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Spiritual items
from Longhouse
When the Agency
Longhouse was shut down
due to the meth contamina-
tion in previous years, there
were hand drums and other
personal items still at the
longhouse.
After holding the hand
drums and personal items a
few weeks, a former chief
operations officer stated that
these items were going to be
destroyed, since the meth
seeped onto the hide of the
drums, and the fear was that
the contamination could not
be removed from them.
Since hand drums and
other items (bells) are spiri-
tual tools used for Our Way
Of Life (Washut), the
Agency Longhouse Leader
told the pervious chief op-
erations officer to hold off
throwing those out and give
them to one of our medicine
men, Richard ‘Animal’
Tohet. Richard held on to
them a few more weeks,
sealed in clear plastic bags,
and some of the owners,
making inquiries, had their
hand drums returned to
them. Those that were not
claimed were taken care of,
like our loved ones are, by
ceremony and burial. They
were not treated like trash
and thrown out and the gar-
bage dump.
There were drummers
that assumed that those hand
drums were put away in my
sister’s storage shed, but they
were not. She did not want
any meth contaminated items
taken to her home or stor-
age. Thank you.
Louise Katchia.
Excellent
grades at the
Academy
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy announced the students
who have Honors, High Hon-
ors, and Highest Honors.
Congratulations to the follow-
ing students!
Sixth grade
Honors: Ellison Chavez
Jr. Tairia Govenor. Riley
Heath. Lynnelle Danzuka.
Mar Rie Gill. Harold
Greene.
JoLessa Main. Mylez
Stevens. Jadrian Kalama.
Myla Spino. Siddalee
Suppah. Mason Frye.
Jared Jim. Kaylee
Johnson. Askewin Tom.
Joshua White.
High Honors: Jicelle
Gill. Warrian Graybael.
Jesiah Johnson. Toaali’i
Smith. Tyree Starr.
Katlyn Victorino. Brylee
Berry. Mya Blackwolf.
Derise Jefferson. Miayala
Suppah.
Highest Honors: Fiske
Clark. Mikaylah Dowty.
Sequoya Edwards. Cherish
Parra.
Seventh grade
Honors: Kristopher
Caldera. Colten Culps.
Caldera Kade Fuiava. Lucius
Stevens. Abigail Eriza. Jamie
Ike. Sam Jackson Jr.
Davin Slockish. Delton
Switzler. Dennis White IV.
Kiona Aguilar. Leander Wil-
liams. CaitLynn Hunt Anson.
Giselle Medina. Arthur
Miller Jr. Donnie Polk
Tewee. Dustin Tanewasha.
Ciara Wolfe Lahr.
Amare Brunoe. Nokian
Jackson. Riyah Stacona.
Orion Wewa.
High Honors: Kiellan
Allen. Haydyn Cross Dog.
Elijah Domingo. Kyra
Eastman. Jaycee Merrifield.
Aiyana Saunders.
Tuimanua Smith. Harlan
Waheneka Jr. Caden Greene.
CheyLene Mireles. John Buf-
falo Ball Jr. Liam Circle.
Kylen Stevens.
Eighth grade
Honors: Cody Brunoe.
Richard Crooked Ar m.
RedSky Waheneka. Yamilei
Adams. Evaristo Antunez Jr.
Brayden Hintsala. Aja
Nah
Jefferson. Irenecia
Smith Queahpama. Dakota
Wewa. Ramon Greene.
Deklyn Parton. Amarius
Stevens. Daunte Hurtado.
LeQuisha Jackson. Janea Ike.
Jason Rabbie Jr. Gavin Will-
iams.
High Honors: Jare
Anderson. Jalena Howe
Weaselhead. Mahayla Cisco.
Myron Crooked Arm. Maria
Johnson. Heaven Stwyer.
Arema White. Wallace
Herkshan. Kalyssa Fuentes.
Paradise Smith. Skye
Victorino.
Peyton Frank. Cayman
Ippolito. LaRhia Stevens. Jes-
sica Johnson. Donavon
Tanewasha.
For my school
I am helping my school
with a really cool fundraiser!
It’s easy for you to partici-
pate and I would greatly ap-
preciate your support.
To participate, all you
need to do is go to
SchoolStore.com
At the site there are great
options to show your sup-
port.
The easiest way to show
your support is by donating
a Caring For Classrooms gift
card to my teacher. One-
hundred percent of your do-
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
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Rodeo season
opening in
the region
The Coastal High Desert
Stampede is returning to
Redmond this March. This
annual PRCA NFR Playoff
Series ProRodeo stop is back
bigger than ever as one of
the top 60 rodeos in the
country.
We are expanding to four
nights to give contestants and
fans additional opportunities
to participate. Join us live and
in-person March 23-26 at the
Deschutes County Fair &
Expo Center’s First Interstate
Bank Center. Let's rodeo!
The Coastal High Desert
Stampede Professional Ro-
deo Cowboy’s Association
NFR Playoff Series kicks off
professional rodeo for the
entire West Coast each year.
This exciting new series
highlights the biggest rodeos
in the nation and provides
top Wrangler National Finals
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Rodeo hopefuls the best op-
portunity to punch their
ticket to Las Vegas in De-
cember.
Each of the three fast-
paced performances at the
High Desert Stampede are
composed of eight profes-
sional rodeo events includ-
ing: Bull, Saddle Bronc and
Bareback riding, Team and
Tie-down Roping, Steer
Wrestling, Barrel Racing
and now Breakaway Rop-
ing.
