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E Coosb EEWA: The wgy it Pgge 4 Spilyay Tymoo April 13, 2006 Letters to the Editor Appointments Powwow The Warms Springs Heath and Wellness Center is encour aging you, as the patient, to make appointments to see the doctor, nurse practitioner, dia betes staff and dentist. Once you make an appoint ment to be seen in any depart ment, it is very important that you keep your appointment and show up 10 minutes before to update your information at the registration desk. This is so we have the cor rect address and phone number in case we have to send you a letter or call you for any rea son. We need to make sure we have the correct insurance in formation and assist you in ap plying for Medicare or Oregon Health Plan if you are eligible. We are required to ask these questions every time you come in to the clinic. It may seem redundant or silly to be re-asked questions you just answered on your last visit but we need to follow the regu lations we are told to follow. We have more people want ing to see medical clinic provid ers and dentists in any given day then we have appointments. This is why it is important that you just do not show up for your appointment and call if you cannot make it so someone else can be given your time slot. Thanks for helping us de crease the num ber o f people who do not come in for their appointments. C arol D evaney, chief ex e c u tiv e o ffic e r o f the IH S clinic. I am writing on behalf of all the Native brothers here at the Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan. We would like to invite any drum group, dancers and inter ested people to come celebrate at our annual powwow. We plan to enjoy a day o f dance and song from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 28, 2006. We will also pro vide a feast o f buffalo Indian tacos and other refreshments. All people and groups that can make it must have valid ID, and clear a state and federal record check. We need to get interested folks cleared at least 30 days prior to the June 28 powwow. P lease give som e thought to joining us at our pow wow. Come celebrate with your W arm Springs brothers and tribal members from across the U.S. For more information call Chaplin Richter at (503) 843- 4443, ext. 256, or Mr. Hollcok, ext. 131. Thank you. C harles E. Frank, No. 55384-065, Fed eral Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 5000, Sheridan, OR 97761. Invitation You and your families are in vited to attend our annual his torical Penn Cove Water Festi val. This is a time to open our hearts in friendship and sharing. A time to welcome our First Na tions neighbors. We will be joining our ances tors on Whidbey Island in the town of Coupeville by welcom ing you and sharing our gifts and talents together. We wish for you to mark this day on your calen dars and copy and send this in vitation far and wide. We request the honor o f your presence with open arms. The Penn Cove Water Festi val will be held on Saturday, May 6. It will be held in the town of C o u p e v ille , W ash in g to n on Whidbey Island. The hours will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There w ill be canoe races, performers, fry bread, vendors, children’s activities, and more. For in fo rm a tio n c all S u s a n B e rta at (360) 678- 3 45 1; or send an e-m ail to susan@orcanetwork.org. Thank you Dear friends and family, We are submitting this letter as a thank you from the Moose Lodge team to the friends, mem bers of the Moose Lodge men/ w o m en ’s p o o l leag u e o f Redmond, and all those who came to participate in the last Memorial Pool Tournament held in March at Redmond. The pool tournam ent was held in honor of our teammate Janice Marie Gilbert. The tour ney was to assist the family in raising funds towards the head stone for Janice. Tournament results: Winner for the tournament was Tony and S eag ray from W arm Springs. There were 14 teams that registered for the pool tour nament. The tournament raised $140; the cake auction, $77; donations received, $12 (from G eorge S m ith ); $10 (fro m G lenda Kessel); $50 (from DEL); meal donations received, $53; silent auction, $360. Total raised: $702. Thank you to the cooks for the meal prepared: Kris Conner; A lex an d ria H en ry; M arcia Simtustus; and Kit Conner. Special note: We are planning a second tournament to be held on Friday, April 28 at the Rialto Tavern in Madras. Again, rules are the same, scotch doubles (any doubles), double elimina tion, 8 ball/BCA Rules. Regis tration starts at 6 p.m., tourna ment to begin at 7 p.m. Payout will be in prizes, all funds raised will be donated to wards the headstone for Janice Spilyay Tymoo CCoyote 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, P.O. 