4 April 8, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
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To (he editor
I am writing this as a tribal mem
ber with freedom of speech rights
and concern about a recent proposal
by the tribe. I recently read in the
Madras Pioneer, that the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs is
considering building the new casino
in Madras? What Next?! Why can't
we build it on the reservation if
Cascade Locks is not an option? I
truly hope the CTWS will reconsider
this proposal. There are many reasons
why I feel that way, but the main
reason is because of the history Ma
dras has of treating our Indian people.
Especially police and store owners.
Warm Springs people can't even
go to Madras and get fair treatment
for jobs or anything else. We just get
harassed! Everyone from Warm
Springs knows that if you're in the
Madras areaafterdark, you're bound
to get stopped by the police. We must
Number one, the creator for si
lently and without doubt, being with
each of us; The Warm Springs am-'
bulance crew who transported to Mt.
View Hospital & nurse Eileen; Dr
Manning for making a very timely
The late snow we had last
week was very unusual. Just
when it looked like we could
start getting the garden spot
ready for planting the snow
came. It caught a lot of people
with out the studded tires and it
was hard getting around.
Even though the weather was
uncomfortable people tried to
make the best of it. It was viaible
on Easter Sunday where all the
little Tykes, had to be bundled
up for their Easter Egg hunt.
Dispite the cold weather the kids
were out in full force hunting
those colored eggs having aball.
Usually there is a picnic that
goes with the Easter egg hunt,
but this year it was just too cold
to be out doors. Was just
wondering if people to day really realize why we observe Easter
Sunday? What Good Friday means. On Easter Sunday many go to To the editor,
church for one Sunday. O'well, everyone has his own theory of Thank yu from the family of
why they go to church that one Sunday of the year. , M. SlTf , ?ur family h?j
ri , 3 6 , . i I- .l. j.L alot to be thankful for, and would
Today you ask many kids what Easter means to them, and their ,ike t0 offer publjc thank you t0 the
reply is, "The Easter egg hunt, the Easter Bunny," the gathering creator and the many individuals,
of all the kids in the community to hunt the colored eggs. "What friends, extended family, and people
does Easter mean to you?" Could go on and on about Easter who helped, offered prayers, hospi-
Sunday but everyone knows why we observe Easter Sunday. tal v,1.slts kT 2nd S,T?
c i - r o u j way through the hospitalization, sur-
Several years ago here m Warm Springs there used to be a rodeo ' and funera, ser;ices for our be.
on Easter Sunday. A bunch of eger rodeo guys would ride out into loved mom. There are so many people
the hills and run in a bunch or wild horses tor one or the rirst to thank and recognize.
outdoor rodeos with-in the area. At times it was cold but that really
didn't matter for the guys who wanted to test his skills on one of
those broncs even though the weather might be a little cold, but it
was never as cold as it was this year.
Yep! The Easter Sunday rodeo gave the guys a chance to dust
off all their gear for the coming rodeo season. Those guys used to and needed decision to transport to
re.allv have fun with thp.ir rnHen anH p.vprvrhincr was Hnnntprl and St- Charles; The Jefferson County ,
,he purse was "Jack-Pol," where the cowboylcompeted for the K SSK3 !
entry fee money. Most of the time it was divided up 50, 30, and 20 and nursing staff at the Critical Care
percent. j Unit at St. Charles who served our ;
Many times the purse didn't mean that much, it was a chance for mom; Dr. McKenzie, nurses: Lisa,
a cowbov iust riding and petting the feel of those hrones for the, Linda-Ina and other nurses who just
j a o c? -
coming year.
Everyone just pitched in and did the work and never expected
any compensation for what they did just to have a rodeo, they even
paid for their own gas and expenses getting the rodeo going.
Cowboys from all around looked forward to the Warm Springs
rodeo, as sort of a kick-off of rodeos' for a new year.
Times change, people change, and everything is differenl
today. When you mention a rodeo to people the first thing is, "How
much will you pay." Yep! All the fun days are gone and everyone
expects to be paid for everything they do.
The wide open rodeo grounds are the thing of the past today and
everything has to be "Powder River," steel rodeo grounds. The old
wooden chutes and the net wire arenas, the wild horses are all gone
and replaced by regular rodeo strings that travel all around the
country all season long and as the season progresses all the
cowboys know what all the stock is going to do and they are more
ready to do a better job on riding those bucking horses.
Yep! All the wild and woolly rodeo's are the thing of the past
and today there are not too many places left where the fans sit in
the rain, or the windy day full of dust or the hot sun shinning down
and no shade anywhere.
The old wooden chutes where a cowboy had to get on his stock
and open the gate before the horse broke out. Many times the fans
would hear a hand saw and hammer behind the chute as quick
repairs were needed to keep the show going.
Even the girls had their days this was one of the first places to
have the girls barrel racing. It didn't take long to spring up all over
the place.
