PAGE 2 August 24, 1990
Wahm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tvmoo
Heath visits reservation
for first time
Assessment necessary
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Mariah Heath
Mariah Martina Heath, 1 7 years
old is a senior at El Cerito High
School in El Cerito, California, is
the daughter of Martinez Heath of
Warm Springs and Carol Ann of
El Cerito.
During the month of August,
she made her first visit to the Warm
Springs reservation. Although she
is an enrolled member of the tribe,
she has lived all her life in Califor
nia. While Miss Heath was here she
. was honored with a special dinner
at the longhouse at lie He Mill.
During the tribal ceremonies and
dances there was a dance in her
honor where she met many rela
tives and friends of (he family.
During her visit she had a little
tour of the reservation by her uncle
Benson Heath. Parts of interest
included the Kah-Nec-Ta Resort,
the Hydro Project, the Pish Hatch
ery and various other points of
interest along with the visit of the
tribal Administration buildingand
many offices within the organiza
tion. Mariah has an older sister Tif
fany Rose who is married in Cali
fornia. Her mother Carol Ann, was
a professional Ice Skater and
toured the country with "Holiday
on Ice." Carol Ann was very active
with the group.
Mariah's father Martinez
Heath, who at one time was a lead
ing race horse jockey and has rid
den on some of the biggest race
tracks both on the west coast and
back east.
Mariah has done well for her self
as well, being a member of a Sym
phony Orchestra, she has toured
Japan earlier this year.
Head Start
and
Tribal Preschool
are now taking applications for
all three and four year olds
(Children must be three on or
before September 1, 1990)
When applying, parents or
guardians must provide proof
of income.
For further information and requirements,
call 553-3241 or 553-3377, or stop by the
Head Start office at the Community Center.
Our nation's public schools are
- and should be -- a primary pro
vider of high-quality early child
hood services lor America's child
ren. That's the view of the National
Education Association, the coun
try's largest education and profes
sional employee organization.
Research over the last 20 years
shows that high quality pre-school
programs result in higher academic
performance and employment op
portunities, and enhancechildrcn's
social and emotional adjustment.
The need for adequate educa
tion programs structured to meet
the changing developmental needs
of young children is large and lar
gely unmet. Head Start is a highly
successful federal government pro
gram that provides education,
meals and health screening to 3-,
4-, and S-ycar-olds. But it serves
less than 20 percent of the 2.3 mil
lion eligible children. NEA believes
that early childhood programs
must be available for all 3- and
4-year-olds.
These facts were reported in a
recent study by NEA on early
childhood education:
Between I960 and I985, the per
centage of traditional households
-- mother, father, two school-aged
children - decreased from 60 per
cent to 7 percent.
More than 3.2 million mothers
work outside the home - and
200.000 more join the labor force
yearly. By 1 995 it is estimated that
80 percent of children under 6 will
have mothers working outside the
home.
The number of children under 6
is expected to increase from 19.6
million in 1980 to 23 million this
year. An estimated 5.8 million
children under6 will live in poverty
this year --and poverty is the most
valid predictor of school failure.
Minority children are dispro-.
portionatcly represented in pover
ty statistics. Nearly two out of five
Hispanic children and 44 percent
of Black children under the age of 6
are living in poverty.
Providing all preschool, kinder
garten and primary school children
ages 3 through 8 with excellent
early learning opportunities is an
important step toward achieving
the national goals for education set
by the President and the nation's
governors.
The public schools are in a uni
que position to help provide these
needed early childhood education
programs, the NEA report notes.
U.S. public school programs are
universal. They are low or no cost
to the child, and all children should
have equal access.
The programs in early childhood
education must address the needs
of both parents and child, and
integral day care and education
services, the report adds. Parents
must be actively involved in the
design, delivery, and evaluation of
early childhood services.
NEA maintains another reason
to make better use of the public
schools is that the public school
work force is stable, highly creden
tialed, and reasonably well-compensated.
Public school employees
also will continue to engage in res
tructuring efforts that coordinate
and broaden community involve
ment. Will our country implement the
national goals for education and
remain competitive in the increas
ingly global economy? The answer
may well depend on how soon we
extend these needed early child
hood experiences to every child in
the United States.
Back to school
Kindergarten registration for
Warm Springs Elementary will be
gin Thursday August 23 and take
place from 8 to 4:30. At this time
parents are to sign their children up
for free or reduced lunches. They
will have from the 23 of August
until school starts September 5,
Wednesday to take care of these
matters.
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"(Jn her way to schooT
A urolyn Stwyer, a 10-year employee of the Confederated Tribes account
ing department, will be attending the Carlson School of Management at
the University of Minnesota for the next two years to attain her Master's
of Business Administration. She received a fellowship from First Nations
Financial Project which will provide A urolyn with full tuition and fees
and a living allowance. Through a memorandum of agreement with the
Tribes, A urolyn will be employed full-time for at least a year by the
Confederated Tribes upon successful completion of her degree. A urolyn
and her son, Ty, will be living in Minneapolis.
