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Lincoln’s
Powwow
The 2007 L in co ln ’s
Powwow was another suc
cess. People from many
states gathered Feb. 9-11
to share in a good time.
The committee gives
thanks to those who
helped. Thank you to the
young people who gave
their time throughout the
year to help fundraise to
ensure the enjoyment of
all at the powwow.
Thank you to the girls
of the Powwow Court that
sold raffle tickets.
And a big congratula
tions to 2007 Senior
Lincoln’s Powwow Queen
Jill Suppah, and to junior
Queen Malia Collins.
And a huge thank you
to all those others who
contributed, you all know
who you are. (Powwow re
sults are on page 8.)
The Lincoln’s Birth
day Powwow Commit
tee.
Newsletter
I’m now president o f the
residents council we now have
in the River Kourt Apartments.
I now stay here in Eugene. We
have a newsletter. As president,
Fd like to know if there is a
Warm Springs tribal member
who would be interested in sub
scribing to our newsletter. If you
are, it will cost you $3 a year
and you can send a check or
money order to the publisher
Peter Defoi, 50 Kourt Dr., apt.
18, Eugene, OR 98404. The
money we earn will go into our
River Kourt’s residential funds.
It’s very interesting. I’m sure
you’ll all love it, who purchases
it. Evette Patt, 50 Kourt Dr.,
apt. 3, Eugene, OR 97404. Ph.
(541) 461-3375.
Listen and take notes. I’m
very grateful I now live down
here in Eugene. I really like go
ing to the many AA meetings
I’ve gone to down here. Here
are a few things I took notes on
the AA meetings I went to: the
most important thing you can
say is, I can take care of my
self, be real, live now and don’t
go back to the past - it will
never happen, always remember,
thin k o f the m any second
chances you were given in your
life and it takes more than
beauty to get through life. AA
meetings are a gift from God
to help those of us who really
want and need the help. You all,
H appy birthday to W illie — take it “one day at a time” now.
We hope y o u had a g r e a t day! Evette Patt.
We lov e y o u , fr o m M om a n d
D ad, d a u g h te r S h a i a n d
M ercedes, Joy dee and Shirlee.
My name is Peggy Munday
and I am the Central Oregon
Congratulations to our regional Girl Scout manager.
I am writing in hope of get
dear daugh ter P am ela
S a u n d e r s , K a h - N e e - T a ting the word out about the Girl
H o s p i t a li t y A m b a s s a d o r Scout program for girls ages 5-
o f the M o n t h . We lo ve 17 in Warm Springs.
I feel that Warm Springs has
you, from Dad and Mom
and niece Shai.
Birthday and
other wishes.
Girl Scouts
Fundraiser
The Committee for the Ma
dras High School Senior All-
Night Drug and Alcohol Free
Party are hosting a can and
bottle drive fundraiser from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,
March 3 in the parking lot of
Erickson’s Thriftway. Hot dogs
for sale too.
Regarding letters
Thank you for writing
to the Spilyay Tymoo.
P lease, w hen w ritin g ,
keep in mind that letters
should be o f no more
than 350 words.
Letters that are too
long will have to be cut.
Please submit only one
letter per person per edi
tion.
been underserved in the past in
accessibility to the Girl Scout
program. Last spring I came to
W arm Springs and put up
posters, including at the elemen
tary school after talking with
Principal Dawn Smith.
1 did not get any response but
I am not giving up.
I am hoping a local adult in
Warm Springs will contact me
about becoming a Girl Scout
leader.
Girl Scouts is such a wonder
ful program for girl’s self es
teem and confidence, and it is
where “Girls grow strong.”
It is also a lot of fun. Girl
Scouts is open to all girls every
where.
I would love to share more
about Girl Scouts.
P e g g y M u n d a y , G irl
Scouts of Western Rivers Coun
cil pmunday@wrgirlscouts.org.
Phone, 541-389-8146.
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Celilo Stories
For thousands of years Celilo
Falls served as a site for Native
Americans to trade, socialize,
fish and perform ceremonial
rituals. The region’s more recent
residents saw the river’s power
ful currents as a source of en
ergy to fuel a new economy, and
on March 10, 1957, the rising
waters of The Dalles Dam in
undated Celilo Falls.
Celilo Stories: New Conversations
A bout an Ancient Place is a free
public conference held in obser
vation of this important event.
