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E Coosb EEWA: The w^y it is ^ 1 Spilygy T y m o o Janugry 21, 2015 Letters to the editor Memorial T h e fam ily o f th e late Daisy Mae Ike would like to announce the scheduled me m o ria l serv ice to be held Saturday, February 14, 2015. Agency Cem etery Stone Setting at 4 p.m.; to gather for meal at Agency Longhouse, and dinner at 5 p.m. Im me diately followed by memorial and name giving. Services to be officiated by Larry Dick o f the Medicine Society. The . Ike Family re spectfully invite all medicine singers, relatives and the pub lic. N o te : T h e re w ill be a Daisy Ike Memorial Women’s T raditional Special held at Sim nasho during Lincolns Powwow on Sunday, Febru ary 15, during the afternoon session. ers to come and support our powwow. Food and any do nations are m ost welcome. This will be our first powwow here at TRCI. I f you are in terested in helping us and support our pow w ow , p lease c o n ta c t TRCI Master Control at 541- 922-2121, and ask for Chap lain H o d iiey o r C h ap lin Cordona, or the superinten d en t J. Myreck. We w ould greatly appreciate your help. Thank you. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e father’s side are Louis and Marcelene LeClaire. G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e m o th e r’s side are E ugenia T ap p o , an d T h e o d o re McKinley o f Warm Springs. Hurtful theft To Friends, family and com munity members, I w ould like to take this The Native inm ates, time to thank all o f you who have been thoughtful and en TRCI, Umatilla couraging, give loving words regarding the loss o f my be longings along with my son’s gun safe w ith a num ber o f rifles in it, due to theft. This theft took place early Decem ber 2014, when my house was V alentine’s D ay is broken into. coming up in February, I know that material items on Saturday the four can be viewed as replaceable, teenth. b u t w hat bothered and hurt G e ttin g ready fo r m ost were the items my son th e b ig day, lost that belonged to his dad. W a rm T hese item s w ere ch er W ith in th e n e x t few S p rin g s C 'A ished because they once were m onths, the W arm Springs R ecreatio n used by his dad, and he may Boys and Girls club will be will host the no longer see nor have them relocating to the old Warm Sw eet H eart Sale on Springs elem entary school around. It’s real bothersome Friday, February 6. th a t o u r ow n co m m u n ity building, pending prep work Looking forward to Valentine’s Day, with Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb. T h e S w eet H e a rt people, some tribal members and repairs. Sale will be from 10 are going where ever they can, We are asking parents and a.m. to 6 p.m. at the to steal w hat items they can guardians to u p d ate th eir The Heart Smart Din I would really ' appreciate C o m m u n ity C e n te r to sell for easy cash. This is cultural, traditional items that child’s information as soon as ner is coming up in Feb ruary at the Agency Social Hall. very thoughtless, heartless to have sentimental value, cher any assistance, any inform a possible. We have recently Longhouse. The dinner ished for the one who made tion regarding those rifles and To sign up, and for break into homps to steal. sent inform ation home with this year will be on Feb. more inform ation call This is a wrong. This is a it o r the m em ories o f the some o f the necklaces. club members regarding the 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. loved one w ho passed it on, The silver dollar necklace Carol at 541-553-3243. w rong that’s been happening forms and transition. for a good num ber o f years th e n to have th a t lo s t to belonged to my dad, and the We also have forms avail to a num ber o f our own good theft: H o w can o u r ow n old w am pum w ith orange able at the club, so please feel Tribal members inter tribal members and members tribal m em bers n o t u n d er beads belonged to my grand free to stop by. I f you have ested in attending college mother. I would love to have stand this w hen they break in this community. I would questions, call 541-553-2323. are rem inded th a t the those back. There are other n ot want to see this still going into homes? A lora Joy Stwyer-Hoptowit O r .email at: tribal scholarship applica We sh o u ld n ’t le t this necklaces made by my aunts . jsmith@bgcsc.org Gerald Charles H op to wit on and on for now and into tion deadline is July 1. and a few given to me from w tong continue. A nd w hat Thank you for your under Jr. and Brandi Jo Stwyer p f the future. O ne requirem ent for the I lost my family heirlooms can we do about it? W hat can friends that mean a lot. W arm Springs are pleased to standing. scholarship is attendance Again, thanks a lot to those June A. Smith, club man announce the birth o f their back in 1993 due to theft and our 'community do about it? at a FAFSA w orkshop o f you that have expressed For one, I ’d like to see resti ager, Warm Springs Boys and daughter, Alora Joy Stwyer-. only one item was recovered prior to M arch 1. The your thoughts anddove to me tution at least. W hat could from that time; I did n o t say Hoptowit, born onjanuary 7, Girls Club, 1107 Wasco St. next workshop is J anuary anything public at that time, b e som e effectiv e c o n se and my son H obo. T hank 2015. 