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Editorial
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. Letters to the Editor—
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Hot meals served
Warm Springs people inspiration for writing
To the people of Warm Springs
First of all, I would like to
thank Sid Miller and Donna
Behrend for making it possible
for me to have a story in the
Spilyay Tymoo. Out of all the
letters I have received from
famous writers and producers,
their’s was the one that meant
the most to me. I will forever be
grateful to them for giving me
the opportunity to show my
skills as a writer to the people of
Warm Springs.
But the people I would like to
thank the most are the members
of my family. Without them, I
wouldn’t be here to write a sent
ence. I love them aH. My mother,
father, sisters, brother, aunts,
uncles and cousins. But with
great respect, I would like to
thank my grandfathers: Fred
Bobb, Delbert Frank, Sr. and
Jim Barr; and my grandmoth
ers: Cecelia McKinley, Maxine,
Bessy and Katherine Barr. I will
never forget the inspiration all
these people have been tome,
especially Fred Bobb, the man
I never knew, and I wish I were
alive at the time he was.
I love you all.
More people I would like to
thank.are the people of Warm
Springs, Oregon. W ithout you,
I wouldn’t even have the slight
est idea of what to write. You
are my inspiration. I will laugh,
Senior Hot Meals are served
cry, sing, and grieve along with every Tuesday and Thursday at
you for as long as I live. I love the Senior Citizens Center.
you all.
Seniors age 60 and over are elig
People with comments on my
work, feel free to write and and
share them. Write: Frederick D.
Bobb, P.O . Box 34, W arm
Springs, Oregon 97761.
A tax workshop held Febru
Thank you all for your being
ary 26 and 27 proved beneficial
you.
to those people doing their own
Sincerely tax returns. A second set pf
Frederick D. Bobb work sessions will beheld March
19 and 20 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
ible for free meals. Those indi
viduals under 60 are charged
$2.00 each—pay a t the door.
Menus are posted.
Tax help appointments made
Those wishing assistance in
completing income tax returns
are asked to call Nancy Jolstead
at the Adult Learning C enter,.
553-1428, to make an appoint
ment.
Appreciation for honor
Why are you going to teach Indian children
everyone of you for being with
us and giving us the comfort of
Words cannot express our W arm Springs tradition. T a
appreciation of your support Reverend Elston, Richard Macy,
and overw helm ing kindness Wilson Wewa, the singers and
during this most difficult time drummers, and all of those who
of our loss. You have made the prepared the beautiful meal—
burden of grief much easier to thank you again.
It is a privilege and an honor
bear by sharing it with us.
The honor of the memorial to be considered a part of the
service and dinner at the Long- Warm Springs community.
house will stay in our hearts
Sincerely,
forever.
The Waldron Lessert Family
We wish to thank each and
This is reprinted, with permis
sion, from The Circle. It was
originally excerpted from the
book, “Every Woman Has a
Story.”
To the people of Warm Springs,
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take for granted as universal?
Please remember that “different
from” is not the same as “worse
than” or “better than” and the
yardstick you use to measure
your life satisfactorily may not
be appropriate for their lives.
Dear Teacher,
The term “culturally-deprived”
Before you take charge of the V was invented by well-meaning
classroom that contains my child, middle-class white to describe
please ask yourself why you are something they could not under
going to teach Indian children. stand.
Too many teachers, unfortu
W hat are your expectations?
W hat rewards do you antici nately, seem to see their; fòle as
pate? W hat ego needs will our a rescuer. My child does not
need to be rescued; he does not
children have to meet?
, Write down and examine all consider being an Indian a mis
of the information and opinions fortune. He has a culture, prob
you possess about Indians; what ably older than yours;.he has
are the stereotypes and untested meaningful values and. a rich
assumptions that you bring with and varied experimental back
you into the classroom? How ground. However strange or in
many negative attitudes towards comprehensible it may seem to
Indians will you put before my ,you, you have no right to do or
say anything that implies to him
child?
What values, class prejudices- -that; he is less than satisfactory.
Our children’s experiences
and moral principles do you
Want to buy typew riter
The Warm Springs Presby
terian Church is in need of a.
good used typewriter, manual
or electric. If you happen to
have one lying in a closet unused
and are interested in donating it
or selling it to the church, con
ta c t K a re n S m ith or? Jim
Ackerson.
Shop looking for items
The Kah-Nee-Ta Village Craft
Shop will be opening M arch-1
for the 1985 season. We would
like to offer unique, Indian-
crafted items for sale to our
guests. Have you any items that
could be sold in our shop? If so,
please contact Bernyce Court
ney at the Kah-Nee-Ta Village
Steamed bears
The Kah-Nee-Ta Village p o o l will reopen March 1 after having
been closed fo r refurbishing. The three bears still overlook the
p ool and the cold winter days combined with the warm p o o l
mineral water surround them with steam.
