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Letters to the editor
Heartfelt
thank you
A heartfelt Thank You to
the communities of Warm
Springs and Madras, from
the family of Urbana ‘Toto’
Ross.
Thanking you for all the
prayers, loving words, much
support, cards, phone calls,
food and visiting each one
of us when you met us any-
where. Your caring is help-
ing us make it through this
very difficult time in all of
our lives. Keep us in your
prayers.
Once again, Thank you all
so much.
Alrene Boileau and
Howie Arnett
Change at
Pharmacy
From the War m
Springs Pharmacy:
There is a new
policy at the Pharmacy
regarding over the
counter medications.
First: There will be
a wait time when get-
ting over the counter
medications.
Also: Walk-up over
the counter requests
are now entered in your
medical chart, so your
provider can know
what medications you
are needing.
A pharmacist will
review you medication
request or requests for
any drug interactions
with your current
medications.
A label will be
placed on the medica-
tion with specific in-
structions for you.
This is a new pro-
cess that began in Oc-
tober to ensure safer
medications for you.
We appreciate your
patience and under-
standing!
Wa r m S p r i n g s
IHS Pharmacy.
Diabetes among
Native Americans
Native Americans have a
greater chance of having dia-
betes than any other U.S.
group. Kidney failure from
diabetes among Native
Americans is the highest for
any group.
November is Diabetes
Awareness Month, and also
Native American Heritage
Month, making this a great
time to consider the health
options regarding diabetes.
Join the Warm Springs
Health and Wellness Center
at the clinic at noon on
Wednesday, November 14
for a Walk for Diabetes
Awareness.
And every Wednesday
morning at the clinic there
are screening events and a
raffle, hosted by various of-
fices and worksites.
Good diabetes care in-
cludes regular kidney testing
and education about kidney
disease and treatment.
Births
Albin Claude Roscoe
Greene
Ramon
Lawrence
Greene and Victoria Claudia
Smith of Warm Springs are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son Albin
Claude Roscoe Greene,
born on October 30, 2018.
Albin joins brothers
Ramon M.L. Greene, 11,
Harold R.J. Greene, 8, and
Jake Frank, 18; and sisters
Mashauni K.F. Smith, 15,
Verlana Greene, 16,
Lawrencia Greene, 14 and
Paige Big Lake, 12.
Grandmother on the
father’s side is Ramona Baez.
Grandmother on the
mother’s side is Angelena
Smith.
Isabelle Man’a Chavira
Daniel Chavira and
Leann Wolfe of Madras are
pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter
Isabelle Man’a Chavira,
born on October 29, 2018.
Isabelle joins sisters
Kailee, 9, and Khloe, 8.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Jose and
Aurora Mellado.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Flossie
Wolfe and the late James L.
Wolfe Sr.
To all tribal
employees
To all Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs and
enterprise employees:
The Human Resources
Department had to cancel
the Employee Benefits ses-
sion that had been scheduled
for this week. The Commu-
nity Center was without wa-
ter, requiring the cancellation.
Human Resources will re-
schedule and announce the
new dates. All will be encour-
aged to attend, as importance
changes are proposed for the
tribal Employee Group
Health Plan. The cut-off
date for enrollment or can-
celation in the health plan is
December 14.
Bazaar vendors
Warm Springs Recreation
has vendor openings for the
Forty-Third Annual Christ-
mas Bazaar, coming up on
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Spilyay Tymoo November 7, 2018
Many thanks for Fire Fighter Memorial
To all family, friends and
business,
At this time I would
like to thank the follow-
ing individuals and busi-
nesses for your support
of the Fire Fighter Me-
morial, October 6 at the
Agency Longhouse:
Indian Head Casino
and Plateau Truck Stop.
The Museum at Warm
Springs. DMJ Automo-
tive. Madras Thriftway.
Warm Springs Fire Mod-
ule. Warm Springs Fire
Management.
The
Warm Springs Hot Shot
Crew.
The War m Springs
Engine Crew. Bona Fide
Printing of War m
Springs. Warm Springs
Fire Prevention. DJ
Medina. Woman’s Auxil-
iary and local veterans.
The Eagle Thunder
Drummers.
Jeremy Thomas and
Krista Rhoan. Austin and
Louis Smith Sr. Edna
David.
Truman
Merrifield. Mike and
Twink Leecy.; Wiley
Fortson. Aaron Greene.
Emery Greene. Sam Billy
Chinook. Theron Spino.
Jeremiah Smith. Terry
and
Gladace
Squiemphen. Florene
Scott. Viola Govenor.
George Spino. Roy Spino.
Dabid
Rodriguez.
Lucinda Torrez. Vernon
‘Wolf ’ Suppah. JoAnn
Smith. Neda Wesley.
Natalie Kirk. William
Wilson. Rob Roy.
I want to give a big
thank you to my Mom,
sister and Aldwin, and my
daughters. Thank you
Jeremy Thomas, Albert
Charlie and Wolfman
Suppah for preparing the
food the night before the
event.
Thank you to the En-
gine Crew and Hotshot
Saturday, December 8 at the
Community Center.
There will be home crafts,
baked goods, Native Ameri-
can jewelry and beadwork,
and other great gift items.
