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Pi-Ume-Sha was
different from
previousyears
By Selena Boise
Management successor
So, what do you think about
die Pi-Ume-Sha wetland?
Seems like it was a little
smaller than last year. It seems
like there was hardly any park
ing in previous years.
So when we arrived and saw
all the parking spaces, we were
surprised that we
didn't have to walk
so far from our ve
hicle. Spilyay
Speaks
My daughter
wanted to buy her dance teacher
an item from the powwow, be
cause it needed to be special. I ler
tap dance teacher is no longer
going to teach dance classes and
my daughter wanted to buy her
something special as a remem
brance gift.
We went and looked at the
vendors that were there and
narrowed it down fairly quickly,
as there was less to choose
from. Luckily we found a silver
Tinker Bell necklace with col
orful wings. Her dance teacher
loves Tinker Bell.
So we noticed fewer vendors
and less fry bread stands to
choose from. Though on Sun
day we were able to sit and eat
fry bread and thought the bread
at the Pi-Ume-Sha booth was
very good. We bought tacos
from the vendor along Holly
wood on Saturday evening,
which was very good also. It hap
pened to be on our way home
before we left for recital.
There were other food stands
that were pretty crowded when
we were hungry, so we always
go for the shorter wait. In that j
heat it was for the best.
Though the rain was coming
down on Sunday it was refresh
ing and cool, until it got cold.
It was during this weekend
my daughter finished her eighth
year of dance classes and is en
joying her break for the sum
mer. She is hoping to take up all
three dances next year - ballet,
jazz, and tap. This year she re
stricted herself to only two
classes due to her schedule be
ing so full.
There were many dances that
we enjoyed watching while at
recital. It's nice to see the
younger dancers who are just
beginning, and die intermediate
dancers who are developing so
well.
But we mainly like to see the
advanced dancers and the way
they make all their dance moves
come together in a faster paced
dance.
My daughter hasn't reached
the point ballet dancing yet, and
is looking forward to doing that
type of dance.
Next year I will be watching
her dance in recital again and
showing up for Pi-Ume-Sha for
the Indian dancing, food, and
shopping.
So next year lets hope that
the vendors come back with
their products and fry bread and
we will eat more fry bread.
Regarding letters
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Privileged
My thanks to the Warm
Springs community members
who called wishing me a happy
retirement, or who stopped by
and gave me a hug. I am hon
ored. I feel privileged to have
worked 24 years with this com
munity and the school staff.
I have laughed with you,
learned from you, and loved
having you in my life. Thank
you. Love, Judy Keane.
Reenactment
I would like to thank all of
those who were involved in the
sesquicentennial reenactment of
the signing of the Treaty of
1855.
My sincere respect and grati
tude goes out to: Evaline Patt,
Arlene Boileau, Anita Davis,
Myrna Frank, Charles Jackson,
Garland Brunoe, Preston
Conners, Mark Jackson,
Roberta Kirk, Pam Cardenas,
Brigette M. Whipple, Rosebud
Whipple, Brett Whipple, William
Robbins, Stanley Simtustus,
Randy Scott, Eldred Smith,
Gordon Scott, William Sam,
Jamie Ray, Dallas Winishut,
Tom Toll, Foster Kalama, Amy
Bobb, Travis Bobb, Gerald
Danzuka, Joan Smith, Walter
Langnese III, John Finch, Carol
Allison, Brenda Scott, Saraphina
Scott, Phyllis Strong, Louie Pitt,
Derek Tasympt, Lucinda
Green, and Rosemary
Charley. A special thank-you
should also go out to my nephew,
Kendall Bobb, who stepped in
at the last minute for an actor
who was missing.
I would also like to thank my
elders for their unending inspi
ration, guidance, and vast
knowledge: Atwai Grant
Waheneka (for his notes), Emily
Wahaneka (Kisinwai), Adeline
Miller (Nai-ashash), Bernice
Mitchell, Atwai Delbert Frank
(Wanowachi, for his notes), Mar
garet Suppah (Alishwalax),
Madeline Mclnturff (Tasitaspa),
and Atwai Twanastanmai.
