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February 5, 2005 Page 9 Three Warriors celebrates 5 years Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon 97- Y w - i ;. Johnson: A lot of family support (Continued from page 1) This means having to leave her job at the post office on occasion. Johnson is one of only two who work in the Warm Springs post office. "When one's gone, then the other has to be there all by themself," she said, "and in or der for someone to come over, we have to contact someone at a different post office within central Oregon. "And my boss, he wanted my schedule for the whole year, and it's going to be hard, but he's willing to work with me." She said she made certain her duties as Miss Warm Springs would not present a conflict at work. "They totally encouraged me, told me what a lifetime op portunity it was," she said. In fact, her supervisor has encouraged her to consider training to become a postmas ter after her reign has com &3P W: j f.V s -. jk'r:,.; pleted. Johnson wore a long bur gundy dress, with a leather belt and long beaded necklace and leggings with yellow highlights at the beginning of the program before adorning a traditional beaded buckskin dress for her dances. "It started with my grand mother. She made the belt and leggings, and I added all the little stuff," she said. "I just got done with my cuffs. I just got done with my strap. "My uncle made my necklace for me when I went to Europe." On the buckskin dress she wore, the fringes, she said, rep resent water. "When we dance, the fringes move like waves, and with me doing flowers (which also graced her regalia) was like the flowers, they need water, to bloom," she said. "And water, water is really important to people." Johnson said she was a little disappointed being the only con testant Monday. "I wish I had someone to not .,f. ft t A, .1 1 f4 A powwow kept the activities moving at the birthday celebration of the Three Warriors Market. Three drum groups kept the beat for the dancers who participated in the intertribal and round dancing throughout the evening. Miss Warm Springs Christine Johnson made an appearance at the event (left), and dancers of all ages participated. The children blew out the birthday candles after singing Happy Birthday. compete with, but share the mo ment with, someone I can look back and say, 'Yeah, we both ran in the same year,'" she said. During the question-and-an-swer portion of the pageant, conducted by judge Ellen Th ompson, Johnson spoke of the importance of maintaining tribal tradition. "We need to have our chil dren come to the longhouse two or three times a week," she said. "And have the elders sit down with themD that the girls may learn how to prepare the food, and the boys learn how to drum and learn what the songs mean to them." She said she loves "being in the longhouse," and spending time with her family. "My family here is really close," she said. Accompanied by tribal elder Bernice Mitchell on drum, Johnson sang "The Bunnyhop Song," which she said was a "happy" song among women who cooked in the longhouse .kitchen. The Three Warriors Market Birthday Celebration included a door prize raffle with items do nated by Three Warriors, Simnasho's Christmas Towwow, Pepsi Cola of The Dalles, Coca Cola of The Dalles, Paul Jack son Wholesale Company of Roseburg, and Howard's Meat and Poultry of Portland. The winners were: Harvey Jim and Malic Collins (Pepsi 5-gallon water cooler), Stanley Simtustus and Shawresa Bates (Pepsi caps), Mike Collins (Pepsi t-shirt), Eliza Jim and Tcryl Florendo (Coca Cola cap), Mikayla Collins and Julia Yahtin (Coca Cola seat 1 Jr vaj ; 'mm .i.' 1 1 Johnson graduated from Pendleton High School in 1998 and then moved back to Warm Springs. "After I moved back, I just started traveling," she said. "That's when I went to Europe. I was in Arizona for about six weeks, and then I went to Canada, just traveling to pow wows." Johnson comes from a large family, and many in her family were in attendance at the pageant. She comes from a fam ily of five siblings, and her mother is one of 10 children. "So from my grandfather, al together, there's 18 of us," she said. "So there's just a lot of us." All her aunts were cooking in the longhouse kitchen, prepar ing the meal served following the pageant. Johnson also rides horses. "My grandmother and my grandfather, they have five horses, so that's one of the things I do," she said. " land beadwork," she said, smiling as she showed off her long, beaded necklace. . . . V Ml WFX )) cushion). Kecyana Yellowman (Howard's pen set), Roy Heath (I loward's teddy bear). Chloe Suppah and J.T. Killsfirst (I loward's pop holders), Wanda VanPelt (I loward's lunch box). Fannie Waheneka, Delvina Heath, Chuck Moody, Wilbur Johnson, Elizabeth Bercerra and Terry Keo (M&M t-shirt), Patrick Mitchell (Paul Jackson t-shirt), Tina (Paul Jackson hat), Amy Suppah (M&M pullover), Sage Flowers (M&M pullover). Leah Suppah (golf balls), Neda Wesley (large stuffed M&M), Shamona Charley (me dium stuffed M&M), Minnie 7- & Photos Bred Cows, Bred Heifers and Pairs offered SALE Mmrj 914 Stock CswWe Frinarj 1& teeters fauf&p Bii Uk Kstk MtJi Barry Rech tops I Hereford Bel Srit Central Oregon Livestock Auction MM75-38SI TrcktSttaart 480-SS40 Charley, Lawrcn Slockish, Jacob Frank, Ina Tohet and Sam Culps (Three Warriors cap), Antone Moody, Cal Queahpama and Shirieen Killsfirst (Three War riors coffee cup). 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