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SPILYAY TYMOO
OCTOBER 11,1982 PAGE 11
Upward Bound—
Students offered chance to develop skills
T he A m e ric a n I n d ia n
These include: M artin-
E d u c a tio n O p p o r t u n ity Marietta’s space program, the
Program at the University of S o la r E n erg y R e se a rc h
C o l o r a d o / B o u l d e r h a s Institute, the National Center
received an award to sponsor for Atmospheric Administra­
an Upward Bound National tion, U.S. Geological Survey
Demonstration Project for and the National Bureau of
American Indian and other Standards.
educationally disadvantaged
Academic year component
students. The emphasis of this
During the academic year
36-month project will be to
provide eligible students with following the summer institute,
developmental instruction in each participating student will
pre-collegiate science and receive intensive follow-up
instruction in his/her home
mathematics.
This in an opportunity for school. Instruction will be
you, the student, to begin to provided by the home-school
develop the skills necessary to coordinator on an individual or
sm a ll g r o u p b a s is , as
serv e y o u r p eo p le and
yourselves in the ongoing appropriate.
Curriculum offered in this
struggle for sovereignty and
self-determination. For this context is designed to extend
reason, the Project has been the summer institute exper­
named “ Science and Self- ience to a year-round basis.
Each participating student will
Determination.”
All instructions and services receive a $20 month stipend
offered by the Project are during the academic year.
extended at no charge to
How to apply
participating students. To the
S tu d en ts in te reste d in
contrary, the Project pays participating in the Science and
stipends to each student
selected for participating, on
virtually a year-round basis.
Self-Determination Upward
Bound National Denomstrat-
ion Project should see their
h ig h s c h o o l j p r i n c i p a l
immediately. Ask him/her who
your school coordinator is.
Your school coordinator will
have applications, will assist
you in filling it out properly
and will submit it to* the
University of Colorado office.
This applies ohly to students
in participating target schools.
Students in the Warm Springs
area are encouraged to contact
R o n P in lth a m , s c h o o l
cou n selor, Madras High
S ch o o l, M adras, Oregon
97741. Phone 475-7265. For
additional information contact
(write or call):
Richard B. Williams, Director
Upward Bound N ational
Demonstration Project
Americanlndian-EOP
Campus Box 146
University of Colorado/Boul­
der
Boulder, Colorado 80309
. (303) 492-6134 or 492-8241
PARTICIPATING SCH O OLS
Student Selection
The Project will select 75
s t u d e n t s p e r y e a r as
participants. Selection shall be
based upon a combination of
overall student GPA, types of
science and math courses
a l r e a d y t a k e n , s tu d e n t
motivation as assessed through
letters of recommendation and
a short essay written by each
applicant, financial guidelines
and other Upward Bound
requirements.
Summer program
Each summer, the selected
students will participate in a 6-
week summer institute which
offers intensive individualized
instruction as well as academic
and career counseling. Core
instructional units will, include
m a th e m a tic s (c o lle g e -
oriented). An assortment of
field trips to various sites where
advanced scientific endeavors
are currently underway is
included in the instructional
package.
Dulce High School
Dulce, New Mexico
Ramah/Pine Hill Indian School
Pine Hill, New Mexico
Ignacio High School
Ignacio, Colorado
Rock Point Community School
Chinle, Arizona
Labro Indian School
Ashland, Montana
Rocky Boy Tribal High School
Box Elder, Montana
Lakeland Union High School
Minocqua, Wisconsin
Santa Fe Indian School
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Little Wound High School
Kyle, South Dakota
Tohatchi High School
Tohatchi, N ew Mexico
Montezuma-Cortez High School
Cortez, Colorado
Wyoming Indian School
Ethete, Wyoming
Oneida Tribal Schools
Oneida, Wisconsin
Yakima Tribal High School
Toppenish, Washington
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Oregon Indians organize
Oregon Indians from Grand
Ronde, P o rtlan d , - Salem,
Siltez, and Warm Springs met
last week to organize Oregon
I n d ia n s f o r A tiy e h — a
statewide steering committee to
support the Governor’s re-
election among Indian voters.
The meeting was called by
Warren “Rudy” Clements of
Warm Springs and was held at
th e G o v e rn o r’s P o rtla n d
Headquarters on Saturday,
September 18.
W hile recognizing th at
Indian voters historically have
not been active in state political
races, the members of the
steering committee agreed that
Governor Atiyeh’s re-election
should be a high priority for
Oregon Indians.
A ccording to Clem ents,
“Governor Atiyeh has earned
our support by his actions on
behalf of Oregon Indians
during the past decade. We
cannot afford to lose his
leadership and responsiveness
to issued affecting our tribes
and communities. We truly
have an Oregon Governor
whose record we can be proud
of.”
