September 27,1982 Page 5
From the high school counselor...
What’s happening at MHS
by Ron Pinkham
This is the first article I’ve
written in couple of years. We
feel parents and students need
m ore in fo rm atio n a b o u t
“what’s happening” at the high
school.
:
Education is functioning with
eighteen students at this time.
Students must first apply for
A.E. through me. After
receiving the com pleted
a p p l i c a t i o n , a re v ie w
committee will either accept or
reject entry into alternative
education. Parents should be
involved as much as possible
with meeting the counselor and
Mr. Hastings as part of the
application procedure.
S tu d e n t s s h o u ld be
forwarned. Whenever a student
is skipping class just to enter
alternative education, they may
find themselves before the
expulsion officer. Students
must remain in class and follow
the proper procedure for entry
into alternative education. Mr.
H astings, of A lternative
Education^ can be reached at
553-1489, second floor of the
boys dorm for information.
Last year many Indian Club
m em b ers w ere s e n io rs .
Currently membership is low.
All freshman and sophomore
students were sent letters of
invitation to join the Indian
Club. Students, please consider
joining the club and assist in
our fund-raising projects and
activities. Marie Calica will be
an assistant advisor for the
Indian club.
The Indian club was asked
by Mayor Ivancie of Portland
and Earle Chiles of the Chiles
Foundation for a cultural
exchange with a fourteen-
member band from Teteringen,
Holland called De Kawkbollen
(the Tadpoles). The Indian club
and the culture club from the
Junior High entertained the
group September 17, at Kah-
Nee-Ta.
After our program De
Kwakbollen entertained the
clubs. Gifts were given the
Indian Club and President
Raydine Spino accepted a
pictorial book of Holland, a
large cererwcfrog and a pair of
cerem ic shoes. Everyone
enjoyed the cultural exchange.
There will be a Career
Conference for Junior and
Senior students at Chemawa
Indian school December 8,
1982. Please see me for more
information.
mprove services for Indians
The Oregon Legislative
Co m m issio n on In d ia n
Services wants to know what
the American Indian people of
Oregon feel are their greatest
concerns in regard to social
services, economic develop
ment archaeological resources
preservation, and other various
issues that American Indian
people are most concerned
about.
To find out, the Commission
will hold a series of ten regional
meetings throughout the state
during the month of October.
Meetings are scheduled in
Portland, Grand Ronde, Siletz,
Coos Bay, the Umatilla
Indian R eservation near
Pendleton, the Warm Springs
Reservation, Burns, Klamath
Falls, Medford and Eugene.
The Commission on Indian
Services panel at each meeting
will include Com m ission
members, local legislators,
tribal officials, and in some
areas local governmental
officials.
x In Warm Springs, a meeting
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Toe Ness
Since school was about to start this father went out and bought a
pocket dictionary for his son. He gave the package to the boy and
left. About two hours later he returned to find his son very busy
with the dictionary. “You enjoying your dictionary, son?” he
asked. His son, “I think I would if only I could figure out where the
batteries go.” YIKES
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There was this gigantic sale on ladies underwear in a European
department store. A sophisticated English lady went in and
bought seven pair, one for each day of the week. An American
lady bought five, one for each day of the week except Saturday
and Sunday. She said she didn’t need any on weekends. Then
came Russian who bought twelve pair. The curious store clerk
asked, “Why twelve pair?” She said, “I’ll need one for January,
February, March,” etc. YIKES
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CONFUCIOUS SAY: ‘Can not change wife of 40 for two
twenties!” YIKES
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This little boy came home from his first day at school and said,
“I’m not going back to school. I can’t read and I can’t write and
they won’t let me talk.” YIKES
is scheduled to be held on
Tuesday, October 19, at 1:30-
4:00 Employee Development
Training Room, Old Boys
Dorm and 7:00-10:00 p.m. at
the Agency Longhouse.
All meetings are open to the
public and American Indian
people are strongly encouraged
to attend the meetings to
express their concerns.
The Commission on Indian
Services, established by
Oregon statute in 1975, consists
of 10 members representing the
various American Indian tribes
and communities in the state of
Oregon. Membership also
includes representatives from
the Oregon Senate and the
Oregon House of Representa
tives.
Correction
On July 22, 1982 Larisa
Georgette Clements was born.
