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Spilyay Tymoo February 27, 2019
Letters to the editor
Cooking with Warm Springs Iron Chefs
Photo Voice
The Central Oregon
Photo Voice Project is look-
ing for Warm Springs youth
to participate.
The Photo Voice Project
uses pictures to tell a story
and communicate the im-
pact of nicotine use in their
community. For more infor-
mation call or text Katie at
541-233-9177.
Council forum
The Agency District
candidates forum that
had been scheduled for
this Wednesday evening,
February 27, was can-
celled due to the
weather.
How much?
I am a lawyer for many
of the residents of Celilo,
and of the fishing commu-
nity. I am the son of
Howard Jim and Maggie
Jim. I ran the Salmon-Scam
defense.
I read the ‘article’ in the
Spilyay Tymoo dated Feb-
ruary 13, about the
Confluence Project; written
by the Confluence Project.
I think your readers
would also like to know
about the money. How
much has the Confluence
Project raised, in total, on
Columbia River projects?
How much fundraising has
been done, in any part, based
on their claim to be doing
this work to benefit the Na-
tive community in some
way? How much goes to
their salaries and such? I
think this important to know.
Shoshynsh - Jack L.
Schwartz, attorney at law,
Los Angeles.
One time...
One time I woke up I
heard voices. Two bald
eagles were talking in a nest.
What is wrong, What’s both-
ering you? The female
asked. I been flying around,
looking at man. He is lone-
some and we need to help
him. We will choose this one!
I was picked up by her. We
Correction
The Spilyay Tymoo
mistakenly reported on
the top dancers finish-
ers in the Girls Fancy
division at the Lincoln’s
Birthday powwow.
Yadira Stacona was
among the top finish-
ers in Girls Fancy.
Gr eat job, Yadira!
The Spilyay apologizes
for the mistake.
will make him man’s best
friend!
She started forming my
features. We will make him
so holy he will heal the cry
of man. He will never take
from life, man’s best friend!
He will take his sickness
away from him!
I was flown all over,
showing me the clans of life.
We flew over a valley with a
lot of deer. I was given the
laws of the Bald Eagle. I was
left on a long ridge. You will
know what to do when you
hear the cry of man!
I walked and walked. I
stopped. A big fat man was
being carried on long poles,
a silk canopy over him. He
had big rings on most of his
fingers. His clothes were silk.
Six muscular men were
packing him. To me I didn’t
want to look at him so I
kept going.
I heard a cry, my ears
could hear a long ways! All
of a sudden I could see the
Bald Eagle in my head tell-
ing me, You will know what
to do when you hear the cry
of man! I looked across a
valley, My eyes could see a
long ways! I saw a lagoon
with a man with his mate sit-
ting to the left, a little be-
hind him. She had a skinny
crying baby in her arms. I
stood in front of him. I
asked, What is wrong?
My family is starving, we
have no meat. Everything I
was told was blacked out by
the crying of the starving
baby. I know where you can
make meat, I told him!
We walked into a grassy
valley full of deer. A shot
rang out! A great big buck
dropped dead. A voice cried
out. I made you so holy you
are not to take from life!
I had nowhere to go. The
man was taking meat home,
but I did wrong! I ran and
ran, my Creator’s voice cry-
ing out, I created you to heal
the cry of man! I sat in a
thicket. From this day on I
cast you off into life, you
are banished. From this day
on you will cry to him in the
distance. Only the gifted one
will understand you!
My spirit was being split
in two! I sat and watched my
brother’s spirit leaving me,
my brother the bald eagle.
Same time I was looking
down at my brother being
banished. I will always watch
over you my brother, Spylyi!
I watched the bald eagle
brother go!
I carry the laws of the
bald eagle. After you service
your Creator show respect
for woman. At night I cry,
Once we were close broth-
ers, I have teachings for you!
Cooney Nye – Talks
to the Spirit on Mountain
– LeRoy Bobb.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Tule technique
A Tule Mat class—
Q’xli—is coming up this
Thursday, Febr uary 28,
from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the
War m Springs Wellness
Center. Classes are brought
to you by Warm Springs
Health and Human Ser-
vices, Behavioral Health,
Opioid Mental Health Ini-
tiative, Family Preservation,
the Prevention Team, and
Native Arts and Culture
Foundation. Learn more
from Jefferson Greene,
Health and Human Ser-
vices, 541-460-3004.
New priorities
I’m sure we all have goals
for this year. They may be
the same goals as last year
or before, but either way we
should always focus on
them and make it our pri-
ority. Wishing you all a great
2019.
E v e t t P a t t , 1075
Ir vington Dr., Eugene,
97404.
This, not that
When it’s your turn to
bring snacks to a kids event,
like most parents, your first
thought may be, ‘What can I
grab in a hurry?’
Here are four healthy
snack ideas that provide en-
ergy and nutrients for growth
and development:
Frozen grapes. One-hun-
dred-percent fruit juice
boxes. Low fat string cheese.
Mini pretzels.
If you have some time, a
great snack is ‘ants on a log,’
which is celery topped with
creamy peanut butter and
raisins. It’s important to take
an opportunity to teach our
children, and remind our-
selves of the importance of
good nutrition and lots of
physical activity starting early
in life.