The steering committee will
p ro m o te th e G o v e rn o r’s
candidacy through a speaker’s
bureau, local com m unity
events, and a voter registration
and “get out the vote” drive.
According to Clements, “We
want to get the word out in
Indian country that Governor
Atiyeh has been good for
Oregon and for Oregon
Indians.”
In addition to Clements,
other members of the steering
com m ittee include A rth u r
B e n sell, S ile tz ; W illia m
Brainard, Coos Bay: Mike
Farrow, Pendleton; Merle
H o lm e s , S a le m ; F a ith
M ayhew , P o r tla n d ; B ill
Plummer, Klamath Falls; Lynn
Schonchin, Chiloquin; and
Twila Souers, Eugene.
A d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n
about the steering committee’s
efforts on behalf of Governor
Atiyeh can be obtained from
Rudy Clements at 553-1161,
ext. 299 in Warm Springs or
from any of the other members
of the steering committee.
Student of the Month
Nominated by student and chosen by a faculty committee Tony\
Stacona, 8th grade and Sue McCool, 8th grade were honored with
becoming this year’s first students of the month at Madras Junior
High fo r the month of October.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
Human liver chemical treatment plant
Nobody knows how it works
The combined results of
drugs, environmental pollu­
tants, alcohol and disease have
seemed to center on one
hardworking but beleaguered
organ—the liver.
And since death from liver
disease is often preceded by
prolonged illness requiring
hospitalization, it is a serious
problem for society, says Dr.
B u rto n C om bes, of th e
University of Texas Health
Science Center, Dallas.
The liver acts as a major
m e ta b o liz e r, or chem ical
changer, in the body. Almost
everything eaten, after it has
been absorbed by the intestinal
tract, goes first into the liver
through the blood stream. The
liver has functions absolutely
vital to the maintenance office
said Combes. Yet it remains
somewhat mysterious—all its
processes are chemical and
extremely difficult to observe.
Normally the liver purifies
and detoxifies the blood before
it goes to the heart and other
o rg an s. It is th e m ain
neutralizing center for certain
dangerous chemicals, and the
only neutralizer for alcohol—
making alcohol even more
dangerous because it speeds up
the liver’s metabolism.
Most substances in the blood
not prepared for escretion are
rendered safe an d/or useful by
this organ; but even when the
organ is working normally,
some of these substances may
be converted into toxic or
carcinogenic substances.
Also, the liver manufactures
bile acids, which aid digestion
and regulate the production of
cholesterol. In addition, the
liver stores certain foodstuffs
and releases needed elements
to the body in times of fasting.
It produces necessary proteins,
manufactures most of the
blood-clotting factors, stores
v itam in s an d iro n , and
maintains fluids balance.
“No one knows why,” says
Dr. Comes, “but the liver is also
responsible for the integrity of
muscle tissue, as well as the
‘aliveness’ of the brain.
“If you took our your liver,
in a number of hours your
blood sugar would go so low
you would become Comatose
and die, even if blood sugar
were maintained by travenous
infusion.”
Why are liver deseases on the
upswing in modem industria­
lized countries? In less than
ten years, it is predicted, liver
diseases in the United States
will rise from fifth to third place
as a cause of death.
“No one knows for sure,”
says Combes, “but we can infer
that the increasing amount of
industrial pollution, chemical
hazards in an expanding
industries economy, and the
development of new drugs have
been heavy contributors.”
In addition, the levels of
affluence attained in our
societies have led to increased
abuse of numerous drugs, both
prescription and street drugs,
as well as alcohol.
M uch m o re m u st be
discovered about metabolism
in the liver and how it is
changed by what we breathe,
e a t an d d rin k . Som e
environmentalist pollutants
may directly cause malignancy,
while others accelerate or
enhance the effects of the
natural causes. No one has
b eg u n to lo o k a t th e
implications of the 20,000 tons
of cinyl chloride escaping into
the atmosphere each year.
Many chemicals, harmless in
th e m s e lv e s , b u t w h ich
stimulate metabolism in the
liver, are being added to our
foods—in the field, during
processing, or at the packaging
stage. In the case of any disease,
p r e v e n tio n a n d p r o p e r
th e r a a p y r e q u ir e b a s ic
knowledge of how it is caused,
how it spreads, and what
p e r s o n s a r e l ik e ly to
susceptible. These important
elements are lacking in the case
o f l iv e r d i s e a s e . T h e
inadequacy of present medical
knowledge is reflected in the
u n a v a ila b ility of specific
therapies for most of these
condition. More research is
needed.
Dr. Combes and other liver
specialists have now organized
the American Liver Founda­
tion to back research
a