4 January 11,2001
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
During the annual
holiday basketball tour
nament here in Warm
Springs, there was a lot
of questions asked of,
"What's happened to a
once popular holiday
basketball tournament?"
At one time it used to
be selective to see who
would participate in the
annual tournament, as
teams from far and near
would be trying to get
into the tourney bracket.
Teams came from the
mid-west, south west,
California, Washington, Idaho, Montana and various
points in Oregon.
It was a worth while tournament where various
teams were participating and all the teams had nice
uniforms making it more presentable. There were
some real good championship games between good
teams. It was good to see teams playing with good
sets of uniforms that gives it more respect for the
game.
How would you like to go down to the Rose Gar
den and see all the players in dirty shorts and T
Shirt's. Each one trying to our do the other guy with
the ugliest set of playing gear like they do around
here.
Well, don't know what it is, maybe some guys are
not as good a players as they should be and the only
way they can get noticed is to dress the ugliest gear
they can find.
' Many years ago here in Warm Springs, there used
to be a league with established teams. Teams made up
of personnel from different departments and groups.
All the games were scheduled and standings were
kept, and at the end of the season a traveling trophy
would be presented to the team with the best record
of the year.
All the teams in the league had nice uniforms
which made it even more like a league. There were
teams like, The Roads Department, The Administra
tion, Forestry, Simnasho, and The Cowboy's. All the
games were played like regular games, where subs
had to check in at the score table and enter the game
as permitted by the officials. There were a lot of
spectators that showed up for the games.
Well, back to the annual holiday tournament,
today there are teams listed from different parts of the
country and at tournament time most of the players
don't show up and they all sign up local players to
play. That takes all the life out of the tournament and
makes it more like an IBA night, unpleasant and dull
to watch.
All coaches, manages, players ask, "What's hap
pened to a once a nice tournament?"
All the teams that enter a tournament should be
able to floor a full team and every team should have
complete uniforms while on the floor.
In the future for the annual holiday tournament all
the teams should submit a complete list of their
player's and a photo for the program, and guarantee
their team will be here. If a team fails to do so they
should forefeet the game and be disqualified from
further play in the tournament. It really is boring to
see all locals playing against each other which are
supposed to be teams from other parts of the country.
Get the tournament back to what it used to be, a
great holiday tournament. AHH-NAH-CHI-TOON! ! !
Toe Ness
This guy told his friend; "I finally got rid of that
nagging headache I woke up with every morn
ing. I moved to the guest room." YIKES
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God is the only way to change your life
To the editor,
I Samuel 22: 1 , 2-David therefore
departed tlience and escaped to the cave
A-ltil-lnm: and when his bretliren and
all his father's house heard it, they went
down thither to him
And every one that was in distrew.
and ever one that was in debt, and every
one that was discontented, gathered
themselves unto him; and he became a
enptnin over them: and there were with
him about four hundred men.
This letter is in regard to our cur
rent situation, jobs, unemployment,
WSFPI, Construction, etc., the church
world. Back in 1988 (?) we had a strike at
WSFPI, there was meetings then about
job trainings, job placement elsewhere,
welfare, college, school education, etc.,
sounded good then, sounds good now
but. . . the only ones who have jobs then
and now are the ones talking.
David is a type of Christ David
means loving, well beloved. God wants
you to know that He loves you and you
are well beloved, He says He cares for
you and He will never leave thee, nor for
sake thee. David was on the run for his
life King Saul was trying to kill him be
cause he was jealous ofhSm. It says David
escaped to the cave A dul lam which
means refuge. If I had known what I
know now back in 1988, or when I re
tired in 1 99 1 from WSFPI, how much of
a reftige Jesus really is, maybe a very good
friend of mine wouldn't have committed
suicide after he was laid off.
Psalms 9:9 says, "The Lord also
will be a refuge for the oppressed, a ref
uge in times of trouble." Ps 46:1 God is
our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble.
Ps 62:7,8 In God is my salvation
and my glory: the rock of my strength,
and my refuge is in God. Trust in him at
all times; Ye people, pour out your heart
before him: God is a refuge for us Selah,
Ps 142:4, 5 I looked on my right hand,
and beheld, but mere was no man that
would know me: refuge failed me; no
man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee,
o Lord: I said, thou art my refuge and
my portion in the land of the living.
It says everyone that was in dis-;
tress. Distress here means a narrow place,
confinement or disability, anguish, strait
ness. I don't know what religion you are.
But if you don't have one, I know Jesus
(Saviour) for 1 8 years has kept me alco
hol and drug free, out of jail, out of prison.
