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Spilyay Tymoo
November 12, 2015
Letters to the editor
To Miss Warm
Springs candidates
The Miss Warm Springs
Committee is looking for
young women who are inter-
ested in being Miss Warm
Springs 2016.
The pageant is currently
planned for December 28. If
you are interested, please call
the Tribal Council office at
541-553-3257. Or you can
email:
minnie.yahtin@wstribes.org
Basketweavers
The Northwest Native
American Basketweavers As-
sociation held it’s annual gath-
ering at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort,
October 2-3, 2015.
There were visitors from
all over the Northwest, as well
as visitors from New Zealand
and Hawaii.
We would like to take this
time to thank everyone that
helped make this gathering
possible. Thank you:
Tribal Council, Kah-Nee-
Ta Resort and staff, the Cul-
ture and Heritage Depart-
ment, and the Culture and
Heritage Committee.
Thank you to the Health
and Wellness coordinators,
EMTs/CHRs, the dancers,
dance groups and drummers.
Thank you Indian Head
Casino, the Museum At
Warm Spring, KWSO, the
KWSO Cultural Program
coordinator, the Fish and
Wildlife Committee, Natural
Resources, Cultural Re-
sources, the Prevention Pro-
gram.
Thank you to the Tribal
Youth Council, Mackie
Begay, the cooks, NNABA,
the Eagle Crossing staff, all
of the volunteers, and any-
one else we may have missed.
Sincerely, Warm Springs
Basket-weavers Planning
Committee.
Thanksgiving
Please join us for an old
fashioned
community
Thanksgiving dinner.
On behalf of the Warm
Springs Shaker Church
membership we are pleased
to announce and invite the
community to our annual
Thanksgiving Dinner on
Wednesday, November 25, at
6 p.m. in the Shaker Church
dinning hall.
Please feel free to bring
your favorite side dish, salad
or dessert to share, and en-
joy a nice dinner together and
fellowship in giving thanks.
Open Church: On Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 26-28, we will serve din-
ner in the dinning hall at 6
p.m. each night with healing
prayer services to follow im-
mediately at 7 in the Shaker
Church.
On Sunday, November
29, at 10 a.m. we will have
our weekly Garment Service.
Thank You. Frank P.
Charley, Minister of Warm
Springs Shaker Church.
Lost dog
Lost: A black hot dog
chihuahau, female, answers
to the name of Bella. She is
a companion to me. She has
been gone for four weeks. So
whoever picked her up,
please bring her home. No
questions. 6510 Hwy 3, mp
7; Alexander R. Tohet,
541-977-6260.
A thank you
Hello to my people,
I am sorry to take this long
to write this thank you.
I am glad for all the chil-
dren, grandchildren and
great grandchildren, and the
people who came to my
house, to shake a hand with
all of us and give us a word
of encouragement. That
was a lot, and made us feel
stronger in our heart, to bare
with the passing of our
mother, grandma and great
grandma, an aunt to all of
the kids sitting in the home.
I also want to say a big
thank-you from our heart, to
the people who came and
had services, the Wa-Shut,
Waas Clickt, Medicine Soci-
ety, and for all the Shakers
who showed up and said
prayers for all the children.
And thank you for cleaning
the home, so when people
came by, the house was
clean.
An extra big thanks to
Aunty Pat Tanewasha for
being with us all and cook-
ing all those good meals.
Soon as she hollered time to
eat, everyone jumped up to
get in line. Nobody dragged
their feet. And it was quiet,
no noise while everybody
was eating. And the older
kids knew what to do, to
start taking stuff off the
wall and wipe the walls clean.
Thank you Roxanne. I
knew you wanted to take her
to the church, but most of
the elders who were there
said go to the Longhouse.
After supper the Shaker
Church crew got together
and held a nice service, then
Washut started when the
Shakers were done. Thank
you to all the drummer that
carried on with the service,
and the bellman, always good
to hear him.
