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Spilyay Tymoo May 30, 2012
Graduates Letters to the Editor
By Duran Bobb
F ro m this m o m e n t on,
things are going to change,
b u t take heart. This is an
other step forward on your
journey and no m atter how
alone you may feel at times,
you will always belong to a
rare class.
N o w / you
Spilyay
will find your
Speaks
self w ondering
w hy c e rta in
things were never taught in
school.
“Popularity”, for example,
doesn’t or shouldn’t exist out
side o f high school.
The quiet student in the
corner will find this com fort
ing, but the outspoken who
are used to having their say
will be alarmed. Because in
society, b o th voices o f the
meek and proud will be equal.
You shouldn’t have to call
hom e to ask perm ission for
an y th in g ever again. B u t
m ore and m ore, hopefully,
you’ll begin to ask permission
from yourself. A nd som e
times, you will find your own
conscience even m ore strict
than your parents ever were.
Y our egg has h a tc h e d ,
your feathers are developed,
and your wings are fully func
tional. You discover flight.
B ut never forget, just as you
can soar, you can also crash.
“Stop just to take a m o
m e n t to b re a th e ,” D a n n i
Katchia H erkshan says. “Be
proud o f this m om ent. Be
p ro u d o f your friends and
k now th a t your trib e cel
ebrates with you!”
“ ¡Hopefully there will be
a] positive roadm ap estab
lish e d fo r y o u ,” D a n n y
Martinez said. “We will need
people to fill positions in the
future... CPA to fire chiefs to
general m anagers to police
officers and so on. We are
p ro u d o f all o f our gradu
ates.”
“Focus on direction. Let
m a tu rity tak e o v e r , y o u r
mind,” William Wilson said.
“You can overcome any ob
stacle then. I f you w ant to
get married and make babies,
wait until you’re sure th at’s
w hat you want. B ut rem em
ber, a youthful m ind is the
key to y o u r F o u n ta in o f
Y o u th tw en ty years fro m
now.”
C ongratulations! In 20
years, the M ost Likely to G et
M arried could be divorced.
Folks will have a hard time
remembering their class song.
A nd you m ight find yourself
sitting beh in d a keyboard,
proud o f and encouraging a
new generation o f graduates.
N ow fly!
A thank you
In the loss o f our brother,
“Boo Boo,” we would like to
offer thanks: The inexpress
ible com fort you all gave us
in o u r time o f despair has
been so gready appreciated.
To list you all by name would
p ro b a b ly fill a b o o k . We
would like to thank the nurses
and doctors o f Warm Springs
IHS, M ountain View H ospi
tal, R ed m o n d Dialysis, St.
Charles Medical Center, and
H igh Lookee H ospice and
H ig h L o o k ee C areta k ers.
T hank you for your caring
and attentive help. To his driv
ers to and from his dialysis
appointments, thank you.
Many o f you stayed with
Boo Boo and us during his
hospital stay and time at hos
pice. Your presence, prayers,
songs and words o f encour
agement will be remembered.
Many brought enlightenment
to us by th e ir stories and
memories o f him. Front his
hospital stay to his gravesite
an d re s tin g p lace m an y
people— friends, acquaintan
ces and family m em bers—
participated in all prepara
tions. We as a family and com
m u n ity p u lle d to g e th e r.
Prayers, financial assistance,
cooking, sew ing, cleaning,
hunting, making necessary ar
rangem ents, and driving us
b o th around were all taken
care of. Y ou w h o h elp ed
know who you are and you
did this o u t o f duty and love.
You did this for our brother,
and this is what we are thank
ful for.
You are in our prayers and
in o u r hearts. O nce again,
many thanks.
Laura Sw itzler and
Mary Davis.
P.S. Also to each o f our
ow n im m ediate family that
p ut up with us b o th as heads
o f household, we can be in
considerate b ut you p u t up
with us anyway. Thank you,
we appreciate all you have
done.
Boys & Girls
The W arm Springs Boys
and G irls C lub h eld th eir
T h ird A n n u al fu n d ra ise r,
G reat Futures Start H ere, at
K ah-Nee-Ta Resort o n April
28.
The event included a golf
scramble, live and silent auc
tion, raffles, dinner and en
te rta in m e n t. We ra ise d
$16,000, w hich was $5,000
m ore than last year!
Special thanks to each in
dividual who contributed to
Spilyay Tym o o
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Reporter: Duran Bobb
Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson
Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Ou? offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
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97761.
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th e success o f o u r event.
Thank you to those w ho pur
chased tickets, participated in
the golf scramble, donated an
item to the auctions or raffle.
