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Page 2 May 4, 1990 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Smithsonian inventory committee appointed KWSO's Sando wins award for tape Smithsonian Secretary Robert McC. Adams has appointed the members of a special committee that will monitor and review the inventory, identification and return of American Indian human remains and American Indian funerary objects specifically associated with those remains called for by the leg islation that created the new National Museum of the American Indian. The five members are: Roger Anyon, an archaeologist and direc tor of the Tribal Archaeology Pro gram, Pueblo of Zuni, New Mex ico; Lynne Goldstein, archaeologist and professor, Department of Anth ropology. U nivcrsity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Andrea A. Hunter (Osage), an anthropologist with the University of Missouri at Col umbia; Russcl Thornton (Chero kee), a sociologist and professor at the Department of Sociology, Un iversity of California, Berkeley; Christy Turner, physical anthro pologist. Department of Anthro pology, Arizona State University. Tempe. Earlier this year, Frank Talbot, director fo the Smithsonian's Na tional Museum of Natural History, sent 1,500 letters to native Ameri can tribes and American Indian organizations requesting nomina tions for membership on this five person advisory committee. Thorn ton, Goldstein, Anyon and hunter were appointed from among those nominated by tribes and organiza tions. Section 1 2 of the law requires that three members of this commit tee come from these nominations, The commitee will ensure fair and objective consideration and assessment of all relevant evidence with respect to the inventory and identification of Indian human remains and associated funerary objects in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of the American Indian. The committee will review any find ings relating to the origin or the return of remains or objects and will facilitate the resolution of any dispute that may arise. The legislation establishing the new museum directs the secretary of the Smithsonian to conduct a detailed inventory of the 18,650 North American Indian human remains and associated funerary objects in the Smithsonian's collec tions. 1 he inventory process is to be integrated with the best availa ble scientific and historical docu mentation to identify the origins of such remains and objects and to notify the appropriate tribes ol that identification. If any remains arc identified as those of a particular individual or as those of an individual culturally affiliated with a particular tribe, then the descendants of the indi vidual or of the tribe shall decide how and where the remains and associated funerary objects will be placed in the future. The legislation authorizes SI million to be appropriated for fis cal year 1991 (beginning October I, 1990) to carry out the inventory, with subsequent amounts to be appropriated in future years. The inventory of the Smithsonian's collections will begin when funds are appropriated. Spring dance set A spring dance to help support Jefferson County's new library is set for Saturday, May 12. Community members can dance to "Old Spice" from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. at the Macci Conroy Building on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Children are welcome to attend. Snacks and soft drinks are availa ble. A secured beer garden will also be featured. A S5.00 donation is asked. Mary Sando. KWSO radio an nouncer was pleasantly surprised when she found out that her audio tape had won an honorable men tion. Sando submitted her tape to 17 the National Federation of Com munity Broadcasters under the Promotion of Station and Com munity category. The tape, titled "Traditional Huckleberry F Pi! st 1 " . ...-- . - ?'.- . '": . ' I I I ' & v , ' y Mary Sando, left, showed Ellen Squiemphen the award she received. KWSO offers informative feature programs daily Be sure to turn into KWSO 91.9 FM for interesting and informa tive programming throughout the month of May. Beginning Monday, May 7, at 4:00 pm "Door-to-Door" will fea ture the Senior Citizen Center. On Monday, May 14, the Warm Springs Post office will be fea tured. Door-to-Door, on Monday, May 21, will highlight the Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society and on Monday, May 28, the Hydroelectric Project will be fea tured. All Door-to-Door programs are rebroadcast on Fridays at 7:30 am. during the same week of the original airing. The "Warm Springs Program" airs Tuesdays at noon and again at 5 pm on Wednesdays. On May 8, the Yurok Nation will be featured. On May 1 5 the Indian Art Auction will be highlighted. Traditional law in the Tribal Courtroom will be discussed on May 22 and on May 29, The Museum cornerstone setting will be featured. Each Wednesday, at 7:30 am the Tribal Council Agenda is explain ed and details what Council mem- bcrs will be discussing during tneir meetings. The "Parents' Journal" airs at noon on Thursdays. The May 10 program will offer information on "Responsibility vs. Obedience." I he May 17 program will