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By Selena Boise
Management Successor
So, what do you think o f the
trib e ’s situ atio n this week?
Seems there is a whole lot going
on with the casino ,----------.
hearings scheduled,
Spilyay
and then the mill
Speaks
closing partially.
This is the time for all tribal
members to become informed
about the details surrounding
these events. Attend a meeting
and listen, you may find your
self forming and opinion and
speaking about it at the meet
ing
There is a meeting scheduled
for March 3, 6:00 p.m., at Kah-
Nee-Ta to discuss the draft En
vironmental Impact Statement.
After reading articles that I re
ceived through e-mail, I also
read at a website some com
ments and opinions that were
posted. C om m ents were on
both sides, either for or against
the casino at the Gorge, but in
teresting reading.
I also read an article that was
printed in the Smoke Signals,
newspaper of the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde. I
found it interesting in a sense
that I am still convinced that
their interests are associated with
greed. Because another article
stated that their concern is that
this new casino would deeply cut
into their profits.
If our casino at the Gorge
was up and running already, then
our tribe could better provide
for those families affected by the
layoff at Warm Springs Forest
Products.
I rem em ber w hen I first
moved back here, there were
programs to help us become
employed and develop work eth
ics. I was hired at the Spilyay on
a program for single mothers. I
became a full-time employee,
and that was 26 years ago.
Programs like that could help
others become self-sufficient.
Programs like that could help
unemployed mill workers who
need to provide for their fami-
Ees.
Word about the mill and this
possible lay off was circulating
recently. When the last big lay
off occurred my family was af
fected by it. My husband’s wages
were cut by one-third and we
had to make some huge adjust
ments. N ow imagine an em
ployee taking 100 percent cut
in wages.
Like I stated before, stay in
formed and become involved.
State your opinion, and be heard.
This is your tribe.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote 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, OR
97761.
Spilyay Tymoo February 28, 2 0 0 8
Letters to the Editor
Thank you
A thank you
I wish to thank all my friends
at the Early Childhood Educa
tion Center for their kind wishes
and words on Valentines Day.
* I will treasure your cards al
ways. I truly felt “the love” of
the day. No. 197 bus driver,
I am writing this letter to
praise the Lord and thank him
from all our family, Stacy and
Kevin Smith family, Agnes and
Kendrick A rthur, Val Fuiava
and children, sister Rebekah
Hunt. For all the support that
came to help us during the loss
of our beloved daughter Dannie
Alise Lawrence.
T h an k you auntie Daisy,
Leona and Lovie Ike. Uncle
Larry D ick, auntie Ram ona
Schuster. E a sto n and T ina
A guilar, K im and O n te
Lum pm outh. We very m uch
appreciate all your compassion
and love you gave us. Thank
you Reva and Deannie Johnson,
uncle
Rico
T h o m p so n ,
G randm a Gladys, and auntie
Marcia M inthorn. We very
much respect our elders and
cousins, family.
Thank you to the Spino and
Moran family for the food and
deer. T h an k you R o setta
Fuentes for making huckleberry
pies. Thank you Alice Sampson
for being a lifelong family friend.
We love you and last but not less
o f a thank you.
To Viola Govenor, God bless
you. Also a special thank you to
everyone from atwai D anni’s
children and her siblings. Sin
cerely,
Tina Towler.
*88 reunion
T he M adras H igh School
class o f 1988 reunion is ap
proaching. We are looking for
people who graduated in 1988.
Please contact Molly (Mad
den) Hoffman at:
bmhoffy@hawaii.rr.com.
We are planning our class re
union for August 8-10, 2008.
Thank you. Molly Hoffman.
Grieving
M artina, L ucinda, Jam ie,
Ambrose; Stan, Vesta and Eliza,
I ’m writing this letter to apolo
gize to my nieces and nephews.
For walking out on your mother’s
funeral. I left feeling confused
and hurt.
I was the cook.
I was confused in how our
elders were treating each other,
with such anger.
I did not want to be any part
of the situation. I’m saying to
myself this is my family, the el
der woman o f our family. I
could not handle it. Again I’m
truly sorry for my actions and
letting words get to me, and did
not pray for what was being said
amongst my family.
And I want to thank whoever
took over the cooking and clean
ing up and finished up. Mayour
C reator bless each one and
w atch over your family and
homes.
I ’m asking for prayer also.
That I can continue my gift of
cooking. It’s hard when you also
have laid a very special person
to rest. My auntie Ellen, she was
my teacher, counselor, encour-
ager, wasn’t afraid to correct me
when I needed, share everything
that I was doing in my life. So
I’m also grieving, bear with me,
pray for me.
