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B y Selena B oise
Management Successor
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Spilyay Tymoo August 2, 2007
Letters to the Editor
Adoption
Boy, are we in trouble. Why?
When have we adopted all or
none? M aybe we should not
vpte.
This is not fair to our Indian
eligible children w ith blood
quantum . I f we do n ’t have
blood quantum, Why?
The choices we m ake are
ours. The choices we make,
m ake our offspring eligible,
right?
N ow resid en cy does not
count. I guess it’s all right for us
to adopt, and the choice they
make to not be a. resident and
benefit themselves or whom
ever, without consideration for
our tribes, culture, traditions,
everything we stand for. Our
children with blood quantum
should be automatically in. But
no, Vital Stat turns us away or
charges us 75 cents per page for
enrollment papers. This is rea
son for us as a tribe to reinstate
an enrollment committee, o f us,
elder tribal people of our tribe.
Please, think people is this
right for our eligible people.
Respectfully,
When your loved one is in
the hospital with an uncertainty
as to whether they may make it
or not, you feel helpless, scared
and lost in uncertainty yourself.
Who is it that you. turn to? Most
likely your close family who are
right there with you, probably
feeling the same fear you are
feeling.
Well, I am happy with the
fact that my brothers were there
with me during this time because
it gave my dad a sense o f to
g eth ern ess in his last, few
months, to see the family come
together. After losing my mom
he was lonely and I know she
would have been there by his
side had she been here. But we
did all we could to make up for
her absence.
: After , doing everything we
could for him in his last few
months it seems we brought
back that togetherness, which we
should have held onto for years.
It is my hope that families could
come together and be a family
before its too late. l if e takes us
Eliza Brown-Jim.
in all directions but make time
for gathering of family.
i learned a lot from my dad,
and I hope to carry on that
knowledge to my children. Most
I love our Native peoples,
important thing I learned was esp ecially our C onfederated
that nothing is ever just given Tribes o f this great Nation of
to you. You earn everything you Warm Springs, Oregon.
own by working for it. My dad
I love you for always being
worked many years for every there for me in the good times
thing he had, home, transporta and not so good tim es... gotta
tion, food on the table. He was keep the good in it ... init?
a provider for his children, which
This letter is long over due. I
is so m eth in g yo u do n ’t see love, yo u and th^nk yoji all for
much of anymore.
.helping me th ro u gh , m y son
I hope to see my children be' R yan C lem ent E ag len e arc s
providers for their children and death... words can’t express my
work for everything they own, gratitude.
because there is very little pride
Special thanks to my family,
in having these things given to M arie and Jo dy Calica, Alvis
you. He w as proud to hear Smith Sr., Kanim Smith family,
about his grandchildren that Alvis Jr., and Sissy fam ily Aus
worked during their summer tin Sr., and Lois and family, Leta
months because they are learn family, Vernon “Besta” family,
ing how to work, and to man K enn edy fam ily and E dna,
age a budget for themselves.
M ona “B u rn ey” and B ill
But, this year has been hard Cochran family, Joseph Smith,
because my mom became ill in L illia n
M oses fam ily,
February and it seems we spent M ichelle M oses family, Cece
a lot o f time at the hospital since and Rick Schimmel family, Andy
then. I can find happiness,in all and L e ttie Staco n a fam ily,
this by the fact that they are to Kaniih Jr. family, Alvis III and
gether again. They spent over Vivian family, Lucy Scott-Smith
h alf their lives together and family, Sharon Jackson D ick
would have been Veiy lonely family, N ettie K unki family;;
when separated. They took care Lucy I’m sorry for not remem
o f me and cared for me for bering' you at Ryan’s memorial
‘more than 40 years and I ap stone setting... I was still smart
preciated all of it right to the in g and not re ally th in k in g
end.
straight...
> I hope that everyone appre-
It’s hard burying one’s (chil
ciateS'their parents because one dren, .. To all my skin bros and
day they Will be gone and you sisters especially Chaz Mitchell,
can’t go back and say the things Jo d e G oudy, S acred H eart
you wanted to say to them.
Suppah, C arlos C alica, and
Councilwoman Bernice; Mitchell
My gratitude
Spilyay Tymoo
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Management Successor: Selena T. Boise
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fam ily... Wolfman and Fefrel
Suppah, Hilda Culpus, Franklin
Suppah family, Bullneck family,
M arsha Sm ith fam ily, atw ai
D elia W alsey fam ily, B ird ,
Daffy, D ot, M arita, Shauna,
Konga, Myra, Sandy, M uff Ike,
Viola Kalama, Kerk and Lola
Sohappy family, Adeline. Miller
fam ily, E vans Spino fam ily,
Satch and Butch Miller family,
Mary Ann Meanus family, Mona
Baez family, Franklin Suppah
and family, and Ronnie Suppah
and family, and Tribal Council.
Thank you all for helping me
through life, especially our elders
and children. Love to you all.
