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Spilyay Tymoo November 25, 2015
Letters to the editor
Bull Riding Champion
Courtesy photos.
Hello, everyone.
First of all I would like
to thank all of you in
War m Springs who
helped sponsor me for
the Indian National Finals
Rodeo, held Nov. 3-7 in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
We had a board in
which we sold slots for one
person to win $500, and
$500 went for my travels.
Dena Diaz won from
Grand Ronde. Thank you
to everyone for the sup-
port.
Marcel Allen , 16,
Keiser, Oregon.
Marcel qualified in the
Western States Rodeo
Association in Junior Bull
Riding, in which he won
the Regional Finals in
Chiloquin.
He was awarded a pair
of hand-made engraved
spurs at Las Vegas. This
was his first year at the
INFR.
At the Finals his first
go he rode his bull with a
score of 73. He tied for
third, and earned enough
money to buy the INFR
leather contestant jacket
(with mom’s help).
Washanaksha
The War m Springs
Washanaksha Board is offer-
ing grants to tribal members
and organizations. The appli-
cation deadline is coming up
on Friday, December 11.
The grants are for up to
$1,200. Projects must meet
one or more of these four
priorities:
1. Promote tribal member
and residents’ understanding
of and involvement in cul-
tural activities, traditions, arts,
language, dance, history, mu-
sic, etc.
Second go, he stuck his
bull with a score of 66.
Third go, he held on
by a tail with a score of
73. He rode all three
bulls, topped the points,
and was announced the
World Junior Bull Riding
Champion for 2015!
Marcel’s grampa Toba
Scott his rope for every
bull he rode. Marcel re-
ceived a pair of hand-
made chaps, a beautiful
buckle and saddle for
INFR Junior Bull Riding
Champion 2015.
Grandparents Toba
and Deborah Scott, his
mom, Desiree Allen,
aunties Shelby and Sisiley,
uncle Israil and baby
Mylah all made the trip
to Las Vegas to witness
the historic event for
Marcel.
We give God the
glory.
Deborah Scott.
2. Pass on tribal knowl-
edge and practices to our
youth and help them feel con-
nected to their culture.
3. Preserve, practice and
teach and tribal languages.
4. Support the work of
our artists and traditional
teachers, including their abil-
ity to ear na living from their
work.
Applications will be ac-
cepted from the tribal mem-
bers, residents, tribal pro-
grams, committees and orga-
nizations.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller
Multi Media Specialist: Alyssa Macy
Managing Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
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E-Mail: david.mcmechan@wstribes.org.
Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $20.00
Projects must be com-
pleted within six months (by
July 31, 2016).
Grant funding is spon-
sored by the Oregon Cultural
Trust, which provides fund-
ing to Oregon county groups
and tribes to support arts and
heritage. The fiscal sponsor
is the Museum at War m
Springs.
Washanaksha is an ichiskin
word. It means that something
is important: you take it in—
heart, spirit and mind—and
are committed to carrying it
forward no matter what.
The cultural, tribal and
family history, dance, art, cer-
emonies, music, and tradi-
tional practices are a founda-
tion for the tribal identity—
for each tribe and each tribal
member. The Confederated
Tribes Cultural Trust Com-
mittee chose this name be-
cause it communicates the
highest purpose of their ef-
fort.
For more information con-
tact Tamera Moody, secretary
of the Washanaksha Board
and museum Education co-
ordinator, at 541-553-3331.
Dry Creek
Christmas
The Dry Creek Christmas
Party is coming up on
Wednesday, December 16, at
the Agency Longhouse. The
party starts at 6 p.m.
This is the Christmas Party
that the David/Green Fam-
ily has done for years. This
year, there will be no play, but
the family will continue with
the party to honor Atwai
Kat’lice’s wishes. All are wel-
come!
Activities include Family
Christmas Cookie Making, a
Christmas Story, and a visit
from St. Nick. The party will
include a gift exchange, meal
and caroling. Volunteers and
donations are needed.
For more information con-
tact Roma at 541-460-3471;
or Starla.
Smoke Out
Out of respect for
the bereaved and the
losses in our commu-
nity last week, the Com-
munity Health Educa-
tion Team and Tobacco
Prevention resched-
uled the Great Ameri-
can Smoke Out event.
The new date is
Thursday, December
10th, starting at 12
noon in the conference
room at the Family Re-
source Center.
Any further ques-
tions please call Judy
Charley at 541-553-
2460. Thank You.
CHET and To-
bacco Prevention
Name giving tradition among Wascopum
by George Aguilar
Chief Stocketly Ceililo Band
Early September, I was in-
vited to an Indian name giv-
ing activity by Mike Clements
and Beulah Calica.
My involvement with this
important Wasco traditional
ceremony was to start at 12
p.m. After waiting two hours
it was obvious the presenta-
tion I was to give was not to
happen soon. I left to pursue
other scheduled activities.
Please accept my apologies.
This is to make known to
the Indian peoples of Warm
Springs the Kiksht Chinookan
practice of the giving of the
Indian names.
In some cases today,
names are passed on and vali-
dated by ceremony to the
younger generations while the
holder is still living.
Viewing this altered system
from the archaic may be
strengthening the custom of
the giving of Indian names,
because the loss of the Wasco
legacy is disintegrating at an
alarming rate.
Name-giving system
The People of the Pacific
Northwest had developed a
variety of complex cultures,
each with its own complex
history and unique way of
life, and with the Wasco, and
the River Peoples it was the
giving of an Indian name.