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. Gilbert, Autumn Funeral Home. Sincerely, Pat A llen , Lynn D avis, M arcia Sim tu stu s, C a ro l O tt, K ris C o n n e r, o th er team m ates p la ye d w ith (R ialto T avern, p a st tim e, M oose L odge), fam ily m em bers o f Jan ice G il b ert. Concern I sit here and listen to young p eo p le talk ab o u t w ho go t punked out, shot or jum ped over the w eeken d, all for a color, a number, a letter. It’s bad enough alcohol and drugs are killing our Native people off. Now our Native kids are killing each other off. Our kids are supposed to be the future, but I’m scared for my litde kids. I don’t want them to grow up around such violence. If these gangsters are so tough, then why not go to Iraq and fight in the war instead-of fighting your own N ative brothers and sisters. Signed, a worried mother. Great career This is to our uncle Marvin T. Meanus Sr. on your great re tirement and for all your years of hard work, time and effort, for all the service and most of all the dedication you put into your work and job duties. I’m sure you’ve made the Utilities D epartm ent very happy and proud o f you for all o f your hard work you have done for them. We’re very thankful for having a wonderful, thoughtful, very helpful and caring uncle like you. And we thank you for all the help you have done for us. So we can gladly say that we love you very much, uncle, and w ant to say that we are very proud o f you and congratula tions on your retirement. So, no you can take it easy, relax and enjoy yourself, or even take a vacation, anything you want to do you do it. You’ve certainly earned it and, uncle, take good care o f yo u rself because we love you. To all our cousins we encour age you to love, care for, watch over and protect your father because uncle M arvin (cow hand) is a very nice gendeman, and very special to us as I’m sure he is to you guys also. So it’s now up to you guys to see to it that uncle is happy and also, cousins, keep him company, same with the grandchildren. He would love and enjoy each and every one of you in good company. So it ’s u n cle’s turn to do whatever he would like to do and take his retirem en t for granted. And be comforted and not have any worries about work any more. To close this, we would like to let all of you know we love you guys also and please spend time with your father, our uncle. A nd take good care o f him. Show him that he is loved by all of you and one more thing, may God bless each and every one of you, and take good care of yourselves also, because we’re family. We love you all. Sin cerely, Mr. and M rs. W arner W. W illiam s Sr. and ch ild ren (W a rn e r J r ., H ilb e r t , R a y m o n d , H a r r ie t an d D elb erta), and from R ich ard W. Payne Jr. Love you all To the Arce family, Annette, Teodoro, Adrianna, Rosalina, Jo a n n a , T h eo d o re, S teven , Daniel, Beatriz, Elisa, Martin, Mrio, Jovanni, I miss and love you all. This is the longest I ever have been away from all you. I hope this experience will change us for the better. Thanks to my Mom and Dad for your support. T h an k you, R o sie, for you words o f encouragem ent and constant support. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thanks to my sister Joanna for listening to me, being my right hand and celly to the rest of my family. Thank you for being here for me. I love you. Your daughter, sister, auntie, Marci. Exhibit The National Park Service’s traveling tent show will be ar riving at the Museum at Warm Springs and holding lectures, videos, speeches A pril 22-25. Those two lost white guys, Lewis and Clark, were near Wappato Islan d area, now know n as Sauvie’s Island (why the name change?). On April 3, 1806: “... an old m an who appeared o f some note among them and father to m y guide brought forward a woman who was badly marked with the small pox, and made signs that they all died with the disorder which marked her face, and which she was very near dying with when a girl, from the age of this woman this destruc tive disorder I judge must have been about 28 or 30 years past, and about the time the Clatsops informed tri that this disorder raged in th e ir tow ns and I« ! -N Y /-. rfv '• \ i . \ iff. > ■ , 'v; v , , J u . li. J v v i I . U / j J w A ■ > ■ ■ ... .i L U v : L # distroyed their nation.” A pril 6, 1806: ’’The party rem ained in camp on Sauvie Islan d , h u n tin g and d ryin g meat. They hoped to amass a sufficient quantity to last them till th ey reach ed the N ez Perces. Since the rain was al most continuous, they had to dry it over fires. Overcast skies pre vented them from making ce lestial observations and gales lashed the river to turbulence. In the wide river below the mouth of the Willamette, they had not realized how much the spring flood was adding to the difficulty o f their progress.” (DeVoto’s notes on Chapter XXV, From Sandy River to The Dalles of the Columbia.) Note: All of the area below Celilo Falls was Chinookan, the U pper Chinookan know n as The Dalles Wascos, Dog River Wascos and the Cascade Wascos (known in the Middle Oregon Treaty o f 1855 as Ki-gal-twa- lals.) The Kiksht, or Chinookan language went from below Celilo F alls to the m o uth o f the Colum bia. It can be guessed that runners were passing the word about what these interlop ers were doing, gathering food and p rep arin g to m ove u p stream. The mighty Wascos I am sure had the red carpet laid out for them. Louie Pitt. Regarding letters 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- 1 son pet edition. Happy birthday wishes ... H appy 29th birthday to Alvagene Charlie, my one and only precious Tootsie. You fill my heart with happiness