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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo July 8, 2004
Dancing of
another culture
performed by
Leanna during
powwow
By Selena Boise
The dancing at Pi-Ume-Sha
was a part of my weekend, but
the dancing that excited our fam
ily was the performance by my
daughter Leanna.
While the beat of the Pi-Ume-Sha
pow
wow was echoing
through the can
yon, we were at
the Prineville High
School auditorium watching my
daughter at her ballet recital.
Her ballet dance was called
"A Day in Paris." She also
danced a jazz number called
"Black Cat." These numbers
were performed in the evening
hours of Friday and Saturday
night
She entered pre-ballet at High
Desert Dance Arts when she
was 6 years old, and when she
turned 1 1 she began to dance jazz
and tap as well.
Her schedule was busy, so to
slow down she dropped tap. She
was feeling overwhelmed and
there were many things going on
in her life all at once.
But this coming fall she will
be up to the challenges of three
classes being added to her sched
ule again. She looks forward to
adding tap dancing again. Her
tap teacher, Marcel, says that
even though she missed (.lasses
she caught on very quickly and
was able to perform as well as
the other girls.
Also in her ballet class was
Marissa Ahern, daughter of Fran
Moses-Ahern. Both of Fran's
daughters are dancing and have
been for years.
Leanna is enjoying her sum
mer break from dance sched
ules, and is getting prepared for
the beginning of next year's
classes in October. Then the
practice and learning of a new
performance for the next recital
begins.
While the fancy dancers and
traditional dancers are prepar
ing for grand entry, my daugh
ter is getting her dance costume
ready for performance. She's
not a make-up and curly hair per
son but we get her made up for
the night's performance. Instead
or moccasins sne is wearing
ballet slippers and jazz shoes.
In the future I would like to
see her add powwow dancing to
her dancing skills.
Leanna Boise and Marissa
Ahern perform "A Day in Paris."
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Native way
My name is Robert Boise. I
am a tribal member of Warm
Springs. I moved away from
home almost five years ago. I
moved to a place by the ocean.
I'm on the Oregon Coast now.
My life before I moved was
pretty crazy. I've done things I
ain't proud of. I was always get
ting into trouble and going to
jail. It got tiring. I wanted to
change my ways of living, so I
did. It took me moving away
from home to realize what
needed to be done. I graduated
a drug and alcohol treatment
program three years ago, and
I'm still sober. I started going to
powwows. I started dancing and
now I'm out there. Every pow
wow I can make it to I dance
at. I also have my own drum
group up here. We try and make
it to as many powwows as we
can. But anyway my point is this.
I feel proud today for how my
life is going. It took me leaving
home for me to change my life.
Five years it took me to get my
Native pride back, five years to
realize that drugs and alcohol
will get you nowhere in life. I
changed a lot in my life. I am a
men's traditional dancer now.
Every powwow I go to I repre
sent Warm Springs. I am a mem
ber of a powwow drum group,
"the Coyote Singers." I lead
songs and do the honor beats. I
sing long house songs now. I do
a lot of things now that I never
did before. I could have learned
all of these things at home but
I never took the time to really
pay attention. But here I am
today, standing tall, clean and
sober, walking that Red Road
and feeling proud of who I am
and where I come from. I also
wanted to thank my whole fam
ily for their support and encour
agement to stay clean and so
ber. Thank you all. So I'll end
my letter here. Robert Boise.
Redwoods
Wilbert Wainanawit and the
staff of High Lookee Lodge
would like to give a special
thanks to everyone who partici
pated in the fundraiser on June
30 at the Agency Longhouse. All
proceeds went to Wilbert for his
trip to the Redwoods.
Appreciation
I am writing this letter to all
who helped my family back in
2002 when we lost our mother
Josepha M. Crowe to cancer,
our brother Walter R. Payne II
to a car accident in Yakima, and
our sister Dorothy "Pebbles"
Meanus George also to cancer.
I apologize for taking this long
to say thank you, family, friends
and relatives who helped us dur
ing our loss and hardship. I
would like to say a very special
thanks to our family who trav
eled a long distance from Hoh
River and LaPush, Wash., to be
here for support. I thank every
one for your prayers and songs
at that time. Keep my aunties
Hilda Culpus, Jeanette Yazzie
and my uncles Marvin Meanus,
Louie LeClaire and my mother-in-law
Priscilla Frank, my sister
Linda George, my brothers
Owens Yahtin, Virgil Watson,
Rich Payne Jr., Randy Yahtin Jr.
in your prayers, and my family
also thank you. May God bless
each one. From Josie Williams,
Wanner Williams Sr., and our
children.
Unemployment
Good morning, it's a good
day. They're all good days, some
are gooder. Warm Springs is my
life, my life is Warm Springs. I'm
just thinking how blessed we are
to have what we have. I know
I'm surely blessed to be created
skin. We have each other and
this piece of land we call home.
