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**
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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.