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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo,
Loomis leaves community
after 19 years
After spending 1 8 years in Warm
Springs, Indian health clinic ser
vice unit director Lee Loomis has
headed north. He will be working
at the Portland Area Office of the
Indian Health Service as special
assistant to the executive staff.
Loomis, his wife Sharon and
daughter Kathy, arrived in Warm
Springs in 1972. He signed on as
health educator a title he held
until 1984. As health educator,
Loomis was responsible for Held
health and he supervised the sani
tation, public health nursing and
nutrition programs. Loomis became
service unit drector(SUD) in 1984,
following the retirement of Garrett
Soulcs.
As SUD, Loomis required a long
term commitment from his staff,
resulting in the lowest turnover
rate of any clinic in the service area.
"When we hire, we're very keen on
a person's intentions of staying,"
said Loomis. Teamwork is essen
tial among staff members. "We
can't afford people who don't under
stand team play."
In the early days of his appoint
ment in Warm Springs, Loomis, in
addition to his regular duties, drove
the ambulance when necessary. The
ambulance was little more than a
well-stocked van, equipped with a
gurney, oxygen, bandaids, splints,
lVs and rack and medications. In
1974. the Tribe purchased their
Lee Loomis
Low returns
of its low population, may need the
protection of a closed season. The
Deschutes River fad chinook is a
wild population. The estimated
escapement of fall chinook salmon
above Sherars Falls has fallen below
the optimum escapement of 3,000
fish during the past three years.
The 1990 jack returns indicate the
1991 run will be similar to the
record low escapement of 1990.
This estimate may be optimistic
Escapement
ABOVE
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ESCAPEMENT
(Thousands) Q
3.5
2.5
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0.5
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1979
1978
1980
Spilyay Tymoo
Staff Members
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first "real" ambulance, providing
those services for the first time
ever.
Loomis then became involved in
Emergency Medical Technician
(EMI j training. All EMTs worked
on a volunteer basis. The emer
gency services provided have grown
substantially since the early 1970s.
"We have here some of the finest
equipment and services available,"
said Loomis of the tribal Fire and
Safety department.
Many things have changed in the
past 18 years, most importantly is
the change in emphasis in health
care. "The whole clinical approach
is now directed toward health pre
vention, surveillance and maintance
rather than accute care," said
Loomis. Many special clinics are
provided regularly for local
patients.
Accute care is still required and
nearly $200,000 is budgeted annu
ally for the "catastrophic" care of
eight to 10 people. "Cost of health
care is out of control,"said Loomis.
Demand on health care has in
creased dramatically since the early
70s. Approximately 10,000 patients
were seen at the clinic on an out
patient basis in 1972. Between
27,000 and 29,000 patients were
seen in 1990. There were 35 births
in 1972 while about 135 births
occurred in 1990.
To accommodate the growing
need for health care, the Warm
Springs clinic staff has grown from
16 in 1972 to 33 in 1990. There was
one full-time physician in 1972;
now there are three full-time doc
tors plus a physician's assistant.
"While we doubled the size of the
staff, the demand has about tripled."
Part of Loomis' success as SUD
can be attributed to the coopera
tive working relationship between
the IHS and the Confederated
Tribes, said Loomis. "We have
found outselves to be partners and
friends," said Loomis. "We arc
working together" toward a com
mon goal healthier lifestyles and
overall improved health.
Continued
since the projected escapement
above Bonneville Dam is substan
tially lower than last year. (1990
127,000 adults; 1991-85,000 a
dults). Necessary action to protect the
fall chinook stock may require that
salmon fishing be closed on the
Deschutes River from June 16 to
October 3 1 , 1 99 1 and the Deschutes
River from Sherars Falls down
stream to the upper trestle (about
of adult fall chinook salmon
SHERARS FALLS, 1977-1990.
1981
1983
1985
1982
1984
1986
YEAR
New members join U.S. Bank Board
U.S. Bank of Oregon has an
nounced the addition of four new
members to its Board of Directors.
The board was increased from 14
positions to 18.