Salmon runs to be Improved continued from page 1
used with much success in the
Northwest.
The full-scale project could in
clude three hatchery facilities, two
satellite facilities and 33 acclima
tion ponds. Young fish from the
hatchery will spend a period in an
acclimation pond, fed by water
from the stream where fishery
managers want the run replenish
ed. It is hoped the young fish will
imprint the chemical characteris
tics of the stream so that they will
eventually return to that stream to
spawn naturally. Ordinarily, hatch
ery fish would return to the hatch
ery. The full-scale project could
contribute about 85,000 adult salm
on and steelhead to the Columbia
Basin.
Council Chairman Tom Trulove
says, "Supplementation is the lead
ing strategy if we want to increase
the runs that reproduce in the wild.
Through the work in the Yakima
Valley, we hope to learn enough to
apply the strategy elsewhere."
Given (he uncertainties about
the success of supplementation, the
Council called on the fishery
managers to develop a scaled
down alternative to the full-scale
project that would reduce possible
ecolo-gical risks.
The unknowns related to sup
plementation generally involve the
impact that the hatchery fish
would have on fish already in the
stream. A major concern is that the
hatchery fish may have lost some
of their genetic ability to survive in
the wild. Consequently their pro
geny may not perform as well. The
hatchery fish may also stray into
streams where they are not desired.
This experiment in the Yakima
Valley will help fisheries experts
find the best way to handle these
concerns'.
As part of the work approved by
the council, fishery agencies and
tribes will closely examine the best
way to test supplementation while
protecting the wild stocks of salm
on in the Yakima Basin. Satisfac
tion of these concerns will be a
requisite of the Council's final
approval on construction.
The Northwest Power Act of
1 980, which created the eight-member
Council, called for efforts to
protect and rebuild fish and wild
life populations affected by hydro
power dams in the Columbia
Basin. The Yakima Production
Project is a major part of these
efforts.
Annual Resource Tour set for September 22
Healthy watersheds depend on
proper management of the soil,
water and sunlight resources. To
achieve proper management it
takes a coordinated effort from
landowners, land managers, and
interest groups. This year's Central
Saturday a day to show appreciation for help during Aubrey Hall fire
To thank the many Central
Oregonians who responded so
quickly to the Awbrey Hall Fire
and to help those people who lost
their homes, several local service
organizations, churches, and bus
inesses will put on a day of food,
fun activities, and entertainment at
Drake Park, Saturday, August 25.
All proceeds will go to help those
burned out of their homes in the
recent fires and up to $14,000 will
be matched by Aid Association for
Lutherans, a fraternal benefit
association.
"We have two objectives for the
day," said Jill Haney, and AAL
member and chair of the publicity
committee. "We want to give the
community an opportunity both to
help those people who lost homes
in the fire and to thank the or
ganizations and people who re
sponded to tne emergency either by
providing shelter and food or by
fighting the fire and coordinating
the evacuations."
All Central Oregonians are in
vited to come to Drake Park be
tween 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. and par
ticipate in the activities. Booths
with ice cream and baked goods
will be available as well as fun
activities organized in part by the
recreation department of the Inn of
the Seventh Mountain. Several
bands will play at the Drake Park
pavilion, so Central Oregonians
can expect to hear a wide range of
sounds and styles. T-shirts com
memorating Central Oregon's
quick response to the fire will be
for sale at one of the booths.
The Central Oregon Fire Pre
vention Coop will be set up at the
park to answer questions and
provide free fire prevention litera
ture. Coop representatives can
provide information on how best
to fireproof your home and how
you can help in future emergencies.
Kids can meet Smokey Bear and
get a Smokey balloon or coloring
sheet.
The day is being coordinated by
seven local branches of AAL, an
organization committed to helping
local communities. Both Bend
Parks and Recreation and the City
of Bend have waived their fees for
the use of the park, so none of the
proceeds will go to pay those
overhead costs.
Each participating service orga
nization or group will sponsor a
booth or activity. At the end of the
day, the fees collected at these
booths will be pooled and placed in
an AAL account. AAL will then
match the money collected, up to
$14,000, and distribute the money .
to burned-out families who have
expressed needs with the Red
Cross. Any additional funds will
go to the Red Cross to replace
some of the money spent by that
organization in the evacuation
effort.
Central Oregonians who cannot
attend the event but would like to
donate money to this fund can send
checks, payable to AAL Branch
6364, to AAL, Attn. Awbrey Hall
Fire Community Response Fund,
P.O. Box 47, Bend, OR 97709. For
more information, contact Jake
Schlepp, AAL representative, at
389-8793.
