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Good to see
more tribal
employment
atKah-Nee-Ta
Congratulations to the six
new tribal member employees,
hired between March 1-11, at
Kah-Nee-Ta I ligh Desert Re
sort and Casino.
The new employees are An
drew Smith, work
ing the cage; Aaron
Mitchell, room at
tendant; Mia Starr,
room attendant;
Alfred Estimo, cage cashier;
Sharondee Mitchell, Chinook
Room; and Madeline Bodeaux,
spa receptionist.
The Kah-Nee-Ta Human
Resources Department has
made a serious and increasingly
successful effort at bringing
more tribal members into jobs
at the resort and casino.
The hope is to continue this
trend, according to Urbana
Ross, the tribal member recruit
ment and development program
manager at Kah-Nee-Ta.
As the busy season is ap
proaching, Ross offered people
some advice on how to land a
job, particularly, how to have a
successful job interview. The
following are tips, as you pre
pare to interview for a job at
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re
sort and Casino:
First, find a babysitter, do not
bring your children to the inter
view. Next, if you are 18 years or
older, you do not need a parent
during the interview.
Also: Do not eat food during
your interview.
Make sure to be on time for
your interview; arrive 15 min
utes early if possible. ''
Introduce yourself to the
person interviewing you.
Address the interviewer from
Kah-Nee-Ta as "sir" or "ma
dame". Please do not wear a
baseball hat, T-shirt, or baggy
pants, or a sweat shirt with a
hood.
Remember to smile and look
at the interviewer. Look him or
her in the eye when you answer
his or her questions.
Good luck with your inter
view! Regarding letters
Thank you for writing to
the Spilyay.
Please, when writing, keep
in mind that letters should be
of no more than 350 words.
Also, no statements that
are libelous against another
person can be published in
the paper. The deadline to
submit items is late in the
afternoon of Friday of the
week before publication.
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Happy birthday wishes...
H a p py
birthday Mom,
and big sis
Joannie! Our
mother Loita
Greeley celebrated her 77th birthday
on March 12. Also our eldest sister
Joannie Gonzales' birthday was cel
ebrated along with mom's, since she
was mom's birthday gift 61 years ago.
Our mother Lolita Greeley moved
back to Warm Springs almost three
years ago. Life in Warm Springs has
been good. Mom is glad to be home
amongst her children, family and
friends. This is the birthday Mom
will cherish. For the first time and
many years, all her nine adult chil
dren were together at one place. Thank
you to all who came and celebrated
with us. It was fun. Lett, Maria
Godines, the baby of tlx family.'
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Truancy
A meeting was held Feb. 23
in regard to updating the 509-J
School District's policy on tru
ancy. Those in attendance were
Butch David, Jefferson County
Middle School liaison; Lana
1-eonard, Madras High School
liaison; Ken Clark and Tiffany
Smith, high school assistant prin
cipals; and Flossie Wolfe, Warm
Springs assistant juvenile coor
dinator. The growing number of chil
dren in violation of Warm
Springs Tribal Code 360.500 -Compulsory
School Attendance
- has prompted the juvenile
coordinator's office to initiate
steps to address this problem.
This has resulted in the contact
of both Butch David and Lana
Leonard, who helped arrange
the meeting, which was held at
the high school. The following
changes were recommended for
a student-absence threshold be
fore a referral for truancy is sub
mitted.
Jefferson County Middle
School: A student will be con
sidered not in regular atten
dance and in violation of the
attendance requirements when
he or she has seven unexcused
periods of class in any 10-day
period or has a pattern of ex
cused absences.
Madras High SchoolCOIC:
A student is considered not in
regular attendance and in viola
tion of the attendance require
ments when he or she has five
unexcused periods of class in
any 10-day period or a pattern
of excused absences.
The Juvenile Coordinator's
Office has used 509-J School
District requirements for tru
ancy as a base for when Com
pulsory School Attendance
charges can be filed in our Tribal
Court, So as the requirements
for 509-J change, so will the ju
venile coordinator's require
ments. The new policy is set to
change at the new trimester
which begins March 28. If there
are any questions, please call the
Juvenile Coordinator's Office at
553-3335; Butch David at the
middle school, 475-7253; or
Lana Leonard at the high
school, 475-7265.
Flossie Wolfe.
Invitation
I am writing this letter to in
vite all drum groups and danc
ers to the fifteenth annual FCI
Sheridan Powwow on May 18,
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with
Native brothers from all
through the Western part of the
U.S. From North and South
Dakota, to Arizona. From New
To our precious grandson,
great grandson, nephew and
cousin, Desmond Esha
Hanchor, who is the son of
Kalles L. Hanchor Jr. and
Roberta Thomas.
We are wishingyou a very
happy 2ni birthday (3-6-05)
all the way from Owyhee,
Nev. Have a wonderful day.
Wish we could all be there
with you. We miss and love
you so much. May our heav
enly father bless and keep you
in his loving care always.
