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Author relates reservation life—Part IV
In th e p reviou s segm en t,
Harold discovered the “myster
ies” o f fellow classmates, the
¡breakers, the preppies and the
“norm als.” He also discovered
that his thoughts were not un
known to his grandfather, that
he had really known what Harold
was thinking.
by Frederick Bobb
O n C h r is tm a s m o r n in g ,
H arold aw oke to the sound of
his g ra n d fa th e r's voice. S till
sleeping, Harold nodded his head
to w hatever his g randfather had
asked him . T hen, hi rolled over
an d continued to sleep. H aro ld
w asn’t sure o f the tim e until his
grandfather woke him once again
to tell him , “Y ou said you were
going hunting w ith me. Now get
up and get ready.”
H aro ld ’s eyes shot open.
H unting?
F red B obb told H arold to
dress w arm ly so th a t he w ould
n o t get to o cold. So, as any fool
w ould do, H arold p u t on a thin
sh irt and a coat. T h at had been
plenty to keep him w arm . In the
house a t least. H arold p u t on
tw o pairs of therm al socks which
he th o u g h t w ould protect his
feet u n d er the five-dollar tennis
shoes. He told his g randfath er
th a t he was ready.
“ G o tell y our grandm oth er
th a t w e’re leaving n o w /’ his
g randfather replied.
H arold was sure that his grand
fath er was aw are of the conver
sation which to o k place between
Peter B urnest and himself. Peter
B u rn e st w as a c lassm ate a t
school. T hey had talked for
a b o u t 20 m inutes ab o u t the
“crazy old m an ,” an d H arold
had insulted his gran d fath er so-
m any tim es, th a t he co u ld n ’t
co u n t them anym ore. He had
m ade the rem ark o f “the person
w ho th o u g h t o f the w ord ‘tra sh ’
had m ost likely seen m y g ran d
fath er an d th o u g h t th a t was the
only w ord to describe him .”
H arold had once again insulted
his ow n people. It had scared
him know ing th a t his g ran d
fath er seemed to know when
H aro ld was disloyal to his own
people. Now, he was being p u n
ished by having to go hunting.
O r was he?
N o more than 15 minutes later,
H arold R. Sim pson an d F red
erick B obb were w alking up a
hill th a t was alm ost straig h t up
an d dow n. H aro ld ’s feet had
already begun to m elt the snow
th a t su rrounded them and th a t
m ade his feet tu rn icy cold.
H aro ld ’s g ran d fath er had told
him to dress w arm ly, b u t he had
n o t said it w ould be this cold.
But as alw ays, H arold thought,
it’s my fault.
They walked uphill fo r some
time, and then, after w hat seemed
to be an eternity, they walked
along the sloping hill to a field
th a t stretched parallel to the
first hill. They were a t last on
level ground.
Finally they sat on a cold,
snowy stum p to rest. In no m ore
th an two m inutes time they were
once again w alking on the thick
blanket o f snow. Fred seemed
tireless. H aro ld tried to ignore
the scream ing p ain in his feet;
b u t couldn’t do it.
“ M y feet are freezing u p ,” he
Some W.S. Bowling
Tuesday Nite Twisters
T he w om ens T uesday N ite
Tw isters league the top three
team s are; 1st H alf Circle K
w ith a y ^ J U a n d In ter T ribal
S ports also w ith a 17-7 record,
and in th ird place is 5 S ta r Inc.
with 16-8.
M argie T uckta posted a 214
to take high individual game
while H elena Jones rolled a 203
and Betty Lengele a 202 fo r
third.
T he high t?am gam e w ent to
the Confederated Tribes of W.S.
with a to ta l of 8)61, C harlie’s
second w ith 830 and A hern’s
third w ith 829.
, F o r the high individual series
H elena Jo n es had 573, M argie
T uckta 544 an d Betty Lengele
536. . '
.
V
i Hi team series A hern’s rolled
a 2430, the C onfederated Tribes
2419 and third w ent to C harlie’s
w ith 2380.
