Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Question:
What do
you think
of the
upcoming
cannabis
initiative?
(Question asked
randomly around the
community.)
The Vital Statistics Depart-
ment of the Confederated
Tribes has a list of absentee
voters whose ballots were re-
turned as undeliverable.
If you are aware of how
to contact any of these indi-
viduals, please contact Vital
Stats, 541-553-3252.
Hazel Ruth Anderson, Su-
san Kay Antekeier, Theodore
Arce Jr., Joanna Francisca
Arce.
Rachel Dawn Barney,
Theodore L. Barney,
Marcelina Cassimiro, Gilbert
Coronado, Samantha Marie
David.
Alan Jasper Demmert Jr.,
Ellen Vernida Gilbert, An-
thony Todd Guerin, Jerome
Earl Henry, William Anthony
Henry.
Orlando James Johnson,
I think it’s a good idea.
It is a medicine—no
matter what anyone says, it
is a medicine. I’m a cancer
survivor, and I had a bout
with pain pills. Then I
started smoking the
cannabis, and it saved me.
If someone took the
time to look at this, I
think we have a cure for
alcoholism right here.
And with hemp, you
can make anything out of
it. You can make a car
from hemp, and run it on
hemp oil. Henry Ford’s
first car was made of
December 9, 2015
hemp, and built to run on
hemp oil.
- Milton Quiltman
Sahme
- Suzie Slockish
Wilona Rae Poitra, Vannessa
Nichole Sahme, Roshena
Jane Sargeant, Clara Jean
Scott.
William Frank Slockish,
James
Wesley
Spino,
Therman Kendall Suppah,
There are two sides to
this issue. Some believe
it’s about making it
okay to smoke and
maybe generate a sort of
‘high’ from it.
Then there is the
economic side of it, where
it’s about utilizing its
capabilities to create
‘green’ products and
materials from the
resource, which I
support. But in the end
I’d say I’m neutral.
Taryn Jacob Thomas, Virgil
Lee Watson, Dustin Royale
Wheeler.
Cecil Mack Yahtin, Lillie
Anna Yahtin, Edward Sam
Blackwolf, Billy Dave Brown,
Felicitas Gandar Castro-
I’m against it. It
sounds good because of
the money, but look at
what’s happened with
alcohol. We’re supposed
to be a dry reservation.
And the casino sells
alcohol. I am a former
user. I used to smoke all
the time. I used to live
that life. So I’m not for
this.
- Jefferson Greene
In talking to the
younger generation, many
of them are in favor of it.
I would like to reach
out to people of my
generation.
I’ve heard some talk
among elders who are
saying not to show up to
vote, but that is ridiculous.
We’ve already by-passed
opportunities that could
have been solutions for our
tribe, because not enough
people showed up.
My concern is about the
financial dilemma that our
tribes are in. It’s your own
I’ve heard so many
things about this, I
don’t really know what
to think of it. Is it
considered a drug , or
medicine?
There are some good
things about it, and
some bad... I don’t care
for it.
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Taitague, Francillia Tyese
Chastang. Elliott Lynn Coo-
per Jr., Doreen Lois Danzuka,
Alane Susan Eyle, Javier
Eduardo Gonzalez Jr., Mor-
- Martha
Winishut
choice, I’m encouraging
people to vote.
- Neda Wesley
ris Bruce Jackson.
Loni Livian Long, Shana
Renee Paulsen, Julia Rose
Wallulatum, Timothy Hilbert
Williams, Pearl June Wyman.
All I see the 85
jobs--that’s what pops
out about it to me.
- Amelia Tewee
Howlak Tichum
Sidney Miller of
Warm Springs walked
on, October 24, of natu-
ral causes, at his home in
Tenino Valley. He was 87
Sid achieved many
great accomplishments
throughout his life, but
some can argue passing
quietly on a Saturday af-
ternoon, surrounded by
loved ones as the patri-
arch of an adoring fam-
ily could be the greatest.
Sid maintained a life-
long love affair with
sports, reporting, photog-
raphy, flirting, ranching
and animals.
For the past 38 years
you would most likely
find him on the bottom
bleachers or the sidelines
at Madras High School
on Friday nights, report-
ing on and photograph-
ing the Madras White
Buffaloes.
Born to Lucy Papoluit
Miller and Walter Miller
in 1928.
On the second day of
his life, his mother put
him on her back and
went into the mountains
to pick huckleberries—
the start of his tradi-
tional learning and in-
troduction to hard
work.
His siblings were
Harriet,
Percival
(Lucky), Wilma, and
Marseline.
Sid was an old time
cowboy who was raised
to be a horsemen. He
lived, rodeoed and
worked with the likes of
Lucy Miller, Cowhand
Meanus, Zeke Scott, Buddy
Kalama, Jazzy Wewa and
many more.
He was one of the last old
ranchers in the Tenino valley.
Although he was an all around
cowboy, he specialized in
bronc riding, once spending
six weeks in a Yakima hospi-
tal due to breaking his neck
on a bronc at the Yakama
rodeo.
Living on and maintaining
his ranch in the Tenino val-
Sidney Miller, 1928 ~ 2015
was one of his goals. Af-
ter his service he obtained
an accounting degree
from San Francisco.
In 1976, he founded
the Spilyay Tymoo, for the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Since then it has con-
tinuously published bi-
weekly and focuses on lo-
cal, regional and national
Native American news.
Sid was recognized as
the paper’s Publisher
Emeritus upon his retire-
ment. He had a knack
for hiring good people.
ley was a great happiness for Cynthia Stowell, Sandy
Rangila, Donna Behrend and
Sid.
Although he had to stop Marsha Shewczyk were
working with his animals due among those blessed to learn
to his health many years ago, from him.
He will be remembered
you can still find his horses
wandering home every now for driving the Spilyay Tymoo
car to the Madras Union High
and then.
He served in the Army School home and away sports
during the Korean War, and events.
He was a great booster for
was a proud participant in
Veteran activities. Building a kids and athletics, particularly
Veterans memorial at the Warm Springs kids!
As well as being the
Museum at Warm Springs
founder of the S p i l y a y
Tymoo, he was a founding
member of the Native
American Journalist Associa-
tion. He was honored at the
annual NAJA conference two
years ago.
Sid always had a smile on
his face and a joke on his lips.
He opened his home to many
people and had a hand in rais-
ing several of his grandchil-
dren.
He was a kind and loving
person who enjoyed time with
family and friends. The day
he passed, it seemed even the
horses and animals acknowl-
edged him as his casket went
by.
With a hunger for new ex-
periences and a mind that
even to his last day would
never rest, he truly did many
things in his life, left an im-
print on many people, and
paved the way for many to
come.
To some he was a team-
mate, to some a boss, to some
a father, to some a friend,
but to many he will always be
“Spilyay,” a legendary fig-
ure. And for many of us
he will always be
“Grandpa,” a compas-
sionate man who taught
us what hard work and
unconditional love looks
like.
Sid Miller is survived
by his five children:
Kenman Miller of
Warm Springs, Sharon
Miller of Warm Springs,
Lucy Smith of War m
Springs, Paula Miller of
War m Springs, and
Meleah Fuentes of
Portland.
He leaves 11 grand-
children. He was pre-
ceded in death by his par-
ents, brother and sisters
and his grandson Jonas
Miller.
Dressing and Over-
night Services were held
at the Agency Longhouse
in Warm Springs Octo-
ber 27 with Burial Octo-
ber 28 behind his Tenino
home.