Lave, Hanchor and Harney
families.
J
Happy belated birthday
to mother and daughter,
Lolita and Joannie, March
12. You're looking good.
Jack and Mi-Mi.
Happy 72nd birthday,
dad. You're the greatest Dave.
Mexico to the Pacific North
west, many nations represented
here doing time away from their
homes. We, as Native people,
should always remember the
Native brothers as not forgot
ten but learning to live again in
righteousness and in harmony
with ourselves and others and
to share this day with the local
Native would be very much ap
preciated by many of us here
who are far from home. This
time of sharing songs and laugh
ter would pick up our spirits to
keep us going and make us
strong in hopes of a good jour
ney home some day with spe
cial memories of times of trials
and life. May the Great Spirit
be with you. Thanks Warm
Springs. Also welcome Washut
singers. Children welcome. Sub
mit your information to
Sheridan FCI Chaplain by the
end of March. Address: The
Federal Correctional Institution
Chaplain, PO Box 8000,
Sheridan, OR 97378. Contact
Chaplain Richter (503) 843
4442, ext. 256.
Sorry
I would like to tell my cousin
Alice I am very sorry about
your car and my mother's
car. But I do believe it is to be
looked at and paid for. Please
understand I do not hold any
grudges against you. The van is
over in Madras, and we are hav
ing it fixed and will get hold of
the amount. The person with
you, if needed to, will be named
also. Sorry again, Teresa.
Appreciation
This is just a small token of
appreaction for my mother. I
would like to thank my mother,
Maxine McKinley, for every
thing she has done for me, and
that I love her a whole bunch.
It is not every day that we take
time out to tell our special fam
ily and friends how much we
love and miss them! Also to my
dear sister, Marlena Frank, I
miss and love you also. Hang in
there. We always think of you
and your precious tribe. Thank
you, me, my daughter, and
grandson, Teresa, Rosanne
and Maximino McKinley.
Indian law
Governments and Indian law
aren't required subjects that've
been included systematically in
our schools, from kindergarten
through higher education and
graduate schools. So many
Americans continue to misun
derstand tribal governments and
Happy
birthday
bro William
Sam on
March 28.
Love, your
sisjennifer,
Troy, Harnley, Bonus.
Happy birth
day son, William
"Taco" Sam on
March 28 .Love,
Mom, Mary D.
Happy birthday sisters but
also auntie and niece, ) years
old. Sophia Mae, March 10
and Amelia Grace, March
20. Lots of years of love from
grandma, auntie Mi-Mi, and
grandpa, uncle Jack.
Irilr I
J!
Letters to the Editor
their citizens and attempt to in
clude them and view them from
a "minority" perspective. Tribal
councils and their lobbyists are
required to make up for this
major deficit by spending mil
lions of tribal dollars educating
legislators about tribal govern
ments and how they fit in this
country. Take a good look at the
Native reservations.
There are very few dollars
and opportunities for individual
tribal entrepreneurs. There are
many very intelligent and hon
est Natives who merely want to
provide a healthy life for them
selves and their families.
America is made up of many
individual businessmen and
women. Let's let it happen on
and between our reservations in
Oregon.
Current enforcement of
state and federal laws are dev
astating to many of our people
and their families and mine. This
is selective according to who
ever is in power and it's called
genocide. Let's be honest.
America hasn't admitted its
genocidal policies against many
Native Americans which contin
ues to this date. When will
America live up to its promises?
This letter is not intended to hurt
anyone. Many Native American
entrepreneurs merely desire to
make a decent living and pro
vide for their families by obey
ing the laws relevant to them
and their livelihood. Hopefully,
it'll not take 100 years for
America to stop these evil ac
tions against tribal governments
and their citizens.
This letter is to help us start
discussing the real issues that are
affecting us as a people. Regard
less of individual family politics.
Hopefully we can unite to edu
cate ourselves and America.
Thanks for taking the time to
read my letter. Respectfully,
Rayfield Jeff Mitchell, No.
60839-065, US Penitentiary
Leavenworth, PO Box 1000,
Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Lead leaders
Blessed. I'm surely blessed.
Born skin, die skin. We have
each other and this very small
piece of land, Rez, we call
home.
Warm Springs, skin, rez. This
is all, I said all, we have left and
if we lose this, who's going to
pay all the bills?
We are a good, kind, sharing
people, tough, clannish, kind,
honest, honorable people. Integ
rity, man! You kapish?
We are losing what litde we
have left. When I hear on
KWSO advertisements for out-
Happy 21st birthday to
my baby girl Marsha Jill
Givens. We (I) miss you,
you're never forgotten. Now
that you turned 21, your ac
countabil
ity starts.
Your de
cisions, dedication,
faith, all
these
things in
lift are
yours. Lift
is good,
makt tht
right and
positive choices. Accountabil
ity and lift makt it happtn.
