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E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Page 4 Spilyay Tym oo Decern ber- 6, 2 0 0 7 ■■■■■■■■■■■ I LettCrS tO the EcÜtOr Entering Fitness Challenge a _____ ______________ _________ challenge fo r f how tribal members from sino. some Been thinking o other In the meantime, two long reservations like our com B y Selena Boise Management Successor > This week a discussion was brought out about the Novem ber Fitness Challenge and how it has changed over the years since it began. N6w|?~as I re- m em ber, it was a Spilyay c h a lle n g e t o get Speaks people motivated to, exercise and maybe continue to exercise, even after die holidays, into the New Year. I used to enter a long time ago with my office staff when there were lots of us. I entered last year and exer cised only for November and quit, because I had no motiva tion after that. I didn’t do much o f the triple bonus point events that were held, so m y minutes were only from exercise I did in the evenings. I like to walk. The discussion I had was- about how thé teams are entered, and that there is only one team per department allowed. . If a person wanted to enter a team and they came from a large department,, this person would need to compete to be on thé team, or be chosen. I be lieve that there is only one team per department or organization allowed. ' Now, to be chosen or al lowed to be on the team, they would look af this person and say, “W ill they help us win? Will they participate in the bonus ppkit events to help us win?” : S can see whero.witming is gSpd, youf'team name is put on the sweatshirts, and that is a good thing. But, how much exercise is this winning team actually get ting, aside from the triple 'bo nus ppints? Now, this person was mak ing sense to me because I real ized why I wasn’t chosen to be oh a team this year. I didn’t do the triple bonus point events. I am able to do them but choose not to. So this other person has to compete with co-workers to be on the team, by getting bo nus points. Just plain exercising isn’t enough anymore to get oj§ their team. ; It was further discussed'that it should be,open fo any group o f people who gel together with a team. Maybe a group that gets together for meetings, clubs,, or monthly activities. A department also shouldn’t be restricted to ohé team if there ate enough exercisers for two teâms. «i-. Intakes a lot get motivated, ^Specially around thé holidays. If you’re restricted from a team, why bother? - I’ve been thinking about the petitors in Grand Ronde receive W arm Springs legacy o f the- $2,000 each yearly, we are awed past contrasted with modern and begin to wonder just where times. Thirty to forty years ago have the dividends we should the Warm Springs Reservation have been receiving, going? was considered number 10 in B ack in 2003 at an other the state of Oregon as far as a Simnasho District meeting some business conglomerate. Now we elders stood up to the Tribal are tottering because o f graft. Councilmen who were present Back then when my great grand at that time and asked this very father Chief Simtustus was in question. , charge for 60 years, the back They were brushed aside as bone of the reservation was the though their concerns were hot Warm Springs Forest P roducts. as important as the newer pro Now the mill is shut down posed Columbia River Casino for five weeks with huge per that was being in the works and fect beautiful logs going out daily which would cost $100 million, to be sold to some outside mill after which 10 years had passed, while tribal production people dividends would finally come in. are forced to sit at home with “What a deal,” and aged elder out any work. Poor decisions • exclaimed. “By that time we will were made prior to this like pay be dead. We; need that money ing mill board members $80 an how! And what has happened to hoUr. Caucasians were hired d ie m oney you prom ised us from outside the reservation for back in 1995 for Indian Head quality control, doing evalua Casino? We’re still waiting for tions which the production crew that m oney which has never already could obviously see, only come to us.”;jÌj instead of being paid like a pro- It was at that district meeting d u ctio n crew m em ber, the that Tribal Council members strangers were being paid a lot prom ised that the Colum bia ; of money for over six months, River Casino would be up and which was an obvious waste of running by Septem ber 2005, mill money. The vote at that time for the N ow the m ill, in order to: Columbia River Casinò was un make up for what they spent on der the impression that it would Outsiders, has tribal members, §C0st $100 million. sitting home out of mill work By the end o f 2005 that