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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1985)
c Indian journalism is not an easy endeavor S pilyay T ymoo Spilyay Tymoo photo by Leno-Baker j , ’ ■. SnUne Tymoo onoto by Plxtt s tn a o n : opuyay'lymop photo by Lenp-Bak^ N APA president Tim Giago, publisher o f the Lakota Times, gave ¿ ¡ r . D°.ara members (left to right) vicepreiiWenr Loren Tapahe, Hob A rmstrong, CBS radio correspondent, advised Indian jour- words o f encouragement to Indian journalists at the recent . v al o * im esl° d a y ; Anita Austin,NARF;AdrianLewis, college nalists to avail themselves to maintream media sources fo r conference held at Kah-Nee-Ta. instructor and; M ike Burgess, Talking Leaf, prepare fo r the day’s accurate, non-stereotypedminoritynews. re sp o n d e n t R o b A rm stro n g stated th a t “the N ative Ameri- c a n P r e s s' A ssociation is a long over due entity. If nothing else, it tells you th a t you are n o t alone;. Y our choice. . .each o f you at each o f y o u r publications. . .is critical. Y ou are serving com m unities th a t have been under- served, if they have been served at all.” But being an Indian jo u rn alist is n o t easy, said A rm strong; “Som e tribalofficials in the past, especially where the tribe owns the paper, have solved th e problem o f probing rep o r ters by firing them. . .(It’sthe)ancient R om an n otion, if you d o n ’t like the message, kill the messahger.’’ Clan chooses representative by Pat Leno-Baker E arly last w inter the Q ueah p am a clan an d their extended fam ilies m et to select one of th eir m em bers to be considered fo r the position o f sub-chief o f the W arm Springs tribe. The clan elected P ierson M itchelias their representative fo r the sub chief position. The sub-chief position has been vacated since Delvis H eath becam e the C hief o f the tribe last year. Delvis filled the chiefs position follow ing the death of C hief A m os Sim tustus. H eath had served in the sub-chief posi tion fb r a n u m b erio f y e a r s • M itchell stated th a t the posi tio n o f the sub-chief is m uch like the office of vice-president as the sub-chief w orks to assist the chief an d helps the chief to fulfill certain obligations. So it is im p o rtan t and tradition al po sition, according to Mitchell. “ In the tr a d itio n a l w ay, the Q ueahpam a fam ily w ould like their selection to be considered as next in line by the new C hief H eath ,” said M itchell. The Q ueahpam a clan is a very large fam ily and a num ber of chiefs o f the W arm Springs have been of the Q ueahpam a clan, according to Mitcheli. This is the fam ily’s way o f keeping the Q ueahpam as in line for con sideration of the ch iefs posi tion. F ran k Q ueahpam a w as the chief in the early 1900’s and at the time of his death a mem ber of the S im tustus fam ily was selected to fill the position. The announcem ent o f the se lection of P ierson M itchell was m ade a t the L incoln’s Birthday Powwow held in February. At th a t time, an h o n o r dance was held for Pierson as the chair m an of the pow w ow / Pierson stated, “th at taking the selection is a responsibility and m ore then ju s t being recog nized as sub-chief. Knowing this. m em bers. “Ñ A pÁ w illsucceed because I think tbey w ant it to ^succeed. I think it will have a Strong future in strengthening the Indian press and helping the, non-Indian press report in a m ore sensitive,.meaninful m an n er theA cojieern ofA N ative America n t oday.” i an aw ards banquet several newspapers and individual? re ceived recognition fo r m eritor ious service. The Sho-Ban News received a general excellence aw ard in creative advertising and an honorable m ention for best news and photo series and editorial writing. The W otanin Wowapi received honorable men tion for creative advertising and a general excellence aw ard for best news Or p h oto series and the Sm oke Signals received an honorable mention for hard news story. The H ow nikan also w as j recognized fo r overall general excellence as did Spilyay Tymoo, ’ A m msa, Siletz and the Semi- nole Tribune. g Ammsa, a C anadian publica tion, twas also recognized for their layout arid design and e d i-. torial writing. The Native Nev adan was aw arded fo r its fea ture writing and the Ufe Bulletin; was-recognized for best colum n writing. The Oglala W acahpi j received an aw ard for the best general photo. M ark T rahant, M ike Burgess, N avajo Times T oday and the L akota Times were all recog nized for outstanding contribu tions to N APA . Alcohol, drug treatment funds available — clients. No one will be consi program . dered fo r the program if they The reason for obtaining the are, ordered by „ the courts v to treatm ent monies not oplv lies | apd. ^ ; b y iattm i^nan< foi^gree on these severity'of the problem with* th at order; each person* in AVarm'S^rings^butrvalso the m ust desire treatm ent. “unhealthy attitudes” relating Another stipulation is that each to alcohol and drugs in the client will be required to pay ten com m unity, “To im pact th a t,” percent of the treatm ent cost, said Jackson, “we had to develop either through cash paym ents a five to ten year com m unity or in-kind services o r both. In alcohol education project. We addition^ family m em ber^qf the Were not able to get funding for clients 'm u s t become involved this, but we are still making and participation in aftercare is efforts to attain m