"The expansion of the board
Reflects U.S. Bank's continued
kiin viiu KrA
of U.S. Bank of Oregon. "Our new serves as Chairman ofthe State of
members will add geographical Oregon Transportation Comm.s
perspective and experience that re- l,on "nd Board Mcmbcr of ,h'
fleets U.S. Bank's diverse, state
wide market."
The four newly-appointed mem
bers attended their first board
meeting on Friday, January 25th.
New members are: Kenneth' L.
Smith. Stuart J. Sheik, Jr.,
Michael P. Hollern, and Solomon
D. Menashe.
Smith is Chief Executive Offi
cer Secretary-Treasurer for the
Confederated Tribes ofthe Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Smith, who is Wasco Indian,
served as Assistant Secretary for
Indian affairs in the Department of
the Interior from 1981-84. He is a
board member of Futures for
Children, World Forestry Center,
and a member of the Oregon
Business Council. He is a past
member of the Board of Directors
of the Portland Branch of the
Federal Bank of San Francisco
and a member ofthe State Banking
Board for the State of Oregon.
Smith was recently appointed to a
task force to make recommenda
tions in the reorganization of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs by Secre
tary ofthe Interior, Manuel Lujan.
Smith has served in numerous o
ther capacities on both the state
and federal level.
Madras places first in
iviaaras came out on top of their
own Forestry Skills Contest held at
the high school February 16. Five
schools participated in the annual
event. Madras students are noted
in the listing below. Those names
that appear in bold type are from
Warm Springs.
Novice Log Rolling: 1st place,
from page 1
two miles) be closed to all fishing
from June 16 to October31, 1991.
The complete fishing closure in
Sherars Falls area is necessary to
prevent hooking of salmon under
the pretense of steelhead or trout
fishing. With the low run size that
is expected for wild fall chinook
any harvest mortality is unaccept
able, the Natural Resources office
maintains.
1987
1989
1988
1990
Root Feast Rodeo scheduled
The annual Root Feast Rodeo is
set for April 6 and 7 at the Warm
Springs Rodeo grounds on Kah-Nee-Ta
Highway. Action will begin
at 1 p.m. daily.
Cannon
Continued from page 1
sive and as having wise leadership
in addition, says Cannon, "Warm
Springs has more of everything
compared to where I've been."
Warm Springs has more timber
and a mill in which the resource is
processed, and a power generating
facility. "There seem to be more
employment opportunities here
than elsewhere. The Tribe has
moved very thoroughly in their
business ventures and economic
development."
Cannon strongly believes in a
working "partnership" with tribes.
That partnership can be attributed
to "two-way, open and on-going
communication. I impose this on
my staff as well," Cannon concluded.
Shclk is Managing General Part
ner of Ochoco Lumber Company
of Princville. He is also a board
member of Willamette Industries,
World Forestry Center and West
ern Communications.
Hollern is President and Chair
man of the Board of Brooks Re-
sources Corporation in Bend. He
Tribal CEO Ken Smith, second from right, is one of U.S. Bank 's newest board members. He joins other new
board members, left to right, Mike Hollern, John Sheik, Jr., and Solomon Menashe. On right is U.S. Bank .
president Kevin Kelly.
Jonah Taylor
Advanced Log Rolling: 4th place,
Diana Martinez.
Tree Climbing (Jack Novice):
6th place, Troy Dixon
Tree Climbing (Jack Open): 4th
place, Frank Burnoe.
Tree Climbing (Jill Open): 1st
place, Emily Lucei.
Chokersetting (Jills): 3rd place,
Danica Greene.
Chokersetting (Jacks): 3rd place,
Danny Story; 4th place, Ken Hart.
Compass and Pacing: 2nd place,
Benny Jakobsen; 3rd place, Jessica
Dreger; 4th place, Danny Story;
5th place, Ken Hart; 6th place,
Russell Graham.
Map Reading: 1st place, John
Galllup; 2nd place, Don Long; 3rd
place, Russell Graham; 4th place,
Randall Harvey; 5th place. Wade
Simmons; 6th place, Chris Loman.
