PAGE 2 June 14, 1991
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
State legislators support Duro reversal
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Construction Underway
Work on the new Early Childhood Education Center has been going on for about a month and has
dramatically changed the landscape near the Agency Longhouse. It was learned recently that the ECE will
receive approximately $200,000 In Oregon state lottery funds, up about $50,000 due to increased lottery ticket
sales.
On June 4. 1991, a majority of
Oregon'i legislators sent Senator
Daniel Inouye a letter of support
for legislation to overturn the 1990
Duro v. Rcina U.S. Supreme
Court Division.
The Duro decision held that
tribal governments did not have
criminal jurisdiction over non
member Indians. The result in the
Indian Country has been confu
sion and anger. In effect, Duro has
created a class of people whose
conduct would go unregulated on
the Indian reservations of Amer
ica. The disastrous effect of Duro
has been temporarily avoided by a
bill passed by the Congress which
returns jurisdiction to the tribes
only until November of 1991. New
legislation currently before the
Congress would make that change
permanent. The letter from the
Oregon legislators was in support
of that permanent change.
Seventy-six of the 90 legislators
from Oregon's House and Senate
signed the letter which was drafted
by Representative Bev Clarno (R
Bend) at the request of Warm
Springs Vice-Chair Delbcrt Frank
and other Oregon tribal leaders.
Representative Clarno proved
herself to be a serious friend of
Indian issues by the vigor with
which she responded to the plea for
help. In the space of only seven
working days, Clarno and her staff
wrote the letter and obtained all of
the signatures. It was an extraordi
nary effort which has earned our
local legislator the respect and ad
miration of Oregon's Indian
communities.
With support from a few states,
and a number of national law
enforcement it is hoped that a per
manent "fix" for Duro will soon
take place with passage of the
effective legislation.
That possibility has been strong
ly enhanced by the committed sup
port given this national Indian
issue by Representative Clarno
and her fellow Oregon legislatures.
Register for Head Start
The Warm Springs Head Start
program is currently registering
children for the 1991-1992 school
year. This registration is for all
children living on the Warm
Springs reservation who will turn 3
on or before September I, 1991.
For children who were in cither
Head Start or Tribal Preschool
during the 1990-1991 school year;
this involves updating your child's
current files. For incoming 3-ycar-olds
and 4-year-olds who were not
previously in one of these pro
grams; a registration packet must
be filled out. If the child has not
had a physical examination, this
PTliecrl"9?.r?,".1 Local hospital offers senior citizen health fair
The 10 public hearings on the
Draft Lower Deschutes River
Management Plan and Environ
mental Impact Statement that were
scheduled at Pendleton, The Dalles,
Portland, Medford, Eugene, Sa
lem, Madras, Warm Springs, Bend
and Maupin during June have
been postponed.
The draft plan was completed on
schedule on May 17; however, a
mistake by the Portland Post
Office and a private mailing service
has caused a 3-4 week delay in the
delivery of the documents. As a
result, there would not have been
enough time for you to review the
plan and offer comments at the
hearings if they were held in June.
The hearings will be rescheduled
for sometime later in the summer
and the public comment period
will be extended into October. We
will notify you as soon as new open
house hearing dates and locations
are finalized.
Closure Continued from page 1
A midmorning health fair has
been planned especially for seniors
on June 19. Numerous health
screens, demonstrations and talks
will be offered between 9 a.m. and
noon at Mountain View Hospital
and Nursing Home in Madras.
This years health fair is entitled
"The Health Puzzle - Fitting the
Pieces Together."
Services and tests to be offered
include blood sugar checks, total
cholesterol counts and at home
colorectal cancer test kit distribu
tion. Oral cancer screening, visual
dental exams, hearing testing and
hearing aid cleaning and adjust
ment will also be available.
Several informative talks will be
given throughout the fair. Topics
slated to be addressed include safe
ty concerns for seniors, managing
your medication, gentle message
and chairobic exercises for seniors.
All AARP membersand mature
adults 53 years of age and older are
invited. Admission to the health
fair is $5 per person. Mountain
View Hospital is located at the
corner of 1 2th and A Streets. Con
venient parking is available in the
lots off of "A" Street. Dial-A-Ride
service for those living in outlying
areas may be arranged by calling
Jean Fifield at 475-6494. For more
information about the health fair,
call Mountain View Hospital Dis
trict Wellness Coordinator Eva
Montee at 475-3882.
must also be done.
To schedule an appointment for
registering your child or to update
their files, call 553-324 1 or come
into the Head Start offfice in the
community center. Registration
will continue through the end of
July.
Fair contest on
To encourage maximum com
munity awareness of this year's
fair, the Fair Board will sponsor a
contest for all Jefferson County
businesses.
The business with the best over
all decorations and employee attire
in keeping with the theme "Coun
try Carousel," will receive six (6)
season passes to the fair.
Judging will bedonebythe 1991
Queen's Court on July 24, 199I.
Decisions of the judges are final.
