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Challenge a
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Young an d Oly. We love |
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Love, L aM ousie, B-Love,
and C-Dog and A.D.
Happy belated birthday
Shirley Heath, hopeyou had
a good day, Selena.