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E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Pgge 4 Spilygy Tyrooo March 5, 2014 Letters to the editor Time of need I know it has taken me a while to write this letter to all b f the people w ho work for pur tribe, the EMTs and other tribal members who helped us in our time o f need, w hen we were looking for my brother, atwai Wallace LeClaire, who passed on to be with our Cre ator. But the main reason I am writing this letter is because o f all the things that have been happening to my fam ily, the loss o f our loved ones. I would like to thank those who helped us in our time o f need when our father Louie LeClaire passed one. I w ould like express my gratitude to all those w ho h e lp e d us lo o k fo r o u r brother Wallace when we lost him. Thank you! I would like to say th a n k you to Mr. Stoney Miller and the EMTs w ho knew o u r father and brother and helped us in the tim e we needed to grieve over the ones we lost. Thank you. Ms. Gina LeClaire and the LeClaire family. Appreciation I am new to Warm Springs this school year. I was hired to be the Life Skills teacher at Warm Springs Elementary School. i O n Monday, February 10 we did not have any school due to the weather conditions. Since I live in “teacher row” across fo rm the school, I walked over to the school later in the day to do some lesson planning. Imagine my surprise when I came hom e a few hours later and all the snow was cleared from my driveway! My n eig h b o rs to ld m e th at m em bers o f the tribe came over and plow ed the two feet deep snow off the te a c h e rs’ driveways. H ow nice! Thank you so much. I appreciate it a lot, especially since I had a new teacher meeting in Madras the next day. You saved m e several hours o f work shoveling. My m uscles w ould have been very, very sore. Sincerely, K aren R o th ery , Special E d u catio n teacher, W arm Springs Elementary. Honor Dinner A t the Museum at Warm springs we are very excited about this years H onor D in ner. We h o p e th a t you can share this special evening with us to help honor Mr. Dennis K arnopp and Mr. Billy Mills, our recipients o f our Lifetime A c h ie v e m e n t A w ard an d Twanat Award, respectively. In 2014, the M useum is “Celebrating our Youth.” Youth play a vital role in our tribal community, and all events and exhibits in 2014 will focus on our youth. We feel that today’s youth are to morrows leaders. Billy Mills and D ennis K arnopp both strive to engage, support, en co u rag e an d ad v o cate for our youth. Please join us as we honor Mr. K arnopp and Mr. Mills for their contributions, sup p o rt and never ending work on behalf o f Native Ameri can communities. We look forward to see ing you there! When: Saturday, April 12 from 4:30-9 p.m. Where: Tiger Woods Cen ter - Nike H ead Quarters, 1 B o w erm an D riv e, Beaverton. Call the museum at 541-553-3331. Apology I apologize to the Warm Springs Pi-Ume-Sha Commit tee for my negative choices, and in the future I ’ll w ork on m aking b e tte r choices for myself and n ot the negative stu ff. S o rry P i-U m e-S h a C o m m itte e . Randolph Boise Jr. Wishes... A Happy Valentines Day (belatedly) to my love Wesley J. Deeman. I love yo u . Clarissa Wolfe. To my dearest sisters, I Memorial and Name Giving T he M u rie l C. Suppah and Jackie Simtustus Memorial with name-giving cer emony is set for April 19,2014. The Memo rial and Name-Giving w ill be at the S im n a sh o Long- house. 9 a.m . W a sh a a t Service. Noon lunch, name giving and give away. love you, hoping all the best fo r you. I love you girls, al ways, your baby sister Clair and your older sis. I love you Rheianna Kaylyn and Cassie, miss you girls. A H appy Valentines Day (belatedly) to my g ra n d p a re n ts B eu lah and Raymond Tsumpti. Love you v e ry m uch. Clarissa. Births A aliah Kay N i^boni Weaselbead B lake W easelh ead and Tanaya A nn H u n t o f Warm Springs are pleased to an n o u n ce th e b irth o f th eir daughter, Aaliah Kay Nizhoni Weaselhead. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e fa th e r’s 'side are M aren a W olfe, a n d E d w a rd Ray Weaselhead II. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e m o th e r’s side are Sylvania Russell Brisbois o f Airzona, an d A b ra h a m H u n t o f Warm Springs. (The above announcement is the corrected version, which was acci dentally misprinted in the last Spilyay. We apologise for that er ror.) Edward Xavier Jones M ad elin e B ru n o e o f Warm Springs is pleased to announce the birth o f her son Edward Xavier Jones, born on February 21, 2014. > E d w ard joins b ro th e rs Ricky, 10, Seth,- 8, Jordan 6, and Aidan, 1. Brehana Eynn M arks D a v id A. M arks an d Porsche L. Bledsoe o f Ma dras are pleased to announce the birth o f their daughter Brehana Lynn Marks, born on February 25, 2014. B rehana joins b ro th ers David, 7, Aid Daniel, 5. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e father’s side are Jean and Jim Marks o f Midland, Georgia. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e m other’s side are David D ou glas o f Madras, and the late Sherri Sewell. Z---------------- - \ Legal Aid Services o f O re g o n can be reached at 541-385- 6944. k_____________________/ Buford Johnson Jr. Memorial tourney The Buford Johnson Jr. M em o rial T o u rn a m e n t was held Dec. 14-15 at the M adras R ialto T avern, also honoring past mem bers Mernie Polk, Merle K alama, Merle Suppah, G len d a K essel, C huck M oody an d Jacq u elin e Simtustus. The following participated in the tourna ment: Curtis Guerin, William Leonard, J eremy Howard, Lyle H o w a rd , A lfre d Hawk, Leonard Wahsise, Leon Wahsise, Virgil Hunt, Bill Martinez, Clint Smith, Alfred Wolfe, Tony Boise, G e o rg e B o ise, Je rry Bagley, E u g en e T an ew ash a, R o g er Suppah, Billy Begay, Louie S m ith, D el Fririt, Levi Vanpelt, Mike Patterson, Pohn Thach, Tony Litde L eaf, R ev en , J e a n e tta B row n, L ori Smith, Pat A llen , P earl V an p elt, Michelle Patterson, Gale Lewis, Julia Miller, Vicki R asp b erry , Y vonne Colfax, Karla Bagley and Lynn Davis. Many prizes and raffle item s w ere d onated for this event. We would like to thank Theresa Vanpelt, w ho donated $250; Sky K atch ia , w h o d o n a te d $250. O ther prizes were do nated for the raffle, in cluding a vest and other p riz e s fo r m en an d women. First place for m en a n d w o m en w ere m ad e an d d o n a te d by L illian G ilan d o . S h irts w ere p rin ted by A aron graphics and prom otions in Redmond, who also do- Men, Del Frint, Mike Patterson and Tony Littleleaf (from left); and Beulah Tsumpti (left) and Leota Sanders, Buford’s sisters. Karla Bagley, Vicki Raspberry and Pearl Vanpelt (from left). nated the color o f the shirts as well. T-Shirts are still available in sizes double-xl and triple - xl at price o f $20 per shirt. Check with Lynn Davis at her office located at manage m ent at the tribal adminis tration building, f . W inners: M en ’s first place, Mike Patterson; sec ond place, Tony Littleleaf; third, D el Frint. Women’s first place, Karla B agley; se c o n d , P earl Vanpelt; third, Vicki Rasp berry Memorials for Richard Payne Jr. and Clara L. Kennedy There will be memorials, March 15, for Richard “Mon ster” Payne Jr., and Clara L. Kennedy. The Payne and Kennedy families invite everyone locally and visitors from afar to come to the 1910 Shaker Church on March 14, 15 and 16, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Bringyour families to eat, talk, laugh, visit pray and sup port each other as brothers and sisters. State lawmakers addressing school mascot issue Spilygy Tym oo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Reporter: Patti Tanewasha Managing 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. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: 541-553-2210 E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00 T h e O re g o n H o u se gave final approval last week to a bill that could allow som e schools to keep their Native Ameri can mascots. The bill passed on a 40- 18 vote, with 17 D em o crats and one Republican o p p o se d . G ov. Jo h n Kitzhaber is expected to sign it. U n d e r S en ate Bill 1509, school districts that w ant to keep their mas co t w ould need the ap proval o f one o f the nine federally recognized O r egon tribes. And they would have to comply with yet-to-be- w ritte n rules fo r m ascots drafted by the state Board o f Education. The bill represents an at tem pt at compromise after a two-year legislative back-and- forth over the issue, follow ing the education board’s ap proval in May 2012 o f a rule that required Oregon schools to scrap their Native Ameri can symbols by July 2017 or risk losing state funding. Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, a Scio R ep u b lican an d key backer o f the bill, said she is “incredibly confident that the state Board o f Education is going to be narrow in their rule-writing” to prevent of fensive m ascot nam es and 1 imagery. “Maybe this is the catapult to create the relationships (between high schools and tribes) and some real diver sity,” she said. But Rep. Jeff Reardon, a Pordand Democrat, said that while O regon’s major tribes support the bill, those tribes “only represent about 5 to 10 p e rc e n t o f th e N ativ e A m ericans in this sta te .” Some national Native Ameri can organizations “want the immediate and unconditional cessation o f race-based mas cots,” he said. “This bill has a great p o tential to hurt kids and only some m odest hope to im ) ’ <1 j prove community under standing,” Reardon added. Rep. Lew Frederick, a' Pordand D em ocrat who is African—American, ech oed that sentiment, recall ing a time w hen some O r egon schools identified as the Rebels used the “stars and bars” imagery o f the Confederate flag. “T hat has an impact on kids in a way that you can not go back and try to re verse,” he said. U n d er the ed ucation b o a rd ’s 2012 rule, eight Oregon high schools would have needed to find new names as well as new mas cot logos. (»
