E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
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Spilyay Tymoo July 23, 2014
Letters to the editor
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Sign of appreciation from community at
Warm Springs Fire Management.
The fire fighters were staying at the camp by
Fire Management.
Birth
Yuliana Y.N. Tail
Jlemey Marquez and Shin-
ing Star Tail of Warm Springs
are pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter
Yuliana Y.N. Tail, born on July
5, 2014.
Grandparent on the
mother’s side is Paulette
Boise.
Strong, proud
Hello, my people. My
name is Lynn Graybael. My
father is the late Herb
Graybael, and my mother is
Earlynne Squiemphen. My
brother is the late Dann
Chavez. My grandparents are
the late Earl and Rita
Squiemphen. Children are
Zachery, Aaron and Scott Fluhr.
My mom and I talk every
day throughout the day. She
has always been there in time
of need, through good and
bad times. We have always
been close, even closer after
what we have been through
and lost. She is my “rock,”
very supportive, understand-
ing, caring, loving, a shoulder
to lean on, laugh and cry with.
Thank you mom for every-
thing you do and have done
for me and my lil family.
My grandparents had
strong family values: get an
education, fight for what you
believe in; rules are the same
for everyone (tribal and non-
tribal); be accountable for
your actions, hold you head
up, be proud of what you
accomplished. What they
meant: don’t rely on the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs, especially to further
careers.
My grandmother served
on Tribal Council for 18
years. In her tenure on Coun-
cil, her belief was “tribal
member preference,” get an
education, rules/policies are
the same for everyone (tribal
and non-tribal), no special
treatment, always fighting for
the best interest of the people
and our future. She was also
the person to push to set up
the “rainy day fund,” when
she kept saying we need to
start saving for the unknown.
The last term she didn’t get
re-elected the fund was over
$2 million. She would be truly
saddened where our tribe has
gone and how things have
become, because she fought
for what was right until her
retirement; then her passing.
One final request my
grandmother had, after
speaking with the Rick, Brent
and Tracy Graybael, was, if
a petition were started to
honor their father (late) Herb
Graybael, to name the
Sidwalter fire station after
him, being it was Herb who
Spilyay Tymoo
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retained the funds in his bud-
get for the fire station. They
all agreed they would sign, but
as fate would have it my
grandmother’s health started
failing, so nothing became of
the petition.
One day sitting alone with
my grandmother, visiting her
prior to her passing, she told
me: “We need people to keep
fighting for what’s right, al-
ways be proud of what you
accomplished, we (grandpar-
ents, parents) all are, no mat-
ter what people say or do, you
are a strong person; it’s in the
blood.”
I truly believe my inner
strength and dedication, I owe
to my grandparents!
I have always been proud
of my dad and his accom-
plishments during his 44
years of employment with the
tribes, his total commitment,
dedication and respect for the
people of the Confederated
Tribes.
He took pride in his work
and it showed: phone calls all
hours of the day or night,
because people knew my dad
would “fix” the issue, even
after he retired. He saved in
his budget for many years to
build the Sidwalter fire sta-
tion. For that reason alone the
building should be named in
his honor!
My brother was a dedi-
cated father, son and older
brother. He worked for the
Confederated Tribes in the
Records Department until his
passing. He had the biggest
heart, laugh and smile. He
was someone you could talk
to, a good listener, big joker,
dressed all wild, would always
brighten anyone’s day.
In our younger years my
brother and I were insepa-
rable. I cherish every moment
we had together: laughing,
joking jamming to music,
even got stuck in the woods
once.
His daughter Tyhrecia
(Reicie) was the joy of his life.
My humble self: As most
of you know I am a strong,
proud and dedicated person,
knowing, cherishing and re-
specting in my heart what my
parents and grandparents
taught my (late) brother and
I. Even after losing my only
Native Youth exhibit
The Museum at Warm
Springs would like to
thank the supporters of
the current exhibit, “Cel-
ebrating Native American
Youth: Today’s Youth,
Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
Thank you to the PGE
Foundation and US Bank.
Special thanks to Thomas
Osborn Iesy, Elizabeth
Woody, Chuck Williams,
Display It Big of Bend,
Erickson’s Thritway, and
Mail Copies & More.
And thank you to the
parents and community
for the beautiful state-
ments that were contrib-
uted to the exhibit.
The Museum at
Warm Springs.
sibling, my dad, grandparents
and numerous relatives, I
hold my head up and honor
them every day by fighting
for what’s right.
“When real people fall
down in life, they get right
back up and keep walking.”
“Every struggle in your life
has shaped you into the per-
son you are. Be thankful for
the hard times, they can only
make you stronger.
“Always leave loved ones
with loving words. It may be
the last time you see them.”
Those three phrases are
the truth, and that is why “I
am strong and proud.”
Lynn Graybael.
All are welcome to
attend Social Dance
Class Thursday eve-
nings from 5-7 p.m. in
the Community Center
aerobics room.
Indian Business Talk
Value our teachers, as new school opens soon
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
The new school in Warm
Springs opens for the children
on September 9.
That facility, the teachers
and the staff represent some-
thing important to this com-
munity and all communities
to which the children will
someday travel and in which
they may eventually live and
work.
They will impact their
communities. But they won’t
be maximally effective unless
they have help from their
parents, relatives, and other
community members, as well
as from their schools and
teachers.
That is what I want to talk
about. We have heard it takes
two to Tango. Tango is simple.
Educating children is vastly
more complicated.
Some of you know that I
was certified K–12 and taught
in the grades, and that I had
also been on the faculty at
OSU for three years before
I became a loan officer some
23 years ago. I believe in
schools.
My heart belongs to the
children.
I have wonderful memo-
ries from those years and
have gathered a lot of sto-
ries from those days.
I read a new one in The
Round-Up from August 29,
2013. Here is some of the
best of it.
Dinner guests were discussing
life and education. One man, a
CEO, decided to explain the
problem with education. He said,
“What’s a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his
best option in life was to become
a teacher?”
He turned to another guest
and said, “Bonnie, be honest, you
are a teacher, what do you
make?”
Bonnie was frank and hon-
est and not about to be bullied.
She said, “You really want
to know what I make?”
Then she got right down to
it.
“Well, I make kids work
harder than they ever thought
they could.
I make kids sit through 40
minutes of class time when their
parents can’t make them sit for
5 minutes without an I Pod or
movie rental.
I make kids wonder. I make
them have respect and take re-
sponsibility for their actions.
I teach them how to write and
then I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their
work in math. They use their
God given brain, not the man-
made calculator.
I make my students from
other countries learn everything
they need to know about En-
glish while preserving their unique
cultural identity.
I make my classroom a place
where all my students feel safe.
Finally, I make them under-
stand that if they use the gifts
they were given, work hard, and
follow their hearts, they can suc-
ceed in life.”
Then she said, “I make a
difference in all your lives, edu-
cating kids and preparing them
to become CEO’s, and doctors
and Engineers…” and then she
finished by saying,
“What do you make Mr.
CEO?” He went silent.
Can we all say, “Prepara-
tion Is Everything?”
School starts September
9.
May all the children and
teachers do well; it’s a genera-
tional thing.