F o r a special event fo r th at
night M argie T uckta picked up
the 6-7-10 split.
Wednesday nite bowling
L eading the pac is the M eet
M arket w ith a 20.5>7.5 stan d
ing, W .S. C hevron 20-8, W es’
F lo o r C overing 19.5-8.5, M ad
ras A uto P arts 19-9, Z ane Ja c k
son’s Logging Co. and V FW
b o th have a 15-13 reco rd ,
Brightw ood 14-14, ín te r T ribal
S ports 9.5-18.8, C onfederated;-
Tribes an d K ah-N ee-Ta each
have 9-19, and the P rin t Shop
with 7-21.
D ino Jo n es rolled a 265 for
the high individual game Vie
Y ahr for second and C urt D ix
247 fo r third.
H igh game w ent to M adras
A uto Supply 977, second went
to W .S. C hevron 938 an d third
Z ane Jack so n Logging Co. 936.
H igh Individual series went
to C u rt D ix 675, second Greg
C arroll 646 and third Jim Y ahr
635.
The high team series Zane
Jack so n Logging Co: rolled a
2.758, second was In ter T ribal
S ports 2,661, and third K ah-
N ee-Ta w ith 2,657.
Pairings for the night of M arch
27th was as follows: O n lanes
1-2, In ter T rib al S ports vs C on
federated Tribes; 3-4 Brightwood
vs W es’ F lo o r Covering; 5-6
Z ane Jack so n Logging Co. vs
V FW P o st 4217; 9-10 M eet
M ark etv s W .S. Chevron; 11-12
Insurance M art vs W.S. P rint
Shop.
told his grandfather.
His grandfather let out a laugh
th a t was sorr w hat a re lie f to
H arold. H arold had neglected
to say anything to his g ran d
fath er fo r fear o f standing in the
snow fo r 15 m inute listening to
som e lo n g lectu re a b o u t re
specting y o u r elders. But th at
had not been the case.
His g ran d fath er pulled the
heavy-looking bag off his shoul
der, an d searched in it fo r a
while. H e finally pulled o u t a
p air o f hiking b ooks and tw o
pairs o f therm al socks.
“N ext tim e, tell me when you
first feel it,” his g randfather
said, “I d o n ’t w ant you to get
frostbite.”
H arold p u t on the d ry socks
and shoes, and, his feet sighed
w ith relief, A half an h o u r later,
his £eet were to o hot.
T he su rro u n d in g s b ecam e
m o re an d m o re fa m ilia r to
H arold. He was sure now, th at
they were w alking in circles.
There was the stum p and the
frozen lake and the little field
thro u g h which they had entered
the forest. He saw som ething
he’d never seen before,: Like the
houses w ithout a 7-11. A rabbit
hopped across the trail they had
m ade in the snow. Suddenly, he
realized why they were up here.
T o kill an anim al. H arold knew
his gran d fath er w ouldn’t give
up until he h ad accom plished
his goal and it frightened H arold
terribly. H arold glanced dow n
and finally realized that his grand
fath er had been carrying a gun
all along. A real gun.
They finally stopped walking
and they sat by the frozen lake
to eat som ething H arold had
had before. N ot in New Y ork,
b u t here. A nd now, it seemed to
be the best thing in all the
world. This thought was exactly
the opposite of w hat H arold
had th o u g h t w hen he had first
tested the m eat. But now, he
wished he could eat it until he
couldn’t eat any longer.
“W hat kind o f m eat is this?”
he asked his grandfather.
“I t’s dried fish. D o you like
it?”
“Y eah, w here do you b u y it?”
- His g ran d fath er looked into
H arold ’steyes. T here waSa look
of disgust in them . “Y ou can ’t
buy this anyw here b u t from
another Indian,” his grandfather
said. “A nything elseis ju si cheap
im itation. Y our grandm other
made it.”
