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PACE 2 May3,199I Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Seeksequa clean-up planned May 4 All Seeksequa people are inv itcd lo gel out and help with the Spring Cleanup for our area. 1 he day of May 4, 1991 has been set avidc for all families lo be involved. Seeksequa cleanup will begin from ihc "Old I'reibylcrian Churth"al about milcpost 8.3 and extend along both Lower Seek icqua and Upper Scckcqua main roudsi. 1 hi may also include your residential area. So, bag your trash and pile it along the side of the road for pick-up. All Seeksequa families are en couraged to get out on May 4, 1991 (Saturday) and help with the road side cleanup. We will be having a Seeksequa Harbcquc later in the afternoon lor all helper! The barbeque will be held across from the Old Presby terian Church around 3 00 p.m. Hamburgers and other meat will be provided. All helpers are en couraged to bring a salad, mam dish, fruit, dessert. Pop and ice will be provided. Any questions? Get in touch w ith Carol Wcwa, Brenda Scott, or Cheryl Tom. Immunization date set Indian lleulih Service, in co operation with the Head Start pro grams, has set up a schedule for doing physical exams and immuni zation updates for all children born between September 2, 1990 and September I, 1991. This work will Resolution continued from page 1 and distinguished tradition of service in the Armed Forces of the United States; (2) all American Indian service men and women currently or heretofore deployed i i the Persian Gulf region as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; and (3) the families of American Indian service men and wom en and members of Indian tribes nationwide who have supported their loved ones through traditional ceremo nies and have pravrd for the safety and continued strength of all American forces and Allied partners, Section 2. Condolences. Ihc Congress expresses its condolences to the families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their nation and in the cause of peace. Teen parent conference set If you are a teen parent, now or 20 years ago, a parent or a friend to . a teen parent, the teen students of , the Madras High School Teen ; Parent Program have scheduled a teen parent conference for Satur day, May 18 at Madras High School, 650 10th Street from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. The conference is designed to recognize the hard work it is to be a teen parent and how hard it is to continue school. Workshops will be held throughout the day and childcare will be provided on site by trained providers for children under age four until 3:30' p.m. excluding lunch time from 12 to I p.m. Parents will need to provide food and other basic needs such a diapers, change ol clothing, etc. Lunch and snacks will be provided for children who cat solid foods. There w ill be information booths with a variety of information from agencies and individuals in the com munity. I he registration fee for the con ference is $5 per person or $8 per family. Prc-registration is encour aged. Registration in advance is required for community members and teenagers requiring childcare. Registration the day of the confer ence begins at 8:45 a.m. and work shops, begin at 9:30. "'Fir more information contact Teen Parent Program coordinator Lisbct Hornung at 475-7265. be done on Thursday, May 9, be tween 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the Social Hall of the Community tenter. Children who did not have labwork done on April 17th need to be taken to the clinic to have that work done prior to May 9th. The labwork. physicals. and immuniza tion updates are all requirements for children entering the Head Start and Tribal Preschool pro grams. Class offered A five-hour class in creating backyard wildlife habitat is being offered again this spring at The High Desert Museum in Bend from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur day, May II, 1991, as part of the Urban Naturalist Scries. Instructors Jim and Pat Van Vlack, consultants for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sunrivcr Nature Center and other organizations around the state, will teach participants how to identify existing habitat, while en hancing and creating the elements of food, water, and cover that are needed year-round for wildlife to thrive in backyard environments. The fee for the class is $9. To register, mail check to The High Desert Museum. 