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Miss WS
History
By Duran Both
In 1969, “Hooked on a Feel
ing” by BJ Thomas peaked at
number 5 on the charts. The
Beedes performed their last gig
as a group, free. And Dorothy
George was crowned MWS.
In 1977, the Bionic Woman
debuted on ABC.
B arry
Manilow’s “I Write the Songs”
topped the charts. Stephen
King’s “Carrie” was published.
And Aurolyn Stwyer-Pinkham
was the new MWS.
Ahead to 1980, when YMCA
was on top of the charts, and
the “Y ” sued the Village People
while Dorothy Yahtin wore the
MWS crown.
In 1984, with f
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Spilyay
the sash around
Speaks
Lena Ike’s shoul
der, com p act
disks were devel
oped by Philips & Sony.
1992, Seinfeld debuts, US
postage is raised to 29 cents, and
Tony Harding wins her champi
onship while Merle Kirk serves
as MWS.
A t the turn, in 1999,
Superbow l XX XII B roncos
over Packers 31-24. And Intel
launched the Pentium II chip
while Rebecca Soliz represented.
Jennifer Lopez scored her hit
“Love Don’t Cost a Thing” and
Windows XP becomes available
in 2002. C ecelia H errera
served as MWS.
MER-B landed on the sur
face of Mars in 2005. Google
introduces g-mail and Christine
Johnson serves as MWS.
MWS represents the tribes.
She is a tribal member, 18 to
24 years of age, unmarried, with
no dependents.
MWS has a knowledge of
the reservation and the tribes.
She has p o ise, p erso n ality,
beauty, and speaking ability.
MWS knows of traditional
foods, cerem onies, clothing,
crafts and social activities. She
knows of tribal history. She
knows state and federal history.
She presents herself in a proper
and resp o n sib le m anner
throughout her term.
Congratulations are in order
for Miss Warm Springs 2011,
Tamera Moody. And congratu
lations to all of our reservation
ladies who have served in the
past.
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Spilyay: How come?
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Spilyay Tymoo
Jgnu^ty 26, 2011
Letters to the Editor
Thank you
Hello, my name is Tamera
Rae Moody, and I was chosen
to represent you as the 2011
Miss Warm Springs.
I would have loved to stayed
back home to be with everyone,
but I had to go back to School
at Lane Community College in
Eugene.
My Pusha is the late Enos
Herkshan, and my Ulla is Char
lotte Herkshan. My Tugoe is the
late A ndy G arrison, and my
M auho is the late G urtrude
Garrison of California. Each of
my grandparents’ teachings of
hard work, kindness, and love
was taught to me by them and
my parents and I continuously
try to make them proud.
At this time I would like to
thank my Mom Winnona Gar
rison and Dad Ray “Captain”
Moody for their support, pa
tience, and teaching. They both
helped me gather and set up the
display shown during the pag
eant. I also want to thank my
Ulla for using her outfit during
the pageant.
Thank you Huston Moody
my little brother for helping me
prepare for the night, and older
sister Charlene Dimmick, and
little brothers Antone Moody
and Ryan Garrison for helping
me with the display. Thank You!
I want to also thank Evaline
P att, L yda S co tt, N atalie
Moody, and Carlos Calica for
being my references. Thank you
for your support and recogniz
ing me for who I am.
I would also like to thank my
friends and relatives especially
Jaycelene “Cheese” Frank for
encouraging me to run for miss
warm springs.
Thank you to the previous
miss Warm Springs for offer
ing their help throughout this
year. Once again thank you ev
eryone for supporting and be
lieving in me.
Tamera Moody.
Pageant
I would like to take the op
portunity to thank the commu
nity of Warm Springs for their
show of support for the 2011
Miss Warm Springs Pageant.
We had a wonderful turn out
of community, past Miss Warm
Springs, leaders, elders and
friends.
A great big thank you to
Paula Miller, Culture and Heri
tage Committee secretary, for
her undying effort for a great
turn out; Mrs. Arlita Rhoan for
her wonderful prayer, invocation
and mother of atwai Sally Rhoan
(M iss W arm Springs 1979),
Aurolyn Stwyer-Pinkham (Miss
Spilyay Tym oo
CCoyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Reporters: Duran Bobb and Terri Harber
Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson
Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at
4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Phone:541-553-2210
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E-Mail: spilyay@wstribes.org.
Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00.
W arm Springs 1977) for
M C ’ing.T hank you to the
judges— Deanie Smith, Orvie
D anzuka (son o f atw ai
Kathleen Heath, our first Miss
Warm Springs 1950), Sharlayne
Garcia, Caroline Cruz, Bridget
Kalama (Miss Warm Springs
1988) and Sara Scott (M iss
Warm Springs 1987). Thank
you, cooks—Millie Colwash and
her daughters; and thank-you to
the Eagle Thunder Dram.
