Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 20, 2017
Shelter open
this winter
Jolene Johnson and Greg
Youngman opened the winter home-
less shelter last week. The shelter is
at the Agency Longhouse.
Any homeless people are wel-
come. There are meals served dur-
ing the day, and the longhouse
shower is available.
Community members have do-
nated items such as warm clothing
and food. Hunters have given elk
and deer meat. Wal-Mart and the
Warm Springs Red Cross have also
made donations.
There are rules that apply at the
shelter, posted at the longhouse.
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Enterprise board positions
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Greg Youngman and Jolene Johnson at the Longhouse.
Tribal Council is asking for
applicants interested in serving
on an enterprise board of di-
rectors.
There is one vacancy on the
Kah-Nee-Ta board.
There are two positions on
the Warm Springs Credit board:
one tribal member and one
non-member.
The Warm Springs Gaming
board has two openings: one
member and one non-member.
The Composite board: one
position, either member or non-
member.
The Power and Water board
has two positions: one member
and one non-member. The Ven-
The Bridge of the Gods
(Evaline Patt came across this story
in Myths and Legends of the Pa-
cific Northwest, selected by Katherine
Berry Judson. Evaline wishes to share
the story here.)
Long ago, when the world was
new, Tyhee Sahale with his two
sons came down Great River.
They came near where The Dalles
now are. The land was very beau-
tiful and each son wanted it.
Therefore they quarrelled. Then
Sahale took his bow and shot two
arrows. One he shot to the north;
the other he shot to the west. Then
Sahale said to his sons, “Go, find
the arrows. Where they lie, you
shall have the land.”
One son went north over the
plain to the country of the
Klickitats. He was the first grand-
father of the Klickitats. The other
son followed the arrow to the
Willamette Valley. He was the first
grandfather of the Multnomahs.
Then Sahale raised great moun-
tains between the country of the
Klickitats and the country of the
Multnomahs. This he did that the
tribes might not quarrel. White
men call them the Cascade
Mountains. But Great River was
deep and broad. The river was
a sign of peace between the
tribes. Therefore Sahale made a
great stone bridge over the river,
that the tribes might be friends.
This was called the Bridge of the
Tomanowos.
The tribes grew, but they did
evil things. They displeased
Tyhee Sahale. Therefore the sun
ceased to shine, and cold and
snow appeared. The people were
unhappy for they had no fire.
Only Loo-wit had fire. There-
fore the people sought to steal
the fire of Loo-wit. Then Loo-
wit fled and because the runners
were stiff with cold, they could
not catch her.
Then Loo-wit told Sahale of
the need of the Indians. Loo-
wit said the Indians were cold.
So Sahale gave fire to the people.
Thus Sahale built a fire on the
Bridge of the Gods, and there
the people secured fire. Sahale
also promised to Loo-wit eternal
Getting Started at COCC
Central Oregon Community
College is offering two upcoming
“Getting Started” presentations in
Bend and Redmond for prospec-
tive students:
Wednesday, January 10 at 4:30
p.m. at the Redmond campus Tech-
nology Education Center, room
218.
Friday, January 12 at 11 a.m. at
the Bend campus’s Boyle Educa-
The Museum at Warm Springs
is hosting Santa’s Last
Stop Christmas
Sale from 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. this Friday,
December 22.
Meanwhile on Fri-
day, tribal offices will close at noon.
Children at ECE need to be
picked up no later than 12:30.
The Tribe will be closed Monday
for Christmas.
tion Center, room 156.
This is an opportunity for pro-
spective students—seeking a de-
gree or to take a few classes—to
meet with a COCC admissions rep-
resentative for guidance through
time-sensitive steps for enrollment,
federal funding, choosing appropri-
ate courses and the use of academic
support services. For information
call 541-383-7500.
Help with
energy bill
youth and beauty. Thus Loo-wit
became a beautiful maiden.
Then began the chiefs to love
Loo-wit. Many chiefs loved her
because she was so beautiful. Then
came two more chiefs, Klickitat
from the north and Wiyeast from
the west. To neither would Loo-
wit give an answer. Therefore the
chiefs fought, and their people also
fought. Thus did they anger Sahale.
Therefore, because blood was shed
and because Great River was no
longer a sign of peace, Sahale broke
down the Tomanowos Ilahee.
Great rocks fell into the river. They
are there even to this day.
When the water is quiet, buried
forests can be seen even to this
day. Thus Sahale destroyed the
Gridge of the Gods. Thus the
tribes were separated by Great
River.
Then Sahale made of Loo-wit,
Klickitat, and Wiy-east snow
peaks. Always they were to be
cold and covered with ice and
snow. White men call them
Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams
and Mount Hood.
Individuals can support
KWSO programming dur-
ing the year end sustain-
ing membership pledge
drive through December
31.
A sustaining member-
ship means you can give
$10 or $20 a month, and
set it up for recurring pay-
ments off your credit card.
To learn more visit the
website kwso.org. Click
on the ‘contribute now’ but-
ton to become a KWSO
sustaining member.
Warm Springs Social Ser-
vices can help folks with
low-income energy assis-
tance. You can get an appli-
cation and details at the So-
cial Service office located in
the Family Resource Center.
2321 Ollallie Lane
(PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR
Call 541-
553-1182
15% OFF product
purchases
To redeem mention this ad,
or show your tribal ID.
341 SW Sixth St.
Redmond
Tuesday - Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
ph. 541-923-8071
tures board has two positions:
one member and one non. And
the Water Board has two open-
ings.
For all of these, letters of
interest and resumes of appli-
cants should be submitted no
later than December 28. Send
to:
Michele Stacona, Secretary-
Treasurer. PO Box 455, Warm
Springs, OR 97761.
An authorization letter will
be mailed to all applicants for
a criminal and credit back-
ground check. The information
will be submitted confidentially
to the Secretary-Treasurer.