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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Suppahs prefer the old days compared to today: "People move too fast, always in a hurry"
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Franklin "Chin" Suppah at his home in Simnasho.
Franklin Suppah, age 69, was born in Warm Springs November 28,
1926 to Frank Suppah and Clara Scott both of Warm Springs. It has
been too long for him to remember his grandmother's name but his
grandfather was Jimmy Scott.
Suppah has two brothers and three sisters-Delson Suppah, Frances
Suppah, Arlita Rhoan, Ellen Thompson and Delilah Suppah.
Suppah grew up in the Schoolie Flat area farming about 500 acres
with his dad. He started learning when they were almost up to getting
machinery. They raised about 100 head of cattle.
Suppan said he rode horseback most of his life, that was their
transportation until about 1940 his family got a car.
He spoke both English and Indian throughout his life.
He went to school at Warm Springs Boarding School until the tenth
grade and played various sports, he said, "You name it, I was there
playing it. Except bowling and golf, I didn't want no part of that." He
worked at each sport to perfection. He played basketball for a long time
at tournaments all over the northwest with various teams. He has won
about 35 championship jackets, T-shirts and sweatshirts.
It was in the tenth grade that he was required to transfer to Madras
High School, they were to begin associating with Madras. Suppah
wanted to transfer to Chemawa so that he could continue playing
sports. He was not allowed to do that so he dropped out of school.
During a part of his life he lived with his aunt at the LeClaire Ranch,
where they owned three to 400 head of cattle and horses. During this
time he gained extensive experience with livestock. He later had one
hundred head of cattle of his own and to this day is still raising cattle
and race horses.
It was about this time he started going to local rodeos where he used
to calf rope, wild cow milk, team rope and saddle bronc. He did this for
about ten years. He also began to race horses starting with a saddle
horse, then half breeds and running relay pony express. To this day he
owns race horses and travels with them all over the Northwest.
Suppah served in the Army and is a veteran of World War II since
he was 18. He took his basic training in Texas and was assigned to be
a Military Police along the Pacific Coast. He was sent to World War II
and it was ending when he got there. He joked with his friends that they
heard he was coming and they got scared.
He feels that being in boarding school helped to take care of himseli
and keeping clean. He felt that it helped him prepare for the service
where he took care of himself.
For employment after his military assignment he used to work in the
potato fields in Central Oregon. He said working in the old days kept
rum healthy. He compared today with the old days and said, "Trouble
with people these days, too much trouble to work. In the old days you
work everyday and you were healthy. Things are too fast novvvyounger
generation always in a hurry and want to take short cuts. Then they
expect too much and want it handed to them."
Franklin also expressed that if there was more religion the world
wouldn't be so messed up. He and his wife Margaret attend the
Washut Services every Sunday.
In 1947 Suppah married Margaret Frank. They have now been
married nearly 50 years and have 10 ten children. Five boys-Frankie,
Ronnie, Vemon, Lincoln Jay and Lauren and four girls-Wanda, Lisa,
Lorraine and Joycelynn. They have numerous grandchildren, the last
time they counted they had 23 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Margaret Frank-Suppah was born August 30, 1932 to Charley Frank
and Myrtle Frank. They have both passed on, Charley was in his 50s
and Myrtle was in her 80s. Margarets grandmother's name was Yessessi.
That was her little girl Indian name. Her grandfather's name was Jim
Yahtin. He was from the Tygh Tribe from Tygh Valley. He lived in
Tygh Valley until he was moved here to the reservation.
Margaret's father worked for the Roads Department driving the
trucks until he passed on. Her mother picked berries and did summer
field jobs. She also worked hides and made gloves in the wintertime,
"Like all the old people did," Margaret says.
Margaret had live brothers and three sisters-Atkins Frank, Wilson
Frank, Jacob Frank, Alvis Frank and Delbert Frank, Lydia Murphy,
Nora Frank and Marena Miller. She has a half brother, Olney Patt.
Margaret grew up in the Simnasho Valley and went to boarding
school during World War II. She attended Simnasho School until it
closed, she then transferred to boarding school.
Transportation for Margaret's family was horseback and wagons.
She says, "Some cars were coming out, Mom had a car but we didn't
get to go anywhere with her."
Margaret worked with her mom in berry and potato fields during
the summer, they used to pick hops in Corvallis also. She later worked
at Kah-Nee-Ta as a maid. She worked at the Tektronics Plant in Warm
Springs for 17 years. Now she cooks at the Simnasho Longhouse
during Washut Services and is involved in gathering berries and roots
for the feast with her daughters.
She never played sports but liked to ride horses and she learned to
bead work.
After marrying Franklin Suppah they traveled with race horses
until she got tirea of it and decided to stay at home.
