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Page 4- Spilyay Tymoo February 7, 2002
Letters to the Editor
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To the editor,
This letter is in regards to
the recent votine of tribal
adoptions. The 8fobit
have to look irfwt -jfifirse' is
Christ Jesus who was erucified. ,
In Lk 9:51-56, it Jtfp jesils
came to Samaria iH Utief ti-
jected him! Because !i waS a
full blood Jew (or triWf mem
ber), at this tim jMaimari-"
tans were Vi breed (Vi Jew Va
Assyrian or that," etc.). So
Jews and Samaritans -djdtft get
along. Myself btiiffeV Fili
pino, Vi Ute, and ' Warm
Springs, I understand prejudice
quite well, even frera-others
here in Warm Springs who
aren't full blood or those of
other nationalities or, those
who say thtfy are truWthat.
Prejudice, pride and hatred
have blinded us 'so mucl tnaj
we can't see that water
longer a full blood "nation " any
more. When we who have : seen
prejudice face tofaee from our
own people, we either quit or
we suck it up and try our best
to succeed in this world, cause
it ain't for "us" butfoSf'W chil
dren. When the small pox plague
first hit the Columbia River
basin, sadly out of 3,000
people only 80 Warm Springs
people ' survived. ...tjas a
people didn't qu'jf & then.
Why are we quitting on our
people now? Even though
Jesus was rejected, Rel'&id in '
verse 56 "For the Sort of Man
is not come to destroy men's
lives, but to save tbrrt." In
verse 55 his disciples asked if
"we command fire to come
down from heaven, and con
sume them, even as Eiias did?" '
Proverbs 29:18 "Whence there
is no vision, the people'per
ish". From a perse. Tffcaf his
lived here for 72 years, George
Sr. says that our people have ;
always taken cafc"tSft wn.
When did that cJ&.'' ,
In Lk 10:29 "a eettkin, law
yer (expert in O.T. -law). said
"and who is my Lk
10:30 was a time rMicVllkc It
is today, violence, crime run
rampant, racial usfrirthation,
hatred, prejudice tk Verse 30
"And Jesus answering said, "A
certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell
among thieves, which stripped
him of his raiment and
wounded him and departed,
leaving him half deadv
And by chance there came
down a certain priest that way:
and when hiavft'fte
passed by oft the'Stner side
Pleasfcretuirt lost item
LOST: January 24, 2002 yoU found this item, return to
3:00 p.m. small blv coin either Post Office or Police
purse. Put a cancellation on cr- Station. No questions asked,
ery thing that can be used. If Jessica Polk.
How to make a difference in
Well, how about arhied
bag of stuff. Well, to begin
with, on February 1,3. the
Christian season f Ltnt be
gins. This is a time of prepara
tion for the coming of faster.
Yes, the celebrations of the
empty tomb is.alrri'ost here.
Question? How does a com
munity that has funeral after
funeral of loved Mrefok care
of itself? ' ' '
low docs one layet of grief
heal with jnofhetfjk put
upon it in a short time? What
docs that do to the mind of a
person and to a pcpt. .',,
We have had a rW hiptixms
in our church in the lust weeki.
It is such a great ttoVtwor '
v " L
(neglect, this priest or reli-
' . ...
gious leader probably
thought, I just preached,
prayed, taught Sunday scnooi,
: let the Levite do it and help
him. he might have a cell
phone to call for help). Verse
32 "And likewise a Levite
when he was at the place came
and looked on him, and passed
by oh the other side (uncoil:
cern, he says I just sang with
the choir, helped pray for our
own, just came from a board
meeting, got to go to a taco
sale, casino here I come! Got
to get to my new car, my new
home, my new woman or
man).
Verse 33 "But a certain Sa
maritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was: and when
he saw him, he had compas
sion on him (compassion
means to have the bowels
yearn, feel sympathy, to pity,
have to be moved by compas-
ja inward affection, tender,
!: 'ftefcy Ps 86:15 "but thou, O
Lord, art a God full of com
passion). Verse 34 "And went
to him, and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and
wine and set him on his own
beast, and brought him to an
inn and took care of him (the
wine was used as disinfectant,
in Mt. 26:27 "And he took the
cup, and gave thanks, and gave
it to them saying, Drink ye all
of it; For this is my blood of
the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remis
sion of sins.) (The oil was for
healing and represents the
Holy Spirit, read Isa 61:3, Lk
"4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because He hath
anointed me to preach the gos
pel to the poor, He hath sent
me to heal the brokenhearted,
. to preach deliverance to the'
captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at lib
erty them that are bruised, to
' preach the acceptable year of
the Lord).
Verse. 35 "And on the mor
row when he departed, he
took out two pence ($64.00)
and gave them to the host, and
said unto him, take care of
him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come
again, I will repay thee.
Which now of these three,
thinkest thou, was neighbor
unto him, that fell among the
thieves? And he said, "He that
shewed mercy on him. Then
Jesus said unto him, Go and
do thou likewise." I'm glad
that we are now adopted in the
Lion of the Tribe of Judah, full
blood by Jesus Christ.
Maranatha, Easton Aguilar
Hello from
Pastor Rick
ship to celebrate the cleansing
water, the renewal of the heart,
and the acceptance of the wor
shiping community.
We have the community
food bank in our church. The
food we have is mixed can
goods. I am sorry to say that
we cannot help someone who
is running short of their food
stamp card every month.
