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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1977)
-TRIBAL COUNCIL- ELECTION RESULTS SIMNASHO DISTRICT AGENCY DISTRICT LARRY CALICA ZANE JACKSON JACOB FRANK EUGENE GREENE DELBERT FRANK RITA SQUIEMPHEN SEEKSEEQUA DISTRICT ELMER QUINN A tía / ORIN JOHNSON ** ( KAREN WALLULATUM A special election will be held on April 18 ★ From Front Page-Journalists Robert Johnson promoted the idea of group advertising as a way of attracting poten tial national advertisers to pre viously unacknowledged Indian media. Beefing up advertising sales programs would enable Indian newspapers to be inde pendent of tribal or govern ment subsidies, said Johnson. A directory of Indian news papers of the northwest, show ing rates and other technical date; is beginning to be assem bled as -a result of this meet ing, and when completed it will be sent to potential advertisers. Johnson saw this as an oppor tunity to generate significant cash flow for production pur poses as well as to present the Indian media as viable and GUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS! Lose up to 10 ugly, fat pounds in five minutes or your money cheerfully refunded. Apache Scalp Club. (P.S. also selling natural hair wigs. Guar anteed human hair. Some a bit fat but all beautiful.) Double checking is importent THERE WAS THIS DELEGA TION en route to a very impor tant meeting, all the arrange ments were made and every thing was set. They made their flight on time and they were on their way into the wild blue yonder. Everything seemed to be in order until they landed at the end of their destination. It appeared as though there was a jinx spell placed over them since they landed there. First they couldn’t find the baggage claim counter and after they did find their bag gage, they proceed to the cour tesy phone and call the hotel only to find out that there was no reservations for them at the hotel. In a state of shock and bewilderment they started to wonder if they had the right schedule and after a time started wondering if they were in the right city and all sorts creative in its field. The steering committee will spend the next 60-90 days drawing up by-laws for the proposed Northwest Indian Press Association, after which time another meeting will be held, possible at Kah-Nee-Ta. Members of the committee are as follows: Coordinator: Sid Miller (Spilyay Tymoo) News Network: Richard LaCourse (Yakima Nation Re view); Charlene Gottfriedson (Tribal Tribune — Colville); Andy de Los Angeles (North west Indian News); Deanna Hansell (Confederated Umatilla Journal); Si Whiteman (From Where the Sun Now Stands — Nez Perce). Advertising: Patricia Greene (Makah Viewer); Bob Johnson (The Indian Voice); Recent efforts of a “grass Edythe Wildshoe (Northwest x roots” group of Columbia Riv Indian News); La Lori Jackson er Indians indicate a growing (Confederated Umatilla Jour interest in the preservation of the Sahaptin language. After a nal). By-Laws: Sherry Smith year of planning, the Sahaptin (Squaxin Island). River Tribes Consortium is es* blishing itself as a non profit corporation dedicated to restoring and maintaining their common language and culture. The Consortium is also opti mistically looking into several funding alternatives. At a two-day meeting on the Warm Springs Reservation throughout the community. Al though managing finances is a familiar business to him, Ben son is finding the slim CETA budget a challenge to work with. Benson graduated from Oregon State University at La Grande in 1976 with a B.S. in General Studies. For the last couple of summers he has administered the summer youth programs on the Uma tilla Reservation. Benson is living with his mother Lillie Heath near Kah- Nee-Ta and is overseeing a small cattle business on the side. Spilyay Tym°° (COVOTE NEWS) Phone 553-1644 STAFF Sid Miller Publisher - Editor Sandy Rangila Reporter • Photographer Cynthia Stowell Photographer • Reporter The paper will be published semi-monthly. Published by The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. P.O. Box 735 Their next thought was to try and find rooms for the night. So they started from the top of the list and called one hotel to the other only to find that there was no vacancy at any one of them. Finally, they found a motel with shuttle bus service which must have been a mile or so from the meeting area. Well, it looked as though all the problems were solved as things did go well all day in their conference, but as flight departure time approached, they gathered their baggage and went to the airport to have their tickets validated only to find that the flight they were scheduled on was in no exist ence anymore. Their next move was to check with an other airline in which the best they could do at the time was to be placed on the stand-by list. Well, while waiting for the next flight thoughts ran through their minds such as, what’s going to happen next? Will we make the flight? Fortunately, their names were called to board the plane as seats were being assigned. Once off the ground things seemed to