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At the last meet'ng of the Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society board of directors, members and staff
welcomed the board's newest member, former Governor Vic A tiyeh (second from left). Shown with A tiyeh are
Liz Tewee, museum curator, former board chairman Rudy Clements, board treasurer Jim Noteboom, board
member Jim Southern and museum executive director Duane King.
Stars in Warm Springs:
Early Childhood Education classes videoed
Stars are being made at Warm
Springs! Video stars, that is!
Warm Springs residents may have
seen the video filming while shop
ping at Macy's, getting their mail,
going to the Clinic or during Pi-Umc-Sha:
Filming has also been
done in private homes and at Day
Care Center.
With the help of the Culture and
Heritage department, willing
children and parents, and the Early
Intervention Advisory Committee,
the Office of Early Childhood Edu
cation has been making special
videos as part of a grant funded by
the Department of Education and
the State Mental Health Division.
The Warm Springs grant was
one of 85 funded in the state and
one of 30 selected to receive special
support because of its unique focus
on parents and using locally made
videos as teaching tools.
The videos will be previewed for
the first time by a special group of
parents who are invited to partici
pated five afternoon "Gatherings"
scheduled to begin July 19 at the
Community Center. Invited to the
"Gatherings" will be parents of
children younger than three years
of age who are involved in the
Infant Follow Along Program or
the Early Intervention Program.
"We believe that parents are their
children's very best teachers," says
Julie Mitchell. Director of Early
Childhood Education. "We wrote
the grant so we could emphasize
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Carol's Room at the Warm Springs Community Center provides a
place for children to play games and create art during summer days.
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Spilyay Tymoo Staff
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ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend
PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Pat Leno-Baker
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how well parents teach and to
encourage parents to use everyday
situations to increase their child's
ability to learn. "The videos show
opportunities for parents to espe
cially teach their children language
or speaking and understanding skills,
listening or attention skills and fine
motor skills. These three skill areas
grant it's name: The LAF Project.
"As our children are tested or eval
uated through the year, we found
that many have problems with these
LAF skills which later make suc
cess in school more difficult, "com
ments Charles "Jody"Calica, Depart
ment Director of Education, Employ
ment and Training, who served as
the Warm Springs representative
on the grant selection committee.
In addition to the "Gatherings"
activities, the grant allowed the
purchase of video equipment and
editing machines to make the movies.
"We selected parents involved in
our Infant Follow Along program
because we've found these parents
are very interested in discovering
how their children learn and how
they can teach their kids," says
Julie Mitchell. "But lots of times
parents are turned off by education
classes. To avoid that, we wanted
teaching materials that included
Native American people."The"gather
ings" will include food and fun and
games focusing on LAF skills.
AH the while, parents will be
learning how they can teach their
children even as young as one or
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two months old to notice their
world, to listen to sounds, to respond
to word and smiles, to begin to use
their hands and fingers to pick
things up and hold them, to turn
babbling into ways to talk.
A second part of the grant is to
encourage parents to allow filming
of their families in their family
homes. "Three of our staff Reona
Trimble, Geneva Charley and Mary
Calica will be receiving special
training this summer in understand
ing and teaching these three skills
and in using the video equipment,"
comments Julie.
After the five "gatherings" are
completed, families will be encour
aged to allow these staff to film
families in their own home with
their own children and themselves
talking, playing, eating together.
The films will help parents see
how well they teach their children
and help them look for opportuni
ties for teaching. The videos wilf be
given to the families after comple
tion of several follow-up filming
visits.
"We have specialists in language
and parent teaching to help us
design the videos and the "gather
ings" activities and the follow-up
visits," says Julie. "We want our
parents to have a positive expe
rience, to realize how important
they are and to have their involve
ment be enjoyable.
At the completion of the project,
the staff will ask for parent sugges
tions and advice. This will be espe
cially important as videos, "gather-
ngs and follow-up filming will be
made available to parents of three
to five year old children.
"And we've been told that another
educational group would like to
copy the films and make them
available to other Native American
peoples," notes Julie.
So, Warm Springs stars may be
shining throughout the Northwest!
Please leave
flags, stakes
Warm Springs Natural Re
sources fisheries biologists
ask that children playing in
Shitike Creek refrain from
removing flags and stakes
which are used as markers in
a fisheries enhancement pro
ject.
Designs for sale
Indian designs for beadwork,
drums and artwork activities are
currently available in black and
white charcoal suitable for fram
ing. Sizes vary from extra-large to
small.
Call Jimmy Scott at 553-I04J
anytime or visit him at 3246 Wal
sey Lane, Warm Springs.
Stereo for sale
For Sale:Stereo unit, AM-FM
receiver with eight-track player.
