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Jji News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservatio t
VOL. 16 NO. 15
Coyote News
In Brief
BIA reorganization
discussed
Tribal leaders met in
Portland to discuss the
restructuring of the BIA.
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County Fair begins
The 79th Annual
Jefferson County Fair
promises numerous .
activities and exhibits.
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Students employed by
Tribe
Seventy-five students are
employed through the
Summer Work Program.
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Wright resigns
After 34.years In the 509-
J School District,
superintendent Darrell
Wright plans to retire
effective September 1,
1991.
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Head Start registration
begins
Parents of students who
wish to enter the Head
Start Program in the fall
must register children
before the end of July.
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Obesity runs high In
children
One child in four is
overweight. Ideas for
controlling weight are
offered.
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P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
JULY 26, 1991
Huckleberry Feast
activities are scheduled
for the weekend of
August 3 &4at HeHe
Deadline for the next
issue of Spilyay Tymoo
is August 2, 1991
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Computer camp designed for junior high students
The Johnson O'Malley Commit
tee is sponsoring a locally planned
summer computer camp for sev
enth and eighth grade students and
their parents. The camp is sche
duled for two weeks and started
July 22 and will end August 2. The
camp is held daily from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the elementary school and
includes computer instruction, cul
tural hypercard projects and field
trips to tribal enterprises with com
puter applications.
The purpose of the computer
camp is to provide an education
ally focused summer activity for
students and parents. The high
school summer school and summer
library are aimed at elementary
and secondary students, leaving
junior high students with nothing
specifially designed with them in
mind.
A secondary purpose is to en
hance the SMILE program at the
junior high school by upgrading
current equipment, supplying new
Apple computers and instructing
students in their use. Learning to
use the computer provides students
with a challenge in thinking and
processing information in a way
not normally available in the regu
lar classroom setting.
Students projects will include
child and parent research of cultu
ral material, oral history and fam
ily trees. The information will be
programmed with the result being
either the students' oral history,
legends and or family geneology.
Students will learn how to use the
computer, specifically the Hyper
Card program, and how to work
with a database.
Field trips are scheduled for
Warm Springs Forest Products,
Warm Springs Power Enterprise,
Forest Management and Office of
nformation System. Students will
experience computer applications
in each site and tour the facility.
The Computer Camp was plan
ned and organized by the JOM
Committee with assistance from
Julie Mitchell and John Nelson.
John is a third grade teacher at
Warm Springs Elementary and Julie
the tribal education director.
The JOM committee consists of
Shirley Sanders, Shirley Heath,
Art McConville, Sheryl Courtney,
Kirby Heath, Sue Matters and
Barbara Yaw. They provided many
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Students in Johnson O 'Malley sponsored computer camp learn computer use and computer applications. Madras High School student Russel
Graham helps instruct (left) Tricia Stradley and (center) Mavis Kirk,
ideas and guidance in planning the
purpose and direction taken in the
camp. Over a three-month period,
the committee, among other activi
ties, approved sponsorship of the
project, identified the need, deter
mined the age group and coordi
nated public information with
newspapers and radio. John and
Julie designed the schedule, con
tacted and arranged for instructors
and field trips, located enough com
puters for the lab and tended to
many details.
Attendance was limited to 16 to
20 students and was dependent on
the number of computers availa
ble. It is most desirable for each
student to have a computer, but
due to cost, accessibility to space,
transporting borrowed equipment,
lease costs, etc.. .class size was
limited to 16.
Staffing the computer camp are
George Beekman and Michael
Johnson, OSU computer science
instructors. Both are experienced
Apple computer users and knowl
edgeable in a variety of applica
tions. George and his computer
literate family arrived with eight
borrowed computers, set up the
lab, and will all assist students dur
ing instruction. Mike is scheduled
to arrive during the second week of
the camp and continue instruction
and introduce students to database
use.
Assisting George and Mike are
John Nelson and Russell Graham.
Russel was an active SMILE stu
dent and has attended the OSU
summer Math Camp. Russell is
currently a freshman at M H S. Both
John and Russell are eager to learn
more about Apple computers and
use their new skills during the
upcoming school yean
Many individuals and depart
ments are involved in planning
such a computer camp for kids in
Warm Springs. As always, funding
to continue the project is neces
sary. If you would like to contrib
ute to the project or can apply for
funding for more computers and or
to expand the camp, please call
Julie at 553-3241. Ideas for next
year's camp are already being dis
cussed. If you have any ideas or
would like to volunteer to help
plan and organize the 1992 camp,
please call Julie.
Referendum due August 6
Tribal members will go to the
polls Tuesday, August 6 for a ref
erendum that deals with the bor
rowing terms for the new Early
Childhood Education Center.
