Spilygy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
School:
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October 30, 2013
concrete work done ahead of schedule
(Continued from page 1)
There are between 35 and
40 workers on average at the
school site, close to 50 per
cent being tribal members,
other Indians, or married-
into-the-tribes.
The workers just finished
p ouring and finishing the
co n c re te . T his was a big
project, taking several weeks.
The concrete work came
in ahead of schedule by sev
eral days, in part because of
the excellent weather condi
tions in early October.
The new school will have
an estimated enrollment of
720 students— about 470 el
ementary school students,
and 250 middle school stu
dents. To leatn about poten
tial employment opportuni
ties at the site, call Job Cre
ation and D evelopm ent at
541-553-3324.
T he W arm Springs k-8
Academy will cost an esti
mated $20 million to con
struct, the tribes and district
splitting the cost. The district
and tribes m ade a d e te r
mined effort from start to
keep th e m oney local as
much as possible.
Births
Craig Eric Tailfeathèrs
J r-
Craig Tailfeathers Sr.
and Elsie Tailfeathers o f
Warm Springs are pleased
to announce the birth o f
th e ir son C raig E ric
Tailfeathers Jr., b orn on
O ctober 18, 2013.
Craig Jr. joins brother
Clarance; and sisters Janell,
M achel, R ochell and
Shasta.
G randparents on the
father’s side are Charles
and N ancy Tailfeathers,
an d th e late Jam es E .
Macy.
G randparents on the
m other’s side are Robert
and M arella Sam Sr.,
Harvey and Eliza Jim, and
William and Evelyn Wesly
Sam.
Angeleah Jasina Eileen
Begaye
R osey S uppah and
Steven Begaye o f Celilo
are pleased to announce
the birth o f their daugh
ter Angeleah J asina Eileen
Begaye, born on October
20, 2013.
Proud grandparents are
Bob and Megan Begaye,
Lucy Longhouse, the late
Big Rat Suppah; and Angie
Thomas.
Finishing work on a concrete pour last week (above). An athletics building (below) next
to the area where the gymnasium will be.
Joaquin Tracy Bay Sam
T racy Ray Sam and
K aila A n n W allace are
pleased to announce the
birth o f their son Joaquin
Tracy Ray Sam, born on
O ctober 10, 2013.
G ran d p aren ts on the
fath e r’s side are R obert
Sam Sr. and Marella Sam;
and Eliza Brown Jim and
Harvey Jim, great grand
parents.
G randparents on the
m o th e r’s side are D o n
R itth a le r and D e b b ie
R itth aler; and K ath y
Wallace. Aunt is Kailynn
Ritthaler
Holiday food drive through Dec.
The Warm Springs Health
an d W ellness C enter E m
ployee Appreciation Commit
tee is having a food drive
through December.
There are donation boxes
placed throughout the clinic
for anyone w ho’d like to do
nate n o n -p erish ab le food
items for the Warm Springs
community.
Please support ou r A d v e rtisers ~ T h ey give back to the com m unity!
A ro u n d Indian C ountry
Meeting between NFL, Redskins critics
. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -
Oneida Indian officials who
oppose the Redskins nick
name as a slur will' meet with
N FL officials next week in
New York Q ty
The meeting agreed to by
N F L officials earlier this
m onth is scheduled for this
W ednesday in N ew Y ork
City, Oneida Indian Nation
spokesm an B rett Stagnitti.
said.
T he upstate N ew York
trib e an d its le a d e r Ray
H albritter becam e p ro m i
n en t critics o f the team ’s
nam e a fte r Funding a
“Change the Mascot” radio
ad campaign and a sympo
sium in Washington on the
harmful effects o f the nick
name.
H a lb ritter, w hose trib e
runs a large casino resort in
Verona in central New York,
says the name is degrading
and has devastating effects,
especially on younger Indians.
T he tribe began pushing
for a name change recently
as the Washington Redskins
faced fresh waves o f criti
cism over their nicknam e.
E v e n P re s id e n t B arack
O bam a w eighed in, saying
recen tly he w o u ld “th in k
about changing” the name if
he owned the team.
N F L sp o k esm an B rian
McCarthy said senior league
executives will attend next
week’s meeting, but he didn’t
know if Commissioner Roger
Goodell will be among them.
W ash in g to n R edskins
owner D an Snyder has said
he w ill n ev er ch ange th e
team’s name and Goodell has
said th a t it is u ltim ately
Snyder’s call.
In a letter to season-ticket
holders this m onth, Snyder
said he respected the feelings
o f th o se o ffen d ed by the
name, but wrote “I hope such
individuals also try to respect
w hat the nam e means, n ot
only for all o f us in the ex
tended Washington Redskins
family, b u t am ong N ative
Americans too.”
T h e re s u lt h as b e e n a
leadership struggle between
the rival factions. O ne side
in c lu d e s R o g er R u n n in g
Crane, E arl O ld Person and
the newly suspended coun
cil m em bers, state Sen. Sh
annon Augare and Leonard
G uardipee.
T h e o th e r c o n sists o f
S harp, V ice-C h airw o m an
F orrestina C alf Boss Ribs
and the two reinstated coun
cil m em bers, Paul M cEvers
and William O ld Chief.
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Feds offer to mediate Blackfeet dispute
H E L E N A , M ont. (AP) -
T he U.S. Bureau o f Indian
Affairs is offering to m edi
ate in a dispute that has split
the governing body o f the
Blackfeet Indian tribe into
two factions.
T h e B la c k fe e t T rib a l
Business Council fractured
this w eek after C hairm an
Willie Sharp Jr. unilaterally
su s p e n d e d tw o m em b ers
and reinstated tw o others
w ho had b een previously
suspended.
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m em bers in a tum ultuous
year o f infighting th a t in
cluded an attem pt to over
throw Sharp. T h e tu rm o il
has fesulted in four people,
including M cEvers and Old
Chief, being rem oved or sus
p en d ed b efo re th is la te st
round and Sharp declaring
an emergency to allow the
body to continue operating
w ithout a full slate o f m em
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