And a big thank you to
Taco Sam, relatives and cooks
at the Longhouse. Nice
meals, and on time. Maybe
we can use you all for what-
ever happens.
Thank you to the
gravediggers. Okay I may
have missed someone but you
are still in our minds.
A big thank-you to all for
helping out one way or an-
other:
Washumps, son; Kit ta and
Chet Tias, my daughter; Shum
in Wash, my granddaughter;
David LeClaire Sr., my son;
Rosanne McKinley, my new
daughter. Bunny Frank and
family. Carol Parra and kids.
Lillian Frank and kids. Ilona
Waheneka
and
kids.
Antoinette Lillie, Lucille
Geary, Orlando Polk and kids.
Monte McKinley, Mallory
Polk and family. Adele
Waheneka, Aunty Pat
Tanewasha, and Aunty Millie
Colwash.
We need to meet and talk
over things for the memorial
on September 10, 2016.
Please try to make this hap-
pen soon. Call Bunny, 541-
390-2227. Reason for this is
to see who wants to help with
the memorial.
Alexander Tohet
Forgiveness
To the War m Springs
Tribes and my awesome chil-
dren, I have a repentance. I
am currently serving a 10-
month sentence in the
Jefferson County Correc-
tional Facility. I would not
object to any pen-pal corre-
spondence.
I am a believer in God
and His Son Jesus Christ our
Savior and mediator. A great
blessing has come to me in a
book called “The Bait of Sa-
tan,” written by John Bevere.
I was born a sinner. I have
committed numerous of-
fenses against others and
been offended by others all
my life. That’s the topic of
this book. I recommend it to
the world.
Matthew 6:12 states,
“And forgive us our debts as
we forgive our debtors.” I
have an impossible debt to-
ward the tribes of Warm
Springs, my relatives, and es-
pecially toward my children,
please hear me. I’ve brought
shame, anger, hatred and dis-
appointment to all of you.
This is my debt. I apologize
to you, I ask for your for-
giveness, and leave the rest
to you and our Savior. I have
been lost, Godless, for all my
life, but finally enlightenment
has dawned upon my heart
and spirit…
I beg for your forgive-
ness… May God bless you
all and walk in your soul daily,
Amen. With a sincere heart,
Tyree Stor mbringer.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Belated wish...
I would like to wish my
late dad Buford Johnson Jr.
a belated Happy Birthday. I
really miss you.
Each day I think about
what it is that you want me
to be doing. Your spirit will
forever be in my heart.
“Atowishanash.”
Anyone who wants to write
to me please write. I’m lonely.
You can reach me at: Otis
Johnson, 205 S. Columbus
Ave., MSCh 6, Goldendale,
WA 98620.
Climate change, first foods focus of internship
For several months,
Alexandria Anguiano,
Ange, worked as a climate
change intern at the
Branch of Natural Re-
sources.
With support from
Columbia River Inter-
tribal Fish Commission’s
TRAIL internship pro-
gram, students may gain
experience and carry out
projects within the natu-
ral resources sector.
College students are
selected through a com-
petitive application pro-
cess from member tribes.
While learning more
about natural resources,
interns contribute through
hands-on experience and
by spearheading their own
project with support from
technical staff.
Other student projects
included GIS, and how
forestry practices impact
soils and wildlife habitat.
During the past sum-
mer and into fall, Ange
worked with different de-
partments including fish-
eries, agriculture, and the
environmental depart-
ments within the Branch
of Natural Resources.
She networked with
local nonprofits, and
learned more about the
important roles they fill
for community needs.
On the farm, Ange
gained insight into the ag-
ricultural practices of her
family. Her grandfather
raised crops in Simnasho,
Ange Anguiano
but with changes to the
economy, likely brought on
by World War II, Ange
stated those practices “were
not passed on.”
Working on the farm,
gave her insight into her
families’ heritage and the
challenges hot weather
brings to raising crops.
In addition to her expe-
riences within departments,
she worked with the Climate
Change Working Group.