Thanks to all that helped with my name giving
To the editor,
On the day of January 1, 2001, 1
received my Indian name Maxaiki at
the Simnasho Longhouse. The lady
who thought of my name is my great
grandmother Nettie Showaway. She
is the oldest member of the Warm
Springs tribe and is about 100 years
old! She lived at Parker, Washington
for many years and I think everybody
knows Nettie. The man who helped
with the ceremony is my uncle
Quiltman, Milton Sahme, (he is
backup singer for John Trudell). Be
fore we started the ceremony there
was seven Washut songs. My grand
mother Neda Wesley and mom that
is my stepmother Aurolyn Watlamet
saved and prepared things for the
giveaway for the last two years. These
things were laid out on a trail in the
Longhouse. I wore a fully beaded
vest, chaps, moccasins, and ribbon
shirt that were later given away. My
uncle Davis Stwyer made several
necklaces and my little brother
Jonathan and I helped string neck
laces. Quiltman and me danced up
and down the Simnasho Longhouse
around the trail of giveaway items and
my dad Rick and Aurolyn and lots of
relatives danced behind us.
Grandma Liza Brown was
happy. Oh, she brought a big tule mat
that held special things for the give
away like huckleberries, roots, dried
elk and elk sausage from my dad, and
Please write
To all my family & friends,
This is Albert A. Stahi, I would
like to hear from you one & all. I am
doing well. You can reach me at:
Sunnyside Care Center; co Albert A.
Stahi; 45 15 Sunnyside Rd., S.E.; Sa
lem, OR 97302
letters, preferably 300 words
In Acts 2:43-47 And fear came
upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles. And all
tliat believed were together, and had all
tilings common: and sold their posses
sions and goods, and parted then to all
men, as every man had need. And they,
continuing daily with one accord in the
temple and breaking bread from house
to house, did eat their meat with gladness
and singleness ofheart. Praising God, and
having favor with all people, and the Lord
added to the church daily such as should
be saved.
It says everyone that was in debt
Debt means to lend on interest; exact,
giver of sury ; through the idea of imposi
tion. Hard times, debt. JEHOVAH
JIREH (the Lord will provide). It says and
everyone that was discontented. Discon
tented means bitter of soul, bitter, bitter
ness or bitterly, angry, chafed, great,
heavy,
On 1 997 Warm Springs missed out
on 64 new HUD homes, these funds went
to Arizona. There is an old saying from
1 964 "Hire Indians, hire our people, train
them to be carpenters, but don't let them
build our houses." I don't know what fu
ture there is in construction, maybe all the
Indian carpenters, workers etc. will be out
of work, because Fuqua Homes, instead
of HUD stick built homes. I don't know
about you and your current church or re
ligion. God says in Joshua 24: 1 5 "Choose
you this day whom you will serve; but as
for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord." Sometimes it may fee you are run
ning for your life as David did. I mean
your spiritual life. You may feel like
David, as he was getting put down about
his testimony, singing, praying, preach
ing, you may feel as David, hurt and
wounded spiritually, because the church
had become a compromising harlot,'
mavhe thfv ramp i inHer n ile under a man
and not God, the church changed, no
godly anointed music as it was replaced
by music from other gods, just like today
you walk in a church, its Like going to a
rock concert or rap concert or country
western concert. You may feel like David
as Saul took over the sacrifice and prayers,
not being feed the truth about God's word,
slowly dying a spiritual death, because
preachers today can't preach "thus saith
the Lord" anymore, because some have
rejected Christ Jesus coming in the flesh,
the cross, the blood, the virgin birth, the
trinity and Jesus coming back again, not
may other things for men, too.
Quiltman said a lot of native words
about my name. He told the people
about me. That I am 13 years old. I
am a hunter and fisherman, I dance
at powwows and I go to the Wapato
Longhouse.
My name is an old name of a
great, great grandfather who is bur
ied at Red Lake. Quiltman gave me
my name and w had a big giveaway.
We gave away all the things that I
wore, six beaded bags, eight
Pendleton blankets, dozens of shawls,
buckskin, money and other things.
When family members receive their
gifts, they game things like beadwork
and money and spoke to me about
how they are related to me and what
it means to receive an Indian name
and that I should practice saying my
name. When grandma Nettie spoke I
didn't understand what she was say
ing, but I know it was very kind and
loving words because everyone
hugged her and I did too. I'll ask
grandma Neda what she said. My dad
and mom gave me a green beaded
vest, the chief of the Warm Springs
tribe, Delvis Heath gave me a hun
dred dollars. Uncle Gene Sampson is
giving me a bustle to dance with.
Grandma Carrie Schuster told me that
I could choose a coat from her store
in Toppenish that is the Inter-Tribal
Sports. My uncle Captain Moody pre
sented me with an eagle fan. He en-
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preaching against sin, lell is hot and eter
nal or the wrath to come. Its I m okay,
you're okay, heaven on earth today, who
ever has the most toys when he dies wins,
new homes, new cars, new everything!
You may feel as you have to run
as David did because of the ravening
wolves behind the pulpits. Ones who lie
for money, greed, lust, backslidden who
are prideful, who are to kill, scatter and
destroy the sheep, as Saul was after David.
As God departed from Saul, so is God
starting to depart from some churches
unless we come back to God the Father,
God die Son and God the Holy Ghost
Saul because of his jealousy had no dis
cernment, as in consulting the witch of
Endor, even so it is today, holistic, new
age, animistic people seeking other gods,
compromising their souls saying we all
serve the same God.
