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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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