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A pril 18, 2012
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Elder reflects on life of 90 years
Order caps, gowns for
MHS Class of 2012
B y D u ra n B o b b
Spilyay Tymoo
I n 1921, a hurricane hit Wash
ington and Oregon. The first
transcontinental air mail arrived
in New York from San Fran
cisco. Albert Einstein delivered
a lecture on his new theory o f
relativity. Babe Ruth became
the number one all time home-
run champ with number 120.
And in the Cascade M oun
tains, at a huckleberry picking
camp called Hambone, Adeline
Miller was born to Susan Tuckta
and Bill Moses.
“They told me my birthday
was a holiday,” Adeline, 90, says
with a smile. “Every day they
w ould g o o u t picking. T h e
weather was different then, you
could pick berries up until the
end o f October. But when I was
born, everybody g o t the day
off.”
D uring the days o f assimila
tion, children were required to
attend boarding school.
“I got in on the last part o f
the mean matrons,” Adeline was
saying recendy. “You’ll hear the
older people talk about how bad
the boarding schools were, and
it really was like that. We had
to live there. In the winter time
the weather was so bad a group
o f us didn’t get to go home.”
She recalls one matron who
was unusually cruel.
“She would make us swat the
kids if they were caught speak
ing Indian,” Adeline says. “If
we decided not to swat the chil
d ren , th e n w e’d have to go
through the line ourselves. She
was rough on us. I remember
when she poured kerosene on
some o f the kids’ heads, for lice.
It would burn their scalps.”
Adeline was attending board
ing school in Warm Springs when
the new dorm was completed.
Some o f her classmates were
D e lb e rt F ran k Sr., R osanna
C harley, W in ifre d C harley,
A lfonso G arcia, R osie Gilly,
To N ativ e A m erican
graduating seniors, Madras
High School Class o f 2012:
T he J o h n s o n -O ’M alley
C om m ittee has ap p ro v ed
funding for caps, gowns and
tassels (only) for any Native
American 2012 Graduate, at
tending the 509-J school dis
trict.
Orders will be taken until
this Wednesday, April 18.
Please contact the JO M
C om m ittee fo r assistance
(even if you have already
m ade an o rd e r/p u rc h a s e ,
please contact us).
Cap, gown and tassel pack
age only. Height and weight
needed for sizing.
Please note: The last day
to order is this Wednesday,
April 18.
Packages will be shipped
d irectly to M adras H igh
School on April 27.
Contact:
Deanie Smith, JO M chair,
at 541-553-3555; or,
Danni Katchia-Herkshan,
JO M vice chair, at 541-325-
6790.
Elizabeth Hisatake is the
JO M secretary.
Coalition training at Kah-Nee-Ta
Adeline is honored at a museum reception.
Lucky Miller, Dick Helon, and
Russell Smith.
“Up until that time, there was
a w ooden structure,” Adeline
recalls, “half for the boys, and
the other half was for the girls.
We’d m arch everywhere, mili
tary-style. We’d even march to
our meals.”
At school, any child caught
speaking in Indian was punished.
“But it didn’t stop us,” Adeline
says.
“That was the only language
my grandm other, Patucasuwit,
spoke. It was the only way that
I was able to chat away with her.
W hen the kids were caught talk
ing Indian, we’d have to scrub
the hallways on our hands and
knees. T he others w ho were
caught would have to scrub the
bathrooms. I f that didn’t work,
they wouldn’t feed us supper.
We didn’t care. We still talk it
today.”
Still, during those hard days,
Adeline found a passion. “I went
into sports. I liked playing bas
ketball and tennis. I’d get out
o f school and run and grab a ’
tennis ball, so I got really good.”
A deline g o t h er first job
working at the Employees Club,
u My door is always
open, anybody
wants to come and
talk to me. »
helping to prepare breakfast and
babysitting for 50 cents a night.
When she turned 16, Adeline
left boarding school and began
picking berries to help contrib
ute to the family income. Her
father worked in road construc
tio n , earning a dollar a day.
“Everybody had a tough time,”
she says, “but we weren’t into
money so it didn’t bother us. We
always had plenty to eat, and I
never worried about starving.”
In those days, people shared
with one another. “That’s one
good thing I always say about
our Indian people back then,”
Adeline says. “They were gen
erous, always willing to share.”
Over the years, Adeline has
w orked mostly in health care.
She has served on the Health
and W elfare C om m ittee, the
Culture and Heritage Commit
tee, has been a cultural consult
Globetrotters coming to region
T he H arlem G lobetrotters
will perform in Redmond at the
D e sc h u te s C ounty F air and
Expo Center on Friday, April 27
at 7 p.m. Tickets can be pur
chased through Ticket Master,
on the Globetrotters website or
by calling 1-800-745-3000.
MAC softball tourney in May
The Madras Aquatic Center
is putting on the 2012 MAC
Slam Co-ed Softball T ourna
m ent May 19-20at Juniper Hills
Park in Madras.
The registration deadline is
May 11.
Y ou can c o n ta c t Steve
Keever for more information at
541-233-8953.
The Oregon Coalition Against
Domestic and Sexual Violence
is holding regional training in
Warm Springs April 30-May 2
ant between doctors and patients.
Adeline has also'w orked in
helping to preserve the Indian
language.
“I f the young p eople just
carry on what they’re learning
now, that’ll be good,” she says.
“But if they feel th at they’re
grown up and they don’t have
to learn it, that’s a mistake. I
heard one teacher say, ‘I don’t
have to teach this, it’s just a
waste o f time.’ Well, it’s an ef
fort, all right, but at least if we
get one or two out o f the group,
it will succeed.”
Last November, Adeline was
the passenger in a vehicle that
hit a horse. She sustained inju
ries th a t p re v e n t h er fro m
climbing stairs and was forced
into retirement.
“But people still call me and
want me tell stories in different
areas—-H o o d R iver, B end,
Prineville. When people share
w hat they know, it makes me
feel good. My door is always
open, anybody wants to come
and talk to me. Som etim es
people stop by and just need to
hear a story.”
Adeline Miller is the second
oldest living tribal member.
at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. Schol
arships are available. To find
out more you can call 503-230-
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School notes from 509-J
The Madras High School
Parent Center is open ev
ery school day from 8-9 a.m.,
noon-1 p.m., and 3-4 p.m.
‘Coffee with the Princi
pal’ is the first Wednesday
morning o f the m onth from
8-8:45 a.m.
Check in at the Madras
High School front office for
directions to the Parent Cen
ter.
Jefferson County Middle
School is offering an After
School Tutoring Program
in its library for the rest o f
the school year.
Monday and Wednesday
focuses on math, and Tues
day and Thursday focus on
reading. Students can sign up
and get permission slips from
the Jefferson County Middle
School office.
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041
At Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd.
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Speak with a Legal Aid Services of Oregon attorney during
drop-in hours 1 to 4 p.m. on the first Monday of the month
at the Warm Springs Community Action Team building,
1136 Paiute Ave, Warm Springs. Or call 385-6944.
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