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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1978)
PA G E 2 JA N U A R Y 13, 1978 Kah-Nee-Ta Employees Of The Month Amelia Tewee Is A Veteran At Kah-Nee-Ta Assistant Front Desk Mana g e r A m elia T ew ee h a s been growing along with Kah-Nee-Ta. Three of her eight years a t the r e s o rt p re d a te th e building of the Lodge, and with th at expan sion c a m e in c re a se d re sp o n si bility for Amelia. ' “ I ’ve always like Kah-Nee- T a,” said D ecem ber’s Employee of th e M onth. She got hooked when she worked a t the Village b ath h o u se for th re e v e a rs and after several years of child care and classro o m w ork A m elia wanted to return to Kah-Nee-Ta. This tim e she found herself m ad ly sendin g out in v itatio n s for the opening of the Lodge and when the ceremonies were over Amelia settled into the office job she h ad sought in Reservations. Two years of endlessly ring ing phones m ade an opportunity to m ove out fro n t to th e desk look attractive. Amelia has been g re e tin g g u ests an d helping-to m ak e th em c o m fo rta b le for three years. A m elia ad m its she w as s c a re d to fac e th e public but with a little push from m anage m en t sh e took th e ste p an d is happy she did. She likes meeting people an d h e r confidence has grown. Now Amelia is ready for new challenges — although she sa y s sh e alw a y s h ad to “ get pushed.” The e ig h t-y e a r v e te ra n is now thinking about entering the CETA m a n a g e m e n t tra in in g program or perhaps attending college. A m elia, a trib a l m em b er, seems to be quite com mitted to the concept of training — especi ally fellow trib a l m em b ers. A m elia took a few m onths off from th e Lodge fro n t desk to work with m anagem ent trainees a t th e V illage desk an d now en jo y s help in g to tr a in a t the Lodge. “ T hey d on’t h av e enough In d ian s w orking h e r e ,” sa id A m elia, a p ro b lem w hich she attributes partly to m any tribal m em bers being unwilling to give up their weekends, traditionally filled with powwows and rodeos. “ I fought to h a v e w eekends, to o ,” sh e sa id . It w as a “ h a rd adjustm ent” for Amelia buTshe decided it was worth it. And finally Amelia is being rew arded for her m any growing y e a rs. H er su p e rv iso r P au l B eebe, who h as w orked w ith Amelia since September, wond-, ered why she hadn’t been honor ed earlier. “You couldn’t find a more loyal person,” said Beebe. “ She does a nice job w ith h er fellow employees and she’s been most helpful. She’s terrific and everybody thinks so.” Amelia was surprised to be nam ed Employee of the Month? “ They all like m e, she said of her co-workers, “but sometimes I get short-tem pered.” Apparently her loyalty and her com mitm ent to training both h e rse lf an d o th e rs a r e w hat count. AMELIA TEWEE (Continued from P age 1) as th e r e s u lt of th e M em or andum of understanding signed by th e T rib e s, th e B onneville Power Administration and the three northw est states early last year. In this m em orandum the s ig n a to rs p led g ed to w ork to g e th e r to en h a n ce th e an a d ro - m ous fish e ry in th e C olum bia Riv^r for all user groups. An allo c a tio n p la n for the harvest of fish w as presented by th e T rib es an d a c c e p te d by all parties in M arch of 1977. By this p lan , tr e a ty fish e rm e n a r e to re c e iv e 40 p e r ce n t of th e h a r vestable upriver spring salmon and non-treaty fisherm en 60 per cent. The fall run is to be divided 60 per cent for treaty and 40 per cent for non-treaty fishermen. L a s t fa ll it w as e s tim a te d that Indians had caught only 40 p e r c e n t of th e ru n w hen th e se aso n w as closed. The p la n allow s for a d ju s tm e n ts to be m ade in the next run of the sam e species. The -Fish C om m ission felt that economic losses should be com pensated as soon as possible and sought to establish an assis ta n c e p ro g ra m th a t w ould go beyond th e 1977 sh o rtfa ll. In support of its g ran t request, the C om m ission s ta te d , “ A tre a ty Indian fishing right is assured of its continuation with economic viability.” Terms of the loan program As Sampsel explained a t an Agency D istrict Meeting Jan u a ry 5, “ T his is a p ro g ra m to help people. It isn’t going to be h ard n o se d b u t it is going to be business-like.” A p p licatio n s, w hich a re available through the local