H arold stared a t the piece of
dried fish in his h and, and w on
dered how anything so delicious
cpuld be m ade right a t home.
W hat a w onderful place this is,
he thought. Food is all around
you. A nd so is the peacefulness
of these lands.
H arold d id n ’t feel right cal
ling it “these lan d s,” so he de
cided to have a private nam e fo r
it. He called it C lear Snow
Valley.
Ju st as the th o ught of Clear
Snow Valley entered his m ind,
Fred cocked his head, as if he
had heard som ething. Fred m o
tioned to H arold to stay where
he was and slowly crept into a
nearby patch of trees.
The m an disappeared into
the thick trees, and there was
silence.
H arold could feel the sun
Ibeating dow n on him , warm ing
his entire b o d y despite the cold
w eather. It com forted him as
“Y up.”
his mother had comforted him back
“Geez.”
in New Y ork.
T hat was the fourth insult
The silence continued.
H arold had m ade ab o u t his
H arold glanced at the sur grandfather. A nd he regretted
round. Behind the lake, bathing saying every word.
in the sun, M ount Jefferson
H arold had very few friends
loom ed like the god o f the forest. in school. N o one w anted to
It to o k an appearance th a t was hang aro u n d With him because
superior in every detail, a n d - - .he c o u ld n ’t b reak d an ce. But
m ostly, it was because Of the
A gunshot echoed into the way he talked about his grand
once quiet, beautiful Clear Snow father with Peter; It had gotten
Valley. T he sharp sound seemed to m ost o f the Indian students
to echo in the wind fo r an eter th at H arold had a great disres
nity. Then the voice of his grand pect for his grandfather—th a t
fa th e r, m u tte rin g som ething he had no respect fo r his ow n
H arold couldn’t hear,
people.
H arold dashed into the thick
This would hurt him, dearly.
trees, leaving his dried fish lying
He now knew how he could
on the cold, hard snow. “Oh help his people. He could help
G od, please let him be all right! them by quit saying such mean
Please! I hope and pray to You things about them. And he could
th a t he h a s n ’t sh o t a n o th e r rem em ber th at he him self was
Indian w ho had decided to take Indian and p art o f a culture that,
h is s tu p id g ra n d s o n s fo r a would exist forever.
w alk.”
On Jan u ary 5, 1985, H arold
But when he found his grand came into a conversation with a
father, he saw th a t he h a d n ’t small girl who rode the same
shot any other Indian, but an bus as H arold.
f Y ou’re a sissy,” she began.
enorm ous elk. Blood gushed
from its now lifeless head.
“Ju st a little g ir l/'
“Oh, dear G od,” H arold said.
“W hy?” H arold asked, won-
The only thought th a t talked , during if it Was the answ er to his
to him this tim e told him th at problems.
there w ould be no Christm as
“Cause you d o n ’t chew, party,
for this p oor anim al.
Cuss, breakdance or nothing,”
“ H e s h o t a n e lk ? ” P e te r she said.
Burnest asked H arold.
“A nd ju st because I d o n ’t do
“ R ight in the head,” H arold bad things, I ’m a sissy?”
replied with disgust in his voice.
“W hat else did you th in k y o u
“Well, couldn’t he have just were? Som e real bad hotshot?”
gone to to w n to get a to ast or she said, giggling. O ther stu
som ething?”
dents joined in her laughter.
“ He had the m oney,” H arold
H a ro ld w o u ld p u t g r e a t
replied.
thoughts into what she had said.
“ But he Went out and killed But, as an orange will m old,
an anim al anyway?”
H arold soon found his only true
friend to be his grandfather.
Basketball fever begins at six and never dies
In the W arm Springs and little the youngsters get the feel
M adraseom m unities, basketball of the ball and becom e com for-
■e
t- y c u ngs t ¿y a- .j a h l e w ith it.
started in the Sport w ith proper BB The M adras Kiwanis is re
sponsible fo r introducing young
in s tr u c tio n and the opport»W ty
people to basketball as a team
to learn theg an m .
