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Spilyay Tymoo V' '; : ... . lit Staff at the Warm Springs Elementary f: i:' '( I. J V'"."'fiaiirr w i J .i on wheels program for Senior Citizens in uecemDer iyyt. i neir goai was to collect $500.00 and if they did, they would wear their pajamas to school for one day, December 20. They did not reach their goal, but wore their pajamas anyway. 1997 Spilyay Tymoo C alendars are available for $5 each. Calendar features old photographs courtesy of The Museum At Warm Springs. Call 553-3274 now to get your copy! Speech-continued from page 3 her head is held high as she moves smooth and elegant with the beat of the drum. Her head is held high say ing "And I will continue to survive, not only for me but for those who Happy 5th Birthday Perry Kuckup Kalama III & Latasha Sampson ' ".' .' Love, Shanell, Colleen, Papa, & Mom Tina, Aaron & Rose & family, Mom Debbie & Dad Perry, Pebbles, Sam & girls . t To Rosie Baby Happy 13th Birthday Love, your uncles, grandma, & grandpa of Upper Dry Creek i Si .. I tsrotners & sisters too. trapped. What dance is in your nean; Tribal member speaks opinions-continued from . . . ... , 1 nUin,iMHnf nnr Indian oeoDle: not only here in Warm Brothers & sisters too this cift we call life. The natural state of things. Being human. Our society is sick. Out of balance. Trying to live an illusion. Too much TV. Too much value placed on money. And we are sickening to allow this ugliness to continue! Why?! There is something very wrong here in Warm Springs, Oregon. We project this image of success to the outside while our children, our people continue to murder themselves, poverty Joblessness, no opportunities. Economic starvation's.. .genocide's. Too much of our resources is being funneled to too few of our people. Their living is our dying. I don't think this is what our elders had in mind when our ancestors endured enormous hardships to enable our present generations to enjoy a better life style. Our Indian People. I think we are moving too fast for our own good. Our future generations are getting lost in this crazy fast paced senseless way of life. We have to slow down, physically & fiscally. Take inventory. Count our blessings. Conserve our resources for future generations as our elders did, as it should rightly bc....7 generations. 7 G. You, as individual tribal members have the power tochange things. VOTE. It would only take a few of us to vote the budget down. Reevaluate whether we think we are getting a honest return for our honest investments. We are not at this point, we are being fleeced. You have the power. Vote. You have the power to change the direction for our people, ourselves, by exercising your voting power. Think of 7 G, our elders. s i if' j 3 collected $319.35 for the meals were pointlessly slaughtered. I will keep their memory alive with my existence." Each time she raises her fan to the sky, it is to honor yo.. ancestors; she will then replace her fan held in her hand, on her hip and continues to dance. As you examine her white buckskin dress you notice the small and intricate beadwork; her beadwork is sparkling in the sun; there are designs in so much detail that you cannot see the detail. You know that someone has taken pride in this dress and has spent many hours preparing it. The dress itself is made of white buckskin, which is the best and the most beautiful there is. On her head is a basket hat that she has made herself. It is perfect; there is no flaw to be seen. On her feet her moccasins are a great exhibition in beadwork. The beads cover the front top, and you find yourself starring in awe. You feel pride as you watch her dance. You are proud that she is a strong woman. You are grateful she is your grandmother. No matter what dance is in your heart, there is a place for you. in the Circle of Life. Each dancer is appre ciated, just as each person in the tribe is needed. If you are a Fancy Dancer or a Traditional Dancer, you are both looked upon and honored by others. If you have earned the title of a Tra ditional Dancer, I regard you with the highest esteem and I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. If you were born with the Fancy Dancer in your heart, I pray to the Great Spirit that you keep dancing nnH npvp.r allow vourself to be en trapped. What dance is in your heart? We need to funnel more or our resources into our children, our el ders, our yet-to-be-born, our future. In stead of all of our resources going to Madras, etc. I have never been too much on boot licking. Kissing up to anybody to "get ahead". I haven't sold myself, my opin ion, voice, for a fat paycheck. I've al ways tried to be straight forward, honest, sincere, with my opinion. I've always stood up & fought back when I felt somebody was out to hurt our people here in Warm Springs. My fighting attitude hasn't always worked to my benefit, nor my family's benefit. But when you see a very small group of people stealing the largest por tion of our natural resources; then some body has to voice that there is organized crime, racketeering, etc. going on here in Warm Springs, Orcgon...thcir living is our Indian people's dying! This is the bottom line. Their orga nized rip off means that there is less resources to invest into our own tribal people. For all the millions of dollars that our tribal budget squanders each year, why don't we have a library, teen center, training school, trade school, small businesses so that we can cycle our resources through our own community & people. We are being economically starved to death. Not by accident, by design. The violence, alcohol, drugs, poverty, hopelessness are only symp toms of our fiscal sickness, that enables too few to rip off too many. To our Warm Springs Tribal Mem bers, what if we voted the multi million dollar budget down next year. Rewrite our resolutions that makes provisions to invest X amount of our resources into ft s Get ready for Lincoln's! The 20th annual Lincoln's Powwow celebration is fast approaching. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Included on the raffle are a denim jacket, Pendleton blanket, Pendleton Jacket, capote , coat, fringed shawl, buckskin vest, hand drum, star quilt, Indian doll board, weekend stay at Kah-Nee-Ta, Museum sweatshirt and shirt, macrame chair, beaded cap, ice chest of pop, two $100 cash prizes, two $50 cash prices, $25 cash, Indian Head Gaming satin jacket, Indian Head Gaming denim jacket and many other items. Selling tickets are senior candidates Lillian Heath and Charmain Watts and junior candidates Shayla . Frank and Valerie Suppah. On Saturday, February 1 , 1997, there will be a memorial with dinner and re-jouiners and opening blessing of the Simnasho Lolnghouse. Committee asks that all re-joiners be February 1 (those re joining the dance circle) after a period of mourning. New dancers that are joining the dance circle are Friday, February 7 before Grand Entry at approximately 6 p.m. On Sundays at 4 p.m., fund-raising auctions will be held at the Simnasho Longhouse. Donations are welcome. Thanks to all Dear People of Warm Springs, thP iQQ7Mi Warm Snrincs Arlisa Rhoan. May VU11IUIUIU11VI4J IV hjw the scholarship award enrich all of your higher education. Congratulations also to second runner-up Mandy Switzler. Great job! This year's Miss Warm Springs Pageant was a wonderful and unforgettable experience for me. It was an enjoyment to see the number of community people there to support the pageant and this year's contestants. This was my first pageant and my participation would not have been possible without the generous support of my parents and family. I would like to specifically thank Adeline Miller, Carol Craig, my niece Gladys Graybael, Jolene Estimo-Atencio, Anita Jackson, Bernice Mitchell, Deadline Friday, February 7 Let the world know how you feel about that special someone! (Plus, it won't cost you a dime!) Please, nothing too long or distasteful. nnr nwn mmmtinitv & DeoDle instead of allowing certain individuals to steal most of our resources or funneling resources elsewhere. Their living is our dying. I've never been nobody's yes man. There are some very good investments, such as the Early Childhood Education Center, New Health Center, Community Park, Housing, Culture Museum, Kahneeta, WSPFI, plus our small busi nesses. Still yet, the majority of our people are not getting their money 's worth. Liv ing in poverty, violence, addiction, etc. A very small minority is ripping the rest of our tribal people off. Greed is a fast growing social disease here in Warm Springs, OR...Whitcman sickness...again killing off our values, our Indian people's. The reason I'm hoping that the Pioneer will print my thinking is be cause there is no freedom of our press, newspaper, here at Warm Springs. I've sent numerous articles to our local Spilyay Newspaper, editor, only to realize after many tries, that our Spilyay newspaper is not going to publish ar ticles that question the powers that be here in Warm Springs. Of course one has to understand that Warm Springs is a company town as everybody works for our WS Confederated tribes, either di rectly or indirectly. I know, from experience, that speak ing out for our Indian People here is WS is dangerous. Once you speak out. you lose your job, home. etc. ctc.They put the pressure on to shut you up . train you...like in boarding school "Kill the Indian but save the man"...yeah. right!! Tratn me to be a bootlicker!? No thanx, your boots are licked enough & I see all the hurt your white society inflects on MWfit''!yi OOP p.m. WmBmM Fancylild ltaliti()al ffflWl R yMmw)l6yls-antl Under' 0mMmnW $ ' :MWm&Ili 1 7-49 yrs7 Men mMdW 0 SfMLWr flip Wnrm SmmMmSmi 1 vysx9zsr""b jJt&rjtft&ff who helped ' Nathan "8-Ball" Jim, friends, family, Rehel and Di at Braids and Boots and ft tne community tor uic wuuutnui support. Thank you to Susan Guerin for her outstanding efforts to coordinate this year's Miss Warm Springs Pageant. Last, but never least important, I thank the Creator for all the gifts and opportunities given to me. Always, in my endeavors, I remember the inspiration my grandparents provided me and their memories are always with me. I look for only hope in the future and will work to inspire the next generation to do wonderful things. I encourage all young eligible ladies to participate in next year's Miss Warm Springs Pageant. Again, thank you everyone. Direlle R. Calica our Indian people; not only here in Warm Springs, but all across this sick nation.. .living the good lite on our In dian people bones. Their living is our dying. How much longer are we going to vote yes to keep everybody except our own tribal members, living the good live. Vote the budget down in 1997. Shut down for 6 months. Get rid of all the so called managers, supervisors, consult ants, apples, Uncle Tomahawks, white guys & gals that are only here for the money. , , , I recall in the early 1960, you couldn t drag a white guy to Warm Springs, cause they could smell the poverty our WSCT live in now