If you would like to enter, please
call the Fair Board Office no later
nan July 1 7, 1 99 1. 475-3327.
See you at the fair.
Fight, win at the same time
Fight fire-related injuries and
get a chance to win a 1991 4x4 at
the same time with the Fire Fight-
of ceremonial and subsistence fish;
now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Tri
bal Council of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Res
ervtion of Oregon that pursuant to
the Tribal Council's authority under
the Treaty of 1855 and the Warm
Springs Tribal Code 340.310(2) to
regulate off reservation treaty fish
ing the following is hereby
adopted for the fall fishery in the
year 1991 only:
CLOSED SEASON: The Sherars
Falls Indian net and hook and line
fisheries will be closed from Sher
ars Falls to the upper railroad tres
tle, from 6:00 p.m. June IS, 1991 to
6:00 a.m. October 1, 1991. The
entire Deschutes River will be closed
to the harvest of fallsummer
chinook salmon by Indian fisher
men from 6:00 p.m. June 15, 1991
to 6:00 a.m. October 1, 1991.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That this resolution will be imme
diately rescinded should scientific
evidence indicate the escapement
level will be adequately met with
out further restrictions.
Summer math, career classes offered
Be careful when you burn debris
In late spring, toward the end of
backyard burning season, grass,
brush, and wooded areas may start
to dry out. With drying conditions
the increased chance of escaped
fires also rises. Keep this in mind as
you burn debris, and take these
precautions to keep your fire under
control:
Make sure your burn pile is sur
rounded by bare dirt or green grass
for at least 10 to 15 feet in every
direction.
Have a garden hose that is long
enough to reach the burn pile and a
little beyond it to wet down sur
rounding grass that may catch fire.
Do not leave the fire until it is
completely out.
If high winds persist do not start
to burn. If high winds start to blow
after you have started to burn, stop
burning and cool down burning
material enough to keep any fire
from escaping.
Vet coordinator
to visit W.S.
A Native American veterans
coordinator of the U.S. Depart
ment of Veteran Affairs will be in
Warm Springs during Pi-Ume-Sha,
June 2 1 -23. He will have a stand set
up on the powwow grounds for
anyone who is in need of assistance.
The local Central Oregon Com
munity College Adult Learning
Center is offering the following
classes this summer. Contact the
office at 553-1428 for further
information.
How to Get a Decent Job
Tired of looking for that right
job? Unsure about your career
future? Want some help? Now, you
can discover how to find the kind
of job you really want! This excit
ing two-day seminar will help you
design an individual plan of action
to find employment. Learn how to
find good jobs and how to get
them.!
Workshop presenter, John War
ren, has helped people all across
Oregon to find decent jobs. John is
a full-time teacher at Chemeketa
Community College and has been
an employment planning specialist
for many years.
When: June 24 and 25 8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break.
Where: COCC Center in the Old
Boy's Dorm
Cost: Free tuition; $6 materials fee.
To register, stop by the COCC
office. Call 553-1428 for more
information. Registration begins
now. Enrollment is limited, so
hurry!
Math Mania
Yes, it's true, Math 60, 65 and 95
mania is coming to the Old Boy's
Dorm this summer. Now, even you
can learn the quadratic equation
and amaze your friends and rela
tives. So hurry, get some dark framed
glasses, learn algebra and become
art-v official summer math nerd!
Instructor is Geoff Bury.
Registration began June 3.
Classes are every Monday and
Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:10 a.m.
from June 18 to August 6 at the
Adult Learning Center. Cost is $96
plus books (approximately $30).
These will be lecture type classes
and enrollment is limited. This is a
four-credit class.
Babies are "real people
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From the day they are born, they
learn all kinds of things like; "eat
ing and sleeping," listening and
looking," "wiggling and moving."
Ihey learn from everyone a
round them-from their parents and
grandparents, aunts and uncles,
sisters and brothers.
You can encourage their learn
ing through a special Infant Follow
Along Program, sponsored by the
Head Start and Early Intervention
Program of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
Parents who enroll their infants
in this Infant Follow Along Pro
gram (IFAP) receive a brief ques
tionnaire every lour (4) months
until their baby is three (3) years
old.
The questionnaires alert parents
of the skill their children will be
learning at that age and tell profes
sional people and parents of poten
tial learning problems.
Parents involved in the Infant
Follow Along Program will work
with professional development
specialists and learn how to teach
their infants new ways to learn.
If you're interested in the Infant
Follow Along Program, contact:
Julie Mitchell, Jane Kirkpatrick,
or Jewell Minnick at Department
of Education, (503) 553-3241.
ers Fight Burns Raffle "91, spon
sored by Smith's Home Furnish
ings. Warm Springs Fire and Safety,
in cooperation with the Oregon
Fire Service and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
locals 123 and 659, are organizing
the raffle to raise $75,000 for the
Oregon Burn Center in Portland.
