2 June 3, 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Pi-Ume-Sha Queen candidates selling tickets for powwow
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The 19992000 Pi-Ume-Sha
Queen and Junior Queen candidates
are selling tickets for the annual
celebration to be held June 23-27,
1999.
My name is Dyamelle Castilleja,
I am running for Sr. Queen for the
30th Annual Treaty Day Pi-Ume-Sha
Powwow.
My parents arc Julcigh Scelatsce
of Harrah, Washington and JoeJo
Castilleja, II of Brownstown,
Washington. My maternal
grandparents are the late Dclores
Heath Scelatsce of Warm Springs,
Oregon and Frank "Dean" Scelatsce
of White Swan, Washington. My
paternal grandparents are Rita Nash
Castilleja of White Swan,
Washington and Joe M. Castilleja of
Brownstown, Washington.
I am residing here in Warm
Springs. I enjoy traveling to
powwows. I play basketball. I would
like to see you all at Pi-Ume-Sha.
Thank you
Dyamelle Castilleja
My name is Jolene Charley. I am
cight-years-oio ana my Uad and Mom
are Robert and Nikki Charley.
My grandpa and grandma are
Riggs and the late Jane Charley.
I am running for Junior Queen for
the Pi-Ume-Sha Powwow. I will be
coins around selling tickets.
With your help I could be the next
Junior Queen for you.
Thank you
Jolene Charley
Pasha Smith
To my friends and relatives,
I am writing this to ask for your
support. I am running for the 1999
Miss Pi-Ume-Sha Queen. My name
is Pasha Marie Smith I am 13-years-old.
I attend the Jefferson County
Middle School and in the eighth grade.
My parents are Austin L. Smith
and Lois E. Squiemphen. My
grandparents on my dad's side, Alvis
Smith, Sr. and Romona Whiz, and on
my mother's side they are Lawrence
Squiemphen, Sr. and Ardis
Squiemphen. Also, Earl and Rita
Squiemphen are my living
grandparents on my mother's side.
I like to participate in Volleyball,
Basketball, Track and Field and
Softball. My hobbies are loom work,
reading, roller blading, playing in
basketball tournaments and spending
time at different powwows. I also
attend many different youth
conferences in school and out of
school.
I am running for the 1999 Miss Pi-Ume-Sha
because I would like to try
some different things besides sports.
I would enjoy being the 1999 Miss
Pi-Ume-Sha. I also would like to learn
about different people and their
culture. So I hope that you would
support me in buying raffle tickets
and wish you good luck in the raffle.
Thank you,
Pasha M. Smith
Valerie Suppah
Mystina Splno-McCormack
awards for outstanding student twice
this year.
She enjoys dancing with her
fierforming arts group as well as
ndian dancing.
McCormack hopes to win the Jr.
Miss Pi-Ume-Sha title so she can
travel with her older sister, Krysta,
the current Miss Pi-Ume-Sha 1998
99, to dance and represent the Pi-Ume-Sha
powwow at various
powwows throughout the Northwest.
"Please support me by buying
tickets from me or my family, and
thank you for supporting my nana
Krysta."
Good day
Mystina
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Jolene Charley
Melody Berry is also
running for Jr. Queen
Mystina Spino-McCormack is the
daughter of Tina Spino and Robert
McCormack. She is an enrolled
member of the Warm Springs tribe
and she is of Warm Springs, Navajo,
Nez Perce descent.
McCormack is six-years-old and
attends Warm Springs Elementary
School where she is Kindergarten.
McCormack has been dancing
since she was three and enjoys the
fancy dance, but can dance traditional
and jingle also. She has received
Raffle items include:
Buckskin dress $100
Rifle $100
$300' .'i $50
Shell Dress (Young Girls) CD Player
Jingle dress Walkman
Beaded bag $50
Mountain Bike $25
Camping Tent $25
$100 $25
$100 Other items
Elder's home gets broken
into on Memorial Day
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Ursula Little
On Monday, Memorial Day May
31, about 11:30 AM while out clean
ing graves, a house located in the
senior citizen's was broken into. The
house belongs to Warm Springs el
der and tribal member Ursula Little.
Forced entry was gained by
breaking the bedroom window where
Ursula sleeps and keeps her valuable
possessions. Taken from Ursula's
house were three feather fans (one
beaded) that had been in her family
for years, a shawl, her elk teeth dress,
a silver watch with flower designs on
the wrist band, a full buck skin hide,
a straw hat which contained many
' necklace'sUrsulahadrhadeandsome
that were given to her when her mother
was still alive.
