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Let's eep
Veterans
Powwow
Bad things happen all too
often in the world, so when
something good happens we
should be especially apprecia
tive. The Veterans Powwow has
grown in popu
larity over the
years, and has
become one of
the very good
events on the
reservation.
Now, for the first time
since this powwow began in
1989, the Warm Springs com
munity most likely will not
host the Veterans Powwow.
The problem is money, as the
tribes are facing another year
of budget reductions.
Nevertheless, it is not too
late, as the powwow, before it
was cancelled, was scheduled
for November 8 and 9.
If anyone has an idea
about how to raise about
$8,400 for the powwow, then
please contact Leona Ike.
Approach
hunting
as a sport
By Sid Miller
Spilyay Tymoo
Hunting season is here and
all the bucks are on the run
all across the country. The
report is that there is a good
crop of deer this year, and
the hunters should have a
good year. There are some
guys who look forward to the
deer-hunting season all year
long. It is a good sport, where
a fellow can get out into the
woods and roam the country
side. Today with all the four
wheel drive trucks and four
wheel drive carts, it is easy for
guys to hunt. It's not like the
sport of the past, when a guy
would walk long distances
through the woods.
This new way is like cheat
ing on the poor animals, and
that makes it not a sport at
all, or maybe they are afraid
they might get lost if they
went afoot into the woods.
Off reservation, it is a little
different, as there are areas
where vehicles are not permit
ted, and when a hunter gets
his game, he has to pack it
out. That makes it a little
more of a challenge for a
hunter. Also gives the game
animals a better chance.
I've heard stories about
people seeing huge herds of
deer in certain places, but
when I've gone there I never
saw one at all. Someday
maybe I'll see a big herd like
some guys say they've seen.
But maybe it's the "Bud" that
doubles the size of the herds.
A person said, "It must be
hunting season, because there
are a lot of Bud and Coors
cans all along the roads."
Reports are that there are
a lot of bucks on Dog Butte,
and on Lul-e Kush Butte.
Spilyay
Speaks
Fire fighters, medics
On behalf of
Warm Springs Fire and
Safety, wc, the fire
medics, are asking the
Hello,
Pastor
community of Warm
Springs to help our department.
Here is what we are asking:
Bear with us when no one is at
the station, or the ambulance is
a long time coming.
There are only two people at
each station. Each station is cov-
Gallery change
Dear Friends, Patrons and
Art Lovers,
The winds have been blow
ing in my life much like those
that blow through my beautiful
homeland along the Columbia
River. They have brought many
changes. One of these changes
is the transfer of ownership of
my StudioGallery on Alberta
Street. The change will happen
at the end of September.
Jim and Teresa Jackson will
be the new owners, working as
a team to run the gallery. The
gallery will currently retain its
name, the Lillian Pitt Studio
Gallery, and its location. I know
you will welcome Jim and Teresa
into the community, and support
their endeavors to provide high
quality exhibit space for Native
American artists in the Portland
area.
Jim's bronze and clay sculp
ture will be a prominent addi
tion to the gallery, as well as sev
eral other Native artists from
the Northwest and around the
country.
The change will allow me
much needed time to focus on
the things that are most impor
tant to me: my art making and
the need to nurture and take care
of myself. Recent health issues
have made me rethink my pri
orities and demand I slow down
a bit and reset the rhythm of
my life.
Many exciting things are hap
pening as I pass the torch on to
Jim and Teresa. I will continue
to have my work in their gallery
and look forward to a fruitful
relationship with them. My
work can also be found at: An
tique Gallery, , Anchorage,
Alaska; Four Winds Gallery,'
Pittsburgh, Penn.; The Images
of the North Gallery, San Fran
cisco; Jeffrey Moose Gallery,
Seattle; Pendleton Home Store,
Portland, and the Museum at
Warm Springs. Private showings
of my work will be possible.
The number to call to set up an
appointment is (503) 528-1155.
My work can be viewed at
my web-site www.lillianpitt.com.
Please look for an exclusive
opportunity to buy my bronzes
and jewelry at this site in No
vember. Also please join me as
we celebrate the Grande Re
Opening at the Lillian Pitt Stu
dioGallery on Oct. 25, 5-9 p.m.
This reception will feature my
work, along with Jim Jackson's
new bronzes.
I want to thank those of you
who have followed my career
and believed in me from the
beginning as well as those of
you who have joined my family
along the way. Your support has
been essential and life sustain
ing. I am deeply moved and in
spired by all of you and hope
you will continue to be in touch
with the spirit that moves me.
Sincerely, Lillian Pitt
A thank-you
To our family and friends,
We want to send our thanks
and appreciation out to the
drummers, Shakers, the people
who brought food out to the
prayer services, the people who
were present at the funeral, your
cring an area of hun
dreds of square
miles. Each area has
people and houses
scattered over a wide
from
Rick
area. The Agency station cov
ers the bulk of the population
of Warm Springs. That means
medical house calls, medical jail
calls, medical motor vehicle ac
cidents, medical calls at Kah-Nce-Ta,
High Lookec Lodge,
Letters to the
presence was very comforting
to our hearts. To the people who
stopped by our home to see us
and give us comfort, it was ap
preciated. Keep us in your
prayers, as we will keep you in
ours. May the Lord bless all our
people.
