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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
White Buffalos Winning Season
October 10, 2018
Cowdeo turning 50
The Cowdeo this month will
celebrate its Fiftieth Anniversary.
Registration is now open to any
youth interested in participating.
You can call 541-325-5050, or stop
by the Jefferson County Fair-
grounds office, 430 SW Fair-
grounds Road, Madras.
The Cowdeo features sheep
riding, calf riding, cow riding, goat
tail undercoating, barrels, and the
scurry race. And there will be
horseless calf roping, breakaway
roping, keyhole, the chicken
scramble and stick horse race.
The price of admission for
spectators is $5, children 4 and un-
der free. Thank you to the 2018
Cowdeo sponsors:
Indian Head Casino, Gary
Gruner Chevrolet, DMJ Automo-
tive and Shell Station of Warm
Springs, Thomas Sales & Service,
and the Identity Zone. DMJ this
year again is the Cowdeo Saddle
sponsor.
Coming up in youth sports
Here are some of the events com-
ing up in youth sports:
Jayson Smith photos
The Madras White Buffalos
varsity football team has a
winning record so far, at 4-2.
Madras will host a home
game this Thursday,
October 11. This is a
conference game against
Scio. The Buffalos are tied
with Scio at the top of the
division.
The team’s final two games,
on October 19 and 26, will
be against Corbett and
Salem Academy. The game
against Salem Academy will
be a home game.
On Indigenous People’s Day
by Jeremy FiveCrows
Public Affairs — Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
“Everywhere you are, Indi-
ans have been.” This phrase cap-
tures the simple truth of the his-
tory of this land. Every hill; ev-
ery creek; every meadow; every
forest; every river on this conti-
nent has a story of its connec-
tion to the indigenous peoples
who lived here. Some of these
stories are still remembered;
some are forgotten.
People learn to believe that the
history of this land we call home
began when Europeans arrived
because that’s often where his-
tory books start.
In one newsreel about the ben-
efits of Columbia River hydro-
power, the narrator states, “And so
for 100 years, the river of the West
[Columbia River] was untamed—
the same swirling fury which Indi-
ans have swept for salmon since
the days of Captain Meriwether
Lewis.” In one sentence, millions
of years that the Columbia had
flowed freely and the thousands
of years that indigenous people
fished there is swept away.
Sadly, all that many people
know of the indigenous people
who lived here before them is what
they learned from the introduc-
tory chapter in their elementary
school history textbooks.
The European arrival in the
Americas certainly was pivotal in
history, however it was far from
the beginning of the story of this
continent. For far too long, thou-
sands of years of indigenous cul-
ture, history, learning, and wisdom
has been dismissed or ignored as
prehistory that has nothing to do
with today.
For nearly 80 years, the nation
has observed Columbus Day to
celebrate the anniversary of his ar-
rival in the Americas.
The holiday wasn’t meant to in-
sult or demean indigenous peoples;
in fact it is almost certain that in-
digenous voices, views, and opin-
ions about commemorating Co-
lumbus were not even considered
when the holiday was established
in 1907.
Lost in the celebration of this
holiday was the fact that the ar-
rival of Christopher Columbus
Jayson Smith photos
The Simnasho rodeo arena was the scene of the
Jamie ‘Chili Guy’ Tohet Wild Horse Race
Memorial. There were bucking horses,
breakaway, Wild Horse and endurance races.
Thursday, October 11: Warm
Springs Academy volleyball has
matches at Three Rivers October.
Monday, October 15: In Ma-
dras High School sports: The boys
soccer teams host Gladstone at 4
p.m. Girls soccer is playing at
Gladstonev and the volleyball
squads play at Molalla
Tuesday, October 16: Warm
Springs Academy volleyball is at
home, hosting Sisters.
Also on October 16: Warm
Springs Academy football has a
home game against Three Rivers.
Game time is at 4:30.
Wednesday, October 17: In
Madras High School sports: Girls
soccer hosts Molalla. JV is at 4 and
varsity at 5. The Cross Country
team is competing at the Central
represents a terrible tragedy to the
continent’s indigenous peoples and
the beginning of centuries of un-
imaginable horrors.
Columbus introducing the
Americas to Europe forever
changed our communities, our
families, and the resources that
sustained our way of life. This ar-
rival didn’t represent freedom and
a new life to the tribes; it repre-
sented the exact opposite. It was a
day not to celebrate, but to mourn.
Fortunately times are changing.
There is a growing awareness that
this event is a painful reminder to
the tribes. Dozens of cities across
the US have recognized Indigenous
Peoples Day, not only to honor na-
tive people, but also to remove the
connection to Christopher Colum-
bus. Actions like this helps with
healing as well as promotes a
Oregon Relay in Bend today, and
boys soccer is playing at Molalla
High School.
Thursday, October 18: Warm
Springs Academy volleyball is at
home against La Pine.
Also on October 18: In Madras
High School sports: Volleyball has
home matches. Freshman and JV
play at 4:30, and varsity at 6
Friday, October 19: Madras
High School Buffalos varsity foot-
ball plays at Corbett High School at
7
Listen to KWSO for Madras
High School football this Thursday,
October 11. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.,
and you can hear the game live on
91.9 FM.
Warm Springs JCP and Preven-
tion are putting on Kids’ Bingo Oc-
tober 16 at 5 p.m. at the Commu-
nity Center Social Hall. It’s for fami-
lies and kids to play together.
greater societal understanding of
the indigenous people who are an
important part of our shared
American story.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day gives us
the opportunity to honor the mil-
lions of citizens with indigenous
ancestry, to celebrate their culture,
and to reflect on the evils, sacrifices,
and struggles their ancestors were
forced to endure.
It also gives us the opportunity
to educate the citizens about what
can be gained by a greater under-
standing of indigenous history. By
learning about the native cultures
of this place and what the first resi-
dents knew about living here, the
country is enriched with a greater
understanding of its shared history,
understanding of the ecology, and
the philosophy of stewardship.