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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 27. 2002
Johnson is Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo Queen
Jenna Johnson has been riding
horses since the age of 5. She is now
13 years old, and in the eighth grade
at the Jefferson County Middle
School.
Johnson this year is the Pi-Ume-Sha
Rodeo Queen. During the year,
Johnson travels to rodeo events in
Washington, Idaho, California, and to
many locations in Oregon.
She and her family - many of
whom are expert horse riders - travel
together to these events.
Jenna Johnson's parents are Jodel
and Morris, and her grandparents are
Delford and Marita Johnson. Her
brother is Bryce and her aunt is
Shanna. Jenna grew up on the reser
vation, in the Seekseequa area. The
Johnson family has a cattle ranch at
Seekseequa.
Jenna was chosen Pi-Ume-Sha Ro
deo Queen by the Warm Springs Ro
deo Association. The rodeo is Satur
day and Sunday, June 29-30, at the
Warm Springs Rodeo grounds.
Rodeo Queen Jenna Johnson
rides a horse named Minnie.
Photograph by Brigette Whipple
Pi-Ume-Sha:
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Grand Entry times are 7 p.m. on
Friday; 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday; and
2 p.m. on Sunday. The parade starts
at about 11 a.m. on Saturday.
The Road Warriors fun-run event
is Saturday, June 29, with registration
starting at 7:30 a.m., and the races
beginning at 8:30 a.m. The line-up is
at the Housing Department parking
lot, with the course being out and
back on Tenino road. Registration fee
is $8, which includes the event t-shirt.
Languages: to
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Whether the camps would be just
for youth, or possibly also include
adult students, is not yet determined,
said Shawaway.
Another project that Shawaway is
working on involves the teaching of
traditional languages at 509-J schools
other than just at Warm Springs El
ementary School.
The Oregon Legislature last year,
at the urging of the Confederated
July 4: Veterans
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The parade contest will include
adult and children divisions. Adult
categories include horses, floats, walk
ers, and commercial and organiza
tions. Children parade categories include
horses, floats, walkers, bikes, scoot
Boys and Girls Club
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In circumstances where the fam
ily cannot afford the $10 membership
fee, the young person can help out at
the club and earn membership, or can
be sponsored by someone in the com
munity. The Warm Springs branch of the
Boys and Girls Club is unique, with
the goal being to meet the needs of
the tribal member youth, said Smith.
Some examples of this include:
Warm Springs Boys and Girls Club
members go huckleberry picking dur
ing the late summer. They also gather
roots during the earlier part of the
year. They go fishing on Friday morn
ings, and are introduced to the sweat
lodge. Some members participate in
a native dance group, directed by
Marina Flores, social recreation co
ordinator for the club.
The purpose these activities is to
teach the tribal culture to the young
club members, said Smith.
The Warm Springs Branch of the
Boys and Girls Club is housed at the
Community Center, where the club
employees work closely with the em
ployees of the Recreation Depart
ment. The club has an education room,
a game room, gymnasium and arts
area. Gymnasium activities arc orga
nized by Gabriel Walker. Matt Rama
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Water stations will be located along
the course. Call the Recreation De
partment, 553-3243, for more infor
mation. The Fry Bread Open golf
tournament will be at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort course on Saturday and
Sunday, June 29-30, with a practice
round on Friday. The Fry Bread
Open dinner will be Saturday night
at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge banquet rooms.
Tournament entry fee is $160 per
player, with $5,000 in prizes. For in
formation call 1-800-554-4786.
be taught at middle school
Tribes, passed a law allowing native
language speakers to teach in public
schools through a special teaching
certificate.
Shawaway said her hope is that this
program will begin at Jefferson
County Middle School in the fall of
this year. Warm Springs students re
ceive native language instruction from
kindergarten through the fourth
grade, after which they leave for the
middle school.
invited to parade in Portland
ers, wagons, skates and skateboards.
Judging will be based on three
themes in each category. The themes
are "United We Stand," traditional,
and patriotic. For more information
call 553-3243.
Veterans are invited this year to
participate in Spirit of America
is the education coordina
tor. Youth staff includes
Arthur Mitchell, Amelia
Davis, William Moody
and Lucinda Torres. All
rooms and activities of the
club are supervised.
Smith was involved in
the Boys and Girls Club
even before the start of the
Warm Springs branch.
Frank
Smith has, in fact, been a youth ath
letic coach for over 20 years.
During the later part of 1990s, he
was working as a youth prevention
specialist in Madras. He worked with
youth of all ages, from first grade
through high school. When the Ma
dras branch of the Boys and Girls
Club opened a few years ago, Smith
was approached by the club director
there and asked to work with the
members of that club, which he did
for six months.
When the Warm Springs branch
was forming, Smith faced the ques
tion of whether to continue his work
as a youth prevention specialist, or
take the job of Warm Springs Boys
and Girls Club branch director.
