PAG^E 2 JUNE 17,1983
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SPILYÀY TYMOO
Tickets, tickets and more tickets... .
Four girls selected for queen candidates
Lena Ike
Rowena Begay
The annual Pi-Ume-Sha
T r e a ty D a y s P ow w ow
committee has chosen four
local young ladies to serve on
the Pi-Ume-Sha court. The
four selected to seek the queen’s
title are Rowena Begay, Lena
Ike, Lillie Van Pelt and
Dorothy Yahtin. The queen
and three princesses will reign
during the three-day celebra
tion.
Rowena Begay, age 17, is the
daughter of Tom and Fern
Begay of Simnasho. She is a
graduating senior of Madras
High School this year. She has
been active in high school
Indian Club serving as the
treasurer and a member of the
Future Business Leaders of
America. Rowena enjoys
reading, dancing and traveling
to th e m any d if f e r e n t
powwows, making friends
during her travels. She is an
enrolled m em ber of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and of Warm Springs
and Navajo descent. She plans
to attend Mt. Hood Commu
nity College this fall and major
in the field of business. Rowena
is granddaughter of the late
S p ily a y T y m o o
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Lillie VanPelt
Hartman and Edith Queah-
pama of Simnasho and the late
John and Ruth Begay of
Shiprock, New Mexico.
Lena Kim Ike. whose Indian
name is Bi-yow-nish, is the
daughter of Daisy Mae Ike of
Warm Springs and Fred Ike,
Sr. of Yakima, Washington.
Theh 18-year-old Lena is
attending Chemawa All-Indian
school Salem, Oregon where
she will be a senior next fall.
She is a “B” average student
and active in the school’s
varsity cheerleader squad, a
volleyball player, assistant
manager for the student snack
bar, Jr. class treasu rer,
assistant kayaking teacher for
1982, dorm president, Indian
Club and powwow committee
member. She lists as her
hobbies and special interests:
beading; cooking; powwow
tr a v e lin g an d d a n c in g ;
attending concerts and movies;
and shopping for clothes. Lena
is of Warm Springs, Wasco and
Rock Creek descent. She
expressed thanks for those
people who have purchased
tickets from her, for each sale
will help to make the Pi-Ume-
Sha powwow a success.
Lillie VanPelt, age 18, of the
“Class of 83” at Madras High
School is the daughter of Eliza
Brown and the late Chester
Van Pelt, Sr.. Being a part of
the Pi-Ume-Sha court will give
Lillie a chance to meet people
and represent her tribe-.. .-She
expressed that she has had a
great interest in Indian dancing
but due to deaths in her family
has not always been able to
participate. She has received a
great deal of encouragement
from her grandmother Lizzie
Rhoan and feels this may be a
new start for her. Lillie was
active in the high school Indian
Club as secretary and a
representative for the Title IV
education committee. She
enjoys beadwork and sketching
as hobbies. She is. the
granddaughter of the late Tom
and Sadie Brown of Simnasho,
Oregon and the late Dorothy
George and Levi Van Pelt of
Umatilla, Oregon.
Dorothy Yahtin, age 16, of
Warm Springs is the daughter
of Chesley and Ameila Yahtin
and the granddaughter of
Wilfred Yallup of Yakima,
Washington and Hazel Tewee
of Warm Springs. She attends
Madras High School and is a
so p h o m o re . D o ro th y is
presently active in the high
school Indian Club. She has
Resort robbed
A Kah-Nee-Ta employee
reported to the Warm Springs
P o lic e D e p a rtm e n t last
Saturday morning that an
unidentified person holding a
gun robbed the Kah-Nee-Ta
village entrance gate of $200.
Night auditor Dave Pischke
called the police department at
12:10 a.m. reporting the
robbery. The dispatcher in turn
contacted special agency
officer Jerome Main who,
along with tribal officers
responded to the call and
conducted a thorough search of
the area. The search turned up
nothing.
Pischke could not give a
description of the armed
robber nor the type of car in
held the Miss Celilo Wy-am for
1979-80 and 1982-83. She is
currently the 1983 Jr. Miss
W a rm S pFi ng s i ♦p r i n cess.
Dorothy enjoys meeting new
people, . traveling -to different
powwows and making friends.
This summer shp hopes to
attend .powwows , in - Utah,
A riz o n a ,. New M ex ico ,
Colora.ilo, South, Dakota -and
Idaho.
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The young ladies will be in
the community selling tickets
for raffles which will be held
d u rin g the P i-U m e-S ha
celebration. This • year,- the
powwow will feature the 14th
annual individual and team
c h a m p io n s h ip d a n c e s.
A traditional dress parade will
be held on Saturday, June 25 at
10 a.m. Indian stick games will
start on Friday,June 24. A stick
game tournament will be held
at the Pi-Ume-Sha grounds. A
ladies and men’s slow pitch
softball tournament sponsored
by the Inter-Tribal Sports
Shop will be held during the
weekend of the powwow. Two
runs, a six-and-one-half and a
two-point-two, will also be held
on S a tu r d a y , J u n e 25
beginning at 8 a.m.
$200
which he was traveling.
Pischke said he was instructed
not to turn around, but to just
hand over the money. The only
thing he saw, according to
Main, was the barrel of a gun,
which is thought to be a small-
caliber pistol.
The incident is still under
investigation.