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Pi- Ume-Sha Court candidate Eva Katchia Hello! My name is Eva Katchia. My Indian name is Li-pat-qu, (w ife to T ip so (T reaty Signer)); I am running for Miss Pi-ume-sha 2012/2013. I am selling raffle tickets. I will be around the commu nity asking for your support. My family is: father, Gary Katchia Sr., m other Lavonne Boise, my grandfather is Lyle Katchia, grandm other’s aut- wy ^Marilyn M eanus, C ath erin e K atch ia , L aura Kelly. G reat grandm others are M illie C olw ash, aut-w y Prosanna Williams, Bernice M itch ell an d V erbena G reene, H ilda Culpus and Jeannette Yazzie. My great g ra n d fa th e rs are aut-w y M arv in M eanus an d Cy Katchia. My other grandma’s are: Louise K atchia, Annie Meanus, Lavina Colwash, O E Colwash. My other family is B etty G eo rg e an d Jam es K a tc h ia S r., S h aro n and Rayann Katchia. T his is the F orty-T hird A nnual Pi-Um e-Sha Treaty D ays— Please su p p o rt this event. Neigh Pacwai, Eva Katchia, Li-Pat-qu. June 13, 2012 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 9 MHS graduation Madras High School graduation was this past Saturday. Ceremonies included the Lord's Prayer performed byTasheena George (right). From Warm Springs about 32 students were part of the MHS Class of 2012. The Warm Springs Graduation Banquet is Tuesday evening, June 19 at the Agency Longhouse. Sue Matters photos. Pi-Ume-Sha Court Candidate Eva Katchia, Li-pat-qu. More News from Indian Country Choctaw tribe signs deal for new hospital PH IL A D E L PH IA , Miss. (AP) — A new $55 million Choctaw Indian hospital is p ro jected to o p en on the Pearl River R eservation in 2014. T he Mississippi Band b f Choctaw Indians signed an agreem ent in May w ith the federal Indian H ealth Ser vices. The Choctaws was one o f only seven tribes approved for the program by the In dian Health Services. U nder the program , the Choctaws will build and equip the state-of-the-art health fa cility using IH S space and staffing metrics while the IHS will provide staffing and op e ra tio n a l fu n d in g fo r 20 years. H T he new facility will be ap p ro x im a te ly 161,000 square feet, tw o and h a lf times the size o f the current hospital. The campus will have 20 acute care beds, expanded primary care, inpatient, out patient, ambulatory, dental, diagnostic and treatm ent fa cilities as well as behavioral health and com m unity and public health services. “O ur current facility is out dated and v e ry , space co n strained,” C hief Phyliss, Anderson said. “Clearly there is a great need on the Reser vation for better health care solutions.” T h e c u rre n t C h o ctaw H ealth C enter was built in 1976 for a Tribal population o f 4,000. Today the current 58,000 square fo o t facility serves a population o f more than 10,000 tribal members. “W ith this new facility we will provide enhanced health care for our elders as well as preventative care and health education tor our young chil dren,” A nderson said. T he trib e also plans td renovate the current hospital to include pediatric services: S eparately, N e sh o b a County is building a new $19 m illio n h o sp ita l w h ich is scheduled to be completed in the spring o f 2013. Tribal council supports 2 tribes water rights NORM AN, Okla. (AP) - T he Inter-Tribal Council o f the Five Civilized Tribes has passed a resolution support in g th e C hickasaw an d Choctaw nations in their dis pute with the state o f Okla hom a over water. The two tribes filed a fed eral lawsuit against the state in August, seeking to main tain control o f the water in southeastern Oklahoma. The lawsuit, which seeks to bar the state an d O k lah o m a C ity from transporting water from the region, is on hold while the two sides w ork w ith a court-appointed mediator. A report on mediation efforts is due by July 20. Fallin’s office and an attor ney for the tribes say they are p rohibited from discussing the mediation talks because o f confidentiality provisions o f the court’s mediation or der. T he Inter-Tribal Council approved the resolution dur ing a meeting last Friday in N orman.’ “The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations do believe th a t it is o u r w a te r/’ said C hoctaw N atio n A ssistant Chief Gary Batton. “We do believe those are our rights to that water. “ I f p e o p le try to tak e things from o ur tribal m em bers, w e’ll tu rn th at (peace pipe) over and we’re ready to fight at a m o m en t’s, n o tice,” he said. “A nd th a t’s w hat we’re having to do right now w ith the state o f O kla hom a.” Casino proposal ignites turf wars with state, other tribes AKEL A FLATS, N.M. (AP) — The Fort Sill Apache Tribe has crossed another hurdle in its ongoing at tempt to build a casino on its new reservation. The Bureau o f Indian Affairs recently sent a let ter to the governor and o th e r officials in N ew Mexico saying it has deter mined the tribe’s reserva tion east o f Dem ing is eli gible for gaming, and it has begun the process o f re viewing the tribe’s, request to build a casino on the 30-acte tract along Inter state 10. But as the tribe moves forward with its plans, it has reigriited old turf wars with the state over its true in te n t an d w ith o th e r tribes concerned about competition for gamblers. Tribal C hairm an Je ff H apzous says the tribe, currently based in south west Oklahoma, needs the casino to get incom e’ to buy more fland to help its m em b ers re tu rn to its homelands. G ra y w olves trapped o n C o lv ille rez SPO KA NE, Wash. (AP) _ Two gray wolves were trapped on the Colville Reservation this week and outfitted with tracking collars.' The wolves were the first captured on the N ortheast W ashington reservation in m ore 100 years. T he tracking collars will help th e trib e ’s b io lo g ists m onitor the m ovem ents o f the wolves, a 68-pound fe male and a 71-pound male. B oth are about 14 m onths old. > Tribal official believe be tween three and four adult wolves inhabit the San Poil watershed. Man identified as victim in recent death The victim in an ap p aren t beating death in near the reservation has been identified as 48-year- old Dennis Michael Jones o f Seattle. T he Jefferson County sh eriff’s office says two Warm Springs m en were jailed in connection with th e d e a th , 31-y ear-o ld James Ryan Johnson and 23-year-old Steven N eal Anderson. Jones’ body was found May 30 in an abandoned ra ilro a d tu n n e l n ear a popular D eschutes River fishing spot just south o f the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Sheriff Jim Adkins says the victim knew at least one o f the suspects and alcohol appears to have been involved. D uring a court hearing last week, both suspects appeared in c o u rt via cam era in Jefferson County for a sta tus h e a rin g b e fo re Ju d g e A nnette H illman. They re q u ested an d w ere g ran ted court-appointed attorneys. Families o f b o th o f the accused were present. Both o f the accused appeared in a previous arraignment on Fri day, June 1. A n a u to p s y w as p e r form ed last week on the de ceased, w ho was described as a transient from the Seattle area. £CWe want people to know that the deceased was n ot just so m e ra n d o m fish e rm a n d o w n th e r iv e r /’ Je a n n ie Brisbois said following the status hearing. “T he details are going to come out.” “There is a lot more to this case,” Ina A nderson said. “T he deceased was actually seen previously in the clinic at Warm Springs. People saw [him] following Steven around the com munity. T he way the m e dia makes it sound, people think that, he was picked o u t an d a tta c k e d o r robbed.” “There’s a lot o f infor m atio n th a t p eo p le ju st d o n ’t know y et,” A n d e rso n ’s fa th e r said. “There are things that the attorney is going to have to know, and it’s going to be hard to talk about these things, as a father.” (Noie: The A P contributed to this article.) PIONEER ROCK & MONUMENT Specializing in Native American Design 201 Crafton Rd Goldendale, WA 98620 PO Box 348 509-773-4702 LET US SAVE YOU TIME & MONEY DESIGN & ORDER OVER THE INTERNET www.pioneerrock.com www.betterheadstones.com Find MAP To Our Shop Under 'CONTACTS'
