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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Beadwork produced by local residents
Members from both the Community Health Promotion and the Wellness Prevention Program are currently
conducting Behavior Risk Factor Survey interviews until October 31, 1990. Those interviewed are ensured
confidentially and privacy. The survey co vers topics such as alcohol and drug use, accident injury and family
planmning. The goal is to become the healthiest Indian community by the year 2000. Sho wn from left to right
areMelva Tanewasha, EvaMontee, Deana Smith, Anita Davis, Dr. RoyNakamura, Janice Clements, George
Clements, Willie Sahme and A nthony Davis.
Vital Stats issues important reminders
Attention all enrolled members!
It is your responsibility to keep
your address current with the Vital
Statistics Department. Other de
partments (ie. Credit, Tribal court,
IMS, Spilyay Tymoo, I1M, etc.)
are not responsible for changing
your address. The Vital Statistics
department assists with mail-outs
for other departments and infor
mation which is important to you
as a Tribal Member may not reach
you if your address is not current
with us. REMEMBER, all you
need to do is stop in to see us, drop
us a line, or if you're unable to do
either, give us a call.
DID YOU KNOW...? Name
changes made through the Tribal
Court need to be changed with the
Oregon State Vital Records. We
have forms available in our office
to change them with the state. The
fee to change your birth certificate
is SIS.OO. Vital Statistics will no
longer change your records until
you change your records with the
state.
Vital Statistics provides many
services for Tribal members which
include: verifying certifying docu
ments, storing birth certificates,
military discharge papers, sharing
information with other tribal and
federal departments for voter mail
outs, information packets, etc. &
Indian Dance Theatre to perform
througn PSU's Box Office (725
4440) beginning September 19: $10
general; $8 students, sr. adults,
PSU faculty staff; $6 PSU stu
dents. Call 725-3131 for series
tickets; $45 general; $40 students,
sr. adults, PSU faculty staff; $30
PSU students.
American Indian Dance Theatre
is a 26 member touring company of
Native American dancers, singers
and musicians celebrating their
heritage. At least 15 tribes are
represented as well as 14 to 20 dif
ferent dances. Company members
are often winners drafted from
fancy-dance competitions at pow
wows, ceremonials and festivals
across the country.
Founder producer Barbara
Schwei and director Hanay Geio
gamah (Kiowa-Delaware & ad
junct professor of Indian Studies &
Theatre Arts at UCLA) have given
us dance rituals set against the
dramatic background of the the
ater. The rhythms and patterns
seem ageless, accented as they are
by traditional musical instruments
-- drums, bells, rattles, flutes -
fashioned from the things of nature
and the earth. Costumes range
from simple buckskin to intricately
beaded, luxuriantly feathered crea
tions. The songs derive from var
Spilyay
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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
Notary services. Many Tribal
members do not have state docu
ments (ie. birth certificates, etc.)
before the year 1975. Check with us
now, before you need it and get it in
your file. With this information in
mind, help us serve you.
Indian Names can be recorded
with us for permanent record. A lot
of people are depending on us for
Indian names and we do not have
Vet counseling available
Virgil Hockett, a Veteran's Bene
fits Counselor and Coordinator for
Native Americans, will be in Warm
Springs September 25, 26 and 27,
1990.
He will be at Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries Tues
day, September 25. Call Enos Herk
shan at 553-1454 for information
or to make an appointment.
Hockett will be at the Foretry
Office Wednesday, September 26.
Call Captain Moody at 553-2416
for information.-.
Hockett will be at the Commu
nity Counseling Center on Sep
tember 27 between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. For information or to make
an appointment, call Charlotte
Herkshan at 553-3205.
ious tribes and languages, some
sung out in syllables, called voca
bles. It is high tribute to note that the
dance and music retains its power
in the artificial atmosphere of the
theater. The participants see to
that because, for them, the perfor
mance is a blend of the sacred and
the social; they have made their
peace with each.
The program is divided into
suites: "dances that are seasonal,
functional; dances that are sacred,
spiritual in nature; and social dan
ces that are entertaining, full of
bravura." They flow along certain
principles; the circle, lines, rectan
gles and serpentine curves are most
often executed. Stamping, hop
ping and a crouched stance direct
energies earthward.
