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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 3, 2013)
Spilygy Tymoo, Wgi-m Springs, Oregon A pril 3, 2013 Pgge 7 Youth preparing for triplo Europe Births Ja k e Frank will travel this summer as an Am bassador with the People to People program. H e will visit and study in these European coun tries: E ngland, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland; B eing chosen as an Ambassador with People to P eople is a rare ac complishment. First, the student must have excel lent grades. Jake, 13, is a straight- A student at Jefferso n County Middle School. H e is also active in sports an d cu ltu ral activities such as traditional danc ing. H e participates in the school cultural activities, and at powwows. “I love the Eagle Dance, as the E agle is th e N ativ e American people’s Sacred Bird,” he says. The student must also pass a series o f in te r view s th a t d e te rm in e which students will bring out the best in the pro gram. Jake impressed his interviewers with his ma ture attitude. O nce accepted as a People to People Ambas sador, the next step was to raise the needed funds for the trip. A total o f $6,000 is required. With Orion Robert Sam D ena T hom as and T hom as C hester Sam o f W arm Springs are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Orion Robert Sam, born on March 18, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Charles hospital in Madras. A t birth O rion Robert weighed 9 pounds, and measured 21 inches in length. O rion Robert Sam has a big brother, 1-year-old Isley Jayden Bill Sam. Grandparents on his m other’s side are Lavena Ike and Ronald Thomas o f Warm Springs. Grandparents on his father’s side are R obert Sr. and Marella Sam o f Warm Springs. Great-grandparents are Harvey and Eliza Brown Jim o f Warm Springs; and the late Chester Van Pelt Sr. and the late William (Bill) Evelyn Wesley Sam. Courtesy of Annabelle Clements. Jake Frank stays active in sports and at powwows. his g re a t-g ra n d m o th e r Annabelle Clements, Jake has so far raised about $4,000. ' “I have had two raffles, two luncheons, a booth at the Halloween Carnival, a con cessio n d u rin g L in c o ln ’s Birthday Powwow and at the Thanksgiving Powwow,” Jake says. “I am seeking all possi bilities to meet the financial goal. I am willing to w ork hard to raise the necessary funding.” The next fund-raiser will be a luncheon at the Agency Longhouse on Friday, April 19, T he support; so far has been very much appreciated, added Annabelle. Accomplishments A t school Jake is in the SM ILE Club (Science and Math Investigative Learning Experience), H e likes Lego Robotics and computer tech nology. In sports he likes bas k etball, baseball, cross country, bowling and cy cling, horse riding, wild colt racing. H e is an H o n o r Stu dent, with awards in Ac celerated Math, Acceler ated Reading, and Student o f the Month. I f you wish to help him with the upcoming People to P eople A m b assad o r trip, you can reach Jake at 541-553-1245. Dave McMechan Evan Eric Dean Meanus Ambrose D ean Meanus and Machell Anne Meanus o f Madras are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Evan Eric Dean Meanus, born on March 15, 2013. Evan joins sisters' Maxine, 7, and Priscilla, 5. Grandparents on the father’s side are the late Marlene Meanus, and Gregory Jackson Sr., o f Warm Springs. Grandparents on the m other’s side are Judith Kalama o f Warm Springs, and Craig Tailfeathers o f Warm Springs. Renjamin Rlaise Jack M atthew Moses-Johnson Jack and Violet Heath-Jack o f Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Benjamin Blaise Jack, born on March 21, 2013. Benjamin joins brothers Jarrin, 11, and Jacob, 1; and sister Lillie May, 3. Grandparent on the father’s side is the late Joanna Jack o f Celilo. Grandparent on the mother’s side is atwai Benson Heath, and Alice and Gene Sampson, o f Warm Springs. David I. Switzler Mandy Switzler is pleased to announce the birth o f her son David I. Switzler, b om on March 20, 2013. David joins brother Amos, and sister Virginia. Grandparent are Amos Switzler Jr., and Bucky H obbs (Klamath-Modoc). Lee J. Sarrelhofse ~ April 18, 1956 - March 23, 2013 L ee S o rrelh o rse passed away March 23, 2013 while dancing in the traditional category at the N isqually Pow w ow in Nisqually, Wash. H e is survived by his wife Angie Sorrelhorse and his nine children: VanesSa Walker-Stwyer, Ricky W alker, (Atwai) Thomas Walker, Francis S orrelhorse, C asandra F rutos L opez, E ugene Bill, Rosa Frutos Lopez, G erardo Frutos Lopez, an d M artin F ru to s Lopez; 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. March 26, 2013 at Omega Funeral H om e in Portland, and again the same day start ing at 3 p.m. with over n ig h t services at the A gency L onghouse in Warm Springs, Lee was buried next to his son (Atwai) Thomas Walker at Tenino Cem etery in Warm Springs. Lee’s passing was ex tremely sudden and trau m atic; h o w ev er, the Nisqually tribe stepped in right away to help the family in any and every way that they could. T h e fam ily is so hum bled and honored by w hat was given so freely