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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 2001)
Spilyy Tytnoo, Wjrm Springs, Oregon December 27, 2001 Simnasho kids to have new playground Equipment made possible through cooperative effort New playground equip ment has arrived at the school playground in Simnaho. The equipment was par tially assembled earlier this month. The rest of the work will happen when the weather warms up, said Kathy Quacmpts, of the Tribal Health Department. The department, along wuh Indian Health Services, has cooperated in acquiring the new playground equip ment. The Nike Corpora tion is also playing a key role.Purchase of the play ground equipment has been made possible through an IMS diabetes prevention grant. I -'artier this month, helping assemble the new equipment, were 43 people from Nike. They visited Simnasho for a day, had lunch, and worked on assembling the new equip ment. As part of the project, Nike employees also contrib uted $3,010. "They were very excited to come here and work," said Quacmpts. Austin Greene and Ed Henderson of Tribal Health, and Russ Alger, Diana Howell and Rob Collison, of II IS, have helped with the project. In November, Quaempts and I lenderson made a presen tation to Brian Rogers, of the Nike community outreach committee. The company was eager to participate, said Quacmpts. Nike also donated a Track-In-Thc-Box set to the Simnasho community. This includes whistles, flags, and other equipment for different ,'? kinds of games,-All the items Hellon offering Tribal member Leo Ilellon has passed the Warm Springs Tribes bar exam. He is now available for represen tation or legal advocacy to tribal members or anyone ,vithin the jurisdiction of !Warm Springs Tribal Court. Hellon can offer advice on legal issues such as crimi nal, civil procedure or ac tion, criminal and juvenile law, housing and administra ,'tive issues, traditional law, hunting and fishing issues. !l le will also act as a legal fa cihtator. Hellon has been on the IWarm Springs Appeals ICourt for three years. This . will not compromise or in- t Tailfeathers: ' Continued from page 1 I In the many years that I have been announcing, and in my travels I have often been a$ked to announce for friends oh special occasions. I My adventures include dreat Gathering of Nations, tljie Big River PowWow the Ltnd of the White Fish Jr.'s in Saskatchewan Canada, and many more. i Through adventures with the tribes I have worked for, I have learned to appreciate the needs of the youth, who are often forgotten and yet are a head count for many dollars to develop programs. I helped tribes coordinate youth conferences in the U.S. and Canada. i I enjoy being able to help youth be productive, healthily .1 ' 4 l . l nmmm mm will be put to good use. 'The Simnasho community is very active," said Quacmpts. The new playground equip ment is about 60 percent as sembled. The rest of the work, involving the pouring of some concrete, has to wait for warmer weather. The old equipment was removed some time ago. Captain Moody and his family had provided some tremendous support, said Quaempts. Along with the new play ground, new basketball facili ties at Simnasho will also be added in the spring. This also was made possible through the diabetes prevention work. In the photographs, Nike employees help local health workers with assembling the new playground equipment. The weather was rainy, but the workers pressed on and assembled about. 60 percent of the new playground. legal service t e r f e r e with the legal advo cacy or aide to tribal members, said Hellon. ri Leo Hellon "If you have any questions or doubt on any legal issues, please seek ad vice. If not from myself, from someone with the knowledge and expertise, because of the past and present situation of legal aide offered by the tribes, you are at a great disadvan tage," says Hellon. working with young people is most rewarding and serve their community in a positive manner. My travels extended with the Armed Services to Viet Nam where I saw that coun try with scars that may never heal, not to discount our boys and girls that have seen the same as I have. Okinawa, which was a great experience for me, also seen the batde scars of yesteryear of our boys and girls that were in that campaign of war that I shall never forget Of all my experiences and travels the one that shines out for me is that youth smiling and enjoying the life experi ence of song and dance at the Pow-Wow as the sweat flows down his or her face, all the aches and pains, the wind flows on its face and the heart beat n IV 0 , Long-time Marcele LeClaire has taught hundreds of local youths Many people remember her from when they were growing up. She's been at the job for 17 years, so some of the kids from the early days are grown and have their own kids. Marcelene LeClaire, who has been teaching and taking care of youngsters for many years, this month announced her retirement. She has been at the Early Childhood Center for the past several years. The name Tailfeathers has a story within its self... The name came from a hunt where our grandfather wounded a Buffalo and chased it for several days. of the drums is the only thing that matters. My family consists of six children, three girls and three boys. Eight grand girls, seven grand boys, a set of grand twins and one great grandchild, an other on its way, many adopted children, who we love dearly, and the most important, my wife Nancy (Red Hawk Woman). Our home is