God gave you breath, Jesus gives
Life. God Loves You! Love,
Mom, Laurel Wbetler, your
daughter, Keverly Angeli Tufti,
brother, Robert Gene Givens,
and dad, Eugene N. Givens.
t
siders to apply for positions on
our various boards, committees,
etc., this concerns mc. Exactly
how much does an outsider give
to our people, childern, elders,
us? Zero. Not one red penny.
They're takers. Indian people
are givers.
Who says we compromise, sell
out, our sovereignty by placing
outsider eco-socio climbers on
our boards to make decisions for
our tribal people?
Is it okay for us to dream?
Well, it's kind of late for me. But
is it OK with you if I hold on to
my dream for my children?
They don't care about us, our
children, elders, people, water.
We are out of control. Stop,
cut back, fire these so-called
"workers" that do nothing for
our people except suck our re
sources out of people to infuse
their own children, people.
Think, man, while it's still free!
Lead our leaders into leading.
It takes time thinking, caring,
sacrifice, backbone, and a big
mouth doesn't hurt. It is our
fault that our children are kill
ing themselves, killing each other,
doing drugs, etc., social ills.
Our fault. We have failed our
children. We are out of control
being scammed, husded by out
sider smiling faces, smiling in our
face (and) stabbing us in the
back. Out Of the Way Kids,
More Money!
Bend, Redmond, Sisters,
Prineville, Madras, all these
towns are going to be one big
gigantic metropolis in the near
future.
If we must have this sick
gambling, then keep it here. Our
market in our backyard, boys
and girls. Think! Patience.
' Why follow1 all these bthef
casinos into the Pordand mar
ket when if we have patience
enough, we can have the whole
Central Oregon market to our
selves. The only Disneyland
type gambling casino in the
whole Northwest.
Why go to Disneyland when
there is an Indian Land-type
casino in Warm Springs? Build
it by Old Mill Bridge, entertain
ment for babies to grandparents,
WaterWorld, amusement park,
truck stop, restaurant, moto
cross, kayaks, etc.
KWSO, send a statement out
to our Warm Springs tribal
people who pay all the bills. Our
people impact our local
economy in a major way and
will continue to do so 'til and
beyond the year 6000. Give,
give, give in a good way like el
ders taught us. Give 'til it hurts.
We give, give, while our own
hurt, die, etc.
We have honorable, good,
caring honest, integrity-instilling
people in our leadership. They
teach us by their actions.
Why do you think we are still
the strong tribes, treaty tribes,
still here, still enduring, and we
will be here after you have
drowned in your own waste.
I'm blessed to be from Warm
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Springs. Sometimes we are kind,
giving in a good way, to a fault.
Treaty tribes barges. Treaty
Tribes Shipping, Dump the gam
bling and buy into barges, ships,
trade while we still can.
Time to team up, Treaty
Tribes. Water, Water, Water.
Can't you see it?
Outsiders, come into our
Rez, make up all these outsider
rules to eliminate our tribal
peoples from our own economy.
No outsiders should be on
boards, managers, etc. Our
people can learn to do any job,
but if not given the chance, wc
have all outsiders running our
business who hire more outsid
ers, their family, etc. Don't you
see?
There are some outsiders
that are an asset to our Rez and
have my respect.
Is it OK for us to dream?
Well it's kind of late for me, but
is it okay with you if I hold on
to my dreams for my children?
Can you live on nothing like
most tribal people? Do away
with credit cards, tribal vehicles
except the vehicles that are nec
essary, police, ambulance, fire
trucks, but seeing tribal vehicles
no weekends running around all
over.
Do you care what itinerant
outsiders say about our home,
community, people, Rez? I don't.
If you come to Warm Springs
to work, then turn around and
bad mouth our people then go
back to where you're from.
This is our home! We have
lived and fought for what we
have from second to second,
minute to minute, hour to hour,
day to day, week to week, month
to month, year to year, decade
to ' decide, 1 century to ' century.' 1 1
You' don't understand or re-'
alize how much our people, el
ders, children, adults have sac
rificed, struggled, fought for
what little we have left.
I don't care what the Orego
nian or any other newspaper or
person says about our people,
home, Rez.
I love our people in my way
and always will. I'm blessed to
be created skin from Warm
Springs, treaty tribes, inche wana
Nooksook ugh upch eating per
son that is proud of his people.
I have lived 56 years in our
home, Rez, and have seen a lot
of people come and go. I am
where I want to be, Home.
I love our people, all skins
and people in general, white,
black, brown, yellow, purple with
polka dots. ' '
Man, we are all just people
created for a purpose, to try to
live life in a good way, walk a
good path to pass on to future
generations of all people.
Never, ever, ever, ever be
ashamed of our families,
people, all skins. Be ashamed of
yourself for being ashamed.
Think beyond yourself, beyond
your own life to the good of all.
, God bless and love to you all.
Bobby Eagleheart.