Thank you, Tribal Council
members in attendance— Scott
M oses and E ugene A ustin
Greene Jr.
T hank you to Sunm iet
Minnick-Maben for your won
derful advertising on KWSO for
the Pageant, and the staff at the
Museum at Warm Springs for
the hard work with the gifts for
the past Miss Warm Springs and
Pageant.
A thank you also goes out to
2010 Miss Yakama Nation—
Carmen Selam and her family
for attending this year.
Thank you to Gayle from
the Utilities Department for the
custodial services.
The biggest congratulations
goes out to 2011 Miss Warm
Springs, Tamara Moody. We
look forward to 2011 and the
representation of our Tribes
from Tamara.
I truly believe she will repre
sent us well. Let us all stand
behind her with prayers, love
and support during her reign this
year.
Brigette Whipple.
Referendums
Tribal sovereignty is the right
of the tribes, the right to create
and enforce our own laws and
bylaws, such as the tribal Con
stitution. One component in
particular is regarding the ref
erendum. The tribal Constitu
tion states that all “matters of
great importance” are to be de
cided by eligible tribal voters.
There have been a lot of
changes through the years and
recently without consent of the
majority of tribal voters. It ap
pears that tribal member voters
have been left out of the deci
sion-making for too many years.
We need to go by the tribal
Constitution and defend tribal
sovereignty. If we ignore our
rights they w ill go away. Ex
ample: a huge electricity- and
pollution-producing bio-mass
plant, which is to be owned and
operated by outsiders. Maybe we
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Aunt Pat for officiating the ser
vices; Wilson Wewa for the fi
nal showing of her belongings;
all those who brought flowers,
candles and other needed items;
the C onfederated Tribes o f
Warm Springs for the shuttle
buses, fish, deer meat; Alex
Smith and the other drivers; utili
ties for the box and leading to
the grave site during the funeral;
Aunt Lydia, Bobby Eagleheart
and Ernest Hunt for the inspir
ing, soothing words spoken at
the grave side; T helm a and
Merv for transporting the flow
ers to Sim nasho C em etery;
Rosie Williams for dressing our
Happy 15th birthday on Janu beloved sister; Garden Gale
ary 28, Jariah Yvonne Thompson. Florists for the rush order on
Dove fro m Mom, Chasan <& the boutonnieres; Duran Bobb
and Ron Green for making the
Lindy.
memorial cards as a last favor
H appy 14th birthday on to his aunt; and for all of those
Jan u ary 29, Ray Sm ith Jr. who brought items for the give
L ove fro m A u n tie L iz, away afterwards.
All family members, siblings,
C hasan and your cousins
children, grand-children, cousins,
Riah & Lindy.
friends. Each held a special place
in her heart and life.
Thank you for your time and
assistance in this difficult time.
Friends, family, relatives,
Myrna Frank and family.
With heavy hearts, we bur
ied our beloved one, Marlena
Becerra, earlier this month.
She was laid to rest on Sat
urday, January 15. She went
When I was 9 years old our
home, to be with our Lord. She
grandfather and grandmother
will be missed by all.
We will remember her good took us grandkids to Crow Fair.
times when she shared laughs, We stayed with people from
stories and special moments there. The fam ily name was
spent together as siblings grow Yellowtail.
ing up together.
I made friends with the old
I want to take this time, as man’s granddaughter. She was
her Nana, to thank each and like me: a light-skinned Native.
every one of you who jumped Her hair was blonder than mine.
in to help out at the church. We were both 11 years old.
You know who you are. God
We walked to the rodeo to
bless all of you.
check it out. There was a sign
For those who had quiet, that said “Indians get in free.”
soothing, loving words to share So me and my new friend were
with the family, this was a time going in.
when kind words to share were
The Native man stopped us.
greatly appreciated, comforting He said we “w ould have to
us all.
pay.”
To all family members who
We both said, “I’m Indian.”
traveled to Bend to support and
But he shooed us away. We
stand vigil with her children and both went back to camp crying.
siblings, thank you.
My grandpa asked, “W hat’s
Those who traveled long-dis wrong?”
tance to come to the funeral;
I told him. And he got mad.
W arner and Jo sie W illiam s,
Both our grandpas went with
Charlotte and all the rest who us back to rodeo. They got mad
help ed to cook; A d rian n a, at the man at the gate. So me
M arcie, Rosie and the nieces and my new friend got to watch
who helped serve and wash the rodeo with our grandpas.
dishes; Delbert, Charles, Anto They both had tribal cards for
nio, Jaim e, Andrew, Steven, us girls. Moral to the story— al
Theo, Jam es G ilbert, Eldred ways carry your tribal card.
