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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 10, 2005
Huckleberry Harvest to help museum
The Eighth Annual Huckle
berry Harvest is scheduled for
Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2.
This is the Museum at Warm
Springs major fund raiser. Pro
ceeds help to support the
museum's educational mission.
Donations are tax-deductible as
allowed by law. $175 per person,
$1500 per sponsor, $1300 per
corporate table for eight people.
Birth
notices
Icemena Ida Banda
Stacona
Curtis Stacona and Shanda
Culps are pleased to announce
the birth of their daughter
Icemena Ida Banda Stacona,
born June 30. Icemena joins one
sister, Sarah, age 17 months. The
father's parents are Carol Saludo
and Mark Stacona. The mother's
parents are Sarah Ike and
Sammy Culps.
Esminda LaToya
Campuzano
Rolando Campuzano Lopez
and Edna White are pleased to
announce the birth of their
daughter, Esminda LaToya
Campuzano, born June 27.
Esminda joins one sister,
Celeste, age 3.
Jason Harvey Tohet Jr .
Jason Tohet and Jamie Tohet
are pleased to announce the birth
of their son Jason Harvey Tohet
Jr., born July 1. Father's parents
are Jimmy Tohet Sr., and Melinda
Frank, of Warm Springs. Mother's
parents are Jimmy Chief Moon
and Melinda Chief Moon, of
Alberta Canada.
Isaac Spencer Poitra
Spencer and Helen Poitra are
pleased to announce the birth of
their son Isaac Spencer Poitra,
bom June 25. Isaac joins brother
Coby and sisters Rashanda and
Rhonda. Father's parents are
Lester Poitra and Peggy Williams.
Mother's parents are Grant and
Sandra Clements. Great grandpar
ent is Lasco Gilbert
Donations are being sought
for the silent and oral auctions.
Please call for more informa
tion. The following is the event
outline:
Friday - 5 p.m. at The Mu
seum At Warm Springs. Mu
seum shuttle to and from Kah-Nee-Ta
starts at 4:30 p.m. Hors
d'oeuvresbeverages, Wasco
Welcome Dance, traditional
salmon bake, silent auction,
Native dance performance,
flute music by Charles Litdeleaf.
Saturday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at The Museum At Warm
Springs: On-going activities and
educational programs
throughout the day.
5 p.m. at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
and Casino: hors d'oeuvresbev
erages, silent auction, Huckle
berry Harvest drawing, gourmet
dining, oral auction, Bobby Sims
and the Bluesrockers
To reserve, or for more in
formation: Dora Goudy Smith,
development officer, the Mu
seum At Warm Springs, P.O.
Box 909, Warm Springs, OR
97761. 541553-3331 Fax 553
3338. doralinnmadras.neL
Exhibit features Indian
views on Lewis and Clark
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Two juveniles
arrested after
shop break-in
Warm Springs police ar
rested two male juveniles on
Tuesday, June 24, in conjunc
tion with an alleged break-in
at the Kah-Nee-Ta High
Desert Resort and Casino
golf pro shop.
The break-in allegedly
occurred at about 10 p.m.,
according to Warm Springs
police. The suspects were
found the next morning at
about 5:30 a.m., when a re
sort employee spotted them
driving around in a golf cart
in the Kah-Nee-Ta Village
area, according to the police
report. The pro shop sus
tained vandalism damage,
police said.
Food study: broad approach
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The tribal study will be more
specific in the following way:
Rather than test fish from
throughout the Columbia basin,
as CRTFC did, the tribal study
will look at fish taken from wa
ter of the reservation and the
Confederated Tribes Ceded
Lands.
"This is where the tribal mem
bership comes in. We'll be ask
ing the local community to help
us," said Chris Gannon, soils
scientist in the tribal Natural
Resources Branch.
Gannon and Nancy Collins,
tribal sanitarian, have been work
ing with the tribes' Off Reser
vation Fish and Wildlife Com
mittee on planning and prepar
ing for the study.
Gannon said that tribal mem
bers who catch fish and eels
could help with the study by pro
viding the samples.
The funding would be avail
able to compensate people who
provide fish samples, said
Gannon.
The study will be funded by
a grant, he said. He estimated
the cost at between $600,000
and $1 million. It may take three
to five years to complete the
study, he said.