59800 S. High way 97. Bend, OR 97702. or call 382-4754 by Thursday. May 9. w V.1 r : f fv J Contract Signed Ed M anion, left, Dtlbert Frank, center, and Steve Andersen, right, signed the museum construction contract April 26, A ndersen's firm, S.M. A ndersen, was selected to construct the new facility, Work will begin May 7 or 8 and b scheduled to be complete March 28, 1992. Contract signed, construction to begin The ink was flowing and the papers were flying at Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society(MOIHS) museum construction contract signing ceremonies April 26. The contract was awarded to S.M. Andersen Company of Portland. The Andersen bid was $3,683 mil lion, well under other bidders. Contruction is scheduled to begin May 7 or 8, 1991, w ith completion expected by the end of March, 1992. A second groundbreaking cer mcony will be held Tuesday, May 7 at the site. It is hoped that members of Tribal Council, tribal CEO Ken Smith and MOIHS board members will be present at the hour-long ceremonies which are scheduled to begin at 12 noon. S.M. Andersen, owned by Steve Andersen, has vast construction experience. The firm built the Spirit of the West building for the High Desert Museum in Bend, the Hampton Inn in Bend, the addi tion to the Black Butte Ranch Lodge near Sisters and numerous other projects throughout Oregon. The company was formed in 1974 and is committed to bring the "MOIHS project the highest qual ity possible, the optimum project value and, most importantly, a completed project that will add the MOI HS" to their long list of satis fied customers. The contract with MOIHS in cludes $105,792 for tribal member sub-contractors and another $76,000 for tribal labor. S.M. Andersen is committed to hiring tribal members, whether they be heavy equipment operators, car penters or laborers or provide sup port services. Early next week, it is expected that Andersen will have two trail ers on the site. One mobile home will serve as an office; the other will we living quarters for an on-site construction superintendent. If interested in working on the MOIHS project, stop by the office after it is set up. Testimony presented on behalf of Indian vets ,1 ' '1 ? f ih hi 1 1 p t!Jt& Zfl I 1 .,.,-,,,.. irinMitni , ,, fjft itMrmfttmtr-'iftrrMiiiiritirBTiP Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce along with Senators Inouye, Kassebaum, Simon, Coch ran, Burdick, Daschle, Murkow ski, Deconcini, Gorton, Conrad, and Nickles a concurrent resolu tion to extend the appreciation of the Congress to all American Indian veterans for their service in the Armed Forces of the United States. Mr. President, as events in the Persian Gulf draw to a close, the attention of the nation is focused upon the return of the men and women who have courageously served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. As America honors these brave men and wom en, I believe it is also important to acknowledge the unparalleled de votion that American Indians have had to the Armed Forces of the United States. In fact, American Indians continue to be the highest percentage of any ethnic group in the United States to serve our country, including Operation Desert Storm. Ever since colonial times, Amer ican Indians have enlisted in the Armed Services of the United States. Even in pre-revolutionary wars, American Indians were fight ing on the side of the colonists. Perhaps the most legendary con tribution by American Indians oc curred during World War II. When communications between allied forces were being continuously in tercepted by our enemies, the need for a code which could not be broken became of paramount im portance to our survival and suc cess. When everything else failed, it was the Navajo code talkers whose native language provided a means of communication that eluded the most expert of codebreakers. Of all the codes developed in World War II, the Navajo language code was the only one not broken during World War II. In Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm hundreds of Amer ican Indians continued the proud and courageous tradition of service in the Armed Forces. From my own home state of Arizona, the Navajo Nation estimates that it has sent at least 360 men and women to the Persian Gulf. Recently, during a visit to the Tohono O'Odham Nation concerning Indian health issues, secretary Sullivan and I had the privilege of meeting with the families of the 33 men and women serving in the Persian Gulf. It was a very moving occasion for me, one which showed the pride these families had in their sons and daughters and in the job they had been called to do. Mr. President, the event I was able to witness in Arizona can be repeated on all, if not most, of the Indian reservations across this country. The young and old have a deep pride in their tribal members Forestry skills contest set Timber cruising and tree climb ing, log scaling and log rolling these are just a few of the areas in which high school students will compete on May 10 and II at Central Oregon Community Col- Video portrays basketmaker Powwow Queen Ella Jane Jim was crowned "Grandma Queen" during the Rock Creek Powwow April 19, 20 and 21. Ella won the honor by selling 678 tickets. Spilyay Tyrnoo Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SIO MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER . . SAPHRONIA COOCHISE TYPESETTERRECEPTIONIST SELENA THOMPSON 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, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1644 or (503) 553-3274 FAX No. 