fcature"Your child's School Progress." The Journal, On May 24, will discuss "Your Underachievemcnt Syn drome" and on May 31, "I he I oo Precious Child" will be featured. The Community Calendar can be heard at 7:30 am, 1 1:30 am and 3:30 pm Mondays. Cancer screening available for women Spring yard sale May 5 10:00 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. at the Community Center Invitation" with Ellen Squiemphen, explains the traditional way huck lebcrry Feast was celebrated in the "old" way. In I989 Sando attended the NFCB Conference in Berkely, California and became interested in submitting an entry after getting a better perspective of what the NFCB wanted in a tape. This year the conference was held in Lincoln, Nebraska. With the help of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and her depart ment, KWSO, Sando was able to attend and pick up her award. Out of 300 people overall, approximat ely 25 were Native Americans. Gary Fife, producer and host for the National Native news had received the first place award. Sando says that she feels Huc kleberry Feast is one of the more traditional feasts because of the many memories she holds of camp ing with hergrandmotherand fam ily. Her grandmother was one of the traditional berry gatherers for the feast. While Ellen Squiemphen ex plained the feast, Sando learned much from the information. Ellen "played a big part " in the award winning tape, Sando comments. She also says that if it wasn't for Adeline Miller's translation, she couldn't have completed the tape. Sando states that she "appreciates the help" from the Senior Citizen Center staff and Caroline Tohct for helping providing input for the tape. Sando has received much posi tive feedback from the Warm Springs community members re garding the tape. The tape will be aired for the second time prior to Huckleberry Feast. For the fourth consecutive year, women in Jefferson County have the opportunity to receive a low cost breast cancer screening test. During the month of May, Moun tain View Hospital and Nursing Home is sponsoring a breast can cer detection awareness campaign. Low-dose x-rays, called mam mograms, are the most effective method of detecting breast cancer. Mammograms can detect malig nancies long before they can be felt. Women over the age of 35 who have never had a mammogram are eligible for the screening program. Women taking part in the screen ing should not be pregnant, nurs ing or have had an open biopsy or breast surgery within the last year. Women who have not had the mammogram within the last seven years are also eligible for the re- Trees available to community members Warm Springs Forestry has pine and fir trees available to any Warm Springs residents wishing to plant some trees in their community. Pick up your trees at the Forestry warehouse at 4221 Holliday Lane on May 11, 1990 between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. IS "'"u : : tsr fx 1 I II I' jl f'' ... - B I - j duced cost screening program. Women need not have a doctor's order to take advantage of the screening but test results will only be provided to their physician. Appointments for the screening are limited and will be handled on a first come, first serve basis. The cost for the cancer screening, which includes the radiologists fee is $50. The screening fee must be paid at the time of the appointment. Those women whose insurance may cov er the cost of a mammogram may bill their insurance company for reimbursement. To make an appointment for the screening or for more information, contact Madeline Garcher at 475 3882. Abuse conference set May 11-13 "Protecting Our Children" will be the theme of the eighth annual National American Indian Confer ence on Child Abuse and Neglect. The conference, scheduled for May 1 1 through 1 3, 1 990, will be held in Falls Church, Virginia. Among forty presenters and workshops are scheduled with key note speakers being Jane Burnley from Washington, D.C., Marlene Echohawk from Aberdeen, South Dakota, Frederick Green, M D from Washington, D.C., and Eloise King from Portland, Oregon. A panel discussion will focus on "An Over view of Child Abuse and Neglect in Indian Country." The conference coordinators are expecting approximately 700 par ticipants from across the United States. There will be exhibit space for participants at the conference. Booth rental is $50. A $25 deposit will be required.. For more infor mation on the conference or exhibit space, contact Carolyn Holloway, program dirctor, University of Oklahoma, 555 Constitution Ave nue, Norman, Oklahoma 73037 0005 or telephone (405)325-4127. Don't mail census forms Rural Residents should wait, not mail census forms. A nation-wide plea by the Cen sus Bureau for residents to mail in their 1990 Census forms got Amer ica's attention. But for many Oregon residents, mailing in the form is NOT the way to answer the census. Only residents of Bend, Redmond, Prineville, Baker, On tario, LaGrande, Pendleton, Her miston and Klamath Falls east of the Cascades are in mail-out, mail back areas. All other residents should hold their questionnaires until a census worker calls to pick them up. The reason for