Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
April 6, 1990 PAGE 3
KWSO adds new programs, music
New programs will soon be heard
: on KWSO 91.9 FM. "Pulse of the
Planet" presents a sound portrait
' of the earth in a two-minute pro
; gram, And, Anna Torgcrscn offers
',' gardening tips on "Northwest Car-
dens" daily at 7:20 and 11:10 a.m.
' and again at 3:07 p.m. beginning
- April 2.
: A wide variety of music format!
is also offered. An hour of blue!
; music for early morning is offeree
at 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesday!
and Friday. Dance yourself intc
shape through this blues aerobics
; muscial offering.
: You can dine with your favorite
! blues artits every monday at 12
i noon. On "Fine Tuning", which is
". offered on Wednesdays at noon,
' KWSO tunes into one artist, era or
unique style of music from years
gone by as well as today.
Lunch time on Fridays, begin
ning at noon, is "Positive Vibra
tions, through which listeners can
enjoy reggae music.
Country and Western music fills
the air waves Monday through
Friday from 3 to 6 p.m.
An hour of Native American
news, music and cultural informa
tion is offered through "Talking
Drum". Each Talking Drum seg
ment begins with five minutes of
national native news. On Wednes
days and Thursdays, at the half
hour. KWSO brings you a feature
story from the national native news
service.
"Top 40" tunes can be heard
Monday through Friday from 8 to
9 a.m., from 1 1 a.m. to noon and
from I to 2 p.m. Requests and ded
ications are offered Friday even
ings from 7 to 9 p.m.
KWSO is on the air from 6 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Thurs
day. On Friday, KWSO is on from
6 a.m. to 12 midnight.
April's offering on Door-To-Door,
which is heard at 4 p.m. on
Mondays and again on Friday at
, 7:30 a.m., will be Warm Springs
Forest Products, Planning, the IHS
Clinic, MOIHS and tribal court.
The Warm Springs Program is
first heard at 12 noon on Tuesday
and rebroadcast on Wednesday at
5 p.m. Some of this month's pro
gramming includes Native Educa
tion, archaeological theft and the
Warm Springs Victims Assistance
Program. Also on Wednesdays at
7:30 a.m., Larry Calica discusses
the Tribal Council Agenda. The
Parent's Journal airs at 12 noon on
Thursdays. This month's program
ming includes juggling careers and
family, nurturing creativity in child
ren and the first year. Host of Par
ent's Journal is Bobbi Conner.
Adult learners receive personal help
Jeannine WindyBoy. President
of Little Big Horn College on the
Crow Reservation in Montana, has
recently spoken of exciting news
which may be of interest to those
concerned with Native American
education. Her comments indicate
that for many Indian students, the
best learning environment is one
where a student has a mentor, a
person who takes a personal interest
in the growth of the student on a
one-to-one basis.
On the Warm Springs Reserva
tion, that is the kind of learning
environment provided in the Adult
Basic Education and GED pro
grams located in the Old Boy's
Dorm. For many mature learners,
early school experiences may not
have been ideal, which hinders them
from pursuing their education
further. At the Adult Learning
Center, however, adult learners
receive personal attention. In
dividual assistance from mentors
who have a strong interest in en
couraging the intellectual gifts that
each individual has been given.
Learners each have a course that is
tailored to their needs, at their cur
rent level of skill in reading, writ
ing, math and other areas in prepa
ration for their GED tests.
Values of traditional culture are
incorporated into small group
exercises and are used in many
ways to help students learn. Adults
who already have their GED are
also welcome to come and register
to brush up on skills such as writ
ing and math. Parents who want to
be of more support to their child
ren when asked to help with home
work are more than welcome to
come in to refresh themselves in
basic areas.
Adults come to the Learning
Center for many reasons, but all
have a strong desire to continue
growing, and are aware that con
tinuing their education can help
secure a happier future. The teach
ers at the Adult Learning Center
are proud to help the people of
Warm Springs to move toward
their dreams of the future.
The Center is open Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from
9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and on
Monday and Wednesday evenings
from 7-9:00 P.M. Computer assisted
learning is available for almost any
subject area, including math, Eng
lish and typing for those who choose
this learning tool.
For more information about the
Adult Learning Center, Adult Basic
Education, and the GED (Gradua
tion Equivalency Diploma), call
Geoff Bury, Center Director, at
COCC Warm Springs at 553-1428.
The GED tests arc given the last
Wednesday of everv month.
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Be sure to get your "Health is Good Medicine" wheel from one of
the Wellness Team members. Or, call Eva Montee or Lucinda
Green at 553-3205. Some of the prizes gathered so are include a
weekend for two at Lincoln City, Oregon; a night for two at any
Shilo Motel and an original drawing from Pat Red Dog. Remember,
you can start your wheel at any time.
COCC classes
Learn silversmithing provide skin,
knowledge
"Treasures of the Plateau
Collection open to
public
A day long silversmithing work
shop is" scheduled for Saturday
April 14 for people who want to
learn how to design and complete
jewelry pieces using a centuries old
Egyptian lost wax method. Partic
ipants will completely finish two
beautiful pieces of jewelry. They
will design their own mold out of
wax and using an inexpensive heat
method cast their jewelry pieces.
According to silversmith artist
Frank Rippy, "This is an inexpen
sive way to learn how to work with
silver jewelry. It is something peo
ple can continue to do in their own
homes without having to invest in a
lot of equipment.
Cost for the workshop is $9.00.
There is an additional lab fee of
$30.00 payable to the instructor at
the workshop,, This will cover the
cost of silver and equipment. To
register, stop by the COCC office
in Warm Springs. For more infor
mation call 553-1428.
