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Lincoln's Powwow set for Feb. 1 3-15 1 998 Lincoln's Powwow Queen candidates currently selling tickets
The 21st Annual Lincoln's
Birthday Powwow is scheduled for
February 13-15, 1998, at the
Simnasho Longhouse. Lincoln's
Powwow is a Self Government &
Sovereignty celebration sponsored
by Simnasho Longhouse elders and
Lincoln's Powwow Committee.
Candidates for the senior court
queen are Jamie Howard of
Toppenish, Washington and Daleena
Frank of Warm Springs, Oregon.
Running for junior court is Maranda
Blueback. Due to death in her family
Tiana Tuckta has dropped as a junior
court candidate. These girls are
currently selling raffle tickets for the
powwow for $1.00 each or 6 for
$5.00.
Friday, February 13, 6:30 p.m.
opens with new joiners and rejoiners
and a new joining drum with a
dedication of a drum. Friday grand
entry will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday grand
entry at 1 :30 p.m. and Sunday grand
entry will be 2:00 p.m.
Contest categories are Fancy and
Traditional for boys and girls 16 years
and under and men and women ages
17-49. The point system will be used
in all categories.
Specials to be held are: Round
bustlechicken dance contest, Honor
Special-teen boys and outgoing
queen special. Other specials will be
announced during powwow.
Drummers travel expense money
to be issued totals $8,000. There will
be a 3-Hand Drum contest. The
committee has asked that all local
drummers bring your own chairs.
Co-MC-Nathan "8-Ball" Jim,
West Hills and Ray Whitstone, Onion
Lake, SK, Canada.
For information contact Anna
Clements at 541-553-3290. For
vendor information contact Sandra
Sampson at 541-553-3556.
Jamie Howard
Hi, my name is Jamie Howard,
my Indian name is Hamsili. I am 16-
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Daleena Frank
Senior Queen candidate
Maranda Blueback
Hello, my name is Maranda Lcala
Blueback. I am running for Junior
Court queen for Lincoln's Powwow.
My Indian name is Wa'Kis ta. I am of
the Wasco-Warm Springs-Yakama
tribes. I am 7-years-old and attend
the Warm Springs Elementary
School and in Ms. Benetts second
grade.
My parents are Kevin and Leana
Trimble Blueback of'Warm Springs,
Oregon. My paternal grandparents
are Effie and the late Harold Culpus
(Joann Casey of Warm Springs and
Martin BluebackofPoncaCity, OK).
My maternal grandparents are the
late Frederick Trimble of Hoopa,
California and the late Evangeline
Switzlcr Trimble of Warm Springs.
I enjoy playing T-ball, horseback
riding, swimming at Kah-Nee-Taand
dancing at powwows.
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Jamie Howard
Senior Queen Candidate
years-old and a junior at Wapato
Senior High School.
I reside in Wapato, Washington
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colfax. My
parents are Catherine Howard and
Elijah Wesley both of Wapato, WA.
My late father is James Wolfe, Sr. of
Warm Springs, OR.
I enjoy playing soccer and
fastpitch. I am a silver medalist in
soccer in the North American
Indigenous Games of 1997. I also
enjoy traveling, meeting new people
and going to powwows.
I would like to thank Ray and
Barbara for encouraging me to run
and standing by me all the time. Also
to my very, very, special mother who
also encourages me in everything I
do and for selling tickets. Thank you
to everyone who helped and
supported me.
My advise to everyone is set a
goal and stay with it. No one can tell
you what you can and can't do. And
don't mess with drugs and alcohol.
Lincoln's Birthday Powwow & Self-Govt.Sovereignty Celebration
Raffle ticket items
Pendleton blanket Bike $50 Cash
Pendleton shawl Hand Drum $50 Cash
Pendleton shawl Buckskin vest $25 Cash
Pendleton coat Furry blanket Fringe shawl
$25 lottery scratch-off $1 00 Cash Pair of pillows
Microwave oven $100 Cash Cooler
Macrame chair $100 Cash Other items
$1.00 each or 6 for $5.00
Census Bureau provides statistics on
Valentine's Day, love, marriage
Women's wellness conferences set
Native women from across the
United States and Canada are invited
to join together for two upcoming
Wellness and Women conference,
slated March 8-11 in San Diego and
March 30 through April 3 in Port
land. The Wellness and Women con
ference are presented annually by
Health Promotion Programs, a de
partment of the University of Okla
homa College of Continuing educaT.
tion. Co-sponsoring the 1998 con
ferences are the Albuquerque Indian
Health Service Cancer Control Pro
gram, the Portland Area Indian Health
Service and the Northwest Portland
Indian Health Board.
"Connecting Within the Circle"
is the theme for the 1998 conference,
signifying the long-lasting and
meaningful relationships formed by
many women during these confer
ences in previous years.
The south regional conference will
take place March 8 to 1 1 at the Town
and Country Hotel in San Diego.
Keynote speaker for the southern
conference is Lori Speck from Alert
Bay, B.C. The cultural coordinator at
the U'mista Cultural Centre, Speck
is committed to getting the commu
nity involved in cultural events and '
bringing generations together.'
The north regional conference is
set for March 30 through April 3 at
Doubletree's Hayden Island in Port
land. Keynote speaker for the northern
conference is Dr. Bea Medicine. An
internationally recognized scholar
and research anthropologist, Dr.;
Medicine has contributed extensively
to such areas as Native American
Studies and women's studies. She
conducts research concerning men
tal health, education and alcohol and '
drug use issues among American
Indians. In addition, she is president
of Warrior Women, Inc., a not-for-profit
ethnographic films and archive
research organization.
