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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 2012)
Spilydy T yro o o , W grro Springs, O regon Pgge 8 Tribal member profile ‘Hambone’ awarded medal M uch has changed since the Cold War broke out in 1945. In that year, tensions were running high between the two w o rld pow ers. F ra n k lin Roosevelt was inaugurated to an u n p re c e d e n te d fo u rth term. A nne Frank died in a concentration camp. Bread was nine cents a loaf. G aso line had skyrocketed to 21 cents per gallon. Just nine years before the start o f the C old War, on N o v em b er 6, 1936, M erle and Jam es Greeley welcomed their new born son into the w orld at the old “Hollywood Huts.” “A nd that’s where it pretty m u ch s ta rte d fo r m e,” Hamilton ‘H am bone’ Greeley recently said. H am bone worked at odd jobs. H e recalls an era when many tribal members would travel to the Willamette Val ley to pick berries. “I sta rte d pick in g b e r rie s w h e n I w as a ro u n d five y ears o ld ,” he said . “W hen y oung p e o p le see m e in m y h o u s e o n th e hillside today they th in k I m u s t b e d riv in g a ro u n d w ith a w h eelb arro w full o f m oney. N o, I was raised in a tim e w hen you w orked h ard fo r very little .” In his early 20s, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. “I was young and foolish then,” he said. “I had to learn fast about the Russians and the Berlin Wall. Because I knew w hat would come after young and foolish... old and foolish.” U pon his return to the res ervation, determined to have direction in his life, Hambone was g re e te d by N ellie Q u e a h p a m a , th e w ife of C hief Queahpama. “I t w as an h o n o r, she called m e by m y In d ia n name, Kush. She didn’t speak English, everything to her was in the Indian language. I re m em ber th a t she was 115 years old when she gave my son his own Indian name. She lived another five years after that.” From there, with the help o f the BIA, H am bone got to w ork on his education. “They shipped me o ff to Springfield, M assachusetts,” he said. “It was a great expe rience, a w onderful school. T h at’s where they make the Springfield rifle. They say th a t’s w here they invented basketball.” H am bone com pleted his M gy 30, 201 2 Howlak Tichum Tu-Kia-Qan ~ Delbert Morris Blodgett (Boo-Boo) July 28, 1958-April 26, 2012 Duran Bobb/Spilyay Hamilton Greeley with recent award. internship and retu rn ed to Warm Springs to begin work ing with the sum mer youth w ork program under adwai Chief N elson Wallulatum. From there, he has worked as a police officer, a juvenile judge, an ap p ellate judge, among other positions. But his lesson in life has been to stay busy. “Right now I ’m helping my so n to sell his p o w w o w DVDs,” Hamilton says. “I like to cover the events that are closer to home, while James will travel further out.” In his life jo u rn ey , H am bone has taken careful co nsideration to particular lessons. Treaty Days Hamilton remembers back to th e early days o f Paiyumsha, before it was an organized Treaty Days cel ebration. A t first, Paiyumsha was a Fourth o f July celebra tion, he said. “It wasn’t anything special, just a reason to get together and celebrate in a good way. I rem ember one year, people w ere ex cited w h en Sarah Johnson was the celebrity in the parade. She was Miss Indian America. So every body knew it was getting to be a big thing then.” Veterans were always made to feel welcome, he recalled. H am bone missed o ut on the first few years o f the of ficial Paiyumsha because he was a counselor then with the Job Corp. “I ’ve w orn many hats,” he recalls. Field of Honor Medal O utside his hom e which has an unbelievable view o f the Sky over the reservation, H am bone’s hobby is to study the stars. W hen asked about being aw ard ed w ith a F ield o f H o n o r M edal fro m V FW P o s t # 4 2 7 6 in Sandy, H am bone is humble. “T hat was the award I re ceived last Sunday. T h a t’s John N eum an’s group there, they gave o ut about ten m ed als. I drove down to receive my award w ith my partner, w ho likes to talk with veter ans.” H am b o n e looks aro u n d his house with a smile. “T here is an order here,” he said. “This is w hat I ’ve wanted for so many years. So n o th in g is set in concrete. We’re lucky to have our tra ditional rules and beliefs with us. We’re lucky to have an elder’s point o f view when we can get it. T he sam e way folks come here to seek out my advice. I ’m here on the hillside. Me and my chick ens.” — D uran Bobb Boo-Boo was born to F re d B lo d g e tt Sr. an d Geraldine Blodgett on July 28, 1958 in R ed m o n d , Oregon. Boo-Boo was a Warm Springs tribal mem ber and resident. In his life he accom p lish ed m any feats. H e w as a so n , b ro th e r, nephew, uncle (great uncle an d g re a t-g re a t un cle), cousin and loyal friend. He had worked at many things; m o st recen tly was tree th in n in g , jan