Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
March 10, 1989
Breaking dysfunctional trend necessary
The following is an cirrpt from
written testimony presented to
the U.S. Senate Select Committee
on Indian Affairs hearings by Joan
Kauffman.
A "dysfunctional family" is one
in which the primary focus of that
family is on something other than
the nurturing and wellness of its
children. In a family with alcoho
lism the attention is focused on the
alcoholic. The spouse covers up for
the alcoholic; the older children
take care of the feeding, finances
and management of the family; the
younger chldrcn often "act out"as
luvenile delinquents to draw atten
tion from the alcohlic or perhaps to
give the family another addict to
take care of if the parent is in re
covery. In alcoholic families, the
children learn at a very early age
that their needs are not important.
"Denial" by the alcoholic that
there is anything wrong and the
support for that denial from family
members creates a home environ
ment where children learn to not
trust their own thoughts, feelings
and perceptions.
The majority of all Indian child
ren todav are growing up in homes
where one or both parents are
actively involved in alcoholism or
some other addiction. Children who
grow up in alcoholic families learn
these three basic rules for survival:
Don't trust, don't talk and dont
feel.
These rules set the stage for
other childhod traumas such as
incest, sexual abuse, battering,
neglect and abandonment.
The effects of alcohlism, violence
and family dysfunction on the
children places them at risk for
social isolation, school drop-out,
alcoholism, drug abuse, depression,
low self-esteem, promiscuity, self
destructive behavior, suicide and a
very high likelihood that, left
untreated, they will repeat this cycle
of dysfunctional behavior with their
own children.
Except for a small handful of
community-based efforts, there is
not now an initiative aimed at heal
ing the emotional pain of multi
generational family dysfunction and
breaking this cycle in Indian communities.
A traditional spiritual leader of
the Suquamish tribe, Harold Bel
mont, often asks, "Who heals the
healers? Who cares for the caretak
ers?" Given what I have described
in this testimony about the perva
sive multi-generational depression
(of adults) who have grown up in
alcoholic homes and the rates of
chemical abuse in Indian country,
it is likely there are many Indian
people in the business of providing
services to Indians who will benefit
from intensive training on the com
prehensive spectrum of Indian men
tal health, not simply for intellec
tual or professional storage, but
for personal healing and recovery.
An Indian mental health system
cannot simpiv seRregate"those with
pathology"and "those with profes
sional degress." Such a model
undermines the premise and desired
outcome of a comprehensive community-based
initiative. Promoting
such a medical model is a powerful
and sophisticated mechanism of
"denial" that needs to be broken
down. IHS and BIA officials, tri
bal councils, teachers, child wel
fare workers, social workers and
others who are helpers to Indian
pepole and who will play a vital
role in a community-based mental
health effort MUST BE
HEALTHY. The initiative must
begin with those who will imple
ment it.
Global warming threatening
Electricity Is safe form of energy
in determining
From Anita Decker, Pacific Power
District Manager, Midrai
Electricity is the safest form of
energy for three major residential
energy uses, according to a report
by an independent research organ
ization. The Energy Research Group,
Inc. report says that fatality and
injury risks for space heating, water
heating, and cooking are 2.5 times
greater with gas than with electric
ity. Wood and coal-fired systems
are IS times more dangerous, said
an article on the report in the latest
edition of Electric Light and Power
Magazine.
The report notes that individuals
have choices as to the type of fuel
used in these residential applica
tions, and that their choice is often
based upon economics rather than
risk. Risks should also be assessed
Sexuality
conference set
the best fuel for
cooking and heating, it recom
mends. Sources for the study included
the Environmental Protection Agency,
the National Fire Protection As
sociation and the American Public
Health Association.
"We've always said that safety,
along with cleanliness and effici
ency, makes electricity the best
energy choice for Jefferson County,
and it's great to have an independ
ent research group verify that,"
comments Anita Decker, district
manager for Pacific in Madras.
Reward offered
The Native American Student
Union at Madras High School is
sponsoring a "Sexuality Confer
ence" that will be held March 14 at
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. The confer
ence is open to all students, parents
and others who are interested in
improving communication skills,
self-esteem and other issues rela
tive to teens and their parents and
those who work with teenagers.
The keynote speaker during the
day time session will be Dr. Ste-
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New hours for the Tribal Garage
The gas pump is open week
days from 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Hours on Saturday and Sun
day are 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
The parts and service areas are
open weekdays from 8:00 a.m.
12:00 noon and from 1-5:00
p.m.
A $100 reward for informa
tion leading to the arrest and
conviction of person(s) respon
sible for puncturing slashing 8
tires at the Norma Kaudle Kaule
residence, 2465 Kuckup St (trail
er court area), Friday night
February 25 or early Saturday
morning February 26, 1989. All
information should be direct to
Lt. Bruce Fones or Set. Ray
Shike at the Warm Springs
Police Department, 557-1161,
Ext 272. Upon conviction the
reward will be paid by Norma
Kaudle Kaule.
