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
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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.
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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
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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.
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