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Spiiyay Tymoo
July 6, 2006
Letters to the Editor
High Lookee
chooses her mate (As told by
the
W intu Tribal E lders o f Cali
T hank you H igh Lookee
staff. You are a very caring staff forn ia.)
who do a wonderful job with all
When it comes time for the
By Selena Boise
the residents o f High Lookee fem ale E agle to choose her
M anagem ent su ccessor
Lodge A ssisted Living. You mate, she prepares herself for
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know each tenant and the needs many suitors. And many come
Today my thoughts are with
that must be met.
before her. She looks them over
the Tucker family and their re
Everyone o f you were so quite well and then picks one to
cen t lo ss o f PFC T hom as
carin g fo r a ll en co u n ters fly with for awhile. If she likes
Tucker. It hits pretty close to
whether long term or a brief the way he flies she finds a small
home for me because I am get
part o f someone’s life. I ap stick, picks it up and flies high
ting ready for my own son, SPC
plaud you all in the care given with it. At some point she will
George Boise, to be sent to Iraq.
to one o f our resients, Scott drop the stick to see if the male
It seems I come to terms with
Courtney. I saw the extra mile can catch it. If he does, then
it, and then I hear
you went in caring, meeting his she finds a larger stick and flies
more about the war C Spiiyay A
needs and just sitting in silence with it much higher this time.
and then I can’t help
Speaks
with him. I saw the tears many Each time the male catches the
but think about it all N______________P
of you shed when he had his sticks, she continues to pick up
the time.
“bad” days due to the pain and larger and larger sticks. When
But on the flip side I keep
suffering he endured at times. I she finds the largest, heaviest
telling myself that these boys are
want to tell each of you that stick that she herself can carry,
warriors and they are trained to
you were a blessing to him. He the stick is at this point almost
serve and they are loyal to our
couldn’t have a better team of the size of a small log! But she
country and what we as a coun
care-givers to accompany him can still fly very high with this
try are trying to do in Iraq.
in the last part o f his earthly large stick.
These soldiers are serving for
At any time in this process,
journey. God bless each of you.
us and it makes me proud to
if the male fails to catch the
Onte Lum pm outh.
know that we have soldiers
stick, she flies away from him
from Central Oregon who sac
as her signal that the test is now
rifice a lot to serve our country.
over. She begins her search all
I sometimes read about the
Many of you who read this over again. And when she again
Iraq on the Internet just to keep
column are just beginning your finds a male she is interested in,
m yself somewhat informed. I
journey down the Red Road. she starts testing him in the ex
only stop reading it when it de
There are many things to learn act same way. And she will con
presses me. But it’s good to keep
once you decide to return to the tinue this “testing” until she finds
informed.
paths of your ancestors - and it the male Eagle who can catch
It was nice to see that the
all the sticks.
isn’t always easy.
Tuckers came to Pi-Ume-Sha,
A nd w hen she does, she
For hundreds o f years the
and they were held in prayer. The
powers that be have tried to chooses him, and will mate with
songs that are sung are a real
erase all memory o f the ways him for life. One of the reasons
comfort.
for this test is that at some point
of indigenous peoples.
My son wanted to receive an
O ur ch ild ren w ere taken they will build a nest together
Indian name before he left and
away and put in BIA schools high up and will then have their
so we held a naming ceremony
where they were forbidden to Eaglettes. When the babies be
and a song was sung for him,
speak their own languages. Our gin to learn to fly, they some
which made me feel good, and
religions were outlawed, our fires times fall instead. It is then that
it made George feel good. It was
the male must catch his young.
put to sleep.
a real comfort. His Indian name
Thus began the decline of And he does! The female Eagle
is S ch n o o ch iatch (not sure
th is n atio n and so c ie ty as and their E aglettes have de
about the spelling).
a whole. It is not enough to be pended on him to be strong for
Then we moved ourselves to
weekend Indians, going to pow them. Just as we Native women
the Agency Longhouse for my
wows and wearing cool beads. and children need to depend
cousin’s m em orial dinner and
“Going back” not only entails upon our Native men. So what
an o th er so n g w as sung for
understanding how, why and I would like to offer to you my
George before he left. I couldn’t
what your people believed, but friends is this. Sisters, how well
help but feel pride in my son
more im portantly living it, so do you “test” your suitors be
and gratefulness for the fact that
that the balance that has been fore you allow them into your
so many veterans stepped for
d estro yed can be regain ed . life? And my Brothers, how well
ward to give him words of ad
It amazes me that in the animal have you caught the “sticks” for
vice and help him be more pre
world, the female of every spe your women and your children?