.•. To all those I can’t remem
ber right now, neigth you wee,
nee me poo, Yakima and Spring
ers, I love you-.. We are all like
family like it or riot.
I 'Syyy'
Bobby Eagleheart.
Great job!
Victoria Katchia, Lex
Anguiano, LaRonn
Katchia
C o n g ratu latio n s to
V icto ria for your very
first 4.0. Great job Tpya!
Also congrats to Lex for,
your 3.40, and LaRonn
for your 3.60 gpa’s at Ma
d ras H igh School this
2006-07 school year. You
guys did aw esom e in
school and also accom
plished making it to dis
tric ts fo r T ra c k ,' and
keepign up those ¡grades.
You should each be proud
as we are very proud of
you and hope to see you
continue those efforts
next year.
Saphronia and Sky
Katchia.
Recovery
Family, friends and foe:
I am writing to the commu
nity to announce my graduation
from the Puyallup Tribal Treats
ment Center in Tacoma, Wash
ington on July 19, 2007.
; I’ve started learning about
my addiction and my poor deci
sion-making. I am taking this
step so that everyone at borne
knows that I do not want alco
hol or drags in my life anymore.
I would also like to tell each
and every one of you that I’ve
hurt during m y active addiction
that I am very sorry for my
outrageous and poor behavior.
Please forgive me. You know
who you are.
I am especially asking for my
children’s forgiveness. I am so;
so' sorry for not being there for
you the past eight years. I know
you need me.
Mostly I would like to for
give myself.
I’m writing to let you know
there is hope if you want to quit
the insanity and sickness you are
living in. This disease only wants
one thing: death.
If you w ould like to feel
good about who you are and
want to enjoy watching your
children and their children grow
up, then please realize this dis
ease can be arrested. There is
hope, if you are still alive and
want to live.
I plan on finishing my last
year of college and then return
ing to Warm Springs.
I am also working with CPS
on getting my 12-year-old girl
back into my custody and my
life.
I was blessed with a new beau
tiful grandson, Keon Alvarez, on
July 22,2007 at 9:03 p.m to my
oldest child M artha Alvarez.
M y youngest son, Jose Alvarez
Jr., grad u ated from M adras
High School as well.-
There is life after you quit
using—just waiting for,us.
I am looking forward to liv
ing clean and sober and enjoy
ing all that life has to offer.
If I can quit, so can you.
You are worth it— all o f you.
Much lové in recovery,
Lois Estimo.
ch ief’s child. This same child
was denied a plea from his fam
ily for him to attend his pater
nal grandmother’s funeral. We
the traditional persons believe
that a child will always be look
ing for her because he did not
witness her funeral. The culture,
shock this child has had to en
dure is u n b eliev ab le i f n ot
downright cruel. This child al
though very young would drum
Washat services as well as par
ticipate in the waskliekt and the
Indian m edicine services. It
worries me to think what it will
take to bring this child’s mine
back to w hat he was forced
from. I have always thought a
parent pretty clever to accuse
anyone of child molesting when
their own lives are not going
their way. I have noticed in a lot
of relationships that these sort
of accusations are too common.
What will it take to bring this
child home to the grandparents
who have been a positive role
model for him?
Neda Wesley.
Photographs
Dear family and friends,
I am writing you this letter
to wish you all a good sum
m er... Drink lots o f water.
Yeah, but anyway, I was just
wondering the possibilities of
any o f you having photographs
o f m y dad, my mom or even
of my sister Felicia? I sure would
appreciate copies, as I have lost
mine several years ago during
the “LeClairé fire.”
. jS Taféti vAïdcPlike
’ô f
;P.S. 1 give our God in heàyen
all o f the glory for my freedom
from ad d ictio n . G od b less
Warm Springs. Please keep me
in your prayers.
currents ones o f fatiuly arid
friends as I am incarcerated
over here in Hillsboro, Ore.,
until September sometime. I just
know it should be before my
40* birthday on Sept. 21.
Anyway, my goal now is to
get myself spiritually right with
A child bom and raised on our Creator, so ’that this way I
the Indian reservation here is cari show the probation office
suddenly removed from a fam that I can be totally responsible
ily who dearly loved him. There foÿ myself, shoot, I can everi get
is' somethirig drastically wrong a job riow because I am totally
with this picture. Do we have getting really fed up with this in
untrained persons working in n-out of ja il...
some o f our departments? It
■Yes, I know there are going
appears that way. The .child is- tq.be some pretty stressful situ
the victim in this particular inci ations and or obstacles that will
dent; It is cruel to uproot our occur, but with a little help and
children and place them off the encouragement from my alco
rez arid into the greedy arms 6 f hol sponsor and family, then I
non-Indians. The same family can win this battle with pay al
has had multiple tragedies in the coholic addiction.
family, persons gone now who
But anyway, I would also like
had à positive impact on their to take this time to apologize to
c h ild ’s life . A t the first my uncle. . Late July last year I
grandmother’s funeral the child went to your home with alco
was allowed to attend the funeral hol, I even opened up a bottle
with strict rules. The child looked o f 2 1 1 ,1 was pretty stupid and
so adorable dressed in full In quite drunk to disrespect your
dian buckskin regalia fit to be a home like that.