We are a good, kind, sharing
people. We have our Rez prob
lems but it's all good. Why do
you think all these guests come
to visit and end up staying? I like
to think it is because we are a
kind, sharing people' maybe
too kind and sharing to a fault
sometimes. But that's the way
our elders taught us to be: share
what you have in a good way.
These are crucial times. We
have to protect what we have!!
or had?
Respect, honor, integrity,
empathy for all peoples no mat
ter what color, as we are all
creation's children. These vir
tues will far exceed all the money,
land, riches.
I agree with Victor Moses.
This is a man that put his life
on the line in Vietnam to pro
tect our freedom and I respect
all you men; Randy, Bone,
atwai Milan Smith Jr., Larson,
Snuff, Ross, etc. etc. Then they
come home to our Rez and are
treated bad. No freedoms, civil
rights, employment rights as the
owners of this Rez.
Seventy percent unemploy
ment means that out of every
10 employeees, seven are out
siders, thieves, doing nothing
but sucking the life blood out
of our people. It is time to send
these tramps, crooks, thieves
back to where they're from.
We've allowed them to steal us
blind. No more, go home sell
out, but they know you.
Clean up the corruption, hire
honest tribal peopleD Integrity,
man; in the long run integrity
beats any amount of blood
money. I have high hopes for
our new Council. Integrity, hon
esty, somebody willing to stand
up and do right by our Warm
Springs people.
Back in the 70's, 80's and
90's, I used to sponsor commu
nity meetings to try to stop the
blatant corruption' stealing
from our own families, lower
than whale poop.
Seventy percent unemploy
ment for our tribal members.
Crooks, outsiders, sellouts, drug
dealers, boys and girls that have
no, no, no vested interest in our
people. This is why they hire
outsiders and thieves. Milk boys
all, because they don't care
about our people.
We need jobs. I've fought for
our people's Rez, for all my life,
56 years, and I don't believe I
should have to picket for a job
again, like I had to do at High
Lookee Lodge.
Somebody, anybody, chiefs,
councilmen, committeemen, sec
retary, stand up and say no, it is
very, very wrong to steal from
our own children, families.
Somebody with a little integrity.
Man I've been wanting this per
Happy birthday and other wishes...
Happy 1-year anniversary
(July 2) to William Spino and
Berni Jackson.
Congratulations on your en
gagement. Love, your family.
Letters to the Editor
son since atwai Vernon Jackson
left us. Please, please, please set
aside your sick greed for once.
You will not regret investing in
our people.
This is not personal, this is
business for those who under
stand. I hope and pray our new
Council will stop the corruption.
All our people. Bobby
Eagle Heart.
Condolences
To the Tuftis and Govenors,
A sad and hard time for you
all. My condolences for the loss
of family members. A short
apology letter for my absence
in your days of mourning. But
I just couldn't make it. Just so
you know, I will miss my cousin
and uncle very much. "I pray
that they will be guided, as they
walk the spirit trail, to their se
renity and tranquility. I pray also
for the families of these beauti
ful and special people. May
Grandfather, Great Spirit, bless
you and your families. All my
relations, Amen." May this
prayer find your hearts in a good,
strong way. Sincerely, Tyree
Stormbringer and family.
Nice fields
We wanted to thank Roy
Spino, Chico Holliday, Jason
Tohet and the volunteers for
contributing their time and en
ergy to reshaping the fields.
They look amazing and it
wouldn't have been done with
out your determination to keep
ing our kids safe and happy.
We're looking forward to next
year. Coaches Raydine
Spino, Amelia Spino, Berni
Jackson and the Warm
Springs Angels. - ,
Sister
Haz, I thank you for the
great gift you gave me. I'm not
talking of the car. But your gift
of a loving sister and always
being here for me. I can't thank
you enough. Just keep being my
sis. Lots of love. SLJ.
Thank you
A belated thanks to Franny
and his brothers S.R.C.I. This is
from the family of atwai brother
Gaylord. We're very glad to
know that you were with our
brother in his last days and let
him know he wasn't alone and
that you all cared for him in your
own way and helped take care
of him. How we wished that we,
as a family, could have brought
him home and shared those last
precious days with him and let
him know how much he meant
to us and how much we loved
him. We're very grateful for you
all, being there, praying, singing
songs for him, all your kindness.
We know he took all that with
him.
We would like to thank each
and every one of you in per
sor but that can't be done. But
our hearts go out to each and
every one of you. Again, thanks
and our prayers go with you.
The Heath and Chase fami
lies. Belated thanks
A very special belated thanks
to Richard, Delvis, Shirley. It
took awhile, but our hurt is still
strong with us. But the family
would like to thank you for
Happy birthday to my son Ethan
Xoah. Hare fun on your day July
8. It seems like Just yesterday you
wen in diapers, now you are a teen
agr. I Loir you with all my heart.
