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JANUARY 21, 1977 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON PAGE 3
Grants activities centralized . . .
Planning Department
adds grants office
In an effort to minimize
tribal funding of programs and
projects, and to' centralize
grant writing and research, the
Tribal Planning Department
has added a grants office to its
operation.
The grants office (which
became fully operational the
first of this year) was insti­
tuted not only to coordinate
and stream line the contract
and grants proposal system for
the Confederated Tribes, but to
assist other branches and de­
partments through research of
funding sources other than tri­
bal.
It is anticipated that by
centralizing grants writing and
research in one office that the
Tribes will better be able to
synchronize new giants with
Tribal and Council priorities
while also creating better co­
ordination between BIA and
Tribal programs.
The staff in the new grants
office includes Arthur B. Tassie
(Grants Planner-Development
Specialist), L i l l y
Sahme
(Grants and Contracts Special­
ist), and Carol E. Wewa (sec­
retary). Upon entering their
office, one is struck not only
LILLY SAHME and Art Tassie review a sheef of existing grants
in preparation for meetings with branch managers and other
departments. (Photo from Story on Page 3)
(Photo by Sandy Rangila)
by the organization, but by the
prevailing spirit of teamwork
and cooperation among the
staff.
Until completion of the new
adm inistration building, the
grants office is temporarily
housed on the second floor of
the old boys dorm where the
staff is subjected to
the
mouthwatering aroma of fresh
toast at 8:30 every morning,
and the happy pandemonium of
active children on the first
floor. Tassie said he likes the
sound of the kids, but the
smell of the toast and bacon
nearly drives him crazy!
The grants office was set
up primarily to research and
review grant proposals and to
set up a clearinghouse process
where drafts will be reviewed
and evaluated prior to being
submitted. A prime goal is to
try to off-set as much of the
tribal funding of projects and
programs as possible through
grants. ? ‘We’U have to main­
tain a high level of awareness
of w hat’s going on to keep
abreast of possible new alter­
natives to tribal funding,” said
Sahme.
Having just finished the
writing of a significant grant
for the Simnasho - Schoolie
water system, Tassie and
Sahme are now in the process
of gathering, reviewing, and
cataloging all existing grants.
Once they have completed
the grants review process, they
will meet with each of the
branches for the purposes of
orientation and to open lines of
communication so there will be
a two-way flow of information
with other departm ents and
branches. “We don’t want to
i s o l a t e ourselves,” Sahme
stressed.
“That’s really important,”
agreed Tassie. “And I think we
should go to the' people con­
stantly. We hope to become a
part of the tribal organization
that takes a look at the long-
range impact of all these
grants that are available in
terms of tribal objectives and
reality.”
According to Sahme, her
job is\to become completely
fam iliar with all tribal con­
tracts and grants and the
guidelines set forth. She will
also be responsible for moni­
toring those grants and will be
involved in some evaluation as
to how each grant is coming
along.
Tassie, who must make
sure the Overall Economic De­
velopment Plan is followed,
said that it will be important
to be in touch with what other
tribes are doing, and that a
cooperative venture would be
wise because of the great deal
of competition involved in the
procurement of grants.
He also sqid that after two
CAROL WEWA, secretary for the new grants office, has been years with the State of Oregon,
industriously organizing and setting up a workable filing system.
he is more impressed with the
(Photo by Sandy Rangila) plans the Tribes have for their
future than those of the state.
“The tribal organization seems
to have things pretty well to­
gether even though they’re
really just getting started.”
The creation of a grants
office will allow the Planning
Department more time to de­
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vote to long-range planning
the police departm ent and variety of emergency situ­ projects and activities for
which it was set up, according
nearly all the volunteers are ations.
to Ray Rangila, planning di­
police officers. They have done
The course will
teach
rector. “We’ll be able to con­
a “commendable job” of run­ trainees to “stabilize a person
centrate more of our energies
ning the service, according to who has received a traumatic
on the comprehensive plan for
Loomis, but Sanders feelsthat injury or the victim of an
the Warm Springs Community,
this involvement “ detracts acute illness.” Such skills as
from the effectiveness of the bandaging, artificial respira­ Simnasho, and the Kah-Nee-Ta
police department.” Although tion, treating shock and stop­ Resort plan.
Prior to the conception of
all patrolmen will continue to ping blood l o s s
will be
the grants office, a great deal
receive EMT training, other thoroughly reviewed.
of grant proposals and grant-
citizens are being encouraged
EMT-I certification depends
related activities were coming
to participate on an equal or on class attendance, written
out of the planning office,
greater basis.
and practical test scores and
leaving a limited amount of
The fully - equipped ambu­ completion of emergency room
time for the staff to spend on
lance is available for any experience. In addition, an
emergency on the reservation EMT must maintain familiar­ actual planning.
whether or not a tribal mem­ ity with equipment and tech­
“Historically, the Tribes
ber is involved. Fees are small niques by participation in 10 have relied heavily upon out­
side consultants to develop the
and are usually covered by in­ hours of continuing training a
plans for the reservation and
surance or the IHS. The crew year.
includes a driver who may or
Warm Springs community, and
Those interested in contri­
we want to change that,” said
may not be an EMT and an buting their time and skills to
Rangila. Now, with the addi­
attendant who must have EMT the building of a community-
certification. Although only based am bulance program
tion of a grants office to cen-’
tralize and coordinate grants
about 1-2 per cent of the may g e t'in touch with Lee
ambulance calls involve life- Loomis at the IHS or Jeff
activities, it would appear that
the Tribes have taken a big
threatening situations, EMT’s Sanders at the police depart­
step in the right direction.
must be prepared- to deal ment for more information
calmly and quickly with a about EMT training.
Volunteers sought for emergency training
(See Photo
It’s a big commitment, ad­
mits Police Chief Jeff Sanders,
but he is optimistic that enough
people will volunteer their time
so ,that the Warm Springs
ambulance service can become
a truly community-based pro­
gram. With the offering of an
81-hour Emergency Medical
Technician course, it is hoped
that people outside the police
department will seek the traini
ing that will qualify them to
answer emergency calls.
that the training will be of­
fered to anyone who is willing
to be an active volunteer. The
$50 fee will be picked up by
the individual’s employer or
affiliated organization. But, he
stresses that it is not a glori­
fied first aid course for people
who merely want to acquire
some useful skills.
Chief Sanders predicts that
a volunteer would be on call 24
hours a day a week at a time
for perhaps 10-12 weeks out of
the year. Of course, he added,
Sponsored by the Indian the more trained volunteers
Health Service, COCC, and the there are, the less time com­
State of Oregon Emergency mitment will be involved.
Medical Services, the EMT-I
At this time people from
class will begin Monday Janu­ Kah-Nee-Ta and the mill have
ary 24 at 7-10 p.m. and con­ signed up for the class. It is
tinue on a twice weekly basis important that qualified EMT’s
until April 18. In addition to be available in a variety of
lectures and video tapes pre­ locations and settings through­
sented by IHS Doctors Fisher out the reservation to admini­
and Creelman, there will be a ster aid before the ambulance
required ten hours of actual arrives as well as en route to
emergency room experience.
the hospital, says Loomis.
Course coordinator Lee
The two - year old ambu­
Loomis of the IHS points out lance program is operated by