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Striving towards Kah-Nee-Ta’s success.. | |
Tribal members enhance “Another Culture”
are tribal member employees
Over 23 percent of the 262
another 9.2 percent of the
em ployees at Kah-Nee-Ta
employees are married to tribal
vacation resort can boast at
members and 16 percent are
being Warm Springs tribal
members o f other tribes. That
members. These people are
totals 48.9 percent or 128
working at an enterprise that
employees.
exists because of them and for
A c c o rd in g to e x e c u tiv e
them.
a s s is ta n t m a n a g e r J e rry
Helping with the resort’s
Schaeffer most tribal enter­
success is taken to heart by the
prises across the nation have 20
m ajority of tribal members
percent or less tribal employees
working ti^iere. Many have been
on
the staff. He feels the figures
at Kah-N^e-Ta for years; some
at Kah-Nee-Ta “are encourag-
are just becoming acqainted
w ith th is tr ib a lly ow ned ■ in g .^ 'j
With tribal members on the
business, but all know Kah-
staff Kah-Nee-Ta is able to
Nee-Ta is theirs.
in tro d u c e g u e s ts to th e
Tribal employees once few in
W a rm S p r in g s c u lt u r e .
number are now taking their
V o lu n t a r ily m a n y t r ib a l
place in supervisory and
employees wear traditional
management positions and
costume to work. Waitresses,
they are doing well.
for example, can sometime be
E xperience and lack of
seen wearing wing dresses or
qualifications were at one time
regalia. During salmon bakes
the limiting factors, keeping
employees also wear traditional
tribal members in lower paid
dress.
positions. But with in-house
Kah-Nee-Ta is little by little
training tribal members are in
becom ing what was once
p u rs u it o f th o s e h ig h e r
hoped fo r it, a representation of
p o sitio ns w ith experience
Indian culture combined with a
behind them.
successful economic enter­
Besides the 23 percent that
prise.
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Of great interest to guests is the salmon bake. Tribal m ofrers prepare the meal over an
open fire in a traditional manner. Learning from Cwaflne Tohet is Victoria Siasaga.
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Busy continuously during the summer months Carol Craig serves a popular item from the village snack bar.
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Spilyay Tymoo photos
by
Marsha Shewczyk
Guest rooms require fresh laundry daily. Romagene Joe unloads a dryer in the
lodge laundry room. The behind the scene employees are very Important to Kah-
Nee-Ta’s operation.
Indian dancing on Sundays at the village pavillion gets tribal members
involved with Kah-Nee-Ta and its guests. Kate Jackson explains some of
the accountrements of Indian costume to the audience.
Keeping the resort up to.par is no easy chore. Custer
Wallulatum concentrates on that aspect of Kah-Nee-
Ta