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
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TRAINEE
Sid Miller
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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
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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.