"All I did was leave for just a short
while to clean graves, says Ursula. If
I would have been back 10-15 min
utes early, we would have caught them
in the act," she cried.
"This things belong to me. They
have been in my family ever since my
oldest boy was around and even be
fore that time."
"Nothing else was bothered in any
of the other rooms, says Ursula.
I am very hurt for what they've
done, I just want to let the people
know who took my things, that I'm
aware of who you are. Even though
the police couldn't do much about
what you did, it will come back to you.
All I could do when I found out about
my missing things was cry for hours,"
says Ursula.
"Please bring my things back, asks
Ursula. All your going to do is trade
them for drugs and money. This things
you people stole mean more then
money to me because they've been
part of me for years," concludes
Ursula.
Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days
June25,26,27,1999
"Carrying Traditions into the new Millenium"
Warm Springs, OR '
Approximately $1 5,000 in prizes
Contest age groups: 6 & under, 7-11, 12-16, and 17 &
over for Traditional, FancyJingleGrass.
Team Dance Competition for Men & Women.
11 & under is open, does not require registration.
Three Hand Drum Contest
Traditional Dress Parade.
Specials: Krysta Rhoan All Around, 12-17 teen girls,
Kala Johnson All Around girls ages 7-1 1 ,
Celestine Charley Special in Memory of Celestine
Charley-Girls Traditional ages 7-11.
Vendor & Powwow Information:
Cassie Katchia, 541-553-7015 or 553-2128
P.O. Box 29, Warm Springs, OR 97761
Nathan "8-Ball" Jim 553-1403
Local girl chosen as finalist
COBRA seeks adoptable stuffed animals
Aspen Dry Cleaners of Bend have
accepted the challenge to clean and
refluff adoptable stuffed animals.
Once cleaned, these lovable toys will
be given as prizes at the Cascade
Children's Festival, July 24th held at
Drake Park in Bend. The festival is
COBRA's, (Central Oregon
Battering and Rape Alliance) major
fundraiser.
Support survivors of domestic
violence and sexual assault. Donate
your discarded or new stuffed animals
to COBRA. The Sisters Academy,
along with members from RSVP
(Retired Senior Volunteer Program)
of Bend and members from Knit and
Stitch at The Heights in Redmond,
will be mending and putting on the
final touches.
Please bring stuffed toys to the
COBRA administration office at
1425 NW Kingston in Bend or to the
COBRA offices located in Prineville,
Madras, Sisters and John Day. For
more information call COBRA at
382-9227.
Miss Melissa Rave Danzuka, age
12 years is the daughter of Kathy
Crane and the granddaughter of
Kathleen Heath has been chosen as a
State Finalist in the Miss Oregon
American Pre-Teen Pageant to be
held June 25-26, 1999 at the beauti
ful Portland Airport Holiday Inn,
Portland, OR. The pageant is held for
girls 10 through 12. The winner of
the pageant will receive a $500 cash
award, the official crown and ban
ner, bouquet of flowers and travel
allowance and sponsor fee to com
pete in the national pageant. Other
pageants are held for the state to
include all girls ages 3 through 17.
Thousands of dollars in cash
awards, scholarships, trophies, and
prizes will be awarded during the
state pageant weekend. According to
pageant officials, since 1983 the
American Coed Pageant System has
awarded more than 10 million dol
lars in scholarships and award to
deserving young ladies.
' Miss Danzuka's activities include
attending Jefferson Co. Middle
School, S.M.I.L.E. club, track, girl
scouts and young native sistas dance
group. She also enjoys volleyball,
running, powwows, reading, travel
ing, and singing.
Miss Danzuka's sponsors include
Shirley Heath, Dawn Smith, Lillian
of Sidaiklha Native Collectibles,
Deschutes River Resort, Karla Ruiz,
Ursula Little and Bobby Macy.
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Melissa Raye Danzuka
Finalist in Miss Teen
America Pageant
YEARLY CAMP
MEETING
at the Warm Springs
Full Gospel Church
Reaching Out
June 14 - 30, 1999
All speakers will be from
Oregon, California,
Wyoming, Washington
Nevada, Idaho &
other areas
Three meetings daily:
10 a.m.; 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Meals served three
times daily
Bring tents & instruments
For further information
contact:
Pastor Ernest &
Frances Hunt
(541) 553-6316
Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "What's Up?)
What changes would you like. to
see made In our community?
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Morris D. Holliday, "I'd like
to see a youth center or an activity
center to give the younger kids
something to do after school and
weekends. Also there should be
more opportunities for the youth to
be in the work place to experience
what kind of career to pursue. I
see there are vacant offices that
should be used for departments
that have too many people and not
enough desks.