Sm ith and all the men who
A Warm Springs/Wasco Or
stepped forward to help as pall egon Indian: Lois A. Knight,
bearers; P eggy W illiam s and Simnasho.
should leave the electricity gen
eration to our dams. At least they
are clean.
Respectfully,
Anthony Littleleaf
you and I have known each
other.
But all I can say is you’re a
true friend, and they’re hard to
come by. ...
I’ve also got your drawing of
the wolf you wanted but I lost
your address. So do write me at
the following address: 75 West
5th St. Eugene, Oregon, 97401.
I do hope to hear from you
very soon.
Much love and respect, your
bro A.
To students
M any o f you m ay know
American Indian college students
who are looking for summer
work. One o f the best jobs
around is the IHS externship
program.
The student can work with
most any health program on any
health issue that he or she is in
terested in. And there is a men
tor/ supervisor for the student.
In fact, the most important part
is the specification of where the
student wants to work, and who
they want to work for.
This program pays $ 10-plus
an hour for as long as the stu
dent wants to work.
The Feb. 4 deadline for ap
plications is fast approaching.
The application materials are
available on:
www.scholarship.ihs.gov
The application requires a
resume or application for fed
eral em ploym ent (O F-612).
Also: the Extern Site Preference
Request (PDF - 25KB); and
official transcripts; the request
for Extern Travel Reimburse
ment (PDF - 13KB). Also:
P ro o f o f im m u n ity to
measles and rubella. All appli
cants to positions located at an
IHS facility shall provide docu
m en tatio n o f im m u n ity to
measles and rubella prior to or
at the time of their entrance on
duty. Employees subject to this
policy who are not immune to
measles or rubella and refuse
the recommended vaccine(s) are
subject to be reassigned or re
moved from the service.
Also required: Proof of pos
session of the following: Social
Security card or number, driv
ers license, and verification of
Indian Preference for Employ
ment (BLA-4432). Also: Docu
mentation of enrollment in the
fall term.
Have a great day and hope
fully we can have more Ameri
can Indian students become in
v o lved in h ealth care. E ric
Vinson.
Wishes ...
Appreciated
Tribal card
True friend
Lillian, Thanks for making
my time go by a lot easier, and
it’s funny because of how long
Indian Business Talk
Personal finance skills are also good for business
B y Bruce Engle
Doan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
Question — How do per
sonal finance and business fi
nance relate?
First answer — Doing well
with the first is good training for
doing well with the second.
Second answer - Doing well
with both can make you a pre
ferred customer.
Business lenders and credi
tors evaluate both performance
records for all business credit
applicants. The skills and atten
tion to detail required to build
those records are essentially the
same.
Income and expenses must
be recorded (bookkeeping), ex
penditures should be limited to
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what is needed and can be paid
for (controlling), credit must not
be over-used or abused (a credit
score issue), bills must be paid
on time and in full (cash man
agement), long and short term
business goals should be deter
mined and reduced to writing
and should be reviewed every
six to twelve months (planning).
Giving an allowance and let
ting the child make spending
decisions can be a wonderful
training opportunity.
The child becomes a buyer
and the parent can help the child
to become a discriminating and
a prudent buyer.
The habit of saving for short
term and long term goals can
be taught by parents who work
with children to set goals and to
regularly divide an allowance
into “spending m oney” and
“saving money.”
Borrowing against an allow
ance can also help a child to learn
about applying for and being
approved for credit and then
repaying the debt.
Parents beware— you must
be careful; don’t do these loans
if you are not prepared to make
sure the repayment bargain is
Start early
W hen can a person begin
learning those skills?
As a child is not too soon!
Parents and grandparents can
teach a valuable lesson by occa
sionally and appropriately say
ing “We don’t need that” or “We
can’t afford that” or by saying
“We need to save for that.”
Lots o f lif e ’s altern ativ e
choices are best decided with a
“No.”
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kept. Failure to enforce the
terms of the deal would teach
the wrong lesson.
I’ll close with a story from
home. Sometimes, between pay
days, one of our guys would
com e to the boss and say
“Skootus me $10 (that’s Klamath
for ‘credit m e’); I’ll pay you
back.”
That was the request for a
loan and the promise of repay
ment.
My uncle would give the loan
and, w hen payday cam e, he
would hand over the full earn
ings to the ranch hand who
would then give him back the
repaym ent on the loan. That
way, each showed respect for the
other and for the deal.
And, that’s what personal and
business credit are all about,
mutual respect.
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