On March 6, 1990, nearly a year
after the referendum passed for the
new education center, tribal voters
approved a constitutional amend
ment that permits the tribe to bor
row money for projects "in accor
dance with terms to be approved
by referendum." The language in
the education center referendum
spoke only to borrowing amount
($3,375,000), not to the terms.
The question to appear on the
August 6 ballots will be: "Shall the
borrowing of up to $3,375,000 for
the purpose of designing, equip
ping, constructing and financing
an Early Childhood Learning Cen
ter as approved by the eligible tri
bal membership on May 6, 1989,
be on the following terms:
"Any note, loan or bonds evi
dencing such borrowing shall be
fully paid in not more than 20 years
and the interest rate on any such
borrowing shall not exceed an
average fixed rate of 9.5 percent or
a variable rate not to exceed the
prime interest rate or similar index."
In order to gain the lowest pos
sible interest rate for financing of
the learning center, the terms need
to be approved by the membership.
No construction delays are antici
pated due to this referendum vote.
According to tribal vital statis
tics, 1,647 members are eligible to
vote in the upcoming election. Of
those, 549, or one-third, must vote
to validate the election. Members
must be at least 21 years of age or
be married in order to vote.
Leaders meet
in Utah
Approximately 60 tribal leaders
gathered in Sundance, Utah last
week to discuss the future of tribal
organizations and their relation
ships with the U.S. government.
Pierson Mitchell, Delvis Heath,
Vernon Henry and Brenda Scott
attended the meeting.
According to Patricia Zell, chief
counsel and staff director for the
Senate Select Committee on Indian
Affairs, which is chaired by Sena
tor Daniel Inouye, said American
Indian leaders should act now that
the're is a favorable climate in
vongress and insist on a national
agenda. "The strength and the
power lie in your hands, " she said.
Zell also commented that sena
tors are recognizing that the old
way of setting Indian policy react
ing to crises must give way to a
more thoughtful, purposeful ap
proach. However, senators on the
16-member committee want that
initiative to come from Indian
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Scholarships available. '...
Juvenile Justice Workshop set for Resort
Up to 30 scholarships will be
awarded to members of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
and native Americans living in
Warm Springs for the upcoming
Juvenile Justice Workshop. The
three-day session, coordinated by
the Warm Springs Tribal Court
and the Cascade Law and Policy
Institute, will be held August 21,22
and 23 at Kah-Nee-Ta. Registra
tion is $235 per person. The scho
larships will cover tuition, mate
rials, two lunches and a powwow.
The scholarships were made avail
able by Tribal Court, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Human Services
and the Oregon Childrens Services
Division.
The theme for this year's Gather
ing is "Harmony for Our Child
ren." Harmony results when all
involved, including children, fami
lies, community members and the
legal system, work together toward
common goals. Harmony does not
just happen, it must be gained
through the use of skills that can be
learned by all.
Numerous workshops and panel
discussions will focus on topics
such as cross-cultural communica
tion, advocacy for victims of crime,
problem-solving fundamentals and
many others. Each of the 15 work
shops will be offered twice over the
three days.
Teaching the workshops will be
facilitators from across the United
States as well as from Warm
Springs. Their expertise in dealing
with juveniles and their families
will assist participants gain helpful
information.
If interested in req uesting a scho
larship, applicants must submit
their name, phone number and
reason why they want to attend the
workshop and why the scholarship
is needed to Judge Don Costello at
PO Box 850, Warm Springs, OR
97761 or phone 553-3454.
The workshop is open to all
interested in creating a safer, more
harmonious place for children.
Registration fees should be mailed
to Costello. Rooms have been set
aside for the conference at Kah-Nee-Ta
for $55 per night, single or
double occupancy. When making
reservations, state that you are
attending the third annual Juvenile
Justice Gathering.
Education reform discussed
Reading, writing and arithmetic
will serve as the building blocks,
but college preparatory courses
and vocational training classes will
be the finishing materials in Ore
gon under the major reform mea
sure passed by the 1 99 1 legislature.
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, i
shared information on the new law
(HB 3565) with Mid-Columbia
educators and school administra
tors this week.
The Oregon Educational Act for
the 2 1 st Century calls for major
changes in classroom curricula,
lengthening the school year and
implementing statewide testing of
progress, all by the year 2010. The
changes will be phased in over the
next two decades.
"Few bills drew as much atten
tion this session, because few bills
will have as great an impact as this
one. Teachers, parents, students
everyone associated with public
education in Oregon-will feel the
effect of this new law," Walden
said.
Walden has mailed a summary
of the legislation to teachers and
superintendents in District 56. The
fact sheet outlines many of the
major provisions of the bill, which
is expected to be signed into law by
Governor Barbara Roberts this
August.
Coupled with the implementa
tion of Ballot Measure 5, which
requires the state to replace rev
enues lost to local school districts
under the property tax limitation,
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