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SILETZ, OREGON, FEBRUARY, 1987 — PAGE 9 Vocational Training Weatherization Assistance The. S ta te H om e Oil The S e a ttle In d ia n Center’s Education Depart Weatherization (SHOW) has ment is immediately open a program to assist renters, landlords and homeowners. The program is available to ing its doors to Native oil, propane and wood heated A m ericans who a re in terested in taking advantage of the Northwest Indian homes. The SHOW program offers Vocational Training Pro gram opportunity. This pro a free energy audit for your gram offers four training courses: (1) Retail Cashier from Feb. 16 to April 24, (2) Office Skills from June 15 to Aug. 21, (3) Certified Nurs home (wood heated homes must have the audit done by their electrical utility). Ther, audit consists of checking the home’s current insula ing Assistant from Aug. 24 to tion, windows, furnace, duct Oct. 30, and Custodial/Build- work, w ater heater and ing Maintenance from Nov. 2 potential for solar energy. to Dec. 31. E nrollm ent criteria requires that each The auditor will give an of the cost of im p erso n is an en ro lle d estimate proving energy efficiency m em ber of a federally and let you know how much recognized tribe and that energy and money the each possess a high school improvements will save. diploma or GED certificate. Call 1-800-452-8660 (231-7071 in Portland) to request an In addition to friendly audit. instruction provided by both the Seattle Indian Center The SHOW program can staff and private training companies, the program in assist you with weatheriza cludes: an incentive stipend tion in two ways: 1) A 50% cash rebate. There are in come limits depending on of $25.00 per week, bus tickets, extensive counsel ing, employment readiness family size and county. Call training and job search the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) for income information.' You must get ’ assistance and placement. • approval from ODOE before A limited number of slots you get the'weatherization are available for this voca work done to be eligible. tional training program, so re c ru itm e n t begins im Your home must be a one to fo u r-u n it dw elling and m e d ia te ly . In te r e s te d heated with oil, propane or members are encouraged to- wood only. Maximum rebate apply now at the Seattle In is $1,218.00. 2) Low-cost dian Center, 2222 Second loans. You can get a 6x/2%. Avenue in downtown Seattle. Call Ruth Tovar a t (206) loan through local banks with up to ten years to repay. 728-8700, ext. 68 if further in-, There is no income limits for formation is needed. the program if applying for a The N orthw est Indian low-cost loan. Vocational Training Pro For further information on gram is funded by the United S ta te s D e p a rtm e n t of the SHOW program, contact ODOE at 1-800-221-8035 toll- Education. free, or, if you live in Salem, call 373-7662. Help The Elderly In recent weeks, we have heard several tribal members voice a concern over a lack of services for our Tribal elders. A lack of funding in all our tribal programs has created many areas where we will have to either cut back or cut out services to tribal members. Tribal Ad ministration has begun plans for a volunteer “HELP THE ELDERLY” Program and we need your help. We are looking at matching volunteers with elders needing assistance. Types of assistance we might be able to provide include housecleaning, providing firewood, transportation, typing services, and a host of other ser vices depending on the volunteers. If you have some free time + one hour, one day, one week + please contact the Central Office at 444-2532 or 1-800-922-1399. Initially we will begin by lining up volunteers and will then be able to take requests for assistance. Please give us a call and donate some of your time to our tribal elders. Swimmer Carries Budget Message To New Mexico Ross Swimmer, the In terior department’s assis tant secretary for Indian af fairs, told tribal leaders, state officials and his own employees in New Mexico and Arizona that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is looking for a new way of doing business. Swimmer began a four day speaking tour Jan. 12 in the two states to explain several major initiatives being pro posed in the BIA’s 1988 budget request. The assistant secretary met on Jan. 12 in Albuquer que with the All Indian Pueblo Council and several other New Mexico tribes. He met later in the day with New Mexico Governor Gar- rey Carruthers in Santa Fe. Swimmer also discussed his plans with the editorial boards of the Albuquerque Journal and The N ew M ex ican newspaper. Swimmer attended the Jan. 13 inauguration of Navajo Chairm an P eter MacDonald in Window Rock, AZ, briefed BIA employees in the Navajo area office, toured the Navajo Times To day and met in Phoenix with tribal