Spilyay Tymoo, Wji-tn Springs, Oregon
September 1, 2005
New guide book
to Indian Country
Ai.ia'qu.RnrK (.i) -
Veronica Tiller w as frusi ratal by
tin lack (if published informa
tion about modern Jay Ameri
can liuli.uis. So she did some
thing about it.
Along wnli employees, a
daughter and a couple of nieces,
the New Mexico resident vent
on a reservation road trip, visa
ing 2 HI of the 562 federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Then she profiled each one
of them in a 1,136 page book,
"Tiller's CJuide to Indian Coun
try." From the TdO.IMK) acres of
pine fir forest on the Navajo
Nation to the hotel near Disney
World owned by the Jiearilla
Apaches,
The book details the tribes'
histories, governments and busi
ness dealings,
"We want to say here's what
the tribes are doing now," Tiller,
56, said. "That the Indians are
here today - alive and well and
making a contribution."
The former Native American
studies professor said she also
wanted to clear up stereotypes
about American Indians.
"There are all these miscon
ceptions about Indians," Tiller
said. "That we get everything
free and we get checks from the
government and that's why we
don't need to work and we're
lazy. And at the other extreme,
every Indian has a casino in their
backyard, and they don't need
any help for another reason."
The stereotypes aren't true,
she said.
Family pleased with raffle results
Terry Squicmphcn and
family would like to thank
those people who helped by
selling tickets for the raffle
drawing held August 14, and
most especially thank you to
those who purchased tickets,
You are sincerely appreci
ated. Thank you also to all fam
ily and friends who donated
items.
The following are the re
sults of the raffle (winner or
winners, followed by item
won, and the person who
made the donation):
Jeston Leonard, quarter
horse colt. Eli Lopez (two
winning tickets), Jordan
Jx-onard, CC Walsey Begay.cach
won $25. These items were do
nated by Terry Squicmphcn,
Janet Corbett, 27" color TV.
Eyvonne Rekow, portable DVD
player. Acc (Celilo), Avon gift
pack. These items were donated
by Val S(iiicmphco.
Dolly Badonie, one cord of
wood, donated by Frank
Brunoc.
Jermaine Sampson, one kilo
cut beads. Lctesha Peterson,
booster cables. Linda
Minthorne, case of oil. 1'lorene
Scott, electric roaster. Linda
Lutton, Jordan Ix'onard, Arrita
Sampson, Janet Corbett, Sam
Starr, and Nola Qucahpama
each won huckleberry jam.
Jeston I.conard and Sam Starr
each won a kid's camp chair.
Jeston Leonard, Mt. Rushmore
mouse pad. Tim Vigil, Pendleton
vest. CC Walsey Dcgay, spaghetti
pot. Margie Kalama, Jordan
Leonard, Herb Graybael,
Bridgettc Culpus and Tim Vigil
each won a Wal-Mart gift card.
Items were donated by Rita
Suuiemphcn.
Beverly Arthur, beaded belt
buckle, donated by LaDonna
Scuicmphen.
Margie Kalama, beaded key
chain. Paul Wahpat, beaded key
chain. Items donated by Shawna
Tom.
I jnda Minthorne, case of oil.
Arrita Sampson, Chemawa blan
ket. Jordan Leonard, coffee
maker. Linda Minthorne,
hunting knife. Arrita
Sampson, ribbon shirt.
Beverly Arthur, F.yvonne
Rekow, Tim Vigil, Sam Starr
and Jermaine Sampson each
won a Wal-Mart gift card.
Items donated by F.arl
Squicmphcn.
Butch Cuvic, lanternra
dio, donated by F.arlynne
Squicmphcn.
Jeston Leonard, pickup
load of wood, donated by
Gary Sampson.
Arrita Sampson, ribbon
shirt, donated by Marcia
Soliz.
Sheriff explores link
between meth, arrowheads
SEARCY, Ark. (Al) - The
time consuming and methodical
motion of searching for arrow
heads on farmland and in river
beds seems to appeal to meth
amphctaminc addicts, a sheriff
says.
White County Sheriff Pat
liarrett says after more than
100 search warrants, he has
come ro expect arrowheads,
many thousands of years old,
when he storms the home of
suspected tncfh makers.
"I noticed it when 1 first
started, It just seemed there were
always Indian arrowheads and I
couldn't figure it out," CJarrett
said.
Tony Young of Velvet Ridge
says the sheriff is on to some
thing. "You get kind-of wired on
that stuff and you need to have
something to do," said Young,
who is in the White County jail
awaiting trial on mcthamphct
aminc charges.
Young, 36, sold his arrow
head collection to a local dealer
for $1,250 1 enough to pay for
a defense attorney, He said
"head hunting" filled his need
for activity when he was on
meth.
"You just get to walking and
looking at the ground," .Young
said. "You get to looking and an
arrowhead catches your eye."
Many nights Young found
himself in fields full of fellow
arrowhead hunters. Now Young
is in jail, surrounded by fellow
inmates who say they also
searched for arrowheads before
they were incarcerated.
"The strangest things you
find out there is other
dope-heads," said Young, who
added that drug dealers and us
ers often trade the arrowheads
among themselves.
But local farmers find the
groups of drugged arrowhead
searchers an annoyance.
"To me arrowhead hunting is
the same as mc going to a
stranger's garden and picking his
tomatoes," said Jerry Smith, who
farms in nearby Bradford.
"That land and what's on it be
longs to me."
The searchers also may be
threatening the integrity of ar
cheological sites, said Arkansas
State archeologist Ann Early.
"It is very troubling for a
variety of reasons that the cul
ture of meth use has embraced
the idea of collecting relics,"
F.arly said. "I know that people
using mcthamphctaminc are out
collecting at sites. Some have
been digging at rock shelters in .
the Ozarks."
While surface hunting for
arrowheads is legal, trespassing
and digging through archeologi
cal sites is illegal, Early said.
In April 1998, two
Bentonville men were charged
and later convicted of murder
for leaving two young children
in a hot unventilated car for
about eight hours while they
hunted for arrowheads. The
men were under the influence
of drugs at the time, police said.
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