days, you can't drag them out with a team of wild horses.. .Ripping us off...big time. Crooks..no law..no con science for stealing. This is all I have to say, at this time. Oh, yeah, it is late, but I would like to thank all the people of Warm Springs that voted for my grandson, Shawn Eaglehcart, who is now a Warm Springs Confederated Tribal member and thanx to those who voted against him too, cause at lease you voted. This is how you empower yourscll to change things for the good of our Indian people all across this nation. I've made many mistakes; this docs not stop me from caring about our Warm Springs Confederated Tribes and all In dian peoples....! understand the destruc tive course white society is leading us down. If we, as WSCTnbal people do not Tght to keep our human rights, land, resources, values, family, etc. etc. Then we will lose everything. DRUMMERS; $)00 3 HanJ Drum Cgrtftp'ontocJ by Girls Traditional 13-16 yrs. Sponsored by; 1995 Senior Queen fawn Begay and Jr. Queen Laritta Greene VendorConcession information contact: Sandra Sampson Wallulatum: "Ask questions; demand answers"- To the Editor, I am concerned about the direc tion our Tribe seems to be going. I am also concerned about the actions of Tribal Council we're not re sponding to issues until the eleventh hour. My main concern is financial. We don't seem to be following a pattern Drum and dance class held weekly The Madras Junior White Buffaloes Drum & Dance class is held at the Jefferson County Middle School every Wednesday after school from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. All interested youth can contact Mr. Reggie Winishut at 553-61 14 or Mr. Gene Harvey, Sr. at the JCMS or leave a message at 475-7253. Input gladly accepted regarding the club. Would it be convenient for after school hours or held as a class for 2 hours during school hours. Please share your thoughts with the above named persons. page 4 It's not too late. V It's not too late. We have too many white guys stealing too much for too consuiui onaiiy,.Sou..gd eu ivy lone While our own WSCT live in pov- the people informed as to what is erly happening. I urge people to wake up. Lets get together and take back our If you have concerns, let your opin WSCT resources, business, top positions, ion be heard. Ask questions; demand I know tor a tact tnat our own muum people are more loyal to ur people then some ole white guy. Vote no on our 1 997 budget. It might be a little difficult but it will benefit us all, all our WSCT people & others in the long haul. Whatever happened to our elders words of thinking 7 generations ahead. To think of the unborn, think of our eldrcs, our children.. .we are losing our griponourlast asset.. . Warm Springs.Jf we lose our land & resources as we are doing now by allowing white guys & other outsiders to "take care" of our tribal dollars then our children will be truly homeless. We can change things for the better for our people. We have the power to vote & change our tribal con stitution, laws or lack of law. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts. Warm Springs, home, is very dear to me, as arc all of our WSCT. It is time to defend ourselves. If our so called "leaders" will not defend us. then we have to do it ourselves. If you are not already bought and paid for (w ith your own money) and have a little back bone, I encourage you to speak out, or ganize ourselves into a group that will stand up against these thieves, crooks, ex-bankers, that are stealing everything we have. EE-took-tee-ig-wa Bobby Eagleheart :qpTOTAi BlackUgr. CLCflCTO.W 553-3290 (541) 553-3556 to balance the budget. We have a close estimate as to what our rev enues will be, but we spend almost all of our revenues for operations. Never have we been so close to spending more than we take in. We're not looking forward by developing new jobs, improving in come, anticipating the demands of population growth. We've developed our resources to the saturation point without realizing and utilizing new scienctific technology. We must prepare our people and our reserva tion for the future. We have inexperienced people m our enterprises. They are not meeting the expectations of those who set them up this is not just one enter prise, but all. We must change our course. If we were on the outside, we'd be headed for bankruptcy. Every year, we authorize that a certain amount of money be depos ited into our "rainy day" fund. This money is to be used for emergen cies a good example would be the Kah-Nee-Ta rebuilding. We have used these funds to pay the annual dividend at Christmastime the bo nus should come from profits, not from this rainy day fund. The Tribe is no different than any other government those in charge are answerable to tneir constituents. The nconle have a richt to know what mm-Tr. answcrs. Nelson Wallulatum Wasco Chief Museum sets schedule Changing Exhibit Gallery Sched ule Indian Humor (12497 to 37 97): Reception Friday, January 24, 1997 sponsored by Warm Springs Forest Products 4th Annual Warm Springs Community Children Art Show (3 1 397 to 42597): Reception Thurs day, March 1 3, 1 997 tentatively spon sored by Robert Woods Healthy Na tions 4th Annual Tribal Member Art Show (5297 to 62797): Reception Wednesday, May 2, 1997 sponsored by Kahneeta Vacation Resort Glass Tapestry (7297 to 92 97): Reception Wednesday July 2, 1997 sponsored by Kahneeta Vaca tion Resort & Indian Head Gaming Parflestch's & Abstract Paint ing (91 297 to 1 21 597): Reception Friday September 12, 1997