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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1978)
•PAGE 4 JANUARY 27, 197» Editorial E COOSH EEWA (The way it is) tmagine Yourself Miss Warm Springs If you like traveling and meeting people, you can easily imagine yourself as Miss Warm Springs 1978. As a representative of the Confederated Tribes, you would travel proudly to contests, par ades and conventions nationwide. You would have your own float in Portland’s Rose Parade and compete for such titles as Miss Indian Northwest, Miss Indian America and Miss NCAI. Miss Warm Springs 1978 will also have an honored place in parades and fairs in neighboring counties. A special budget has been set up by the Tribal Council for Miss Warm Springs and her travels. If all of this sounds exciting and you would consider it a privilege to represent the reser vation, pick up an entry form at Stenopool and fill it out by February 6. The only requirements are that you be single, 18-20 years old, a high school graduate, an enrolled member of the Confed erated Tribes, and able to devote time to coaching and traveling. At the contest Thursday, February 9 at the Community Center, entrants will be judged on completeness of outfit, know ledge of reservation and own Tribe, talent (both Indian and Modern), and poise, personality and beauty. Imagine yourself crowned Miss Warm Springs 1978 at the contest February 9., Letter To The Editor We would like to thank all concerned people for their thoughtfulness after our recent To The Editor I’d like to thank the people that helped to find my two boys who were lost. The Warm Springs Police and the Warm Springs Range riders and the two Missionaries, Elder Castillo and Elder Vargas, the people that prayed for their safe return. Thanks to all!! Amelia Yahtin fire loss. Special thanks to the Lions Club and the NAIWA for their fund-raising benefit acti vities ; welfare program for their donation to our cause; and to all the peoplewho sponsored and participated in the fire shower at the longhouse, whose acts of kindness and sympathy will al ways be remembered. The donations and gifts are deeply appreciated, of which will assist us in our endeavor to rebuild toward a new future. Once again, thank you very much- Lillie Heath Family From The Indian Health Service Brings Administrations Message to Indians Albuquerque, N.M. — Dur ing his recent five-day tour of the western states, Vice Presi dent Walter Mondale met with southwestern Indian leaders in Albuquerque. The message he brought to Indian country Jan uary 10 seemed to be largely favorable. Mondale outlined two major aspects of the Carter Admini stration’s proposed national In dian policy, which he said would be characterized by fair and honest dealings with the Indian people. First, Mondale said- that the administration would back In dian treaty claims to scarce resources. Second, the Vice President said that the administration would be committed to settling Indian claims by negotiation rather than legislation. An aide to Mondale stated later that the President was opposed to any legislation abro gating or otherwise changing treaties and would help block passage of such bills. At a December meeting id San Diego, NCAI Executive Di rector Charles Trimble report edly advised that President Car ter’s government reorganization project should have Indian monitoring because “the admin istration is extremely naive on Indian affairs.” Trimble also warned of the President’s water resources policy study. “We don’t want another linking of Indian water rights to federal reserve water rights,” he said. A Workshop to Improve Tribal Relations With Public Several locals will be key resource persons at an upcom ing workshop entitled “In the Public Interest of Indian Tribes” to be held at Kah-Nee-Ta March 1-3, 1978. Sponsored by L2 plus A, The Resource Development Com pany of Seattle, the workshop will feature such speakers as. General Manager Ken Smith, Assistant Planner Uren Leonard, Cultural Director Nathan Jim, and L2 plus A Consultant Deni Leonard who will offer insights into public policy, cultural af fairs and contemporary life styles of Indian tribes. The workshop is designed for public administrators, legis lators, private business organi zations and anyone at the muni cipal, county, state or federal level who has a continuing re lationship with Indian tribes. Special events at the three- - day workshop will be a tour of the Warm Springs Reservation and its enterprises and an illus trated presentation of “A year’s activities on the Warm Springs Reservation.” Topics of presentation will include federal involvement in Reservations, tribal manage ment and government, Indian,, health and welfare, law internal and external to reservations, education, tribal citizenship, tri bal economics and a host of other specific areas. In addition to local speak ers, ten other figures in north west and national Indian affairs have been invited to contribute: Walt Jaspers, E.P.A. Director; Roy Sampsel, Director of Co lumbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission; Joe DeLaCruz, President of the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association; Mel Tonasket, Vice President of the National Congress of American Indians; Ralph Johnson, Profes sor of Law, University of Washi ington ; Vanette Chase, School of Public Health, University of Washington; Frank Battesse,| G.S.A. Technical Consultant; Al Zionitz, A.C.L.U. attorney repre senting northwest tribes; Andy Ebona, Director of United In dian Planners Association; and! Paul Alexander, Deputy Generali Counsel, U.S. Commission onl Civil Rights. The workshop will begin daily at 9:00 and end at 4:30.1 Registration and fees