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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1982)
Page 2 April 9,1982 Spiiyay Tymoo Full day of events scheduled for the Longhouse There will be traditional Indian singing starting early in the morning followed by a name giving ceremony on Saturday, April 10. The name giving ceremony will be carried out in an old traditional way. All families who participate in this will go through certain tribal traditions which has not been witnessed here in recent years. The Wasco Chief will lead the activities during this sacred ceremony as a child is selected to carry on a name of an elder who has passed on. After all rituals áre completed, there will be a dance to honor all the youngsters who have received a name. The day’s events will also include a “First Kill.” This ceremony is torecognize a child who successfully killed his first FUTURE FISH RU NS— Rita Squiemphen daily feeds frys and checks fish tanks located across the Deschutes River near the Hydro-electric project. The frys will be released later this month to help insure future fish runs in the Deschutes River. The Tribal biologists feared the natural spawning grounds might suffer from sediment during the removal of the coffer dam earlier this year so the fish tanks with their small wards were installed to replace any fish that might have been destroyed. Spiiyay Tymoo photo by Leno Miss Indian Northwest Raffle to help ceremonies A raffle is being held to help Andrew D avid with the expense of a five-day religious ceremony to be held at his home at the mouth of Dry Creek. The ceremonies will start on April 27 and go through May 1. The end of the ceremonies will mark a semi- Coordinator, 5352 S.E. 89th, retirement for Andrew. He will P o rtla n d , O regon 97 2 6 6 . perform his last singing service Phone (503) 775-5520. Entry but he will continue with his forms are available at the other religious practices. Spiiyay Tymoo office for those interested in entering from Andrew has held ceremonies Warm Springs. Parents or throughout the winter and he guardians’ signature is required has handled the expense, if the applicant is under 18 according to a member of his years old. f a m ily . T h e u p c o m in g ceremonies will have people Contest to be held at PSU The Miss Indian Northwest 1982 contest is scheduled for May 8, 5 p.m., and will be held at Portland State University. This year’s contest will be held in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the U.I.S.H.E. powwow (United Indian Students for Higher Education) The event will take place in the Portland State Gym, S.W. 10th and Hall, Portland, Oregon. There \yill be a free dinner for the participants and their families served at 5 p.m. The top ten finalists will compete for cash prizes and trophies for the first, second and third finalists. There will be Pendleton blankets, shawls as well as other gifts and prizes. Any interested girls of at least one fourth ( *4) degree Indian blood between the ages o f 16-21, is eligible to enter the contest. Girls selected as finalists must be available to report to the Committee at 5 p.m. Friday, May 7, where all the girls will be judged. The winner will be crowned on Saturday, May 8th. Two Princess attendants will also be selected at that time. For further information write or call Barbara Farmer, Former Miss Indian Northwest Title Winners I II III IV V VI VII V ili IX X XI Ramona Fry Lasarte Debra Jackson Pat Umtuch Ike Cassamera Rhoan Mariann Oneroad Smith Lorena Thompson Kathrine Minthorne Peri McDaniels Tina Bates Aufblyn Stwyer Eaglespeaker Ruby LeClaire S p iiy a y T ym oo * * ★★ * * ★ * Spiiyay Tymoo Staff* * * * * * * * MANAGING EDITOR ................... , ............ . Sid Milled ASSISTANT EDITOR ................................. Sandy Ranglla PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST/WRITER Donna Behrend REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHERS Pat Leno Marsha Shewczyk TYPESETTER .................................Priscilla Squiemphen FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spiiyay Tymoo should be addressed to; Spiiyay Tymoo P.O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274, 285 and The Darkroom ext. 286 Subscription Rate: $6.00 p erye a r Colville Warm Springs Yakima Warm Springs Lummi-Sioux Cayuse-Walla Walla Umatilla Klamath-T chinouk Klamath Warm Springs Shoshone-Bannock deer. The cerem ony will include a dinner, give away and a tribal dance to complete the fete. There will also be a period of the day set aside to honor the present Miss Warm Springs, who is Lyda Scott. Through out the coming year Lyda will travel and represent the Warm Springs Reservation at various Indian meetings and conven tions; she will also enter contests at Indian pow-wows and in other gatherings. Miss Warm Springs will participate in all activities during this Root Feast weekend. The daily schedule is said to continue into the evening hours merging into the old Indian dances which are seldom seen by the public. The Longhouse committee invites everyone to come and enjoy the day. coming from many Western states. To help defray the e x p e n s e , p e o p le in the c o m m u n ity h a v e g o tte n together and donated items for a raffle with the proceeds going to pay for expenses. Numerous items are listed for the drawing to be held April 30 and other items will be added. Tickets are 3/$1.00 or 50c, and can be purchased from family members. April 30 will also mark Andrew’s 80 birthday. Andrew has been a well- known religious leader for many years. People who are interested in making donations for the ceremonies can contact members of Andrew’s family. People’s Opinion Here is what some people had to say when asked. “What is the first thing that comes to your mind when Easter is mentioned to you?” Mayann: “I think it is a special day in which everyone thinks of going to some kind of. church service.” Jeri: “It is a special day for a family get-together for a dinner There will be an open and afterward watching the m eetin g fo r a ll at the children hunting easter eggs.” Community Center to discuss Louie: “A bunch of fast little the Environmental Assessment for the Forest Management rabbits.” Plan of the Warm Springs Magen: “We are trying to get Indian Reservation. 1982-1991. The meeting is scheduled for our little boy involved with the April 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. easter egg hunting, eating the candy. This will be his first year participating.” Carmen: “Five children all wanting something new for Easter. And we don’t get a paid holiday, we should get the following Monday off.” Norma: “All of our families getting together at one place and all the children having a easter egg hunt.” Jackie: “A fat rabbit with a basket of chocolate.” Margie: “The first thing that comes to my mind is easter eggs and than comes new bom babies and little animals. Local voted as rep. for WSIRA “Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys,” is a so n g w h ich R ita Squiemphen didn’t really pay heed to as she has a family of cowboys and cowgirls. In her opinion rodeo is a good sport for a family. Rita’s family involvement in rodeos has given her a great knowledge a b o u t th e s p o r t . T h is knowledge has earned her the respect among Oregon Indian cowboys and cowgirls, they showed it by electing her as the Oregon Representative for Western States Indian Rodeo A ssociation (W SIR A ) for 1982. As representative, shew illbe responsible for getting rodeos sanctioned by WSIRA. Each state that belongs to the organization . must host a minimum of three rodeos in their state a year. At this time there are three sanctioned within the state of Oregon, Tygh Valley, Klamath Falls and Sheridan. Rita also holds voting power in the WSIRA director’s meeting, they are the people responsible for making and maintaining policies and rules for the organization. W estern S ta tes is an organization which promotes rodeo for Indian people. Each year regionals are held and those winning in their region carp the right to participate in the National All-Indian finals held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rodeos are sanc tioned by WSIRA and the money earned by contestants are totaled and points are given for each dollar. The contestants earning the most money in an event earns the right to go Regionals. The top winners then go to Nationals. Rita’s family is well known on the rodeo circuit. Her five daughters are known for their barrel racing ab ility and roping, her son Terry has been One of the top saddle bronc in WSIRA in past years and her husband Earl is a team roper. Earl was chosen as WSIRA a lte r n a te B a rrel R a c in g director this year.