located in the beautiful Simnasho Commu I U.JU ATI c Oct - tJ, pre-school teacher retiring . ... V; i k r ;fftffri,,T""'T,i'iiiTiiiH,'f'-fi tfiimmh faM, Marcelene LeClaire Before the ECE building opened, she worked with kids at the tribal pre-school at the nity of the Warm Springs Res ervation. My affiliation is Blackfeet Cree and my Indian name is (Shadow Walks) this was given to me by my uncle Sam Windy Boy, Sr. The name comes from the Sweet Grass mountains of Montana, my sir name comes from my great, great, great, great grandfather, who was a warrior and a great hunter. The name has a story within its self. With the coming of our white brothers the name was shortened by the shoulders. The name came from a hunt where our grandfather wounded a Buffalo and chased it for several days. As he approached the roll ing hill, as the wounded buf falo went over the hill, an Eagle flew over the hill chasing the Offensive removed from names The names of three places in the Willamette National Forest were changed recently to remove a word that is offen sive to Native Americans. Two buttes and one creek, which formerly bore the name "squaw," were changed to Kwiskwis Butte, Latiwi Butte and Latiwi Creek. The new place names arc from the language of the Mollala Indians, said Mark I'lanncry, cartographer with the US. Forest Service. The word Latiwi means "people," and Kwiskwis is the Indian name for a chipmunk. Kwiskwis was also the nick name of Mollala Indian Charlie Tufti, said I'lanncry. The change in the place names was approved recently by the Oregon Geographic Names Board. Passage of a state law to re , Senate OK's Tribal- PGE hyrdo The agreement between the Confederated Tribes and Port land General Electric to own and operate joindy the Pelton Round Butte Hyrdroelcctric Project received Congressional approval recently. The U.S. Senate adopted a bill sanctioning the agreement, whereby the Confederated Tribes receive one-third own ership interest in the dams. Selling cost is $30 million. The tribes in the past have received payments from PGE for use of the reservation prop erty that is part of the hydro ! elf cdfc1 'facilities.' ";f; f":! l; "" The new arrangement gives thp tribes ownership, and the Presbyterian Church. "I like teaching," Marcelen said. "Es pecially the 3-year-olds. You get a chance to teach them from the ground up." After announc ing she would retire, Marcelene at first didn't think much about it. Then last week, at the kids' holiday powwow at the Agency Longhouse, all of a sudden it hit her. wounded buffalo. As he told this story after he brought his kill home for his people, the wise ones gave the name of Eagle Tailfeathers chases Buffalo Over the Hill, this was shortened to just Tailfeathers. I was told by my grandpar ents that I have been dancing from the time that I could walk, and my grandfather would sing so that I would be able to learn as I grew up. I often think of him, as he was the chief singer for the sa cred painted drum of the Sweet Grass Society. He knew many sacred cer emonies that he was involved with throughtout his life, and we had the opportunity to ex perience some and learn from him. word move the "s word" from pub lic place names in Oregon has been a project of the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs Government Affairs. Government Affairs repre sentatives, with other tribal members, advocated passage of the law during the 2001 Or egon legislative session. The legislature passed the law, which Gov. Kithaber then signed later this past sum mer. There are several places in the area of southern Jefferson and northern Deschutes coun ties that include the s-word. Eventually, these place names will be rcplacl-d with names that are not offensive to Native Americans. The new names in Jefferson and Deschutes counties could be derived from Indian names for the places. agreement right to earn revenue directly from the sale of electricity, rather than through the lease payments from PGE. The new agreement has been a part of the federal pro cess to rclicense the Pclton Round Butte project. PGE's original license, dat ing back to the 1950s, has come up for renewal. Initially, the tribes were competing directly with PGE for the license. Through negotiation, PGE agreed to sell part of the own ership of the hydro facilities to the tribes. Over the next 30 to 40 years, the tribes can acquire additional interest in the farlfi- I ties, up to 50.01 percent. "I realized I wouldn't be do ing this anymore," said Marcelene. The part of the job she will miss the most, of course, is being around the youngsters. She has her hobbies of painting and crocheting, "but it won't take the place of this," she said of her classroom at ECE. Even so, retirement seems like the right thing to do, she said. Her co-workers threw a sur prise retirement party for Marcelene last week. She will be greatly missed at ECE. ' - Death at jail; being investigated George W Picard III, age 24, was found deceased on Monday, Dec. 24, in his cell at the Warm Springs Cor rectional Facility. There were no obvious signs of foul play. Warm Springs Police are investi gating the incident. The Oregon State Medi cal Examiner's Office is conducting an autopsy. The FBI is participating in the investigation. Mr. Picard was found de ceased at 3:45 a.m. by a cellmate, who alerted the correctional facility secu rity. Warm Springs emer gency response personnel were called but determined that Mr. Picard was de ceased. He was awaiting trial on local charges.