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Spilyay Speaks
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'Pearl Harbor' brings
back scary times
The movie "Pearl Harbor" brings back a lot of memories.
The movie is a big hit today, drawing many, many viewers to
sec what the Japanese empire did some 60 years ago. An event
that will live in infamy, as President Roosevelt put it.
Yep! On Dec. 7, 1941, early in the morning the Japanese
made the big sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The United
States declared war on Japan to enter World War II.
I was just a "Cute Litde Tyke" at that time and remember
those horrible days and was real scared all the time. It seemed
like a big dark cloud was coming over the Pacific area as
Japan was taking one island after another. In them days we
would sec ncwsrecls in the movies as they would show what a
powerful force the Japanese were at that time.
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The staff (above) of KWSO, 91 .9 FM, has received a number of
cards and letters from participants (right) thanking the radio station
and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs for hosting the First
Inter-Tribal Radio Summit last month. A sampling of the kind words:
Thanks for the red carpet treatment and the great hospitality of your
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for such an event, as the Japanese said after their attack on
Pearl I Iarbor, 'They said they woke a sleeping Giant."
It's always the bad things that spring up in my mind. After
war was declared everything started to spin or things started
to happen. The draft was initiated and men were leaving day
after day from here, as the batdes raged on in the Pacific area.
It was a real mess as the ships were damaged and sunk in
the harbor, the aircraft destroyed on the ground, just unbe
lievable. The Arizona was to have sunk within minutes where
many lives were lost and still remain today. A big memorial
was erected for the Arizona listing all the names of the men
lost and are still in the ship.
The Japanese had planned this for some time and it really
paid off for them, but the aircraft carriers were away at that
time and that was a good thing. It must have been real hell
during that attack as every thing was still in storage like
ammo and fighting equipment.
As the Japanese planes came swooping down on Pearl
Harbor, the announcement was, 'This is an attack, this is no
drill."
After the United States entered the war, another big battle
stands out in my mind and that's, 'The Battle of Midway,"
where the Americans fought off the Japanese attacks time
after time. I can remember photos with the sky filled witty;,"
anti aircraft bursts as black dots filled the sky.
Here on the home front women started to take over all the
jobs and become welders, and whatever. They worked in the
shipyards in Portland, they also started to take over in facto
ries because all the men were in uniform and going overseas
to fight.
There was this song that became famous here with all the
women, because all the men were away and the title of the
song was, "They're Ether Too Young, Or Too Old." Being a
tyke, I was much too young and never thought of girls ... I
think! Let's see, it was pretty quiet around here in them days.
The Japanese were still on a rampage where they took the
Philippines, where Gen. Douglas McArthur told those people
before he left, "I Shall Return,"
And just the word, "Japan," used to almost scare the pants
off of me. The way the reports came in on how the Japs
treated the prisoners of war and it was pure torture.
Then there was the big Bataan Death march where it was
reported that some 5,800 Americans lost their lives because
they could not make the march. When they fell, they were
either bayonetted or shot.
The Americans finally took offense when they landed on
Guadalcanal Island to start the long battle back of taking
island after another.
Finally in August 1945, the "A Bomb" was dropped,
putting a halt to the fighting as Japan surrendered in August
of 1945.
Many people say it was cruel to drop the A Bomb and wipe
out a couple of cities in Japan. They don't realize if the bomb
was not used the loss of lives would have more than tripled
because the Japanese were going to fight to the finish - die
fighting.
- Sid Miller
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to successful students
Congratulations to Joseph
Aguilar and Tasheena Arthur.
Lil Joe and Tee: So handsome
and so beautiful on your gradua
tion from Riverside Indian School
in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Lil Joe, Valedictorian of Senior
class of 2001 what a major achievement!
Tee-Future Business Leader As
sociation, President at Caddo
Kiowa Vo-Tech.
Continue your education and
fulfill your dreams to the highest
There is no limit to what both
of you can accomplish.
God bless and watch over you
all.
Much love,
Mom, Winnerjoe, Chandla &
the rest of the Tribe
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Thanks for event
This is a thank you letter to my
community, Warm Springs, Thank
You for letting us have such events'1
as HIP-HOP POW-WOW '99
UNDERGROUND POW-WOW
'99, BUFF'S BADYARD
BOGGIE '00, all LITEFOOT
shows and recent the BIG
CHIEFIN' RECORDS LABEL
LAUNCH PARTY. Thank you
for being understanding of what us
kids are diving ourselves into.