If you would like to have
a vendor table at the Bazaar,
call Recreation at 541-553-
3243.
Light Parade
Warm Springs Recreation
will host the Mickey &
Friends Car Light Parade on
Thursday, December 6. For
information contact Recre-
ation at 541-553-3243.
The parade line-up will be
at 4 p.m., judging at 5, and
the Car Light Parade begins
at 6 p.m.
Fall gathering
The Second Annual In-
dian Autumn Gathering at
the Columbia Gorge Discov-
ery Center at The Dalles is
this Saturday, November 10.
The center is looking for
tribal member vendors to
participate. The Discovery
Center hopes to include
workshops, presenters, mu-
sic, dancers and artisans, as
well as a salmon lunch for
purchase.
This will be a free admis-
sion day. For information
Bob Medina photos/Fire Management
Grand Entry (above);
and at left, Luther
Clements (standing)
was the inspiration for
the Fire Fighter
Memorial.
Crew for setting up the fa-
cilities. And to George and
Roy Spino for the salmon.
To Jordan Holliday and Jer-
emy Thomas for donating
the deer meat.
Thank you Wolfman
Suppah for donating the
eels. And to Albert Charlie,
Tony Holliday and Jeremy
Thomas for cooking the
salmon, eels and deer meat.
As you can see by this
list it took a lot of support
from the Fire Management
crews, families and busi-
nesses to make this event a
success.
Thank you to the elders
and the community mem-
bers for having the courage
to get up in front of our
people and share your sto-
ries. And to Eagle Thunder
for the Grand Entry and
Round Dance song.
This is the first time hav-
ing an event like this for our
civil servants—the fire fight-
ers. This is also the first time
I’ve seen some of my past
co-workers or their families
in a long time. It reminded
me of a reunion if you will.
We also had visiting
tribes and agencies partici-
pate:
The original War m
Springs Forest Crew and
Hot Shot Crew. The mem-
call 541-296-8600 ext. 245.
Carolyn Purcell, execu-
tive director, Columbia
Gorge Discovery Center.
Banf Mountain Film Festival.
Next up for Native Ameri-
can Heritage Month at
COCC is an evening of flute
music with guest musician
Clem Picard from the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs, 5-7:30 p.m. on Thurs-
day, November 15, in the
Hitchcock Auditorium on the
Bend campus.
And third will be a celebra-
tion with traditional Native
American dancing, singing
and drumming with Quartz
Creek Dancers and Carlos
Calica, from 6-7:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, November 20 in
Wille Hall at the Bend cam-
pus.
For information on these
events, contact Michelle
Cary, Native American pro-
gram coordinator, at 541-
318-3782.
Or email her at:
mcary@cocc.edu
Heritage Month
at COCC
Central Oregon Com-
munity College is com-
memorating Native Ameri-
can Heritage Month with a
trio of events being held
throughout November. All
are free and open to the
public.
First will be a screening
of the documentary In the
Light of Reverence: Protect-
ing America’s Sacred Lands
is showing from 4-5:30 p.m.
on Thursday, November 8
at the Bend campus’s Boyle
Education Center, Room
155.
The documentary, pro-
duced by Sacred Land Film
Project and narrated by Pe-
ter Coyote and Tantoo Car-
dinal, tells the story of three
indigenous communities
and the lands they struggle
to protect:
The Lakota of the Great
Plains, the Hopi of the Four
Corners area, and the
Winnemem Wintu of
Northern California.
The documentary made
the finalist list for ‘Best Film
on Mountain Culture’ at the
Wellness of W.S.
Wellness of War m
Springs will meet this Thurs-
day, November 8 from noon
to 1 at the Family Resource
Center conference room.
They will take part in the
Great American Smokeout,
encouraging people to make
a plan to quit smoking. Ev-
eryone is welcome and lunch
is served to all participants.
bers of the 1994
Prineville Hot Shot
Crew. Yakama Nation.
Umatilla Tribe. Grand
Ronde Tribe. Burns
BLM.
I hope this event has
added to some of the
families healing process.
I know some families are
in mourning and were
not ready to come out
and participate in the
event. Our prayers and
well wishes for you and
your family.
I would also like to
let the people know, If I
left anyone off of the
list, I went with the in-
formation I had! And
if you weren’t men-
tioned here I apologize.
Respectfully, Luther
Clements.
At Chemawa
Chemawa Indian School
Powwow Club is sponsoring
a craft show December 1
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
school gym. It will feature
hand-crafted and Native-
style gifts. Interested vendors
should call 503-399-5721.
They are asking for a canned
food donation at the door.
Advocate
A Jefferson County Vic-
tims Assistance advocate
comes to Warm Springs on
the third Wednesday of ev-
ery month at the Victims of
Crime Services office, lo-
cated at 1108 Wasco Street.
Appointments can also be
made for other times. For in-
formation call Ken Clark 541-
475-4452 or VOCS 553-2293.
Memorial
A memorial for David
Hamilton Johnson will
take place Saturday,
November 10 at the
Burns Paiute Tribe
Gathering Center in
Burns.
They will meet at 10
a.m. at the Gathering
Center to go to the
cemetery for the stone
revealing at 10:30. A
meal and giveaway will
follow at noon. A l l
friends and relatives
are welcome.