SPILYAY TYMOO
PAGE 8 JULY 30, 1981
6th annual employee’s picnic
Nightfall came too soon for the approximately 400 people who attended the 1981 employee picnic
at the Com m unity Center on July 23. Everyone was ju st getting into the spirit o f it when It was tim e to
^°( Above) Egg throws involved many o f the community members and employees. M an y endec
up with slimy raw egg dripping through their fingers.
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(Left) Winona Strong was one o f the g o o d sports a t the picnic. She spent m ost o f her tim e at the
bottom o f the dunk tank.
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Spilyay Tym oo ph otos by Shewczyk
Huckleberry Feast Powwow
begins August 7'
The 1981 Huckleberry Feast
is scheduled for August 9 at the
He He Longhouse. Activities
take place throughout the week
beginning on Saturday, August
1 with a memorial dinner and
ceremonies.
Sunday, August 2, Washat
services will be held at 10:00
a.m. At 7:00 p.m. Thursday,
August 6 warm up dancing will
be held at the longhouse.
Friday
The weekend events begin
Friday, August 7, at 8:00 p.m.
with a special dance for dancers
five years and under. All
dancers will receive som e
award, cash or candy.
A contest Rabbit Dance for
dneers IS years and under will
begin at 9:00 p.m. Prizes for
both boys and girls include: 1st
place-$30; 2nd-$25; 3rd-$20;
4th-$15.
At 11:00 p.m. a Traditional
Dance contest for dancers IS
years and under will take place
and a girl’s Circle Dance with
prize money being lst-$30;
2nd-$25; 3rd-$20; 4th-$15.
Saturday
Dancing begins at 7:00 pm
Saturday with a special dance
for children five years and
under. At 8:00 p.m. a Rabbit
Dance contest begins for ages
16 years and older. Cash prizes
in both the men’s and ladies
division include: lst-$50; 2nd*
$40; 3rd-$30; 4th-$20.
A Fancy Dance contest for
ages 16 and older is scheduled
for 8:45 p.m. In both the ladies’
and men’s divisions cash prizes
include: lst-$100;2nd-$75; 3rd-
$50; 4th-$25.
The T radition al D ance
contest and Circle Dance for
ladies begins at 9:30 p.m. Cash
prizes for this event include:
lst-$100; 2nd-$75; 3rd-$50;
4th-$25.
The T r a d itio n a l d ance
contest and Circle Dance for
ladies begins at 9:30 p.m. Cash
rizes for this event include: lst-
$100; 2nd-$75; 3rd-$5O; 4th-
$25.
A special dance to recognize
and honor senior citizens
begins at 11:00 p.m.
The budget for the dance
prizes totals $3,120 including
$400 for visiting drums and
$600 budgeted for the special
seniors dance.
Sunday
Huckleberry Feast, Washut
singing, dancing and prayers
takes place Sunday, August 9
beginning in the morning.
Two-thirds of native
americans live in
ten states
Two-thirds o f the American
Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts
in the United States live in 10
states, the 1980 Census shows.
A com p ilation by the
C o m m e r c e D e p a r t m e n t ’s
Census Bureau of provisional
census counts for this group,
ranking the 50 states and the
District of Columbia by size,
shows that California has the
la r g e st A m erican Indian,
Eskimo, and Aleut population
with 201,311. The other nine
states are:
O klaholna..................... 169,464
A rizona........................ 152,857
New M ex ico........... .... 104,777
North C arolina........... 64,635
A lask a............................ 64,047
Washington...........
60,771
South D akota................45,101
T ex a s...............................40,074
M ichigan. . . . . . . . . . . . 40,038
Oregon is listed as 15 th with
2 7 ,3 0 9 N a tiv e A m erican
residents.
y
T h e t o t a l c o u n t fo r
American Indians, Eskimos,
and Aleuts in the United States
as of April 1980 is 1,418,195.
