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Tvventy-five years ago
News from the Aug. 19, 1977
edition of Spilyay Tymoo.
People said 'Yes'
but too few voted
Though the August 9 refer
endum election asking for
$360,000 to develop a
Simnasho Schoolie Flat do
mestic water system was sup
ported five to one, thirteen too
few people cast their ballot.
Official election results re
vealed that 272 tribal members
voted yes and 54 voted no. The
total of those who cast their
ballots was 326, thirteen short
of the number required to
make the election legal.
"It's tough to miss by just
that many," said Tribal Coun
cil Chairman Gene Greene the
next day.
At the morning session Au
gust 10, the Tribal Council
decided that before setting up
another referendum date, it
would be wise to schedule a
General Council meeting at
Simnasho to more fully ex
plain the project.
The General Council meet
ing has been set for Monday,
August 29, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Simnasho Longhouse. Dinner
will be served at 6:00 p.m.
prior to meeting. Council
members and management
personnel will be present to
answer questions.
Since $360,000 in matching
funds from EDA hinges upon
the willingness of the Tribes to
put up their 50 percent for the
project, Tribal Planning Direc
tor Ray Rangila was asked how
EDA is going to proceed.
Rangila said that, though
not enough voted, EDA feels
that there is enough support
among tribal members to pass
the referendum in another elec
tion. On that basis, EDA will
continue to process the paper
work on the assumption that
the tribes will fund their half
of the project cost
If not enough people vote
on the next referendum, then
the only other alternative
might be to include the Tribes'
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share of the project cost in
the 1978 budget, according
to Rangila.
Heat makes hurry
of Huckleberry Feast
Only the very strong lin
gered over their huckleber
ries at the feast on August
14. Not because the berries
weren't delicious, but sim
ply because the temperature
in the packed He He
Longhouse had everyone
running for fresher, if not
cooler, air.
The rodeo arena, where
dust was flying, was not the
coolest spot around but af
ter a stop at the VFW con
cession for cold pop the He
He crowd sprawled on car
hoods and against the fence
to witness the post-feast
event.
Of course a handful of
folks steamed in the kitchen
readying the Longhouse for
dancing and stick games.
Though the temperatures
cooled as evening wore on,
the stick games proved to be
"real hot" according to one
observer. Wilson Wewa and
Allegra Robinson battled
well into the night and kids
danced till all hours.
Dancing and gambling
prevailed the night before,
also.
. At least a dozen teepees
ranged along the river for
those who made an entire
weekend out of celebrating
the arrival of ripe huckle
berries. Ed Spino
retires from roads
Ed Spino is the envy of
all Tribal and BIA employ
ees these days. He's sleeping
while we're working.
He deserves a few extra
Z's. His retirement July 29
marked almost 31 years with
the BIA Roads Department
in Warm Springs and
Pendleton.
Dave McMechan
Selena T. Boise
Tina Aguilar
Shannon Keaveny
Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Nike builds toddler playground
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo
After months of prepara
tion, a group of volunteers
from the Nike Corporation
last week completed the exten
sion of the playground at the
Warm Springs Community
Wellness Center.
This was a cooperative ef
fort between Nike and the
Warm Springs Diabetes Pro
gram. The one-day effort by the
volunteers was enough to com
plete the toddler playground
equipment, varnish the picnic
tables, and paint the dugouts
and bathrooms.
The Diabetes Grant Com
mittee met with the Nike
World Headquarters, and Sam
McCracken, who is the Native
American Liaison for Nike and
tribes.
McCracken referred the
committee to Bryan Rogers, of
the Multicultural Diversity
Community, who set up the
project.
The effort took months to
plan, so that the volunteer em
ployees could arrive and work
until the project was com
pleted. Nike wanted to come out
and do some work for the
tribes and provide assistance to
the youth programs. The Nike
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Bronze sculptures grace museum lobby
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo
The Museum At Warm
Springs will display art pieces
by Lillian Pitt and Jim Jackson
through October in the mu
seum lobby.
Drawing on the Fire of the
Stars is a bronze, sheet bronze,
insulator glass and copper
piece by Pitt.
Dignity and Freedom is a
bronze piece by Jackson, on
loan by Dr. Alfonso and Linda
Malijore.
Pitt, whose Indian name is
Wa-Kamu, is a Warm Springs
tribal member known for her
mask art pieces, She was in her
mid-thirties when she took a
ceramics class with her class
mate Anita Davis. "It was the
turning point in my life, and
one of the best things I have
done," says Pitt.
Her masks have given her
knowledge about her family
history in the Columbia River
Gorge. "She who watches"
overlooks the village where her
great grandmother lived.
Jackson is from the Kla
math Tribes. He grew up lis
tened to stories about his
people from the elders.
They compared the present
to the past and he began to gain
an understanding about his
own identity as well as the ter
mination and restoration of his
people.
In his late teens he gained a
sense of "being" through art,
and his hands were tools of
expression.
"The idea and strength be
hind my sculptures is based on
my belief that life inhibits all
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Ed Henderson prepares equipment for concrete setting. Others
continue to construct equipment.
employees wanted to see the
Warm Springs culture as well.
The Quartz Creek drum per
formed for the Nike volunteers
during their lunch break.
The volunteer program by
Nike employees is just that.
Their time is paid for by Nike,
and contributed to the tribes
i. .
things on earth and in the sky,"
states Jackson.
With that belief he has be-
come one of America's finest
sculptors.
The emotions expressed on
Drawing on the Fire of the Stars, by Lillian Pitt Dignity and Freedom, by Jim Jackson of the
of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Klamath Tribes.
for their youth programs.
Their volunteer work consists
of painting, building, reading
to children, or anything that
needs to be done to help the
Warm Springs community.
The playground equipment
was purchased by a Diabetes
Program grant and was a part
vestigate the
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the faces of his art reflect the
pride and dignity of the Ameri-
can Indian.
There is pain expressed in
many pieces, but not bitter-
ness; sadness in others, but not
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Nike employee securing the
connections of playground
equipment.
of the extension of the exist
ing playground.
Donated time, money and
materials were provided by
Nike, the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs,
Warm Springs Forest Prod
ucts, Edward Henderson,
Ernie Henderson, and Paul
Henderson.
The Diabetes grant com
mittee focuses on projects or
activities for youth in the
community. The playground
at Simnasho was a project by
the Diabetes Grant Commit
tee last December. Future
projects will include more
activities for youth and in
volvement of community
members.
The grant committee con
sists of Russ Alger, Diane
Howell, Royce Embanks,
Austin Greene, Ed
Henderson, and Kathy
Quaempts.
Fire burns 290 acres near
Upper Dry Creek homes
This human-caused fire burned 290
acres near the Upper Dry Creek subdivi
sion. It began approximately 12 noqn on
Saturday, Aug. 10.
Fire Management has kept a vigilant
watch during these extreme dry condi
tions. Fire danger remains at the extreme
level. ' .,; u
Besides the Upper. Dry Creek blaze,
firefighters recently have put out two small
fires, and assisted with one fire at Mt.
Hood. Oliver Kirk, Natural Resources
Law Enforcement Officer, continues to in
Aug. 10 fire.
despair. "It isn't that I try to
make them that way. As I work
in the clay, it's as though my
hands help to shape the spirit
that is already there," Jackson
says.
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