Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon February 7, 2002
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Powwow: event includes various specials Daleena Frank is
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The Lincoln's Birthday
Powwow is sponsored by the
Simnasho Elders, and the
Lincoln's Powwow Commit
tee. The Master of Ceremonies
is Charles Tailfeathers.
The Grand Entries of the
powwow are at 7:30 p.m. Fri
day, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2
p.m. on Sunday.
Contest categories are Fancy
and Traditional Dancers, 16
years and under Boys and
Girls, 17 to 49 years Men and
Women.-
Specials include three-hand
drum contest sponsored by the
Jameson Mitchell Family and
the Bruce Jim Family.
Also: Special Senior Men's,
sponsored by Charles
Tailfeathers. : ";;
Round BustleChicken
Dance Contest sponsored by
Mackie Begay and Lincoln's
Powwow Committee.
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Photo courtesy of Mackl Begay
The Quartz Creek Drum group. Seated at front right of drum is Nettie Shawaway.
Men's Grass Dance Contest Haywahe. . i at 553-3290, or Trudee
sponsored by the Veterans Other specials will be an- Queahpama-Clements, 553-
Powwow Committee. . ... nounced. 3274. For vendor concession
.Special Junior Boys Contest For information On the information, call Sandra
sponsored by, Kelsey powwow, call Anna Clements Greene, 553-3246. : ,
Olympics: show will feature 500 traditional dancers
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Corey, his aunt and uncle
will be among 500 Native
American dancers that are part
of the opening ceremonies of
the 2002 Winter Olympics.
The coordinators of the
Olympic Games initially in
tended to have a total of 500
traditional dancers from five
Native American tribes of the
state of Utah, the tribes being
. the Ute, Goshute, Navahoe,
Shashone and Paiute.
The Olympic organizers
were having a hard time find
ing 100 Native American danc
ers in Utah to represent the
Paiute tribe.
So they began recruiting
Paiute Native dancers from
among neighboring states, in-
The opening ceremo
nies start at 6:30 p.m.
on Friday.
eluding Oregon.
Among the people who
were recruited to perform were
Julie and David Johnson of
Burns. Julie is Burns Paiute,
and David, Fort McDermitt
Paiute. Julie and David then
recruited their nephew Corey.
In December of last year
Corey and family members
traveled to Salt Lake City for
preliminary rehearsal of the
opening ceremonies. The re
hearsal was to continue this
week, leading up to the cer
emonies on Friday, Feb. 8.
Daleena M. Frank is the
outgoing queen ' for - the
Lincoln's Birthday Powwow
1999-2000.
As a student at Sherman
Indian High School in River
side, Calif., she elected to re
main at school. From school
she writes:
"I apologize for not partici
pating in the 2002 Lincoln's
Birthday Powwow. I would
have liked to attend, but as a
senior I'm working hard to
better my 3.5 GPA. I'm right
on track to graduate in June
2002. Congratulations go out
to all those girls who worked
so hard at selling the raffle tick
ets for the 2002 powwow. That
is work in itself.
Congratulations to the win
ners, and may you have a great
;ear' ,:v .
Daleena is the daughter of
Sandra Greene and Jeffrey
Frank! Daleena joined the
powwow circle in ; the
Simnasho Longhouse when
she was 2 years old.". ; w ';'
" Since that time, she has
Daleena Frank
danced in Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, California, Nevada,
Montana, North Dakota,
Florida and Canada.
One of her most memo
rable experiences was being
able to participate with the
youth group, "Dancers of the
Seven Feathers," when they
traveled to Florida for a month
to share their native dances.
She has danced all categories
for women, but like most
young girls favors the Fancy
Dance. Daleena has the love of
animals, cats, dogs and her fa
vorite, horses.
She enjoys riding horses,
reading, beadworking, cooking
and fishing with her "other
dad" Jerry Sampson.
In photo at left, the crown
worn by the Lincoln's
Birthday Powwow Queen.
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Casino: brochure looks at pros and cons of 2 options
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And a casino at the Gorge
would generate anywhere from
four to seven times more in
come than a casino on the res
ervation. And for this reason;
a casino at the Gorge would
create many more jobs for
tribal members.
On the positive side regard
ing the HeHc Junction site, the
brochure states:
A reservation casino would
not need new approval of the
governor. And jobs created by
a casino on the reservation
would be easier for tribal mem
bers to get to.
Also, tribal members could
more easily travel to an on-rcs-ervation
casino for recreation.
However, on the negative
side:
A casino at Hel Ie would be
much less profitable than a
Gorge casino.
The best and most recent
estimates regarding income
from potential new casinos are
as follows:
A Hood River casino would
generate a net profit to the
tribes of between $13.3 million
and $15.5 million.
A casino at I tel le would
generate a net profit to the
tribes of between $4.3 million
and $4.5 million.
For comparison, Indian
I lead generates a profit for the
tribes of about $ million.
The community discussion
of gaming will also involve the
tribal radio station KWSO, and
the Spilyay Tymoo.
On pages four and five of
this edition of the Spilyay, for
instance, is a summary of the
issues facing tribal members in
determining where to build a
new casino.
The two-page summary,
which appears as an advertise
ment, makes clear the impor
tance of the issue facing tribal
members.
"We arc at a critical moment
in our reservation history," the
summary begins.
"After a long period of pros
perity, we are facing an eco
nomic downturn that threat
ens to change our way of life.
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No longer can we depend on
our beautiful forests for the
revenues they once generated."
Timber harvesting on the
reservation is down by 60 per
cent from previous years. The
mill one year ago laid off ' 47
workers, half of them tribal
members.
The tribes face a budget
shortfall of between $4 million
and $6 million, or 15 percent
of the tribal budget.
The threat, of substantial
cuts in tribal programs and ser
vices is a primary reason why
tribal leaders are exploring the
options regarding gaming ex
pansion. Council discussion
The information from the
Tribal Council is intended to
an objective evaluation of the
pros and cons of the gaming
options. An open and in
formed discussion among
tribal members will bring the
best result in the gaming refer
endum, said Clements.
Councilwoman Carol
Wewa said. "We have to use ev
ery available means of provid
ing information to the people,"
said Wewa.
Also at Tribal Council last
week, Tom Henderson, chief
executive officer of the Warm
Springs Economic Develop
ment Corp., gave his opinion
regarding the casino options.
Henderson did this at the
request of Council Chairman
Olney Patt Jr. Henderson has
an extensive and successful
background in business devel
opment, which is why he was
hired by the tribe to direct the
Economic Development Corp.
Henderson said that in his
opinion the best gaming ex
pansion option for the tribes
is the Gorge. If you build on
the reservation, you create lo
cal casino jobs for tribal mem
bers, Slid Henderson.
On the other hand, if you
build it the Gorge, and make
up to $15 million per year,
then the tribes have the abil
ity to diversify the local
economy with modern busi
nesses. Continued on pap 1 1