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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1982)
August 2 5,1982 Page 3 Spilyay Tymoo Death ruled homicide The death of tribal member Warm Springs.” No further details of the Armena Frank, 33, has been ruled a homicide by the state homicide have been released as of press time. No arrests have medical examiner’s office. been made, however it is Frank died the morning of expected that evidence will be July 28. According to FBI presented to a federal grand agent Bob Mannix, the “iiqpty jury within the hext two to Occurred at a residence in three weeks. ♦♦Tribal Adoptees** It is ESSENTIAL for you to have your photograph taken for the upcoming adoption. Call or come into the Spilyay Tymoo office, 553-1644; Old Admin. Building. GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL—For Cindy Wiles (left) and WiUiaPaye (right) the summer was spent getting the Warm Springs elementary school back into shape. It won’t be long before the building will be in use again. School begin September 7. Registration begins August 25. New students or kindergarten students need to bring their health record information. Students coming back are already registered. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewciyk ♦♦September 1, 1982-Deadline** Continued from page 1 Simnasho School closure a stickler lives both on the reservation and off it.” “The project also recognizes that Indian students are better served by education programs that acknowledge their unique cultural and tribal back- g r o u n d s a n d see k to incorporate these values than by programs that seek only to assimilaten Indian students into non-Indian society.” The key elements and features of Project NEED include intensive community participation, regular Indian language instruction, team teaching in a multi-grade classroom, partnership in teaching between the school and the community and joint tribal-district sponsorship. “Project NEED seeks to produce a well-rounded and stim ulating public school education program that will challenge students to achieve their maximum potential for academic excellence and for personal satisfaction.” Upon introduction of this concept to school board members at a recent meeting, reaction varied. Board member Don Aitken made the initial statem ent, “ My persona! feelings are that it should be turned down its entirety. If we had followed a good fiscal policy we would have closed Simnasho long ago.” “This board should retain ultimate authority and should not turn any authority over to any group. I suggest this is a part of Warm Springs politics.” Aitken went on to say, “The lack of attendance and apparent choice not to involve our board member (from Warm Springs) leads me to some serious doubts as to their concern for the educational process. I rate the tribal government’s concern (for education) below zero until they gain some credibility. . .1 would urge board members to not approve it.” Board member Lloyd Smith felt such a program would discriminate against students not participating and that money was a major considera tion. He expressed his primary concern at having children reading at a standard level. Representing the Tribe’s v iew p o in t S ahm e spoke saying, “The values of our people and the contribution's to our area and state have been completely ignored by the curriculum committee. . .We come here with legitimate concerns. We do not take this situation very lightly.” W ith P ro je c t N E E D p re sen ted sch o o l b oard members have become aware that the Tribe does have a concern for the education of the Warm Springs children. But the idea of confining such a program to a limited number of students was questioned. Project NEED would be an experimental program but more time was needed for further study. At a meeting resulting from the introduction of Project NEED more definite plans for i n c o r p o r a t i n g c u l t u r a l that may exist,” estimated activities into the school Rudy Clements. “On that basis curriculum at Warm Springs it allows for tribal and district e d u c a t i o n zo f f ic ia I s to elementary have begun. According to Warm Springs communicate more openly and elementary principal John objectively.” C le m e n ts c o n t i n u e d , Trujillo, parts of the program destined for students of Project “Overall we haven’t reached NEED could be included in o u r in itia l o b je c tiv e s .” school activities fo r all Community members still want students. Trujillo says, “ I Simnashb School reopened. believe we can develop a unique The relationship between the program and have a meaning Tribe and the school still must ful program for all the be studied along with the final objective of the task force, the children.” If properly done the study of the feasibility of the combination of academics and Tribe’s establishing its own c u ltu re co u ld “ m ake a school system. Currently, action is being tremendous school and a model elementary school,”. taken to include culture and so cial a c tiv itie s in the Trujillo commented. Simnasho School may be the c u r ric u lu m a lo n g w ith focus of the task force study but academics at Warm Springs it is only the springboard for elementary. Presentation of more general concerns. The Project NEED may be the open presentation of the needed “shot in the arm” as com m unity’s concerns for Superintendent Darrel Wright education "provides a forum stated, to get things going in the for the school district and the struggle to make education Tribe to begin reviewing and meet the needs of the Warm assessing some broader issues Springs community and its children. Miss Indian America pageant T ra v e lin g to v a rio u s celebrations as a representative fo r the W arm S p rin g s Confederated Tribes is a part of holding the title of Miss Warm Springs for Lyda Scott. L y d a r e tu r n e d fro m Sheridan, Wyoming after attending the Miss Indian America pageant held the last of July. She traveled to the pageant with her mother, Delphine Scott and her sister Penny Scott for the event. Lyda has been working at Kah-Nee-Ta for Sales as the assistant social director. She greets guests and gives them a brief history of the resort, the culture and the reservation. The work lends itself to Lyda’s busy schedule of representing the tribe as Miss Warm Springs. Though Lyda was not named M is s I n d i a n A m e r ic a participation gave her the opportunity to meet new people and rekindle old friendships. Lyda said than the experience was one overlasting and the she will always remember the friends she made. Vivian Juan of Papago was chosen as M iss In d ia n America, alternate was Dolly Manson of the Navajo nation, first alternate was Melinda Kaye Waters of Cherokee- Kiowa descent. Carol Jean Bradford, Oglala Sioux, was selected as Miss Congeniality. Serving as Miss Warm Springs has not only offered Lyda the opportunity to meet new people, it has also made Lyda more aware of who she is and just how important Warm Springs is to her. Upcoming events that Lyda will be attending include the Indian Child Conference in Phoenix, the National Indian Education Conference in New O rleans and the ZNCAI Lyda Scott (second from right, in front row)joined21 other girls at theMissIndianAmericaPageant conference in Bismarck. in Sheridan, Wyoming the last week o f July. Vivian Juan (second from the left, in center row), was. named M iss Indian America X X VIII. J.