This letter is not meant to
hurt anyone. It’s to help each of
us to learn from the situation,
mainly me. I do truly enjoy
cooking in the Longhouses. Sin
cerely,
Teresa Suppah (L.T.)
Kevin and Stacy Smith Sr.
Our water
To our Warm Springs Nation’s
People,
Ee took Tee kah daugth.
C a n ce r, c an c er, c a n c e r
seem s h ere recently we have a
lot o f our people dying from this
man made sickness. A few years
ago nobody in our community
ever heard o f cancer.
I wrote about this before and
in fact have personally brought
this up to our so called leaders,
Tribal Council, a num ber o f
times; not the present Council,
though; so consider this an open
cry, letter to our Council and all
people that live and work in
Warm Springs.
We are the only people, the
only people, community to take
our drinking w ater from the
D esch u tes River. Bend,
Redmond, Sisters, Madras, etc.,
dump their human, industrial,
animal, farming, etc. waste into
the D eschutes River and we
drink and bathe in this waste-
water.
Think about this, for once in
your life actually make the ef
fort to think about the health
o f our people instead o f end
lessly thinking about your per
sonal family greed.
I remember when we took
our drinking water from the
Shitike Creek. Nobody got can
cer. .. Now we take our drink
ing, bathing water from the cess
pool Deschutes River... Every
time you take a drink or bathe
you are at risk o f getting can
cer; all our people.
All these millions Council,
tribal attorneys and consultants
are hustling our people out of
could have gone toward a new
water plant on the Shitike, new
middle school, high school, teen
club, community center. How
m uch is our children’s lives
worth? That’s what we are do
ing by ignoring these crucial is
sues ... killing our children so we
can have this sick gambling;..
greedy jerks, so called leaders,
so I hope this present Council
is less selfish and actually does
something for our people for
once... Our Warm Springs chil
dren, Elders...
We, o u r W arm Springs
Nation’s people, must protect
our children and Elders, our
selves, because it is obvious that
our so called leaders will not put
our people’s well being ahead of
their personal g reed... H ow
much money, is our children’s
lives w orth? T h in k a b o u t th is ...
we are killing our children for
greed, money, gambling... what
ever happened to thinking Seven
Generations ahead.
In my 60 years o f living in
Springs, the last few Councils
and adm inistrations are the
worst, selfish, greediest I’ve ever
experienced.
I hope and pray this present
Council will do something good
for our children, Elders, us, in
stead o f feeding their selfish
personal family greed.
Bobby Eagleheart
Relatives, friends
Relatives and friends, our
b ro th e r is very ill. T hom as
James Benson o f White Swan,
Wash. Son o f late M abel
Kishawalk Benson and Horsely
Benson. For inform ation you
can call Diana Benson (509-930-
3446) or Caroline Dick (509-
854-1012).
To visit him at his home, he
is Totus Park house 134. Thank
you for your time too.
Place to stay
I send greetings to you from
the Santiam Correctional Insti
tution in Salem. I’m writing to
ask if there is anybody with an
established residence that would
do the kindness o f taking me
into your home. I haven’t been
around the rez for some years
and now I’ve been incarcerated
for the past 11 months. Assault
in the fourth. But I would like
to return to the Warm Springs
com m unity to make a fresh
start.
I plan to look for and main
tain a position in the workforce
there. Given yet another chance
I am o f a mind to quit my no
madic and alcoholic ways. I get
my monthly per capita and I can
also apply for food stamps and
possibly general assistance to
help with resident costs. The
home will be checked by the
parole department for alcohol,
stability and children, there can
not be children or alcohol on the
premises. I will be looking to set
up my own residence and self
caring program immediately, so
your help would be unselfish and
short as possible. With that, may
the Great Spirit bless and smile
on you all. Thank you and you
can contact me by letter and
co n fid en tially
at:
Tyree
Stormbringer, Santiam Correc
tional Institution, no. 4689955,
4500 Aumsville Hwy. SE, Salem,
OR 97317. My release date is
April 7. I will be going to Al
bany first and then on to Warm
Springs. Again, thank you for
your
atten tio n .
Tyree
Stormbringer.
Thank you
I just wanted to announce
that I got married Sunday the.
24th at 1 p.m. at th e W arm
Springs Shaker Church to Gy
K in d n ess o f M uC kleshoot,
Wash. I finally found some one
who treats me right, respects me
and loves me for who I am and
not what I look like. We also
w anted to thank those who
made it and those who were
there spiritually and in heart.
