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SpilyayTymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
July 16, 1998 9
On Patrol
by Starla Green, CPO
Once again, Pi-Ume-Sha has come
and gone without any major catastro
phes. It seemed like we floated
through the weekend while holding
our breath, hoping and praying that
no major incident would occur. With
the weekend over and done with, we
made it a glorious one. There were
no major incidents for the topic of
discussion, besides that of the war on
drugs that has had an awakening.
As usual, the police and fire de
partments had geared up for the ma
jor influx of people for the weekend,
always expecting the worse. As you
may have noticed, there were many
different personnel form different
agencies across the state who had
come in and volunteered their time to
assist our officers in maintaining or
der during the busy weekend.
There were 12 to 15 officers, rep
resenting different agencies that
worked throughout the weekend. On
night shift alone, there were as many
as 24 officers on the road at one time.
Agencies that were represented were
Umatilla Tribal police, Burn Tribal
police, Columbia River Inter-Tribe,
Madras police, Jefferson and
Deschutes counties sheriffs offices.
We greatly appreciate the assistance
of all these representing agencies. If
the presence of this many officers
were not made available, I think that
there would have been many more
problems to talk about. It seemed
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Member expresses desire to
learn Wasco ways
To the Editor,
I would like to bring to the atten
tion of the Warm Springs Indian com
munity, the opinions, thought and
answer from one certain individual
employed with the Warm Springs
Culture and Heritage Department.
But first I would like to say, I am
an enrolled tribal member of the
Warm Springs Tribe. I am also incar
cerated in the Federal Bureau of Pris
ons, as are other tribal member from
Warm Springs who are in this certain
prison facility. I have been incarcer
ated for the past 2012 years exactly
to ihis day and this is the closest I
have been to homd, during all of my
incarceration. I have been transferred
back and forth across the United
States during these years.
I have committed myself to the
Red Road and the religion of the
Indian People. In may 1979, 1 went to
the sweat lodge for the first time.
Since then, I am the pipe carrier and
run, the seat lodge ceremony quite
often at this prison facility. I have
never really been raised and taught
the ways of the Wasco Indian people.
While in prison, it has been the Lakota
Brothers who have been my teachers
and instructors. I hold a special place
in my heart for these Lakota Brothers
who taught the pipe songs and seat
lodge songs to me. This is how I
conduct the sweat lodge ceremonies.
All the sweat lodges in the federal
prisons are built the same way with
the rock pit in the center of the seat
lodge. I know from conversations
with tribal members that the Wasco
and Warm Springs people have the
rock pit on the side by the entrance
inside the sweat lodge. But here, and
all other prisons, there are Indian
brothers from various tribes from all
across the United States.
In January of this year, the Indian
Brothers at this prison selected me to
be the pipe carrier for them and I
accepted all the responsibility that
goes with being the sacred pipe car
rier. My family comes to visit me as
often as they can and they all support
me in my responsibility as being the
sacred pipe carrier.
Very recently, I asked my brother
to locate spiritual and medicine
POWWOW Saturday, August 1 ,
1998
We need your support
To share some of the outside with those on the inside.
The brothers at the Oregon State Correctional Institution
are having a celebration for the new year and are looking
for Dancers, Singers & support!
All dancers, singers and guests need to be at the Institu
tion by 10:30 a.m.; Grand Entry is at 11:30am
and closing is at 3:30 p.m..
Fresh fry bread, salmon, buffalo, deer, elk,
berries, beverages, Hand Crafted Gifts and
a guaranteed great time for all that attend!
Due to the security policies of the Institution, all dancers,
singers and guests must be 18 years of age or older and
need to contact the people listed below no later than July
20, 1998, if you wish to help us in this year's celebration.
Call: Dan Harrington or John Sipple at (541)373
0175 Or write: Stuart Boyd; co John Sipple; Inip-OYate
Ki; 3405 Deer Park Drive SE; Salem, OR 97310
Due to the security of the Institution, guest will not be
allowed to wear black or blue jean-type clothing.
that every time you turned around,
there was a police car coming around
the corner.
As for the incidents that did oc
cur, as stated, there were no major
casualties. As I was going through
the case log for the weekend, there
were 67 case numbers issues. And
glancing over it, there are more alcohol-related
issues than anything else.
From Friday to late Sunday night,
there were at least 76 subjects taken
into custody for alcohol-related is
sues. The detox tanks were not very
inviting with all the people that had
overflowed them throughout the
weekend. Nineteen of the subjects
were located in the celebration area,
and they were charged with disor
derly conduct. There is a rea-on why
the signs that state "NO ALCOHOL"
were posted.
