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E Coosb EEWA: The way it is Remembering our branch manager ; our leader, our friend C ongratulations Thanks to my uncle Chico Holliday for your help with a place to keep my horses and practice from. Thanks to Jason and Snuffie Smith for your kindness when you let me p ractice at your ranch and for your horse and tack. Thank you to everyone who supported me through all of my races and events. If I have for gotten anyone I am sorry Thank you. Ahliyah Hisatake. B y Selena B o ise M anagement successor V._____________________2 Toe Ness How many manic depressives does it take to screw in a light bulb? N one, le t them cry in the dark. I f Microsoft built cars, you would need to restart your car, then it would perform illegal operations and crash. Photo courtesy of Roma David I am very proud to congratulate my daughter Elizabeth Jane Johnson for completing her education and receiving her RN pin on Dec. 3. In the picture she is shown at the candlelight ceremony held at St. Charles Medical Center with 18 classmates who also received their RN pins. She will go through graduation with cap and gown in June. I’d like to say a special thank you to all the Red Hatters who attend the pinning for Elizabeth. It made me very proud to see the elders there to show their support for one of their own getting her RN pin. Thank you. Roma David. Thank you I am w riting this letter to thank people who supported me through rodeos and endurance races and squaw races. Thank you P apa L o nn , G randm a Loretta and Auntie Kelsey and Karly Swanson for being at all of my events cheering me on. T hank you uncle C arlo and Spilyay Tymoo January 5, 2006 Letters to the Editor UÊÊHmÊÊm Words of understanding, sup port and encouragement are the things that I will remember the most about my longtime branch m anager Rudy Clem ents, be cause it was Rudy who kept me on my Spilyay toes and n ev er Speaks judged me when I fell. He would just tell me, “Don’t worry about it, next time you will do better.” I remember way back when I first talked to Rudy, I was ter rified to talk about our Spilyay problems. But Nat told me not to worry, because Rudy was al ways ready to listen first. And he was always ready to listen first. He was always asking if there were anything he could do for us at the Spilyay, or at KWSO. It came as a surprise to me when I heard about his passing. I couldn’t believe it at first. He now joins my other men tors and people I looked to for help and information, Donna B ehrend, M arsha Shew czyk, and Pat Leno-Baker. I’m always glad that they were here at the S p ilya y w hen I started here, because I learned a lot from all of them. I am truly thankful to Rudy for allowing me to be a big part o f the reorgan ization o f the Spilyay Tymoo from the start. I watched and took part in the paperwork to rename the job tides, determine their wages, and on top o f that I was the job evaluation representative, so I took part in that also. I was al ways thankful to him for that. I am the job evaluation rep resentative, and site coordinator because Rudy chose me to be. I always wondered why, until his daughter told me that it was a learning experience for me. He was always giving me opportu nities to experience new things. Now I am here wondering what things are going to be like without him and his supportive, encouraging words. And I will always remember those words, as if he had just said them to me. P^ge 4- auntie Alicia and Papa Jimmy Sr. for being there. To my Papa Kuks, Richard Tohet, thank you for all your love and support and the many things you have done for me. To my coach, Jimm y Tohet Jr., thank you for teaching me how to be a cowgirl. I learned how to ride horses from you. Thank you Uncle Junior. Birthday and other wishes... sible today only i f you fo cus a nd ju s t c o m m i t to su cc ee d at w h a t e v e r you d e c i d e as a c a r e e r . But anyway, H a p p y B ir th d a y and k now that the whole family does love you. Dad, G ra ndm a Arlita, William, M aury, Lyda, A rlissa, Jerm ain e, Aritta, Amial, Tanaya, and Mom R eb ecca. New Year to my Mom and Dad (Annette and Teodoro Arce). I love you both and thank you for all you’ve done for me. To Adri, Theo, Steven, Daniel, Alonzo, Beatriz, Alicia, Martin Jr., I love and miss you all. Love, Marci. M e r r y C h r i s t m a s and H a p p y N e w Y e a r to my h usb a nd V ic to r M artinez and ou r sons M a ri o and J o v a n n i M a r t i n e z . I love and miss you with all my heart. Love always, Marci. