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Russians to read about reservation
by Sandy Rangila
A m erica Illu s tr a te d , a
monthly magazine printed in
the R ussian language, is
planning a story on the Warm
Springs Indians based upon
National Geographic’s April,
1979 a r tic le a b o u t th e
reservation.
The magazine is published
by the U.S. International
C o m m u n ic a tio n A g en cy ,
W a s h in g to n , D .C ., fo r
distribution in the Soviet
Union.
The National Geographic
story and photographs, which
created a good deal of
excitement here, were the work
of photojournalist David S.
Boyer.
America Illustrated plans to
update the article and, in a
letter to the Tribes, indicated
that they will be sending a
photographer here Dec. 21,22
to do some additional shooting
for the story.
He will be taking pictures of
the hydroelectric power plant
now under construction, the
sub-assembly plant and some
of the recently-completed tribal rest of the western world.
homes.
Perhaps they were afraid for
Having traveled and camped fear they were being watched.
in the Soviet Union with my Any contact with foreigners is
husband in 1973, such an viewed with suspicion in the
a r tic le seem s a ra d ic a l U.S.S.R.
Although we both read and
departure from Russian policy
of the past. At that time, our speak simple Russian (it’s
VW camper was thoroughly faded now), we saw no
searched and p ra c tic a lly American magazines printed in
dismantled in an effort to Russian on the “newstands”
en su re th a t we w e re n ’t there.
smuggling current newspapers
There was a great deal of
or publications such as Time m is u n d e r s ta n d in g a b o u t
magazine into Russia. Our America and the western world
books were also scrutinized for in general. People even told us
they thought anyone driving a
“appropriateness.”
Also, if we had taken German car was unpatriotic.
photographs of dams, bridges, They had no idea that many
ro a d s , a sse m b ly p la n ts , VWs are built in America by
factories or soldiers, we would American workers. Soviets we
probably still be there—in a spoke with had no knowledge
prison camp! Such installa of just how many kinds of cars
tio n s an d fa c ilitie s are there are outside Russia.
considered “strategic” in the
Therefore, it is hard to
Soviet Union. There were so believe that a magazine such as
many photography no-no’s America Illustrated reaches the
that we were basically limited av erage R u ssian . It has
to shots of statues, national reportedly been in existence
since 1956. The following is a
monuments and each other.
Most Soviets exhibited a fact sheet sent to the^Tribes by-
surprising disinterest in hearing the publisher
anything about America or the
America Illustrated is a
monthly magazine published
by the International Communi
cation Agency in the Russian
language for distribution in the
Soviet Union. It first went on
sale on newsstands in the
U.S.S.R. October 22, 1956.
The magazine had been
proposed on September 9,
1955, in a note to the Soviet
Govenment from the United
States Government. The Soviet
G o vernm ent was offered
re c ip ro c al privileges fo r
d istrib u tio n of a Soviet
magazine in the United States
and accepted on December 16,
1955.
The purpose of America
Illustrated is to create better
understanding of the United
States. The magazine tells the
story of America today: what
Americans are doing, saying,
reading and thinking: how they
live, work and play; what
p ro g re s s A m e ric a n s a re
making in all areas, including
agriculture, industry, labor
culture, technology, art and
science. T he c o n te n t is
nonpolitical. Through the co
o p e r a tio n of A m e ric a n
publishers, about half of the
magazine consists of reprinted
articles and photographs from
leading American publications.
The International Commun
ic a tio n A gency has the
responsibility for editing and
publishing America Illustrated.
It is distributed in some SO
cities of the U.S.S.R. through
the official Soviet agency,
Soyuzpechat. The counterpart
Soviet magazine, Soviet Life, is
distributed in the U.S. by a
commercial agency.
America Illustrated is
p r in te d a t an o v e rse a s
International Communication
Agency Plant. The agreement
under which the magazine is
distributed in the Soviet Union
p e rm its n e w ssta n d and
subscription sales of more than
60,000 copies a month. The
income from sales of the
magazine is credited to the U.S.