The 1980 figures are not
directly comparable with 1970
totals. Much of the increase for
American Indians, Eskimos,
and Aleuts is believed to have
resulted from natural increase
and improvements in census
coverage procedures, especially
on reservations, including self-
determination ot race oy
respondents.
Decided at recent workshop...
Kah-Nee- Ta to face challenges of future
by Donna Behrend
Kah-Nee-Ta is . . .
Our purposes are . . .
Our advantages are . . .
We intend to . . .
Alter a long day of brain
picking, Kah-Nee-Ta supervi
sors and management staff
were asked to complete the
above sentences. The purpose
of the eight-hour process and
seminar was to aid Kah-Nee-Ta
general m anager Garland
Brunoe in preparing a strategy
statement for the future of
Kah-Nee-Ta and to involve the
supervisors more in planning
for the future.
S upervisors first listed
internal and external changes
of the past they thought
a ffe c t e d K a h -N e e -T a in
positive and negative ways.
Most were surprised that,
a lt h o u g h t h e y d ir e c t e d
different departments, their
concerns were very similar—
and more often than not were
repeated on the various lengthy
lists.
Following this exercise the
supervisors were asked to
explain their concerns as
reasons why they felt certain
items were beneficial to the
resort external things they felt
affected the resort negatively
were the economy and the price
o f g a s , h ig h r a t e o f
unemployment (meaning less
money being spent), lack of
a d eq u a te h o u sin g , racial
prejudice, recent hotel fires,
w eather, a weak O regon
t o u r is m
p ro g ra m and
demographics.
On the positive side were: N o
M t St. Helens ashfall, the
tribal comprehensive plan and
the location of the resort.
W ithin the resort, the
supervisors felt that high
turnover, lack of communica
tion, hiring procedures, lack of
consistance in services, water
quality, lack of use of existing
facilities—such as the old golf
pro shop and tennis courts,
lack of a mini-market and 24-
hour gas, the resort being so
seasonal and lack of satellite
TV as being aspects which
affect the resort negatively.
On the positive side were
improved advertising and a
better reservations system,
upgrading o f K ah-N ee-Ta
facilities, a tighter management
team, better internal controls,
improved employee housing
a n d im p r o v e d e m p lo y e e
attitude, they also saw the new
menus, streamlining opera
tions and improved security as
positive aspects.
After a lengthy discussion,
an industrial psychiatristD r
Paul Baker, from Arizona then turnover related directly to
led the troup through a similar inconsistency and inadequate
e x e r c is e in w h ic h th e h o u s in g . A ls o th e lo w
supervisors identified future percentage of tribal members
happenings that will affect working at the resort was listed
Kah-Nee-Ta. The troup was as a major concern.
On the positive~ side, the
relatively optimistic regarding
the future economy and Kah- strengths were: 1 location; 2)
Nee-Ta. Baker said they must people; 3) local management;
take an introspective look at 4)hot springs; 5)sunshine; and
Kah-Nee-Ta. “Be prepared to the en tire fa c ility were
understand that there are identified as the most attractive
certain forces out there that will a s p e c t s o f th e r e s o r t .
Brunoe, as well as the
limit or enhance Kah-Nee-Ta.”
He added, Kah-Nee*Ta can’t supervisors, felt they were
flo u n d e r arou n d w ith o u t getting closer to the problems
at the resort and that they have
direction.”
Supervisors then prioritized a better feel for what they to
six strengths and weaknesses of work with.
Baker gave strong words o f
the resort, the weaknesses
being: 1) inconsistency; 2) advise, “Correct the weak
seasonality; 3) management nesses by capatilizing on the
and supervisors are over- strengths.” If that guideline is
directed; 4) lack of identified followed, then Kah-Nee-Ta
goals; 5) high turnover,, 6) lack should be able to pull itself up
and turn around, was the
o f a d e q u a te h o u s in g .
It was pointed out that essence o f what he said.