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Spifyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 27, 2003
Smith: award ceremony was re-energizing
(Continued from page 1)
"It was really helpful to be
around other people who be
lieve the same way you do and
are doing a lot of the same
things," she says.
But the best was yet to
come. As she describes the
scene after each principal re
ceived their engraved bell, her
eyes moisten slightly:
"We all went back to our
seats and toasted. Each princi
pal rang their bell for the kids
of America - it was a very
touching moment. Everybody
who has been working very
hard, it was your moment of
-omine tosrether...it was very
cool. . . very cool.'"
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Warm Springs Elementary School Principal Dawn Smith receives
her Distinguished Principal Award in Washington, D.C.
Dawn Smith when she received her. "I think what it did was...
her award in Washington D. C. we're already on the right path,
Afterwards she made her way we know what direction we're
back home to the reservation, heading, but it really re-ener-
Her experience has re-energized gized me to come back and
move ahead - not just incremen
tally move ahead, but to really
work with the staff and gather
all our resources to work to
gether and push hard to do the
kinds of changes that we've
been doing... We really don't
have a second to waste."
The trip is over and Dawn
Smith is settling back into work.
That just leaves one question:
What is she going to do now
with the cocktail dress and ball
gown?
"I'm going to wear the dress
to the staff Christmas party,
and after that, I don't know. It's
going to hang in my closet."
There's no word yet what'll
happen to her newly acquired
ball gown.
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Photo courtesy of Warm Springs Police
Condors: of highest spiritual significance
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Eventually, 16 breeding pairs
will be housed at the Condor
Creek Conservation Facility,
according to the Oregon Zoo.
To Native Americans the
condor was associated with
storms and rain, and the ocean.
For these reasons the bird was
associated with the Creator.
Thunder and lightning were
the condor's way of communi
cating. Thunder was its voice
and the lightning was caused by
flint held by the condor. Another
explanation is that the lightning
happened when the bird opened
and closed its eyes.
The condor held a place of
highest spiritual importance,
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Highway drug bust
Warm Springs police recently seized 27 mature marijuana
plants that were being transported by vehicle across the
reservation. The plants were two to three feet tall. A LaPine
man, Asa Carl Swindell, was arrested and charged with
possession, delivery and manufacture of a controlled
substance. He was cited into Tribal Court, and the case is
pending review by the Jefferson County District Attorney,
and the U.S. Attorney's office in Portland. The arrest and
seizure of the plants happened at 3:15 p.m., Friday, Nov.
7, on Highway 26 on the reservation.
Thunderbird (left) on a beaded cradleboard
at the Museum at Warm Springs. Above,
condor photo taken years ago at the Gorge.
because the condor could act as
a means of communication be
tween the people on earth and
the Creator.
TheOregon Zoo condor
breeding program has the sup
port of tribal leaders. Two years
ago, when the zoo announced its
plan to begin breeding condors,
on hand for the announcement
were Wasco Chief Nelson
Wallulatum; director of tribal
Government Affairs Louie Pitt;
and Wasco basket-artist Pat
Courtney Gold.
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