Spilyay Tymoo
December 11,1981 Page 5
Youngdeer attends symposium—
Countries share native concerns in New Zealand
by Donna Behrend
Most of us have not been
fortunate enough to visit a
foreign country thousands of
miles away, but during the
latter part of October and early
November, W arm Springs
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t M e r r itt
Youngdeer was invited to
a tte n d an I n te r n a tio n a l
Symposium in New Zealand.
He said the trip at times
“almost seems unreal and
possibly only a dream.”
He discovered that the native
Maori’s value their culture and
traditions and that, as strange
as their ways are to us, there are
also similarities.
The BIA selected one
em ployee from the three
different levels of the Bureau
(the central office, the area
office and the agency levels) to
represent the, BIA and the
Department 'of the Interior.
Youngdeer was selected out of
82 superintendents to attend.
D irector of OTAT John
A rtichoker and C hief of
Resources Development and
Protection Barry Welch also
made the trip.
The symposium, which ws
hosted by the Department of
Maori Affairs, ws attended by
representatives from Australia,
Canada, the continental United
S tates, H aw aii and New
Zealand- (M aoris are the
aboriginal, native people of
Australia and New Zealand.)
T h e p u r p o s e o f th e
VISITING A MARAI— Warm Springs superintendent Merritt symposium, said Youngdeer,
Youngdeer (on right) traveled to New Zealand to attend an was to invite senior “public”
International Symposium. He and two others, Barry Welch and
John A rtichoker (left to right), represented the BI A at the 11 -day
meeting.
officials of English-speaking
countries who have a common
client (native people) and who
are involved in setting or
carrying out policy as it relates
to those people, to reflect on
the state of their respective
a d m in is tr a tio n s a n d to
generate an exchange of ideas
about policies, programs andd
administrative designs as it
relates to native people.
Youngdeer commented that
“there are many similarities
among the client peoples of
these countries as well as
differences. However, there
were enough similarities to
warrant such a meeting.” He
compared this symposium to
NCAI, saying that resolutions
were presented to the full group
an d th a t each c o u n try ,
including native Hawaiians,
spoke of self-determination.
The first day of the 11-day
t r i p w as d e d ic a te d to
e x c h a n g i n g id e a s a n d
information on subjects such as
political origins and develop
m e n t of a d m in is tr a tiv e
services, cultural identity and
relationships with indigenous
communities and the rest of
society.
Following were two days of
various workshops dealing
w ith M aori A ffairs and
financial support for the
upcoming fiscal year. Once the
workshops were completed,
said Youngdeer, their findings
were presented to the Secretary
of Maori Affairs who, in turn,
will present the items to the
next parliament.
After the workshops, the
delegates traveled back to the
le a d e r s ’ d is tr ic ts . T hey
attended various district land
m e e tin g s , c o r p o r a tio n
meetings and toured many of
the Economic development
types of activities the districts
were involved in.
Visiting the different districts
was quite an experience,
a c c o rd in g to Y ou n g d eer.
Before entering their “M arai”,
which is sim ilar to our
longhouses, visitors must gc
through . over an hour o
introductions, welcomes, songs
and prayers. Then, before
actually going in the marai,
each visitor presses noses and
shakes hands with each of the
natives welcoming them. “This
means you both breathe the
same air, making you one
person.” He noted that the
Maori’s are rich in tradition
and culture. “They love to sing
and dance.”
Y o u n g d eer feels o th e r
symposiums of this type should
be continued in the future,
stating that a tribal member
“who has made significant
contributions to his or her
p e o p le th r o u g h s tr o n g
leadership (might) attend.”
He concluded, saying, “If
ever the United States could
host such an occasion and
return the hospitality, it would
certainly continue the warm
feelings that we were able to
share in ur short visit to New
Zealand.”
Phone cable being added
Pacific Northwest Bell began
work this week on a telephone
cable construction project to
meet growth in Warm Springs
and eliminate about one mile of
aerial cable.
PN B M a n a g e r G len n
Kennedy says the company will
bury nearly one and one-half
miles of cable from the
downtown area to a suburban
area south of the town where
the Tribal Council has slated a
five-year housing program.
Additional telephone service
will be made available to the
T e n in o T o w n h o u se an d
Duplex Housing project, the
Warm Springs Mobile Home
P a r k , G re e le y H e ig h ts
S u b d iv isio n , W est H ills
Subdivision and the Warm
S p rin g s S e n io r C itiz e n
Housing project.
The tribal administration
building and other tribal
departmental buildings also are
served by the route.
The a e ria l. cable to be
replaced by the buried cable is
attached to an existing power
role line through the downtown
area of Warm Springs.
Cost of the telephone
company project is $82,300.
The new cable will be in service
in Jaunuary, according to
Kennedy.
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