and joy, so I ju s t wanted y o u to know I ’m alw ays thinking about you and I love yo u with a ll o f my heart. H ugs and kisses, I miss yo u and will al ways love you. Always andfor ever, you r Toots. Darling, please never doubt a love that’s true, fo r in my life there’s only you. I may not show it all the time but I ’m yoursforever and I hope y o u ’re mine. Happy birthday, crasy. Always, yo u r Toots. Happy birthday to my nephew M artin Jr., on A pril 6. T here’s not a day goes by that I ’m not thinking o f you . I love and miss y o u with all my heart. Love, y o u r A untie Marci. H appy B irth d a y to m y baby sister Joan na F. A rce on A p ril 16. I h o p e yo u learn ed this lesson in life. I w an t you to change for the better. You have it in you. You had it in you all along. I stand right behind yo u in a n y th in g and e v e r y th in g . F o rg e t th o s e w ho try to p u ll and push you dow n. B ecause you w ill alw ays be at the top. Keep you r saying: “D on ’t hate me because you ain ’t m e .” I lo ve you and I ’m v e ry p ro u d o f you. L ove, you r sister, M arci. Happy Birthday Baby Mar tin, April 6. Love, and miss you lots. Love, your Auntie Joanna. H appy B irthday to my cousin Erica Parra, April 29. Love, and m iss you. Your cousin, Marci. H appy B irthday to Jim m y Florey. With love, y o u r A untie Marci. H appy 15th birthday to our sonny boy Matthew David Sconawah II. We waited since we meant fo r our dreams to come true then we waited nine months to wel come you. We lost some sleep, we worried a lot, but with one swift kick yo u took our hearts. Your ar rival was a moment that will last forever. Since the day you were born w e’ve cherished you. You’re 15years old now. You’ve learned so much and no matter what w e’l l always love you a whole bunch. You’l l always be our sonny boy. Much love and kisses, mom-e and dad. Letters of apology I, Mervin Govenor, would like to apologize to the “Rez” for be ing behind the wheel while I was under the influence of alcohol. I was not thinking straight and it will not happen again. Mervin Govenor. I’m sorry, sorry to my family. I tried my best to stay out of trouble; to the court system and judges that worked on my case. I’m sorry. I will try to keep m yself out of trouble and jail. Thanks, Lucinda Stwyer. To the Courthouse, I’m sin cerely apologize to the Housing Department for destroying prop erty that was being fixed up. Also, sorry to the neighbors who were awakened and thanks be to God that the residence wasn’t being lived in at the time. Charles Thomas Hellon. To my family, friends and the community, I’d like to apologize to my fam ily, especially my grandkids (the younger ones). Also to the community. I was detoxed and charged with DUII. Now I’m paying for it, with a loss of driving privileges. I’m on pro bation. I have to do community service and write this letter of apol ogy. If anyone needs a driver, or ride, the answer is no. Georgena Suppah. I would like to apologize to my niece, Christina, for my unneces sary actions on Jan. 1, 2006.1 had time to think about what I did wrong while in jail, and feel bad for what I did wrong. I love you, “Mija,” and am truly sorry. I hope your can accept my apology. Love, Auntie Kari. I would like to start off with, I am sorry being wrong to the fishing rights. Our river has been established for our people. When I know better, and I am old enough to admit to myself. I’ve been wrong to m yself and my people. Amen. Coyote Search and Rescue. Wesley J. Spino II. I, Glen Dwayne Eaglespeaker, ask that the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribes forgive me for my default for drinking and driving with four counts of put ting in trouble with the alcohol. I will try my best to be more careful. I did not mean to put the ones in danger and I ask you to forgive me for even w rongdoing. Glen Dwayne Eaglespeaker. I am sending my apology to the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes and all in this community for my actions that took place on the night of December 2, 2005.1 regret my actions and have been treated with respect by the courts. So it is with my deepest apologies that I close and thank you for your time and leniency. Kit A Gonzalez. I would like to apologize for my actions on December 15,2005. I was under the influence of alco hol and made«a very poor decision to drive. I am truly sorry and I am sure it won’t happen any time soon. Leroy Hicks III. # The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, I would like to apologize for the incident(s) that occurred on November 7, 2005. Not only to the tribes but also to both families that are involved. Mine and my fiancee’s, Carolyn Johnson. We are sincerely sorry for bringing our problems into your home. We have both sat and are both straightening up. This is not only for the benefit of us, but also our unborn child. Thank you for taking the time to read and accept my letter of apology. Winterdawn Selam. Warm Springs Indian Reserva tion, I apologize for messing up and getting caught with D.P. and I hope my family will forgive me because it’s embarrassing to get caught with any thing to do with drugs and once again I want to apologize. Marcus James Crowe.