Our children
Happy birthday and other wishes...
Happy birthday to my Atugust
birthday buddies: My brother Jesse
Reese on the 3rd, Angie (Selam)
Smith on the 4th, Barbie “Lynn’’
Tanewasha on the 6th, my real
birthday buddy, Ron Palmer on the
7tb, Monica Leonard on the 8th
and Marty “Moose" Tanewasha on
the 9th. To another yea r on our
belts! Rove y a guys, Saphronia
Roslyn Katchia. ■
Happy 9th birthday,
Denzel James Bailey. You
brought joy to my life! You
are very special. I love and
miss you very much. Love,
(mom) Jamie and Hans
Schmitt, Johnny S., Joey S.
From Lapush.
McKinley, fo r riding irttpe Pi-Ume-
Sha Paradé: T love and miss you
very much. Lave, mom Jamie and
Hans Schmitt, Johnny S., Joey S.
From Lapush.
I would like to wish the
Oregon Natives luck when
they go to Phoenix, Ariz.
Good luck Whitley Latoya
I would lik e to congratu and to the coaches, also Mr.
late m y son Kevin R uiz for Taw James, keep it up, you
r id in g in the W ild H o rse are a very good role model
R ace durin g Pi-U m e-Sha. I and the Oregon Natives are
lo v e a n d m is s y o u v e ry very lucky to have you ^s a
m uch. I am p ro ud o f you. coach. Love and miss you
L o ve, m o m , J a m ie , a n d rill. Love, Jamie and Hans
H a n s S c h m itt, J o e y S ., Schmitt, Johnny S., Joey S.
From Lapush.
Johnny S. From Lapush.
I would like to say I ’m proud
yo u , son C larence Chad
I would like to wish two very
special people a happy 30* an
niversary. You are like my par
ents. Thank you for being there
when I need you. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Sam Sr., I love and miss
you! Love, Jam ie and H ans
Schmitt, Johnny S., Joey S. From
Lapush; .
Uncle, I am deeply sorry for
that, so sorry! And also to Velma
too, I am sorry.
I know I have lived heavily
in thè past, dwelled on trivia
minor things, but I was locked
up during the deaths o f m y par
ents :and grandma, I have never
let them go because they were
very much alive when I la^t saw
them and that’s how I wanted
to keep them in my mind and
in my heart. And all the years 1
have let alcohol rule my life* my
so-called friends, well no more,
I am going to do my best to
enter and complete an in-patient
alcohol treatment on my terms
and not because the courts have
ordered me to .., .
But anyway, you all take care
and be strong in heart, soul and
mind.; Much love and respect,
Floyd “Pengie” Tewee Jr.,
bk n:o, 0 7-09 2 51 , 213 5W
A dam s M s33, H illsb o ro ,, OR
97123-3374:-.. ’
Friends, family
To friends and relatives on the
rez,
I am Meriting this short letter
to tell you that I am doing fine,
and trying to get strong again so
I can come to visit back home.
That is all I want to say for riow.
Sally Medina, apt. 17,-240 SE
160* Ave., Portland, OR 97233-
3594.
Doing all right
To my family and friends, I
want you to know I am doing
ffiy ¿aarëés, i f
anyone would like to 'drop me a
le tte r: M ich ael M eanus no.
65571-065* federal détention
center, PO box 6000, Sheridan,
OR 97378.^;
I know there is no excuse for
me being here in prison. I would
like to apologize to the officers
for my actions wheri I go t picked
up, and anyone else th at;! have-
offended. Alcohol is the\demon
that has been messing up?my life
for a long time] Well; ! w3[l 'dose
for now. Thank you fo| your
tim e; W ith respect, M ichael
Meanus.
With much love
To my brother Joe arid fam
ily, Bonnie, Ken, Joe, Sunshine
and Jermayn Tuckta, I aril Very
sorry to hear about ypùr loss of
a beautiful, precious daughter,
sister, niece. She touched many
h earts in so m an y w ays. I
couldn’t be there physically, but
I w as th e re sp iritu a lly . M y
prayers were with you all. With
much love arid prayers, Laura
Edna Robinson.
Congratulations, Ipraii
aka ‘Hcppy Feet’’, fo r tak
ing First Place at the Jefferson
County Fair talent show in
the youth
division.
Lo v e ,
Mom and
D a d ,
Carlos,
Damian, Spray a and
Jaihline.We would alsifff^e
to take the time to thank
allourjam iffdndjnendf^ r
being th ere dnd, sho w ingyouf
support fo r our son. DJK9,
thanks f o r putting the CD
together. We hope to see y$p
all at the state competition,
in August. Sincerely, Jgy and
Jose Ramire%