Eighteen of the 76 detoxes were
juveniles. They were all charged with
either Liquor Violation or Juvenile
in Position. Some of these subjects
were lucky enough to have warrants,
so they received the privilege of
watching Pi-Ume-Sha through the
jail cell windows.
There were two Sobriety Check
Points done on Saturday night. Four
subjects were charged with DUII,
with nine people total arrested and
held for detox. There were four cases
of NDDHD, or drug-related issues.
In regards to NDDHD, andor
drugs, a search warrant was executed
people from Warm Springs commu
nity to assist me with a certain mat
ter. My brother personally spoke to a
tribal member who works at the Cul
ture and Heritage department. My
brother asked for guidance and assis
tance to talk with someone that could
help with the matter I was seeking.
The certain individual from the Cul
ture and Heritage department, upon
learning of my request from my
brother, said the following in so many
words, "Oh, them guy s in prison have
a Lakota style sweat lodge and Lakota
way of the pipe and ceremonies and
i because it's not the Wasco or Warm
Springs tribal way, you cannot be
helped or assisted."
So now I personally ask the Warm
Springs community and the Culture
and Heritage department to assist me
in learning the language and ways of
the Wasco people. I have written to
the Culture and Heritage department
and have asked for tape to learn the
Wasco language and any reading
material. I even offered to pay for
these requests. But my letters of re
quest went unanswered and the let
ters probably got thrown away.
My brother and his son sweat two
to three times a week in warm Springs.
I always see the language lessons
published in the Spilyay Tymoo but
it don't do me any good because I
don't know how to pronounce and
say the words.
It is sad when your own people
will not assist others in the tribal
ways, under the pretense that one has
learned the Lakota way. If I was
around the Wasco people to learn
from, I would know my tribal songs
and ceremonies. But for the last 20 or
so years, my instructors and teachers
have been Lakota and I feel an honor
to have learned whet they taught me
about the sacred pipe and sweat lodge.
But I want to learn the Wasco way
now and if any one can, could and
would assist me, I would be a very
good student and very grateful. Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Merlin Standing Yellow Horse
14722-116 Unit 3-B
Box 5000 F.C.I.
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
in reference to illegal drugs and re
lated topics, at a residence in the
Upper Dry Creek area. During the
several months of watching this par
ticular residence in the Upper Dry
Creek area, several members of this
community were observed entering
this residence that was known for
illegal drug trafficking. The search
warrant was executed by the Warm
Springs Police Department and FBI,
in the mid-morning hours of Friday,
June 26. While the suspect was being
taken into custody by two police of
ficers who were armed only with a
pair of handcuffs. The remaining of
ficers secured the property. Each of
ficer that was involved in securing
the property was equipped with only
such items that we have available
and use while on regular patrol. Af
ter the suspect in question was lodged
in jail and the juvenile children were
removed from the residence, a search
was completed on the entire prop-
erty. During the search, a quantity of
about one pound of marijuana was
confiscated, along with large quanti
ties of packaging material and drug
paraphernalia. Charges have been
Council, officers, community recognized for Comp. Plan support
by Jolene Estimo-Atencio,
Comprehensive Planner
It has been a pleasure and chal
lenge working on the update of the
Comprehensive Plan for the last two
years, and it would not be complete
without acknowledging the support
and leadership provided by the 20th
Tribal Council, former Secretary
Treasurer and Chief Operations Of
ficer. Their combined experience and
leadership was very much an asset to
the development of the Comprehen
sive Plan update.
For former SecretaryTreasurer
(ST), Raymond Calica, Sr., like most
executive managers, it was some
times difficult to schedule time to
discuss projects and get direction. In
spite of his busy schedule, he took
the time to meet and provide strate
gic direction at critical points in the
Comprehensive Plan update. It was
apparent from the first meeting that
he could be counted on to be very
direct and to the point. His commit
ment to "the people" was present in
every meeting.
A major contribution he made to
the organization was to institute "ac
countability". Two of the projects
that were developed were Line-item
budgeting and the Travel Desk.
Travel is a huge amount of the Tribal
budget. The intent of the Travel
Desk is to have employees be ac
countable for their time and funds
used, and to be sure that Tribal dol
lars and time are spent wisely. One
example of how line-item budgeting
affected the organization was in the
1996 Planning Department budget
ing. Line-item Budging forced me
and my supervisor to sit down and
develop a training plan that would
best utilize the resources within the
tribal organization and then identify
Stick game club expresses
Dear Tribal Members,
Another Pi-Ume-Sha has gone by.
First of all, I would like to extend my
appreciation to all the support we
received through the raffle purchases.
I know everyone would have like to
win and most certainly should have.
To the lucky people, congratulations !
