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Indian journalism is not an easy endeavor
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Spilyay Tymoo photo by Leno-Baker
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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Scrambled Eggs
O’Brien Potatoes
Spanish Sauce , ■
Rice Pilaf
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Chicken Livers
Cheese Bllntzes
Belgium Waffles With five assorted
toppings
Ham and Leg of Lamb, carved
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Assortmentof muffins, bagiesand .
croissants
Various desserts Including petit fours,
tarts and chocolate mousse
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Champagne will bè served at your tablé
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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
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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
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„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