oney,” said required;. /«■> > Jackson. H ealth B ranch m anager Bob He stressed th at just because Jack so n explained’ th a t each funding was n ot received for client will have a choice of, alcohol and drug ed ucation, trea.typenfc'facility, —Site selec-- “there are many things we can tion .wiH’be individualized based still do. ” M uch time h^s.already on eqch person,’s p a rtic u la r been spent presenting workshops needs.” ' f o u r Yreatm eht/‘facili for supervisors w ithin the? tribal t y are currently being used, prgàhizatibri äs“ well Us at the ‘ Serenity Land; Coinriiunify in - * mill. Kah-Nee-Ta* supervisors tensive R esidential T reatm ent will be offered w brkshops next Services (C IR T S ) p ro g ram in rponth. “Eventually, w ell work B aker/ a sim ilar program * in th fo u g b th ^ entire tribal organ-' O n ta r io a n d th e P u y a llip ization,” said Jackson* Addi- SpUyay.Tymdo photo by Behrend. Pierson Mitchell, the Queahpama clan’s chbfäefor sub-chief, lead a young boy in an honor dance at the Lincolns Birthday Powwow I accepted the h o n o r and with this honor there will be a num ber o f duties I must fulfill.” In the event th at anything should happen to Pierson before a now chief is ^needed the clan has chosen Calvin Q ueahpam a as their next choice. Pierson, 52, w orks in the T ri/ bal C ourt system as the public a d ip in is tra to t train ee. H e is m arried to Rose Dick M itchell^ He and his fam ily live in U pper D ry Creek. He i?..fche,sbn of, elder. M atilda NfitGlieii and the late Louis Mitchell. /, Kah-Nee-Ta will once again be having their annual Easter Brunch Buffet. The five-hour buffet will be served beginning at 9a.m. in the Juniper Dining Room - Cost is $12 per person and $6 for children up to 10 years of age. There will also be an Easter Egg Hunt for children up to six years of age beginning at J p.m. Here’s the menu for the brunch. Cheese tray and assorted Danlshes } Relish Tray and six different saleds , Scrambled Eggs O’Brien Potatoes Spanish Sauce , ■ Rice Pilaf ; » - " Chicken Livers Cheese Bllntzes Belgium Waffles With five assorted toppings Ham and Leg of Lamb, carved . > < Assortmentof muffins, bagiesand . croissants Various desserts Including petit fours, tarts and chocolate mousse ' Champagne will bè served at your tablé 1 a N A P A vice president L o ren T apahe, publisher,, of N avajo Times Today, stated th a t N A PA has big p o ten tialfo r getting into m ainstream m edia, ‘‘A lo t of ideas or m isconceptions have grow n and changing those »mis conception about; In d ian jo u r nalism and Indian life is the overall goal o f NAPA/V j . He continued, stating th a t N A PA hopes to provide tech nical assistance, an d news ser vices and provide internships for college a n d high school stu dents providing a jo b b ank for av ailab le positions.' “ N A P A hopes to help Indian journalists receive the recognition they need and deserve.” N A PA m entor Bill D ulaney o f P enn State University stated th at N A P A will be strong as its I Continued from page ‘ tionally, education is being pro vided in the W arm Springs ele m entary school and hopefully ip. the fu tu re , H ead start-ag e , children will be taught abuse education with the use o f elders/^ Jackson attributes im proved attitudes tow ard alcohol and drug abuse in the last few years; to T ribal Council leadership. He also pointed out th at m or tality statistics have been com piled from the past ten years. In 1983 and 1984, approxim ately/ 50. percent of the deaths bn the reservation were alcoholL-ori“ drug-related. The average ago of death is about 40 /years4 of/, age. “The problem isseVere, b u t .. it’s slowing dow n,” stated Jack- spn. (1982^ 84 percent p f reser vation deaths were rilcohol-or dfùg-reìated. F b r more inform ation òri the alcohol treatm ent program , cori- ' tact the com m unity counseling departm ent at 553-1)61, e x t / 205. A needs assessment will fol-. low the initial interview. 3 / < 0 7 //*/ CO fll D QtQS fo rT iin o w it "« S u p p o rt’a local girl fOr 'the Tiinowit title by buying your- raffle tickets from Oueida Col- > w ash,” is the appeal fro m her father Sam m y Colwash. Oueida, 15, will be sbllirigtickets fo r th© powwoW th at is held the second weekend of June in White Swan, W ashington. title M"''-'" „She is the daughter of S am m y . and A m elia(Johns) Colwash. of W arm Springs. T hefifteenryear old miss lists her special in te r-. e stsg n d hobbies as basketball, softball, traveling to, powwows, meeting - new people, learning ah o u t her culture, beading arid school sports. O ueida is of W arm Springs and Y akim a descent, She is,an enrolled, m em ber of the ,Con federated ofW arm Springs.. She attends school at the Madras, Ju n io r H ig h .: , . ' O uieda would like.to win t h e . Tiinowit title because it would* give her a good opp o rtu n ity to represent her people and -th e . powwow during h e r travels/ O ueida Says’ th a t she would like to jo in the Navy, then enter collegeto earn her certification in education and then retu rn ’ home to teach the young people ' of her tribe. Tymoo p hoto by Lei A pproxim ately 75 Indian jour* nalists, editors and publishers gathered a t Kah*Nee-Ta M arch 13 to 16 fo r the first an n u al N ative A m erican Press Associ* ation (N A P A ) convention. F ea tured were w ell-know n speak ers and various w orkshops. In h is o p e n in g lu n c h e o n address, CBS rad io news co r .Ouieda Colwash