F undam entals are acquired sp o rt thro u g h the Y outh Bas
in several program s offered to ketball program . Any young
area youth. Ball-handling tech ster that wishes to play is assigned
niques are learned a t the W arm to a team . V olunteer coaches
S p rin g s C o m m u n ity C en ter teach boys and girls the game.
where F ran M oses has young Ju n io r high and high school
sters passing the ball between students are involved as referees
th eir legs, over their head and and coaches.
j Com petition between schools
from hand to hand. Little by
begins at the ju n io r high level.
M adras Jr. High seventh and
eighth grade students can try
out for a team . In term ural bas
ketball is offered, also, afford
ing all students an opportunity
to play.
C ulm ination of years o f bas
ketball practice comes in high
school when a student makes
the W hite Buffaloes team . I t’s
still hard, steady practice. Those
students not on the team can
still be seen enjoying basketball
at the C om m unity C enter or
with their buddies on the drive
way.
T he co m p e titio n s o f high
ngsters learn ball-handling^
school does not m ean the end of
basketball. F o r those unwilling
to find a seat i p the stands and
who^can’t get basketball out of
their systems there are ways to
satisfy the craving. In W arm
Springs tournam ents are held
fo r adults who w on’t give it up,
who intensely love the game
and who continue to play des
pite graduation from high school.
N o one ever has to give it,up,
after all it ’s healthy and the kids
are old enough to play, now. It
can be said, in effect, particu
larly in W arm Springs, basket
ball players never die, they ju st
dribble à way.
ieir first step.
Root Feast rodeo planned
T he 1985 R o o t F east R odeo
in W arm Springs is scheduled
fo r A pril 13 and 14. D aily per
form ances will begin a l l pJih _
" E v e n t s include: Saddle Bronc,
no lim it, $30.00 entry fee, $100
purse; Bareback, no limit, $30.00
entry fee, $100.00 purse; C alf
roping, no lim it, $30.00 entry
fee, $100.00 purse; B arrel race,
no limit, $30.00 entry fee, $ 100.00
purse; T eam R oping (two loops,
enter twice), no lim it, $30.00
entry fee, $100.00 purse; Wild
HorSe race, lim it eight, Entry
fee, $75 per team , $100.00 purse;
j r . Bafrel racing (12 and under),
no lim it, $15.00 entry fee, no
purse; C alf scram ble (12 and
under), no limit, no entry Tee,
prize given.
Books open from A pril 8 to
A pril 11 with office hours b et
ween 5:30-8:00 p.m. only.7
M ailed entries must be in by
5:00 p.m . on A pril 11 w ith no
exceptions. No personal checks
are accepted. Only cash/ m oney
o rd e rs/c a sh ie r’s checks m ade
payable to: W arm Springs Rodeo
A ssociation, will be accepted.
S end fees to Ginger Johnson,
R odeo Secretary, P.O . Box 541,
W arm Springs^ O regon, 97761;
R odeo office phone is (503)
553-1750.
Community Center Calendar
April 4
April 5-7
April 6
April LÍ
April 12-13
April 23
April 27
Easter basket decorating fconte^t ends
W om en’s an d M en ’s Springers Basketball
tournam en t. C o n tact B obby Sm ith or M ina
Estim o, 553-1023.
E aster p ro g r a m a n d E aster egg hunt, 1:00
p.m.
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LiT Miss W arm Springs bingo, 6:30
B uckskin Boxing tou rn am en t
L ittle League coaches meeting, 6:30 p.m .,
Je rry ’s R estaurant
S pring rum m age sale, 8:00 a.m . set-up time,
open to the public from 10:00 a.m, to 4:00
p.m .
,
K ah-N ee-Ta M ini-M arathon—three, six and
13.1 mile rims, $7.00 entry fee.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewciyh
B y high school basketball players have become com/ortable with Intm cholastic i a i *e(WZ competition begins in Junior High,
the ball.
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