Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 22, 2012
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Book Review
Youth experience told in ‘Something to Hold’ Eagle Watch at
Cove this weekend
B y D u ra n B o b b
Spilyay Tymoo
Opening the hardback cover
to K a th e rin e Schlick N o e ’s
novel, Something to Hold, many
tribal members will feel the time
change.
The story is set in 1962, the
year the U.S. announced an em
bargo against Cuba, the Incred
ible Hulk comic made its debut,
Marilyn Monroe has just passed
away, and Pres. Kennedy prom
ised to put a man on the m oon
by the end o f the decade.
And Kitty Schlick, a non-In
dian, moves to Warm Springs
with her family.
Kitty’s father has been hired
as the new forest manager.
Initially, m any reservation
readers may not be so delighted
to see familiar names in print,
as Kitty takes the first steps o f
her life in Warm Springs •with a
few preconceptions.
T h e S uppahs, W alseys,
Danzukas, Queampts, Wewas,
Q u eah p am as, P olks, an d
Culpuses are mentioned within
the first few chapters.
A t elem entary school
The story begins on Shitike
Creek Road -with a rock fight.
This is where Kitty meets Jewel
(a large, angry girl), and her
brother, Raymond. “Bashtan!”
Jewel shouts, as the two declare
that particular section o f the
creek as their own.
Kitty’s m other later explains
that Bashtan means white per
son. “And not in a good way.”
The first day o f school even
Katherine Schlick Noe’s first novel, Som ething to Hold.
tually arrives. H er older brother
will go to school in Madras. But
Kitty will attend Warm Springs
Elementary. “Makes me want
to throw up,” she thinks.
Mr. N ute, th e sixth-grade
teacher, is a tyrant. W h at’s
worse, Jewel is in the same class
room. As the teacher makes his
way through the first role callj
Jewel Corrects m ispronuncia
tions.
I f this girl comes from a fam
ily o f leaders, Kitty’s father tells
her that might, then she’s been
raised to speak up.
Pinky becomes K itty’s first
friend, and it’s at this point in
the story when the main char
acter realizes that, while she’s
been too afraid to speak, the
Indian children think that she’s
stuck up.
Kitty also finds herself feel
ing like an outsider in Madras,
at church. There, she is the
new com er and m u st answ er
questions about living on the res
ervation. She listens to the
other children as they stereotype
Indians. Kitty thinks to herself,
what a mean, rotten thing to say!
O v er the course o f a few
chapters, Kitty comes to know
that her new friends are flesh
and bone, heart and spirit, blood
and tears. These thoughts drive
her to one day question Mr.
N ute’s demands that the entire
class learn the state song for a
Columbus Day assembly.
A t that point, Kitty stands.
“I t ’s ab o u t you and m e and
Franklin [the son o f the pastor],”
she says timidly. “The song’s only
about us.”
T h e c h a ra c te r o f K itty
Schlick then starts the journey
to becoming sentient as the story
progresses. Where the . first 40
pages might anger any Native
American, as the author seems
to recite her story, the reader will
recognize the song she is sing
ing by page 100.
Something to Hold advances
m uch like Alice Walker’s The
Color Purple, and it carries a
rhythm similar to Sue M onk
Kidd’s TheSecretUfeof Bees. The
book is dedicated to Louella,
who took a stand.
T his is K ath erin e Schlick
N oe’s first novel, available from
Clarion Books ($16.99), 250
pages. She teaches in the Mas
ter in Teaching program and
directs the Literacy for Special
Needs graduate program at Se
attle University,
Sacred Thunder win COBO league, tourney
Sacred Thunder, who rep
resent Madras High School
in the Central Oregon Bas
ketball Organization, walked
away with two championship
tides, Feb. 12, .
Craig Reid, COBO orga
nizer, presented the medals
an d tro p h ie s fo r L eague
Championship and Tourna
m ent Championship, he told
the girls, “You played an ex
cellent basketball game. You
were unselfish, and had ex
cellent ball movement.”
COBO is a competitive
basketball league for Central
O regon boys and girls in
grades five through eight.
Teams represent all four high
schools in the Bend-La Pine
School District, in addition to
teams representing Redmond
H ig h , M adras H ig h an d
C ro o k C o u n ty H igh in
Prineville.
Sacred T hunder plays in
the sixth-grade bracket, al
though half o f the team on
the roster are fifth-graders.
— Yvonne Iverson
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Front row (left to right): Sydonia David, Kaliyah Iverson, Monika Stacona, Chloe Smith,
Lynden Harry, Karissa Smith, Meleah Clements Back Row: Andy Stacona (Asst. Coach),
Annalise Whipple, Kirsten Anderson, Shawn Harry (Head Coach), Stormy Spino, JoyDee
Smith, Otis Iverson Jr. (Asst. Coach)
“The eagle holds a signifi
cant place in tribal culture
and traditions,” said Bobby
Brunoe, tribal N atural Re
sources general manager.
“It is honored throughout
the year for its spiritual sig
nificance,” Brunoe said, “and
Eagle Watch provides a spe
cial opportunity to gather
together and share what that
represents to us all.”
The Round Butte O ver
look Park visitor center, 10
miles west o f Madras, will be
the starting point for visitors,
10 a.m.—4 p.m. on Saturday;
and 10 a.m.—3 p.m. on Sun
day.