The conference is presented
by the Center for Columbia
River History with support from
the National Endowment for
the Elumanities, the James B.
Castles Endowment, the Co
lumbia Gorge Discovery Cen
ter, and Maryhill Museum of
Aft.
It will be held March 17 and
18 at the Columbia Gorge Dis
cover Center in The Dalles.
Celilo Stories vM bring together
more than twenty scholars, art
ists, elders and authors for pre
sentations and conversations on
the meaning and legacy of Celilo
Falls.
Speakers will include Oregon
Book Award winner George
Aguilar, historian Katrine Bar
ber, no velist C raig Lesley,
Yakama elder Lewis Malatare,
Nez Perce author A llen
Pinkham, Warm Springs artist
Lillian Pitt and legal scholar
Charles Wilkinson.
“The 50th anniversary of the
death of Celilo Falls is an im
portant time to remember the
loss, but the conference also
hopes to commemorate the re
sistance and recovery of the
land and the p eo p le,” said
Katrine Barber, Portland State
University professor and direc
tor of the Center for Columbia
River History.
“The inundation of Celilo
Falls symbolizes a larger series
of losses to native people in the
Northwest.
Although most people recog
nize the cultural impact of 19th-
century losses, fewer people are
aware of the ongoing loss of
Native American resources in
the 20th and 21st centuries.
Celilo Stories aims to open the
dialogue between natives and
non-natives on how to build
better relationships in our shared
communities.”
On Saturday, conference at
tendees are invited to a recep
tion for Maryhill Museum’s ex
hibit, The Day the Columbia Tan
back w ard, M arch 10, 1957.
Curated by noted scholar and
author Mary Dodds Schlick, the
exhibit tells the story of the in
undation of Celilo Falls through
photographs, paintings, prints
and written documents.
The conference concludes on
Sunday with the Confluence
Project’s Blessing of the Land
Ceremony at Celilo Falls Park
Myths and facts about diabetes
By E lsie H oward
Myth: There is nothing you
can do to make finger pokes
more comfortable when testing
your blood sugar level.
Fact: Sticking your finger
with a lancet (the needle that is
used to get a drop of blood) to
test your blood sugar level may
not be your favorite diabetes
care activity. However, the in
formation that you get from
doing this is very important.
There are ways to make this
process more comfortable.
It helps to see a diabetes edu
cator to make sure your tech
nique is correct.
Also, many devices have dif
ferent settings that help you con
trol the depth of your finger
poke. Use a very shallow poke
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for less pain and less finger scar
ring. If your hands are warm
before you poke your finger, it
will bleed more easily.
Keep your hands soft and
hydrated so that you can use the
setting that will allow the more
shallow pokes.
If you can knead down your
finger towards your nail bed and
position your finger downward
before poking it, you will get a
larger drop of blood from a
that will include Maya Lin, the
Confluence Project Board of
Directors, and tribal partners.
There is special support avail
able for teachers to attend the
conference and a follow up
workshop held on April 14 at
Portland State University.
The teacher w orkshop is
made possible by generous sup
port from the Hickey Founda
tion and the Oregon Historical
Society.
The conference is free and
open to the public. Pre-registra
tion by March 1 is strongly en
couraged to ensure space.
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Mary Wheeler, Program
Manager, Center for Columbia
River History
Apologies
I am sony I broke tribal law in May 2006 by my DUII
and possession of a controlled substance coming from the
West Hills area. This has forced me to seek counseling at the
Community Counseling Center once a week. I apologize to
my family for the shame my actions have brought to our
family name. Further I apologize to community as a whole. I
also want to say that I will not report my actions and glad
that no one was hurt or harmed by my actions on that day.
And I will make every effort to follow our laws in the future.
G.J. Mitchell.
I am apologizing today for my actions, not only to my rez,
the court and the cops, but to myself. As old as I am, as
many times in and out of the jail, as many just wasn’t enough
until now. Even the company I kept in jail, family and
friends, said it the same way, “No matter what you’re told,
you have to learn it on your own.” Sincerely, Michael S.
Kalama.
I am sorry I broke tribal law on Nov. 11, 2006. This is an
apology for the hostile actions I’ve committed towards cor
rections officer Mike Durkin. I send my condolence for the
permanent remembrance you might always carry with you. I
recognize the actions I’ve made and take full responsibility.
