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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 2008)
E Coosh EEWA: The wgy it is Page 4 Welcome support at casino hearings By Selena Boise Management Successor With the hearings well into the second week, it seems there are a lot of people stepping forward to ,----------. speak about the en- Spilyay vironmental impact Speaks o f the tribes’ casino - - plan for Cascade Locks. Person ally, I believe it is going to be a plus for many o f us. I saw a picture of the indus trial site on a w ebsite when searching for information about the casino at the gorge. This pic ture had a smoke cloud rising from a location near where the casino is to be built. Now just how environmentally friendly is that for the scenic gorge? Well, I couldn’t make it to the first meeting, but have heard the word around town about com ments spoken and I am grate ful to hear that so many people stepped forward to speak about this. N ot an easy thing to do, but definitely worthwhile considering that they are looking for opinions. Was glad to hear that some one spoke about how the Warm Springs tribes helped G rand Ronde become a recognized tribe again. I know that it was spoken before in the early stages o f the casino at the gorge. The way I see it is that the Columbia River provided for our people, and other treaty tribes. The dams that were built took away Celilo Falls, talk about envi Letters to the Editor A thank you O n b e h a lf o f my sister Kami Wahnetah, and our imme diate family, I would like to give a big thank you to all the friends and family from Warm Springs, Arizona, Salem and Canada who expressed co n cern fo r my sister’s wellbeing as well as our families. Special thanks to Amanda and Granny for telling me right away. T hanks to o fficer Hanchor for confirming it for me and to Uncle Lyle Rhoan Sr. for helping out with funds the first day which was very vital. We the family don’t have the words to express the gratitude for all the thoughts and prayers. She’s getting better every day! Love you all. Denise A. Smith, Kami Wahnetah, and all the kids. Harsh words To our Warm Springs N a tion, peoples, Ee took Tee kah daugth. I would like to apologize to our Tribal Council, tribal attor neys, tribal consultants and most of all our tribal people. I ’m sorry for my harsh words in the last Spilyay. I know you are going your best for our people. At times I get frustrated and write when I should just keep my big mouth shut. I hope I’m wrong on this but from my reading I don’t think this present Secretary o f the Interior is going to approve our casino in the Columbia Gorge. I’ve stated this before. I think ronm ental im pact. Salm on runs o u r c a s in o w o u ld b e th e se e d to were never the same after that. There are still meetings set up throughout this week for Comments about the environ m en tal im pact. I hear talk around town that people are in terested and will be attending. I am glad. There is talk about tribal members unable to make the commute to work at this pos sible new casino. I can only see that there would be fewer bud get cuts from year to year and m ore jobs available to tribal members on the reservation. Bring back the jobs that were cut in previous budget cuts. So, try to attend the meetings, keep informed, yet again. create our own city o fW a rm Springs, Oregon. Build the ca sino up by Mill Creek Bridge and catch all the traffic coming out of Portland to create our own city of Warm Springs, Or egon. In a few short years, Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville, etc. are going to connect and be one big metropolis, and we will be the only game in tow n__ Plus we keep our business in house, on our rez... When was the last time a white guy kept his word?! N ever... They never will... We must be real careful how we spend (waste) these mil lions o f resources and hopefully these investments will help our children, Elders, us. Again, I apologize and I ’m sorry for my harsh words. I know you are all doing your best for u s... Thank you. Bobby Stone setting Douglas M. Williams H eadstone setting that was scheduled for March 24 has been postponed until a later date. The new date will be announced. Williams family. Spilyay Tym oo March 13, 2ÖO8 Eagleheart. didn’t have a car. Thanks to Joey for his patience and time. Grate fully yours, Lucille and Ralph Aguilar Sr. Missing you It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to ap preciate them, a day to love, but an entire life to forget them. “Chris.” You were so full of life, always smiling and carefree. Life loved you being a part of it and I loved you being a part o f mine. You could always make me laugh if I was having a bad day. N o matter how sad I was, you could take my hurt away... Nothing could ever stop you or even make you fall, you were ready to take on the world, ready to do it all, but God saw that you were getting tired so He put his arms around you and whis pered, “Come w ith Me.” So from this world left us all God broke our hearts to prove to us H e only takes the best. But none can ever take you place .and until the day we meet again, may G o d h o ld you in his arm s... Always and forever, “One love, Chicana love.” Joanna Arce. Item found A b eaded keychain was found in the courtroom on Feb. 21. I f you think it might be yours, call us at tribal court. Describe it and we’ll be happy to give it back to the rightful owner. Will hold on to it till the item is found by owner. 