Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 9, 2018
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The 2018-19 Lil’
Miss Warm Springs Pageant
On hand for the Pageant were the outgoing 2017-18 Lil’ Miss
Warm Springs Royalty: Junior Miss Gigi David; Lil’ Miss
Kihanna Allen, and Senior Miss Coreena Stywer.
Norene Sampson/Recreation
Miss Warm Springs Thyreicia Simtustus with the new 2018-19 Senior Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Jessica Bruised Head, Junior Lil’ Miss Warm Springs Julia Wolfe, and Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Kyra Eastman (from left).
T hank you all who attended this
years Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Pageant, and made this program
possible.
Thank you judges, our cooks
and our master of ceremonies Aldo
Garcia.
All the contestants were
awesome, and I am proud of each
and every one of you.
Norene Sampson , Warm
Springs Recreation.
Pageant: 2018-19 Royalty
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During the year leading up to
the pageant, the future contestants
work on many different kinds of
projects.
“We try to follow the seasons,”
Norene said. There are trips for
root digging and huckleberry gath-
ering. The girls make wing dresses,
and aprons for the longhouse, and
tule mats. At Valentine’s Day they
made cards for the residents at
High Lookee Lodge. These are to
name just some of the activities.
The Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Royalty attend many events:
Honor Seniors Day, Lincoln’s Birth-
day Powwow, the Warm Springs
Academy Assembly, powwows at
Grand Ronde, Nisqually, Umatilla,
Celilo Village, Muckleshoot and
Portland State University, among
many activities.
Junior Miss
Junior Miss Warm Springs is
Julia Wolfe. Her parents are
Chasen Lahr and Agnes Wolfe.
Her maternal grandparents are
Flossie and late James Wolfe Sr.;
and paternal grandparents are
Ivanna Bailey and Harlen Lahr.
Julia is 11, and goes to the
Warm Springs Academy. She is
part of the Soaring Butterfly
group, and attends the Wasco
Dance Class.
Later this month she will be at
the Language Bowl representing
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
Julia was a very active mem-
ber in the Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
program since the first day of the
2017-2018 program.
In the future she wants to be a
teacher, and one day would also
like to be Miss Warm.
Jayson Smith photos above
COCC hosting summer
Native American program
Springs Crowns. Lorien Stacona
made the sashes.
Also on the judges’ panel:
Kasheena Stevens, one of the last
Lil’ Miss Warm Springs members;
Tatum Kalama of Recreation; and
Norne Sampson, also of the Rec-
reation Department.
This years cooks were Carol
Lawrence, Arnetta Saludo, Terry
Saludo, Joey Johnson and Greg
Youngman.
The floor opener was Greg
Arquette. Master of Ceremonies
was Aldo Garcia.
Past Lil’ Miss Warm Springs on
hand for the pageant were Kihanna
Allen; Junior Miss Warm Springs
Gigi David; and Senior Miss Warm
Springs was Coreena Stywer.
Thank you to Norene Sampson for
helping with this article.
Central Oregon Community
College this summer will host
Strive—Summer Training to
Revive Indigenous Vision and
Empowerment.
Strive will be from June 28-
July 2 at the COCC Bend cam-
pus. Strive is a residential sum-
mer program for Native Ameri-
can high school students in Cen-
tral Oregon. The goal of the
program is to provide cultural
and academic support, and give
young Native students leader-
ship skills.
Students take culturally ap-
propriate classes from college
professors in a variety of sub-
jects, and also work with suc-
Second year
Recreation held the first Lil’
Miss Warm Springs Pageant in
1983. The first Recreation team
to organize the event were Carol
Alison, Caroline Tohet, Nina Rowe
and Arlene Boileau.
The pageant was an annual tra-
dition for more than 20 years. Then
as times changed the pageant went
away. The Recreation Department
last year revived Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs. So 2018 is the Second
Annual new Lil’ Miss War m
Springs Pageant.
2018-19 Royalty
Senior Miss Warm Springs is
Jessica Bruised Head. She is 14,
and is in the eighth grade at the
Warm Springs Academy. Her par-
ents are Sammy and Clint Bruised
Head. Her maternal grandparents
Kenny and Frances Allen, and pa-
ternal grandparents are Peter and
Margret Bruised Head.
In her future Jessica wants to
be a dentist, and a champion bar-
rel racer. She likes riding horses,
playing basketball and volleyball,
and dancing.
And she is a good helper for
the HeHe Longhouse, and enjoys
working for he elders.
Lil’ Miss
Lil’ Miss Warm Springs is Kyra
Eastman. She is a 9-year-old who
attends the Warm Springs Acad-
emy. Her parents are Sheylene
Greene-Boise and Jake Buffalo
Horse Eastman.
Her maternal grandparents are
Angie Spino and Tony Boise; and
paternal grandparents are Rocky
Eastman and Roberta Kirk.
Kyra is an active member of
the Simnasho Longhouse, and par-
ticipates in Sunday Waashut ser-
vices. She had her first Root and
Huckleberry ceremonies when
she was 5.
Kyra participates in social
dance, and the Canoe Journey.
She enjoys attending the Sun
Dances in South Dakota every
year.
She loves to draw, dance at
powwows and play softball. When
she gets older she wants to be a
police officer.
Appreciation
This years judges for the pag-
eant were Carol Sahme, also a
Miss Warm Springs coordinator;
and Marge Kalama, who made the
Senior and Junior Miss Warm
2018-19 Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs Kyra Eastman (above);
and Junior Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs Julia Wolf (left).
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