This year, The Coastal
High Desert Stampede will
start on Wednesday, March
23 with a Broncs, Bulls &
Brawn special section. This
fourth night is a special per-
formance of rough stock
rodeo featuring more of
our outstanding animal ath-
letes as well as the likes of
all three Wright brothers
last year.
Rodeo Tickets are on
sale now at Coastal on
Highway 97 in Redmond
and online:
highdesertstampede.com
Ownership
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team and
Warm Springs Housing Au-
thority are hosting their next
Financial Education class
Pathways Home: a Nati ve
Homeownership Course, start-
ing this Thursday, February
10.
This will be a Zoom class
with five sessions on Thurs-
days 5:30 to 7:30.
This course is required
for anyone in the Commu-
nity Action Team’s Indi-
vidual Development Ac-
count program for home
ownership.
To sign up email
leah@wscat.org
Their phone number is
541-553-3148.
Tough decision having to resign
I have submitted my
formal letter of resigna-
tion to the Tribal Coun-
cil.
It has been an honor
and a pleasure to work
for you and with the
many tribal depart-
ments, and mostly the
tribal veterans and their
families.
I have worked in this
capacity as the tribal
veterans service officer
since December 2020.
The reason that I
have decided to resign is
mainly due to the travel
requirements.
It is 100 miles one
way, and approximately
600 miles a week back
and forth to Portland,
Frankie Williams, W.S.
Veterans Representative
which is over 13 hours of
travel a week.
That has become very ex-
hausting over the last year, so
I have decided to take a job
that is closer to my home and
the travel is much less.
It was a difficult deci-
sion to make since I have
made many friends here
at Warm Springs and the
support has been out-
standing. It saddens my
heart to have to leave but
the travel was just too
much.
I will continue to pray
for the tribal families and
members of the Confed-
erated Tribes of Warm
Springs tribal nation.
My last day of work
here at the tribe was Feb-
ruary 7. Submitted re-
spectfully,
Frankie Williams,
Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs, Tribal
Veterans Ser vice Of-
ficer.
Parenting, Anger Managing support groups starting soon
The Behavioral Health
will host a Parenting Sup-
port Group next Thursday,
February 17, from 4 to 5:30
p.m. Join them for this free
support group.
The gathering will be at
the Behavioral Health Cen-
ter, 1115 Wasco Street (pre-
viously called Community
Counseling). This will be
the first meeting of this
state-certified group, meet-
ing parenting class require-
ments for the Department
of Human Services and
Children’s Protective Ser-
vices.
Snacks and drinks will be
provided. What will you learn?
This parenting support group
is an opportunity to:
Learn about child devel-
opments (‘Is my child’s be-
havior normal?’). Share
parenting strategies (‘What
do you do at bedtime?’).
And connect with other
families to create a commu-
nity where children can thrive.
Call 541-553-3205 for infor-
mation.
Managing Anger skills
group
Earlier in the day on
Thursday, February 17, from
2:30 to 4 p.m., Behavioral
Health will host a Managing
Anger Skills Group. This
meeting will meet the Anger
Management requirements
for Children’s Protective Ser-
vices, the Department of
Human Services, Parole and
Probation. What you will
learn:
Self-control skills to take
power over thoughts and ac-
tions. The root causes of
anger, and anger as a second-
ary emotion. Effectively
managing anger; and How to
honor anger without aggres-
sion or destruction. Call 541-
553-3205.
Call 541-553-3205
Teen dating awareness message from W.S. VOCS
Ever y Februar y, young
people and their loved ones
join together across the coun-
try in the national effort to
raise awareness about the is-
sue of teen dating violence.
This year the awareness
month is dedicated especially
to advocacy and education to
stop dating abuse before it
starts.
Michele Gonzales, advo-
c a t e, a n d War m S p r i n g s
Victims of Crime Services
would like share this infor-
mation to help raise aware-
ness.
Roughly one and a half
million high school girls and
boys across the U.S. admit
to being intentionally hit or
physically harmed in the last
year by someone they are
romantically involved with.
Teens who suffer dating
abuse are subject to long-
term consequences like al-
coholism, eating disorders,
promiscuity, thoughts of sui-
cide, and violent behavior.
One in three young
people will be in an abusive
or unhealthy relationship.
Thirty-three percent of ado-
lescents in America are vic-
tim to sexual, physical, ver-
bal, or emotional dating
abuse.
In the U.S., 25 percent of
high school girls have been
abused physically or sexually.
Teen girls who are abused
this way are six times more
likely to become pregnant or
contract a sexually transmit-
ted infection.
Females between the ages
of 16 and 24 are roughly
three times more likely than
the rest of the population
to be abused by an intimate
partner.
Eight States in the U.S. do
not consider a violent dat-
ing relationship domestic
abuse. Therefore, adoles-
cents, teens, and 20-some-
things are unable to apply
for a restraining order for
protection from the abuser.
Violent behavior often
begins between sixth- and
twelfth grades. Seventy-two
percent of 13- and 14-year-
olds are ‘dating.’
Fifty-percent of young
people who experience rape
or physical or sexual abuse
will attempt to commit sui-
cide.
Only one-third of the
teens who were involved in
an abusive relationship con-
fided in someone about the
violence.
Teens who have been
abused hesitate to seek help
because they do not want to
expose themselves or are
unaware of the laws sur-
rounding domestic violence.
If you or anyone you
know is experiencing Teen
Dating Violence please con-
tact the Warm Springs Po-
lice Department, Victims of
Crime, 541-553-2293. Or
come to our office located
at 1108 Wasco Street in
Warm Springs. Michele
Gonzales, VOCS advocate.