ca-f while reservation logs are being sino was only on paper and sold to outsiders. W here ar-é here it is alm ost 2008 and it. is those logs going? Where is the still only on paper, and still no m oney for thrive logs go jog? dividends from our present ca- Something is not right, and it has to do with leadership. , Then there is the matter con cerning the, reservation teasino. I Before the Indian Head Casino* was'built in 1995, Tribal Coun cil ¡meniberSf p ro m ised at a : Am ong the m any organic Simnasho meeting that this pro documents, Tribal Couricil de posed: casino would be the new veloped a Proclam ation as a backbone o f the’ reservation to guideline to be more strategic with oui decision-making pro help the people. . So it w as v o ted jo n an d cess, to provide a long-term vi passed, even though some of Us . sion, and also setting good rules,' thought it was too little, too late. as we attempt to bring the tribal Since 1995 up until today in community along with us. 2007, not one Warm Springs The Tribal Council has placed tribal member has received one tribal members on Tribal Coun cent o f monthly o f yearly divi cil Committees to assist with ser dends from Indian Head High vices for the membership. Desert Resort and Casino. > As we proceed to fulfill the I w o uld bé in terested to vision for the C onfederated know júst where the profits are Tribes o f Warm Springs, I’ve going? Non-Native Americans cpme to realize that it is in out outside m n casniO’ who*believea best interest to include thé voices in. the past that we were getting ¡ o f ojur youth. dividends are amazed to learn What do they want their fu-‘ that just,is nothqi&sf* ’ ture to look like? My Elder aunt ’ Qtbe,r N ative A m ericans Aurelia Stacona and tribal youth from other reservations in Cali fo rn ia, Michigan, Washington and even here in Oregon are surprised to learn that we don’t receive individual tribal member dividends. And when we learned Spilyay Tymoo CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMeehan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Reporter: Leslie Mitts Advertising Manager: Sam Howard 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 written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, O R 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541)553-3539. E-Mail: spilyay@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. ill standing suits were finally won by the Warm Springs Reserva tion: One involving lumber theft to tune of $27 million and the other involving past government debts that was around\$30 mil lion, neither of which any tribal member ever saw a penny. So where are all those funds which sh ould h ave , been d iv id ed among the people going? ' Shouldn’t tribal m em bers have a say about where that money should have gone since it really belongs to them? ~ These are hard times for ev eryone. Let’s care about one another now Suaikt, Tewee. aka W illard Spechtrum If you or someone you know have heart o f service, and you are trying to figure out what you can do to serve, then look know further. H ip-H op W orship is the brainchild o f Tommy Kyllonen, who is the. ¿tithor of “The Un orthodox Christian.” Tommy is vfrell known fo r is hip-hop lyrics % MTV and BET. <; Tommy now is -the Pastor of the Crossover Church in Tampa, Fla. Without further ado, Hip- Hop Worship is being launched here on+;the reservation. Hip Hop. Worship is on Sat urdays at the Spechtrum Youth Center from 9 p.m .-l 1 p.m. Re freshments will be served every Saturday evening, following wor ship. W hat we need: Hospitality greeters, welcome committee, praise dancers, break dancers, rappers, chairs, singers* DJ/MC,- and much more. Please Contact: Q uantae’ L. Cole a t 553.1078 or em ail' him quantae.cde@exyp.org; Letters of apology Twould like to apologize for my actions have brought to our' the events that I was involved family name. Further ! apolo in at Elrrief Quinn Park on the gize to the people o f W arm night of July 2007 at I2v5l a.m. Springs. It will not happen again. I now realize the events, I had Ronald Gfaystar. done w ere w ro ng arid have I am sorry I broke tribal law l'earrieti m y lfe^sOn from the events that had taken place. Sin last month by assaulting some- - ■ one. I'apologize to my tribe for cerely, Matthew B. Garcia. my wrong doings. I am deeply' To family, friends, members sorry and am trying to change of the Warm Springs commu my ways to right ways. O h ce: nity, I would like to extend my again I am sorry. F urth er I heart-felt apologies for being apologize to my grandpa and my drunk in public and being un sister. Mandy Suppah. der the influence of illegal sub To the Warm Springs com stances. I am truly sorrV I had hurt anyone physically, emotion munity, I am remorseful for my - ally, spiritually. Again I am truly actions that took place on No sorry for my actions. Jackie vember 1, 2007. I plead guilty to a charge o f driving while Smith. under the influence o f intoxi I am sorry F broke tribal law cants bn November |>, 2007. 