Fish and Wildlife Committee, can be filled out by fisherm en or their h e lp e rs an d s u b m itte d to the American Indian National Bank (COYOTE NEWS) SPILYAY TYMOO STAFF Managing Editor Assistant Editor Reporter-Photographer TRAINEE Sid Miller Sandy Rangila Cynthia Stowell Ro«er Stwyer FOUNDED IN MARCH 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Any w ritten m a teria l to the S p ilyay Tym oo should be a d d ressed to: SPILYAY TYMOO, P O BOX 735, WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761. P.O. Box 735, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 PHONE 553-1644 .315ÎÎJ SC! bili With the assistance of Commis sion field agents. Eligible loan recipients will be those Indian com m ercial fish e rm e n : a ) , who a r e en ro lled m e m b e rs of th e trib e s of the C om m ission (a c e rtific a te of enrollment or enrollm ent num b er is re q u ir e d w ith th e a p p li c a tio n ); b ). who a r e bona fide co m m e rc ia l fish e rm e n who a c tu a lly fish ed in th e 1977 fall season; c). who because of the failure of this season, “face the destruction of their livelihood.” L oans w ill be aw a rd e d for o p e ra tio n a l ex p e n se s not m et due to th e sh o rtfa ll, th e p u r chase of fishing gear for the 1978 fish e ry , to r e p la c e or r e p a ir existing equipm ent and for other expenses incurred by the short fall for which no other funding is available. F in a l a c tio n on a loan r e quest will be m ade by the Bank. A sin g le loan m ay not exceed $10,000. R e cip ien ts w ill h av e five years to repay their loans a t an in te re s t r a te of one p e r cen t. I n te re s t only is to be p aid the firs t y e a r, an d th e re a f te r the loan am ount and interest a re to be p aid in fo u r eq u a l an n u a l paym ents. Lo$n re p a y m e n ts w ill go into a revolving fund to be used for future assistance. An Executive Committee of tribal representatives has been set up by CRITFC to work with the Bank on implementing and reviewing the loan plan. Mem b e rs of th is c o m m ittee a r e : Philip David (Warm Springs), Levi George (Y akim a), Kathryn Brigham (U m atilla), and Clif ford Allen (Nez P erce). DOT MCDONALD For Dot McDonald It’s The People In h e r seco n d job since devoting twenty years to raising a family, Dot McDonald is find ing a g reat deal of satisfaction and, to her surprise, some very real rew ards. Dot was nam ed Employee of the Month for her eager, and un co m p lain in g w ork a s th e h ead cashier in the River Room, a job w hich o ften goes beyond the cash register. “ I do a little b it of e v e ry th in g ,” sa id D ot, e sp ec ially in th e slow m o n th s. D u rin g the winter she doubles as the host ess, and can also be found wait ing tables, busing and even rol lin g up h e r sle ev e s to w ash dishes. H er su p e rv is o r, V illage M an ag er C lark L ew is, h a s not let Dot’s willingness to work go u n n o ticed . “ S h e’s th e kind of person th at when she’s asked to do so m eth in g she n ev e r say s “ T h a t’s not p a r t of m y job d escrip tio n /” said Lewis. This, in addition to her loyalty, was a big re a so n why th e V illage d e p a rtm e n t h ea d s v o ted fo r Dot for em p lo y ee of th e m onth of December. D ot h a s b een fillin g in as cashier at the Lodge’s Juniper Room on w eek en d s, an d sa y s she likes the “change of pace.” The c a s h ie r lau n ch ed h e r em ployment a t Kah-Nee-Ta in Feb ruary of this year as a banquet w a itre ss a t th e Lodge. She tra in e d a s a c a sh ie r in the Appaloosa Room where she also waited tables and bused. Dot w as h ap p y to m ove down to the Village, however. “ I enjoy it down here — it’s more re la x e d , m o re of a fam ily a t mosphere.” What she has liked about all her positions is meeting people. E ven th a t ca n be ch allen g in g , though. Dot noted th at the cash ier gets m ost of the complaints if there is something wrong with the food or se rv ic e . B ut she takes a constructive approach. “ To a p p e a s e th e m ,” sh e said , “ I ’ll find o ut e x a c tly w h at is wrong.” Dot and her husband who is a garbagem an at Kah-Nee-Ta, live in the ham let and enjoy the rem oteness of the resort. “We’d never move back to P ortland,” Dot said. Although they plan eventu ally to develop p ro p e rty they own in W illamette P ass and find jobs th e re , fo r now Dot is con tent to stay and enjoy the people and h e r w ork a t K ah-N ee-T a’s River Room.