The food we have that must
last for five months goes out
the door in one month. You
can twitch from the card to the
Ol A.
dUOW reSpeCI
This letter goes out to those
who spray painted my
grandmother's house.
She has been living at her
home since god knows when.
I know that I'm 21 years old
and she's been living in her
home all my life. That is my
home too.
So this is to those who don't
respect their elders. Other
people may be staying in that
house to but you gang kids
don't have to take it our on my
grandma's house. You should
have more respect for elders, I
know you kids have grandpar
ents to.
How would you kids like it
if I went and did that that to
your grandma's home. You
wouldn't like that. I have re
spect for my elders and that's
what my grandma has taught
me.
So think about what you
kids did to my grandma home.
Think about the person who
ownes the home; not the
people who live there.
My grandma is hurt because
of what was done to her home.
WS 18St S-GGG-S on my
grandmas home at 1718 Bray.
Elsie Marie Sam.
Thn-Mi house
To the editor,
This letter is a little bit late
in coming but I didn't want
anyone to think I had forgot
ten. I, Tun-Mi George, would
like to thank the Warm Springs
Tribal Community, Tribal or
ganization, all the businesses
and people who helped provide
support, sponsorship and hard
work for the "Tun-Mi Cancer
House" 2001 Fund Drive Con
cert. The show of impersonators
brought a sense of the early
years of not only our grandpar
ents but a generation of songs
that I enjoyed in my youth to
present as my own children
grandchildren of the "New
Millennium of the 21" Cen
tury" had the opportunity to
experience. Not only the songs '
of the past but a look back at
the experience of the open high
school concerts of "Rock and
Roll Legends" provided by'
Jamie and Darlene Goetz from
Portland, OR. The fund drive
was a success due to the hard
work and dedication of key
people such as Tina Aguilar,'
Jamie Goetz, and myself.
Special thanks to Don
Courtney and his Warm
Springs police reserve for gen
erously providing security dur
ing the two shows. Great job ,
Commodities Program and
stock up on staples for you
home. Then you can switch
back to the card for fresh veg
etables. If you have not
checked out the Commodities
Program now is the time.
Tribal budgets, casino, mold
in the buildings, violence in the
families, alcohol use and its ef
fect, heavy rap music, little
girls have babies, etc.
If I had any hair on my head
I would want to pull it out by
its roots in despair. So what
are my choices as a Christian
and citizen of this community?
Well, the first is avoid and pro
tect myself. The second is yell
and rage in order to make
guys!! The Madras High
School Buff band and choir.
Their participation added a
special touch as back up to the
stars of Jamie's "Greatest Elvis
Legends Show on Earth"!!
Great show Buffs & Buffetts.
Some added thanks goes to
McDonalds, Sue Matheny &
the Pioneer staff, Heidi of the
Bend Bulletin, Central Orego
nian for the tickets, and all the
businesses that helped sell the
tickets, the gateticket staff,
the Spilyay & staff and any
other person we may have
overlooked, it is not inten
tional and sorry if we didn't
mention you by name but you
know who you are. THANK
YOU!!
Donations are still being
sought to help towards pur
chasing this house, staff to
maintain it, and financial get
it off and running. This battle
against the ongoing disease of
cancer is never ending, as it
does not care about age, gen
der, race, and religion or if you
are rich or poor. If you would
like to donate, please send your
donation to: Tun-Mi's Cancer
House; co Community First
Bank; 1150 SW Highway 97;
Have a
The Spilyay staff wishes everyone a happy Valentines' Day. Valentine wishes are on page
11 of this newspaper.
the world
someone do something. The
third is to pray and to do some
thing about it. Because God
believes in you, you must be
lieve in your own efforts to
make a difference in the world.
Go to any department of the
tribe and ask someone how
you can help. Any department
has people who want to tell
someone their story and ideas
why not you?
Worship is at 11:00 a.m.
The Presbyterian Church is lo
cated on the campus area.
1141 Warm Springs St. Sec
you in church.
Rev. Rick R. Rikiro 55.V
1237
Madras, OR 97741 (541) 475
0505. Thank you and God Bless
each and everyone who helped.
Dorothy "Pebbles" George
Is it worth it?
In 1996 I drove the bus for
the Tribal Elders.
.1 would make a round trip
to Simnasho to pick up & drop
off the Elders on Tuesday and
Thursday. The Kah-Nee-Ta
Bridge was closed, due to the
flood, so we'd drive past the
casino.
One of the Elder's would
comment on the casino, she
told me that the money earned
by the casino was bad money
and would bring bad things to
our people. Children will be
neglected and bills will not be
paid. She told me the reason
we had the big fire and flood
was because of the casino.
I took her words and stayed
away from the casino for
awhile, but was drawn back
with the "big money" draw
ings. At first I only went oc
casionally, then it was 3-6
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times a week. I spent money
that I wasn't supposed to
spend, trying to hit the "jack
pot" or at least "break even",
On 81096 came the "big
win". I got 8 out 8 numbers
in live keno. You may remem
ber my picture in the Spilyay
with an oversize check for
$15,000.
What you probably don't
know is that after the so called
"big win" came two very "big
losses". -
On September 2, 1996 our
Grandfather passed away, then
18 days later we lost our
mother.
I remembered Nettie's
words "it will bring bad things
to our people".
The $15,000 brought much
pain and division in my life. I
had to ask myself "was it worth
it"? The answer is "no".
Please consider the conse
quences and ask yourself "Is it
worth it"?
God bless you.
Sarah Frank
Box 758
Warm Springs, OR 97761
553-3170 -