T h an k you, Vera Kindess
(used to be Thomas) and Gy
Kindness.
Myths and facts about diabetes
for any one, but can be espe
cially hazardous for people with
By Elsie Howard
■ M y th : li can’t eat salt -if I
have diabetes.
Fact: Most people with dia
betes do not need to completely
avoid salt.
Salt is just one source o f the
mineral sodium. O ther major
sources o f sodium in the typi
cal American diet are fast foods,
snack foods like chips and pret
zels, and processed foods. All of
these foods have too much salt.
If you choose more fresh (or
fresh frozen) goods, instead of
highly processed foods, then a
little salt can be added to your
food.
Too much sodium is not good
high b lo o d p ressure, kidney d is
ease, heart disease, and liver dis
ease.
I f you have any o f these
problems, it is important to ask
your doctor or nutritionist how
much sodium you should con
sume.
The average person with dia
betes can safely consume about
2,400 mg o f sodium per day. It
is lower for diabetics with renal
(kidney) disease).
Please co n tact me if you
have any questions at 553-2478.
E lsie H ow ard, Diabetes
Nurse Educator, Warm Springs
Diabetes Program.
Happy Birthday and other wishes...
Native Circle
Dear Warm Springs, We, the
Native Circle here at Columbia
River Correctional Institution in
Portland, are humbly asking if
Warm Springs can donate fire
wood and medicines to us for
our sweat lodge ceremonies. We
are presently having a problem
acquiring any and would very
much appreciate your help.
We thank you for any assis
tance you can give. To make a
donation, please call me at (503)
280-6646, ext. 248.
Respectfully,
Chaplain Blix, Columbia
River Correctional Institution
Native Circle.
Memorial delay
We the family o f Teresa
McKinley want to apologize for
the confusion in the cancellation
o f our announced memorial
dinner on February 9,2008. But
due to the death of my sister
Amelia C olw ash’s daughter,
Ellen Davis, we agreed to wait
until a later date. We will an
nounce or put posters up when
we agree on a date. Thank you.
M axine M cK inley and
children.
Happy 18th birthday, Auntie
A m y and Ha^el. Love, Bennie
and Ha%en.
Happy 18th birthday, Amy
and Hazel. Love, Bird.
H ap p y b irth d a y , A u n tie
A m y a n d H a z e l. L o v e,
K am elia, JJ, Marrika.
H a p p y birthday, A m y
and H a zel. L ove, yo u r
Nana Danielle.
H appy 88th birthday to
Alvis Smith Sr., the eldest
Wasco tribal member. From
Vernon Smith Sr.
Happy birthday, Dad. Love,
Bird.
Happy birthday, Grandpa.
Love, B ennie and H azen.
H appy birthday D ad. Love,
Amy and Hazel.
Happy birthday, Grandpa.
Love, Kamelia, JJ, Marrika.
Happy 18th birthday,
Nana. Love, Des, Baby
Charlie, Charles, Grandpa
Ray, and Nisqually Val
ley.
Happy 18th birthday,
Ruggie. Love, Mom,
Dad, and Shay-Shay.
Happy 2 1 st birthday,
MoMo. Love, Mom, Rich
ard, Tasha, Shay-Shay.
Happy belated birthday to
Blanche Mitchell, from the
Speakthunder-Dan^uka family.
H appy a n n iv e rsa ry to
W illis and Odessa Ander
so n . We lo ve yo u b o th
v e ry m uch. From W illie
Danzuka and family.
, Happy birthday to Romelle
Danzuka from you little trouble
maker Keyshawn Speakthunder.
Love you with all my heart.
Dena, Thank you for every
thing that you have done for me
and my family. You are like a
sister to me rather than a cousin.
I am very happy that you ac
cepted to be my maid o f honor
for my wedding. Thanks. We
love you very much. Willie and
Romelle Danzuka. I hope you
had a wonderful birthday on
Feb. 12.
Happy second birthday
to Baby Bruce.
Happy 5th birthday to Alina
Smith.
H a p p y b irth d a y to
Bridget Kalama Culpus.
Happy birthday to Jeanine
Kalama.
From Leminie.
H a p p y b ela ted Valen
tines Day to m y brother A1
Kelly, from Ira.
H appy birthday to our
To N icholas and Harley,
frien d and n eig h b o r happy belated Valentines Day,
D esm ond Katchia. From from their cousins Ha%en and
K eysh aw n and P a tty Copen.
Speakthunder.
H appy V a le n tin e ’s
Day to LU “B ” Love you
always, A d rien n e and
Kurtis