The Confederated Tribes deserve
some recognition for their annual
support to the stick game. Without
this we can't guarantee the purse.
Warm Springs Forest Products has
always been generous for allowing
the committee members to assist with
time, lumber and various items for
our memorial dinner on Friday.
Kah-Nee-Ta and Indian Head
Casino assisted our club with a gen
erous donation for the prize fund
also. Without all the assistance we
receive every year we couldn't make
our event possible.
During the memorial lunch on
Friday, I wasn't present. I was com
ing back from Hon-Dah, Arizona. I
want to congratulate all the staff and
all the assistance we received from
the participants involved with the
cultural part of the program. We do
this on an annual basis. This releases
some of the stick game participants
from any hardships they experienced
the previous year. I would like to
think this would help all of our tribal
members, we attempt to be very un
selfish for this program. We would
like to thank Rosa Bill and Lela
Tewee for cooking the fish. We would
also like to thank Eagle Head Sports
for making our championship jack
Call CCC for
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filed with the courts and this case is
waiting for trial.
In moving on the Fourth of July
weekend, the statistics are also down.
There was only one vehicle crash on
highway 26 to speak of. But during
the fireworks display, one of the per
sonnel lighting the display received
second- and third-degree burns to his
hand, so he was sent to the hospital
for further treatment.
The prior night, two Sobriety
Checkpoints were held with only six
officers staffing them. The results of
that were average, with six DUII
arrests, two NDDHD charges, one
Exclusion order violation and a
couple of warrant arrests. Eleven
people were lucky enough to be able
to watch the fireworks demonstra
tion from the jail cell windows.
With the major weekend out of
the way and the hot summer days
. upon us, keep in mind that you still
need to buckle up and watch out for
the children. Think twice before you
decide to drink and drive, or use that
illegal substance, or you, too, may be
watching the sunset from the jail cell
windows.
training needed outside the organi
zation. The training plan was tied
directly to the goals of the depart
ment and indirectly to the overall
Tribal goals. This resulted in saving
our department money and develop
ing a well thought out training plan,
which set a standard that carried for
ward into 1997 and 1998 budgets.
Line Item Budging affected the en
tire organization, by having manag
ers and supervisors be responsible
for making cuts in their budgets, like
was the case in the Planning Depart
ment. The former ST contribution
of accountability is continuing into
the 21st Tribal Council and can en
hance their success.
Former Chief Operations Officer
(C.O.O.), Mike Clements, also con
tributed leadership and worked with
his six general managers to develop
several projects with the idea of work
ing as a team. It was a great learning
experience to work with the C.O.O.
and the six General Managers. The
managers began developing a Stra
tegic Management Plan which iden
tified priority areas (among the large
number of issues) that they would
need to work on together. This plan,
and the Trending Model that the man
agers developed, will pro vide a struc
ture and a building block for the
Comprehensive Plan to be carried
out. Without this type of ground
work and coordination, branches tend
to work in isolation to address issues,
which makes long-term planning and
implementation nearly impossible.
Issues can only be resolved by the
branches working together, with the
managers providing leadership and
demonstrating team work. Results
from the Strategic Plan and Trend
ing Model may not be apparent im
mediately, but again can provide the
ets for us. They did a super job.
For 1998, we had 21 teams enter
our tournament. For me, that was a
tremendous turnout. We sent flyers
all over the Northwest. We only hope
for 15 or 16 teams to enter. This year
was exceptional.
I can't thank the committee mem
bers enough for all the hard work
they do before and during the annual
event. Nettie Dickson, for the third
year, has done some outstanding
ticket sales. We like to say she's our
royalty, if we had such a thing, she
certainly would deserve it. Another
young lady who deserves recogni
tion is Donna Torres; she's our club
secretarytreasurer. She always has
some powerful suggestions to con
tribute to the club. Without all the
donations we receive from all our
members toward the raffle, nothing
would be possible.
I also would like to extend my
appreciation to some fellows who
assisted myself in erecting the lean
to addition to the shed, Phillip Boise,
Tim Wainanawit, Roy Heath, Jr., Jack
Williams, Shawn Charley, Davis
Boise and probably a couple more
who names escape me right now.
They were all very gracious when I
became desperate; it's very hard to
locate volunteers.
I want everyone to realize they
we're already preparing for 1999.
Any kind of assistance will be very
much appreciated. Our elders
Caroline Torres, Romagene Joe and
Lizzie Rhoan do as much as they can
with the advisory capacity the club
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The Agency Longhouse was one
be damaged by vandals recently.
needed links to connect day-to-day
operations with our long-term plan
ning. The former C.O.O. also pro
vided the leadership to get the
one-year and five-year housing plans
developed. Team building does
breaks down walls and barriers and
is necessary to have people see a
common goal. Much of the work
done at the executive management
level is not always obvious but it is
critical to accomplishing the work of
those who actually provide the direct
services that we receive.