The Oregon Burn Center, located
at Emanuel Hospital and Health
Center, is the only facility of its
kind between Tacoma, Washing
ton and Chico, California. People
with severe burns from throughout
the region are cared for by the spe
cialized staff and equipment avail
able only at the Center. Members
of the Fire Service and the IBEW
throughout Oregon are selling $1
raffle tickets this summer to pur
chase the equipment, provide con
tinuing training for nurses and send
burn injured children to special
camp.
The Grand Prize, a 1991 Ford
Explorer, is loaded with extras and
has a retail value of $20,000. The
second prize is a drift boat and
trailer with many options donated
by South Santiam Drifters.
Tickets will be sold for four
months, form June 1 to September
30. They will be available at public
events such as county fairs and at
local fire stations, and IBEW offi
ces throughout the state. The win
ning ticket will be drawn at the
Oregon Burn Center during
National Fire Prevention Week in
October.
It's time to celebrate Treaty Days in Warm Springs Continued from page 1
those selling crafts. Food vendors
will not be allowed to sell wild
game animals (venison, elk, etc.)
and microwaves will not be permit
ted for use on the grounds. There
will be a sanitation inspection done
for those vendors providing food,
everyone handling food must have
taken food handlers course and
have a permit card. The sanitation
inspector will have a list of those
who completed the course. All
non-tribal members must have a
seller's permit before being eligible
to set up a booth.
For more information please
contact one of the following peo
ple: Art Mitchell at (503) 553-1 735;
Nathan "8-Ball" Jim at 553-1403;
Louise K. Jackson at 553-1304; or
Cassie Katchia (vendor informa
tion only) at 553-3217.
There are four candidates seek
ing the Miss Pi-Ume-Sha title for
1991 . The girls running for the title
include Phoebe Suppah, Arlissa
Rhoan, Madeline Jim and Zena
Badraod. The girls will be selling
raffle tickets until the powwow.
The winner will then be crowned
Friday, June 21, 1991 by 1990 Pi-Ume-Sha
Queen Elizabeth Hisa
take. Below is information on the
candidates and the photos of three
of the candidates. A photo of Zena
Badroad was not available at press
time. Candidate Phoebe Elaine Sup
pah is 20 years of age and is of
Warm Springs and Wasco descent.
Her parents are Melinda Polk and
Frankie Suppah of Warm Springs.
She attended Madras High School
from 1984-1987, and then gradu
ated from Lincoln High School in
Portland, Oregon in 1988. She
then attended Haskell Indian Jr.
College. Her hobbies and special
interests include beadwork, cross
country, running, fancy dancing
and jingle dancing. Suppah's rea
son for seeking the title of Miss
Pi-Ume-Sha is to be recoenized,
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Phoebe Suppah
build self-esteem, keep occupied,
and practice for other such titles as
Miss Warm Springs. Her future
plans are to go to a four-year col
lege to get a political science degree
in business management. She feels
she would like to "help the tribe be
recognized as a sovereign nation
with a strong political voice to help
the nation become the healthiest
reservation by the year 2000."
Arlissa Rhoan is 15 years old,
and is of the Warm Springs des
cent. Her legal guardians are Lyle
Sr. and Arlita Rhoan. Her parents
are Lyle Rhoan, Jr. and Bonnie
Petersen of Siletz, Oregon. She will
be a sophomore at Madras High
School next fall and has attended
school in Warm Springs and Mad
ras all of her life. Her hobbies and
special interests include Indian
dancing, traveling to different pow
wows, school, learning how to
beadwork, sports and horse riding.
Rhoan feels her reason for seeking
the title is to represent her family,
the Confederated Tribes and Pi-Ume-Sha
at different powwows
she will attend throughout the Uni
ted States and Canada. Her future
plans include graduating from high
school then take a couple of years
off to travel around the States and
Canada then come home and pre
pare for college. And after com
pleting college she w ould like to get
a job and possibly start a family.
Madeline Rosalia Jim is 14 years
old and is the daughter of Barbara
and Bruce Jim. Sr. She will be a
sophomore at Madras High
School next year. Her hobbies in
clude riding horses, beadwork,
Indian dancing, basketball, soft
ball, tennis, and volleyball. She
also likes to read, prepare tradi
tional foods and go commercial
fishing w ith her father. She is seek
ing the title of Miss Pi-Ume-Sha
because she enjoys meeting people
and traveling to dance at powwows
all over. She feels she will represent
the title to the best of her ability. She
enjoys running for different pow
wow queens "just like the old days,
it's for fun and enjoyment, partici
pating and being active in tradi
tional ways." She is interested in
learning about people and customs
of the community from elders and
other tribes.
Zena Joy Badroad is 14 years of
age and is a freshman at a Van
couver, Washington high school.
She is of Warm Springs, Nez Perce
and Spokane descent.
"I'm really honored to be a queen
candidate because 1 didn't think
the committee would pick some
one off the reservation," said Zena
recently.
Zena's hobbies include attend
ing powwows and playing basketball.
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Madeline Jim
Arlissa Rhoan