Among the dances represented
are the startling Eagle Dance, the
Grass Dance, Rainbow Dance,
Hoop Dance, the Apache Crown
Dance, the Fancy Shawl Dance an
Traditional Dances tor men and
women. Each dance type is usually
associated with legends of origin
although sometimes a present-day
anecdote lends itself to expression
in dance. The old and the new are
thus represented.
The company has been around a
Tymoo
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DONNA BEHREND
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SAPHRONIACOOCHISE
them on record because they were
not brought in to us. If you have an
Indian name (or your children)
please bring it in to us. It may be
lost forever if it is not recorded.
If you need assistance please call
Carla, Valerie or Madeline, at 553-
3252 or 553-3253. Or write to us:
Vital Mausiics uepartment, r.u.
Box C Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Carl Whaley, a Veteran's Center
Counselor, will be at the Veteran's
Hall in Warm Springs on Thurs
days. Whaley meets with veterans
or their spouses for one-to-one
counseling. For further informa
tion, call Charlotte at 553-3205.
Powwow scheduled
The Mid-Columbia River Pow
wow will be held October 26-28 in
Celilo, Washington. The comittit
tee is seeking candidates for the
powwow. Titles are Queen, Jr.
Queen, and Little Brave. For more
information contact Gloria Jim at
(509) 848-2451 or Tina ANtone at
(509) 773-4020. If information is
needed for concession or arts and
crafts call Theresa Jim at (509)
773-6434.
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scant three years, yet American
Indian Dance Theatre has received
enthusiastic reviews across the
United States as well as in Canada,
Algeria, Qatar, France and Italy.
The Contemporary Uance sea
son continues its series of dance,
theater and performance art gua
ranteed to delight the spirits and
perhaps raise the eyebrows of Port
land audiences: October 12 & 13,
Rachel Rosenthal; January 25 &
26, 1991, O Vertigo Danse; March
I & 2, Bebe Miller & Company;
April 12 & 13, Lar Lubovitch
Dance Company. For more infor
mation, contact PSU's Depart
ment of Dance, 725-3131.
Resource tour
set for Sept. 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
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 an important part of resource
improvement.
Tour participants will not only
see commercial cattle and High
Country Hcrefords 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 Hcrefords, Culver,
Oregon at 8:00 a.m. Cost of the
tour is $12 for prcrcgistration and
$15 on the day of the tour. Regi
stration includes: bus transporta
tion, lunch, social hourand dinner.
Individuals prcrcgislcring can
mail their checks (made payable to
Central Oregon Tour) to the Jef
ferson County Extension Office,
530 D Street. Madras. Oregon
97741. For addional information
contact Clint Jacks at 475-3808.
The Career Employment Re
source and Training Services
(CERTS) department has initiated
plans for several different small
business projects on the reserva
tion. These can eventually lead to
small business opportnitics to be
owned and operated by tribal mem
bers who have obtained on-the-job
training and work experience. Small
businesses with low start-up costs
are needed in the Warm Springs
community. The Dollar N' Sense
Thriftshop is an example as is the
Woodcutting project. The most
recent endeavor is the Indian Mar
ket Project, called "Traditional
Treasures."
A business plan has been deve-
oped and is in place to operate
Traditional Treasures, which will
become a primary supplier beaded
items to local giftshops and other
retail businesses. It is not intended
to be a competitor with existing
giftshops. This business project will
promote local Indian crafts and
bring pride through carefully and
beautifully made local crafts.
Traditional Treasures will create
employment and training oppor
tunities for tribal members while at
the same time provide a service
inventory where needed. Ten dif
ferent beaded items will be pro
duced. Eventually a wide selection
of hand sewn items will be made
that will be geared toward local
community needs. So far, indica
tions are that this will be a very
successful small business project,
say CERTS officials.
, F'ye eight bead workers will
b hired as will be three to five
Education of youth a priority
The Gallup Poll released recently
by Phi Delta Kappa sends a clear
message to politicians, says Na
tional Education Association Pres
ident Keith Geiger: the public
strongly supports the national
goals for education and wants to
vote for candidates who support
those goals.