w h e n n o o n e h a d ev en asked. Words cannot express how appreciative the family is, and they w ould just like to ac knowledge the Nisqually tribe for everything they did: Lee’s spirit was a potent mix o f strength and compas sion courage and love, ideal ism and reality; like an old b o o k , ro u g h a ro u n d th e edges, but as soon as you open to th a t first p ag e y o u ’re caught by a beautiful story that is at once bittersweet, joyful, painful, powerful and poignant. Lee wasn’t one to shy away from life, rather, he embraced it. He wanted to know all life had to offer: her sorrow, her pain, her tears, and her rage, her love and her laughter, her peace and her happiness. H e made many mistakes along the way, but it is these same mistakes that incited such depth o f love and respect for this man. H e showed the world that it’s okay to mess up in life, that if .you make mistakes you don’t hang your head in shame; in stead , you raise it up proudly and say “Ya, I didn’t make the best de cision, b u t dam nit I ’m gonna keep on m oving forw ard and do b e tte r next time,” and he did. Lee’s determ ination knew no bounds, nor did his ldve. Lee was a loving husband, a giving friend who showed his love by teasing to no end; he was a bom father, with a nur turing spirit that rolled off o f him effortlessly. H e stepped in as a fa th e r to m any p eo p le, sometimes just for a day, o th e r tim es fo r th e ir whole lives. And, to many others he was a brother, an uncle, a grandfather, a bro, a m en to r and a teacher. H e accepted his fam ily and friends no m at te r w h o th ey w ere or w hat they did; he gave o f his love freely and the loss o f his spirit will be greatly felt by all who knew him. Drastic amendment proposed to Indian Arts and Crafts Act An amendment proposed to the Native American Arts and C raft act by Rep N ick R ahall (D -W V ) if p assed would potentially remove pro tections from Native Ameri can artisans across the coun try and allow for non-Tribal members to label work they create as “Native American produced.” The Indian Arts and Craft A ct which was originally es tablished in 1990 prohibits the m arketing o f American Indian and Alaskan N ative ' arts and crafts as . authentic unless it is produced by a fed erally o r state reco g n ized tribal member. The changes proposed by Rep Rahall would insert in to the law language that would allow for members o f a non p ro fit Indian organizations and individuals w ho are not enrolled m em bers o f a rec ognized tribe to claim authen ticity. “Any individual who is a direct lineal descendant o f a person listed on the base roll o f an Indian tribe, whether or not such individual qualifies forfhembership in the Indian tribe,” the amendment reads. “A ny individual w ho is a m em ber o f an Indian orga nization.” T he law provides vague definition o f what an Indian organization is and includes language stating the organiza tion does not need to be rec ognized by any tribal nation. “The IACA is already dif ficult to enforce and does little to p ro tect or support Native American artists and small arts businesses, these new changes would render it completely useless,” said Dr. Jessica Metcalfe founder of the Native American Fashion blog Beyond Buckskin. “It sounds like someone in DC is lobbying for this change because com panies realize that right now there’s a lot of m oney to be m ade o ff o f selling our ethnicity. But our ethnicity isn’t for sale,” added Dr. Metcalfe. The amendment has been referred to the House com mittee on Native American and Alaska Native Affairs. Hope Conference helping to address sexual abuse The H ope conference is making an attem pt to address the m ost disturbing epidemic in all o f Indian country, child sexual abuse. .For generations the plague o f sexual abuse that currently thrives on reservations has been hidden from the larger p o p u latio n because o f an unspoken agreement amongst Native communities to keep it a secret. The H ope Con ference, w hich takes place April 4-5 in Billings, is break ing that silence and will ex amine ways to keep this hor rible tragedy from continuing to happen. “N o m o re sham e. N o m o re secrets. N o m o re sweeping this issue under the rug. We m u st address the truth about this trauma and how it is a root cause o f so many o f the social issues that face our people today” said Elrae Potts (Dakota) an or ganizer of the event. “We m ust do this in the name o f our children who are the hope for the future. We m ust do this for our ancestors who suffered and died without jus tice or healing from the pain o f these abuses. We hope for mass healing within our tribal nations in a unified m ove ment,” she added. The conference’s primary focus is to address the issue o f child sexual trauma within Native communitie's. During the event panelists and partici pants will examine the impact th at historical accounts o f sexual abuse have had on N a tive communities. The histori- cal'examination will begin with abuses within religious institu tions, boarding schools and other documented accounts of institutionalized sexual assaults o f Native children.
