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Spilyay Tymoo August 31, 2016
Letters to the editor
Crown, banner proposals
Spilyay photo
Museum at Warm Springs exhibit in 2015
featured many of the crowns from previous
years’ Miss Warm Springs.
The Miss War m
Springs Pageant Commit-
tee is seeking proposals
for the 2017 Miss Warm
Springs crown and ban-
ner.
The pageant will be in
December of this year.
Interested candidates
History of
Labor Day
by Rose ‘Mushy‘ Alarcon
W.S. Community Resource Center
The history of Labor Day
in the United States and
Canada dates back to late
Nineteenth century when the
trade union and labor move-
ments grew enormously.
A variety of days were
chosen by trade unionists as
a day to celebrate labor.
The holiday was first pro-
posed in the 1880s by Mat-
thew Maguire, a machinist,
while serving as Secretary of
the Central Labor Union of
New York in 1882.
It is argued that it was
first proposed by Peter J.
McGuire of the American
Federation of Labor in May
1882, after witnessing the
annual labour festival held in
Toronto, Canada.
Oregon was the first state
in the U.S. to make it an of-
ficial public holiday in 1887.
In June 1894, during the
Pullman Strike, which re-
sulted in the deaths of work-
ers at the hands of Army
and U.S. Marshals Service,
Congress unanimously voted
to approve legislation to
make Labor Day a national
holiday. President Grover
Cleveland signed it into law
six days after the end of the
strike.
Huckleberry
Harvest
The Museum at Warm
Springs Huckleberry Har-
vest is coming soon.
should submit three pho-
tos of their work for
consideration to Pageant
Committee Coordinator
Starla Green at:
starla.green@wstribes.org
The deadline for sub-
mission is this Friday,
September 2.
The twenty-first annual
event is set for September 24
at the museum. This is a
fund-raiser, supporting the
cultural and educational pro-
grams of the museum.
Guests will experience a
traditional salmon bake
cooked over smoky alder
wood. They will also serve In-
dian fry bread and huckle-
berry jam, the best accompa-
niment to this dinner.
The Huckleberry Harvest
will feature drumming and
singing, tribal artist demon-
strations and story telling.
For more information,
please call the museum at
541-553-3331.
Cowdeo
The Forty-Eighth Annual
Cowdeo is coming up on
October 15 at the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds.
Sign-ups begin soon, and
are open until events are full,
as there are limited number
of entries per event.
The Cowdeo provides an
opportunity for kids age 5-
14 to experience friendly ro-
deo competition in a family
atmosphere, while contribut-
ing to community non-profit
organizations.
Warm Springs is always
well-represented at the
Cowdeo. Last year, for in-
stance, Isaiah Florendo won
the All Around Cowdeo
Saddle, donated by DMJ
Automotive of War m
Springs.
Isaiah won four prize
buckles on his way to the
Cowdeo All Around Saddle.
The Cowdeo draws young
cowboys and cowgirls from
around the Northwest for the
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competitions.
The kids are able to com-
pete in their age division—5,
6-8 PeeWee, 9-11 Junior, and
12-14 Senior—for belt buck-
les in each event.
Participants also strive to
win the All Around Belt
Buckle and Saddle. Events
are sheep riding for PeeWees,
barrel racing, key hole,
horseless roping, calf riding,
breakaway roping, cow riding
(14-year olds), goat decorat-
ing (PeeWees) and the
Chicken Rabbit Scramble (5
and under).
The fair board thanks all
of the youth who participate,
and all of the individual and
business sponsors who help
make the Cowdeo happen.
Brian Crow, fairgrounds
event coordinator.
Thank you.
We would like to take this
time to thank you all that
prayed, helped out and sup-
ported us during the time
our daughter, sister, grand-
daughter, niece Krisleen V.
Napyer was hospitalized,
April 10-June 12, at the
Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital.
Thank you all, medical
teams—doctors, surgeons,
nurses, etc. Thank you,
Child Life school program,
Tuesday activity, Bingo,
housekeeping, food service
(when she was finally able
to eat), and to Hope the dog
for brightening her day.
Thank you front desk
team for greeting and wel-
coming us each and every
day that we walked into the
unit 9-N.
A special thank you to
all the volunteers that came
and sat with her, played
games, made art work,
helped with home work,
played music, sang songs to
and for her, and took her
for walks. Your kindness
and support helped in dis-
traction from her pain, while
we went for a breather, a
walk, to eat, etc.
Thank you Ronald
McDonald House for all
you’ve done for us—room
and board Thursday, Fri-
days meals, everything dur-
ing our stay with you.
Thank you Derek (the 7-
Eleven guy) for your kind-
ness and support you’ve
given us each time we
stopped by.
Thank you War m
Springs Social Services.
Thank you Sarah Frank
for your help. Thank you
Alveda Charley and family
for your prayers, support,
helping out, and coming by
to check on and visit us.
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Fair purchases
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Thank you, Chilkat
Enterprise, for purchas-
ing Dylan and Hayden’s 4-
H market goat projects at
the 2016 Jefferson County
Fair Market Animal Sale.
Waylon and Tiffany
Beymer, your generosity
and support of 4-H and
FFA kids is amazing and
so very appreciated. We
can’t thank you enough!