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to my mom M arlena Becerra, Feli% Navidad, M artin Adan from your daughter and your grandchildren who love you and Maldonado Jr. Love y o u lots son miss. From Gracie Estrada and and miss you . Hope to be with y o u soon. Love always, Mommy Estrada grandkids. Rosaline Arce. A nd to my little H appy birthday to R ebecca M erry Christmas and Happy angels Beatrix and A lica A rce- R. A dam s 01-02-67. F inally hit the big 38, or is it 39? Who New Year to my brothers Victor Cola^o, M erry C hristmas and knows. Ju st have a nice birthday B ecerra Jr., A ntonio Becerra, Happy New Year. Love always, and a Happy New Year 20061 Jaime Becerra, A rmando Becerra A untie “Rosalina. ” Dad, Mom, W illiam, M aury, and Simone Danspika. A nd to Merry Christmas to my baby Lyda, A rlissa, Jermaine, Aritta, my s is te r s B ia n ca B ecerra , girls Beatriz and Alica. Mommy L eticia B ecerra a n d A ndy DeVonne, Amial, Tanaya. Stacona, A ndrew Jr., Monika, loves you and misses you. H a p p y b i r t h d a y to M ariah, A nthony and Briana Devonne James Rhoan 01- Stacona. Your sister, aunt and 16-91. Happy 15th birthday daughter Graciela Estrada. Regarding letters to you. Always rem em ber that as another year goes by a noth er bette r year is around the corner. You’re just s ta r ti n g y o u r y o u n g a d u l t l i f e , n o w k e e p on track with your education. I b e l i e v e in y o u a n d I have faith in you. Like I al ways say, anything is p o s Thank you for writing to the Spilyay Tymoo. Please, when writing, keep in mind that letters should be o f no more than 350 words. Let ters that are too long will have to be cut. Please sub mit only one letter per per son per edition. No defa matory or libelous state ments can be published in the Spilyay. Thank you. M erry Christmas and Happy New Year to my children Carlos Estrada, Cecily E strada, A n drea Estrada, Pristine Estrada, Chloe Estrada. I love y o u guys a lot. Love, y o u r mom Graciela Estrada. Merry Christmas and Plappy More Indians becoming involved in state politics (AP) — Irene Folstrom trav eled a long way from the Indian reservation where she was born — to Stanford University, then on to law school at Cornell. Tribal members often urged her to bring her talents back hom e to help tack le drugs, gangs and violence on the im poverished Ojibwe reservation. But Folstrom would just smile and nod - until her uncle was stabbed to death on the Leech Lake reservation and a cousin was killed by a drunken driver. “W hen I cam e hom e for back-to-back funerals, I knew then that I had to come home” for good, Folstrom said. Folstrom , 31, abandoned plans to stay with her husband during his medical residency in Arizona and returned to Min nesota, launching a state Senate bid that could make her the first American Indian woman elected to the Legislature. “Our areas are ignored a lot of the time because we’re poor,” she said. “The state has a lot of power and the Legislature has a lot of power to assist commu nities that are in need.” Around the country, Indians are increasingly getting elected to state office and taking part in a political process that they once kept at arm’s length. “Indians were here first — it’s about time,” said former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who was the only American Indian in the Senate from 1992 to 2004. “We’re way behind the A frican A m ericans and H is panic Americans in getting po litically involved, but we’re be ginning to take a page out of their notebook.” W hile Indians are rare in Congress - Rep. Tom Cole, a Chickasaw from Oklahoma, is the only one - 48 are serving in 12 state legislatures, up from 36 a couple o f years ago. O kla homa has the most, 10, followed by eight in Montana, seven in Alaska and five in New Mexico, according to the National Con ference of State Legislatures. The 2000 Census found 4.1 million people claimed at least some American Indian blood, and 2.5 million claimed to be solely American Indian. Minnesota - which is home to 11 American Indian bands and where more than 81,000 people, or 1.6 percent o f the population, claimed to be at least partly American Indian — has not had an Indian in the Legis lature in the past decade. In the century and a h alf since territorial government was organized, M innesota voters have elected just six Indian men to the Legislature. Indians and others said that is a problem, when nearly every year brings debate on gambling rights, tribal sovereignty, and other issues that directly con cern tribes, including health care, education and natural re sources. Leech Lake tribal chairman George G oggleye, who backs Folstrom, blames the dearth of Indian lawm akers on racism , lack of political experience and money, and the tribes’ relatively small numbers. N ighthorse Cam pbell sug gested another reason: hostility toward the U.S. political system. He said that when he first ran for o ffic e , m ilita n t In d ian frien d s q u estio n ed w h y he V \\< would get involved with a gov ernment they viewed as the en emy. But that appears to be chang ing. INDN’S List, a Tulsa, Okla.