Many years ago it was the single shotgun chutes used and at one
time the arena at Simnasho was in the field near the Queahpama
ranch. The long house used to be there to for the Huckleberry
feasts. Some years laterthe rodeo moved to He He where today the
rodeo grounds lay idol.
The root feast rodeo was held early in the spring and many times
it was on Easter Sunday, several times it was held in Seekseequa
at the OB Kalama ranch, where they made a long house for the
powwow.
Yep! All those fun day's are all gone into the ages of the past and
just the memories remain today. AHH-NAH-CHI-TOON ! ! !
net our business taken care of before
dark time and make a mad dash back
to Warm Springs, or risk getting
stopped. This happens often espe
cially on the first of the month, tribal
pay days, bonus day or percapita
days. On these days you see car after
car of minorities being stopped all
over town and on Highway 26. They
have to get their cut of the money.
It's like running a gauntlet to get to
town, pay bills, make a grocery stop,
and take care of business before dark.
It's terrible!
So why reward them by building
our new casino in Madras?! I'm only
one voice but I pray that the Tribal
Council will take this into consider
ation. Keep our enterprises and jobs
on our reservation for our people.
Madras already takes enough from
our people. They need to get rid of
their "Old West Mentality" or "Storm
Trooper" attitude first. If you have
black hair and brown skin in Jefferson
County, you're a target-sitting duck.
If y ou' ve ever been in traffic court
in Madras that's all you see in the
court room brown-skin, black hair
people. Madras is a law suit waiting
to happen. The stores and businesses
are just as bad as their police. I went
to one of the big grocery stores in
Madras recently and was followed
around like a criminal by their store
dick. The store dick even ran into my
shopping cart once. I was in pain
from a recent surgery and was walk
ing around the store with a bent.
They must have thought I looked
suspicious because their eyes went
wild watching us shop. Scary?!
The other grocery store on the
opposite end of town isn't any better.
I was accosted by a wild man in their
parking lot which I reported to the
store manager. When the police ar
rived, they released him because he
was white and nothing was done. I
contacted an attorney about the mat
ter. The attorney contacted the Ma
dras District Attorney who gave an
oh-ho-hum attitude about the situa
tion also.
Tribal Council listen up please.
Don't put our new casino in Madras.
We have plenty of land here on our
reservation to build it near Highway
26. Warm Springs tribal members
have to contend with this type of
behavior on a daily basis.
That "Old West-No Indians al
lowed" attitude should send warning
signs. They need to stop that type of
behavior. It'll be the year 2000 in a
few months, and they still behave as
they did back in the 1800's-1900's.
There's no other word but RACISM
and DISCRIMINATION to describe
these type of behavior.
From Myrna Frank
Thank you all for the support in the passing of our mother
jumped in to help out.
Thank God for Dr. Vlessi, the
Surgeon and his surgical team at St.
Charles; The medical and nursing
staff at teh Intermedical Care Unit at
St.' Charles who served our mom
(especially nurse Sharon); Dr. Jenny
Smith whom mom trusted and re
spected all along the way; A special
thank you to Dr. Pinnick, the long
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term MD whom mom dearly liked
and respected, her crazy personality
came out and she raised cane withhim
at each visit with Pinnick; Mom's
church friends for providing a tem
porary place to stay behind the hos
pital for two weeks. Stewart
Overton for being at the hospital and
prayers offered to mom, also the
Bend church elders; A special thank
you and love to Aunt Lorene from
Oakland for being there for mom
and all of us; A11 our cousins from
California for all the love, prayers,
support through everything.
BIG, BIG, THANK YOU to the
drummers who sang the beautiful
and comforting songs at mom's
house, the funeral home, and
longhouse: Fred Wallulatum (and
Olivia), Percy Jack, Wilford Sooksoit
Jr., Tony Suppah.G.uy Wallulatum,
Sacred Heart Suppah, Toby Shike,
Carshal Brunoe, Leroy Bobb, Patrick
Mitchell, Joe Henry, Tom Begay Sr.,
Ernie Selam, and Rex Robinson; A
SPECIAL THANK YOU to the
cooks: Nola Queahpama, Laura
Switzler, Verleen Kalama, Mae
Dickson, Geraldine Blodgett, Ursula
Little, Geri Switzler and Norma
Shike; Thank you Daisy Ike for
making the moccasins. We know
you were very busy and time
tontrained; A SPECIAL RECOG
NITION AND THANK YOU
Grandma Margaret Boise for dress
Happy Birthday Ya-Ya Willis!!
Love you; hugs and kisses
NaNa Erica & NaNa Selenas
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Happy 7th Birthday on April 2nd,
to Cassi and Patti Sam. We'IlI al
ways love you two forever and ever.
Have a good one and many more to
come.
