4 June 15, 2000
warm Springs, Oregon
spilyay tymoo
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E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
Celebrations are springing up
all across the country now that
the summer season is upon us.
The first part of June the annual
Rose Festival takes place in Port
land. Rodeos, and pow-wow's
also make the scene.
Was watching the Grand flo
ral parade on TV and saw all
those neat floats. Thoughts came
to mind, "Where is the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs? or
the Indian Head Casino floats?"
I can remember when I was
just a "Cute Little Tyke," we
used to get into the Rose Festival
Parade. In them days all the floats
would pass through the Civic
Stadium in review. Each float
would pause in front of the crowd
where home plate is and the sound
system would introduce the float As we would come in they would
introduce us as the Indians from the Warm Springs Indian Reserva
tion of Central Oregon, and members of the "Hiawatha Pageant." As
we would pass in review and pause for the introduction we would
jump off of the float and do a fast war dance to loosen up the crowd
and get a big ovation from the crowd. We'd jump back on the float
and on down the street we would go.
Them days the parade used to start from the west side of the city
and wind its way through the streets. It used to be a lot of fun for us
to be in the parade and to see all the people on the sidewalks all along
the parade route.
Why I wondered about a float from here was because I saw the
float that Spirit Mountain had in this years parade, a beautiful float
and a winner at that. As a matter of fact they had a float in the parade
last year also, good publicity for their gaming establishment.
Was thinking back to when we used to have a girls drill team
march in the Rose Parade and many of those girls are still around but
don't know if they can high step much anymore. We did have some
floats more recently as we would have Miss Warm Springs riding on
the floats and one year we had a float with a Senior Citizen also rode
along with Miss Warm Springs.; But here lately there has never been
any mention of a float from anyone at all. The Indian Head Casino
should have had a float in there for advertisement of the Casino here
at Kah-Nee-Ta. Maybe one of these days we will have a float or
participation in the Rose Festival Parade.
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"Pi-Um-Sha," "Let's Celebrate:" The annual Pow-wow is just
around the corner. A Pow-wow that commemorates the treaty
signing of 1 855. There will be a big parade here for the occasion on
Saturday morning June 24, starting at 10:00 a.m. Led by the Local
Veteran color guard. Each year we have a good turn-out of Veteran
groups who visit here during the Pow-wow days. Groups such as the
North West Indian Veterans, headquarters in Vancouver, WA. The
Yakima Warriors and the ROTC of Madras High School are always
present during the Veterans activities here and we welcome them
each time we have a parade.
There will be a variety of activities going on during Pi-Um-Sha,
which includes all kinds of dance contests from old to young boys
and girls men and women. One popular event in the past was the
"Wanna Be" contest for the non-Indian visitors. Other events will
include a golf tournament at Kah-Nee-Ta, a fun run at the community
Center, a stick game tournament, the annual endurance horse race
which takes place along the creek, a rodeo which will bring in
cowboys from all parts of the western US. A huge softball tourna
ment, j
This will be the place where old friends meet and new ones made
and everyone will have a good time.
Going back to Parade Floats takes me back to the past when we had
a 4th of July parade here, the late Vern Jackson than the Secretary
Treasure would order every department to have a float in the parade.
That was a real hit here as each department would try to out do the
other. I can remember the first float the Administration had which
was a replica of a South Pacific atoll. We had a small truck and put
a imitation Palm tree with a table and lawn chairs and rode in cut-offs
and bathing suits.
The parade would wind down to the grounds behind the Commu
nity Center where there was a Bear B ar-B-qu. The rest of the day full
of games and at dusk the big fireworks, and everyone had a great
time. AHH-Nah-CHI-TOON ! ! !
Toe Ness
This guy goes to see his doctor for a check-up.
The Doc. said, "Your in good shape, you 'U live until your sixty.
The guy said. "I ' am sixty. "
Doc. said, "See there, just what I told you!!" YIKES
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Ceremonial Fishermen share
To the editor,
I would like to shore with you my
understanding of the Ceremonial
Fishery that I have been involved
with over the past ten years or so.
