ago.
Other projectile points
recovered during the excava­
tions include smaller dart
points and tiny arrowheads.
Darts about four feet long were
flung with a throwing stick or
“atlatl”. Darts and atlatls were
used for hunting game before
2,000 years ago. The bow and
arrow, which required a much
sm aller sto n e tip , was
introduced after that time.
The cave was apparently a
te m p o r a r y c a m p u se d
intermittently by hunters for
thousands of years. Broken
rocks and charcoal indicate
that some cooking activities
took place at the site. A small
assortment of stone tools, bone
fragments and stone flakes also
suggests th a t scrap in g ,
butchering and tool sharpening
took place on a limited basis.
A bark-lines pit some three
feet in diameter was also found
in a corner of the cave. The pit
was apparently built by a native
hunter as a storage pit. The
empty pit and scattered bark
slabs suggest that the hunter
returned to retrieve cached
goods.
The project analysis and
report on the site will be
completed this winter by
Heritage Research Associates
of Eugene.
The Forest Service requested
complete excavation of the
sh e lte r b ecause of the
vandalism and potential loss of
remaining artifacts. Removal
o f a r ti f a c t s , in c lu d in g
arrowheads and projectile
points, form Federal lands
without permission is against
the law. Once a site is disturbed
by artifact collectors, much of
its value for understanding the
past is lost.
The rockshelter, which'
overlooks Lava Island and the
Deschutes River, will be
d ev elo p ed as a v is ito r
information point during the
next year.
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Years of learning earn Trudee honors
by Marsha Shewczyk
The young women, Trudee and prepared.” The girls each
among them, were judged in went before a panel of judges
ten different categories; and were questioned on current
dedication to the advancement e v e n ts , k n o w le d g e o f
of Indian people, ability to traditional culture and on
communicate and speak before general knowledge. They also
an audience, poise, potential, participated in a fashion show,
lndianness and appearance, talent show, powwow, parade
In d ian d ress, sc h o la stic and attended luncheons and
achievement and interest, skills dinners held in their honor.
All of the candidates were on
and talents, scope of interest
and knowledge of govern­ a r ig o u r o u s s c h e d u le ,
ments and ability to get along according to Miss Warm
Springs. She says they were up
with people.
Even though the title was at 5:30 a.m. putting on
claimed by 21 year-old Jerilyn buckskin dresses which were
LeBeau, a Cheyenne River worn all day and “the pageant
Sioux from South Dakota, itself was trying both mentally
Trudee was ecstatic when she and physically.”
During it all Trudee says, “I
was selected first runner-up.
She said, “1 was up against the learned a lot about myself. I
best. I knew I had to put aside learned there is no such word as
all of my fears and do what I do “I can’t!” And of course she
learned a lot from the other
best. I couldn't fool around.”
Each of the contestants girls. She says, “They knew
strived to attain the goal set by their Indian language but also
the theme of the pageant, “Miss had degrees in college. It made
Indian America is always ready me realize I should do
something.”
During the four days of
activities Miss Warm Springs
received support from her
mother, Anna Clements, who
accompanied her, and from
Amos Simtustus who acted as
her escort. She was very
pleased when Amos had come
* * * * * * * * Spilyay Tymoo Staff* * * * * * * *
to the pageant to help her.
As a c o n te s ta n t and
MANAGING EDITOR ........................
...... Sid Miller
re p re s e n ta tiv e of W arm
ASSISTANT EDITOR ................................. Sandy Rangila
Springs, Trudee has received
PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST/WRITER Donna Behrend
letters of congratulations from
Oregon’s Governor Vic Atiyeti
REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHERS
and from Representative Scott
Ratliff of Wyoming. Atiyeh
Pat Leno
Marsha Shewczyk
w rote, “ You are to be
TYPESETTER ................................. Priscilla Squiemphen
commended for your extra
effort and abilities which were
FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976
rewarded with the first runner-
up title....O regonians are
Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the
proud of your out-standing
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs,
representation of your family,
Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building.
friends, Warm Springs and our
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state, in the 1981 Miss Indian
to:
America pageant.”
Representative Ratliff had
Spilyay Tymoo
this to say to Trudee, “I think it
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is Indian people like yourself
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
that keep the Indian world
Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285
moving forward at a pace it
and The Darkroom ext. 286
should while retaining the past
that is ever so valuable to the
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entire Indian world.”
Since she was a tiny tot Miss
W arm S p rin g s , T ru d e e
Clements, has been learning all
she could about traditional
Indian ways. At age four she
got her first buckskin dress and
began competing in dancing at
powwows. She did well in
school, gained in leadership
abilities and competed in
pageants as she grew older.
And just this year Trudee was
named Miss Warm Springs.
But the culmination of
Trudee’s experiences so far
came on August 8 when she
placed as first runner-up for the
title of Miss Indian America.
With nineteen other candidates
she competed for the nation’s
top title for a young Indian
woman who will reign for one
year as a representative of the
Indian people.
The 27th national Miss
Indian America pageant was
held in Sheridan, Wyoming.
S p ilya y Tym oo
Before leaving fo r the Miss Indian America pageant in Sheridan,
Wyoming Trudee practiced fo r her traditional Indian
presentation. Behind her are the many awards she has received
from dancing competition, horsemandhip play day and pageants.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewcxyk
Now away at school in
Lawrence, Kansas, Trudee is
working towards her degree.
She expressed disappointment
in not being able to represent
Warm Springs at the next
NCAI conference in Alaska but
her school work is very
important to her. She has to
stay at school. Her experiences
as Miss Warm Springs have
added both inspiration and
goals to her plans. She
expresses' her appreciation
particularly to the Tribal
Council for sponsoring her at
the Miss Indian America
pageant. \