A yurt village will feature
exhibits, displays, and presen
tations by regional birds-of-
prey experts. Organized eagle
viewing sessions will be avail
able both days for visitors at
the O verlook Park and at
locations w ithin the Cove
Palisades State Park. PG E
biologists will provide an up
date on the status o f Lake
Billy C hinook’s significant
bald and golden eagle popu
lation and discuss continuing
research studies.”Eagle Watch
has something for the whole
family,” said P G E Park O p
e ra tio n s M an ag er T ony
Dentel.
OSU students to haze seabirds
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) -
The Corps o f Engineers will try
hazing seabirds at the m outh o f
the Columbia River in an at
tem pt to reduce the size o f a
“super colony” that has been tak
ing about one-fifth of the young
salmon before they reach the
ocean.
Beginning in March, biolo
gists and students from Oregon
State University will try to scare
and drive off some o f the cor
m orants before they can nest
on East Sand Island.
The goal is to force as many
as 60 percent o f the birds to
n est elsew here and give the
young salmon a better chance
o f surviving.
C o rm o ra n ts have been
flocking to the island in recent
years, making it one o f the larg
est nesting colonies in the West
with about 13,000 pairs.
“ I t ’s k in d o f a s u p e r
colony— it’s huge,” said D iana
Fredlund, a spokeswom an for
the corps’ P ortland D istrict.
“T he big draw is lunch,” she
ad d ed , “W h en th e b u f f e t’s
open, they’re gonna eat!”
T he island’s easy access to
ocean-bound salmon allowed
them to pluck an estim ated 23
million young salmon o ut o f
the water last year, about one-
fifth o f the total num ber in the
river.
“It’s Such a huge hit. We’ve
had all these great minds work
ing together to try and give these
endangered fish some help, and
now the ! cormorants' 'afe' enjòy-
ing the fruits o f our labors,”
Fredlund said.
To help reduce the bird popu
lation, the corps plans to con
struct a fence to isolate a 4-acre
section o f E ast Sand Island.
After installing privacy blinds to
m inim ize the disturbance to
birds On the other side, biolo
gists from Oregon State Univer
sity will haze or annoy the birds,
hoping to drive some o f them
elsewhere.
“We have energetic OSU stu
dents who will be doing this.
W hen (cormorants) exhibit this
fiesting behavior, thè students
will run up and scare them off,”
Fredlund said.
Fencing and hazing were suc
cessfully tested on a small scale
last year. T he new six-m onth
project is intended to determine
whether it could be an effective
m ethod o f dispersing larger cor
m orant populations.
T he hazing will last until
June, then biologists will m oni
to r the corm orants until Sep
tember.
Diabetes Awareness and
Support Group meetings
'A
r~
The Confederated Tribes
o f W arm Springs, the O r
egon Parks and Recreation
D epartm ent, and P ortland
G eneral E lectric will ho st
Eagle Watch 2012 on Satur
day and Sunday, Feb. 25-26.
T h e an n u al ev en t cel
ebrates the eagles and other
raptors that help make Lake
Billy Chinook a wildlife view
ing magnet.
A day-use parking fee is
charged at the Cove Pali
sades, but admission to all
Eagle Watch activities is free.
The event features a va
riety o f activities that explore
the natural and cultural sig
nificance o f eagles and birds
o f prey in the area.
“Eagle Watch is a fantas
tic opportunity to see both
bald and golden eagles,” said
ev en t c o o rd in a to r P aul
Patton, o f state Parks and
Recreation. “Ten pairs o f
bald eagles and 10 pairs of
golden eagles live in the area.”
Patton adds that this year’s
event will focus on golden
eagles, including opportuni
ties to volunteer for upcom
ing field work and informa
tion about the first year o f
the Golden Eagle Nest Moni
toring Program in O regon
from F rank Isaacs o f the
Oregon Eagle Foundation.
Legal Aid Services of
Oregon provides free
a ssistance to low-
income Oregonians in
m any civil cases.
Speak with an attorney
during drop-in hours 1
to 4 p.m. on the first
Monday of the month
at the Warm Springs
C om m unity A ction
Team building, 1136
P aiute Ave, Warm
Springs.
Or call 385-6944
M onday
through
Thursday between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. (at
The A w a re n e ss and
Support Group meetings
are presented by the In-'
dian Health Service Model
D iabetes P rogram and
W arm S prings S eniors
Program.
The meetings are from
5-6:30 p.m. on the third
Tuesday o f each month.
The following are sched
uled upcoming meetings:
March 20: Speaker, Dr.
Creelman; topic: Heart at
tacks and stroke.
A p ril 17: C am eron
Coker on “Why diabetes
require special foot wear.”
lunch from noon-1 p.m.)
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May 15: Jeri Kollen,
Kidneys and diabetes.
June 19: Dr. Rudd,
Obesity.
July 17: Community
panel, community pride.
A u g u s t 21: N u rse
practitioner on Cholesterol
meds.
S ept. 18: Fire c h ie f
Danny Martinez, personal
safety, guns, car a c c i
dents.
Oct. 16: Dee Gordon,
foot care.
Nov. 20: Jeri Kollen,
management of diabetes.
December: No meet
ing or dinner.
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