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By Yvonne Iverson
Native American mascots
are gaining attention once
again, m ost recently from the
protest held last Sunday at
Lambeau Field for the Pack
er s/Redskins game.
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with signs say
ing “Redskins
re f e r to th e
scalps o f my ancestors” and
“the R-word is — to the N -
word.”
A lth o u g h the R edskins
team ow ner D aniel Snyder
has vowed to never change
their name, here in Oregon
Gov. K itzh ab e r vow ed to
change all Native American
team names by vetoing a bill
that would allow some teams
to keep their names if local
tribes approved.
So startin g in 2017 no
Native American mascots or
names will be allowed in pub
lic schools.
My th o u g h ts are th a t
team s and m ascots should
n ot refer to any person or
group o f people, not neces
sarily because the names and
images are offensive (but be
lieve me some o f them are),
but because people are pas
sionate about their teams and
love to show their team spirit.
You . know you are going
to cheer y o u r team on and
you want them to “stom p”
their opponent. W hen your
team is running up the sfefe'
they tire “killing” the oppos
ing team.
Well w hen the opposing
team refers to a group o f
people hmmm... let’s say “The
Indians” then team spirit turns
into racist slurs.
D uring Homecom ing and
Spirit Week across the county
the whole point is you want
your team to crush the rival.
You decorate the halls, make
posters, and dress up to show
your spirit.
B ut if your rival team is
“The Indians’’ then the halls
that our children walk in say
th in g s like “W e’re g o n n a
stomp the Indians,” or maybe
even “massacre the Indians,”
with a picture o f our mascot
scalping their mascot.
These types o f things are
n ot okay.
I am all for team spirit, so
just take the references to
people out o f it, because no
body seems to m ind if there
is a noose around a D uck’s
neck during Civil War week.
Spilyay Tyrooo September 18, 2013
including tribal language, as
th e Language P ro g ram is
unable to provide teachers
due to conflicts with the im
m ersion classes and other
language p rogram obliga
tions.
H ow ever, th e C ultural
teaching will continue, and
Parole and Probation will be
expanding these services to
include providing classes to
inmates in our tribal jail.
O n Mondays from 3 to 4
p.m., Cultural Classes will be
held for the male population
at the Warm Springs Correc
tional Facility (WSCF).
O n Tuesdays from 9 to
10 a.m., Cultural Classes will
be held for the female popu
lation at WSCF.
Then on Wednesday, Cul
ture Class will be held at the
Tribal Parole and Probation
office from 3 to 4 p.m.
Leona Ike, director, Pa
role and Probation.
Museum event
The Huckleberry Harvest,
Gathering by the Creek, is set
for O ctober 5.
The Huckleberry Harvest
will be held at the Museum
at Warm Springs, where you
w ill b e im m e rse d in th e
beauty o f the culture and tra
ditions o f our tribes... with
the m esm erizing beat o f a
drum as it echoes through
the basalt rim rock canyon,
each drum beat, a heart beat.
We will have a traditional
salm on bake, cooked over
smokey alderwood, a savory
taste o f trad itio n th at has
gone unchanged for genera
tions.
We will have a silent auc
tion and oral auction, filled
with hand-crafted art from
our tribal artisans, so you can
take a piece o f Warm Springs
hom e with you.
Please join us! We look for
ward to seeing you then. G et
more information, and regis
ter at:
museumatwarmsprings.org
By attending the Huckle
b erry H arv est you are di
rectly supporting the preser
vation o f an im portant re
source: o u r co m m u n ities’
heritage, our museum. Over
four decades ago, our elders
a n d trib a l lead e rs h ad
a dream, to one day have a
place to house and show our
family heirloom s and trea
sures. A place to educate
both our own tribal members
and visitors from around the
world about the history, heri
tage and culture o f the C on
Spilyay T y m o o
(C oyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Reporter/ Advertising Director: Yvonne Iverson
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo Is published bi-weekly by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 In Warm Springs.
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should be addressed to:
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97761.
