Spilyqy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 17. 2003
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The Warm Springs Early Childhood
Education Center last week celebrated the
Week of the Young Child. One popular part
of the week's activities was Grandparents
Day. At right, Richard Towet, who is the tribal
Probate Judge, spends time with his
granddaughter Aliitasi Hisatake. Above, Joni
David, who works at ECE, visits with her
grandson Tyrece Jones.
More Letters to the
A thank-you
To the memory of my grand
son Grant "Bubba" Waheneka.
I've taken too long a time to
write this thank you to all the
people who prayed for Bubba.
All the people who went to
see him at St. Charles in Bend.
All his friends who came to
- Portland to be with his mother,
Iloha Lillie,' and his siste'f,' A'de'le
Waheneka, at the end of1 his
time and to wish him Good
Speed, as we all prayed for him.
He knew you were there.
Thank you all for your com
fort at the Shaker Church dur
ing the services.
It was real hard for me, los
ing Inez McKinley the week
before and losing my grandson
the following week.
May you all be blessed for
being there for my niece and
grandchildren.
Maxine McKinley and all
her children.
Rez neck
I still believe this gambling
was a bad idea. It not only at
tracts thieves and hustlers, not
to mention thieves and hustlers
that lowered the voting age to
18 after our adult population
voted the casino down a few
times and 18 year old kids can't
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The Children's parade past the Early Childhood
Education Center concluded a week of activities
focusing on the well-being of the youth of the
community. Above, Jonissa Scott and Donnie
Bagley Jr. ride in the parade. And at far right,
Evan Abulrre proudly displays The Spoon."
Proud grandparents
Dave McMechanSpllyay
even go into the casino but this
filthy gambling not only divided
our Warm Springs Confederated
Tribes people plus how many
millions upon millions of our
limited resources have we
wasted buying empty words
while our own tribal people who
pay all the bills continue to suf
fer, living in squalor, abject pov
erty, joblessness.... Man we
' have' si sick government ' that4s
too greedy, selfish attitude. As
long as my immediate family is
taken care of, forget everyone
else.
Now gambling is dividing our
tribes. Adopting white society's
sick values of dog eat dog, rat
race mentality... Can't you see
this is exacdy how sick Uncle
Sam designed it. Then after
gambling runs its course and
many tribes lose their rez, what
do you have left but an empty
building
Rez Necks unite. All us Rez
Necks that are proud of our
heritage, people and love being
who we are, must unite and pro
tect what little we have left be
cause our so-called leaders can
not and will not protect our chil
dren. Took our ancestors, elders
over 500 years of sacrifice,
brains (need brains first to have
a brain drain), struggle to get
our Warm Springs Confederated
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Tribes into a position to benefit
all, I said all, our people. . . Then
it took these crooks, thieves,
hustlers, selfish, greedy dorks 20
years to put us right back down
at the bottom again. You're toe
bright idea is too close to the
dams, especially at this time with
the war. . . try thinking for your
self, you might like it.
:, Our people need jobs. If we
can negotiate deals with'General
Electric, the United States gov
ernment, etc., then why can't we
cut deals with Safeway, Ford,
Chevy, shoe store, hardware
store, etc. Create a vibrant,
wholesome economy in our own
community for our own Warm
Springs people, instead of sys
tematically funneling all our lim
ited resources into Madras? I
love all you Rez Necks who are
not ashamed of who we are.
Invest our resources, money
here in Warm Springs. Create
jobs. As fast Central Oregon is
growing, no question our local
business market is here and
growing. Offer our local rezneck
opportunities, experience and
hope.. .quit being led around
empty words, millions upon mil
lions we have invested in cheap,
empty words. Again I would
advocate the idea of an amuse
ment park here in Warm
Springs to cater to the whole
family, not just the adults, from
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grandma and gramps to new
borns, plus we can still offer
gaming if we choose to. Truck
stop, restaurant, motels, water
world, grocery store, there is so
much we can offer our people.
Offer our people perpetual dig
nity that can only come from
employment. Quantify our wa
ter use. Use it or lose it. Our
water and other resources are
invaluable. Think about it.