Margaret compares the past to the present: "I think we're worse off
now than back then. Kids used to listen more but you can't understand
them now. They're doing drugs and drinking alcohol. It's kind of sad
how they live their lives. You can't tell they ounger generation anything,
they know it all. They don't like to work, just sit around and do nothing
all day."
Margaret suggests that we try to figure out why kids are the way
they are. She realizes that parents don't take care of their children
anymore. The mother is out working and fighting for her equal rights,
not taking care of her children. Margaret feels that women are to be the
followers and men are the leaders. The mothers are supposed to take
care of their children not the babysitters. She says, "Moms now don't
know what their kids are doing or how the babysitters are treating
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Franklin "Chin" Suppah served in the Army during World War II.
shouldn't cry around and say "Why did they do this?" They should
correct their kids before it comes to this.
She feels that the Warm Springs tribes can afford to have a school
built so that the Warm Springs students can attend here. "We've been
told that we have to mix with Madras, but, I don't think they'll ever
accept us," Margaret said. She goes on to say, "I have grandchildren in
Sorts and you nave to be twice as good as the white people to be on
e team." She feels that Madras gets a lot of money for our kids but
they will drop them out as fast as they can. Then they go to boarding
school.
Franklin and Margaret would like to see a store and gas station at
Simnasho so they don't have to travel 20 miles to gas up or pick up a
loaf of bread.
Margaret also likes the idea of an Old People's Home. She likes the
site behind the Senior Citizen Center because there is no hillside.
People in Simnasho have a hard time on the hillside, they sometimes
fall down.
Franklin likes the idea of having a casino here in Warm Springs but
he feels it is in the wrong place and should be along the highway. He
says, "They done right by bringing it, if it's taken care of in the right
way."
While Margaret is against having a casino, she says, "It's another big
problem. Traffic comes through Simnasho fast and sometimes turn
into our roads. A group of teens ran our kids dog down once, maybe
next time it may be one of our kids."
Margaret Suppah at her home in Simnasho.
them."
She said that kids now could put you iniail for spanking them. They
know this and so they are not disciplined. The kids are talking back not
only at home but at school and on the bus. Margaret says that the
parents should be correcting their children in the home, it is not the
schools responsibility.
Franklin says, "It should be like the old days, you shake a stick at the
kids every now and then. It'll put their ears right back on and they'll
think more of it next time. Now they got rules that say you can't touch
your kids. That just spoils them." He reels that if there was a whipman
in the court and the parents want their kids to get whipped they
Margaret when she was in her teens.
Activities scheduled for the following two weeks of Summer
There are only two more weeks of are:
summer Recreation Program.,
Summer Food Program and Summer
Work Program.
Activities from the summer
activity guide for the next two weeks
August 2 Field Trip to Trout Lake,
leave at 9:00 a.m. and return at 4:30
p.m.
August 3-4-Museum Living
Traditions, Dip Net and Pole Fishing
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by Hank Palmer, 1 1 :00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
August 5-Trout Lake Day Camp,
ECE enrolled school-age children
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
August 3-6-Trout Lake 4-H
Camp, Session I for grades 2-5.
Camper arrival time-10:00 a.m. to
noon. Contact Arlene Boileau at 553
3238 or 3239. Energetic, enthusiastic
volunteers needed to lead and guide
youth.
August 5-Warm Springs
Recreation, "Shoot the Rock,"
Basketball CampSkills and drills
through fundamentals Open to the
public. Starts at 1:00 p.m. Instructor
is Randall Cook, Swinomish Tribe.
August 6 Billy Mills Track Meet
at Madras High School Track.
Opening ceremony at 5:00 p.m. with
events starting at 5:30 p.m. Bus leaves
Warm Springs at 4:30 p.m. and
returns at 9:00 p.m.
August 6-Kah-Nee-Ta Jr. Golf
Tournament, 553-1 1 12.
August 7-8-OSU Basketball
Camp, coach Jody Spoelstra, OSU
Women's Team. Community Center
Gym 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
August 7-11 -Trout Lake 4-H
Camp, Session II, grades 6-9. Camper
arrival time 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
August 9-Last day of Summer
Recreation and Summer Lunch
Program and Summer Work
Program. Summer School
Recognition Barbecue, combined
with Summer Work Program.
August 9-Field Trip to
Washington Park Zoo, leave at 8:15
a.m. and return at 7:00 p.m.
August 10-11-Museum Living Oregon Coast Aquarium Overnight
Traditions, Tribal Traditions for TripforBestJuniorHelpers.Callfor
Hunting and rishing by terry details, limited attendance.
Courtney, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
August 12-13-Warm Springs
Summer Recreation, Free Willy.
August 15-16-YDEP Youth
Camp Out, Session 2. Call 553-3324
for details.
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Penny Carnival had many booths for children, one booth was the jail, children paid five cents to get out of
jail.