back to normal once again. When they landed in Portland there was a sigh of relief and a “Whew”. What problems some people have; it pays to check and double check all the de tails before taking a trip. It was learned that this was a challenging experience and will be remembered; like a trip to the twilight zone... The Editor Sahaptin language growing Heath heads CETA program Benson Heath is back in town and not only has he become active politically but he has taken over the adminis tering of the CETA program. As the new Assistant CETA Director, Benson replaces Ron Hudson who resigned as of March 31. When Spilyay spoke with Benson during his first week he commented, “I’ve been familiarizing myself with Fed eral rules and regulations and meeting people that I’ll be affiliated with during my em ployment.” CETA is a federal employ ment training program that matches people with jobs of other thoughts ran through their minds. They called other hotels to see if there were reservations there, to no avail. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 March 24-25, the Consortium drew up articles of incorpora tion and began preparing a grant proposal to be submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Grant applica tions are currently being con sidered by the Campaign for Human Development and Eth- nie Heritage Studies. Sahaptin is the traditional language of five — major tribes" Warm Springs, Yakima, Uma- tilla, Colville, and Nez Perce. Tacoma youth group to service community It might look a bit like a beaver colony around the Pres byterian Church during Easter week. A group of 65 teenagers and their ten adult chaperones from the Little Church on the Prairie in Tacoma, Washington will be busying themselves as volunteer laborers, entertainers and youth leaders for the bene fit of the Warm Springs Pres byterian Church and the whole community. The youth group’s major work project will be to install a sprinkler system for the church. They will also reseal leaking basement walls and do odd jobs such as painting and repair work. As if this wasn’t ambitious enough, the youth will be pro viding an after school children’s program each day, April 4-7. Designed for the first through sixth grades, the program will include recreation, refresh ments, classes and other activ ities. A truly talented group of young people, the Tacoma del egation features a thirty mem ber Agape Choir which per forms musical drama. While in Warm Springs they will per form a contemporary religious musical entitled “Life” on three separate occasions. On Monday at 1:30 “Life” will be present ed to the Grade School and at 8:00 on Tuesday evening it will be performed for the general public at the Community Cen ter. A performance , is also scheduled for the Mt. View Nursing Home on Wednesday afternoon. The choir will also assist in the Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday services at the Pres byterian Church. The efficient and energetic youth club bring their own food, prepare meals for them selves and supply any equip ment needed for their work projects. They spend all year raising money through such events as bake sales, car washes, and dance marathons. This is the fifth Mission Trip the Club has made. Last year they painted a church in Mill City, Oregon and the year before provided services in Lapwai, Idaho. They selected Warm Springs as this year’s site after much careful consid eration. As the old . people have died they have taken their language with them and isolated at tempts have been made by the various tribes to save their dialects. The Sahaptin River Tribes Consortium grew out of the realization that the common language and culture of the five tribes would best be serv ed through the combined ef forts of all. Development of a common alphabet and the creation of teaching materials that can be shared and adapted to local dialects are prime objectives of the group. According to Lilly Sahme and Nathan Jim, both active participants in the Consortium, training more teachers is a high priority. Warm Springs is offering two classes of Sahap tin this spring through C.O.C.C. to be taught by Millie Colwash, who has been teaching Sahap tin at the grade school for five years. One class is for begin ners and the other is for those who can already speak the language, Millie is one of a very few qualified teachers of Sahaptin on the reservation and it is hoped that her ad vanced class will create sever al more teachers. Recognizing that language and culture are interwoven, the Sahaptin River Tribes Consor tium is looking ahead to pro jects beyond pure language development. A long range goal is the founding of a Sahaptin Orientation Institute to serve as a resource center for anyone seeking materials or informaton relating to the River Tribes culture. In the meantime, the Con sortium is planning a 3-4 day encampment this summer for Sahaptin peoples. Language lessons and the sharing of crafts, storytelling, history and recreation will encourage members of the tribes to be come aware of their common culture. Watch Spilyay for fur ther details.