T reasury. In addition to
newsstand and subscription
circulation, 2,000 copies of
America Illustrated go to the
American Embassy in Moscow
every month for complimen
tary distribution.
Parent involvement needed for scout program
By Marsha Shewczyk
Too often parent participa
tion in the activities of young
people is lacking. Unfortunate
ly, this is true for the Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts in the
Warm Springs community.
Parents are the key to getting
young people involved in such
a worthwhile organization.
They are the ones who
purchase books and uniforms
and help their boys in earning
merit badges. Involvement in
the scouts gives both parent
and child an opportunity to get
to know one another.
Both Boy Scout troops and
Cub Scout packs are generally
organized and aministered by
volunteeradults. Many of these
adults are parents of one of the
boys. Parent participation is
also encouraged at activities
including the Court of Honor
where scouts receive advance
ment recognition. Boy Scouts
of America is a club fostering
parent-child relationships.
The scouting program in
Warm Springs needs this
parent participation. Assis
tance can be provided by
joining committees or filling
n e e d e d p o s itio n s fro m
secretarial to scoutmaster or
den leader.
Under the direction of Tom
Kalama, the scouts have been
meeting every Monday night in
the meeting room in the
basement ofthe daycare center.
Their m onthly scheduled
a c tiv itie s d eal w ith the
development of skills which
they enjoy and consider
important.
December is devoted to
learning knot-trying, going on
a day hike and practicing
outdoor cooking during a two-
day campout. January will see
the boys working toward their
physical fitness badge and
a t t e n d i n g th e W i n t e r
Camporee at Peter’s Pasture
with 150 other Boy Scouts in
the district. There they will
compete in races and outdoor
skills.
Astronomy will be explored
during the month of March
along with planting trees. In
June they will be experi
menting with solar cooking.
The boys are also looking
forward to scout summer camp
where they will compete again
in outdoor skills. They took
third place out of 33 troops at
third place out of 33 troops at
the Spring Camporee held at
Camp Sheridan.
Boys can earn merit badges
in over 100 areas, from
citizenship and community
living tp first aid and
photography. Many people in
the community will be called
upon in the future, says
Kalama, to act as counselors as
the boys strive to earn their
badges.
Although the Boy Scout
troop is running smoothly it
still needs some more adult
assistance. The Cub Scout
program for boys eight to
eleven is severely lacking in
leaders, hindering the program.
Thirty boys are waiting to start
earning their badges. An
explorer unit may be beginning
soon for boys 14 to 20 in which
parent participation will also
be needed on occasion.
Tribal Council has given
t h e i r s u p p o r t to th e
establishment of the Boy
Scouts of America in Warm
S p rin g s by c o n trib u tin g
financially to the organization.
They have provided funds so
leaders could attend training
sessions. Claude Smith, Tom
Kalama and Pierson Mitchell
recently returned from the
National Scout Seminar in
Tucson, Arizona.
The scouting program only
needs citizen and parent
involvement to be successful. If
anyone is interested in helping
please contact Art McConn-
ville for the Cub Scouts, Tom
Kalama for the Boy Scouts and
N elson Z o m o n t fo r the
Explorer Scouts.
S p ily a y T ym oo
Coyote News
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* * * * * * * * Spilyay Tymoo Staff* * * * * * * *
MANAGING EDITOR ..........................................Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR ................................. Sandy Rangila
PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST/WRITER Donna Behrend
REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHERS
Pat Leno
Marsha Shewczyk
TYPESETTER ................................. Priscilla Squlemphen
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Boy Scout Leaders—Pierson Mitchell, Claude Smith, and Tom Kalama attended the National Boy
Scout seminar in Tucson, Arizona recently for training. During that time they put their bid in to have
the 1983 seminar held in Warm Springs