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Spilyay Tymoo May 29, 2013
Letters to the editor
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HoopaTribal Corps. O r call
1-866-255-TCC C . H ere is
The Boys and Girls Club
S um m er P ro g ram begins some more information:
W h a t is A m eriC o rp s
June 13 and lasts until Au
H oopa Tribal CCC?
gust 23.
AmeriCorps H oopa Tribal
T he m em bership fee is
$25. T h e p ro g ra m is fo r Civilian Community Corps is
a program o f the C orpora
youth ages 5 and older.
C lub h o u se h o u rs are tion for National and Com
munity
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
As a part o f Ameri-Corps,
P arents, youth m ust be
enrolled to attend the p ro the network o f service p ro
gram. You can renew your gram s th a t engage y o ung
child’s mem bership at any tribal adults in intensive ser
time. The inform ation is for vice to m eet critical needs in
parent/guardian contact for education, environment, pub
situations regarding youth ill lic safety, homeland security
and other areas.
ness or injury.
AmeriCorps Tribal CCC is
We’d appreciate the fee
payment, before your child a team based, 9-m onth tribal
atten d s. I f you have any re s id e n tia l p ro g ra m , fo r
questions, comments or con young m en and women ages
cerns please call us at 553- IB -24 years old. M em bers
reside on campus located in
2323.
Club closure days will be N orthern California, on the
on: June 7 and 21; July 4, 5 H oopa Valley Indian Reser
vation. H oo p a Tribal CCC
19; and August 2 and 9.
has been in existence since
Thank you.
•
June Smith, W arm 2000.
.W h a t do A m e ric o rp s
Springs Boys and Girls Club
Tribal CCC members do?
manager.
M em bers serve in teams
o f ten to fifteen, on projects
that m eet the critical needs o f
urban and rural communities.
P ro jects are varied and
T h e fam ily o f M arella
Rose Van Pelt is fundraising address issues in:
Environm ent, education,
to attend her graduation in
public safety, unm et human
Flandreau, South Dakota.
She is th e d a u g h ter o f needs, disasters.
H ow are Corps Members
Lillie Van Pelt, and grand
d a u g h te r o f E liz a an d compensated?
In exchange for a 9-month
Harvey Jim.
They are having a raffle, comm itment to the program,
an d th e d raw in g w ill be Corps M embers receive a bi
Wednesday, June 5. I f you weekly living stipend, room
w ant to buy tickets you can and board, student loan for
contact Eliza or Harvey or bearance, health and child
care benefits.
Marella Sam.
Travel to our program at
the beginning o f the term and
upon successful completion
will be arranged by T ribal
CCC.
M em bers also receive a
Hello,
I am writing to get out in p o st-se rv ic e A m eriC o rp s
form ation o u t to as many; Education Award o f $4,725.
What is it like to be a Corps
tribal nations as possible.
We are the A m eriCorps Member?
Working together, Corps
H oopa Tribal Civilian, Com
munity Corps program for M em bers travel 2-4 tim es
young adults 18-24 years old. throughout California and to
AmeriCorps H oopa Tribal o th er states for short-term
CCC is a 9-m onth tribal-resi projects.
C o rp s m e m b e rs so jv e
dential A m eri-C orps p r o
problems, form friendships,
gram.
» Members gain w ork expe and learn lessons that will last
rience by completing commu them a life time through their
nity service projects across community -Service-learning
projects.
the country.
M em b ers also b e n e fit
Members benefit from on
from a variety o f certifica-
•the job work skills, personal/
o ffe re d
p ro fessio n al d evelopm en t tio n s /tr a in in g s
throughout the year.
tra in in g s, free ro o m an d
Members generally spend
board, bi-weekly living sti
pend, student loan deferment the full 9-m onth service year
an d a $5,550 E d u c a tio n with the same team and:live
Award upon completion o f with one roommate.
the 6-9 m onth program.
Y ou can learn m ore at
B&G Club
Raffle for grad
Tribal CCC
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In th e h is to ry o f th e
modern day Columbia River
Gorge, tribes o f the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation
referred to the sacred place
as We’Mul (Kiksht), N ’Chi
W ana (Ich ish k een ) an d
Pabahuqdu (Numu). In the
m idst o f our relocation to
the reservation, our people
not only left our homelands,
but we also left behind our
beautiful works o f art that
included carvings, basketry,
pottery, pettoglyphs, struc
tu res and canoes am ong
many others.