ito rial and chimney sweeping. Boo- Boo gathered berries and roots, helped in drying and smoking o f the many tra ditional foods. H e was also a h o m e g a rd e n e r and loved his. strawberries. These last three years he dealt with liver and kid ney problems. H e had been doing kidney dialysis three times a week, which pretty much filled his week. O n April 17-, 2012, after dialy sis he felt sick and was sent to Bend Memorial Hospi- tai. H e was stabilized there and ready to retu rn hom e Thursday but early that m orn ing he suffered a m assive stroke. This com pounded his liver and kidney failure. He was brought form the hospi tal to Bend to High Lookee Lodge on April 21 for H os pice Care. Boo Boo passed away on A p ril 25, 2012. A p riv ate d ressing and service w ere d one at H igh L ookee and then traveled to the Simnasho Longhouse for overnight ser vices and burial and Red Lake C em etery o n the m orning o f April 26. B oo B oo to u c h e d many lives in his lifetime. H e tra v e le d to m any places and touched many hearts with his contagious smile and impish chuckle. H e was also an ornery person, apd very im pa tient. H e didn’t w ant to wait for others or have others wait for him. H e comm ented on the length o f funerals and services, telling us, “W hen it’s my time I ’d like it over and d o n e w ith in a tim ely m anner. I don’t like to wait and don’t w ant oth ers waiting on me.” This is the reason he was laid to rest so promptly. His wishes were carried out. H e will be missed but left us with many m em o ries. “I t is fin ish ed ... H e has traveled his last jour ney. .. Be joyous he is at rest.” School: voters strongly in favor (Continued from page 1) “T here is no question th a t w e are p a ss io n a te a b o u t b u ild in g a new School for our children in Warm Springs,” said Jody Calica, tribal secretary-trea surer. “This is something we have been working to ward with our school dis trict partners_to inspire a better sense o f hope and community.” C lose to 650 trib al m em bers voted in the May 14 referendum, with a strong majority in favor. T he vote w as 501-147 in favor. A larger tu rn o u t w ould likely have seen passage o f the ref erendum. “We were only 369 votes short o f meeting our thresh old,” Calica said, “and we are c o n fid en t th a t we can get th e re if w e h o ld a n o th e r vote.” ,lb'' S prings trib e s an d Jefferson C ounty school district announced a part nership to construct a k-8 school in Warm Springs, at East Tenino and Chukkar roads. The agreement includes a 5-year plan for comple tion o f the project. Joint funding o f the new build ing is also part o f this long term plan. M ■ A year ago, th e W arm JULYAMSH POWWOW PRESENTS Study links water with healthy food choices (AP) — A new study by re searchers at the University o f O regon suggests a relatively easy way to get children to eat m ore vegetables^— serve wa ter w ith meals. The authors o f the study say behavioral research has found people correlate a glass o f w ater w ith healthy ’ food, and sugary drinks with items from convenience stores and fast-food restaurants. The study found that pre school children consumed far m o re v e g e ta b le s w h en coupled w ith a glass o f water rather than a glass o f soda. M a rk e tin g p ro f e s s o r Bettina Cornwell, a co-author o f thé study, said that water is o fte n a ss o c ia te d w ith healthy food, and th at fre quent consum ption o f water at the dinner table can create a healthier mindset with chil dren. Painted Face American Indian ART SHOW & AUCTION Thursday - Sunday, July 19th~22nd, 2012 G re y h o u n d P a r k • P o s t F a l l s , Id a h o Largest American Indian A rt Show in the Inland Northwest Over $6,000 in prize money! ic ip a n ts Ä « »e a "«erabe' Olympic medals from Native Americans on display W A S H IN G T O N , D.C. (AP) _ Olympic medals from three Native American ath letes w ho com peted in the 1912 games in Stockholm , Sweden are in a new exhibit opening at the Smithsonian's N a tio n a l M useum o f th e American Indian in Washing ton. The medals from athletes 1/ Jim Thorpe, Billy Mills and D uke K ah an am o k u go on display Friday to m ark the 1 0 0 th an n iv e rsa ry o f th e Stockholm games. L ater in July, the medals will travel to L ondon for the 2012 Sum m er Olympic G am es to be displayed for spectators. In 1912, T h o rp e sw ept b oth the pentathlon and de cathlon. H e was the first and only Olympian to accomplish this, and King Gustav V o f Sweden proclaim ed T horpe " th e greatest athlete in the world." Kahanamoku won the 100-meter freestyle. Mills won the gold in To kyo in 1964. T h e e x h ib it is o p e n through Sept. 3. 11« r e c o g n i z e d tr iD e , FOR information contact Shama Nomee tn o m e e @ c d a c a s in o .c o m " ° 800 » 3 .2 4 6 4 ic i p a te m ve space. $150 dep o sit to a r r .val .¡ m b b u u r r s s e e u d - u p e o - n - a r t 2 i reim than Friday, April 13 X 7408
