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H o w l a k T ic h u m
Antoinette Lucille (Queahpama) Pamperien, 1938-2011
A n to in ette
L u cille
(Q ueahpam a) Pam perien
was born to Oscar and Iren
(Quaempts) Queahpama on
D ecem ber 26, 1938 in
Prineville.
She was named “Klush it
la.”
She went to join her son,
who she loved with all her
heart, on March 21, 2011
after a long batde with can
cer.
Antoinette is survived by
her brother Ralph (Michelle)
Queahpama; Rafael (Nola)
Q ueahpam a; and sister
K athleen
(M ichael)
Spaulding.
She was preceded in death
by her son Clifford, mother
and father; grandp aren ts
C h ief Frank Q ueahpam a
and wife Squiempt; Johnnie
and Leslie (Hunt) Quaempts;
brothers: Duane, Ira, Ernest
Q ueahpam a and Fred E.
B lo d gett Sr.; and Je ssie
(Q uaem pts) Sulkey, Sadie
Q uaem pts,
Mae
(Queahpama) Johns, Matilda
Wallulatum; Uncles: Lloyd
Q uaem pts,
Sam pson
Q uaem pts
and
C layton
Queahpama.
She left behind numerous
cousins and their children, nu
merous nieces and nephews and
their children.
From her m o th er’s side,
Louise Woods and daughters;
the Quaempts and Queapama
fam ily in Pendleton and the
Yakama Reservation.
Her special family was her
son’s grandparents— Cliff and
Faye Pamperien and all their
children.
H er lon g tim e frien d s—
Phyllis Guerin and Mona Kiona
and the Ike family; Tina Fuller,
Gus, Jazmin and Lacey Tufti,
Pastor Rick and his congrega
tion had a special place in her
heart.
A ntoinette was a lifetim e
resident of Warm Springs, she
was of Yakama/Warm Springs
descent, enrolled with the Con
fed erated T ribes o f W arm
Springs.
She a tten d ed the W arm
Springs and Madras schools.
She graduated from Bacone
College in Muskogee, Okla.
She worked at the front desk
at Kah-Nee-Ta for many years.
She also worked at tribal Per
sonnel and Vital Statistics. She
retired while working for Pro
bate.
She enjoyed attending the
Presbyterian Church, powwows,
crafts events, yard sales. She
liked picking huckleberries, dig-
ging roots, camping, travel
ling, Honor Seniors Day, eat
ing lunch w ith Freda
Wallulatum, lunch at the Se
nior C enter, fam ily and
friends. She follow ed her
m other’s footsteps by be
coming a well-known cedar
basket weaver.
She taught family mem
bers and classes at the Warm
Springs Museum.
She was a member of the
Northwest Basket Weavers,
a Food G atherer for the
longhouse, she served on the
Land Use Committee and
took part in the Native Circle
of Hope.
She travelled with the se
niors to Washington D.C.,
H aw aii, and m any other
places.
W ahshut services were
held at her hom e on
Sidwalter Flat.
The dressing was held at
the P resbyterian Church.
Overnight services were at
the Simnasho Longhouse and
she was laid to rest at the
Sim nasho C em etery on
March 24, 2011.
There were four 8-week
Culture Classes in 2010, be
ginning last March and end
ing in November. There was
a one-week break between
each series of classes.
The Culture Class is spon
sored by tribal Parole and
Probation in partnership with
the Culture and Heritage De
partment.
The classes can be used as
an alternative sentencing pro
gram by some people who
have cited into the court.
For the first Culture Class
last year, there w ere 23
classes with 348 participants.
For the second class series,
there were 10 classes with
133 p articip an ts. D uring
these months, there was a
, high death rate and several
funerals, resulting in can-
celled classes, said Leona Ike,
director of Parole and Pro
bation.
For the third Culture Class
series last year, there were 15
classes with 196 participants.
For the fourth series,
there were 12 classes with
122 participants.
Total num bers for the
year are: 65 classes with 799
participants. The jail count on
March 1, 2010 was 52 (39
males and 13 females).
The jail count on March
1, 2011 was 29 (23 males and
6 females).
Of the male inmates, only
three are back in jail after
one year, said Ike. O f the
females, only one is back in
jail one year later, she said.
The jail count was reduced
by nearly 50 percent.
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Clayton C. Earl, 1918-2011
Clayton C. Earl passed
away on March 19, 2011. Mr.
Earl was born on August 2,
1918 in North Dakota to par
ents Clifford Davis Earl and
Grace Dunlop Earl.
He was educated in a one
room school in M aryville
Township and later when the
family moved closer to Rolla,
he attended schools there.
He received a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Minot State
College and a Masters degree
in A d m in istratio n from After retirement, he and his wife
N orthern C olorado State moved to Columbia City, Or
C ollege o f E ducatio n in egon to be closer to their chil
Greeley, Colo.
dren and grandchildren.
His first teaching job was
They attended the Presbyte
in a one room school where rian Church in Warm Springs,
he had children in all eight and also in St. Helens.
grades.
He married Dorothy Knox
He also taught in a two on October 5, 1940 and they
teacher school for a time be were married for 63 years be
fore going into administra fore Dorothy passed away.
tion.
He spent the last four years
He spent 34 years work living at Avamere Assisted Liv
ing for the Bureau of Indian ing in St Helens, where he felt
Affairs in various locations in very much at home and was
the midwest before moving to well cared for.
Warm Springs.
H is g r e a t e s t jo y s w ere
He retired in May 1979. keeping up with his children
in their sports program s,
p layin g ho rsesh o es, jo g
gin g and tending garden
over the years with w ife,
Dorothy.
He was also a loyal fan of
the Portland Trailblazers and
Seattle Mariners.
He is survived by his chil
dren: Alfred Earl, Colorado;
M yra G ourley, F lo rid a;
Clifford Earl, Portland; Bar
bara and husband Robert
Bowles, Arlington, Wash.;
Patrick and wife Caryn of
Ridgefield, Wash.; Rose Gal
loway and family, Scappoose,
Oregon.
G randchildren : Rose,
Marci, Staci, Yvonne, Beth,
Sophie, Kaelyn and Lindsey.
G reat
G randchildren :
Rachelle, J essica, J osie, J osh,
Tylor, Rudy, Jesse, Abigaile,
Kaliyah and Carver. Great
great grandchildren: Keilie
and Konner.
He was p receeded in
death by his parents, all of
his siblings and wife, Dor
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D ouglas Ralph Palm er, 1946-2011
D ouglas Ralph Palm er,
resident of Warm Springs,
passed away on March 28,
2011 at his home in Warm
Springs at the age of 65.
Doug was born on March
27, 1946 in The Dalles to
parents, Harriman and Edith
(Johnson) Palmer.
He graduated high school
and was self employed as a
fisherman for the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs.
He was also an enrolled mem-
ber of the tribes.
Mr. Palmer is survived
by his children: Avis Palmer,
D ouglas
P alm er
Jr.;
H arrim an Palmer, Tucelia
Hardy, Codi Ann Palmer,
and Louetta Bird Palmer;
and 20 grandchildren.
D ressin g cerem onies
were held on Wednesday,
March 30, 2011 at Agency
Longhouse. Burial was the
family cemetery on Thurs
day, March 31, 2011.
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