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Spilyay Tymoo ! July 19, 2007
Letters to the Editor
Rez Express
We would like to say thank
you very much to those who
supported the boys’ high school
basketball team, Rez Express,
with all of our fund-raisers.
The boys will be in Phoenix,
Ariz. on July 9-14 for the Na
tive American Basketball Invi
tational (NABI) Tournament.
Thanks so much to the Con
federated Tribes, o f Warm
Springs, Warm Springs Compos
ite Products, Kah-Nee-Ta High
D esert R esort and Casino,
Wildhorse Resort and Casino,
Warm Springs Power Enter
prise, River Bend Guide Ser
vices (A1 Bagley), Earl and Rita
Squiemphen, Val Squiemphen,
Sandra and Owen Danzuka,
Spirit Mt. Casino, Je ff and
Ma'rietta Brisbois, Edison and
Percy Yazzie, Amanda land Teri
Jo Yazzie, Jon Williams, Redine
Kirk, Flossie Wolfe, Charlotte
Herkshan, Carolyn Brunoe,
Gloria’s Espresso, Tony Torres,
Donna Torres, Ina Sfchuster,
The Community Wellness Pro
gram (Carolyn H arvey),;
Bridgette Whipple and Warm:,
Springs Forest Products. Lastly,'
and most important, to all of
the family, friends and relatives
of our team whom we can never
thank enough for pitching in,
donating and overdoing the help
for the boys!
Integrity is tough to find, but
you were there for the boys.
Sincerest thanks.
Sammi O’Reilly, coordina
tor
Healthy Nation
; En-me’-nye-moo-ma’. I want
to make a challenge to our
newly elected Tribal Council and
appointed executives.' Are you
willing to make a real commit-
Correction
The story regarding the
gathering for graduates in
the previous Spilyay in
cluded Raneva Dowty,
Vesta Johnson and Shilo
Shaw as graduates from
four-year higher educa
tion institutions. '
Vesta Johnson earned
her m aster’s degree in
¡business administration
and is currently working
on her PhD in Clinical
Psychology.
Raneva Dowty earned
h e j PA degree and is
working as a physician’s
assistant in Alaska.
Shilo Shaw earned her
PhD and is working for
Veteran’s Administration.
The Spilyay regrets the
error.
Spilyay Tymoo
CCoyote News, Est.
1976 )
Publisher Emeritus:
Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Management Succes
sor: Selena T. Boise
Reporter: Leslie Mitts.
Advertising Manager:
Sam Howard
Media Advisor:
Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is pub
lished bi-weekly by the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box
870, Warm Springs, O R
97761.
tnent to help our Nation be-
; c®rtie a healthy community? Are
ySta willing to follow the lead of
healthy women and men
wk® want to eliminate domestic
vjplence, rape and child sexual
atfetfse in our community? What
is^tiie Tribal Council doing to
,ci$®iply with the federal law;
A4am Walsh Act and the re
quirement to pass a resolution
. Stating the Tribes’ intention to
participate in the National Sex
•Offenders Registration and
Notification System by July 27,
2©07? In 1990 a community
health group declared, “Warm
Springs can and should be
Wealthy.” Their Statement of
i j$Sk>sophy still hangs in the ad-
rBpustrative offices of the IHS
clMie. How far have our people
come to take control of their
hMth?
-i want to talk to our young
*paients and youth. Joe Garcia,
¡¡president of the National Con
gress of the American Indians,
vr&Sently spoke to Congress in
'\fesltington, DC., “One in three
Native women are victims of
.♦rape.” What is it in our commu-
'h ity ? I agree w ith Jo e that
change must occur now. This
means domestic violence and
especially child sexual abuse.
Domestic violence, rape and
sexual abuse are all forms of
idotitrol and power. All of us are
affected by the violence. We
have all heard that it is a part
fq#&ur traditional values that the
rfx&n leads. But it is the women,
especially the elders that ap
prove their leadership. Deciding
what is acceptable behavior in
OSarifcommunity is ajl. of, oijr rer
sp®nsibiiity. Our intent of tra-
, ditional values should not be to
them, but to clarify for
alTgenerations. We all know there
4iig*t6'o much confusion about
Jarir traditional values. Our
flertighouse and religious leaders
* Must take the lead in a good way.
* V'-I believe we should be pro-
falsndly offended by and oppose
anytime who fails to honor and
protect», our children and
cwaitten. Twenty years # ago qur
i tribal health programs led Indian
•¿Country with “state of the art”
ip&rning, services, community
health education and plans to
bmid our new clinic. We were
helping our people regain con
trol, of their health. Our Tribal
¿Cqtiiicil and the secretary-trea-
were our health care
t&fiaapions.