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The 1990 Spring term schedule
for Central Oregon Community
College provides numerous op
portunities for community members
to increase their knowledge and
skills.
Community Education classes
include Spring Golf, Distance
Running Clinic, Using Your Cal
ligraphy, Healing Through Dreams,
Great Political Thinkers, Speak
Easy, Exploring Educational Path
ways, Computer Open Lab, Using
Word Perfect and Steam Cast
Jewelry. .
. Credit classes provide education
in Basic English I, Math Lab and
Word Perfect.
The Adult Learning Center is
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The High Desert Museum in
Bend, Oregon announces the exhi
bition of "Treasures of the Pla
teau," a collection of Colulmbia
River Plateau Indian art and arti
facts from the Roger J. Bounds
Foundation of Hermiston, Oregon.
The exhibit will open on Saturday,
April 7, and run through Tuesday,
October 2, 1 990. It will be placed in
the Museum's new Earle A. Chiles
Center on the Spirit of the West.
Describing it as, "...an exquisite
collection in an important area of
Native American culture," the
Museum's curator of exhibits,
Susan Harless, is particularly im
pressed with the variety of Native
American materials in the exhibit.
"The full collection consists of
several thousand Native American
items acquired over a lifetime by
Doris Swayze Bounds, who grew
up in close association with the
people of the Umatilla Reserva
tion," says Harless. "And the Pla
teau portion contains many of the
best pieces in the collection."
Many of the objects in "Trea
sures of the Plateau" were on exhibit
last year at the Buffalo Bill Histori
cal Center in Cody, Wyoming. It
features over 100 artifacts, includ
ing Yakima dresses, Cayuse and
Umatilla bags, nz Perce baby
carriers, and other highly decorated
utilitarian and ceremonial objects
from the Plateau tribes.
"We are all indebted to Doris
Bounds for preserving these irre
placeable materials. It is an immense
privilege to have them on exhibi
tion at The High Desert Museum,"
said Museum president Donald M.
Kerr.
The High Desert Museum, locat
ed six miles south of Bend, is a
museum of the cultural and natural
history of the Intermountain West,
a vast territory spanning parts of
eight western states and the Cana
dian province of British Colum
bioa. The Museum is open 9:00
a.m. to 5:UU p.m. every day except
Thanksgiving Day, December 25
and January 1 . Admission is $4.50
for adults, $4.00 for seniors and
$2.50 for students. Members and
children five and younger enter
free.
NIEA held at Anchorage
Titlas of Arizona chosen "Parents of the Year"
There were two "firsts" at the
21st annual convention of the
National Indian Education Asso
ciation in Anchorage, Alaska last
October. It was an aiconol-tree
convention and two individuals
shared the "Parent of the Year"
award. Phillip and Charlotte Titla
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Snow pack is approximately 80 percent of average at higher elevations on the Warm Springs
reservation. At lower elevations water content is extremely low. "Desert streams," according to
Warm Springs watermaster Deepak Sehgal, "may dry up. "He explains that the greatest impact may
be on cattle owners who willind it necessary to provide water to cattle. He says, "Hopefully they will
not allow cattle to camp near streams," which could be harmful to those areas.
of Arizona were recognized at the
banquet along with other honorees.
The Titlas were nominated for
the awards by someone who knows
them very well. In nominating her
parents, Mary Kim shared some of
the reasons she felt they were deser
ving of the special award: "They
have been advocates of education
most of their lives and have prac
ticed what they preached. Both
come from low-income families and
alcoholic homes. As a result, they
were forced to grow up on their
own and raise their brothers and
sisters. They married very young.
By the time Phillip graduated from
high school as class salutatorian,
they had two children. Following a
year of relocation in Dallas, they
returned to their reservation and
worked for their tribe. From then
on, their lives revolved around their
five children, all the while stressing
higher education. They attended
parent-teacher meetings and other
school activities faithfully. At night,
they attended a community college
and earned their associate degrees.
After three of their children had
earned college degrees, they decided
it was their turn and returned to
college full-time. In 1989, they
received their Bachelors degrees
Irom Grand Canyon University
along with their second to young
est child. Phillip's degree is in art
while Charlotte's is in Sociology.
Altogether, six of seven members
of the family have now earned
Bachelors degrees. The seventh or
youngest member of the family is
currently attending a university and
is expected to graduate in two
years.
Phillip is an accomplished artist
whose works are in many collec
tions. His carvings and paintings
are representative of his San Car
los Apache heritage, to help pic
scrc their rich heritage. Phillip
created an Apache Cluband Dance
group at Globe High School and
served as the group's singer.
Charlotte's career has been health
oriented. A licensed Practical Nurse,
she has served as a Community
Health Representative. She is cur
rently the Director for a youth
home on the reservation where she
is responsible for caring for abon
doned children.
Both are active members in the
church of their choice. They advo
cate physical fitness and are joggers.
They participate in cultural
ceremonies.
Now, they are grandparents and
they have already started to instill
educational, cultural and spiritual
values in their grandchildren."
Upon receiving the award, Phil
lip shared with the audience, "We
were determined to get out of pov
erty. Poverty is when you decide to
live without any dreams. We have
always had dreams. We decided to
concentrate on our children and
give them all the love we could.
In their mid-forties, Phillip and
Charlotte Titla are role models for
all of us. UNITY congra'ulates the
Titlas for this special recognition.
Since one of the goals of the
National Youth Agenda is to
strengthen families, it is important
to have role models such as Phillip
and Charlotte Titla.
Calendars available
Spilyay Tymoo calendars
are available in the Spilyay
Office, in the basement of
the Old Girl's Dorm. The
price is $2.00.
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