The utensils of the former
civilization—bags, utensils,
trinkets, toys of the long ago
children— now live in muse-
ums as the only mementos of
a civilization of many bygone
winter snow melts.
As long as the use of the
few deep-rooted Indian
names are in use, the Wasco
identity will live on, and the
Kiksht Chinookan Nation will
be reborn through the use of
the Warm Springs Reserva-
tion language program and by
the giving of the Indian
Names.
When the 1887 Dawes
Severalty Act was legislated,
it was fortunate that the BIA
Realty Department recorded
the Indian names and the kin
ties to some of those names.
Through several years
however, most of the Wasco
group at Warm Springs have
forgotten how to use the an-
cestral name-giving system.
When a family unit does
decide to use it, they usually
revert to the Sahaptin cus-
toms. In my book When The
River Ran Wild! is the docu-
mented methods of the
Wasco.
Radio interview
The following is from a per-
sonal interview about When
The River Ran Wild !
The interview was at the
tribal radio station KWSO at
Birthday wishes...
Happy Birthday Shout-
Out on December 29th to
Adilia Hart from Pendleton!
Thirteen years young!
You’ve been a big part of a
lot of our lives with many more
to come! Adilia is the Grand-
daughter of Darren Tewee and
Melanie Colwash!
Love you!
DeeAnne
Minthorn
Oregon Historical Society photo
Tullux Holloquiila, a
Wascopum, came to the
Warm Springs Reservation
as young man. He was
young child when the
Methodist Missionaries
were at Wascopum.
the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort in
April, 2005.
Eliza Jones represented the
Oregon Historical Society. I
was met with the question of
inserting President Grant’s
Peace Policy in the When The
River Ran Wild! project.
Question: You included
A.B. Meacham‘s description
of Indians revoking their old
ways, and embracing Chris-
tianity and “civilization.” You
are a Christian, but also con-
cerned with exploring and
preserving the old Indian
ways. So what was it like to
read that description?
Answer: The purpose for
inserting the A.B. Meacham
material is to corroborate one
point—the giving of a Euro-
American name.
In December 1871
Meacham’s visit to Warm
Springs was to enforce Presi-
dents Grant’s Peace Policy.
The purpose of the Peace
Policy was to destroy lan-
guages and plural marriages,
and abolish slavery, shaman-
istic practices, certain
ceremonials and old customs.
And above all to make the
Indian people moral law abid-
ing citizens and Christians.
The earlier Kiksht Wasco
placed great emphasis on the
giving of Indian names. This
was one of their most impor-
tant and crucial customs.
The giving of the white
man’s names shattered the
civilization of the American
Indian, specifically the Wasco
and River people’s way of life.
The giving of an Indian
name is to establish a genea-
logical identity on a child, to
honor the previous holder of
that name, and to preserve
the posterity of the family.
In the olden times the In-
dian name was not for casual
use but functions like a title.
The custom of the Kiksht
Wasco is to bestow a name
of a relative who had died
A Happy Belated
Birthday to LeAndra Hart
(just tur ned 6) and Lela
Tewee.
Much love to all!
From your Willow Drive
and Mission Road families.
and hypothetically made it into
the spirit world
In the earlier times, the
name-giving was used to pre-
serve the history of the fam-
ily.
The name recipients were
chosen to represent family
trees—for example, to pre-
serve the posterity of the
Holloquilla.
The Indian name recipi-
ents are expected to learn the
history of the individuals they
are named after. These
names are to be passed on,
in the family tree.
Where there is an Indian
name that existed within an
era, there will be a story to
tell future generations. The
name will never die out: It will
be used again and again.
This is why the levirate
marriage system was practiced
by the Wasco in earlier times.
To carry on the name.
The primary topic and fo-
cus of my participation in this
presentation was to be on the
Holloquilla family tree. After
viewing the hand prepared
genogram I noticed an Indian
name missing. I brought this
situation to Beulah’s attention
Tul-lux Holloquilla was my
grandmother Hattie’s and her
Sister Eliza’s stepfather. Jerry
Holloquilla is the son of Tul-
lux and a half-brother to the
sisters.
Tullux is an Indian name,
so is Holloquilla.
On January 18, 1847,
Alvan Waller recorded a visit
by the Chief Yacootar on
behalf of his brother-in-law,
Hallica, concerning compen-
sation for goods lost in a fire
that occurred while Waller
was giving a sermon.
Hallica’s English name is
Hiram Holloquilla as re-
corded with the tribal stats.
His wife Quan-a-kit-la was
born in about 1800-1803.
This puts Hallica at 44
years of age in 1847. Hallica
[Hiram] is the father of Tul-
lux, or Tsi-qpun, and he also
had three daughters—Ellen
Olney, Annie Holloquilla
Symintire
and
Kate
Holloquilla Pinus.
Annie Holloquilla was one
of the wives of Billy Chi-
nook. Emma Parker is the
only known child of Chinook.
There is a grave marker within
the cemetery plot of Chinook
with the name Hilam. R’s in
the Wasco language are silent,
so it is quite possible this is
the old man Hiram.
Tullux was a veteran of
the Rattlesnake War. He was
also veteran of the Modoc
War campaign. He became a
very wealthy cattle rancher.
Several photos of Tullux
are at the Museum of Warm
Springs. Tullux was also in-
volved in establishing the
McQuinn Northern Reser-
vation border.
As you will notice, the
Holloquilla clan has a very
colorful documented activity.
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