We esp ecially w a n t to
thank our major sponsor, the
C o n fe d e ra te d T rib e s o f
W arm Springs Tribal Coun
cil.
Big thanks as well to our
b u sin e ss d o n o rs : W arm
S prings P ow er an d W ater
E nterprises, W arm Springs
Com posite Products Indus
tries, W arm Springs Telecom
and th eir v en d o rs N -C om
and “gvnw,” and to Kah-Nee-
Ta Resort.
Special thanks to golf pro
and auctioneer extraordinaire,
Joe Rauschenburg!
Appreciation goes out to
the following for their signifi
cant donations to our auction:
N 8 T V A dventures, O r
egon State Beavers Athletics,
O re g o n D u ck s A th le tic s,
Phoenix inn o f Eugene, Ma
dras H igh School, the Mill
Casino and Resort, the Tribal
Law and Policy Institute, DJ
M ed in a, Jaco b y E llsb u ry ,
T iluiite In ju n G uides, Mt.
H o o d M ead o w s a n d M t
H o o d Ski Bowl and others.
A n d as i f th a t w a sn ’t
enough, the Native T hunder
Show and Shine Motorcycle
event, held on May 19 at In
dian H ead C asino, raised
m oney th ro u g h individual
entries for the show and the
poker run, raffle tickets and
w ith a barbecue fundraiser
lunch sponsored by Indian
H ead Gaming.
T h ese ad d itio n al funds
raised will be p ut to good use,
as we gear up for our sum
m er program.
Special thanks to all the
participants, donors and spon
sors. While the event was go
ing on we held our own youth
bike and scooter show and
clinic.
B ig th a n k s to R u sty
M arcum and friends for fix
ing flats and repairing youth
bikes. Indian H ead Casino
also donated a couple bikes
for a raffle for the youth par
ticipants in our clinic.
2012 m ark s th e fo u rth
year o f operations with fund
ing support from the Confed-
e ra te d T rib e s o f W arm
Springs. T he tribe provides
funding fo r 38 p ercen t o f
our annual budget. The other
62 p e rc e n t is re c e iv e d
th ro u g h m em bership fees,
grants, fundraising and gen
erous donations.
T he W arm Springs Boys
and Girls Club is open year
round after school and dur
ing sum mer break. This past
year we averaged 65 kids a
day. All funds raised will go
to w a rd o p e ra tio n s a t th e
Club. Thanks! •
June Smith, club director,
541-953-9452
jtwinsmith@hotmail.com
p ress, o r th e rig h t o f th e
people peaceably to assemble
and to petition for a redress
o f grievances; '
V iolate the right o f the
people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and
effects against unreasonable
search and seizures, n o r is
sue warrants, b ut upon pro b
able cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particu
larly describing the place to
be searched and the person
or thing to be seized;
Subject any person for the
same offense to be twice put
in jeopardy;
Compel any person in any
criminal case to be a witness
against himself;
Take any p roperty for a
public use w ithout just com
pensation;
D eny to any person in a
criminal proceeding the right
to a speedy and public trial,
to be inform ed of the nature
and cause o f the accusation,
to be confronted with the wit
nesses against him, to have
compulsory process for ob
taining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance o f
counsel for his defense;,
Require excessive bail, im
pose excessive fines, inflict
cruel and unusual p u n ish
m ents, and in no event im
pose for conviction o f any
one offense any penalty or
punishm ent greater than im
prisonm ent for a term o f one
year o r a fine o f $5,000 or
both;
Deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal p ro
tection o f its laws or deprive
any person o f liberty or prop
erty w ithout due process o f
law;
Pass any bill o f attainder
o r ex post facto law; or
D eny to any p erso n ac
cused o f an offense punish
able by im p riso n m en t th e
right, upon request, to trial by
jury o f n o t less than six per
sons.
Habeas corpus: T h e
privilege o f the w rit o f ha
beas corpus shall be available
to any person, in a court o f
the United States, to test the
legality o f his detention by or
der o f an Indian tribe.
Archie Caldera
Great comfort
O n April 16, 2012, I lost
the love o f my life, my soul
mate, my best friend and com
p anion. My daughters lost
their favorite step-dad; my
g ra n d c h ild re n a n d g re a t
g ra n d c h ild re n lo s t th e ir
“Papa.” We were inseparable
for 26 years, almost 365 days
a year. H e was non-Indian
and he was our family. H e
respected and lived our ways.
I w ant to th an k all the
people who were there for me
and my family. M ost o f all,
th a n k you to m y b ro th e r
Rafael Queahpama for com
ing to my aid and doing so.
much for me. I would have
been lost w ithout your assis
tan ce . T h a n k y ou, N o la ,
Louella and Jesse for cook
ing. T hank you Jeri K ollen
and Loraine Williams for help
ing in the kitchen.