At times, this reenactment
seemed to be an impossible
task. Several of our cast mem
bers became sick, were hospi
talized or were injured during
the preparations. Storms drove
us away from rehearsals. It got
to the point where we all began
to wonder if there was some
force that was trying to prevent
this reenactment.
During our rehearsals at the
museum, we picked up the
strangest friend that I wanted to
tell the Community of Warm
Springs about. A pigeon. During
practice, this pigeon would pace
back and forth near the actors,
wings folded back. Some of the
actors said that this pigeon
struck a resemblance to my late
grandfather, Atwai Delbert
Frank. It seemed to be listening
to the rehearsals, walking back
and forth with its hands locked
behind its back. This bird
wouldn't fly away when it was
approached. It seemed to have
no concern with anybody but
the actors.
During the performance of
the reenactment, this same pi
geon was pacing on top of the
M.C. Grandstand. I thought it
was curious, so I asked one of
my elders about it She told me
that when the boundaries of the
reservation were first being sur
veyed, a team of men were on
Mt Jefferson when all kinds of
animals gathered. It was a holy
experience, so a ceremony was
performed naming off all of
the animals as witnesses to what
was being done.
Every creature present was
named off in the Ichishkiin lan
guage.
This elder told me that the
pigeon was there to witness the
performance of the reenact
ment. She told me that all of
the actors and everybody in
volved should feel proud of
what they had accomplished that
day.
Respectfully, Frederick
Duran Bobb, Skw'Iilapt.
Employees
Tribal members and other
Indians have suffered discrimi
nation in employment on and
near the Indian reservations. As
a result, tribal members and
other Indians continue to be
excluded from the employment
market, and when employed by
private employers, they experi
ence discrimination. They con
tinue to suffer poverty and high
unemployment rates, and have
lost the opportunity to learn
needed skills, participate in job
programs, find employment to
support tribal families, and re
ceive equal wages for equal
work, to name but a few of the
consequences of failure of
tribal members and other Indi
ans on the reservations to have
an opportunity to participate in
the work opportunities that arise
on and near the reservations. To
benefit from the unique rights
that flow to tribal members and
other Indians, it is necessary for
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs to establish an
employment rights chapter.
Concerned tribal member,
Amos Switzler Jr.
Our economy
Death songs. Death songs,
every week. We are singing death
songs for our children whose
unnecessary deaths are a direct
result of capitalistic hoggish
greed. The same old swines have
been gorging themselves at our
tribal troughs for decades, writ
ing everybody checks except our
tribal people. Write us all a
check. . . our families enjoy good
food, good shelter, good shoes,
etc. But nooo, got to count your
money with your red hands (the
blood of our children). Do you
care? Your actions say no.
It's so simple it's ignorant. We
need economic growth on the
Warm Springs Rez. We need
our own town so all our children
can learn capitalism. After
school jobs and our resources
stay here to benefit our own
people. If not, we will continue
to be the designated Rez ghetto
constandy singing death songs
for our children. Designated rez
ghetto. Is this what we are?
Our only purpose is to fun
nel all our resources, money into
other communities while we live
in Third World poverty. Pain,
tears, death. Help, you're killing
us. If we must have this sick
gambling then keep it on our rez.
Build it along the highway, cre
ate jobs for our own people.
Truck stop, motel, restaurant,
water, and skateboard park,
amusement park. I'm stupid,
and that's why I think of all our
people and my simple ideas. It's
so simple it's ignorant.
