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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!
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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 .
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To Rosie Baby
Happy 13th Birthday
Love, your uncles, grandma,
& grandpa of Upper Dry Creek
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. . . ... , 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.
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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
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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,
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Warm Snrincs Arlisa Rhoan. May
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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