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federated Tribes o f W arm
Springs. We’ve been open for
20 years now, and we are still
celebrating our dream!
Turning dreams into real
ity continues to be the work
o f the museum board o f di
rectors, board o f regents, our
staff, and the Warm Springs
community.
Your help gives us the op
portunity to grow, flourish
and share our beautiful m u
seum with visitors near and
far. We look forward to hear
ing from you and hope that
you will attend the Eighteenth
Annual Huckleberry Harvest.
Sincerely,
Debbie Stacona, M u
seum at Warm Springs.
ful for sobriety!
Alice Sampson.
Indian Head Casino
—
A thank you
To family and friends,
We want to thank every
one that was there to support
our family before and after
our brother’s passing on. We
w an t to th an k th o se th a t
made the time and effort to
visit him in the hospital that
last day. Thank you for the
songs that were sang before
and after he passed. Your
support m eant a lot.
Thank you to our out-of-
town and out-of-state family
and friends that came to the
services.
Thank you Jode for offi
ciating and helping with all the
o th er cerem onies th at, go
O u r hom e, w here G ene w ith a fu n eral. A lfred a
grew up, burned down and we Mitchell, thank you for the
lost everything including oUr outfit.
Thank you to the Phillip
dog and cat. T hat was a very
sad day. It has been a dramatic David and Alvin Schuster and
change for us. Moving from sons (nephews) for doing the
the country to West Hills, hav dressing in a respectful way.
ing no rent to paying rent, no T h a n k you to th e cooks.
neighbors to many, these are Thank you to the police es
some changes. We also had the c o rt fro m R ed m o n d , and
loss o f our Elder, my Uncle Paul Vaeth for transporting
our brother.
(autwyi) Wow.
Thank you Annie for help
We áre thankful for all the
prayers, songs, hugs, words ing C arm en during the fu
and loving thoughts, trad i neral and all the other things
tional'w ear, clothes, towels, you have d o n e fo r her.
blankets, kitchen ware, money, Thanks also to the drummers
and so many more things. This and dancers.
We also w ant thank our
has n o t been an easy time.
During this time, we have family and friends that helped
been supported by aunties, clean and prepare the home
u n cles, n iece s, n e p h ew s, for family services. Also those
brothers, sisters, and our chil that loaded and hauled the
dren Violet, Julia, Sterling and stuff to the dump. A nd all
Leah; others, my w prk family th a t h elped label th e give
(CCC), NARA family, NAYA away at the home.
I am sure we aren’t re
family, and my special friends
(so many). We have g otten m em b erin g everyone, b u t
support from our comm uni please know all that was done
ties, W arm springs, Madras, to h elp w as ap p re c ia te d .
Prineville, O regon City, P ort Thank you to .utilities for the
land, and the churches near tables and benches and the
grave digger. Thank you to
and far.
We are so g ratefu l and O livia W allulatum fo r the
blessed for the generosity, mem ory cards.
W ith love and much ap
love, kindness and goodness
o f all! We hope to rebuild our preciation,
Jam eson
M itchell,
home in South Junction some
Freda W allulatum and
day.
Kara Katchia
The Indian Head
Casino Employee of
the Month fo r A ugust
is Kara Katchia of the
Player’s Club.
Kara has performed
outstanding customer
service in a sincere
helpful manner, said
Margie Puckta,
director of Human
Resources.
“She approaches her
job with a great
attitude and a keen
sense o f creativity and
problem solving, ”
Margie said.
Changes
Gene
and
Alice
Congratulations Kara!
Honor and Courage
First o f all, apologies
are in order to Mr. and
Mrs. R obert Sam ... I ’m
sorry for the misspelling
o f y o u r la st nam e, o r
should I say missing your
last name, in the last issue
o f the Spilyay.
H onor and Courage...
Honor those before u s...
Courage to c o n tin u e
on...
W ho w o u ld have
thought two words would
have so m uch meaning to
everyday living and carry
into eternity!