If we continue to funnel all
our resources, money into other
communities, Cascade Locks,
Madras, etc., we will be killing
our children through all the so
cial ill created by the lack of a
wholesome, stable, secure eco
nomically independent town,
with all the stores, jobs, income,
stability created by keeping our
resources, money, jobs here on
our Warm Springs Rez. Or we
can continue to sing death
songs... I'm starting to lose re
spect for our so-called leaders
Letters to the Editor
and wonder who are they work
ing for besides their own selfish
greed. They can't be that stupid
(I hope), so they must be
bought and paid for. Going to
wait for another year for uncle
Sammy like some no-backbone
lap puppy. Man up and do right
by our people. Tell these Lars to
forget it, (that)we will keep our
resources, money, casbo, jobs,
economic foundation, home
here in Warm Springs. Warm
Spring, up for once ... do right
for our people, for generations
to come. 7GI Vote on it. Hold a
vote of our people. Keep our
jobs, resources, (and) money
here home on our Warm
Springs Rez. What happened to
consulting our people before
allowing selfish, greedy, bought-and-paid-for
lap puppies to
prostitute themselves at the ex
pense of our tribal sovereignty?
Economic foundation. City
of Warm Springs, skin rez. Our
own town on our own terms.
Keeping our resources in-house,
keeping our resources home on
our Warm Springs Indian Rez
is a must, if we expect our
people to become the cleanest
community by the year 2000.
Yeah, right! Less political crooks
and more honest caring leaders
sincerely concerned with the
plight of all, I said all, our
people. Maybe we can all real
ize our dreams of being the
cleanest community, economic
stability, jobs and hope, for our
people. We need leaders, not
selfish, greedy political prosti
tutes selling out our sovereignty.
I pray that you put aside your
personal selfish greed, think be
yond yourself, beyond your own
life for the good, wholesome
health of all our future children."
Funnel our resources into our
children, show them that we
care instead of hustling them
for personal, selfish, greedy
gain. . . build an economic foun
dation for our future leaders to
build on, keep our resources
home, in-house, on our rez.
Power to our kids! Children
power! Elder power! Stop the
personal self-greed, for sale,
leaders. God bless. Bobby
Eagleheart.
Tourney help
We, the Us-Wans Boys Bas
ketball team, are comprised of
five distinguished basketball
players ages 15-16. We are plan
ning to attend the Lori Piestewa
National Natives Games June
15-17 in Flagstaff, Ariz. This is
a great opportunity for us in the
spirit of competition to exploit
our potential as basketball play
ers. Our team will be represent
ing the community of Warm
Springs.
We appreciate the generosity
you have given us in the past
and hope that you will continue
to support us in our endeavors.
The estimated cost for us to
participate in this event is as
follows:
Entry fee, $300. Meals, $864
(six people for eight days). Lodg
ing, $910 (two rooms for seven
nights). Gas, $375. Total: $2,449.
With pride and loyalty to rep
resent the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, we are com
mitted to the sport we love, bas
ketball. Thank you for your con
tinued support of our team. We
can be reached at 553-1392 (h)
or (541) 280-7590 (cell). Thank
you. Us-Wans Boys Basket
ball Team.
Powwow
At this time we, the Lakota
Oyate Ki Culture Club, located
within the walls of the Oregon
State Penitentiary in Salem, are
reaching out to the community
to inform them of our change
in our powwow dates. Right now,
our takota Oyate Ki Big Yard
Powwow is scheduled for August
27, and our deadline date to
have guests approved to attend
is August 12. We would use all
the support we can get for our
powwow, so if there are any
singers, dancers or people inter
ested in attending, please con
tact our club listed below and
leave the following information:
full name, date of birth, con
tact phone number, and that
you wish to attend our celebra
tion. We apologize if our pow
wow conflicts with other events
in the community. Contact:
Lakota Oyate Ki, activities sec
tion, phone (503) 378-4207. Re
spectfully, Lakota Oyate Ki
Club members and coun
cil. Parade
We would like to take this
opportunity to thank everyone
for participating in the Pi-Ume-Sha
Traditional Parade. It was a
great parade, and it could not
have been possible without the
participants, audience, police
escort, utilities department, pow
wow committee members and
the community of Warm
Springs. It was a little rough
there, but we made it and it was
a success.