' i helieve we have a great
iripportunity. Are the Tribal
C^itincil, secretary-treasurer and
. chief operations officer up to
the-challenge? Itm stitw on’t be
Mother 20 years and my grand
children are asking the same
.¿questions and making this chal
lenge.
. . fkNeegh Pacwai,
of Doug or m yself you can
w rite us at PO box 612
Pendleton Oregon 97801. With
regards,
Doug and Shawna of
Pendleton, Douglas Jr. and
fam ily of Lapwai, and
Michelle Crane of Worley,
Idaho.
Great job
To my husband, Bruce
Howtopat, congratulations on
graduating from Western Culi
nary; Institute, as well as your,
current successes in your new
career. I am so proud of you
for all that you have accom
plished! I also want to thank you
for being such a wonderful hus
band and father, and for work
ing so hard to give us such a
good life. I am so thankful that
we found each other, and I love
yotNvery much.
Always, Tana Hamilton
Howtopat.
Thank you
Please forgive our family for
not writing this letter sooner. We
lost our dear loved one, Eligio
Santos, in September 2006. It
was only two months later we
lost our dear loved one, Susanna
Santos. We never even had the
chance to get over the shock of
losing Eligio then we lost our
dear Susanna, and so we wish
to- let everyone know we are
grateful to all who support us in
our sadness and trials. We wish
to thank Wilson Wewa arid the
sisters who carne. to, the river to j
cotrifort us and be with-us as i
they searched for our loved one.
We wish to thank Roger Pearce
and the Maupin Fire Safety and
Rescue crew. We wish to thank
the Warm Springs Fire and Res
cue and police for their support
and-for being there.
Tharik you tb all o f the
people who came to be with our
family and help at the river on
the Deschutes. Thank you to all
the Community who gave us
help and support. We would
write each and every name but
it would take up so much space
and time. We just want every
one to know, we know your
faces and remember each and
every one of you, so we’ll never
forget you.
Thank you to the drummers
and cooks and helpers in the
Sitririasho Longhouse, to Eligio’s
friends and eq-workers and our
family who were there for us.
Bless you each and everyone of
you. We will always be grateful
to y6u. Mark Angel (diver), for
finding our son, we’ll never be
able to express our feelings of
gratitude to you fot the work
you do.
Wa-Ticks-na’-Keeit (Sal
So to everyone, we pray all
'Ssihme), Warm Springs.
the help and kind support you
gave us will come back to you.
With our deepest love and ap
preciation.
Deepest regard
Alberto
and
Brenda
ToR#ie family of Iris Smith,
Santos and family.
| v Itis with our deepest regards
•V^%ere not able to travel to
Warm Springs to pay our last
.respects to wonderful women
tfce called Gramma Iris.
• To Batman and CJ, thank-
you so much for finding us and
By Elsie Howard
calling Doug and letting him
Myth: Eating too much sugar
know what was going on. We had
every intention to make this trip causes diabetes
Fact: Eating too much sugar
■
‘b ut tilings happen that pre-
¿VtiiCed us from making this trip doeshot cause diabetes. The true
;and we are so sorry about that cause of diabetes is not fully
¿I ?eaaa only hope that you and known, but genetic and lifestyle
-0«ur-fam ily can forgive us and factpjcs appear to play a role in
!f|g|fp£ our deepest apologies, i thifaajority of cases. ■
Persons with diabetes either
will also mention should any
body feel the need to get a hold do not produce the hormone
Appreciation
To our Warm Springs Neigh
bors:
Thank you for the invitation
to come share in the celebra
tions of your Pi-Ume-Sha festi
val. It was an honor for my wife,
Grace, and I to share in your
honor dinner Friday evening.
The evening of dance, video,
prayers, songs, speeches and
various presentations was an in
spiration to us in many ways.
Your kindness in providing a
wonderful meal, sharing gifts of ,
flowers and bead necklaces, and
the many opportunities for con
versation continues to be appre
ciated. The hospitality and
friendliness of your people was
extended to us not only at the
Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge, but at the
museum, the store in town, and
from families at a local church
on Sunday.
While attending the dances at
the Pi-Ume-Sha grounds, even
our neighbors on the bench
shared their dried salmon, and
were friendly with their greetings.
At one of the vendors I even
found a well made pair of soft
elk-skin moccasins which are
very comfortable to wear. Grace
and I spent several hours at your
museum and I took many, many
pictures.
The Celilo exhibit is very well
done, and shows us how broadly
our future can be affected by
the choices and agreements we
make today. We now all share
this region and together we have
the opportunity to make it a
better place for those who will
come after us.
¿Saturday evening provided*
the opportunity for reflection*!
and quieting the soul. As 1 sat'
on the balcony outside our
room, from somewhere nearby
the melody of an evening prayer
chant whispered in the wind. I
contemplated the words and
presence of our elder, Gladys
Miller Thompson, not only of
the Kiksht language, but also of
history, of family and especially
of her faith in Jesus Christ. The
Creator’s Spirit bears witness to
her prayer even in our own
hearts.
