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December 20, 2007
Spilyay Tymoo, WarmSprings, Oregon
Howlak Tichum
Leah Louise Boise,
Leah Louise Boise died on
December 4 at age 52 as the
result of a car accident.
Boise was bom on March
16,1955 in Warm Springs to
Phillip and. Margaret (Char
ley) Boise. She was a lifetime
resident of the Warm
Springs/Madras area.
She was employed as an
activities director for the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
1955-2007
Springs as well as an enrolled
member.
Survivors include her
mother, Margaret Boisé, of
Warm Springs; her children,
Young Boise & Cyntie LeClaire,
both of Warm Springs, and
Ezekiel LeClaire of Salem;
brother Davis Boise, Tony
Boise, and Earl Boise all of
Warm Springs; sisters Rose
Saludo and Liz Yaw, both of
BlackStar Seago WhiteWolf,
BlackStar
Seago
WhiteWolf, artist, healer*
mother, grandmother, great
grandmother, passed away
on November 25, 2007, at
home surrounded by her chil
dren Ann, David, Lavonne,
Lynne, and Cord. She was 89
years old.
BlackStar was born Octo
ber 26, 1918; in Bosque
County Texas. She spent her
early years on th^ Willis
Ranch along the Brazos River
and Fall Creek, She rode her
horse up Comanche Peak,
only a few miles away.
J When she was 18 years
old, BlackStar placed an ad
for a pen pal in the Ranch
Romance magazine. A young
Pennsylvanian by the name
of David Rotz answered. He
was so taken by her letters
and pictures that he came out
to Texas with his Martin gui
tar, and Swept her off her
feet She married her sweet
heart in the Spring o f-1939.
BlackStar and Dav&
started their family in Texas,
then moved to their ranch in
Montana. There, they regis
tered their Lone Star brand
and used it for their cattle and
horses. They were both ex
cellent shots with their hunt
ing rifles, even from horse-
Reminding young people they
are capable and intelligent
Warm Springs; and numer
ous children and great grand
children. A son, a brother
and her father all preceded
her ih death.
A dressing ceremony was
held on December 7 at the
Warm Springs Shaker
Church. Burial was on De
cember 8 at the Agency
Cemetery.
B y Shaw n M orford
Warm Springs 4-H
Youth Development
1918-2007
back, and provided for their
family from their gardens, for
ests, and rivers.
. •
Years later BlackStar and
Dave moved from Montana to
Arizona, then to Crescent City,
CA, and finally to the Rogue
River Valley. There, Dave could
plant a wooden hoe handle and
watch it grow and blossom into
a full blown peach tree... a very
pleasing sight. They had a good
life together until Dave passed
away in J anuary, 1986.
BlackStar .never saw another
who. could take his place.
At an early age, BlackStar
accompanied her Granny to the
homes of the sick and dying, to
bring healing. In later years, she
served wherever and whenever
she could, to counsel those'who
had lost their wày, tò bring back
more than one from the dark
ness of coma and disease.
BlackStar was welcomed by
those of many cultures, voca
tions, and religions. They even
came from Japan and the Ama
zon to speak with her. The Na
tional Council of American In
dians, as well às otter jj&lòmlriènt i
organizations, recognized, her
life-long cohtnbution to the wel
fare, of Native Americans, and
bestowed her with honors. She
touched so many lives, it is dif
ficult to measure just how much
of a difference she made. We
cannot imagine ourselves
without her.
BlackStar often said, “Life
is a Circle. We are born in
Springtime in the East, where
childhood and new life begin.
In the South and Summer, as
young adults, we grow and
produce. In the West, it is
Fall... our Autumn. As ma
ture adults, we stock up and
prepare for the Winter. When
we come to the North, we
are greeted as elders. Feeling
the cold, we shiver and re
treat to the fire, where we tell
stories and pass on our wis
dom to the young ones. Fi
nally, if we live long enough,
we return to the East and a.
new childhood again, before,
crossing over to the Spirit
World.”
BlackStar made the full
circle just as she knew it
would be. Now she is walk
ing her new trail with her
husband Dave beside her.
Her wolf Tie’Bit’z died De
cember 12, and runs to catch
up^so* HewoA’t miss this jour
ney with her. And when our
time comes to find a path
over the Great Divide,
BlackStar will be there to
greet us.
"Suvate, “Itis enough;|||l
I once heard the state.-
ment, “There is a fundamen
tal difference between intel
ligence and having informa
tion. Young people lack in
formation about the world
but are fully intelligent.”,
I like this statement. If
adults assume that all children
are fully intelligent, then we
take them seriously, even at
times when they seem to us
not to be acting very smart
Taking young people seri
ously is a key to the develop
ment of their self-esteem and
ability to thrive and contrib
ute as adults.
One thing we know about
youth development is that
young people have very
good antennae - they are
constantly looking for feed-:
back from older people to
tell them how they are.
Children are bom with ex
cellent self esteem but they
look for feedback from older
people as they grow. If adults
give children consistent mes
sages that they are clever,
smart, and capable, they be
lieve it and grow up to see
themselves this way.
Research tells us that chil
dren pick up these messages
at a very young age. If chil
dren become convinced that
they are not capable and smart,
it takes a lot more work and in
tervention to convince .them
otherwise later in life. Some of
us spend much of our lives re
learning that we are fully intelli
gent and capable.
Young people who receive
daily dosés of positive messages
about themselves will imprint
titese. ideas tin their head, and will
often reinforce it fry making
positive choices.
, Ppsitiye,self esteemjeads kids
to be resilient, whereby even in
tough situations they will bounce
back and thrive because they
have a positive self-image. |
Young pepple who grow up
believing that they are not ca
pable often continue reinforc
ing that beliefby making choices
that keep them in a negative
cycle.
If we as adults remind ouf-
selves that kids are fully intelli
gent but just lacking in formation
about, the world around them,
then it’s easier to avoid judging
statenaents rjjat. break clown,
their self-esteem.. This is a
simpleidea, but not that easy to-
do, especially when we some
times get frustrated at kids’ be- •
havior.
The key is. to separate the
undesirable behavior from the
young person themselves. If the
child believes overall that adults
think they “rock” (are compe
tent and intelligent) , then redi
recting a young person’s unde-
sirable behavior won’t erode
how they think of them
selves..
Praising their accomplish
ments, actively listening to
them, asking them questions
about their feelings and opin
ions, and including them in
decisions that affect them
are some of the ways adults
show they take ypungpeople
seriously. , v
Positive youth develop
ment is a term that is used
by organizations like 4-H to
help remind kids that they
are capable and intelligent.
We are aiming to influence
the* 5 Cs-— competence:
(skills), confidence,, connec
tion, character, and caring.
All of these things are.needed
by young people in order to
accomplish the 6*
contribution. When young
people feel competent, have
self confidence,' fefel con
nected to people, their com
munity and their culture,
have .a sense of right and
wrong, and have empathy for
others, they are more likely,
to make positive contribu
tions to their communities as
adults.
It’s a reminder to all of
us to continually praise kids
fc*r the things they are doing
well, and to find ways to re
mind them they are a valued
part of the community and
families.
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of the Rez Express Boys High School Basketball Team.
The team is planning to travel to Phoenix, Ariz., for the
2008 Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI).
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