Again I apologize for the degradation and hopefully this is
enough to persuade you of my apology. I also want to say I
am working on my anger problem and hopefully to be reha
bilitated soon. And I will make every effort to follow out
laws in the future. Warren Wallulatum.
I am sorry I broke tribal law on Jan. 25, 2007 by getting
caught with mary jane on the night I got detox from my
grandmother’s home. My apologies mostly go to my grandma.
“I’m sorry.” I apologize to Evlyn Sam, Angie White, Gibson
Mitchell, who were directly impacted by my actions. I also
want to say that I have learned not to drink and/or get drunk
in or around your home. And I will make every effort to
follow our laws in the future. Edgar Yahtin.
I am sorry I broke tribal law on Jan. 27 by driving while
under the influence of intoxicants without my headlights on
through West Hills and for carrying drug paraphernalia. I
knowingly possessed a smoking device (pipe) on me. And I
was carrying a concealed weapon, which was my .380 high
point fully loaded. Further I apologize to the community
of West Hills. I also want to say that I hope for change
after serving my 65 days sentence in jail, and hope to
make my family and community proud again. And I will
make every effort to follow our laws in the future. Fran
cisco Padraza.
I am sorry I broke tribal law on Jan. 27, 2007 by driving
under the influence and recklessly endangering. I apologize
to my family for the shame my actions have brought to our
family name. William Strong.
Multnomah County Library featuring Celilo exhibit
The Multnomah County Li
brary is presenting a special ex
hibit in the John Wilson Special
C ollections from now until
March 13.
Titled "Celilo Falls: The 50th
anniversary of the flooding of
Wy-am,” this exhibit gleaned
from its Oregon and Pacific
Northwest collections consists
o f rare photographs, docu
ments, maps and other materi
als, that show the importance to
Native Americans and to the
broader American society of
Celilo Falls and other fishing
sites on the Columbia River.
Materials include a 1948 is
sue of Saturday Evening Post
with cover art of Celilo Falls by
John Atherton; and an original
19th-century photograph by
Arthur B. McAlpin and Charles
Y. Lamb of an Indian fisher
near Celilo from the late 19th
century.
Other materials include Wil
liam Clark's map from the rare
first published account of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, the
1814 "Biddle" edition; a small
pamphlet that defends David
Sohappy Sr. and others caught
in the "Salmon Scam" in the
1980s; Stewart Holbrook's The
Columbia (1956); and a one-of-
kind court document of Native
testimony about fishing rights on
the Columbia near the Dalles
Twenty-five years ago this week
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shallow poke.
Try to poke the sides of your
fingertips to avoid soreness on
the areas of your fingers that
you use the most. When you
poke your finger, alternate your
fingers and do not poke the
same finger in the same spot.
If you have any questions,
please call me at 553-2478.
Elsie Howard, Diabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
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From the Feb. 26, 1982
edition o f the Spilyay Tymoo.
Nothing to write home about
except the weather but within
the last two weeks, the weather
in Warm Springs has given resi
dents a taste of spring, with the
warm temperatures and warm
rains and blue skis: Wonderful
conditions for melting snows
which filled the streams with the
torrents of flooding waters.
The warm rains and tempera
tures in the low er Cascade
mountain range caused the melt
ing snows, causing the Metolius
River to carry an overflow into
Lake Billy Chinook and on into
Lake Simtustus.
The waters filled the lakes
behind the dams and PGE
opened the overflow^gates to
release some of the waters.
It was apparent to lo cal
people that for the first time
in years the Deschutes River
was at flooding stages, the Or
chards Park lo cated across
from the Rainbow Market was
covered with the muddy, swirl
ing waters and further down
stream Jim m y and A lice
F lo re n d o ’s hom e w as su r
rounded by the raging river.
from 1916.
The exhibition is on view
when the John Wilson Special
Collections is open: Tuesday
2:30-5:30; Wednesday 3:30-7;
Friday 10-2; Saturday 2:30-6.
For more information con
tact Jim Carmin, John Wilson
Special Collections Librarian,
M ultnom ah County Library,
801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland,
OR 97205; 503-988-6287;
jimc@multcolib.org
Memorial
There will be a Me
m orial for Cyril Wilton
Wolfe “Tsim-Kil” on Sat
urday, May 26, 2007.
Stone setting at 9 a.m.,
Wolfe Point Cemetery, 10
a.m. memorial, giveaway,
name giving, and meal at
A gency
L o ngho use,
Warm Springs.