I believe this experience will
continue to help me as I serve
my “tribe,” the community of
Cascade Locks, on our local
City Council and also with other
relationships within our church
and community.
If you have opportunity to
be in Cascade Locks some week
end, please be welcomed and
join us at St Patrick Church for
morning worship (10 a.m.).V
Sincerely, D arrell Driver,
Cascade Locks City Council.
Good visit home
At this time we would like
to thank Neda Wesley and
Eliza Jim for honoring our
. daughter Hester Tayloi and
family during Pi-Ume-Sha, as
she was home on leave for a
few days.
We also want to thank
Charlotte Shike for the dried
deer meat she gave Hess be
fore she went back.
Hess is still stationed in
Norfolk, Virginia, and as
signed to the USS Carl
Vinson. We were very glad to Nevada Team.
have her and her fam ily
H ester’s mother-in-law
home even if it was for a made the trip with them.
short time. The entire family
Hess and her family also
was glad to see her.
went thru the parade on Sat
Hess also got to visit with urday. People were telling
her aunt and uncle, Debbie Hess “Hi” and glad to see her
and Mike Keats, along with as she and her family were
her cousins K athie and making our way down the
Michelle Keats. Kathie and line. She was in her full uni
Michelle were here playing in form and looked ver^ fiice.
the slow pitch tourney.
Thank you.
Hester’s aunt, uncle and cous
Florene and Harvey
ins are from Yerington, Nev. Scott and family.,
Her cousins played with the
Culinary success
To Higher Education and
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, I would like
to express my deepest grati
tude to you for your support
while I embarked upon fur
thering my education. On
May 5, 2007, I graduated
from Western Culinary Insti
tute in Portland, earning an
AssOciate*of Occupational
Studies in Culinary Arts De-;
gree, as Well as a diploma
from the Cordon Bleu Pro
gram. Your continuous sup
port helped me in several
ways. Most obviously the fir
nancial assistance took much
of the stress out of going to
school, and allowed me tq
have balance in my life. I was
able to focus primarily on my
studies and my home fife,
while working part-time to
gain more industry applicable
experience.
. Your support and the con
fidence you placed in my
abilities helped me to estab
lish a great sense of purpose
and pride. I am honored to
have represented our tribal at
WCI. I now possess not only
"an education but a wealth of
fantastic memories! I would
also like to take this oppor
tunity to pass on a personal
message to all tribal mem
bers...
If you don’t like the path
your life is on, it is your own
responsibility to change it.
There are many resources
available, especially to those
who are willing to do some
of the work themselves. I
would like to be an example
for anyone who wants to-
make a positive change. I
made a personal choice to
straighten out my life, and'
now all of the energy I used
to use in being destructive
has been re-focused on be
ing a productive member of .
society. Now, to me* I have
the “good life,” an elite edu
cation, a great job, and a sup
portive, loyal and loving
home. Thank you to every
one who supported me,: en
couraged me, and believed in
me! Sincerely,
Bruce H ow topat, 6738
N. Fessenden, Portland, OR
97203.
Happy birthday wishes ...
Happy birthday Mom-
G randm a-W ife on Ju ly 18,
Neda Wesley. From Himmy
Wesley Sr., Wesley D. Redhouse
Wesley, Martina Stwyer, Kayla
Vanessa Tewee, M arcal
Blackwolf Tewee, Phil Tewee,
Lucinda, Melvin Tewee Jr. and
III, Kyle Sr., Jamey, Levi, Vic
tor, Fudda Wesley, Davis Stwyer,
Eagle.
Happy birthday Cassandra
Brown, from everybody at 4440
Upper Dry Creek.
Myths and facts about diabetes
insulin as in Type 1 Diabetes,
or do not properly use the insu
lin their body makes as in Type
2 Diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is thought to
be an autoimmune disease, in
which the pancreas is destroyed.
The pancreas produces the hor
mone insulin*
Insulin helps lower blood
sugar. Type 2 Diabetes is con
sidered a metabolic disorder,
caused by genetic factors, obe
sity (being.extrem ely over
weight) and inactive lifestyle; In
Type 2 Diabetes, your pancreas
makes insulin but may not make
enough.
Please contact me i f you
have any questions at 553-2478.
Elsie Howard, Diabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program. ■
Happy birthday Louisa:'
Terese Tuckta, July 4, missd
ingyou, always. Love, AMifJ
D. Warner. \
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Apology
I would like to apolo
gize tq my fam ily and
dearest friend Verriice
Switzler for assaulting you.
Tfuly I am sorry fro my
family for embarrassing
our fam ily name. It’ll
-never happen again.
T hank you. Tiffany
Smith.
Thankyoufor writing to
the Spilyay Tymoo. %