Because of no discernment we
have spiritual abortion in churches, mur
der, anybody getting up behind the pul
pit to bash, put down, throwing javelins
as Saul done to David. Because of Saul's
rebellion, 1 Samuel 15:23 for rebellion is
as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness
is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou
has rejected the word of the Lord, you
may feel you have to run to Addulam,
because of hatred, jealousy, petty gossip,
and backbiting.
Does gambling make you careless?
To the editor,
Hello from Pastor Rick. Did you
ever lose time from work due to gam
bling? Has gambling ever made your
home life unhappy? Did you ever
gamble to get money with which to
pay debts or otherwise solve finan
cial difficulties? Did gambling cause
a decrease in your ambition or effi
ciency? After losing did you fee you
must return as soon as possible and
win back your losses? After a win did
you have a strong urge to return and
win more? Did you often gamble un
til your last dollar was gone? Did you
ever borrow to finance your gam
bling? Have you ever sold anything
to finance gambling? Were you re
luctant to use gambling money" for
normal expenditures? Did gambling
make you careless of the welfare of
yourself or your family? Did you
gamble longer than you had planned?
Have you ever gambled to escape
worry or trouble? Did gambling
cause you to have considered com
mitting, and illegal act to finance
gambling? Did gambling cause you
couraged me to make parts for my
outfit. My aunt Hot Dog Greene came
all the way from Nevada and she
made a beaded bag and necklaces for
the giveaway and my grandma
Delores George and Carrie Schuster
came from Washington and another
grandma Darlou and her husband
came from Portland.
After the giveaway, we all ate.
We ate salmon, roots, potatoes,
veggies, ham, fruit, salads, fry bread,
wild rice, berries luckamean and elk
meat that my dad provided. Grandma
Shirley Heath was the head cook
along with help from Lucinda Heath,
Rosa Bill, grandma Geraldine
Blodgett and other aunts and cousins.
I can't remember all the names, again
there were prayer songs that started
and ended the meal. The Washut
drummers included Delvis Heath, Big
Rat Suppah, Gene Sampson, Captain
Moody, Guy Wallulatum, and Fred
Wallulatum had the bell. After the
ceremony we went and delivered a
beaded bag and Pendleton shawl to
my grandmother Louise Hellon and
then back to Washington where we
will deliver some things for our fam
ily at the Wapato Longhouse. I want
to thank those who helped make this
day special and I tried not to leave
anyone out.
Maxaiki
Victor Jacob Watlamet
Happy Birthday & Merry
Christmas
Shamona Charley
Love you, Rosa
Happy Birthday
Wanda-A-Loo
1223
Thanks for being my friend
through thick & thin.
for the better
Run like David because here
comes some else asking for money but
not feeding the souls or preaching thus
said the Lord. In Matthew 10:7-10 And
as ye go preach saying, The Kingdom of
heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse
the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils,
freely ye have received, freely give, pro
vide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in
your purses, nor scrip for your journey,
neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves, for the workmen is worthy of his
meat. The entire Honor, praise and glory
goes to God the Father, God the Son and
God the Holy Ghost Without Him noth
ing would be possible.
We have planned a revival for Feb
ruary 2, 2001 at 4443 Upper Dry Creek
Road. For those who are in distress, debt
and discontented, are weary of the way
things are, for those who don't have a
church, no where to go, tired of alcohol
& drugs, in trouble, those that came to
our tent meeting last year.
Everyone welcome. Come hear
the word of God. Holy Ghost filled speak
ers Rose & Merle Williams Sr. & group
from Marysville, Washingtoa Visitors
from Seattle, WA
Maranatha,
Easton& TinaAgullar
to have difficulty in sleeping? Do ar
guments, disappointments or frustra
tions create within you an urge to
gamble? Have you ever considered
self-destruction as a result of your
gambling?
A yes to four of these questions
is a sign of a troubled gambler. Seven
or more is a compulsive gambler. GO
GET HELP. If you have crossed a line
that could lead to your destruction,
there is no greater path away from
God then when you are lost in your
own world.
Get ready, get set, hug someone
you love. Hug someone you dislike.
No alcohol or tobacco for children.
One day at a time. Buckle up the kids
and yourselves. Don't hit or beat on
yourself. Pay your bills before gam
bling then stay home. Read the Bible
for its effect on your heart. Pray to
God to the point of hearing Him.
Honor someone. Love yourself. Like
yourself. See you in church.
Rev. Rick R. Ribeiro
WS Presbyterian Church
(On the campus)
Happy Birthday
& Merry Christmas
Shamona Charley 1225
Love you with all my
heart.
Mom, Wanda Charley
Happy Elrthday
to my sister
Merda Charley
1225
Love ycu
Wanda Charley
Happy Birthday
Bubba
January 27,h
With lots of love
Mom in Washington
Happy 22nd Birthday
InaW.
Your auntie
Willie& girls
Have fun!
Happy 22"' Birthday
InaW.
Grandma B Grandpa
Lee B Wayne
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Happy 12 Birthday
January 12
All our Love
Harvey & Mom
Everybody at Grandma's
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