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r Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon November 9, 2016 Page 5 Services, guest at Veterans Summit L in d a Woods explains the origin, o f the Fallen Warrior Eagle Staff: In February of 2008 an eagle fell from the sky during an ice bli^pard near Cheboygan, Michigan. Three weekspassed before three men went out to. search for this “fallen war rior, ” as we refer to an eagle or an eagle feather that has fallen. They found the eagle in the frozen ice of Flack River. A combat Veteran per formed. a sacred ceremony on the ice before they brought the eagle out of. the ice. They used a chain saw to cut around the eagle, removing a five-foot block of ice. The eagle was beauti-. fully preserved. ■ A friend of mine had the eagle head, but he knew he needed to pass the eagle on to a veteran... Afterprayer and consulting others, he decide^ he Dave McMechan photos/Spilyay would offer it- to me. At the Veterans Summit last week: Caroline Cruz; general In 2011 this spiritual gift, this manager of Health and Human Services; special guest Linda beautiful eagle head was presented to Woods; and the clinic’s Mitchell DeVaney with the Eagle Staff. me in a sacred ceremony, as the men shared the story, of this eagle. Linda was a special guest this stance" abuse counselor, having With the eagle head Ms. Woods, year at the Warm Springs Veterans earned a Masters o f Social Work who served in the Air Force dur Summit, w here she show ed the in 1994 from San Jose University ing the Vietnam era, created a staff Eagle Staff. in California. She was inducted into in honor o f women veterans. She Ms. Woods is a member o f the the. M ichigan W om en’s H all o f is the first female veteran to carry G rand Traverse Band o f Ottawa Fame. an Eagle Staff. Chippewa Indians. She comes from ' T hough she retired in 2Q08, She carries the staff on behalf th e O ttaw a In d ia n village in with over 30 years o f experience o f all women, especially her fel Leelanau, Michigan. in social work, Ms. Woods contin Following her military experi low wom en veterans who have ues to serve the Native American served the nation. ence, Ms. Woods became a sub community. The mobile veterans service clinic (above) was available outside the Community Center. Organizations on hand at the summit were the Commissioned Corps Officers of the U.S. Public Health Service - Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center; the Veterans Administration - Portland Medical Center; the VA Portland regional office; the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs; the Native Procurement Technical Assistance Center;, the Oregon Veteran Home of Lebanon/The Dalles. Plus VETS employment and training services; the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Bend Vet Center; and the Department of Labor, among others. m The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of the COCC Foundation and COCC’s Multicultural Activities office and Native American program present Howlak Tichum LI UKL ,JLi V JL JL M itch ell W aldo B o ilea u , Ju n e 19, 1944 ~ O cto b er 14, 2016 Mitchell “Mickey” Waldo Boileau was born to Waldo Jennings and Geneva (Newell) Boileau on June 19, 1994, in T h o m as, O k lah o m a, the youngest o f five siblings. H e passed away O ctober 14,2016, in his home in Warm Springs, Oregon, after strug gling with complications o f heart failure, stroke and dia betes. H e attended school in Ma dras, graduating from Madras High School in 1964. Shortly thereafter, he married the love o f his life, Arlene (Brunoe) Ross, on June 26, 1964. Together, they raised five children: H erbert, U rbana, Relda and Mary Ross; and Susie Boileau. They lived most o f their livesin Warm Springs. H e worked for Warm Springs Forest Products Industries for 38 years. H e worked in vari ous positions and retired after serving as shipping foreman. Mickey enjoyed riding his motorcycle; many times he and Arlene rode together. He T InK udhttpu U U bn annual Culture Camp held ev ery summer. He was preceded in death by his parents; siblings Diane "“ C h a rlo tte ” H a w th o rn e , T hursday , N ovember 1714:30 to 6:30 p . m . C ommunity R oom , COCC M adras C ampus G loria Kay Ries, Crystal K eo a n d S a m u el B o ile a u ; so n also was an avid bow hunter, valu ing time spent in nature and in the company o f family and friends. H e loved fishing arid especially loved sharing these days with oth ers. H e spent several o f his adult- years bowling and was a member o f the Madras Bowling League. M ost im portantly, he loved his family and dedicated his fife to raising and supporting them. In 2000, with failing health, he retired from WSFPI. H e contin ued to support his family as much as able, assisting his wife with OSU Extension activities, including the H erbert Ross; -and grandson Joel Martinez. Mickey is survived by his wife Arlene Boileau; daughters and sons-in-law Urbana RoSs and Howie Arnett, Mary Ross and Roy Wiseman, and Susie A n tek eier, all o f W arm Springs; R elda and Les P eratro v ich o f E llensburg, Wash; seven grandchildren, seven g reat g randchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, and other extended family in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma and Texas. We will miss him so. O ur grief is n ot for him, but for I ourselves and moments we will no longer share with him. He rests in the arms of God, re tu rn e d to w h o le n e ss— no more, sorrow, no more illness, and no more pain, D r . A nton T reuer J efferson G reene P rofessor , B emidji S tate U niversity I chishkin L anguage T eacher , C onfederated T ribes of W arm S prings C ulture and H eritage Please join us as native language scholars, Dr. Anton Treuer and Jefferson Greene, discuss the importance of native language preservation. They will present background and history on their native language, and will talk about their efforts, experiences and processes with language preservation. F ree and O pen to the P ublic R efreshments provided Information: 541.318.3782 cocc.edu/mcc-events C E N TR A L O R E G O N community college l|kV K l A special thank you to Advocates for Social Reform, The Bend Bulletin/ASCOCC and OSU-Cascades Student Fee Committee iKiW W b i? s I bs M CONNECTING W ARM SPRINGS Public transit in Warm Springs is more than a bus. It's a tic k e tto work, school, play and even wellness. 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