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PAGE 4 JUNE 16, 1978 Editorial E COOSH EEWA: The Chinns: Time For A Change THE REV. CHINN FAMILY: CAL, JASON, ROBIN, STEPHEN AND NANCY TOE NESS There was this old lady who entered the rest home and upon her arrival she asked another lady at the home what they did for recreation there. The other day’s reply was, “We use the recreation room, go on picnics, take tours of the city, and have social functions every so often.” The new lady asks, “What are the men doing around this time of the day?” “They are probably in the recreation room playing checkers.” The new lady thought she would stir up some excitment and streak through the recreation room while all the men were there. She takes off all her clothes, goes through the recreation room, passing these two guys playing checkers. After she had passed one of the guys said, “Wasn’t that the new lady that just went by?” “Yeah,” replied the other, “and you know something, whatever she was wearing really needed ironing.” YIKES SS SS SS There were these two ladies discussing m an’s best friend. The first lady said to the other, “I wonder why they consider the dog m an’s best friend?” The second lady said, “Perhaps it’s for the simple reason that dogs can’t talk.” YIKES SS SS SS David and Elm er were on their way home from work one evening. David said, “You know that I never really appreciated my child’s school teacher until now, since the summer vacation is here.” YIKES SS SS SS There was this guy that just returned from his two-week summer vacation. He said, “This year my vacation was so dull that all the fun parts were just getting there.” YIKES SS SS SS QUIZ (1) True or False: Did the man who invented the vacuum m a chine invent the milking m a chine? (2) True or False: Is the Warden of a New York Prison a Grand ma? (3) Who suffers pain more - Blondes or Brunettes? (4) In the U.S. there are 218,218,000 of a group, what are they? (5) The soft pallet of a humans body is found in the upper half or the lower half? (Answers on Page 12)- Change is not easy when it isn’t chosen. Thaf is why it was difficult for Warm Springs to say good bye to Presbyterian minister Calvin Chinn and his family, who left this week for a new life in San Anselmo, California. The Chinns have chosen to change directions and we who became so accustomed to their friendship must adapt to their decision and the hole it leaves in our community. As with any loss it is painful for a time, but we find ways to cope and even grow. After five and a half years in the Warm Springs community it was time for the Chinns to move on. It was time for Cal to return to academia. It was time for Nancy to surround herself with fellow painters. It was time for the kids — Robin, Stephen and Jason — to find new challenges in another school. A parish minister for the twelve years since he left the San Francisco Theological Semi nary, Cal, 38, felt the need to step back and reflect on what he has done. He is returning to his alma m ater to take on instruc tional responsibilities in the De partment of Ministries as well as pastoral work for the semi nary community. He expects his return to an academic environ ment to be an experience of “enrichm ent,, renewal, growth and stimulation” — the shot in the arm one needs when he begins to feel “used up.” Cal is also going home. Raised in San Francisco’s Chinatown, h e je ft behind most of his family when he ventured north and it is time to rejoin loved ones. Cal looks forward to a family reunion this summer in honor of his mother’s birthday. For Nancy , „ San Anselmo may mean growth as a painter, an identity that has developed dramatically during her years in Warm Springs. She will have a studio —' “-a focus place” ‘ in their 18-room house, and antici pates meeting other like-minded people as well as taking ad vantage of the cultural and edu cational opportunities of an urban environment. I ’m excited about what might be there for each of us and the growth that’s going to bring, ” rem arked Nancy. C a la n d Nancy’s lively and sharp grade school age kids are already enrolled in such summer classes as gymnastics, needle work and science. Dubious about leaving friends, Robin, Stephen and Jason seem nevertheless to be philosophical about the move. Their concerns have been that all their precious belongings get packed securely and the less precious get sold at one of the family garage sales for a good price. They will have a huge new house to explore and fill and Robin already has her eye on a tiny windowed room for “sitting and thinking.” As settled as the Chinns appear to have been in Warm Springs, coming to the reserva tion was another kind of change. Interior’s Assistant Secre tary for Indian Affairs Forrest J. Gerard announced June 1 the appointment of Jam es L. San saver as Special Assistant in the area of trust services. Sansaver, a member of the Assiniboine-Sioux Tribes of the Ft. Peck Reservation, will work on the Assistant Secretary’s immediate staff in m atters in volving natural resource pro grams and the strengthening of tribal governments. An attorney from Wolf Point, Montana, Sansaver was admit ted to the Montana Bar in 1961, practiced général law in his hometown from 1961 to 1969, and served as Montana County At torney for two term s from 1961 to 1962. Sansaver served in the BIA Billings Area Office as Chief, Division of Rights Protection, 1974 to 1976, and Chief, Division of Resource Development, 1976 to present. He has also served in the BIA as a w ater rights liaison officer and tribal relations spe cialists and attorney in the Office of the Commissioner, Washington, D.C. Gerard said that Sansaver *s experience and education would provide “expertise urgently needed in dealing with the multi faceted situations which involve the Indian tribes’ natural re-. sources, the Nation’s energy needs and -the knowledge of tribal governments as it relates to resource development.” Educated at the University of Montana, Sansaver earned his B.A. in history and political science in 1957, L.L.D. in 1961, and J.D. in 1970. From 1976 to 1977, he was U.S. C.S.C. Fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School of Government and Foreign Af fairs at the University of Vir ginia. Sansaver, a member of the American Indian Bar Associ- By Cynthia Stowell Cal’s previous churches in Med ford, Oregon and Riverside, California were homogenous in their white, middle class mem bership and the young pastor was hungry for experiences with other people. Warm Springs presented it self as an opportunity to “learn to live with differences” and Cal moved his family to the isolation of the reservation. Five years later the fusion of the family and the community attests to the fullness of their experience. Warm Springs and the Chinns were gifts to each other. They grew in each other’s pre sence. Greeted with new concepts of space, time and culture, the Chinns found themselves shed ding some of their- German and Chinese upbringing. At the same time certain of their values were reconfirmed. In Warm Springs it was easy to be direct, to laugh and tease, to feel part of an extended family. Always aware and appreci ative of the differences between themselves and the community, the Chinns were in their own words “sojourners” on the res ervation. But having internaliz ed some of the values of pace an d in fo rm ality , the Chinns a re bound to appear a bit odd at tirhes in their new environment of hurried sophistication. In fact the Chinns’ ability to adapt was the way they were able to give to Warm Springs. As pgstor, Cal brought a relaxed and youthful feeling to the (Continued on Page 9) Indian Affairs Head Names Trust Resources Specialist ation, has served as legal rights consultant to the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association (1971- 1974), Montana Intertribal Poli cy Board, and the Native Ameri can Natural Resource Develop ment Policy Board, and the Native American Natural Re source Development Federation of the Northern Great Plains Tribes (1974-1976). Sansaver, who is married and has three children, is in cluded in the 1978-79 Who’s Who in America series on Who’s Who in the West (16 edition). T ribal Council Agenda June 19 June June June June Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. 1. 10:00 a.m. - IHS Annual Report 2. 2:00 p.m. - Robbins Law & Order Implementation Progress Report 20 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. 1.10:00 a.m. - Progress Report-Rereg Dam, Jerry Dibble 2. Warm Springs-Kah-Nee-Ta Water System, Satish Puri 21 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - BPA Agreement 2. 2:00 p.m. - Committee Reports 26 Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. I. 10:00 a.m. -O ED P Approval Revenue Sharing Budget Approval Amended BOR Plan 26-28 NCAI Mid-year Conference •' Spokane ■ ;
