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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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