pared for his next journey, which
cies chooses the fastest runner, Whatever our past has been like,
is to Iraq.
the best hunter, the strongest if we need to change, let’s do so
W ith all the prayers and sup
now together. Our children are
fighter for her mate.
p o rt these w arrio rs receive
Yet a woman, who is sup counting on us to make these
when they are home, they take
posed to be C reator’s finest good choices for them and for
them w ith them w hen they
achievement, often will lay down their children.
leave. And upon their return to
AhoL. All My Relations.
with any and sometimes every
the United States they are re
(This article was submitted by a
m an w ho comes her way. If
ceived in prayer again, which is
anything is going to change for worker from the Court A ppointed
comforting.
the better, we women must lead Special Advocate (CASA) program.)
Thomas Tucker’s family re
the way to higher moral ground.
ceived much prayer and words
We have to begin teaching our
o f kindness from the commu
daughters and sons that they
nity and the nation upon his re
have great worth and great re
Madras High School and the
turn. Their loss is deep but their
sponsibility. I have printed the Culture Enrichment Club would
pride in their son will carry on
fo llo w in g sto ry b efo re, but like to send many thanks to the
for years. Our community and
think it is w orth considering Quartz Creek Singers.
the surrounding community will
again.
T hroughout the past nine
remember PFC Thomas Tucker
H ow th e fe m a le eag le years the Quartz Creek Singers
for years to come.
have given their dedication to
the youth of Warm Springs El
em entary, Jefferso n C ounty
M iddle Sch o o l and M adras
Spiiyay Tyrooo
High School.
CCoyote News, Est. 1976)
The singers have followed the
Jefferson County Middle School
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Culture Diversity Club through
out the different assemblies at
Editor: Dave McMechan
different schools like Westside
Management Successor: Selena T. Boise
Elementary, Metolius Elemen
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tary and Buff Elementary.
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G reen e, A aro n
G reen e,
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ated Tribes of Warm Springs.
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family but for the schools as well.
Austin enjoys doing this for all
youth and those in participation.
Throughout the years I have
seen Austin Greene partake in
many functions, and I see a man
o f respect and honor. I com
mend Mr. Greene for his hard
work in our community and his
giving to the people.
Mr. Greene and his family’s
contribution to the people are
som ething we should all be
thankful for. Austin and his fam
ily are known throughout Indian
country, and they represent our
people with great honor.
I truly respect Mr. And Mrs.
A nson B egay for th eir hard
w ork w ith their children and
youth from our tribes. T hey
have dedicated their tim e to
many different functions.
The Begay family has brought
many successes to our school
functions. Sharing our culture
and heritage, our drumming and
dancing has brought a com
pletely different insight to our
schools and better understand
ing about our culture and heri
tage.
Atcitty Begay, Destry Begay
and Blaine Begay have all given
to their school and Native Heri
tage to their utm ost abilities.
Here at our schools they make
good grades and have good at
tendance. Acknowledgements go
out to Blaine Begay for his hard
work here at school and his par
ticipation in sports.
Blaine’s athletic abilities have
put both our tribe and Madras
High School on the map. This
year B lain e grad u ated from
M adras High School. B laine’s
football abilities earned him a
position on the team that went
to Australia.
Blaine has also earned a po
sition on the All-Indian National
T eam and w ill be tra v e lin g
throughout the United States to
compete with other non-tribal
national teams and he will once
again be representing our tribes.
Mackie Begay, our Lincoln
Pow w ow M C, is b eco m in g
known for his MC expertise and
has been asked by other pow
w ow co m m ittees to M C.
Mackie and his family partici
pate in most of our powwows
and are very giving people to our
community.
The Quartz Creek Singers are
a group who are a wonderful
example to our people and for
our people. The Quartz Creek
D rum m er Singers are known
throughout Indian Country, and
have put our W arm Springs
Tribes and community on the
map.
T hank you, Q uartz Creek
Drummers and Singers, for all
you do for our tribes, commu
nities and schools.
Cory Johnson, a 2006 M a
dras High School graduate, has
given to the Jefferson County
Middle School Culture Diversity
Club and Madras High School
Culture Enrichment Club with
his time on the dance floor.
Cory, with his colorful fancy-
dance outfit and slick moves,
has brought excitement and re
spect to the students through
out his years here in the JCMS
and MHS.
Cory is a model student with
his bright smile and humor; he
has m ade a difference in the
schoo ls. C o ry has trav eled
throughout Indian Country and
his highlight was at the Winter
Games in Salt Lake City back
in 2002.