Smith decided to go with the Boys
and Girls Club, which, he said, is re
ally a continuation of his youth pre
vention work. The Boys and Girls
Club is on-your-feet prevention work
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for everyone
The slow-pitch Pi-Ume-Sha Soft
ball Tournament is set for Saturday
and Sunday, June 29-30, at the Com
munity Center ball fields.
The tournament will be 16 men's
true double elimination, and 16
women's true double elimination.
For information call Sandra Greene
Sampson, 553-3601. The clinic staff
reminds everyone to bring plenty of
sunscreen. This is especially true for
people who will be bringing young
children to Pi-Ume-Sha.
The language instruction should
continue through the middle and
high school grades, said Shawaway.
The youth who are learning the lan
guages today will be the people who
carry the language to future genera
tions, she said.
Shawaway is currently working
out the process by which fluent
speakers of native languages will be
certified to teach at the middle and
high schools.
Fourth of July Parade in Pordand.
The parade, through downtown
Portland, begins at 10 a.m. All
branches of the military will be rep
resented. Warm Springs veterans are
encouraged to partcipate, said Kirby
Heath, commander of VFW Elliot
Palmer Post No. 4217.
around the clock, he said.
There are three simple
rules that the Boys and
Girls Club members have
to live by, Smith said. The
rules &&.
t , Respect the club staff,
respect the club members,
and respect the club equip
Smith
ment and property, i ne
rules arc simple but im
portant.
"If you think about it," he said,
"the rules can apply' to school, to fam
ily life, and to the community."
Over the past wo years, the Boys
and Girls Club has become an essen
tial part of the Warm Springs com
munity. In looking toward the future,
Smith has goals of employing more
adult staff, and one day having a new
building for the club.
An ideal site df the building, he
said, would be next to the new Warm
Springs Elementary School that is
scheduled for construction. Smith
said he would like to thank the club
members and parents, volunteers and
staff, Tribal Council and management
for helping make the club a success.
"To me," he said, "the children are
our number one asset. If we take care
of them, they will take care of us, and
we will keep handing that down."
Senior
Court
candidate
Hello, my name is Deidra
Nichole Johnson, and I'm run
ning for Pi-Ume-Sha Senior
Court Queen 2002.
I was born in Madras tojolene
Johnson and Kevin LittleGeorge
on Oct. 22, 1984.
I went to Warm Springs El
ementary School, Jefferson
County Middle School, and Ma
dras High School, and completed
my junior year.
Some of the sports I enjoy are
basketball and Softball.
My hobbies are beadworking,
art and photography, powwow,
traveling, friends, shopping and
basket weaving. I like learning
new things.
I would like to thank my fam
ily for supporting me, and my
friends and all the people who
hought tickets from me.
Thank you all.
At right, Deidra Johnson
Submitted photo.
Family offering scholarship
The family of Wilbert Herbie Switzler and Elvina Switzler is offering
two scholarships in the amount of $500 each, to be awarded to an enrolled
Confederated Tribes member pursuing higher education in the field of the
Arts.
This scholarship is dedicated in memory of Wilbert, who was an
extraordinary artist, and Mother Elvina Switzler, who originally desig
nated these estate funds for this purpose.
Selection will be made by the family of these two special people, and
announced in September.
Applications can be picked up at The Museum at Warm Springs from
Beulah Tsumpti, or call 553-3331, ext. 404, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Or pick up an application at 7201 Schoolie Flat in the evenings and
most weekends. Deadline to submit an application is Sept. 6.
Orientation to boarding school
Higher Education will be hosting a boarding school orientation. This
will be held Friday and Saturday, June 28-29, at 10 a.m. in the Education
Building. Residents are invited to come and meet boarding school represen
tatives from Chcmewa Indian School, Riverside Indian School and herman
Indian High School. Deadline date for new applications is July 31.
Museum hosting July 4 dance
July 4 at The Museum at Warm Springs will feature a dance perfor
mance by the dance group "Unity."
The performance will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the museum's
patio.
The event will include social dancing. For information, call 553-3331.
Squiemphen demonstrates drum making
Emerson Squiemphen will display and show "Drum Making" during
the weekend of July 6-7, from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.
Squiemphen will be demonstrating in the lobby of The Museum at
Warm Springs.
This is an opportunity to feel the spirit of drum-making, said Rosalind
Sampson, museum education coordinator.
Wolf Point Road will be closed
Residents are advised that the Wolf Point Road, also known as BIA route
13, will be closed Monday through Thursday from the Wolf Point subdivi
sion to Culpus Bridge from now until November 1.
Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo trophy saddle
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Participants
in the Pl-Ume-Sha
Rodeo will
be
competing
for this this
trophy .
saddle,
along with
trophy
buckles
and other
prizes.
The rodeo
Is Saturday
and
Sunday,
June 29
and 30,
starting at
noon at the
rodeo
grounds.
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Photo courtesy ol
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Rodeo Association.
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