For thousands o f years
our people o f the big river
used canoes to travel up,
down and across the river,
as p art o f our livelihoods.
T h e canoes w ere carved
fro m an cien t cedar trees
from steep valleys o f the
Gorge. In the midst o f m ov
ing inland to the reservation
with stipulations in harvest
ing from the Big River, our
people slowly began to lose
touch with our ancient art
in the canoes and the spiri
tual journeys within.
F or years, m em bers o f
our com m unity have con
nected w ith o th er N ative
communities through spiri
tual tribal Canoe Journeys.
S easo n s ago, th o s e very
members came together to
begin reintroducing canoeing
and our spiritual connection
to water as our people have
been since time immemorial.
U nder direction from cul
tural leaders, top manage
m ent and youth programs
combined, the Confederated
T ribes o f W arm Springs
now own a 36-foot canoe,
w hich received the nam e
N ’Chi Wana on March 27,
2010 at Indian Park on the
W arm Springs Reservation.
I t w as a very successful,
emotionally moving and his
torical day for the Confed
erated Tribes. We have since
been meeting every weekend
to discuss the journey ahead
and still looking for m ore
community input in any way
possible.
We have b een advised
an d m e n to re d by can o e
families from throughout the
N o rth w e s t. T h e N ’C hi
Wanapum Canoe Family has
since journeyed to Makah,
Q uinault, Cascade Locks,
N e w p o rt Bay, C oos Bay,
Lewis and Clark College, the
P ortland P erform ing A rts
Center, the Native American
Arts and Council, the O r
egon Indian Education As
sociation, Maya Lin H o n o r
ing, and several other com
munity events.
This year the N ’Chi Ca
noe Family will take part in
the Paddle to Quinault 2013.
We appreciate the support
o f our partners.
Jefferson Greene
Music festival
An all day music festival
is scheduled fo r Saturday,
Ju n e 1, at Sahalee Park in
Madras.
You are invited to this
school district-wide free fes
tival, featu rin g local p e r
formers, including students-
fro m each e lem en tary
school, the m iddle school
jazz band, and high school
choir.
Celebrate the artistic, cul
tural, and musical diversity
in our area with local dance
groups and musicians. The
Great Season!
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
The Madras High School Softball team gathered before resuming their play-in
game that was rained out two days earlier. They qualified for the play-in game with
a come from behind victory over North Marion. They were hoping for a repeat
performance against the same team, but their season ended as North Marion
advanced to the State playoffs.
The MHS baseball team also made it to a play-in game against Klamath Union
who narrowly defeated the Buffs with a final score of 2-1.
event will kick o ff around
9:30 a.m. June 1, and go on
into the evening.
T he perform ance sched
ule (subject to change) is as
follows:
9:30-10 a.m. Dancers and
Drumm ers from the Confed
e ra te d T rib es o f W arm
Springs.
10:05-10:25 a.m. Madras
Primary second-grade choir.
10:30-11:10 - B uff Inter
mediate school singers.
11:15-11:45 - La L u n a
Folkloric Dance Team.
11:50-12:20 p.m. - Madras
High School Choir.
12:25-12:55 - Jeffe rso n
County Middle School Jazz
Band.
1:00-1:20 - M etolius E l
ementary Recorder Group.
1:25-2:55 - Three Quarter
Short, country and rock-and-
roll band from Bend.
3:00-3:15 - W arm Springs
Elementary Student Recital.
3:20-4:25 - Box Canyon
Bluegrass.
4:30-4:45 - D an ce A rts
Madras acts.
>. 4:5 0 -5 :2 0 - W in te r’s
Ocean, high school rock band..
5:25-5:55 - G rupo Ritmo
Caliente.
6:00-6:15 D a n c e A rts
Madras acts.
6:20-6:35 , - Featured
teen
f
singers.
6:40-7:25 - The Charade,
local E th o s music teachers
perform .
7:30-8:30 Triur Amadan -
Madras’ own Celtic and folk
band.