The logo for team “N o
Fear” (members include
Lynn Trent, Tammy Wil-
so n ,
A m an d a
Squiemphen-Yazzie, Me
lissa VanPelt, Linda Por
te r, B ecky P icard , Liz
Smith, Elizabeth Sachse
and
•
E a rly n n e
Squiemphen) showed true
m ean in g to th e se tw o
words by:
H onoring those w ho
have succumbed to can
cer, and we have the cour
age to continue on with
Darlene Foster.
S am pson, PO Box 87, Warm
Springs O R 97761.
Life is not easy some days
and we get pushed to the edge
it feels like. Tw enty-seven
years ago I would have drank
my sorrows away with alco
hol. I would have stayed in
pain, self-pity, depression; an
ger, fear and blaming and at
tacking others for my life is
sues.
With working my daily pro
gram, putting my Creator first,
making better decisions, liv
ing life, treating others how I
w ant to be treated, taking re
sponsibility for my choices,
communicating in respectful
ways, and again putting the
C re a to r firs t (p ray er an d
song). D uring this rough time
in my life, I can appreciate the
good in us all. I am so thank-
Employee of the Month —
their legacy.
Also, H ood to C oast/
P ortland to C oast sup
ports the American Can
cer Society! G reat job la
dies!
Speaking o f H ood to
Coast/Portland to Coast;
C o n g ratu latio n s to all
teams— G reat job!
Respectfully yours,
E a r ly n n e
Squiemphen
Memorial
My fam ily an d I h ad a
Memorial for Atwai Michael
Spaulding on Thursday, Au
gust 8, 2013 at the Simnasho
Longhouse. I know mem ori
als are usually held on Satur
days, b ut on this day, it would
have been our Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary, and we had made
plans a long time ago to re
new our vows on this day at
Cove Park. T h at is why we
chose this day. A fter it was
over, I heard people w ent to
the Longhouse on Saturday.
Thank you so much for think
ing o f is, and I’m sorry we
missed you.
I would like to thank Diane
F u lle r, M arella Sam an d
Veronica Baez for their con-
tributions. I would also like
to thank everyone w ho was
th ere. T h a n k you R afeal,
N ola arid family for all that
you did and fo r being there
for us. We truly loved Atwai
Michael and we finally had
closures o n our grief.
Kat Spaulding, Nicki,
K ristie Bear, Cristian,
Domoniq, Aven Bug,
Mikayla, Zee Zee, Coletti,
Jim , Brittany, David,
Joshua,
M ark,
and
Rhonda.
N ext Spilyay dead-
fine is Friday, Sept.
27. Thank you!
Wishes...
H ap p y B irth d ay
to m y g r a n d c h il
d ren .
On September 22,
H appy B irthday to
Charlotte Shike, and
A lb ert Dean Adams.
S e p te m b e r 25 ,
H a p p y B ir t h d a y
D ino Jo n es.
On S ep tem b er
26, H appy B irth
day to A n on a
Francis.
A nd on Sep tem
b er 29, H ap p y
b irth d a y T am esha
Brown.
House subcommittee hearing on gaming land standards
The H ouse Subcommit
tee on Indian and Alaska
Native Affairs is holding a
hearing this week to discuss
standards for land-in-trust
decisions for gaming p u r
poses.
G enerally, th e In d ian
G am in g R eg u lato ry A ct
adopted a guidance memo in
bars gam ing o n lan d ac
quired after 1988. But there“* Ja n u ary 2008 th a t barred
nearly every off-reservation
are exceptions to the rule
application.
that have been the subject
The administration also fi
o f c o n tro v ersy (T o h o n o
nalized regulations for Sec
O 'odham Nation) and that
tion 20 o f IGRA that tight
have been in the media lately
ened the criteria for gaming
(Menominee Nation).
on newly acquired lands and
The Bush administration
I
took other steps to discour
age or deny off-reservation
casinos. The O bama admin
istration rescinded the guid
ance m em o in Ju n e 2011.
Since then, the B ureau o f
Indian Affairs has approved
off-reservation casinos for a
handful o f tribes.