553- Longest Walk 2 Dear family and friends, I would like to tell every one hi and thank you to those w ho helped me prom ote “The Longest Walk 2” in Warm Springs, Madras and Culver, especially to Juanita and Gary Villa, who I had a good visit with and a lot of encouragement. T h an k s also to my brother Leon Charger (from Portland) who made a staff for me to carry. Thanks to Calvin Hecocta for making it possible to fly to San Fran cisco, it was a welcome sur prise. Thanks to all my friends from Portland who came to see me off in San Francisco, and joined in the first part o f the walk. W ish I had more time with all o f you, had a. lot o f meetings at the time, plus I knew you all had to go back to work. Thank you Ina and Collen for rushing to make my sons grass dance o u tfit for Lincoln’s Powwow, can’t wait to see it. Thank you Uncle Austin Smith for calling my sister Lisa to inquire about me, and pledging money to the walk. Thanks Dad for the ear rings, the moccasins, and en couragement. Thanks to all the-people at the Portland Community College Pow wow for the blanket offer ing. Thanks to the drummers Dennis Banks and Bonita Eaglefawn Leonard, Longest Walk 2, 2008 who encouraged my 5-year-old son Dominicio to drum with th em d uring th e powwow. Thanks Uncle Dennis Leonard for shoes and jumpsuits. Thank you sister Lisa for always being there for me and phone cards; tell the family I love them; give all the» kids hugs and kisses. Tell A u n t M ercy and Lil Bull, E aglefaw n loves th em and they’re in my prayers. As for how I ’m doing, tired and getting blisters (smile).. So far it’s been a very spiritual and educational experience. As for why I’m on this walk, I’m here to offer my suffering to the Creator for all the reasons that make life sacred; for my ances tors, for my own personal rea sons, for my friends and family who couldn’t make it. I want to show it will take everyone to save mother earth so I ’m invit ing people o f every race, reli gion, etc. to join us. Walk with us part o f the way or the rest o f the way, even from one end o f town to the next or city to the next, it’s not too late, call ahead to your friends and relatives along our route to join us. So far we met Rhoans that were living California that were from W arm Springs w ho came to a staff ceremony. I ’ll close for now. Love you all. To my son Dominicio Eaglewarrior Tafoya, I carry you in my heart on this walk and always, hugs and kisses. To my spiritual teacher and mentor Dennis Banks, thank you and love you. Bonita Eaglefawn Leonard. P.S. Any d o n atio n s or T racefone cards sent to: Josephine Tafoya, PO Box 304, Culver, OR 97734. 3278. T r i b a l c o u r t . H appy B irthday and other wishes... Bottle drive A botde drive fundraiser for the Rez Express All-Indian High School Boys Basketball Team, representing Warm Springs, is on-going until July. All proceeds go toward travel expenses for the 2008 Native American Basketball Invitational Tournament (NABI) in Phoenix, Ariz. For donations and pickup, please co n tac t Sammi O’Reilly, Val and Rita Squiemphen. Thank you for writing to the Spilyay Tymoo. The next date by which to sub mit letters for publication is Friday, March 21. Happy birthday, Hester. We love you very much and wish the very best. Mom and Dad and Jay. Happy birthday Auntie Hester. Love you, Jovon and Trent Heath. Happy firsts, birthday to my great grand- d a u g h te r Annalese. Love, great grandpa. H appy birthday A u n tie Hester on March 6. Love you very much. Paelynn Jim. Happy birthday in March to Betty J. Stephens. With much love and prayer, Leminie. H appy b i r th d a y , L y d e 1 1 Suppah, from your sister D e ll a r a e . Love you. Happy | birthday uncle Lydell. From Josiah, Damon, Avan and Falon. Love you. Happy belated birthday to my son Kevin Smith Jr. From Mom. H appy ' birthday Mikayla, with lots of love from Papa and Kuthla. Happy belated birthday to George Aguilar Sr. on Feb. 22. Happy birthday to my son Kyle Smith. From Mom. H appy first birthday Happy birthday Mikayla from March 18 to our beautiful .Mom, Kirstie Bear and Cha Cho daughter Annalese Omarah and Brooklyn. Lynn. Love, your mom and H appy b irth d ay Mikayla Dad. fro m A n to in e tte ,. Ralph, Happy Anniversary to my husband on March 16. From your wife, Daisy. Happy first birthday Annalese. Love, grandpa Joe, Michelle, Raefel, Nola, Mad, Les and all your cousins. Appreciated I would like to thank Joey Surface of Rez Rover for help ing my husband and I while we One goal at a time is a big step towards staying healthy by Jeri Kollen, RN Spilyay T ym o o (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan 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, OR 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. ]F.S. Diabetes Program Nurse Healthy goals are set by you. A goal can be anything in your life that you would like to accomplish. Could be “I am going to eat breakfast (two, four?) times a week. Could be “I ’m going to make my lunch for work (two?) times a week.” If you never eat breakfast or take your lunch to work, these are big tasks to do. Goals are very personal. It is your life, you know more about it than anyone else. Is there anything that you would like to be able to do? Is there*step you can make to make that happen? If you would like help' set ting goals, call for an appoint ment with a nutritionist at 553- 2478, a Diabetes Program pro vider at 553-2478, or with your, provider at 553-2610. Create defensible space to help fire response by Suzi Macy Prevention Technician 1F.S. Fire Management You hear a lot about defen sible space these days, but what exactly is defensible space? Defensible space is a buffer zone, a minimum 3-foot non combustible area around your home. This buffer zone reduces the intensity and risk o f a wildfire starting or spreading to your hom e. D efensible space de pends on clearing flammable material away from your home. Although a 3-foot distance is standard, additional clearance as great as 100 feet may be neces sary as the slope o f your lot in creases. Defensible space not only helps protect your home in the critical minutes it takes a fire to pass, it also gives fire fighters an area to work in. During a large-scale fire, w hen m any homes are at risk, fire fighters must focus on homes they can safely defend. Here are some hints you, as a homeowner, can do to make your home more fire-safe: Reduce flammable vegeta tion, trees and brush around your home. Pruce or remove trees. Cut grass and weeds regu larly. Relocate woodpiles and leftover building materials. Keep them at least 30 feet from your home. Keep your roof, gutters and yard clean. Remove dead branches within 10 feet o f your chimney. H ave addresses and road signs visible to allow fire fight ers and other emergency person nel to find your home easily. Help keep your home in the safety zone!