will cost! $195 per person and pre-regis- tration is required before Feb ruary 20. Room and meals will be at the participant’s own ex pense. For more information con tact Uren Leonard at his Warm Springs tribal office - (503) 553-1161 ext. 254. Questions and Answers About Infectious Hepatitis The local Indian Health Ser vice Clinic has received many questions from friends and rela tives of people who have come down with “infectious hepatitis” in recent months. An above average number of cases have been diagnosed since October and clinic staff feel that the spread of the disease can be better controlled if the com munity understands the causes and prevention of hepatitis. Some of the commonly ask ed questions are answered here by IHS staff. Q. What is hepatitis? A. The type of hepatitis identi fied in Warm Springs is Hepa titis A, a virus that is extremely easy to catch by direct contact with known cases. Hepatitis A is different from the types that re sult from needles or from drink ing too much. Hepatitis A, or infectious hepatitis, attacks the liver and can cause serious damage. It is rarely fatal; most patients re cover within several weeks. Q. Who gets hepatitis? A. Children and young adults are most apt to get the disease. But when older persons get it, it can be quite severe. Q. Whatare the symptoms of infectious hepatitis? A. Many people with hepatitis say they feel like they have a bad case of the flu. The disease often produces headaches, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and tiredness. Clues that a person has hepatitis and not the flu are: lingering symptoms, violent nausea and vomiting, pain in the upper right side of the abdomen, yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes and dark coloration of urine. But these are just warning signs for you. Only a doctor can diagnose a case of hepatitis. Q. What is the cure of hepatitis? A. There really isn’t a cure. Hepatitis patients should rest in bed and have a good, balanced diet so that the disease won’t last as long or come back. The doctor may have special instruc tions for a patient, which must be followed closely. Q. What causes hepatitis? A. Infectious hepatitis can be caught when a person has direct contact with an infected person. The disease can be transmitted by dirty hands or through the food we eat and water we drink. The domestic water supply in Warm Springs is being check ed twice as often as usual for contamination. So far the water samples have been pure. A visiting sanitarian from the Yakima area IHS concluded that the hepatitis in Warm Springs is not environmentally caused, but spread from person to person. Q. How do I get hepatitis? A. The virus can be spread by contact with the stool or urine of a patient. This can happen if the patient’s hands are dirty when he handles food or touches another person. Sharing a bath room with a patient, or using the same dishes is risky, as is any direct contact with the patient or his stool. Family members are most apt to be infected. But they are not carriers. Exposure to a family member is not direct contact and therefore doesn’t mean you’ve been infected. Q. When is a patient contage- eous? A. You can catch hepatitis from a patient anywhere from one or two weeks before the onset of the disease until one or two weeks after onset. Q. How long does it take for symptoms to appear after I’ve been infected? A. It can take from two to six weeks for symptoms to appear. Q. What should I do .if I have had direct contact with a case? A. It is a good idea for members of the patient’s household to receive “gamma globulin,” a Human blood derivative that will ward off symptoms of hepatitis. This will work if given soon after the first known exposure. Gamma globulin is not re commended for those who do not have very intimate contact with a patient. Hepatitis is not nor mally spread through casual relationships outside the house hold. Q. What if I have had contact with one who lives with a patient? A. This is not a risk worthy of gamma globulin treatment since it is not a direct contact. Q. How should a patient be treated to prevent the spread of infection? A. All unnecessary physical con tact with the patient should be avoided. Anyone having contact with the patient’s stool (empty ing bed pans, cleaning bath rooms, providing nursing care,) should wash his hands thorough ly after contact. Separate clothing, bedding and dishes should be provided for the patient and washed sep arately. The patient should wash his hands well before eating with family members. These safeguards against the spread of hepatitis should be maintained for at least two weeks after the diagnosis. Q. How can I prevent hepatitis? A. Good hygiene is the key to preventing the spread of infec tious hepatitis. Hands should be washed! with saop and water after using the toilet. This is especially! important for people who handle food. Bathrooms and kitchens should be kept clean. Clothing should be laundered regularly. j Dirty objects should be keptj out of children’s mouths. Chil dren can be taught to keep their bodies and environment clean so that they will develop good hy- giene habits at an early age. A good diet is also important^ so the body can fight off infec tion. Food from the four groups - milk, meat, vegetables and^ fruits, and breads and cereals • should be eaten daily. Doctors Call Numbe Doctors Fisher and Creel- man now have the same after- hours phone number. They may be reached at 475-6055 after 5 p.m. weekdays and all day Sat urday, Sunday and holidays. New Dentist Soon February 6 will be the first working day for Wayne T. Schultz, the new PHS dentist. Appointments, for Dr. Schultz, can be made at the clinic during regular clinic hours.