Cory was very proud because
he was participating in the Win
ter Games w ith some o f his
family. This was truly a once-in-
a-Hfetime opportunity. Although
Cory has traveled to other parts
of the world, he looks at being
w ith his fam ily as the truest
honor more than anything else.
Cory’s dream is still in his
Fancy Dancing and he plans to
do a lot of traveling to differ
ent powwows. Talking with Cory,
he has shared that he would like
to relocate to the Seattle, Wash
ington area because there are a
lot of pow-wows in that particu
lar area.
Cory has brought his danc
ing to different levels. Cory has
also performed professionally at
different gatherings here in Cen
tral Oregon.
Cory is a young man who has
represented our tribes with the
utmost Fancy Dancing abilities.
Cory is a young man who has
and will represent our tribes with
much honor and respect. Cory,
like, many students throughout
the past who came through our
Culture Enrichment Club, will
be missed.
Thank you, Cory and Blaine,
for all the success you have
brought to our Culture Enrich
m en t C lub, M ad ras H igh
School, and Jefferson County
Middle School assemblies.
You are both great young
men and I truly believe you will
continue representing our tribes
in a fashion that everyone will
appreciate. Prayers will be with
you both throughout your jour
neys.
K’ONA Foster J. Kalama,
school liaison.
Grand Marshal
I was honored and happy to
accept the invitation from the
Pi-Ume-Sha Committee to be
one of the Grand Marshals of
the 2006 Pi-Ume-Sha parade.
I w ant to thank all o f the
volunteers who helped me be a
part o f it. The car, banners,
dressing and displays — it was a
lot o f work in such a short pe
riod of time, and they did such
a wonderful job o f putting it all
together and making it work.
Pi-U m e-Sha is part o f our
culture, and I feel good that fun
time can be enjoyed by all our
people.
I want to apologize for not
bein g able to get around as
much as I would have liked, and
again thank you for giving me
the honor.
Madeline M clnturff
Back on track
My dear family and friends,
a little note to tell everybody I’m
doing good.
I’m back in Washington, back
on my feet again.
I am now back as a member
o f the Satus Shaker C hurch
again, still job searching but
that’s not too hard. There are
all kinds o f different jobs but
I’ve been trying to get back on
at the Legends Casino. T hat
takes some time.
Well, in the fall time or Au
gust I’ll be attending school at
the Heritage School at the Heri
tage University for the follow
ing: accounting, business or
whatever it takes for the gam
ing industry.
My two children Rick Lloyd
and Dayleen Marie, I miss you
very much and miss you lots. I
love you and I can’t wait till we
visit again soon.
To my sister Clarice, I love
you.
To all my other family, I love
you all and will see you some
time in the near future.
I’d like to get mail from some
people. My address is 21 Marty
Lane, Wapato, WA 98951. Sin
cerely, Annie Tewee.
Alcohol
Alcohol always lied to me.
I d ran k for co u rage and
woke up night after night horri
fied. I drank for sophistication
and became crude.
I drank to find peace and ig
nited a war within myself.
I drank to be friendly and be
came argumentative and nasty.
I drank to be sexy and turned
people off.
I drank so that I could relate
to others and I babbled. I drank
to put dow n lo n elin ess and
found m yself retreating more
and more into my shell.
I drank to relax and woke up
tense. I drank to be entertain
ing and became an obnoxious
clown. I drank to live more fully
and contemplated suicide.
I drank for adventure and
discovered disaster.
I drank to be more honest
and insulted my friends. I drank
to quiet my nerves and woke up
with hangover jangles.
I drank to feel better and
ended up sick and throwing up.
I d rank to have fun and
passed out in the middle o f the
party. I drank to pep m yself up
and ended up exhausted.
I drank to feel successful, a
big shot, but ended up a failure.
I drank for security and be
came afraid of my shadow.
I drank to feel better about
m yself and ended up hating me.
I drank to prove I could
handle alcohol and ended up
knowing it controlled me.
A friend asked, “But surely,
now that yo u ’ve been sober
aw h ile, it w o u ld take a
lot of alcohol to put you back
in that condition.”
“Just one drink,” I answered.
A u th o r unknow n.
Please write
I will be in a recovery home
for one year and I’m hoping
that someone will write to me.
You can contact me at the
following address:
Joseph Craig
c/o Victory Outreach
325 N. Main St.
Salinas, CA 93901.
Any correspondence would
be appreciated.
Thank you.
Joseph Craig.
A birthday
wish...
Happy first birthday to
our pretty girl Elaina Ray
on July 8. With lots of love
from Mom and Dad and
your big brother Walt J.
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