Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 26, 2017
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Team effort with Lil Miss Warm Springs Pageant
The last Lil Miss Warm
Springs was held in 2007. The
past queens were (3-4 years)
Queen Katrina Blackwolf,
Princess Kathryse Danzuka,
(5-6 years) Queen Krystyn
Calica and Princess Wynema
Wolfe, (7-9 years) Queen
Keyanna Yellowman Princess
Soraya Mendez, (10-12 years)
Queen Elyse Bagley with Prin-
cess Katie Mae Smith, (13-
17 years) Queen Tashina
Clements with Princess Rosey
Suppah.
Carol Allison—with the
help of Arlene Boileau,
Geraldine Jim, atwai beloved
Lucinda Green and Bernice
Mitchell, Matilda Mitchell,
Sylvia Wallulatum, Hilda
Culpus, Marianne Culpus and
Caroline Tohet—began the
program in 1982 with the
Recreation Department.
They were inspired to be-
gin the program out of con-
cern that our youth were
adopting other nation’s cul-
tures. It was Carol’s goal to
get community involvement
and teach our younger gen-
eration cultural knowledge,
and to learn as family.
Last year Carol Sahme,
Starla Green and I created an
agenda for the year, leading
up to our Lil Miss Warm
Springs program. We planned
to work on a different
project each month, based on
our culture and traditional
teachings. We had girls come
to our classes, creating com-
munity involvement.
The community once again
came together and were in-
strumental to our success.
The Lil Miss War m
Springs program would like
to thank Starla Green for
helping create the yearly pro-
gram. Starla helped the young
girls make Put-la-pas, wing
dresses, and jingle dresses.
Thank you for opening your
home to teach the girls how
to can salmon, as well as cut
and care for tule to create
mats for the longhouse.
For all the time and effort
you gave to the Lil Miss
Warm Springs, we cannot
thank you enough.
Thank
you
Louis
Squiemphen-Smith for teach-
ing the girls the Ichishkin al-
phabet and teaching the col-
ors, animals, and how to
speak the Sahaptin language
correctly.
Thank you Cheryl Tom
for donating the jingle dress
material. Without these ma-
terials the dresses would not
have been possible.
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Miss Warm Springs Katrina Blackwolf presents to
Junior Miss Warm Springs Gigi David.
Thank you Natural Re-
sources for the donation of
the salmon. And to Deanie
Johnson for teaching the Lil
Miss Warm Springs girls how
to properly introduce them-
selves in all three tribal lan-
guages. Thank you for taking
us out on the field trip to cut
tule, as well as taking the girls
out to dig roots and showing
how to care for them. Thank
you for doing our meal song
the night of the pageant, and
thank you for your generos-
ity.
Thank you Valley Cruise
for the donation of the ma-
terial to make wing dresses.
Thank you Keeyanna
Yellowman, 2016 Miss Warm
Springs, for coming in and
teaching our girls about the
tribal flag, and what it means
to be and an ambassador for
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Thank you to Alyssa
Macy, and the Native Youth
Council for the donation of
the t-shirts, tribal coffee mugs
and mini tribal flags.
Thank you to Chuck
Patterson for getting our ban-
ners here in time for the pag-
eant. And to Craig Graham
for the pageant signs. We ap-
preciate all your efforts, and
we cannot thank you enough.
Thank you Starhorse
Drum group for being the
host drum for the pageant:
Aaron
Greene,
Kyle
Queahpama, Gary Villa,
Preston
Tom,
Oscar
Queahpama, Jaden Esquiro,
Emery Greene.
Thank you to our judges
panel for the pageant night:
Merle Kirk, Keeyanna
Yellowman, Char maine
Billey, Bridgette Kalama,
Tatum Kalama, Starla
Green, Aurolyn Stwyer and
Sunmiet Mabon. It was a
tough competition, and the
pageant would not have
been a success without you
ladies.
Thank you to our cooks
for the night of the pageant:
Carol Lawrence, Daniel
Lawrence, Arnetta Saludo
and Terry Saludo. And to
Geraldine Jim for opening
the floor for the pageant
Thank you to Miss
War m Springs 2017
Katrina Blackwolf for
crowing our new title hold-
ers during the pageant.
Thank you Carol Sahme for
being master of ceremonies
and bringing the program
together.
A huge thank you to
Margery “Marge” Kalama
for beading the senior and
junior crowns. Another
huge thank you to Eugenia
“Teeny” Tappo for beading
the Lil Miss Warm Springs
Crown.