This is a very special fishery to my
knowledge and should not be
infringed upon by an employee of
the tribal organization. The
Ceremonial Fishery that is conducted
by the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs annually is used for some
very sacred, historical and traditional
purposes. Which is why the removal
of fish snouts was questioned by our
crew and not allowed. I am not an
expert in all of the traditional ways
but have acquired enough knowledge
over a period of ten years to support
our crews stand on the issue of snout
removal from the few hatchery fish
that we caught. I base my decision
upon the fact that the limited
knowledge that I possess originates
from a number of elders who actually
chose to continue to reside along the
Columbia River as our people
originally did or who possess more
traditional knowledge than I. All of
these knowledgeable people stressed
Littleleaf share concerns on casino and salmon issues
To the editor,
Indian Head Casino merging to
gether with Kahneeta Resort? My,
opinion is, that would be a poor i
business decision because as it is we '
are and have been losing out on un-'
known millions in much needed
revenue annually by virtue of re
maining at that inconvenient loca-'
tions "in good business location is
everything." The projected revenue
that a casino on the Rez and on Hwy
26 was 18 million annually. And
with the near future expansion of
Hwy 26 there may be a lot of extra
traffic. What is the next step ac
cording to the referendum since that
micro trust site near Madras was
overwhelmingly turned down as a,,,
temporary gaming site. ..... ...j
Thank you from Hollidays
To the editor,
We, the family of Ben Holliday
"Junior" wish to express our
Thankfulness to the wonderful lov
ing people who came to his farewell
good-byes. Truly, we thank all these
people plus all the beautiful cards,
flowers, food, songs, music, song,
singers, money, donations, flag,
solute and most of all the prayers for
all the families who knew and love
"Uncle Junior". If we forgot your
names, please excuse us. "God"
knows who you are, Amen.
To the "back bone" of the Jesus
Christ Saints: "Trudie", Agnes and
all her girls, Helpers & food (fantastic
dinner), Bobbie Jim, Viola, Lucille
Teeman, Billie Jo Bagley, Lyle and
Tina Holliday, Bobbi and Frankie
Suppah, Alvis Smith Sr., Pastor E.
Hunt and Wife, Buck and Suzie Smith
Family, Earl and Shirley Tufti, Wil
liam Wainanwit, Brenda and Dave,
Karen G., Ronnie Govenor, Milton
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Happy belated birthday
cousins
Tracy "De" Marcus
June 11th
Love, Auntie
Paula
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the importance of the proper handling
of this special fishery. These
traditions have been a part of the oral
tradition that has been passed down
from generation to generation since
time immemorial. This fishery is a
very special fishery used for a variety
of historical ceremonies, Root Feast
being only one of these.
Today this ceremonial catch is
shared with the tribal members for
other traditional uses such as: First
Catch and First Kill recognition,
name giving, funeralmemorial
services and the General Council
meetings with the tribes, to name just
a few. All of which, I understand as
being very special ceremonies to our
people, (tribes), our Longhouse
leaderelders. We felt that snout
removal would be in direct violation
of these elders upbringing. Snout
removal to merely gather data would
be a direct violation of our religious
and traditional uses of this special
fishery as reserved in the treaty
language by previous ciders. Who
certainly had a better understanding
of the traditional and sacredness of
these ceremonial uses. That's why
I don't think to many Tribal
Members have a problem with the
projected 18 mil. how much will a
new Casino cost? Since 1995 our
Casino has generated millions of
dollars annually, where is it? There
should be enough saved up to build a
new casino out right. Time is money.
Consequently we are losing money.
Not making money. The longer we
remain way out there inconveniently
located. If and when we do relocate,
what will become of the old casino
building, personally I think it would
make a very nice gym and the
Kahneeta Lodge would make a great
High School. The kids need a school.
It would be better than shipping
across the region by I? us; Snouts; itis ,
CTWS Culture' for countless thou-
Holliday family, Lakin, Beth, Ervin
Raines Family, Fred and Olivia
Wallulatum, Nancy Saluto, Chris and
Michelle Holliday, Gloria and Bob
Werner Family, Annette and Dixon
Polk, Mike and Rhonda Greene,
Solomon and Esther Stewart, "Gus"
Tufti and family.
To thank our Lord and Savior
"Jesus Christ" for "Uncle Ben". He
has gone on to be with "Jesus". To be
absent from the body, be present
with the Lord. Jesus said "I am the
Only way, Truth, Life, Jn 14.6.
Special thanks to Jolene Warner,
Tera Lee Holiday, Denise (the mom)
and Tina Holliday for setting up the
heavy tables at the kitchen.
t God bless you all. Thank you
, much for your time. Families of
( Velma Sherman Holiday Family,
i Rose Aly (Tootsie)
Charles, DW. , Nicole,
Zane, Hudson
Happy Birthday
LilBob
June 12th
Love, Mom, Mav, Challis
Jered
"Ooo-wha"
Moses
June 9th
Love, Mom
& Sister
Also
Happy
Birthday
Sidster
Minnick
June 15th
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concerns about
our fishing rights were specifically
reserved during the treaty process.
