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.