Registration fee for the confer- i
ence is $190. For more in formation,
or to receive a conference brochure, .
call Health Promotion Programs at
(405) 325, 1790, fax requests to (405) .
325-7126 or write the department at
555 E. Constitution, Norman, OK
73072.
During 1995, 2.3 million mar
riages and 1.2 million divorces took
place in the United States. That meant
6,400 marriages and 3,200 divorces
on a typical day.
Between 1990 and 1995, the an
nual number of marriages dropped
by 107,000, while and annual num
ber of divorces fell 13,000.
Nevada was the nation's marriage
and divorce capital, racking up both
and highest marriage rate (88.1 mar
riages per 1,000 population- and di
vorce rate (8.1 divorces pr 1,000
population) of any state in 1995.
Hawaii was a distant runner-up in the
marriage rate (15.8) while Oklahoma,
Wyoming and New Mexico (each at
6.7) tied for second place in divorce
rate.
Among 18- to 24-year-olds, 24
percent of women and 14 percent of
men were married as of 1995. The
figures rose to 64 percent and 55
percent for 25- to 34-year-olds, and
74 percent each for 35- to 54-year-olds.
For persons 55 and over, the
percentage fails to 53 percent for
women, but increases to 79 percent
for men.
The estimated median age at first
marriage in 1995 was 24.5 years for
women and 26.9 years for men.
There were 1 19 unmarried men
ages 18 to 34 for every 100 unmar
ried women those ages in 1995. At
older ages, however, the ratio re
verses, to 105 unmarried women for
every 1 00 unmarried men among 35
to 54-year-olds and 291 unmarried
women for every 1 00 unmarried men
among persons 55 and over.
In 1995, 13.6 million persons 25
to 34 had never been married, repre
senting 33 percent of all persons in
this age group, the respective totals
dropped to 5.9 million and 14 per
cent for those 35 to 44.
The chocolate and candy you give
or receive probably were made in
one of our nation's manufacturing
establishments. In 1995, 159 such
establishments employing 10,200
people produced chocolate and co
coa products. These manufacturers
shipped $3.3 billion worth of goods
that year. Meanwhile, 762 US estab
lishments, employing 53,700 people,
manufactured candy and other con
fectionery products. They shipped
$11.3 billion worth of goods. '
Between January and October
1997, the US imported $250.1 mil
lion worth of chocolate from Canada,
more than from anywhere else. Like-.
wise, the United Kingdom was the
leading supplier of non-chocolate
candy to the US during the same
period, with shipments totaling $75.7
million.
There is no shortage of places
where you can buy flowers for your
valentine: there were 26,400 florists
nationwide, employing 23,600 per
sons, in 1995.
It's possible the flowers you buy
this year came form Colombia, our
nation's leading supplier of cut flow
ers. US imports of cut flowers from
Columbia totaled $301.2 million
between January and October 1997.
Tribal Council Agenda
Thursday, February 12
9:30 a.m. Economic Development Program
10:30 a.m. Malheur National Forest
1:30 p.m. Board Appointments
Monday through Friday February 16-20
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Lincoln City
Monday, through Friday February 23-27
Meetings with Secretary of Interior Office and Congressional
people in Washington, D.C.
NCAI conducts planning session
On Monday, January 26, the Na
tional Congress of American Indians
(NCAI) convened a strategy meeting
in Washington, D.C, inviting tribal
leaders from across the country to
prepare for this year's legislative
calendar. More than 275 tribal lead
ers and representatives of tribal gov
ernments and national Indian orga
nizations attended the one-day
planning session, which was followed
by a day of visits by tribal leaders to
Congressional offices on Capitol Hill.
Given high priority on the meet
ing agenda was the issue of Ameri
can Indian tribes' sovereign immu
nity, which was challenged last year
by Senator Slade Gorton of Wash
ington. Gorton is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Interior Ap
propriations. While a series of bud
get riders intended to limit tribal sov
ereign rights was defeated in last
year's legislative session, there re
mains this year a threat to this most
basic right of Indian tribes.
"It is absolutely critical for a united
tribal leadership to pro-actively ad
dress the continued threat to tribes' ,
sovereign immunity and to prepare
ourselves for the many other chal
lenges of this year's legislative ses
sion," NCAI president W. Ron Allen,
who also is Chair of the Jamestown
S'Klallam Tribe, says. "The pres
ence of a majority of tribal leaders
and Indian people in Washington,
D.C. on the day that Congress came
back into session for 1998 sends a
strong message to Capitol Hill about
the tenaciousness of our tribal lead
ership to directly address these issues."
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(Spilyay asks "What's up?)
As concern parents, what can we do to help keep our kids in school?
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Spilyay Tymoo 1998
Dora Goudy: "The magic in
gredients in helping our children
stay in school, are to love them,
support them, listen to them and
believe in their dreams while at
home or at school. We should not
try to dominate their world."
3. Dan Kneale: It starts with the
parents, if a parent doesn't view
education as important the child
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Daisy Ike: "The main thing is,
the parents need to be account
able first. They need to love and
respect their children and teach
them to become accountable for
themselves."
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Sam Kentura: "Have more
parent envolement in the house
hold, ask your children questions
regarding their studies or school
activities. Parents should also
offer to help in their children's
homework."
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Marita Johnson: "We have
two options, one is to build and
improve what we already have
and second is to get the schools
and parents involved. Money
should not always be the issue
towards ourchildren's education."
4. Luther Clements: Parents need
to get more involved academically
and socially, have an open mind with
your children. Don't be quick to
discipline but encourage at the same
time.