This is a consortium of
staff from throughout the
tribal government, commit-
tee members, and natural
resources staff that are
working towards greater cli-
mate change readiness.
She spoke on KWSO
about impacts to first foods,
as a traditional gatherer.
As part of the outreach
efforts, she entered in results
of the community survey
on climate change. Her
background in culture, as a
student and mother re-
sulted in unique insights
into issues the tribes ad-
dress through traditional
practices and manage-
ment.
Ange’s independent re-
search project included
looking at climate infor-
mation and how different
conditions relate to some
first foods.
Her work indicated a
strong connection be-
tween precipitation and
temperature with the tim-
ing of huckleberry ripen-
ing.
She employed archival
research methodology, vis-
iting the records depart-
ment, and using an online
database.
The final report de-
tailed her work experi-
ences, findings and con-
nections between natural
resources management
and protecting tribal ways.
Her findings were pre-
sented to the Climate
Change Working Group.
As a community member,
traditional gatherer and
mother, her report is at
the crux of important is-
sues concerning the tribes.
“The experience pro-
vided me insight into how
much goes into taking
care of streams and wa-
ter,” Ange said.
The internship demon-
strated for her that areas
of Natural Resources co-
incide with her academic
goals.
Horse Network has foals for adoption
The Warm Springs Horse
Network works to adopt out
young horses from the reser-
vation.
The Horse Network is a
non-profit dedicated to the
placement of equine from
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs in Central Or-
egon
About us
May 2014 marked the first
month we picked up or-
phaned foals and weaned
them from the Warm Springs
Reservation.
A small group of friends
now work together to provide
the smoothest transition for
these foals from the wild to
domestication.
Shontae Thomas is the
contact person to set up ap-
pointments to see the foals.
Robbi is our expert on foal
care, and is housing the foals.
Beth is our photographer,
advertiser and PR person.
Tori lends special thought-
ful consideration to our deci-
sions, specifically in the area
of finances and legalities.
In Januar y the War m
Springs Horse Network offi-
cially became a nonprofit
LLC. You can reach the Net-
Warm Springs
Recreation and
the Health and
Human
Services
Branch wish to
thank the
people who
showed up on
Halloween for
Trunk-or-Treat.
work at:
wshorsenetwork@gmail.com
The privilege
The Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs is working
very hard at managing the
number of horses by gelding,
adoptions, selling and the like.
However, due to land deg-
radation and many other fac-
tors, the need necessitates the
immediate and permanent re-
moval of some horses from
the range.
This removal leaves some
foals available for adoption.
We ask for your complete
consideration regarding the
respect of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
As a sovereign nation the
tribe has complete authority
over the wildlife and the land.
The Horse Network has
been given the privilege of
homing the foals. We wish
only to continue working with
the Range manager.
These horses are desig-
nated as Pacific Northwest
American Heritage Horses.
During peak foaling sea-
son 5-14 foals are available
per week. The Warm Springs
Reservation produces every
color and varying age, as well
as different breeds.
We have seen many duns,
paints, blacks and appaloosas;
however they are mostly sor-
rels and bays.
The foals are high quality,
exhibit exceptional bone, con-
formation, endurance and
intelligence.
Once gentled, they prove
to be exceptional partners.
Generally speaking they are
hardier than domestic horses.
We are proud of our Pa-
cific Northwest American
Heritage Foals from the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation.
You may register your foal
with the AIHR American In-
dian Horse Registry.
Adoption fees
The adoption fee in 2015
is $125 per foal. Donations
are vital to the well-being of
all the foals. Donations help
cover transportation, feed
and medical attention.
T h e Wa r m S p r i n g s
Horse Network
Carol’s
Birthday
An Eightieth Birth-
day Celebration for
Carol Allison is set for
December 5 at the
Warm Springs Commu-
nity Center. The party
will be from 12 noon till
4 p.m.
Everyone is invited
for a meal, cake and ice
cream, and to share
your memories of
Carol’s Room.