Car sunroof with accessories, fits
import and dometic cars. Asking
$200 for both of best offer. Call
Jim Scott anytime, 553-1043.
Interesting trivia
Benjamin Franklin was the first
head of the U.S. Post Office.
A car with manual shift averages
two miles more per gallon than one
with automatic shift
Warm Springs Elementary has
recently been awarded a grant for
$20,850 by the Oregon State Legis
lature for curriculum development
The Warm Springs' school was
chosen from 70 schools in Oregon
to receive the school improvement
grant after application was made
for money allocated through House
Bill 2020. The bill was passed after
a request was made by the Oregon
Department of Education for funds
which encourage the development
of programs by teachers within a
school.
According to principal Jane
In-lieu sites
Management of the Columbia
River Indian Fisheries was the sub
jeel of a lengthy hearing conducted
recently in Washington, D.C. by
Senator Senator Daniel J. Evans
(R-Wa). and Senator Daniel K.
Inouye (D-Hi) of the Senate Select
on Indian Affairs.
The hearing focused on the Lacey
Act amendments and a 1939 agree
ment to provide 400 acres of in-lieu
fishing sites which to date, only 41
acres have been provided for Indians.
Witnesses at the hearing included
councilmembers of the Yakima
Indian Nation, the Nez Perce Indian
Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation.
In addition, testimony was gathered
from representatives of the Justice
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Parade Entry ' SpOyyrymoo photo bySktwetyt
The Madras Fourth of July parade featured entries from Warm Springs. Lena Edwards walks while her
daughter Natasha rides nn decorated vehicle.
Hofstetter tells of European vacation
Phyllis (Guerin) Hofstetter,
former Warm Springs resident and
Madras High School graduate
(1958), recently returned home to
San Diego from a three-week trip
to Europe. During the trip she
visited Rome, Venice, Florence,
Pisa, Nice, Geneva, Monaco, Paris
and London.
Hofstetter capped several days
exploring ancient sites in Rome
with a visit to the Vatican. She also
rode gondolas in Venice and tra
veled to the top of Eiffel Tower in
Paris. Time in Paris was primarily
devoted to touring art galleries in
and around the Louvre. She and
her traveling companion and friend
concluded the trip with some leis
urely exploration of London before
returning to the United States.
The highlight of the trip was
studying Michelangelo's paintings
in the Sistine Chapel, according to
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Playing in the water at the Pehon Park Day use area are (left to right) Gerald Polk, Edna hints hut and Don
Howtopat. The main park area remains closed while engineers determine whether or not it can be safely
reopened
Westcrgard-Nimocks, the grant is
a big "boon to our program." It
will allow the training of staff
members in curricuum develop
cnt. Fourteen staff members and
the principal are scheduled to attend
a critical thinking institute in
Sonoma, California this summer.
Teachers then will return to im
plement the ideas in the school.
Along with this grant. Warm
Springs Elementary has been select
ed as a demonstration site for
science curriculum development in
the state. Chosen by the Science
Department for the Oregon De
subject of D.
Department, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the Department of Defense,
and the U.S. Department of Com
merce. Also present were some
traditional Indian fishermen who
still make their homes along the
Columbia River.
Officials testified on amendments
to the Lacey Act used recently to
prosecute alleged fishing violations
by Indians in Federal courts includ
ing the highly publicized Salmons
cam case involving David Sohappy,
and four other Yakima fishermen.
During the hearing. Senator Evans
stated his conclusion, "Indian tribes,
not the federal government, should
bear primary responsibility for enfor
cing tribal laws. In this sense, I
believe that the Lacev Act has been
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Hofstetter. An artist and house
wife, Hofstetter currently resides
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partment of Education, the school
will utilie a program involving all
teachers at all levels. Materials will
be provided as will staff develop
ment activities and training for
teachers.
Students will be taught science
in a practical way through a con
ceptprocess basal science curricu
lum. I hey will be taught the"scicn
tific process and basic concepts
rather than facts," says Wester-gard-Nimocks.
This method has
been shown to increase scientific
'nowledge among students.
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wrongly applied. Tragically, sev
eral Indian fisherman were caught
in the middle of a struggle between
two sovereign governments; a strug
gle, I might add, that sould not
have taken place."
The Senate panel also heard tes
timony with regard to the 1939
commitment of the Federal Govern
ment to acquire 400 acres for access
to the Columbia River to Indians
whose traditional fishing sites were
cut off by construction of the Bon
neville Dam. A witness represent
ing the Army Corps of Engineers
agreed that additional sites were
needed, and expressed a commit
ment to work with the four Colum
bia treaty tribes to identify addi
tional sites. "
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