T h a n k y o u d ru m m e rs:
Fred Wallulatum, Rafael, D on
Sohappy, M ilton Sahme, Wil
son ,Wewa, Percy Jack (Ba
con) and Levi G reene Jr.
T hank you Samuel Starr
and Wilson Wewa for dress
ing my husband. Thank you
R alph (Cuddles) for being
Michael’s brpther. Thank you
Mark and R honda for being
there at the hospital and dur
ing the whole service. Thank
you to Brad, Carol, Kendra,
Mikayla, Kirstie, Rafael and
Diane Fuller for bringing me
food while I slept at the hos
pitals.
T h a n k you to R ena,
Teresa, Michelle, Oscar, Joel,
R h o n d a , M ark, K ris tie ,
C ristian and M ikayla w ho
came to help me clean our
apartm ent and pack up his
things. T hank you Mikayla,
Kirstie and Amy for doing the
memorial cards.
I want to thank all my co
workers at Indian Health Ser
vice (tribal too) who donated
to his funeral expenses, it "was
an enorm ous help. T he pa
rish io n e rs at St. P a tric k ’s
Church helped out with fur
niture and prayer support.
People were sending prayers
fro m A laska and D enver.
T hank you F ather Luis for
coming to see Michael at St.
Charles and helping me out.
Thanks for all the nice cards.
T h a n k s to ev ery o n e w ho
came by the hospitals.
T h an k you to everyone
w ho danced and said nice
words about Michael. Special
thanks to Butch and Theresa
for opening up B utch’s Bar
and Grill on a Sunday for a
Celebration o f Michael’s Life.
Kirstie and Amy fixed up a
very nice picture display.
My g re a t g ra n d s o n
D om iniq has been a great
com fort to me during this sad
tim e. H e was close to his
Papa. I f I forgot anyone, it
is n o t intentional.
Sincerely,
Kat Spaulding, Nichole
H anlon, Colette (Jim)
Munson, Kirstie, Mikayla,
Brittany, David, Joshua
and Dominiq.
Mentoring
D ear tribal members,
Big B rothers Big Sisters
provides quality m entoring
se rv ices to c h ild re n . To
achieve this, we have a few
requirements for our volun
teers.
All Big Brothers and Big
Sisters m ust be at least 16
years old, in go o d m ental
health, and willing to w ork
within Big Brothers Big Sis
ters guidelines. Volunteers o f
16-17 years o f age are eligible
fo r the Club B uddies and
School Based programs only.
All volunteers are asked to:
submit the names o f personal
references, u ndergo back
ground checks, complete an
interview, and participate in
a training session.
Once the screening process
is completed and you are ac
cepted into the program, you
will be placed on a waiting list
until the best m atch with a
Little B rother o r Sister can
be fo u n d . O u r goal is to
match you w ith a child w ho
can fully benefit from the
support and friendship you
have to offer.
We appreciate your p a
tie n c e a n d c o o p e ra tio n
th r o u g h o u t th e p ro c e ss.
Please feel free, to call us at
553-0497 if you have any
questions. We look forward
to working with you!
Jaylyn Suppah, T ribal
P a rtn e rs h ip C o o rd in a to r,
Warm Springs.
Remembering when...
Member rights
D ear W arm Springs tribal
members,
I w o u ld like to rem in d
each o f you o f the rights o f
tribal m em bers, as provided
in the Indian Civil Rights Act
o f 1968. Section 1302 says:
N o Indian tribe in exercis
ing pow ers o f self-govern
m ent shall:
Make o r enforce any law
prohibiting the free exercise
o f rehgion, or abridging the
freedom o f speech, or o f the
Recognize any of these individuals? And where they are standing? And when?
. Cassimera Rhoan called
in with the answer to the
previous Spilyay local his
tory photo question. She
identified the Magpie bas
ketball team players as:
G o rd o n R h o an , Lyle
Rhoan Sr., Chuck N athan,
Tom
E stim o ,
S a n d e ts
“T o n to ” H eath (back row
from left); and Delvis H eath,
Sidney Miller, C het Van Pelt
Sr., Eugene G reene Sr., and
Danny Scott (from row from
left). Cassimera also knew the
year the p h o to was taken,
1956. T he picture o f the
parad e, taken d u rin g a
H uckleberry Feast, is a
little m ore complicated.
Some are saying the pic
ture was taken at H eH e,
while others say the pic
ture was at Simasho.
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