This data can just as easily be
collected from the gamut offish users
that exist. Nearby fish hatcheries,
lower river gill-netters, sports
fishermen, off shore users, the treaty
tribes commercial season to mention
a few. All have the potential of
generating (he identical data as (he
few hatchery fish that were caught
during the Ceremonial Fishery.
No one has shown or shared with
me actual proof that this data is also
taken from sources other than the
original inhabitants of (he Columbia '
River. This scientific data should be
gathered from all users of the
resource. I challenge the National
Marine Fisheries, The Oregon
Department of Natural Resources to
share this data with the treaty tribes.
I would also like to have our tribal
biologists accompany the federal
state biologists when they collect this
data so that actual verification of this
process can be relayed back to the
appropriate tribal agency.
There is more that I could share
with you but I only want to express
sands of years for our Tribal mem
bers and ceremonial fishers to respect
the salmon primarily through wor
ship, during this sensitive time. The
well-being of all the ceremonial fish
ers have great significance to the
river Tribes of the Northwest. Dis
rupting or meddling in religious af
fairs by non-Indian tribal employees
should not be condoned by CTWS
the conflict of interest of collecting
data for the state is the issue CTWS
has Tribal member official who can
perform that task. Also why did
Natural Resources department break
their promise to end their mutilation
of the ceremonial salmon?
Respectfully,
, . Anthony Littlelief
Congratulations to Jarrod & Lisa
Sampson
With love from your mother,
Te-Minsh (& Adrian),
Sister Kris (Sean & family)
McConville, Brother
Gerald Samson Jr., your father
Gerald (Sandra & family)
Sampson Sr., your grandma's
Margaret Charley & Edith
Sampson and all of your uncles,
aunts, nieces, nephews,
cousins, friends, & relatives of "The
Great Columbia River".
Congratulations Class of 2000
Riverside Graduate
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Tanya Tewee
From Shari, Mar, Chall
Congratulations to our
Granddaughter.
We are very proud of youl
And your accomplishment.
We love you
Googum & Moosum
Kelsey, the Twins
Autumn & Garyson
Congratulations to
my daughter
Candace Toni Heath
Riverside Indian School
Class of 2000 Graduate
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Way to go Girl!
Love, Mom Mar
Congratulations to
my NaNa Candace
Class of 2000
Your lil Sis
Chall
Happy Birthday
to Leland, Jr.-June 3rd
and Ashley Marie-June 13th
Thinking of you always
Selena
Happy Birthday
Leland, Jr.
Ashley Marie
From Dad, Mom and Laneda
snout removal
the importance of not having this
special fishery infringed upon by a
few people who seem to have superior '
rights granted to them in the name of '
science than the ceremonial 1
fisherman. I am in total disagreement
with the two day suspension of
Stanley Simtustus, who just happens
to be the Chairman of one of our fish '
committees. The recall of our tribal
monitors by the Natural Department -Supervisor
was unwarranted and
could have been handled in a more
professional manner. Stanley merely
stated that to his knowledge his last ;
understanding pertaining to the snout '
removal issue was that it would be '
presented again to the appropriate
Longhouse Leaders and Tribal Elders
to base a decision upon.
There is an even more important '
issue that must be clarified and that 1
is, does certain individuals have
superior rights to enrolled members
as an employee? I would hope not. !
Respectfully,
The Ceremonial Fishery Crew,
Bruce Jim, Sr., Randy Smith, crew
member, Virgil Culps and Crew '
silver Boxes
My words are harsh and hasty
And they came without a thought.
Then I saw the pain and anguish
That my bitter words had brought.
Bitter words that I had spoken
Made me think back through the past;
Of how many times I'd uttered
Biting words whose pain would last.
Then I wondered of the people
I had hurt by things I'd said;
All the ones I had discouraged
When I didn't use my head.
Then I thought about my own life,
Of painful words I've heard;
And of the times I'd been discouraged
By a sharp and cruel world. ' ?vrT
And now clearly I remember
All the things I might have done;
But, by a word I was discouraged.
And they never were begun.
Lord, help my words be silver boxes,
Neatly wrapped up with a bow;
That I give to all so freely,
As though each day I gladly go.
Silver boxes full of treasure,
Precious gifts from God above;
That all people I encounter
Might have a box of God's own love.
Michael Bright, 1989
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Congratulations to Jarrod & Lisa
Sampson on the birth of their
daughter Lilajane Kebort Sampson,
born March 12, 2000
Jarrod Daniel Sampson
Bachelor of Science
Portland State University
2000 Spring Commencement
Sunday, June 1 1
Portland Memorial Coliseum
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