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within the U.S. $9 00 Outside the U.S. $15.00 "...And Woman Wove it in a Basket...," the documentary film on the life and work of Nettie Jackson, Klickitat basketmaker, was featured at the Native Amer ican Festival in New York City April 19 to 21. The festival, organized by the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian, was held at the Anthology Film Archives. Jackson traveled to New York with filmmakers Bushra Azzouz and Marlene Farnum of Portland and made a presentation at the time of the film's showing. Al though it was the basketmaker's first trip to New York, it was not a first for the film, which had been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in January. Completed in 1989, the film has received much favorable attention. In May 1990, it was selected as one of five films to receive first place distinction in the 17th Annual Northwest Film and Video Festi val in Portland. Gaining international attention, the film was given a special award during the International Festival of Ethnographic Film at the Royal Anthropological Institute in Man chester, England. The judge com mended the filmmakers for at tempting "to capture Native Amer ican life and culture as it is ex perienced and articulated by.. .a Klickitat basket weaver." Jackson is enrolled on the Yakima Reserva tion and has relatives at Warm Springs. "At the core of the film," the judge wrote, "is the problematic of cultural preservation, not only in archives and museums but also in the daily practice and memory of the people." The judge described the film as "unfolding in 'Indian time' to respect the rhythm of the activity and the telling." Named Best Documentary at the Native American Film Festival in San Francisco in November, 1990, the film was in notable company. The Best Picture award went to "Dances With Wolves." The bronze and walnut award from the San Francisco festival will be on view at the Yakima Indian Cultural Center at the time of the film's Yakima Reservation premier during Treaty Days in June. Other major showings have been at the American Folklore Society's annual meeting in Oakland, at the DeYoung Museum in San Fran cisco, at the Hawaii International Film Festival, and at the Interna tional Women's Film and Video Festival in Chicago. The film will travel to Minneapolis May 4. lege during the 1991 Oregon Voca tional Forest Products State Skills Contest. The two-day event involving competition in 20 skill areas will draw between 200 and 250 students from Central Oregon and from other areas around the state in cluding Klamath Falls and Baker City. Spectator events begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, and awards will be, presented to win ning students at 4 p.m. Most of the competition will take place on the lower part of the COCC campus in an arena west of the maintenance building, which is just below Ponderosa. The contest is free and open to the public. For easy access, visitors should park in the Boyle Education Center lower parking lot. Refreshments will be sold at the event. Professional logger Rex Redden will demonstrate various logging skills during a free exhibition at 3:15 p.m. COCC's Foresty Department in conjunction with the State Depart ment of Education sponsors the skills contest. who have been or are presently called to duty; they don't take a backseat to anybody in the level of patriotism and love of country. Indeed, it was largely because of the American Indian's record of service in World War I that con gress enacted legislation in 1924 granting United States citizenship to all American Indians. Yet as I reflected on these recent events, I am reminded of the ser vices that we have failed to provide American Indian veterans. This perhaps is all too sadly captured in the life of Ira Hayes. The American public has probably never heard the full story about this American Hero. He was a Pima Indian who served in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict and is depicted in the I wo Jima Memorial as one of the brave men who planted the American flag. Although that mo ment is captured in time, Ira Hayes the man was soon forgotten. He eventually died a broken man and a victim of alcoholism. Another American Hero, Sena tor Dan Inouye, perhaps said it best: "Even though a great number of Native American veterans have served this country with incom parable bravery and valor, the recognition and level of services which have been provided to In dian veterans remains largely un documented. It would appear that in our efforts to mainstream our country's veterans, the needs of America's Indian veterans have been forgotten." As this concurrent resolution ex tends the appreciation of the Con gress, I can think of no more appropriate subsequent action that the Congress can take than to examine the problems, assess cur rent services, and explore the solu tions necessary to fulfill the needs of Native American veterans. I look forward to working with my colleagues to do just that in this Congress. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my statement and a copy of the concurrent resolution be printed in the record. l v?K : fi- y: ---'--..' . 1 j Warm Springs Elementary students enjoyed the band and drill squad performance by Camas H igh S choot as they traveled the area on May 19. I