Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
November 12, 2014
Vol. 39, No. 23
November – Anaku Ipach’aanxa Yaamash
Warm Springs’ race horse featured at Meadows
J ay Suppah and Fay Hurtado
have been racing Shakalaka for
about five years now.
Jay and Fay own and train the
horse, with Jay’s sister Joyce. But
there is more to it than that.
“Everyone feels that Shakalaka
is Warm Springs’ horse,” Fay was
saying the other day. “He’s not just
our horse, Shakalaka belongs to
Warm Springs.” As an example:
This summer, after Shakalaka
won at Prineville, they brought the
horse onto the track for winner’s
photo. So many people from the
reservation were on hand for the
occasion, the photographer had a
hard time fitting everyone in the
frame.
Shakalaka is one of Jay and Fay’s
most successful race horses. He’s
won 11 races.
Their horse Ziggy Zack is also
very fast. Last year Ziggy Zack won
five races in a row.
For now, Shakalaka is probably
the most recognizable horse to
people in the Portland area. The
horse’s image and name were used
in a recent Portland Meadows pro-
motional campaign, appearing on city
buses and billboards, and on the side
of a building.
Portland Meadows features
Shakalaka on its website, and had
large posters of the horse on dis-
play at the racetrack. The motto
was “Place Your Bets on
Shakalaka.”
Jay and Fay live in Simnasho.
Jay works at Forestry, and Fay
at Health and Human Services.
Joyce lives in Portland, taking
care of the horses. Jay and Fay
have seven thoroughbreds.
Horse racing is a family tra-
dition, coming down to Jay from
his father Franklin Suppah.
Shakalaka is originally from
California. Jay and Fay acquired
him from the previous owner in
a claiming race at Portland Mead-
ows.
A claiming race is when the
horses are all for sale for about
the same price, up until shortly
before the race. “It’s a way to
keep things honest,” Jay says.
At a race in Montana, a
woman claimed Shakalaka from
Jay and Fay. They went back
the following week and claimed
him back.
Shakalaka is 9 years old, like
Ziggy Zack. “We were planning
to retire them after Burns,” Jay
says, “but they’re still holding up
pretty good.”
Dave McMechan
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Important to know about Managed Care
An important aspect of the
Managed Care program has to do
with geography, and where a per-
son lives in relation to the reserva-
tion.
The reservation, and the coun-
ties that touch the reservation are
the “contract health services deliv-
ery area” of the Warm Springs
Managed Care program.
These counties are Jefferson,
Wasco, Clackamas, Linn and
Marion counties. Deschutes County
is part of the delivery area of the
Cow Creek Band of Umpquas.
Like Deschutes, Crook County
is part of the Ceded Lands, but is
outside of the Warm Springs Man-
aged Care service area.
Students from Warm Springs who
live outside the service area, such
as in Deschutes County, are given
an exception.
A tribal member living outside
the Warm Springs Managed Care
delivery area can receive direct ser-
vices at the Warm Springs clinic.
But services provided at some other
hospital or clinic may not be cov-
ered.
This situation comes up at times,
and is unfortunate for the person
involved, said Cassie Katchia, super-
visor of the Joint Health Care Com-
mission at the clinic.
A member who lives outside of
the service area, and receives medi-
cal services at some outside hospi-
tal, might end up with the medical
bill, because Warm Springs Managed
Care cannot cover the service.
A tribal member residing outside
the service area should register with
the program that covers the particu-
lar location.
TIKA
in town
Officials with the Turkish Co-
operation and Coordination
Agency visited Warm Springs in
October.
The agency, called TIKA, con-
tributed $150,000 for the new
water tower that serves the k-8
Academy and Greeley Heights
neighborhood.
TIKA helps projects in many
countries, often helping with
projects that have to do with
water.
This was the second project
that TIKA helped fund in the
U.S., and the first in Indian
Country.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Council chairman Greene, Hasan Burak Ceran, Councilman
Danzuka, and Celalettin Gungenci.
A tribal member who was liv-
ing outside the area, but who
moves back to the reservation,
should register with War m
Springs Managed Care within
two weeks.
Tribal members living on the
reser vation or surrounding
counties should register with
Managed Care once a year. An-
other good idea is to sign up for
health insurance. Over the past
year, more than 1,000 tribal
members have registered for
Expanded Medicaid.
TIKA engineers Celalettin
Gungenci and Hasan Burak
Ceran met at the water tower
with Council Chairman Austin
Greene and Councilman Orvie
Danzuka.
Tribal water engineer Roy
Spino hoisted the flags of the
Confederated Tribes, TIKA and
Turkey onto the new water tank.
This was done for the photo op-
portunity while the TIKA engi-
neers were in town.
“We are very happy to be
here, and happy to help our
friends in Warm Springs,” said
Celalettin Gungenci.
There will be a plaque at the
k-8 Academy recognizing the
contribution, said Councilman
Danzuka.
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Pageant
coming up
The Miss Warm Springs Pageant
is scheduled for December 13 at the
Agency Longhouse.
Applicants must be between 18
and 24 years old, or reach the age
of 18 before Dec. 13.
The applicant must be a Warm
Springs tribal member, and a resi-
dent of the reservation for at least
year. (There is an exception for off-
reservation students.)
Miss Warm Springs must always
maintain and present herself in a
proper and responsible manner
throughout her term.
She must be able to travel and
represent the tribes as the ambassa-
dor in other pageants, inter-tribal
business, public relations functions,
conferences and Tribal Council
functions.
The Tribal Council staff organize
the Miss Warm Springs Pageant.
Applications can be picked up
and returned at the Tribal Council
office. If you have any questions,
call Minnie Yahtin or Emily Yazzie
at 541-553-3257.
The 2015 Miss Warm Springs will
receive a full beaded crown from
2014 Miss War m Springs
Charmaine Billey.
Travel expenses for Miss Warm
Springs are provided by the tribes,
within the Miss Warm Springs bud-
get.
At the pageant the contestants are
judged on their knowledge of the
Confederated Tribes and the reser-
vation; and knowledge of traditional
foods, ceremonies, clothing, crafts
and social activities.
The judges also look for poise,
personality and beauty, speaking
ability and appearance.
Contestants are asked to per-
form two tribal dances. They are
asked to type essays on “Why I want
to be Miss Warm Springs,” and
“What will be my civic project for
the community during my reign?”
A table will be available at the
pageant to showcase personal tal-
ents, academic and sports achieve-
ments, as well as traditional.
509 meeting in
Dec. in W.S.
The Jefferson County School
District 509-J Board of Directors
will meet in Warm Springs in De-
cember.
The Dec. 8 meeting, at the k-8
Academy, will include discussion of
the impact aid funding.
The Nov. 17 board meeting had
been scheduled for Warm Springs,
but this was changed to December,
as the representative from Educa-
tion Northwest will not be available
until next month.
The school district board meets
one time each year to discuss im-
pact aid.