Sincerely, Marilyn and all
her kids.
In memory
To Riggs Charley and family,
I am sincerely hurt and sad
dened by the passing of Wanda
"Wanaxani" Charley. My heart
goes out to her family and
friends. I feel really bad because
I couldn't be there, not only for
her family but to also help out
at the Longhouse. I just heard
recently of her passing. I can't
believe it. She was such a won
derful lady, who could not only
fish, but she was talented in
many ways. She could mechanic,
bead, dig roots, hunt, plus she
could cook up a storm.
I've often thought about her
and the family. As you know, I've
been in prison for almost five
years now, but I have kept in
contact with Wanda, and had
planned on coming to see her
and her family upon my release
on Nov. 18.
I'm coming over on a whole
new outlook and I'm going to
go down river to pay my respects
to Wanda. I do love her and will
miss her very, very much. She'll
always have a piece of my heart.
God bless to the family, and
feel free to write me, Lily, Leslie,
Merda, Robert, Keith,
Shamona, Bonnie, Riggs, my
heart goes out to you all. I love
you all. And tell Shamona to stay
strong. Take care.
Kathleen Cook, mailing ad
dress C.C.C.F., Kathleen Cook
No. 5089790, P.O. Box 9000,
Wilsonvillc, OR 97070-900.
An apology
To the Editor:
I, Douglas Williams, would
like to apologize to Elissa
Stevens, an employee of the
Deschutes Crossing Restaurant.
I am sincerely sorry for my ac
tion that may have caused you
any embarrassment or discom
fort. Please accept my apology
for my wrong-doing.
Sincerely, Douglas Will
iams Sr.
Our youth
I think we are failing our chil
dren. We are too caught up in
the white man's world of money,
money, money by any means.
Even to the extent of selling out
our children, youth, future.
We are all responsible for our
children who are choosing the
option of death. Death never
used to be considerd an option
a few short years ago. Don't you
wonder why our children are
killing each other, killing them
selves, choosing death instead
of living in our home, the
Warm Springs Rez.
All these millions we arc wast
ing on this feasibility gaming
study is literally killing our
people. Teen center, youth res
taurant, top of the line play
ground for the kids, invest all
these millions into our children,
and we will see our investment
deserve community
and walk-ins at the station after
I IIS clinic hours.
Also, fire calls: grass fires,
alarms, car fires, house fires,
etc.: stuck fingers in bikes, beads
in the nose, rescue calls for
motor vehicle accidents. You sec
the list can continue with things
that the firemedics do for you.
If you sec where I am going,
our problem is time, distance
and people. When the station
blossom in five, 10, 20 years...
plant seeds in our children's
hearts, minds, souls. Show that
we care, love them more than
money.
I might be wrong but I think
it is who you are, not what you
have. I don't need a middleman
to pray to our Creator.
Do you believe our lawyers.
I don't. They make their millions
win, lose, draw. As long as they
keep our Warm Springs people
in litigation these itinerate self
ish lawyers and their sell-out so
called leaders following them
around like lost puppies, pick
ing up all the blood money they
can.
Why don't you try living on
nothing. You are creating drug
dealers, murders, suicides, pain,
sorrow, tears, death. Our kids
like new shoes too. It doesn't
take much to make little skins
happy and we, all of us, can't
even do that. More money,
money, money. Get out of the
way, kid. More money!
Who says we need lots of1
money to be happy, to be a good
American. I admit money is a
necessary evil in today's society,
but we need not listen to a den
of thieves and lawyers who ad
vise our so-called leaders to con
tinue to throw all our limited
resources into a pie in the sky
feasibility gambling study.
Invest these millions into our
children here in Warm Springs,
and in time our actions will pay
dividends, just as our actions
today are paying dividends of
pain, tears, sorrow, hopelessness,
so that death becomes an op
tion. EEE Took T Wigwa, Bobby
Eagleheart.
Sorry
To the Warm Springs Tribal
Court, Prosecutors Office and
Corrections Officers Peter
Brunoe and Chris Jack.
I apologize for my actions on
Aug. 9 against officers Brunoe
and Jack for the assaults, and
to Tribal Court Judge Langnese
and Tribal Prosecutor Toni
Made on Aug. 12.
My deepest apology for my
inappropriateness.
Signed, Joseph Craig
No powwow
The Veterans Day Powwow
Committee regrets to announce
that the 2002 Veterans Day Pow
wow scheduled for Nov. 8 and
9 has been cancelled due to bud
get reductions by the tribes.