30 from 12-2 p.m. at the you. Alora joins brothers Jessie, b ut now I feel it im portant to quences for theft? adm inistration building Evaline Patt Seems as though thieving, start speaking out. 8, and Gabriel, 2. com puter lab. M any o f us have th o se break-ins are accepted? G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e D id you know that Janu fa th e r’s side are G e ra ld ary is Cervical Health Aware H optow it Sr. o f Yakama, and D eborah G eorge o f Warm ness M onth, and that cervi cal cancer is preventable? Springs. M ake sure you an d G ra n d p a re n ts o n th e m o th e r’s side are D avis women in your life receive the In addition to our lan taken out on those around us. H P V v a ccin e, a n d are Stwyer Sr. o f Warm Springs, By A lyssa Macy There is a guages, our children have the Some have argued that lat screened regularly with a Pap and L aura Leigh K elly o f opportunity to learn these wellness movement eral violence has its roots in M ost people have a “crab and H PV test. To learn more, Warm Springs. ways at the K-8 Academy and internalized colonization, op- in the bucket” story, some talk with your healthcare pro in Indian Country within the longhouses. This is p re s s io n and h is to ric a l one starts io do well and vider. and here in our im p o rta n t b ecau se th ese trauma. make their way out Bonald W yatt L,eClaire teachings are the foundation own backyard. M o dern day scien the bucket but be - L o u is L eC laire an d for w ho we are as a people. tists h av e stu d ie d fore long, the other Spilyay N o ra lis e tte M cK in ley o f What would healthy behav whether memory can be crabs latch on and Speaks W arm Springs are pleased to L ateral violence is also ior look like? It could be in passed between genera H ere at the Two Rivers announce the birth o f their d ra g th a t crab tions through a process seen in behaviors that main the form o f personal daily Correctional Institute (TRCI) son R onald W yatt LeClaire, dowh. Relatives and affirm ations— “ I am a gift called ‘epigenetics’. They ar ta in a p o w e r s tru c tu re , family have shared stories the Native inrriates are reach b o r n o n D e c e m b e r 28, from the C reator,” “I .am w hether it be in the hom e or gue that genes are changed by like this so m u ch th a t it 2014. ing out to the Native com safe,” “I am strong.” in the workplace. specific events and passed sometimes seems like it’s an R o n a ld jo in s b ro th e rs munity for Support and do It could be paying a com The reality is, lateral vio from parent to child. nations for our upcoming In Tyler, 13, and Nathaniel, 11; epidemic. pliment to someone. It could lence does nothing for us in Many tribal communities Perhaps you were the one stitute Powwow. We would and sisters Praisa, 12, Tarya, have always thought this to dividually or our community. be choosing n o t to engage in climbing out, perhaps you like for drummers and danc 6, and Dessie, 2. be true-*—and that many o f In fact, it’s scourge that we an argument, or gossiping. It were the one latching on, ei the traumas that Native com all need to work towards elimi can start out small and it can ther way, this story is n o t un grow m unities have experienced nating. usual in Native communities. Spilyay T ym oo Moving towards wellness There is a wellness move have been passed from gen We see this happening in (C oyote News, Est. 1976) does not mean being perfect m ent in Indian Country and eration to generation. families, w ithin the w ork at the outset, it means choos For example, the destruc here in our own backyard. place and at the community Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Many people are doing the ing to take th e sm all and tion o f Celilo Falls had a pro level. Multi Media Specialist: Alyssa Macy found negative impact on our hard w ork to heal— taking a sometimes difficult steps to-- It is a destructive way o f Managing Editor: Dave McMechan community that still lingers look at their own behaviors, wards healing and healthiness. life that has negative conse We are at a critical junc forgiving, practicing self-ac today. quences on our personal and Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con W hen individuals carry ceptance and com passion, ture in our collective history communities’ growth. federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are traum a and pain, they b e and taking personal respon as a N ation. F or us to re This type o f behavior is located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. com e unh ealth y . In tu rn , sibility for their behaviors. It build o u r com m unity, we often referred to as lateral some begin to h u rt others or is difficult work b ut the ben m ust start at the m ost funda violence. Wikipedia describes Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo m ental level o f respect for turn to addictive behaviors. efits are great. lateral violence as “displaced should be addressed to: O ur elders tell us that our ourselves and each other. O ne o f the m ost pervasive v io len ce d irected against Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR There is so much good in form s o f lateral violence is traditional and spiritual teach one’s peers rather than one’s 97761. gossiping, b ut it also occurs ings are stro n g and go o d this Community and desire to true adversaries.” Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521 I t is a m anifestation o f in th e fo rm o f shunning, medicine' for our spirits, and do things differently. How we judging, and physical, spiritual more and more people are re ignite that spark into a move internal feelings such as rage, E-Mail: dave.mcmechan@wstribes.org. m ent is up to us. turning to these ways. o r sexual attacks. anger, fear and terror that is Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00 The Sweet Heart Sale Club transition Births Awareness Moving away from lateral violence Powwow help \ <