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Hamilton Greeley, "A
good change would be to have
a much better cmployability
development reservation job
training program for many of
our tribal members that want
and need employable reserva
tion jobs.
The way things are for now
is that we have anywhere from
22-30 unemployment rate
here on our reservation. That
gives us about 600 or so tribal
members that are just kicking
back and taking life easy and
this is not fair to people who work for a living.
Sure would like to see a big change by the tribal organization,
such as Indian Health Service, W.S.F.P.I.S., Indian Head Casino,
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, DE manufacturing, and other reservation private
enterprise's. The Tribal Organization, needs to come up with a
workability development job training plans for our unemployed tribal
members.
Like most reservation work force stations, Indian Head Gaming
only has about 39 tribal members working full-time. This has been
over the last 4 years of gaming operation.
Our Indian blood brothers at the Yakima Nation Legends Casino,
for the first year of operation, it has 80 Indians working full-time
with very little turnover. The main reason they are doing so well is
because they have on going free gaming school for all their own
tribal members that are willing to be trained for full-time gaming
employment. The powerful Yakima Tribal Council, is enforcing their
comprehensive plans to employ 100 tribal members at their casino
within 4 years of operation. Maybe we should copy-cat the Yakima
Nation!
In the long run, I would like to see a change for a lot less drug
pushersdealers on our reservation. Another good change would be
for more clean and sober life style for all of us, less acts of beating
each other to death, no more shootings, less diabetes illness that is
killing off elder Indians. I would like to see more reservation people
be job trained and employed full time if they choose to. Would be
pleasant for our reservation people if they could feel safe and happy
being able to enjoy life to the fullest.
My only big question and concerns are, when it comes times for
our tribal ceremonial times, the Warm Springs traditional customs
and cultural things, who is going to participate? One hundred percent
of us might be working for the mighty dollar. Maybe we can have
our good Tribal Council leaders make a minor change granting us
more Tribal Holidays to take care of that.
Spilyay Tymoo good man Medina, thank you very much to chose
me to have my little say in our very worth while Indian newspaper."
- Anthony T. Davis Jr., "To
start, I would say to recognize the
Veterans and the service they
chose, so they could protect ihe.
freedom of everyone. Recognizing
would be the benefits that are
allowed to all Veterans and could
be utilized for a guaranteed
Government home loan for up to
$150,000 or for as low as an
$80,000 Veterans loan. Another
issue would be the 2-year, full-time
job requirements, before a Veteran
is even considered for a home loan
through the Credit Department.
The point is, how is a tribal
member fresh out of college or Armed Forces suppose to move back
home and contribute to the Warm Springs Economy, when housing is
not available! Living off the reservation, rent is twice the amount that
people here pay for mortgage payments. I have a lot more issues and
concerns, but I'll close by saying we need to look at the different
departments and re-evaluate some rules of the people in leadership."
Louella M. Bagley, "Several changes can be made only if we all
as a community work together at it. It's always said "Our Children
Are Our Future and very true
that is. But in the time that all
of us were young compared to
today's way of living, there's
been a drastic change! I feel we
should be looking after our
children and families by
keeping their busy bodies and
minds occupied. We as a
community can get involved in
several activities for all ages.
My thoughts for changes to be
made are more activities in the
community such as: Lit league
Football and Soccer, small
contests cart building projects etc. The community could use more
youth activities' competitions such as Martial Arts, Boxing, Basket
ball, mini rodeos etc. Maybe even a program for the lil' ones to
spend time with the Seniors. ..learning Indian language, our heritage
or just visiting. Let's put some use to the areas that aren't being used
like the empty buildings and abandon basketball courts etc. Commu
nity people shouldn't have to travel to other places to do any of
these things. Everyone has busy schedules but we can also be fitting
time in for our children and our families. I feel if we work together
at this, the violence, theft, and the vandalism, may drop to a percent
age and may also work towards "Becoming the healthiest Nation by
the year 2000." Together as a community and as Confederated
Tribes, we should work to survive. I think everyone knows how hard
it is to work alone."
Lilly Suppah, "The changes I
would like to see made for our
community would be to have a
place for the youth to enjoy some
kind of entertainment. Entertain
ment such as a swimming pool,
movie house, and other things. We
need more parents getting involved
with their children's everyday
activities. Praise your children
everyday instead of always putting
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more positive people because we
already have too many that are
negative. There are too many kid's,
and no parent's."