Testing different foods
While the tribal study will be
more specific than the CRTFC
study in regard to the fish
samples, the tribal study in an
other way will be broader.
"We want to do a compara
tive risk study," said Gannon.
"We don't want to look just at
the traditional diet, because the
replacement diet may be just as
contaminated."
, He added, "We don't think
it's fair only to tell the com
munity that you shouldn't eat
fish. If all you say is that the
fish are contaminated, then
that does not give the people
many options. And we may
find more contaminants in the
replacement diet."
So the tribal study will test
for contaminants in fish, but will
also test for contaminants in
non-traditional foods. This
would include items at the com
modities warehouse, and food
that people buy at the grocery
store.
GOLDENDALE, Wash. -The
Mary hill Museum of Art
will present "Reflecting on
Lewis and Clark: Contemporary
American Indian Viewpoints"
from July 12 through Nov. 15.
This exhibition has been or
ganized as part of the National
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
Commemoration.
Curated by Pat Courtney
Gold, a member of the Wasco
Nation of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs, this
exhibit features contemporary
artwork by nationally recog
nized American Indian artists
who have created paintings,
sculptures, prints and traditional
artifacts that interpret and ex
press their reflections and
thoughts on both the original
journey and on the commemo
ration of the Lewis and Clark
expedition of 1803-06.
Mary hill Museum is a certi
fied site on the Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail. The
Corps of Discovery stopped
near the museum's location on
Oct. 21, 1805. They walked
across much of the museum's
6,000 acres during their return
journey on April 22, 1806.
The exhibit features specially
created works by Vivian Adams
of the Yakama Nation; B.K.
Courtney, Wasco-Tlingit; Pat
Courtney Gold, Wasco-Tlingit;
Joe Feddersen, Colville; Tony
Johnson, Chinook; Maynard
White Owl Lavadour, Cayuse
Nez Perce; Ann McCormack,
Nez Perce; Miles Miller,
Yakama-Nez Perce; Lillian Pitt,
Wasco-Yakama; Thelissa Red
Hawk, Umatilla; Susanna
Santos, Warm Springs; Chuck
Williams, Cascades; and Liz
Woody, Yakama-Warm Springs-Navajo.
On opening day, Sunday, July
12, tribal elders will be honored
at a private preview. At 2 p.m.
the exhibition will open to the
public with a traditional Native
American blessing, welcome re
marks by Pat Courtney Gold,
and a gallery walk with the art
ists. At 3 p.m. Native American
flutist, James Greeley will per
form. "The indigenous people of
the Columbia River basin have
lived in this area for more than
10,000 years. They have estab
lished languages, cultures and
communities. These nations
were here when the Corps of
Discovery traveled through this
area via the Columbia River,"
said Pat Courtney Gold.
"Fishing for salmon and the
trade-gatherings were traditional
occurrences. The Corps just
missed the largest trade-market
in October, 1805, but saw the
hundreds of baskets containing
the powdered salmon for trade.
They did trade with the Native
People," said Gold. "These in
digenous people continue living
their cultures and preserving
their arts. The Native artists in
this exhibit share their perspec
tives of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition."
The exhibit presents a vari
ety of approaches to creating art
from the traditional, such as Pat
Courtney Gold's "Them Who
Greeted Lewis and Clark" bas
ket and a carved wood mask in
the Chinook style by Tony
Johnson to contemporary sculp
tures like "Peace, Peese, Sinew"
by Miles Miller and "Flow Be
tween Mind and Earth" by
Lillian Pitt.
The exhibition is being spon
sored by the Hugh and Jane
Ferguson Foundation and the
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re
sort and Casino, with programs
sponsored by the Mid-Columbia
Medical Center and Sprint.
Also on view is Discover
Lewis and Clark At Maryhill.
This exhibit features historic
Native American objects from
the Columbia River Gorge re
gion that closely resemble those
Lewis and Clark documented
and collected while in the area.
Curated by noted authors Mary
Schlick and Rex Ziak, it focuses
on the significant role the Co
lumbia River and trade played
in the daily lives of the local
tribes.
Howlak Tichum
Michael David Frank Summerhalter
Michael David Frank Summerhalter passed away June 28
at his home. He was 43. Mr. Summerhalter was born on Jan.