Thanks to Austin, Andy for letting
us do these things, thanks to the
recreation staff and kids for chang
ing your agendas because of the set
up and clean-up. Thank You to the
police department for being there
at the show to insure safety. Our
family and friends that helped pro
mote, organize, transport, cook;
and clean and make everything
click, when it did. Thank you to
Jabbar Davis for putting up with
the whole mess. (I ain't forgot
about you, You still the foundation
to this whole movement.) Razor
and Melissa for getting the rooms,
Corrine, Lance for being pillars.
Bird and mom- for putting up with
our big dreams, the big output and
the little return. One last thanks
to MAC DRE, DUBEE, LOOIE
CREW, GOTM, ROSE CITY
PLAYAZ, KENNY MACK, JUS'
FAMILY RECORDS, for doing
the other shows and the rest of the
performers local or aspiring, you
are appreciated.
Not all good comes out of these
concerts and we understand this,
but these things can be controlled
and mostly overlooked. But I do
know of them so I will apologize.
Apologies for the disasters at the
. show (lights, late plan flight etc.)
We apologize to Kah-NeeTa for
the flock of star struck fans, it's
unavoidable. The congestion of
people.
Apologies to anyone offended
by what we do, this too is unavoid
able. I also apologize for what I am
about to say: "It's sad we are vic
tim to the crab in the bucket syn
drome, the same community that
we represent, doesn't acknowledge
what we do for the kids and only
bickers and criticizes. I will say I
have been congratulated more than
offended and disrespected and will
continue to do the only thing I
know and that's how to make mu
sic. I have never wrote a letter over
the past few years because of the
feeling of: lack of support, low
turn out's and just under-achieving.
This is not the case now, we
are very precise business as a unit
and we well not let the commu
nity down.
Thank You For Your Time,
- Jaime L Scott.
' Big Chiefin' Records
ticnt while we did the naming cer
emony for Jake Frank and Lupe
Verbena Greene. We know it was
late and cold so we appreciate
everyone's time and we really tried
to hurry. We especially want to
thank our aunts, Bcrnice Mitchell
and Zelma Greene-Minthorn for
the names and the support they
both have given to us. We truly
love our aunts and we pray daily
for them to stay healthy and well.
We love them both and hope we
don not disappoint either of them
in anyway. Thank you Ruby,
Anna, "Grandma Trudy"
Clements and Shayla Frank for
sharing baby Jake with us. I
(Romana) want to thank my broth
ers and sisters for all that they have
done for both of these litde ones
as you truly show your love, care
and concern for them. Without all
of you including your children
things would not get done. We
were told at one time that it is im
portant for our children (both
young and old) to have their In-
Fourth of July 2001
This year was another great
Fourth. Except for the fires, it was
a success and well worth the effort
The day started with a "Parade for
Fun" parade, barbecue and games.
Many thanks to all the people who
contributed their generous valu
able time to help out with what
ever they did while the weather
was a little on the warm sidel
There were so many people who
helped shop, cook, serve, clean and
run the games. Special thanks to
Deanie Johnson, Val Switzler and
their families who eagerly pitched
in to help. Marcia Minthorn for
cooking the traditional foods as a
special treat for the elders. She
prepared salmon, eels, dumplings
& potatoes. Thanks to her son,
Mark Johnson for catching the
eels. Thank you to all the paradersl
Thank you Kirby Heath and
Marvin Ike for leading the parade
with the flags. Thanks to all the
cooks. It wasn't easy cooking over
the grills. Lets see,... Clint Smith,
Apology for actions
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing to say sorry for the
actions that took place last month.
George Spino
Kindness in need
Thank you to the kind people
who were there when we needed
them the most. Thank you to the
Drummers and Singers, Bell Ring
ers and Cooks, Dishwashers,
Neighbors, Friends, Relatives, and
the In-laws. Thank you to the Util
ity workers, Gravediggers, Pall
Bearers, and the stick game play
ers. Thank you to the people who
donated food and the give-away
stuff. Thanks to everyone who
traveled near and far to pay there
last respects to Vincent Daniel Joe.
He was our loving, Husband, Dad,
Grandpa, Great Grandpa, Friend,
Uncle, Co-Worker etc. Thanks for
the lovely flowers and kind cards,
i Sincerely Yours,
Romagene Joe, Alice & Gene
Sampson and family, Lois
Knight
And family, Vanessa & Travis
Andy and family,
Knight sisters: Marie, Melissa,
Lynn, and
Violet and Julia Heath
Thanks Pi-Ume-Sha
We want to thank the Pi-Ume-Sha
committee, Pow-Wow partici
pants, and spectators for being pa-
dian Names and to recognize it' Jonathan Culpus, Val's '.'girls',
publicly so, we appreciate
everyone's time and patience.