This message for Healthy
Living is brought to you by
the Warm Springs Dia-
betes Program.
The Warm Springs
Range & Ag Committee
is scheduled to meet this
Thursday, February 28
from 9 a.m. to noon at the
conference room 3 in the
administration building.
Courtesy Rosanna Sanders
Waurica Miller with Joseph Miller at the Iron Chefs competition.
C ongratulations to the
War m Springs Iron
Chefs. The team did a
great job at the February
Iron Chefs competition.
The competition, at
the Jefferson County
Middle School, con-
cluded this season for the
Iron Chefs.
Teams from War m
Springs, Madras and Cul-
Tobacco prevention
in Warm Springs
The most preventable
cause of death and illness
among Indian people is ad-
dictive habitual use of com-
mercial tobacco products.
Despite this clear need, to-
bacco education has taken
a backseat to other health
and survival issues in Indian
Country.
Indian Health Service sta-
tistics show that three out
of every five deaths of In-
dians are related to or
caused by smoking. Among
the ethnic groups that make
up the U.S. population,
American Indians have the
highest rates of tobacco use.
With recent awareness
and public concern regard-
ing smoking and smokeless
ver were in contention.
Like last year, the Warm
Springs team—with cooks
Waurica Miller and Joseph
Miller—was among the top
finishers.
The Iron Chefs course
at the Warm Springs Acad-
emy included seven hands-
on cooking sessions, and
many lessons on nutrition
and cooking skills.
tobacco, many tribes have
adopted a written tobacco
policy.
Tribal leaders and health
workers are taking respon-
sibility for the care of the
members of the tribe, ad-
dressing tobacco abuse and
addiction issues.
In the Northwest, 35 of
the 40 federally recognized
tribes—including the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs—have passed a to-
bacco policy.
For Warm Springs, the
tribes have adopted laws
against juveniles in posses-
sion of tobacco, smoking
tobacco nearby to public
tribal buildings, restricting
outlets that sell tobacco,
among other code provi-
sions.
To learn more about the
“The course increases
the likelihood that the
young participants will use
those sills to cook nutri-
tious meals with their
families,” said Rosanna
Sanders, Warm Springs
OSU Extension and
coach of the team.
Iron Chefs was educa-
tional, and also a lot of
fun, Ms. Sanders said.
tribal tobacco prevention
program, contact the Warm
Springs Behavioral Health
Center.
Wishes....
Happy Birthday to
Aaliyah Martinez,
Februar y 21.
Happy
Six-
t e e n t h B i r t h d a y,
Chia. Love, Mom,
Angela R. Polk.
Happy Br o’s Day,
Lupa Tyrone Muldrow.
Love you, bro. Love,
Angela, Sena, Boo-
Boo.
Happy Birth-
d ay, L i z a a n d
Sallie.
Love,
Auntie Anga Polk,
aka ninja.
Indian Business Talk
On being prepared—A history and class announcement
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
First, a little background.
I remember—not too well
because it was 70 or so
years ago—watching a
western and one of the In-
dians said “WAAASHTAY”
or something similar when
someone else was either
riding in or out of camp.
Like I said, I’m not too
sure of the exact details.
We don’t have that word
in one of our languages,
and I have asked some
friends from other tribes if
they knew of the word. So
far, nobody I know has
claimed it. So, I’ll use it for
the story below with a dis-
claimer and an apology if
need be.
This story is about Joe
Wannabee _____ ______.
You get to fill in the
blanks—one or two, or
more or less.
Joe was invited for his
first excursion with the men
on a mission to hunt, play
or, maybe, to harass the
folks in the next valley. We’ll
assume he was somewhat
trained to meet the chal-
lenges ahead.
Joe was feeling pretty
full of himself as they rode
out of camp. He was bring-
ing up the rear and he no-
ticed the women doing what
they do.
Well, Joe thought it pru-
dent to encourage them to
do more; so, he said,
“WAAASHTAY”. Joe
might have thought he was
doing a man’s job in a
proper manly way.
I imagine he meant to
suggest the women should
get on with the laundry as
it was wash day.
Now, how do we get to
the ‘on being prepared’
theme from this?
Well, we expect the men
would have somewhat pre-
pared Joe to hunt or make
war. That would have fit
one need to prepare.
Another might have
been about being respect-
ful to others, especially the
ladies.
Joe bungled that one.
Big time!
Poor Joe! I wonder if
the men thought to prepare
him for what would surely
meet him and be meted out
to him after he returned to
camp. Or did they wait si-
lently and watch with glee
as the ladies unleashed the
fire of their ire upon that
poor Joe boy?
I’ll bet he never forgot
that lesson. We know he sur-
vived the “correction” be-
cause there are Joe Stories
yet to be told.
Some of them might
have to do with success in
the modern day business
world. We know many of
our people have done very
well. The very basics are
similar to those of Joe’s day.
New ones aren’t that dif-
ficult to learn when properly
and enthusiastically taught.
Here comes the pitch.
The next Indianpre-
neurship class will be held on
Saturday, April 6 and Satur-
day April 13.
Sign up with the Com-
munity Action Team by call-
ing 541-553-3148. We hope
to see you there.