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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1985)
Page 2 December 6, 1985 J h .. ......I . . •' .......... ‘ ~ spilyay ty m o o j Dedication opens Simnasho Longhouse to activities Those attending the dedication o f the new addition to the Simnasho Longhouse joined together in song to honor the new building. The long-w aited ad d itio n to the Sim nasho Longhouse was D.,, 44' i j 4U 4' 4' '4- • 4i. t l . zf . . . dedicated in cerem onies held Ribbon-cutting concluded the day s dedication activities. Opening the new Longhouse are (left to N OVem ber22 Comm unity mem- right) i Warm Springs chief D elvis Heath assisted by a Pasha M arie Smith, elder M atilda M itchell and - • ., elder Herb Stwyer,. bers gathered to rem em ber the L onghouse of yesterday and to e x p re s s th e ir h o p e fo r th e Longhouse of tom orrow . The im portance of children to th e L onghouse was em phas- ized by the num erous com m un- ity members who spoke in h o n o r of the new religious and social center. It is im p o rtan t fo r child- ren to be guided by their parents and directed in the p ro p er way to carry on In d ian religious ways. D edication cerem onies began w ith W ashut songs. C om m un- ity m em bers and guests circled the new Longhouse, symboli- caIly wiping out the old tracks of those w ho have gone and m arking the freshly fallen snow with new tracks in w hat is known as t he “ Circle o f Life.” Paftici- pants j n the ddy’s celebration shared prayers, dinner, indivi- dual speakers and ribbon-cutting activities. ■ I l ■ i Floor sparkles during opening ceremonies at new Simnasho Longhouse dedication. Spilyay Tymoo photo by She wciyk Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk Lisa Wallulatum signs guest register at Longhouse dedication. Census bureau seeksimprovement in 1990 The B ureau of Census met in O klahom a City, O ctober 30-31* with Indian tribes from O kla hom a and K ansas to review the 1980 Census data collection pro cedures and to obtain tribal input into the developm ent of a tab u latio n system for the 1990 report th a t will m ore a p p ro p riately meet the statistical needs of the A m erican Indian popula- tion: The review and questions focused upon the heed for tribes to-provide accurate population d ata, by service area, to various federal and state funding agen cies.-/.-. A m ajor problem identified by the tribes was th at the fund ing agencies only accept statis tics com piled by the B ureau of Census. U nfortunately, the 1980 Spilyay Tymoo * Spilyay Tymoo Staff* * * * * * * * MANAGING EDITOR ......... ............................. Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR .„........... .................Donna Behrend Dark'rÓQrrìJ'wjitor Reporter Typesetter Marsha Shewczyk 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 Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay 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 per year Census rep o rt failed to tabulate tribal population by service area, C onsequently, the tribes did n ot consider th e C ensus B ureau count helpful and in m any in stances saw it as being detri m ental to their cause when re questing funding from the va rious governmental agencies. The Bureau of Census personnelacknow- ledged problem s with the 1980 Census procedures. They agreed to w ork m ore closely with tribal governments in the development of a m ore useful statistical p ro file of the American I ndian popu- lation for the 1990 report. Individual members honored in Longhouse ceremonies T h e first ac tiv itie s in th e sparkling new addition of the Sim nasho Longhouse were t hose of celebration and thanksgiving. F o llo w in g th e d e d ic a tio n prayers and ribbon-cutting the Longhouse was, open to danc Testifying on Indian reserva alternative to the bills now being ing a n d a c tiv itie s c e n te re d tion gam bling before the H ouse considered in Congress. She said: a r o u n d th e a n n u a l m i n i Interior and Insular Affairs Com “ It is o u r desire to retain the powwow. mittee; M ariah H orn, p rin cip al recognition of tribal sovereignty,« Interspersed with dancing and deputy solicitor in the D ep art to preserve bingo as an eco contests individual tribal m em m ent of the Interior, reported no m ic activ ity av ailab le fo r b ers w ere reco g n ized . F irst th at a recent B ureau of Indian tribes, to assure protection of joiners to L onghouse dancing A ffairs survey indicated there the general populace from unde-: were Jo rd a n P att, Jolene Sim- were 108 gam bling facilities on sirable im pacts of additional tusfus, Andy M cCloud IV ,T ony Indian land. O f these, 104 had gam bling, and to resolve the Gilbert, Jr., Jesse Gilbert, Rosie, bingo, 93 had pull tabs or punch uncertainty as to the legality of Gilbert, Angel S tar Berry, G rant cards, 15 had card games, four gam bling on Indian land.” / Clem ents, Sr., G rant Clem ents, had casino g a m in g ,a nd 15 had Principal elements of the pro Jr., William Clements arid Helen other gam bling activities. posed In terio r bill w ould be: 1) Clements. M ore th an a dozen tribes Bingo would not be subject to R udy C lem ents and Faw n reported gross receipts in excess state regulation, b ut w ould be F olston received their Indians of $1 million annually, includ regulated by a com m ission ap nam es during cerem onies on ing one with m ore th an $ 15 mil pointed by the Secretary of the Saturday. lion. H o rn also reported the Interior, and 2) All other form s T h e O rdination; o f W arm d ep artm en t has pending some of gam bling would be subject to Springs sub-chief Pierson M it 16 requests th at land be taken state regulation. H o rn said the chell was of special im portance. int o trust for gambling and other regulatory com m ission would The Q ueahpam a clan and fam purposes; in ten cases the land “require audits, investigations ily having selected M itchell as was aw ay from thè trib e’s reser of em ployees, th a t profits be sub-chief last y ear honored him vation. an d n e a r p o p u la tio n used only for the benefit of the with gifts and a giveaway. ; centers or highways to have tribe, th at games are operated Q ualifications for his selec greater access to non-Indian cus only on the reservation o r tru st tion as sub-chief are num erous, tom ers. • land w here the tribe resides as a according to A nna Clements. H orn said the D epartm ent community and exercises govern P ierson M ic h e li displays lead w ould subm it a d raft bill as an m ental ju risdietion.” ership in Indian culture having Bingo not subject to laws 1 know ledge of the Indian lan guage and the ability to inter-, pret the language into English. A lthough M itchell participates a n d so m e tim e s o fficia tes at W ashut rituals he em phasizes th a t he is still in the process of learning. / M itchell is involved in com munity activities including fund raising, V eteran’s of Foreign W ars, T ribal Council, W ater Board, and as a m em ber of the C ouncil on D rug and A lcohol abuse. The 52 year-old sub-chief gra duated from M adras high schoof and attended O regon Technical Institute for one year achieving certification as an electrical teeft- nician. M itchell has w orked for the tribal organization fo r 15 years a n d now holds the posi tio n o f p ublic a d m in is tra to r trainee in the Tribal C ourt depart ment. Also honored during the week end were M artinez H eath and Kathleen Foltz. The family spon sored a give aw ay and h onor dance. Susan Moses was also honored by her family. D rum m ing for her during her h o n o r dance were elder drum mers from W arm Springs. .