Edward, Heather,
Dylan & Hayden
Heath
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Thank you J’Dean Kalama
for your prayers, support and
help. Thank you Kalama Fry
Bread stand for putting up a
fundraiser jar for us—didn’t
realize how expensive a city
is. Thank you Vern Heath and
family for checking on us as
we first arrived. Thank you
Dorothy Yahtin for sending
us fry bread/food to us.
Thank you Ben, Flora and
Tyron for coming by and
bringing us food and drinks.
Thank you Elvira Guardipee
and family for call Krisleen
nearly every day checking on
her, giving your love and sup-
port. Thank you Rena
Suppah, kids and grandpa
Fronny for coming by to
check on and visit us. Thank
you Mildred Queampts and
family for your prayers and
support. Thank you Fred Hill
for your support and help.
Thank you Leslie Bill.
Thank you Lil’ Marilyn and
family for coming by to visit.
Thank you Billy Tahkeal, and
Margo Thompson. Thank
you Julia Thompson, and
Norma Minthorn and fam-
ily. Thank you Alex Tufti and
family, and Izzy Simtustus.
Thank you all for your con-
cerns and support.
Once again, Thank you all
and God bless you! With love
and respect,
Krisleen, Mom, Lori,
grandma Rosa, sister Lorena,
uncle Johnson, auntie
Emilena and uncle Justin,
uncle Tubby and auntie
Charlie, auntie LT and uncle
Log.
Recovery
Never Ends
The Recovery Never
Ends conference will be held
September 30 in War m
Springs.
Everyone is welcome to
attend. It is free and will be
at HeHe Longhouse from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
The day will include
speakers, talking circles,
healing activities, sweat-
house and meals. For more
information or to register
contact Sarah Frank at Com-
munity Counseling, 541-553-
3205. You can see more on
the conference on page 8.
The conference is in rec-
ognition of September as
National Recovery Month.
Sarah Frank, Commu-
nity Counseling.
Family, friends
Hi, this is Lorna Arthur. I
am currently incarcerated
here in CCCF in Wilsonville,
and I just wanted my family
and friends to know where I
Dylan and Gizmo
CPS thank you to Native Aspirations
Courtesy Susan Denight
The box of movies delivered
by Native Aspirations.
Youth from the Native
Aspirations program asked,
and the community an-
swered!
Youth from the Warm
Springs Native Aspirations
program surprised staff at
the offices of Children Pro-
tective Services. The youth
arrived with a nicely deco-
rated box of fun in the form
of child-appropriate DVDs.
am. And if they want to,
write me or send a post card
with email address. I can get
back to you that way. Or
send you phone number on
a post card and I can call
once in a while to say hi.
I also want to send love,
hugs and kisses to my oldest
granddaughter. I am proud
of her for being an Honor
Student.
Can someone please get
hold of my oldest, Garrett
Jr., and tell him where I’m at.
I love and miss you all, and
hope to hear from you.
Lor na F. Ar thur,
#10035801, CCCF, 24499
SW Grahams Ferry Rd.,
Wilsonville OR 97070.
Summary of
Tribal Council
August 23, 2016:
1. Roll Call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Alfred Smith,
Chairman Eugene Greene,
Vice-Chair man Charles
Calica, Brigette McConville,
Lee Tom, Valerie Switzler
and Carina Miller. Recorder,
Devin Winishut.
2. Solar eclipse update.
3. Boys and Girls Club
Snohomish County update.
4. Tribal member con-
cern.
5. Child Protective Ser-
vices update.
6. Family Preservation
update.
7. Motion to send a letter
of support in regards to the
Standing Rock Sioux Clean
Water Act.
The movies are the result
of generous donations made
by the Warm Springs com-
munity. The Native Aspira-
tions youth who delivered the
movies said they wanted to
do something nice for the
children and youth who come
to stay at the CPS center.
The movies are a welcome
addition and will be enjoyed
many times over, no doubt.
CPS is very grateful to the
youth of Native Aspirations
for organizing the DVD
drive, and to the community
for donating movies. This will
help create a more comfort-
able experience for children
and youth at the CPS Center.
Native Aspirations, part of
Warm Springs Health and
Human Services, is a national
program that aims to prevent
youth violence, bullying and
suicide. For more informa-
tion on how you can support
CPS in Warm Springs, please
contact Susan Denight,
CPS program manager, 541-
553-3209.
8. Executive session.
9. Meeting adjourned at
5:07 pm.
Head Start
open house
Head Start and Early
Head Start are closed through
September 5 in preparation
for the new school year.
There is a mandatory par-
ent open house on Septem-
ber 1 between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. Classes will resume on
September 6.
All Head Start classes will
run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Crafting
Pathways
The Crafting Pathways
class continues next Month
in Warm Springs.
The September 14 Craft-
ing Pathways will feature
speaker Shawnetta Yahtin,
Warm Springs medical so-
cial worker. She will be pro-
viding infor mation on
healthy relationships,
healthy forms of commu-
nication, and history cycle
breaking.
The class are held in the
Family Resource Center
from 2 to 3:30 p.m. For
more information contact
Janet Bissell or Arlena
Walsey, 541-553-2460.
Hayden and Prince