-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
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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
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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.