Adult students
Film available
The admissions office at Central
Oregon Community College an
nounces the completion of a video
tape production created specifically
for adult students. "Return for
Your Future" features five current,
full-time students who were filmed
during discussion sessions. They
share their thoughts, feelings and
assessment of the education they
are getting at COCC.
A copy of the film is available for
viewing at the Warm Springs COCC
office located on the second floor
of the old boy's dorm. The film will
also be available during the Answer
Van visit to Warm Springs March
8.
Community members are invited
to stop by the COCC van to see the
film.
EUGENE - The best laid plans
for Oregon forest management could
be devastated by global warming in
the 21st century, a leading research
ccologlst warned Saturday.
"Global warming is occurring.
The only argument Is how much and
how fast," Jerry Franklin, professor
of ecosystem analysis at the Univer
sity of Washington, said at the "Ore
gon's Forests in 2010" conference
sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazIo, D
Ore., and State Rep. David Dlx, D-Eugene.
It is unclear whether the predict
ed Increase of 25 degrees Centigrade
in temperatures will "drastically
change our forests by 2010." Frank
lin said. Out the change, which sci
entists blame on gases from burning
of fossil fuels and from other human-caused
problems, is certain by
2050, he contended.
DeFazio said the conference was
designed to address common Inter
ests in the long-term economic and
environmental health of the state's
forests. Many of the speakers bick
ered over how much emphasis
should be placed on timber vs. non
timber values, but it was Franklin
who dropped the biggest bombshell.
Bringing increased temperatures
and less rainfall, global warming
will increase "catastrophic disturb
ances" such as high wind, fires and
insect outbreaks," said Franklin,
who still serves as a U.S. Forest
Service researcher after years of
work in Western Oregon. There will
be "a significant loss of forest land"
in southwestern and Eastern Ore
gon, he continued, and losses also in
the Douglas fir and hemlock forests
. on the coast and in the Northwest.
That means both the industry and
environmentalists will need to
change with the times, Franklin
said.
Protecting old-growth will not be
enough to keep forests healthy, he
said. "There is no way we can pre
serve enough land," he said. ". . . We
are going to have to abandon a lot of
dogma on both sides. My own philos
ophy is using lessons from the old
system to design new systems that
will work."
State Forester James Brown said
other problems, including public
timber allocations and declining in
ventories in private tree farms, will
cut Western Oregon timber harvests
by 10 percent by 2006. If environ
mentalists succeed in blocking all
old-growth logging, the wood supply
will fall even more, Brown said.
F. Dale Robertson, Forest Service
chief, said the agency is "firmly
committed" to Implementing with
"vigor and determination" the new
land use and management plans for
Oregon's 13 national forests that are
scheduled for completion in the next
year. Regional Forester Jim Tor
rence said the first final plan, for the
Siskiyou National Forest, will be
released within a month.
The agency's commitment
"means balanced multiple-use man
agement focusing on all resource
outputs, including recreation, fish
and wildlife, water quality, and
allowable timber sale quantity,"
Robertson said, "We didn't spend 10
years of hard work with the people
of Oregon to develop these plans to
falter in the end and not produce re
sults." Pleading to avoid a wave of law
suits, Robertson promised "some
amendments along the way to reflect
changes or new things coming
along. But I would hope and believe
that once these forest plans are
approved, they will guide the man
agement of national forests in Ore
gon until the year 2000."
But what about 2010? "We have
enough problems trying to deter
mine the outcome of this round of
. planning, much less the next round.
That's another judgment for another
day by a different set of people," the
chief reasoned.
; . Paul Ehinger, a timber industry
consultant, said environmentalists
err when thev say the 20 millo rinsed
in Oregon since last summer were
too old or Inefficient.
Although some of the abandoned
mills were old, some of the others
were only a few years old, Ehinger
said. "I know of no mill that ever
shut down because lt had an ade
quate supply of timber," Ehinger
said.
Jeff Olson, an economist for the
Wilderness Society, said that while
Oregon remains the leading lumber
and plywood producer In the nation,
the industry represents only 6 per
cent of the gross state product and S
percent of the Oregon labor force.
Excess mill capacity, less timber
supply and slow growth in demand
for finished products will reduce
importance of the industry further,
Olson said.
DeFazio predicted that some peo
ple will be convicted of criminal vio
lations of a federal log export ban,
and he pledged to work in Congress
for changes in federal law to slash
the amount of other logs that now
may be exported legally.