The police officer that led the
parade was very helpful and so
willing to work with us. We truly
appreciate your professionalism.
Utilities saved people who
needed to use the restroom fa
cilities. We appreciate your get
ting the restrooms to the school
and doing a great job. We espe
cially would like to thank the
Powwow Committee for every
thing, as we work together each
year to make it a success and it
was done right again this year.
The Pi-Ume-Sha Traditional
Parade Committee, Mona, Ani
mal, Mutts, Squealie, Sarah and
Jose, Liz, Mary, Allie, Jamie,
Irkie, Veronica, Roscoe, Daniel
and Pete Greene.
A thank you
The Verbena Greene family
would like to thank our aunts,
Bernice Mitchell, Mary Ann
Meanus and Adeline Miller for
the advice, spiritual help and
shell dresses that you have given
for the special that was done for
mom. Without the three of you
this would have not been pos
sible. You made it go so well and
so beautiful even with the down
pour of the rain. We will always
remember you. All the dancers
placed and we appreciate your
respect in participating Amelia
Colwash, Bernice Jim, Janet
Tom, Lonnie Alexander, Aurelia
Stacona, and Margie Waheneka,
you were all winners, and thank
you. Thanks to Animal Tohet,
Elfreda Mitchell, Cyrille, Gorky
and Lori Mitchell, Terry Tafoya,
Louise and Cassie Katchia,
Mary Tohet and Phyllis Strong,
Coleen Greene and Laural
Wheeler, Aunt Mary Ann's drum
group, too.
We know that Geneva would
have been there and she is do
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor Dave McMechan
Management Successor: Selena T. Boise
Advertising Manager: Sam Howard
Staff Writer: Brian Mortensen
Media Advisor. Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in
the white house at 1100 Wasco Street.
ing fine and getting stronger each
day as she prepares for a trans
plant. Wc will always be family,
no matter what, and you were
all there to see that we made it
through this time. Again, thanks
to each and every one who
made it possible. We would like
everyone to know that we did
this Memorial Contest Dance
only this one time. That is why
it was so special for our family.
Verbena Greene's chil
dren: Squealie, Sarah,
Roscoe, Daniel, Paullee,
Geneva, Mike, Mona,
Tim, Delsie and our chil
dren and grandchildren.
IHS questions
(This is) why you are asked
the same questions every time
you come to the clinic.
The Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center is commit
ted to giving the highest quality
of services that we can to the
eligible American Indians and
Alaska Natives we serve.
One way to do this is to make
sure your demographic infor
mation is correct. Every time
you come to our facility, the reg
istration workers have to ask
you questions to make sure your
data has not changed. Many
times a health professional has
had to get ahold of someone but
has been unable to do so because
the phone number or address
we have is not correct.
Please be understanding
when you are asked every time
you come if your information
is correct or has changed.
Our medical costs have in
creased 8-15 percent per year,
while our funding has increased
less then two percent per year.
We have to look for additional
funding to maintain the services
we provide. We may be able to
receive funds from Medicare,
Medicaid and the Children's
Medicaid program by billing for
eligible services.
It is important that you help
by finding out if you are eligible
for any of these programs. We
have staff that can help you fill
out the necessary paperwork.
Yours truly, IHS staff.
Birthday wishes...
Happy birthday wishes
for June. The fifth, Lupita
Greene. The 21st, Qui n ten
Greene. The 27th,
Veronica Greene-Bae The
28th, Jamesina and Alex
andria Smith. The 30th,
Mary L. Tohet. Hope your
day was the best for all of
you. Please take care and
God bless each and every
one of you. Love, Mona,
Geneva, Sarah, Celia,
Roscoe, Daniel, Mike,
Tim, Delsie, Paullee and
all our children and grand
children. I hope my auntie had a
special day and that she
will continue to have great
birthdays. I love you, and
remember to take care of
my Ulla. Love, Jake
Frank.