Bobby Eagleheart
Time to write
I'm very fortunte. I took a
writing strategiees class at the
downtown Lane Community Col
lege. I've learned writing is great,
it relieves stress when we lose a
loved one. It just takes time, and
37 cents to write a letter.
Evette Patt
Jury
duty
Tribal members are ad
vised to check the jury duty
list that is posted at Warm
Springs Market.
People whose names
are on the list must appear
at the appropriate court
time.
The first upcoming
court date is April 28, and
then May 1.
dress brightly for the parade
Kah-Nee-Ta reception
to open new gallery
The Kah-Nee-Ta High
Desert Resort and Casino and
the Museum at Warm Springs
proudly announce the grand
opening of the Kah-Nee-Ta
Gallery of Art. The gallery of
indigenous art presents an exhi
bition and opening reception for
the artists of Warm Springs.
The theme for the gallery's
first art exhibition is, "Live in
Beauty." The artists reception is
Museum celebrating 10 years
with parade and powwow
In 1993 the Confederated
Tribes dedicated the Museum at
Warm Springs. A goal of mu
seum has been to preserve items
of cultural to the three tribes
of the confederation.
The museum over the years
has readily accomplished this
goal: Today, the museum col
lection includes over 6,000
items.
The Museum at Warm
Springs this year is marking its
10th Anniversary. To mark this
milestone, the museum and the
More birthday wishes...
Happy first
birthday,
Ta h 1 e e n i
N i z h o n i
White, April
10.
May you continue to walk
with your feet touching the pol
len and dew drops of all good
things in life.
Only happy journeys, and al
ways hoy'ni'u'do' and
hoy'niyaado (strength and wis
dom). Hozgo nasado, (in beauty,
walk). From Mommy
Happy first birthday,
Tillie. Love you always.
From Dad.
One already? Happy birthday,
Nizhoni. We love you very
much.
Love always from Mom,
Dad, Bro, Sis and the whole
2640 clan and your Apache
Dine family.
Nicknames
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In school Chief Heath would swing his neck back and
forth, much like a bull, to resist the haircut. Therefore get
ting the name Bullneck.
Making a few calls Spilyay uncovered the origin of Mor
ris Johnson's nickname of Flood. When his mother went
into labor they were flown by helicopter to the Warm Springs
clinic where he was born. That was during the flood of
1964, so his father called him flood from the day he was
bom.
It doesn't stop there. Flood has a son named Bryce
Johnson, who was given the name Puddle by his grandfather
Delford, who said that Bryce isn't a Flood yet, just a puddle
for now.
Look for more nicknames in the following issue of Spilyay
Tymoo. There are people out there with nicknames that are
used daily. Used so much that their real name is unknown.
Contact us with names such as these.
the Young Child
from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday,
May 17. The artists who will be
present at the opening reception
are: Pat Courtney Gold, Lillian
Pitt, Roxanne Chinook, Richard
Rowe, Willie Stacona, Aurel
Sanson, Reba Johnson, Charles
Littleleaf, Natalie Kirk, Winona
Garrison and Apolonia S.
Santos.
For more information con
tact Apolonia at 553-0465.
Confederated Tribes will be
hosting a memorial horse parade
at the end of May.
The memorial horse parade
will be followed by a powwow
on the museum grounds.
The parade and powwow are
set for Saturday, May 31. The
memorial horse parade will be
gin at 10 a.m., the powwow will
be at 2 p.m. Washut Services will
precede the parade.
For information, contact
Rosalind Sampson at the mu
seum. The number is 553-3331.
Happy sev
enth birthday
to my princess
Theyliah
V e r n a y a
T o n i k a
Suppah, April
23. Love, your mommy Tiffany.
Happy birthday to my
family members Gorky
Mitchell, Richard "Animal"
Tohet, Cecelia "Squealie"
Greene, "RIIBMP" Greene.
Take care, Mona Baez,
Geneva Charley and family,
Veronica Baez, Luis R.
Baez, and our Jake Frank.
Happy birthday to Uncle and
Gramps, father RHBMP '
Greene, Auntie and Gram
Squealie Greene, Kuks and
Grampa Animal Tohet, Uncle
adn Grandpa Gorkey Mitchell.
From Ramon Greene, Verbena
Greene and Plyza Big Lake.