Her grandparents and great-
gran d p aren ts were noted
except for George and Janice
Clements. They are Larisa’s
proud grandparents.
Indian News Notes
by
Vince Lovett
WESTERN GOVERNORS, BUSINESS LEADERS JOIN
INDIANS IN WATER RIGHTS PLEA:
The Western Governors’ Policy Board and the Western
Regional Council, a coalition of “big business” interests in the
mountain states, joined the Council of Energy Resource Tribes,
the Native American Rights Fund and the National Congress of
American Indians in a letter to Interior Secretary James Watt
about Indian water claims.
The letter, dated August 31, stressed the importance of
resolving Indian water issues in a “timely, comprehensive and
reasonable manner.” It supports consensual negotiated
settlements as preferred solution because “litigation is costly, time
consuming and unpredictable in outcome” and “cannot deal with
the important question , of federal participation in the
development of Indian water projects.”
The five groups commended Watt for recently appointing a
policy advisory group and initiating a negotiation process for
claims currently in litigation. They suggested the addition of
defined settlement goals and a timetable for implementation and
the early establishment of a specific program of assistance to
Indian tribes in completing inventories of water resources arid
development needs.
The noted that, “Some Indian tribes are unable to conduct
meaningful negotiations because they lack basic hydrologic
survey data and economic development plans.” They also
recommended the development of general criteria to guide
negotiators about the involvement of the federal govei iment in
sharing the costs of Indian water development. The letter was
concluded with a request for a meeting with Watt.
BIA’s TIMBER FEES TASK FORCE NEARS COMPLETION
OF WORK:
Deputy Assistant Secretary Roy Sampsel has announced that
the task force on the use of Indian timber fees, which Sampsel
chairs, is nearing the completion of its work—approximately one
month ahead of schedule. The task force was appointed by
Secretary James Watt after Interior Solicitor William Coldiron
issued an opinion that the BI A should not be returning the
administrative fees to the tribes for tribal forestry expenses.
Sampsel said the task force has completed its work of gathering
and reviewing data, that a final draft report is almost complete
and he expects the final report to be made to Secretary Watt about
the last week of September.
The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs has already
received a report on the use of the fees prepared by the
Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. This
report concluded that returning the fees to the tribes for forest
management purposes was within the discretionary authority of
the Secretary.
FAS causes birth defects
Each year thousands of
babies are born in this country
with a serious health problem
that can’t be cured, but could
easily have been prevented.
This condition, known as Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), is
the direct result of women
consuming alcohol during
pregnancy.
Children born with FAS
frequently suffer from various
degrees of mental retardation,
growth defiency throughout
life, disorders of the central
nervous system and other
abnormalities. The syndrome is
considered to be the second
most frequent birth defect in
the United States, and is
emerging as the leading cause
of mental retardation in the
Western world.
It was not until 1973 that a
pattern of malformations in
babies born of alcoholic
mothers was fully described
and identified as FAS. Medical
studies have clearly demon
strated that the drinking of
alcohol interferes with normal
pregnancy and that the effects
on the fetus are permanent.
Moreover, statistics indicate
that the incidence of FAS is
widespread, and is particularly
high in c e rta in In d ia n
communities.
T h e re is a need to
aggressively reach out to
women in the child-bearing age
groups through community
education programs, feels the
Oregon Commission on Indian
Services needs to make them
more aware of FAS. Through a
public information campaign,
information on FAS will be
sp ec ific ally d ire c te d at
Oregon’s Indian communities
and tribes by the Indian
commission.
This e ffo rt, says the
commission, is part of the 1982
National Institute on Alcohol
A b u se an d A lc o h o lis m
Prevention campaign that is
focusing on women and
c h ild re n . All m a te ria ls ,
including a poster developed by
the national campaign, will be
distributed through doctors,
tribal; health programs, Indian
health service clinics, alcohol
and drug treatment programs
and local government health
departments.
For more inform ation,
c o n ta c t K a th y G re e n e ,
C o m m issio n A s s is ta n t,
C o m m issio n on In d ia n
Services, 454 State Capitol,
Salem, Oregon 97310.
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There was this guy who used to sing his children to sleep until he
overheard his three year-old son telling his two year-old sister. “If
you pretend you’re asleep, he stops.” YIKES
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