Your Mom Ira i no.
bringing our atwai brother home
and to his resting place. And
special thanks to Neda for
buckskin and all the drummers
who came to the Heath house
before and after atwai brother
came home. And to Lisa for
bringing the food for the last
meal, and to the cooks, and the
dancers. The Heath and
Chase families.
Student athlete
My name isjaylyn Suppah. I
am 17 years old and a member
of the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs. I reside on the
reservation in Simnasho. I will
be entering my senior year in
high school in Madras this year.
I have been on the girls basket
ball team for the Madras High
School for the last three years. I
was recently inducted into the
National Society of High School
Apologies
On April 21, 2004, 1 was arrested for drug possession and
drug paraphernalia by Sgt. Webb. I pleaded guilty on June 25.
I understand there's a drug problem on the reservation. 1
apologize for the incident. S. Rae Wilson.
I, Elmer C, am writing this apology letter to Vera Thomas
for the 20,h day of April. There is a lot of things I could have
done than drink then come home and done what I have done.
Sometimes I wish I would have got picked up before it had
happened. But I have learned my lesson, not to do that again.
Cause I know that I might lose you and the girls. So that made
me think. So once again I apologize to you and the girls for
my mistake and it won't happen again. Thanks. Elmer Char
ley. To the Warm Springs community, I am writing an apol
ogy letter for driving under the influence of intoxicants in
the fall of last year. I assure you it will not happen again,
and I am sorry the trouble that I caused. Rod Wesley.
Dear Warm Springs community and Brennon and
Darien, First of all I would like to apologize to my two
children Brennon and Darien for driving under the influ
ence of intoxicants on March 28, 2004. 1 endangered your
lives by driving while under the influence.
I would also like to say sorry to the community of Warm
Springs for being under the influence and driving. Sorry
for my actions and this will not happen again. Sincerely,
Matthew Smith.
An unfortunate mistake
In the last edition of the nor Kitzhaber opposed the bill,
Spilyay there was a bad typo
graphical error on page one,
in the first paragraph of the
article on Pi-Ume-Sha. The
article states that Pi-Ume-Sha
this year marked the 1 35th
anniversary of the signing of
the Treaty of 1865..
Actually, Pi-Ume-Sha hap
pens each year on the anni
versary of the signing of the
Treaty of 1855. There is an
important difference between
the two treaties, and this is
why I was particularly humili
ated by the misprint.
The Treaty of 1855 estab
lished the reservation and
guaranteed to tribal members
rights to natural resources off
the reservation within the
large area known as the ceded
lands. The "Treaty of 1865"
was an attempt by the federal
government to take away the
tribal off-reservation rights.
The document actually
states that Indians are not to
leave the reservation without
written permission from the
agency superintendent.
In the 1990s, before leav
ing office, Sen. Hatfield intro
duced legislation that would
have officially nullified the
1865 document. Then-gover-
Happy 23rd birthday to
William Spino (July 10).
From Berni, Allee, Pauline,
Celestine, "Grandma,"
Tonto, Douglas, Sundown
Snipe and Allen Jr.
Scholars. My goal is to play col
lege basketball and attain a de
gree in law.
I have been invited to play
in the Native American Basket
ball Invitational Tournament in
Phoenix, Ariz., which is being
held July 20-24. 1 will be play
ing with a team from Reno, Nev.
I am seeking donations to help
finance my expenses for this trip.
I enjoy playing basketball and
see this as a tremendous oppor
tunity, as this tournament usu
ally attracts a number of col
lege basketball recruiters. I am
hoping this will help me attain
my goal of getting a college edu
cation. If you are interested in do
nating to help pay my expenses,
I can be reached at (541) 553
6134 (h), or 553-2416 (w). Any
donations will be appreciated.
Thank you.
saying it would give the tribes
a legal claim to large water
rights throughout the ceded
lands. At the time the tribes,
the state and federal govern
ments were in negotiation re
garding settlement of tribal
water rights.
Hatfield wanted the 1865
document officially nullified
because it is scandalous and an
embarrassment to the U.S. gov
ernment. Even without passage
of his bill, the 1865 document
is invalid. There was no agree
ment by the tribes to the 1865
document, so it is not really a
treaty.
Usually I have the whole
newspaper proofread by at
least one other person besides
myself before it goes to the
printer. That is not always pos
sible, though, because of our
deadline. After the last edition
of the paper came out, many
people - government affairs
director Louie Pitt, Council
Chairman Ron Suppah, and
Chief Delvis Heath, for in
stance - noticed the 1865 mis
take and brought it to my at
tention. Thank you, and I'm sorry. I
hope everyone had a good Pi-Ume-Sha.
Dave McMechan
Happy birthday to my big
brother Ethan Noah. Love,
Alina Iris Pearl.
.
Happy birthday Ethan
Soah. Lore, Dad Batman.