Love you two always,
Mom, Dad & Darrin
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ing mom, traditional aavice, spiri
tual help, the special talk to all the
little grandchildren at the funeral
home, the listening, sharing , com
passion and visits and talks after ev
erything was done. Love you.
Thank you Billy Joe Berry for
the use of the organ that Ron played
for his tribute to mom; Thank you
Anita Davis for sharing your beauti
ful voice and songs; Thank you
Max and Mike Clements for all the
good tasting food, thoughts, prayer
and your presence; Thank you aunt
Ruthie and uncle Russell for the de
licious homemade chili, rice and other
food; Big thank you to Faye
Waheneka for the support, good
words and wisdom, give away assis
tance, caring, compassion and pres
ence at everything. It has meant alot
to us; Thank you tribal printshop
for getting the memory cards printed
and done with quality; Thank you
Utilities for having the benches and
everything set up; Thank you sister
Pam Gardenas for the yarn belts,
huckleberries and being there with
us. Your special gift of calmness
really helped; all the little things you
did were noticed and appreciated;
Thank you Bernice Mitchell for all
your help adn leadership at the
Longhouse. also thank you Gloria;
Thank you Winona Frank for being
there and speaking at the Longhouse.
Thank you Ellen Thompson for
Happy 1st Birthday
Great-Grandson Willis
Love you very much
Hugs & many kisses
Great-Grandma Adeline
Happy "1st" Birthday
Grandson Willis
Love you lots 'n lots!
Grandma Wally & Grandpa Bobby
taking care of the dish and cup and
being there for us; Thank you Carlos
Northrup for the beautiful and com
forting songs; Thank you William
Wainanwit Jr and Barbara Bobb for
nice songs you both sang; Thank
you Katherine Harrison, Grand
Ronde Tribal Council and Enroll
ment Office for having a good fu
neral grant and with processing the
grant; the meal assistance, and the
beautiful flowers ; Marcia would like
to thank the WEDD team for all the
support and prayers and also for her
being able to count on everyone while
she was off duty; We want to thank
WS Tribal Council for the donations
approved to the family. Thank you;
Thank you to all the friends of mom,
our family and community for at
tending services; FinaIly, those of
us in the family that are working,
would like to thank our employers
supervisors for understanding our
situation and supporting us in our
time of emotional pain and great loss.
We will be having stone setting
and memorial in due time and have
others to recognize that contributed
to helping our mom over the years,
when raising all of us kids and her
family will not be forgotten at the
memorial.
With humble thankfulness &
gratefulness,
The Family of Rose Mary Smith
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A BIG Happy 4th Birthday to
Triston Wade
Love, Gram-moo, Kye Owna
Scooby & Scrappy Doo!
Toe Ness
Now days one has to be very careful with Political jokes because
many times political jokes get elected. YIKES
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What meal do cannibals make form Politicians?
Bologna Sandwiches. YIKES
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To my SUNNY BUNNY
Look who's 4 years old
Triston Wade Smith
Love, Mom
Happy birthday to Fredrick Duran
Bobb, from the whole family who
loves and cares for you very much
and don't you forget it.
Happy 57th birthday to Glenn Ray
Bobb, from all your kids.
Happy 1st Birthday "WWF".
(Willis William Frank)
Gee what can we tell you but for
now Happy 1st
Birthday and we love-floMh don't
forget to blow
out your 1st candle.
Love you always,
Lil "D", Evey, Meredith,
Korina, Jr. Aunty Annette
& Uncle Dixon
I'aiutc Chictv& His Brat
Happy "1st" Birthday
to Baby Willis
Love ya Auntie Bernie
& Uncle Salvador
Happy Anniversary April 11,
1999
Daddy and Mommy
Love Always,
Wisdom & Shauquan Tufti
Happy Easter to:
Wisdom, Shauquan &
Cimmeron Tufti
Love Always,
Mommy
Happy 2nd Anniversary 41 199
to my husband Cimmeron, You are
my life, I'm glad you are in my life.
You are very special to me. We have
had good times and bad times.
I love you,
Amy
Happy Birthday Mom,
Your always loved and cared for,
not only your family
but friends always near and far. We
hope and wish that
all your birthday wishes come true
or answered-we love
you lots, your babies:
Annette, Dixon, Morris, Wayne,
Carol, Wes, Dad & last but not
least "Buddy" (your newest baby)
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Happy Birthday Theyliah
Love, Great-Grandpa Vernon
Happy Birthday to my baby sister
Carol
I wish you a Happy Birthday-Take
care
and God Bless.
Always love you
your nana Annette
Happy 1st Birthday
Baby Joe Willis
From you Ulla Gin a
& Uncle Joshua (in the valley)
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Happy Birthday Grandma
We love you a big bunch-make a
big birthday wish,
we'll help you if you want. Your
the best Grandma
we can ever ask for.
Love you Always,
Willis, Leona, Sage, Evey,
Meredith, Korina, Jr.