the difference is that in some areas, tying a mailing address to a physical location is not possible. As a result these areas are served in the time-honored meth od...by calling door to door. The Bend census office has been deluged with calls from people who want to do the right thing. "People are calling our office or checking with the Postal Service, wondering if they should send in their forms, since they haven't been picked up yet," said district office manager Dave Rasmussen "If they live in the mail-out, mail-back areas, we want them to wait for someone to call. Our door to door operations are approximately at mid-point, and census workers should be calling within the next three to four weeks," he said. If anyone is unsure of whether they are in a "list enumerate" area (where forms are picked up), in structions aret contained on Vhe front page of the questionnaire itself. "If people will read the front page and follow the instructions, it will save us a great deal of extra effort," he added. Some residents may have mis placed their forms, or in some instances, they might not have re ceived a questionnaire at all. In either case, a call to the Census Bureau's toll free assistance line, 1-800-999-1990, will take care of the problem. Littering carries penalty Littering is included in tribal ordinances. It carries with it a penalty for the infraction. Ordinance 310.439 "Littering" reads: (1) No person may put or throw any kind of garbage, rubbish or material, or abandon animal viscera or other discarded objects on a highway, highway right of way or public recreation facility or throw or put any kind of litter or trash froma highway or highway right of way onto private property. (2) Any person violating the pro visions of subsection ( 1 ) of this sec tion commits a Class B traffic infraction. 305.460 "Littering": Any Indian who throws, dumps, places or dep osits, upon the lands of another, or upon any public road, highway, street or any other area within the Reservation, without the consent of the owner, any garbage, debris, junk, carcasses, trash, refuse or any other substance of any nature whatsoever which would mar the appearance or detract from the cleanliness of the area, shall be deemed guilty of littering. The Court shall have the authority to order the defendant to clean up the area littered. 142 employees receive recognition Crash dummies Vince and Larry visited Warm springs schools May 1 and 2. The team reminded students that using a seat belt is important. Mt. View Hospital holds open house Free health screening tests, tours and an Air Life of Oregon helicop ter fly-in are some of the highlights of the upcoming Mountain View Hospital and Nursing Home Open House. The open house will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. This years ac ivities will include demonstrations of diagnostic equipment, a Teddy Bear Clinic for children and free refreshments. Air Life of Oregon will be on hand from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. unless the ship is called into service for a medical emergency. A drawing for a free mammogram and free pulmonary function test will also be held. The open house is being held in conjunction with National Hospi tal Week which runs May 6-12. National Nursing Home Week which is May 13-19 will also be celebrated at the Madras facility during the second week of May. Spilyay Tymoo Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER .TINA AGUILAR FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the base ment of the Old Girls Dorm at 1 1 15 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, PO Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1644 or (503) 553-3274 Annual Subscription Rates: Within the U.S. $9.00 Outside the U.S. $15.00 A total of 142 employees were honored for their years of service to the Confederated Tribes Tues day, April 24, 1990. According to Benson Heath, Emplotyment and Recruitment Manager, these awards are for the years 1987 and 1988. If an employee had been working by December of one of those years, it will be counted towards years of service. There were 52 employees receiving three-year awards, which were either a necklace or tie tack with three rubies on the Tribe's three-teepee logo. Thirty-two em ployees received five-year awards which was a necklace or a tie tack with three emeralds embedded on the logo. Thirty-one employees were eligible for the 1 0-year awards. There were 13 who received 15-year awards; 10 received the 20-year awards. Three employees, James (Ed) Manion, public utilities general manager, Sid Miller, Editor of Spi lyay Tymoo and Jeff Sanders, Sr., law enforcement general manager each received 25-year awards. One 30-year awards was pre sented to Ray Shike, Sr., who is Captain of Police. Those employees serving 10 or more years had a variety of items from which to choose as their award. The next awards luncheon will be held in June to honor the em ployees who will receive awards for the year 1989. J S ;1 f j Ray Shike, Sr., right, received an award for his 30 years of service to the Confederated Tribes. Presenting his award is Jeff Sanders, Sr., general manager for law enforcement