Spilyay Tymoo
October 9, 2019
Finals
Qualifiers
W arm Springs now has two
young tribal members competing
on the world stage of youth
rodeo.
This year both Siddalee Spino
Suppah and Isaiah Florendo
qualified to compete at the Junior
World Rodeo Finals, coming up
in December at Las Vegas.
Isaiah qualified in the senior
division in Bareback and Saddle
Bronc, and Siddalee in peewee
Saddle Bronc.
Siddalee, Isaiah and families
traveled together this summer to
many rodeos with great success,
earning places in the Junior World
Finals.
For her latest rodeos Siddalee
has worn red for Murdered and
Missing Indigenous Women
(MMIW) awareness, shirt printing
is by Bona Fide Printing.
Siddalee has been riding
bucking ponies for about three
years.
She won her first competition
2016, winning in the calf riding
category. This led to her riding
mini-broncs bareback and
steers, competing in the
Northwest Youth Rodeo
Association. And now she also
rides Saddle Bronc.
Isaiah has already been in
rodeo for a number of years,
riding year-round.
With grandfather Evans Spino
Jr. and his traveling family, Isaiah
has made up to 80 rodeos a year.
At the end of last year’s season,
Isaiah rode at the renowned Jim
Courtesy Paleena Spino
Siddalee and Isaiah at rodeo.
Norick Arena in Oklahoma City.
Former home of the National
Finals Rodeo, the arena in 2018
hosted the International Miniature
Rodeo Association Finals.
In the Saddle Bronc
competition there were four go-
rounds: Isaiah won two of these
outright; and in the end with most
points overall he won the
International Miniature Rodeo
Saddle
Bronc
World
Championship.
The Junior World Finals will be
in Las Vegas the week of
December 4-10.
Look
for
upcoming
fundraisers — All of your support
will be greatly appreciated!
Geo Visions open house
Tribal members are invited to
the Geo Visions open house a week
from Friday, on October 18.
This is a chance to learn about
the work that Geo Visions does,
including the work of the enter-
prise Cultural Resources Division.
This division is dedicated to the
protection and preservation of cul-
tural resources.
Geo Vision’s mission is to serve
the archaeological and historical
preservation needs of the indig-
enous Pacific Northwest.
Some of the services that Geo
Visions provides in the private and
public sectors:
Completion of studies to meet
the National Historic Preservation
Act and the National Environmen-
tal Policy Act.
Identification of hisitoric prop-
erties; and inventories and report-
ing to meet the National Historic
Preservation Act.
Ethnographic studies and prop-
erties of historic religious and cul-
tural significance to Indian tribes.
The Geo Visions open house
will include inter-active demonstra-
tions including flint knapping—the
traditional means of fashioning
tools and arrowheads from flint,
chert and obsidian.
There will also be talks with
Native elders of the community.
The October 18 open house will
be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Geo Visions office at the industrial
park. Please RSVP so the enterprise
can be sure to have enough food.
Email: bgilliland@wsgeovisions.
com
Or call 386-209-0472.
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