Rebuilding
D ear C onfederated Tribes
o f Warm Springs,
This is to confirm our in-
te n tio n to re b u ild o u r
longhouse. The N ez Perce
C h ief J o s e p h L o n g h o u se
was d estro y ed by fire on
Christmas Day 2012.
A committee has been es
ta b lis h e d to p la n a new
longhouse. We have been
m eeting for three m onths
now to w ork out details for
this project.
We are now asking, for
d o n atio n s, co n trib u tio n s,
a n d /o r items that we could
use in our new home; We ask
ing our friends, neighbors
and relatives to help us in this
endeavor.
T h e L o n g h o u se F u n d -
Raising Committee is w ork
ing in partnership w ith the
Colville Indian H ousing A u
thority. They have set up the
Chief Joseph Longhouse Re
building Fund at the N orth
Cascades N ational Bank in
G rand Coulee, Wash.
All m onetary donations
can be sent to: Chief Joseph
Longhouse Rebuilding Fund;
NCNB; P O Box G - Grand
Coulee, WA 99133.
Thank you for taking time
to consider this request. We
appreciate any support and
are sincerely grateful for your
contribution.
Yours truly, Keith “Soy”
Redthunder.
Team raffle
A W arm Springs H ood to
C o ast,A d am is d o in g a
fundraiser raffle with a draw
ing on July 4.
You can get tickets from
L eslie
D av is,
M onica
Sam pson, Jo rd an Leonard,
H aley B ro w n so n , Jaym e
Schricker, Lisa Dubisar, Ryan
Sm ith, G ary Sam pson III,'
Jeff Anspach", D o n Courtney,
A dam Haas, Joe Lewis and
Val Squiemphen. N eed not
be present to win.
Relay for Life
T h e M a d ra s M e d ic a l
G roup Relay for Life Team
will be holding a bake sale
to benefit Relay for Life.
T he sale will be from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
June 1 during the Madras
Saturday M arket at Sahalee
Park.
Sisters show
T h e Sisters W ild W est
Shbw which will be August
24-25. T he organizers are
looking for volunteers to
re p r e s e n t W arm S prings
N ative culture. -3
Please contact Richard
E sterm an at 541-549-8905
to learn more or email:
centraloregonshows@gmail.
com
The next dead
lin e to s u b m it
item s fo r pu b lica
tion in the Spilyay
T ym oo is F riday,
June 7. Thank you
for writing!
Native veterans memorial
gets legislative push
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Ha-
waii) introduced legislation
last week to reauthorize the
co n stru c tio n o f a N ative
American veterans memorial
on the Mall.
A quirk o f the original
legislation, passed in 1994,
allowed for the construction
o f the memorial b u t did not
allow the National Museum
o f the American Indian to
raise funds— a predicament
for a memorial required to
be built with private funds
on the m useum’s property.
The new legislation allows
the Smithsonian Institution
to engage in fundraising and
rem oves the responsibility
from the N ational Congress
o f American Indians, a non
profit organization originally
ta sk e d w ith fin d in g r e
sources. The legislation was
first p roposed by the late
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-
H aw aii) an d Sen. J o h n
McCain (R-Ariz.).
“American Indians, Alaska
Natives and Native Hawai-
ians serv ed in all o f the
A m erican w ars since th e
Revolutionary War,” Schatz
said during a media call. “It
is critical that we recognize
their bravery and patriotism
wdth a fitting memorial.”
Advocates noted that vet
erans memorials on the Mall
do n o t recognize the contri
butions o f Native Americans
in A m erican wars. R o b ert
Holden; director o f the N a
tional Congress o f American
Indians, said that while the
T hree Servicemen Statue at
the Vietnam Veterans Memo
rial rep resen ts C aucasian,
African American and H is
panic service m em bers, it
excludes Native Americans,
and does not fully depict their
contributions.
Planning for the size and
scope o f the mem orial will
begin if the legislation passes.
The memorial would be on
m useum property, b u t the
exact location has n o t been
determined.
The Museum at Warm Springs is open daily 9 a .m .-
5 p.m. The current Exhibit is “Transform ations:
Warm Springs Tribal Enterprises.” The exhibit is on
display thru May 26.
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