leaders from Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Swimmer spoke on Jan. 14 to BIA employees in the Phoenix area office and met with Arizona Governor Evan Mecham and state education officials. The BIA, which educates only about 10 percent of the nation’s Indian children, is not providing the quality of education available in local system s like the public schools and often times duplicates existing educa tional facilities, according to Swimmer. “What I am proposing is that the BIA contract with another system to provide education for that 10 percent of the Indian population,” Swimmer told tribal leaders in Albuquerque. “First and foremost we will contract with tribes.” “We can’t get any closer to the people than the tribal g o v ern m e n t,” Sw im m er said. “It is not my position to say how things are going to be done. It is my position to offer a proposal to you, the tribal leaders. During 1987 we will work with tribes. We will ask them to take respon sibility for their children by contracting their local BIA school. If the tribal govern ments choose not to, they are leaving that responsibility to me and I’m going to find the best local delivery system available,” he said. Sw im m er told Indian leaders in Phoenix that he was talking w ith s ta te leaders only to explore their willingness to manage BIA schools if the tribes opt not to contract. Also among the education initiatives are plans to charge a tuition for students attending the BIA’s two post secondary schools and a pro- . posal to require recipients of BIA graduate scholarships to serve one or two years in their possession with the Bureau or a tribe. Tribes also listened to p lan s for a new se lf assistance initiative that would require able-bodied recipients of BIA welfare payments to work or train in order to receive their grants. “The expectation is that th is w ill le sse n the dependence on federal pro gram s. If recipients of general assistance are going to be providing community service or other forms of work they’re going to ask, ‘why not get paid for this?’ As they move off the welfare roles it will allow the bureau and tribal contractors to redirect those funds to more positive causes,” Swimmer said in New Mexico. Swimmer said the in itiatives are not budget cut ting efforts. They were pro posed in the 1988 budget to allow for planning and con sultation during 1987. The BIA is requesting $985 million for 1988, a one per cent decrease from the 1987 appropriation. Cornell University Job Opportunity Cornell University has recently appointed a new Director of its American In dian Program. It now seeks to hire a second faculty member at either the assis tant or associate professor level for this program. The position will be jointly shared by the American In dian P ro g ram and the academic department of the successful candidate. We would be particularly in terested in applicants from the areas of anthropology, education, literature and the social sciences, as well as a p p lic a tio n s whose academic expertise lies in the native societies of the N o rth east. A pplications from individuals in other fie ld s an d w ith o th e r regional interests will be ac cepted. The successful can didate will be expected to teach, to advise students, and to be involved in the research and/or outreach activities of the Cornell American Indian Program in New York State. Please send vita, names of three references and an example of recent scholarly work by March 15, 1987, to Isaac Kramnick, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 236 Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853. E qual O p p o rtu n ity E m p lo y e r/A f f irm a tiv e - Actton Employer: • - « Attention Tribal Members MAINTENANCE/CLEANING POSITIONS The Siletz Tribal Economic Development Commission (STEDCO) is seeking applications for a cleaning person. This will be a part-time position that entails the cleaning of vacant apartment units owned by STEDCO. STEDCO is also forming a list of those who wish to be considered for landscaping maintenance and/or building maintenance work. This work will be awarded on a bid basis with preference being given to qualified tribal members or immediate family of tribal members. For further information, contact Ted Werth at 444-2532, Ext. 45. OPPORTUNITY To aggressive, mature, hardworking, reliable in dividuals. Telecommunication sales opens national opor- tunities. Begin today starting in a professional sales field that opens doors to your future in the field of Telephone and Computer Technology Sales. High Commissions, Train ing, Open Sales Areas, and Bonuses. Call 503/362-7905- SECRET ARIAL/ACCOUNTANT POSITION OPEN SECRETARI A L/A CCOUNTANT POSITION OPEN Telcom company seeks a mature, enthusiastic in dividual to work in the Portland area. 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