1 am sincerely expressing re on October 1, 2007 by driving under the influence of alcohol. gret for my actions andlencbur- - I do know I could have put o.jte age everyone to seek a desig-’ ers in danger by doing this. Jt nated driver, if you choose to was stupid to have done this consume alcoholic beverages this holiday season. Respectfully, again. £ For this I am sorry. I apolo Raymond Tsumpti Jr. gize to. my family for the shame Indian Youth Conference returning to Warm Springs made the ¡successful bid Tor the 2008 Northwest Indian Youth Conference.1 to Warm Springs, Oregon to b e held on the last week ro f May 2008..'. Thirty-three years ago other Elder relatives, the Tribal Couny cil Agency District'Representa tive Bernice Mitchell, her áster atw ai V etbppa Q-rpene, and Charles Jody Calica initiated the first Northwest Indian Youth Conference at Warm Spring^* so we have brought the moveménf into a full dffcle. ■*' Our high school Indian Club participated in this Conference back in the day! Wilson Wewa was our club president and I served as the vice president. Tod^y .we commend the ef forts o f our Elders for their good hearts and good minds’.to fundraising activities willi soon bring a magnificent event to our be under way. In/gratitude to our Elders land. The theme is, i “The Ances and Youth, I am asking the tribal tors will be-our strength for the com m unity, tribal program s, future.” We extiect over T,000 and especially the parents and ‘.youth to come forward and vol youth to attend, which means ■ that we* will be creative in pro unteer with this event, please. At this time, the conference viding the lodging and meeting rooms as this exceeds the maxi Committee in clu d es A u re lia mum Capacity for Kah-Nee-Ta Stacona, Ervanna Littleeagle, Resort. Aurelia placed the goal Mike Collins, Jilleen Lamb* Ja D esh aw n o f making at least a half-dozen son ■ S taco n a, Littleeagle, Allen Pinkham Jr. tepees. Along with the conference, and Aurolyn Stwyer. You may there will be evening entertain contact the Tribal Council A d ment, basketball tournam ent,15 ministrative Staff at 553-3257 horse endurance race, pow-wow, to indicate your interest in serv round dance, oral story/speech ing as a volunteer. - Aurolyn Stwyer, Simnasho contest, go lf tournament, 5K run, art show, traditional parade, District'Representative and Vice fashion show, talent show and Chair. Regarding letters Myths and facts about diabetes By Elsie Howard feel fuller on fewer calories. This is a true or false ques W hen the water combines tion, so grab a pencil and circle with the food, it expands the your best answer. volume; o f food in your stom Drinking a glass o f Water dur ach and makes you feel fuller ing a meal reduces you r appetite and faster. helps you eat less. True or false? You- alsp can fill up on fewer Answer: True. calories by eating watery foods, D rinking a glass o f water' such as broth-based soups, veg during your meal can help you etables and fruits. These foods afe low in calo ries and high in volume—:so you feel fuller faster. P lease co ntact m e i f you have any questions at 553-2478. E lsie Howard, D iabetes Nurse Educator, Warm Springs Diabetes Program. . Thank you for writing to the Spilyay Tymoo. P lea se , w h en w ritin g , keep in m ind that letters should be o f no m ore than 350 words. Letters th at are .too lo n g w ill have to be cut. P lease su b m it o n ly one letter per person per e d itio n . N o lib e lo u s s ta te m e n ts m ay be* p rin te d in th e paper/ Again, thank you. Happy Birthday and other wishes... Happy holidays to my family. I miss you all so much. Love always, Annie Dee. Happy belated birthday to Pam ela Jo y Saunders-Fuiava. Take care. Love always, Annie Dee. Happy belated birthday to my brother, Ford Wyatt Fuiava. I love you, bro. Miss you. Love always, you r NaNa Annie Deie. H ap p y b irth d ay to m y s is t e r K ishon M a rily n Fuiava. I love you with all m y heart. You behave, ok. L o ve, y o u r N an a A n n ie Dee. H ap p y b irth d ay to m y Momma on Dec. 7. M ay the Lord be with you always. I know times can be hard, Mom, but when fall, pick yourself back up and keep moving forward. Love always, Annie Dee. Happy belated birthday to Stacy Lynn. God bless you. Love always, Annie Dee. H appy a n n iv e rs a ry ] Young an d Oly. We love | and wish you m any more!} Love, L aM ousie, B-Love, and C-Dog and A.D. Happy belated birthday Shirley Heath, hopeyou had a good day, Selena.