- based group, was launched in February to work for D em o cratic Indian candidates — Indi ans trad itio n ally have voted heavily Democratic — and get out the Indian vote. The group operated its first camp to groom prospective lawmakers in Octo ber. “We want to be courted for more than our votes and our money; we want to be courted for our voices,” said Kalyn Free, the g r o u p ’s p re sid e n t and founder. Folstrom has her work cut out for her. At least two other Democrats want to challenge first-te rm state Sen. C arrie Ruud, a Republican. The district itself is seen as id e o lo g ic a lly m ixed . W h ile Folstrom can count on strong tribal support, she must appeal to white voters in Bemidji and conservative-minded Twin Cit ies retirees living in the area’s luxury lake homes. “She understands the prob lem s we have up here,” said John Thompson, a Leech Lake tribal m em ber. “I know she doesn’t have the solutions, but she’s willing to look for them. I’m a supporter — 100 percent. One thousand percent.” Folstrom, her husband, Brett Masayesva, and their two sons, ages 1 and 3, are moving into a h o use in B e m id ji th ey ju st bought. M asayesva, a doctor, will fly back and forth while he finishes a residency at the Uni versity of Arizona in Tucson. M innesota’s last A m erican Indian state lawmaker was Sen. Harold “Skip” Finn, a Demo crat from Cass Lake who re signed in disgrace in 1996 for stealing about $1 million from the L eech L ake B an d o f Chippewa. Bill Lawrence, the Chippewa publisher of the Native Ameri can Press/O jibwe News, said Finn’s legal troubles made life tougher for Indian politicians. Lawrence him self ran as a Re publican in 2000 for the same S en ate se at F in n h eld and Folstrom is seeking. He lost. \ I Letters of Apology . 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. Any w ritten m aterials subm itted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, RO. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541)553-3539. E-Mail: spilyaytymoo@ wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. This is my apology for my trespass at my cousin’s. But he is my bro so I feel about this. I wish that you don’t have any issues with me any more. Bird J. Bruce. And a merry Christmas to you. See you around. I am not happy at all? To whom it may concern, I am sorry for me and Bird being there at the wrong time and the wrong location. So I ’ll be b ack. E d g e Kalama. Mv fellow tribal mem- bers, I would like to apolo gize for my actions on Dec. j 1, 2005. My poor decision-mak ing to drink firewater led me to harm and hurt the people I love and care about the most. I would also like to thank Warm Springs finest for handling my situation. Louis D. Smith. the people of the Confederated Tribes for the DUII I got on the early morning o f Nov. 2 4 .1 was wrong, and put lives of oth ers including my own in danger. I ask for forgiveness and it will not happen again. Thank you. Floyd C. Frank Jr. Court to write an apology letter to my pardner Warner Williams and his wife. So here it goes. I’m sorry for invading the privacy of your home a year ago while buzzed up. And to the people o f the rez, I ’m sorry. E d g e Kalama. I am w riting this letter o f apology to you the community and fellow tribal members for endangering lives because of my wrongful doings and actions on Oct. 11, 2 00 5.1 now look upon humanly possible mistakes as a learn in g experience because nobody’s perfect. N a n c y C. Williams. K.J., I’m apologizing for steal ing your car. You did not deserve to get you car stolen. I feel we ought to embrace the commu nity and help one another, not steal from the community. I say sorry again. Maybe this life could be living in happiness. Cody Lesina. To the tribe and W arner I went to court and they told me to give my apology for coming on your property. I am sorry for doing whatever I did at that time and I w on’t invade in your place again. All in all I don’t go back to Warm Springs just for busi- ness nowadays. I am sorry. Bird Bruce. I would like to apologize to I was instructed by the Tribal ; ; . ; j ; ' \ j i ■ j j