"This PDK Gallup Poll con
firms that the public endorses the
six specific goals set by the Presi
dent and the nation's governors
last year," Geiger says. "It empha
sizes the need for immediate and
continued action. We cannot
allow education to follow the pat
Annual Timber Tour attended by many
On August 23 and 24, 1990, the
annual timber tour covered a wide
area on the reservation forest lands.
The reason for the tour was to
show Tribal leaders, Bureau staff
and interested individuals the pro
posed action of each timber sale.
Also giving everyone a chance to
give in-put and their involvement
with the area.
There were a lot of views ex
pressed from committee members
as well as staff members from all
departments that were on the tour.
Fish and Wildlife, Range Man
agement along with individuals in
terested in the wildlife habitat were
among the top of discussion. The
sivilcultural treatment varied in all
various places that were visited.
Rehabilitation clearcuts, group
selection logging and clear cuts
utilizing tractors were discussed
for each area put up for sale. Some
of the greatest concerns was the
wildlife habitat. The big game need
the shelter in order to survive. Dis
cussions were also made on live
stock grazing. What would be the
best method for livestock. A lot of
the problems hinge on the after
effects such as the methods of
burning slash. Many areas sug
gested the broadcast burning, oth
ers the pile up method and the con
trolled burning in areas infested in
incense cedar.
No matter what area there is in
question there will never be a full
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Shelterwood clearcut on Skyline logging unit helps protect young trees.
seamstresses. Two bcadworkers,
Allison Mitchell and Teresa Sup
pah, have been hired so far. Max
ine Switzler will assist periodically
on a consultant basis with the
beadwork section.
If tribal members are interest in
finding out more about Traditional
Treasures or are interested in app
lying to be a beadworker or seam
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Maxine Switzler (left) and Allison
displaying the finished product.
tern of the oil crises we are now
re-experiencing - a national peril
identified, a plan created, the issue
forgotten for a decade, then the cri
sis rediscovered."
The national goals include hav
ing all children ready to learn when
they start school, raising the high
school graduation rate, demon
strating student competency in
subject areas, ranking first in
mathematics and science achievement
worldwide, ensuring adult literacy
and creating drug- and violence
free schools.
The PDK Gallup Poll, conduc
ted of 1,594 respondents in April -
agreement on the methods used
because of the difference in use.
Ron Petock, forester, gave a run
down on the Skyline Logging Unit
whwre the shelter wood method
was used. This method is where
trees are left about 15 to 20 feet
apart in the clearcut area. The rea
son for this method is for natural
reforestation from the trees left.
Also tor trost protection for the
younger trees as the temperatures
are much colder in those areas.
Like it was saia, no matter what
Forester Ron Petock gives a rundown
in the Skyline logging unit.
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stress, please contact thcCERTS Depart
ment (formerly Employment Ser
vices) for a job application or
information at 553-3262 or 553
3263. Margie Earl-Kalama or
Marcia Soliz are the contact staff
members for the project. The office
is located next to the Realty depart
ment in thcadministration building.
Submitted by CERTS staff
Mitchell (right) do beadwork while
for Americans
May 1990, also reveals strong pub
lic skepticism about whether the
objectives will be attained. Most of
those polled doubt that any of the
six goals can be achieved by the
year 2000. The only goal that even
50 percent of the people believe is
achievable is that of having child
ren ready to learn when they enter
school. :
"This pessimism,"Geiger warns,
"should not stop us from striving
to implement each and every one of
these goals. We must ensure that
every child has the skills and tools
needed to be contributing partici
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type of sivilcultural method is used
there won't be 100 percent satisfac
tion because the stockmen want
something different from what the
fish and wildlife people want, or
what's best for the wildlife habitat.
Some councilmen wanted to take a
closer look at the wildlife habitat,
but they agreed there will never be
complete satisfctionb because of con
flicting views. These tours are very
educational and interesting where
individuals should make it a point
to make the next tour.
on types of logging that will occur