Thank you to the Recre-
ation Department staff for
setting up before the regu-
lar program days, for setting
up before and helping tear
down after the pageant:
Tatum Kalama, Justine
Native sculptor visiting Sisters gallery
Cliff Fragua lives as a
traditional Towa on the
Jemez Pueblo of New
Mexico.
The people refer to
their Pueblo, a recognized
sovereign nation, as
Walatowa, which translates
to “This is the place.”
Cliff was born on the
Pueblo in the mid
1950’s, has spent most
of his life there, and
both his home and large
sculpting studio, Singing
Stone, are upon his an-
cestral homelands.
Fragua attended the
San Francisco Art Insti-
tute while also studying
as a student at the pres-
tigious art school for
Native American youth
in Santa Fe, Institute of
American Indian Art.
Shows in Chicago and
Courtesy
Cliff Fragua with sculpture.
New York City have fea-
tured his work.
His most well known
work, Po'Pay, a monumen-
tal statue now located at the
U.S. Capitol. Fragua is
the only Native Ameri-
can artist with a work
featured at the Capitol.
Besides being a tra-
ditional individual
among his people, he’s
a rather accomplished
conga drum player, rec-
reational weight lifter,
and frequent traveller.
The Raven Makes
Gallery in Sisters will
host a visit by Fragua
on April 28-30.
The Raven Makes
Gallery is new, and ex-
clusively has Native
American and First Na-
tions art.
The gallery will also
host a Navajo Rug ex-
hibition in June. For
more information go
to:
ravenmakesgallery.com
Clements, Terron “T-mac”
McDonald, Edna David, Jo-
seph Arthur and Carol
Sahme. Huge thank you to
Austin Greene for guiding us
in the right direction to move
forward with the Lil Miss
Warm Springs Program.
Thank you Carol Allison
for creating the program in
1982. Thank you Arlene
Boileau. Thank you to all
those elders who have passed
but shaped the program:
Atwai Lucinda Green,
Bernice Mitchell, Matilda
Mitchell, Sylvia Wallulatum,
Hilda Culpus, Marianne
Culpus and Caroline Tohet.
Congratulations to our
new 2017 Senior Miss Warm
Springs Coreena Stwyer; Jr
Miss War m Springs Gigi
David, and Lil Miss Warm
Springs Kiahna Allen. You
will represent us all well!
Humbly,
Norene
Sampson, Warm Springs
Recreation Department.
Jayson Smith photos
Bucking horse and cow riding at the Root
Feast Rodeo.
Howlak Tichum
Barbie Jaleen (Jackson) Shields ~ April 26, 1980 - January 17, 2017
Barbie Jaleen entered
into eternal rest on Janu-
ary 17, 2017 after com-
plications with congestive
heart failure. She was 36.
Barbie passed away in
Portland, Oregon.
Dressing was held at
the Simnasho Longhouse
on January 20 with Over-
night services and final
interment at Simnasho
Cemetery.
Barbie was born in
Madras to Delmar S.
Jackson of Chiloquin,
and Louella Squiemphen
Jackson of
War m
Springs.
She attended school at
Riverside Indian School
in Anadarko, Oklahoma,
and later graduated from
Madras High School, in
1999.
Barbie then graduated
from Concord Career In-
stitute in Portland, with a
Degree in Medical Cod-
ing and Billing. She gradu-
ated in June, 2011.
Barbie was also one of
the first to be certified by
the Oregon Inter-Tribal
Breastfeeding Coalition as a
community health represen-
tative in May 2015.
Barbie spent her youth
ranching, gathering tradi-
tional foods, playing softball
and riding horses. She loved
to sing harmony and back-
up around the big powwow
drum among family and
friends.
Her laughter and smile
could brighten any room.
She was always full of
love and life and had a
great deal of respect for
her family.
Barbie is survived by
sisters Shawna Jackson
of Mesa Ariz., Ellen Jack-
son of Warm Springs,
Ronna Jackson of
Chiloquin; brothers Sam
Jackson Sr. of War m
Springs, Raymond Jack-
son of Gresham, Jordan
Jackson Sr. of War m
Springs, and Delmar W.
Jackson of Chiloquin;
children Stephaughn Jack-
son, Pierre McCloud,
Tacori Shields, Ashah
Shields and Husband
Kenneth Shields; numer-
ous aunts, uncles, cousins,
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by mother Louella
Squiemphen Jackson, and
Kala Ellen Greeley
Squiemphen.