Cross Cut Bucking (JackJack):
"Tunnel vision" not part of Stwyer's future
Reprinted from The New York Times
Monday, February 4, 1991.
MINNEAPOLIS Hoping to
succeed where Yale University
failed, the Carlson School of Man
agement at the University of Min
nesota has established a business
leadership program for American
Indians.
The program, a two-year course
that leads to a master's degree in
business administration and a lead
ership position on a reservation for
at least one year, was proposed by
First Nations Financial Projects,
an Indian-managed nonprofit or
ganization in Falmouth, Va.,
which is paying the students' living
expenses. It is believed to be the
only program of its kind in the
United States.
"What we've tried to do is build
capacity at a local level," said
Sherry Salway Black, the vice pres
ident of First Nations. "Our belief
is that there are tremendous re
sources on the reservations that
they need to develop from within.
We attempt to assist tribes to do
for themselves."
'You Cant Have Tunnel Vision'
The program's first participants
are Terry Mason Moore, 35 years
old, a member of the Osage Tribe
of Oklahoma, and Aurolyn Stwy
er, 33, ofthe Confederated Tribes
Bull riding and wild horse race
entries are limited to 16. There are
no limits on Saddle bronc riding,
bare back riding, team roping, calf
roping or barrel racing. Entry fee
for bull riding, saddle bronc, bare
back and calf roping is $35. Team
roping entry fee is $35 per man.
Barrel racing entry fee is $30 while
the wild horse race entry fee is $105
per team.
Junior events include Jr. bull
ridingfor kids 13 to l6yearsofage.
There is a 14 entrant limit and a $20
entry fee. Jr. Barrel has no limit
and is for those 1 2 years of age and
under. There is a $ 1 2 entry fee. The
calf scramble also has no limit and
is for those young cowboys and
cowgirls lOyearsofageand under.
There is no entry fee.
Entries open March 25 and close
April 3. 1991. Call (503) 553-1328
for information between 6 and 9
p.m. weekdays. Mail entries to
Edison and Priscilla Yazzie. PO
Box 734, Warm Springs. OR 97761 .
Cash or money orders only.
High Desert Museum, Bend Foun
dation, World Forestry Center and
Oregon Business Council.
Menashe is Chairman and re
tired President and C.E.O. of Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon in
Portland. He serves on the Board
of the Association for Portland
Progress, Oregon Business Coun
cil and Associated Oregon Indus
tries Foundation.
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forestry skills contest
6th place, Jesse Anstett and Ran
dall Harvey.
Cross Cut Bucking (Jack Jill):
5th place, Jesse Anstett Danica
Greene.
Tree-Shrub Identification: 2nd
place, JoAnna Brisbois; 3rd place,
Ken hart; 4th place, Amanda Nas
set. Axe Throw: 1st place, Isaac
Peterson; 3rd place. Randall Har
vey; 5th place, Ken Hart.
Traverse: 3rd place, Benny Ja
kobsen Jessica Dreger; 4th place,
Mark Heckathorn Isaac Peterson;
5th place, JoAnna Brisbois Ken
Hart.
First Aid: 1st place, Ton Han
son Danny Story; 5th place, Benny
Jakobsen Jessica Dreger.
Triathalon:2nd place, Ken Hart,
Emily Lucei, Jackson Heath; 5th
place, Troy Dixon, Isaac Peterson,
Jesse Anstett.
of Warm Springs, Oregon, a na
tion of some 3,000 American In
dians from three tribes.
"At our dinner table, we didn't
talk about stocks and bonds," Ms.
Stwyer said in an interview. "I was
raised traditionally. We talked a
bout our future harvest." But, she
said, "you can't have tunnel vision,
you have to look outside to the
national and international mar
kets." First Nations officials are opti
mistic about the success of the joint
venture with Carlson. The univer
sity, they said, enrolls 274 Amer
ican Indians on the Twin Cities
campus 6 of them at Carlson
and thus provides a cultural sup
port network that was missing at
Yale, where a similar program was
attempted in 1986. And, the uni
versity was willing to pay the stu
dents' tuition, which Yale did not
do.