31, 1960 in Prineville to parents Adkins Frank and Betty June
Dick. Mr. Summerhalter was a lifelong resident of Madras and
Warm Springs. He worked all types of jobs. He was an enrolled
member of the tribes. Survivors include wife Nancy, son
Michael Summerhalter Jr., brother William "Bear Cat" Frank,
and two grandsons.
David Miller Kalama
David Miller Kalama passed away June 29 at his home. He
was 36. Mr. Kalama was born Nov. 2, 1966 in Redmond to
parents Frank Kalama Sr. and Rose Marie Dick. Mr. Kalama
was a lifelong resident of Warm Springs. He was self-employed
as a decorator. He was an enrolled member of the tribes. Sur
vivors include his mother Rose Mitchell, foster mother June
Loyal-Miller, brothers Larry Dick, Leander Kalama and Frankie
Kalama, all of Warm Springs, and Dan Miller of Madras; sis
ters Roberta Williams, Betty Elaine Kalama, Jesslyn Allen, all
of Warm Springs, Sharon Haag of Madras, Linda Mabee of
Pordand, and Chrstine Vender of Monmouth.
New kidney: family is grateful for community support
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Squicmphcn-Yazzie's brother
had also offered her his kidney
but their tissue and blood were
not a match.
"I feel like God kind of
threw us together. The kidney
donor was destined to be a Terry
that was born the same year as
me. There was a real guidance
from above," said Demezas.
"Priscilla feels like she has a
new brother," said her husband
Edison Yazzic of her new bond
with Dcmczas.
Squicmphcn-Yazzie will be
staying near the hospital in Port
land until the end of July. She
visits the hospital three times a
week for blood draws and to
adjust the dosage of her medi
cations. Afterwards, she will re
turn to her home on the reser
vation, but will still need addi
tional time to recover.
Eventually she will be able to
return to being a physically
healthy and functional person.
"But right now I just want to
get better," said Squicmphen
Yazzie. She says, without the surgery,
her health would have contin
ued to deteriorate. But instead,
immediately after the surgery
she felt better.
"I am very sore but I feel
better. There is no more nau
sea, and a different kind of fa
tigue - the good kind," said
Squiemphen-Yazzie.
She is able to take short
walks every day.
Both her daughters are very
excited, says her husband. It has
been a difficult ordeal for them,
said their mother. But the two
daughters have kept in positive
spirits throughout their mother's
ordeal.
Both are excellent students
and the older of the two was
recently granted the Best Native
American student award.
"I want to say thanks to'ev
eryone who supported us," said
her husband. The family re
ceived a lot of support from the
Warm Springs community, he
said.
Now, the quality of
Squeimphen-Yaie s
life has greatly improved
and there will be no
more trips to Bend for
dialysis.
"The community has been so
supportive, it's beyond words,"
said Squiemphen-Yazzie. She
says the fundraising events on
the reservation covered most of
the costs associated with the
transplant.
Transplanted kidneys typi
cally have a life expectancy of
14 years in the recipient. At that
point, the patient can receive
another kidney transplant or
return to kidney dialysis.
"The life expectancy of a
patient with a kidney transplant
is better than a patient on djaly
sis,' said Dr Barry, head of Urol
ogy and Kidney Transplantation
at OHSU and the doctor who
performed Squiemphen
Yazzie's surgery.
Hemodialysis, the type of
dialysis Squiemphen-Yazzie was
receiving before her transplant,
is difficult, involving treatment
at a medical facility three times
a week for four hours. Dr Barry
says hemodialysis often leaves
the patient ill before and after
the procedure.
Now the quality of
Squeimphen-Yazzie's life has
greatly improved and there will
be no more trips to Bend for
dialysis. Receiving a kidney from
a living donor reduces a patient's
risk of rejecting the kidney.
"Priscilla's chances of success
are high as long as she takes her
medicine on schedule to reduce
the risk of rejection," said Dr.
Barry. After the first three
months, the chances of her
body rejecting the kidney will be
greatly reduced.
"Priscilla will have a lifetime
recovery that requires daily
maintenance. This is a treatment
not a cure," explained Edison
Yazzie.