B r
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Toe Ness
The lawyers wife told the maid, “I think my husband is having an
affair with his secretary.” “Oh, so, said the maid, your just saying
that to make me jealous.” YIKES
Order monuments locally
Order your loved ones’ head
stones, monuments or markers
now while the weather is bad so
they will be ready to set when
the weather is good. Various
sizes, colors, designs and prices,
Pickup for sale
SS SS SS
1983 Nissan 4x4 King Cab 5--
After the big court battle the judge said, “This court finds you not speed. Loaded—air condition
guilty 6f horse rustling. The accused, “Oh, thank you, your honor. ing, power brakes, power steer
Does this mean I can keep the horse?” YIKES
ing, four steel belt radials, four
studded radials, sliding rear
SSSSSS
window, A M /F M cassette, tilt
P at Leno-Baker bought her self a enlarger-, some film developing steering wheel. Matching glas-
trays, but here iately she has been bugging everybody for burned stile canopy. 37,000 highway
out light bulbs, seems as though she wants to start a dark ro o m .. miles. $8,000 or best offer. Con
tact Anita Jacksonat 553-1161,
YIKES
ext. 278 Monday through Friday.
SS S SS S
For patients of things they don’t want to hear in a hospital. Doc.
You’ve only got a year to live. Patient: Another doctor said I had
two years to live. Doctor: T hat’s three years right there. What are
you complaining about? YIKES
ss ss s s ^ frQm the Editor
Craft Shop, phone num ber,
553-1112, ext. 459. Consignment
is available for all items suitable
for sale in our shop.
Also needed at the Craft Shop
historical photographs, prefer
able of all three Tribes, to be
used to produce postcards.
all ordered to your wishes-—We
will oblidge. We also have avail
able beautiful silver square
frames that could be engraved
with your loved one’s picture.
This is weatherproof, burglar
and vandal proof—lasts forever!
This frame would be sealed right
onto the stone. You Have to see
it to appreciate its beauty. For
m ore in fo rm a tio n , co n tac t
Lucinda Greene at her home,
on the road, or call her at the
Community Center for appoint
ments.
have been different from those
of the “typical” white middle-
class child for whom most school
curriculum seem to have been
designed (I suspect that this
“typical” child does not exist
except in the minds of the cur
riculum writers). Nonetheless,
my child’s experiences have been
as intense and meaningful to
him as my child’s.
Like most children of his age,
he is competent. He can dress
himself, prepare a meal for him
self, clean up afterwards, care
for a younger child. He knows his
reservation, all of which is home,
like the back of his hand.
He is not accustomed to hav
ing to ask permission to do the
ordinary things that are part of
normal living. He is seldom
forbidden to anything; more
Usually the consequences of an
action are explained to him,
and he is allowed to decide for
himself whether or not to act.
His entire existence since has
been old enough to see and hear
has been an experimental learn
ing situation, arranged to pro
vide him with the opportunity
to develop his skills and confi
dence in his own capacities.
Dedicated teaching will.be an
alien experience for him.
He is notself-conscious in the
way many white children are.
Nobody has ever told him his
efforts toward independence are
cute. He is a young human
being energetically doing his
job, which is to, get on with the
process of learning to function
as an adult human being. He
will respect you as a person, but
he will expect you do to likewise
to him.
He has been taught, by per
ception, that courtesy is an es
sential part of human conduct
and rudeness is an action that
makes another person feel stupid
or foolish. Do not mistake his
patient courtesy for indifference
or passivity.
He doesn’t speak standard
English, but he is no way “lin
guistically handicapped.” If you
will take the time and courtesy
to listen and observe carefully,
you will see that he and the
other Indian children commun
icate very well, both among
themselves and with other Indi
ans. They speak “functional
English” very effectively, aug
mented by their fluency in the
silent language. They will know
th e ir feelings and attitu d e s
without hearing your voice. They
will learn involuntarily. What
they learn will depend on you.
Will* you help my ehild to
learn to read, or will you teach
him that he has a reading prob
lem? Will you will help him
develop problem-solving skills,
or will you teach him that school
is where you try to guess what
the teacher wants?
Will he learn that his sense of
his own value and dignity is
valid, or will he learn that he
must forever be apologetic and
‘^trying harder” because his isn’t
white? Can you help him to
acquire the intellectual skills he
needs without at the same time
imposing your values on top of
those he already has?
Respect my child. He is a per
son. He has a right to be himself.
Yours very sincerely,
His Mother
Tribal Council Agenda
March 4 Tribal Council Meeting
1. 9:00 a.m. Council Business
2. 10:30 a.m. Mini Powwow (M ona Jim)
3. 1:30 p.m. Council Compensation Referendum
4. 4:00 p.m. Rafting Legislation (Jim Noteboom)
5 P.M . (?) Water Meeting Report
March 5 Tribal Council Meeting
1. 9:30 a.m. Ken Smith
2. 1:30 p.m. Stan Speaks, Area Director
March 6 Tribal Council Meeting
1. 9:00 a.m. Tree Thinner (Grant Clements)
2. 1:30 p.m. Minutes
March 11 Tribal Council Meeting
1 .9:00 a.m. Learning Center (Jody Calica)
2. 1:30 p.m. Nursing Home (Bob Jackson, Olney Patt)
3. (?) p.m. Attorney Contract
March 12 Tribal Council Meeting
1. 9:00 a:m. Bob Eagleheart
2. 10:30 a.m. Lee Loomis
3. 1:30 p.m. Health & Welfare Committee
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