Oregon Cattle and Resource Tour
on September 22 will show how
private landowners, public land
managers, and interest groups
have pulled together towards a
common vision of a healthy Wil
low Creek Watershed.
Featured will be the process of
getting a plan together on Willow
Creek plus on the ground man
agement changes that allow cattle
to be art important part of resource
improvement.
Tour paTticipants will not only
see commercial cattle and High
Country Herefords purebred cattle
operations, but will also see ripar
ian and upland improvement pro
jects. The 6th Central Oregon Cattle
and Resource Tour will start at
High Country Herefords, Culver,
Oregon at 8:00 a.m. Cost of the
tour is $12 for preregistration and
$15 on the day of the tour. Regi
stration includes: bus transporta
tion, lunch, social hour and dinner.
High Country Herefords is lo
cated on Highway 97 at mile post
III, 15 miles south of Madras.
Individuals preregistering can
mail their checks (made payable to
Central Oregon Tour) to the Jef
ferson County Extension Office,
530 D Street, Madras, Oregon
97741. For additional information
contact Clint Jacks at 475-3808.
GPAs noted
The Education department
would like to congratulate our
Higher Education and Vocational
Education Students for their work
during Spring term 1990.
Elizabeth Woody 4.00
John Culpus . . 3.76
Lawrence Macy 3.63
Judy King 3.56
BodieShaw 3.35
Cheryl Stinnett 3.25
Heather Schut 3.15
Keith Moody 3.13
Sammi Squiemphen 3.05
Olney Patt, Jr 3.00
Kerry Rhoan 3.00
Summer school graduates nine students
Organization presents health awards
The American Indian Health
Care Association (AIHCA), a na
tional health care organization,
has announced the winners of the
first annual 1990 "Healthy Tradi
tions" awards. The award recog
nizes creative approaches to solv
ing health problems in Indian com
munities through projects which
draw on the rich cultural traditions
of Native Americans. Four award
winners received honor certificates
and cash stipends of $250: The
Indian Health Board of Minneap
olis for their youth project "Soar
ing Eagles," the Devils Lake Sioux
Tribe of Fort Totten for the "Fry
bread Five and Dime Run," the
Spilyay Tymoo
Staff Members
MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER
ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND
PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWC2YK
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER . . SAPHRONIA COOCHISE
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 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written
materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. 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
Swinomish Tribe of Washington
for the traditional infant care
booklet Beda, My Child, and a tie
winner between the leech Lake
Health Department for "Circle of
Life," a video focusing on teen
pregnancy, and the Seneca Nation
of Indians in New York for their
AIDS Prevention Project.
Over 60 health projects sent in
applications for the award. The
overall quality of the projects
demonstrate why the Indian com
munity is at the forefront of health
Continued on page 8
Group changes
name
The Board of Directors approv
ed the name change of the Native
American Press Association (NA
PA) to the Native American Jour
nalists Association (NAJA). The
name change was ratified by the
general membership at the 1990
March conference held inTacoma,
Washington. NAPA will now be
known as the Native American
Journalists Association (NAJA).
NAJA to meet Mar.
28 in Edmonton
The 1991 NAJA Conference
dates have been set by the Board of
Directors. The dates are March 28
to April I. 1991 at the Edmonton
Inn in Edmonton, Alberta. Canada.
The Education Department
would like to congratulate Larena
Tunison and Sophie Lynn Manion
for their work with the summer
youth program. Mrs. Tunison was
hired as an instructor for our
students that were behind on their
credits that they need for gradua
tion from high school. Classes were
held at the alternative Ed. trailer
from 8-12, Monday thru Friday for
8 weeks. This is the second year
that the J.O.M. Committee has
sponsored our summer school,
which we feel has improved each
year. The students have to work
hard and put in the mandatory
requirements that the state re
quires for high school credit. Mrs.
Tunison and Sophie had to donate
a lot of their own time to make our
school a success. Thanks for a job
well done!
Perfect attendance: Leon
ard Bryant, Deschelle Davis, D.W.
Hudson.
Successful completion of 1Vj
credits: Rachclle Smith.
Successful completion of 1
credit: Sarah Patt, Grant Clem
ents. Successful completion of V
credit: Leonard Bryant, Ollie
Smith, Corbctt Tom. Marvin Ar
qucttc. Deschelle Davis, Greg Ar
quctte. Shawna Jackson, D.W.
Hudson. Kami Wahnetah.
Most improved: Deschelle
Davis.
Best journaling: Kami Wah
netah. Ollie Smith.
Consistant good conduct
work: Sarah Patt. Grant Clements.
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Larena Tunison presents studetns with certificates of high school credits
made during summer school
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