Our family also wants to say
thanks to those people who helped
us out honoring our mother with
the "empty saddle" and that is
Bernice Mitchell, Richard Tohet,
Alexander Tohet, Tom Ball, Gorky
Mitchell, D.B.L and to our own
"LITTLE" baby brother (he knows
who he is) for the giveway items,
use of the horses, finances, blan
kets, etc. This ceremony needed to
be done as our mother was a true
believer in the traditional ways of
our people. Yes, we as her children
may not do it exacdy as it should
be done but we do the best we can
because that is all we can do.
Things are not done for glory or
show but it is out of respect for
our elders, children, relatives and
friends as a part of closure and
moving on with life because of our
future generation.
A Big Thanks to our cousins
and other relatives from Warm
Springs, Umatilla, Nez Perce, Kla
math, Yakama, and Colville for
helping and supporting our fam
ily as we did these two ceremonies.
Again to the Pi-Ume-Sha Com
mittee, Participants, and Specta
tors: Thank you for you time and
patience...
Geneva Charley, Mike
Greene, Celia Greene, Ramona
Greene-Baez, Sarah Greene
Gonsalez, Daniel Greene, Roscoe
Greene, Tim Greene and Paullee
Greene and the grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Oliver Moses, Willie Fuentes, and
Tony Guerin. Thanks again to my
mom, Kate Jackson, Richard
Craig, and Rudy G. Clements for
all their help. Andy & Lana f
Leonard, Jessie Del Nero, Donnie ;
Winishut, thank you for the PA j
system, and helping with the
games. Debbie McGill and her .;
family for their help in serving, '
and passing out the ice cream. J
Trevern Yazzie and Percy Winishut j
thank you for running back and
fourth to the center, and all the
work you did on your day off 1 j
Thanks to Reva Johnson for run- j
ning the water slide, and the 3 on
3 tournament, and for the trough
for the pop. Thanks again to the .'
Utilities crew, Brian Lund, Roger
Smith. This department is always .
a big part of this activity. They
set up, provide and deliver the ;
grills, tables and benches, garbage ',
cans and clean up!l They also pro-;
vided the "canoes" for the games, 1
and contributed the mud hole for
the tug of war! Here are some
more of the programs involved:.
Warm Springs Market, the
Primiary Prevention program,.
Warm Springs Forest Products In-
dustry, Warm Springs Correc
tions, Fire & Safety, Warm Springs
Police, and Social Services.
Most of all, thank you all who
took part in the activities. This
was an "Alcohol-free, family activ
ity" and it was so great to see ev
erybody together, enjoying each
others' company! Again.
Sheilah Wahnetah
How well is your soul relating to God?
Protect your home.
It is the fire season. Cut the grass,
move the wood, make sure there is
no gasoline in the cars that have grass
growing in its bumper. Keep the
lighters and matches out of the hands
of children. Protect your home, OK.
Now that I got that yelling off
my chest, here is the big question,
how is your soul?
You know we ask about our diet,
our stress levels, yet we never ask
ourselves the most important ques
tion of our lives. How is your soul?
How dose to God is your life? And
if it's not then who's at fault? In
today's world the talk of spiritual
things is everywhere.
Even Miss Geo on TV will con
nect you to God. Yet the real deal is
not Ms. Cleo, or a church that says
do things this way or else.
The real deal is between you and
God.
For a Christian the Bible speaks
of many relationships. The greatest
is of the Love of God for his creation.
So for me it is a relationship that
is not to keep me out of hell. Or a
relationship that gives me a good
spot in heaven. It is to be loved. So
for me my soul is loved. How is your
soul?
Well, hug someone you love. Hug
someone you dislike. No alcohol or
tobacco for children. One day at a
time.
Buckle up the kids and your
selves. Don't hit or beat on your
self.
Pay your bills before gambling,
and then stay home. Read the Bible
for its effect on your heart Pray to
God to the point of you hearing
Him. Honor someone each day.
Love yourself. Like yourself. See you
in church.
Warm Springs Presbyterian
Church
Worship at 10:00 am on the cam
pus. Pastor Rick Ribeiro