Charles Philpott, director of the
Forest Service Northwest Research
Station, said no one can predict
whether a third crop of timber can
be produced successfully in the
Douglas fir region. But Ray Wilke
son, a lobbyist for Oregon Forest In
dustries Council, said there was no
evidence that Douglas fir cannot be
cropped repeatedly like wheat.
Tardy numbers growing
From Madras Jr. High
We are concerned about the
number of tardies, both in arrival
to school and students being late to
their classes. While we understand
that there are times students have
good reasons for arriving late to
school, there are many given rea
sons given which are not excused.
Among the reasons given by stu
dents when arriving to school after
trhe bell rings are: "I missed the
bus" and "I just woke up late."
Students are given four minutes
passing time to get to their classes.
This is ample time unless the stu
dent has an emergency, that is call
home due to uness, teacher kept
after class.
Mr. Pine and I have walked the
halls, made appropriate stops to
their lockers, bathroom, etc. and
still have made it to clss. The main
reason for students arriving late to
their next class seems to revolve
around their socializing. They visit
with their friends, walk their friend
to class, then proceed to their own
class arriving tardy.
Our tardy numbers are growing
and we would appreciate your help
by talking with your son or daugh
ter about this matter. Thank you.
Mrs.
Amelia D. Barr
Vice Principal
Natural science part of KNT activities
Some poor will not pay income tax
WASHINGTON - Several million
families of the working poor will pay
no federal income taxes this year
because of a change in tax laws. But
if they file a tax return anyway,
Uncle Sam could pay them as much
as$874.
Tax changes enacted in 1986 and
effective this year made more work- ,
ing poor eligible for the earned
income tax credit, removed about 6
million of the poorest families from
the tax rolls and increased the maxi
mum credit by almost 60 percent.
Tuesday, a broad coalition of anti
poverty, labor, religious and local
government groups launched a cam
paign to inform poor families about
the credit and encourage them to file
a tax return to get it. The coalition
plans to distribute fliers, fact sheets
and radio announcements around
the country.
"We want to make sure that poor
people know that while they mav
not owe the government any money,
the government may owe them mon
ey," said Sharon Daly, a staff mem
ber of the U.S. Catholic Conference.
Under the law, workers who
earned less than $ 1 8,576 and had at
least one child living at home in
1988 are eligible for a credit of
some amount.
The maximum of $874, up from
$550, will go to eligible families with
incomes between $6,240 and $9,840. A
person working full time at the
federal minimum wage of $3.35 an
hour earns about $6,900 a year.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee has estimated that 11.5 mil
lion poor families this year will
receive $6.2 billion in refunds or, for
families at the high end of the
income range, credits against taxes
they owe.
"To apply for the credit, all the
families have to do is to file an
income tax return," said Robert
Greenstein, director of the Center on
Budget Policies and Priorities, a
Washington think tank.
"In fact, they don't even have to
fill out all the boxes on the earned
income credit," Greenstein added.
"If you file a return, and you're eligi
ble, IRS computes the credit for you
and sends vou a check."
DnnrocontQtivpC nf thp AFI.-CIO
and U.S. Conference of Mayors also
spoke at the news conference, whi
was timed to coincide with the last
day employers are to mail W-2 forms
on workers' 1988 earnings. For the
first time, single parents earning
less than $6,350 and couples earning
less than $8,900 will owe no federal
tax. v
The earned income credit was
created in 1974 to offset Social
Security taxes paid by the poor.
Lazy-eye screening set
Three- to six-year-olds in the
Warm Springs area will receive
free screenings for lazy eye (amb
lyopia) by volunteer doctors of the
Oregon Optometric Association
inMarch and April.
Amblyopia isan eye condition in
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Memorial Gravemarker Unveiling
Saturday, April 15, 1989 at 10 a.m.
Slmnasho Cemetery
Memorial Services at the
Agency Longhouse following
Dinner and Traditional Services
Van Pelt Family Indian Name Giving
All Family and Friends are Invited
Trail map ofas guests a guide to local flowers and plants ana also access to new geo-locators.
Kah-Nee-Ta harbors "one of the
world's most unique geological
areas," says Kah-Nee-Ta grounds
supervisor Gary Clowers who is
also coordinator for the natural
science program at the resort.
At this time Clowers has pro
duced two brochures introducing
guests at the resort to the wildflow
ers and plants of the area and to the
local geology.
In his latest publication Clowers
outlines the geological features of
the area and provides information
on the John Day formation, Col
umbia River basalt group, Des
chutes formation and the Clarno
formation.
Placed at strategic points along
the well-marked trails are geo-locators
with peep holes. Withuse of
the geology guide guests are able to
identify geologic formation.
As many as 3,000 people use the
trails annually.
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Geo-locator provides peep hole to view various geologic formations in
the Kah-ee- Tt area.