We would like to thank those
who supported and sponsored
the powwow event over the
years including enterprises of
the Confederated Tribes, Tribal
Council, drummers and pow
wow floor staff. Leona Ike.
Enrollment
Dear friends,
I am writing in regard to my
daughter Ramona and her en
rollment in the Confederated
Tribes. I am grateful to the
Tribal Council for her accep
tance. I told my daughter, you
may not get as much, not like
your cousins. She told me it re
ally didn't matter, she just wanted
to be a tribal member, and now
staff is out on a call, the call
and transport to Madras can
take up to two hours to com
plete. The next call during this two
hour time has to be covered by
volunteers, off-duty medics, or
staff from Madras. Usually, the
staff from Simnasho will come
down to the Agency. Now for a
short time, the two staff mem
bers arc covering the entire res
Editor
Appreciative
Hello, greetings my
people, tribal members. I
am writing to thank the
Tribal Council for accept
ing me for enrollment. Be
ing a tribal member means
a great deal to me and my
family.
I could not do this with
out the help and support of
my family.
This means so much to
me, more than you know.
From this day forth I will
always represent my people
in a good way. Thank you
for your time.
Ramona Marie
Stacona
she is.
Ramona has represented the
people of Warm Springs very
well. She always introduces her
self and her tribe, being Warm
Springs. We have traveled all
over the U.S. and Canada, be
cause powwow is a way of life
for my family.
I took Ramona to the Con
necticut Schemitzun powwow.
She led in the Grand Entry with
the royalty, and introduced her
self, her crown, and her tribe.
Not only did she say she was
from Warm Springs, but she got
fifth in her category.
The master of ceremonies
said she represented the Pacific
Northwest all the way from
Warm Springs, Ramona Marie
Stacona. That was cool, but it's
like that all over, and that won't
change. Why? Because it's time
to lead and guide our children
in a better way, tribal member
or not, the children are our fu
ture. Thank you for you time.
God bless.
Jason Stacona
To the public
I, Ann Seyler, am not respon
sible for Keith A. Gregory
Baker's debts as of 81202
and 102102 and here on out.
Ann Seyler
Raffle items
The Warm Springs Fire and
Safety RSVP Volunteer Associa
tion is asking for donations to
ward a nonprofit organization
that takes initiative to help the
local communities in Jefferson
and Wasco counties.
Anything you select to donate
will be a raffle item or door
prize for this event, The raffle
is tentatively scheduled for No
vember, during the first annual '
Fireman's Ball in Warm Springs.
We hope you consider a do
nation or contribution toward
this function. We sincerely ap
preciate and thank you for your
support. Call 553-1634.
Crcston D. Smith, fire
fighter, RSVP Volunteer Asso
ciation, Warm Springs Fire and
Safety
School forms
The Jefferson County School
District registration forms were
recently sent home for parents
and guardians to update address,
phone, and emergency contact
respect
ervation.
Now with all this said, let us
talk about the call volume. Our
small department has the same
numbers as Redmond. We do it
with one-third the staff. Does a
daily miracle come to mind?
So, bear with us. Our small
staff and volunteers will push it
to the point of exhaustion and
pain to help this community.
Rick Ribciro
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information on your students.
The completed forms are nec
essary for us to make any
changes to your student's infor
mation. We would really appreciate
your assistance in keeping the
school office current on your
student's information by return
ing the forms to the middle
school office as soon as possible.
Thanks.
Jefferson County Middle
School office staff
Big thank you
I am writing this letter to
thank everyone for helping my
children and me after our auto
accident. Especially Pastor Rick
for the prayers. Your presence
alone was very calming.
Thank-you to Jeanette and
Merle for helping me with my
children. I don't know what I
would've done if you two didn't
stop to help. Thank-you to Glen
Smith and Trey Leonard for tak
ing the time from your regular
jobs to help us, and to my neigh
bors and friends Stacey and
Jake, for helping me and being
there for myself and my girls.
To all my co-workers and my
supervisor Kathy, thanks for un
derstanding and covering for
me. I'll be back to work soon.
To my friends and family,
thank you for checking on me
and making sure I get to my
doctor's appointments. I love
you guys. I have been told many
times that our injuries could've
been much worse, and that we
are very lucky. Fortunately, we
were all wearing our seat belts.
Also, thank you to Andrea for
the ride home and checking on
me. You're the greatest.
Sincerely, Stacy FastHorse
Please contact Spilyay
Tymoo at P.O. Box 870,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Or stop by the office, 1 100
Wasco St. Email address is
vSpilyaytymoowstribes.org.
Reminder
regarding
letters
It is the policy of
Spilyay Tymoo to print
Letters to the Editor from
any and all tribal members.
Because of space limita
tions, letters should not ex
ceed 350 words.
Letters that are longer
than 350 words may be cut
starting with the last sen
tence and progressing up
until the item is within the
350-word limit.
This policy is necessary
in order to ensure that
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paper for all of the Let
ters to the Fklitor.