A cooperative arrangement be
tween Carlson and the Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute of Public Af
fairs was an added attraction since
the participants can learn about
both business and public policy
and administration.
University officials say they .a
greed to the First Nations venture
partly because they are trying to
recruit more American Indians.
Snowpack
Continued from page 1
86 to 89 percent of average. These
forecasts are 10 percent lower than
last month's forecasts. This is the
result of the snowpack showing a
marked decrease from last month's
values. Very little snow accumula
tion, warm temperatures and rain-on-snow
helped decrease the snow
pack. As of February I , the moun
tain snowpack is 77 percent of
normal. This is 2 1 percent less than
it was last month. For the first four
months of the water year, the pre
cipitation is the best in the state at
85 percent of average.
Parent meeting
I he next meeting oi tne i me v.
Part A, Parent Advisory Commit
tee will be held in the library of
Warm Springs Elementary Wed
nesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Rob
Hastings will be reporting on Port
land American Indian Youth Con
ference. Nominations will betaken
for the 1991-92 Title V Committee.
United States National Bank of
Oregon, Oregon's largest bank, is a '
subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, the .
largest financial services company'
headquartered in the Pacific.
Northwest, with assets of 17.6
billion as of December 31, 1990.
Other U.S. Bancorp subsidiaries ;
include U.S. Bank of Washington,.;
National Association and U.S.".
Bank of California.
Tool Identification: 1st place,
Jackson Heath; 2nd place, Chico '
Colazo; 3rd place, Emily Lucei;4th
place, Jessica Dreger; 5th place,
Jeff Irey; 6th place, Mike Richard-
son. ..'
Scaling: 1st place, JoAnna Bris-1
bois.2nd place, Anna Kirkpattrick,
3rd place, Jeff Irey; 4th place, Ken J
Hart. '
Hose Lay: 1st place, Ken Hart,
Danny Story, Chico Colazo, Emily ;
Lucei; 5th place, Troy Dixon, Don
Long, Chris Loman, Jon Gallup,
Claude Smith. i - .
Team results: First, Madras withq
236 points; second, Scio with 1 92 f
points; 3rd, OSC with 79 points; :
fourth, Pleasant Hill with 61 points ;
and Henley fifth with 42 points.
Overall Jack was Web Beckstead
of Scio and Overall Jill was Stacy ,
Eshelman also of Scio. Technical :
Forester was JoAnna Brisbois. .1
"It's difficult to attract Ameri-I
can Indian candidates, especially
to graduate school, because fewer
have been trained at the college5
level," said Donald Bell, Carlson's
assistant dean of M.B.A. pro-;
grams, who added that some tribes
are suspicious of what they think of,
as "white-man's education."
Mr. Bell says Ms. Stwyer and
Ms. Moore will bring a new per
spective to Carlson, enriching the
education of all M.B.A. candi
dates. "Diversity isn't just a matter
of social justice," he said "It's a
matter of enhancement."
Ms. Stwyer, who left her job as
an internal auditor on her reserva
tion and her 9-year-old son to join
the program, said her cultural per
spective has already come into
play.
She noted, for example, that life
at Warm Springs is rooted in
community cooperation. But ir!
class, she said, "there are always
those who want to lead the class
and take over, those who want to
make a lot of money."
She added, "Sometimes I can
show that we all can contribute
equally."
Her commitment to her higher
education, and her own educa
tional accomplishments, however,
have not been universally well
received on the reservation, where
less than 2 percent of the popula
tion has a college education. "They
were threatened by the changes I've
made moving beyond the sur
vival mode by setting an example,"
she said. "But they need to realize
that we can change our history by
arming ourselves with diplomas."
Ms. Moore, who was a lawyer
for tribal court in northern Okla
homa, has been joined in the Twin
Cities by her husband and two
young children. She is already
thinking about ways to increase
employment on her reservation,
which once supported itself with
revenues from its oil reserves. Over
the years, however, the resources
from oil dried up. Today, Ms.
Moore said, "We have no em
ployment. People have to go to
Tulsa to find work.
She added: "If I could get the
tribal council to think about start
ing a company, we could attract
our own members back. I w ould be
ideal."