The 20th Tribal Council trusted
the Comprehensive Plan Process
Team to develop the process, and
their involvement with the Compre
hensive Plan was primarily to review
the work being done. The 2 1st Tribal
Council will be doing the actual re
view of the updated plan. Former
Tribal Council member, Kathleen
Heath, attended four Comprehen
sive Plan meetings, demonstrating
her concern for local issues. Her
presence at these meetings was very
important and courageous; since
Council members do not often fre
quent community meetings.
Other leaders who stood-out in
their support to the Comprehensive
Plan update were Olney Patt, Sr., L.
Marie Smith with the Land Use Plan
ning Committee, Sal Sahme, Louie
Pitt, Jr. and Rudy Clements of the
Comprehensive Plan Process Team.
These individuals contributed greatly
to laying a foundation for our future.
There were many others, including
July 24, Friday-Cousins Day. Cousins are important
members of the family. Call a cousin just to say hello.
appreciation for support
needs. The rest of us are always will
ing to listen.
From all our club members, thank
you very much for another success
Stick game raffle results
Items Donated
$250 Cash
Pendleton Blanket
Pendleton Vest
$50 Wal Mart Gift Cert.-
$50WalMart Gift Cert.
$50 Cash
Dream Catcher
$100 Cash
Quillow
$50 Wal Mart Gift Cert.
$50 Cash
$25 Cash
$50 Cash
Wolf buckle
$50 Cash
$25 Cash
Picture
Earrings
Quilt
Moccasin Key Chain
Dream Catcher
Dream Catcher
Elk Bones
Small Hand Drum
Ribbon Shirt
Yarn Bag
BlueBrown Purse
Maroon Stick Game T-Shirt
White Stick Game T-shirt
Green Stick Game T-Shirt
Blue Stick Game T-Shirt
J.
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Indian Trail Restaurant
at
of many Warm Springs buildings to
staff, community members and com
mittee members, who gave their time
and expertise to the project. Many
people are interested in the "here &
now". Those who work on the Com
prehensive Plan have done a great
deal to plan for the future. It has been
an honor to work with and learn from
these visionary leaders.
There is a sense of anticipation
with a new administration; including
Tribal Council, committees and man
agers. As the coordinator for the
Comprehensive Plan, it was a plea
sure working with the 20th Tribal
Council and others who gave their
time and support and we look for
ward to working with these same
people, perhaps in their new roles in
the community. We also look for
ward to working with the 21st Tribal
Council and are very optimistic with
some of the actions they have taken
in their first two months in office.
The role of these leaders is vital to
the success of supporting our
community's 20-year vision and be
ing responsible to hear and carry out
the wishes of the people. The Com
prehensive Plan update is due to com
pleted by the end of 1998 and will
carry the Vision and Goals of the
people. We have given our leaders
the huge responsibility to hear and
see that the wishes of the people are
carried out. It is up to the people to
participate and be generous in lend
ing support to our elected leadership,
so they will have the confidence of
our backing, and represent us to the
best of their abilities.
ful year.
Sincerely,
Sam Starr
Starr Stick Game President
Donated By
Won by
Sam Starr
Vanessa Knight
Caroline Torres
Nettie Dickson
Donna Torres
Donna Torres
Marie Knight
Mona Starr
Caroline Torres
Nettie Dickson
Barbara Starr
Caroline Torres
Paula Halliday
Mona Starr
Lizzie Rhoan
Sam Starr
Doneys
Suppahs
Mona Starr
Romagene Joe
Marie Knight
Irvin Raines
Chris Greene
Derek Kelly
Elizabeth Yowell
Esmade Made
David Allison
Fudd Suppah
Ken Bierman
Vinton Hawley
Kathy Jackson
Meda Miller
Julie Lopez
Harold Blackwolfe
Kelli Palmer
Brick Woodward
Lew Jackson
Cass Kipp
Dondi Hoptowit
Jannelle Jim
Theresa Van Pelt
Buford Johnson
Gilbert - Gunshows
Gilbert - Gunshows
Aaron Wilson
William Heath
Richard Tohet
Barbara Starr
Caroline Torres
Barbara Stan
Stick Game Club
Stick Game Club
Stick Game Club
Stick Game Club
Dee McCraigie
Lizzie Rhoan
Charlie Gonzalez
Dan Azich
Linda David
Skip Fuller
Zillah Florez
Wilson Wewa, Jr.
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