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Coyote News
In Brief
Commodities program
operating
Eligibility for Commodities
Program depends on Income
and number of family
members.
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Yourh Challenges
sessions to begin
Six sessions focusing on
school skills and prevention
will run from March 4 to
May 5.
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Students enjoy SMILE
program challenges
Warm Springs Elementary -students
become more
aware of science and math
in their world through
program.
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Zoning In the Warm
Springs corridor to be
discussed
Public meetings will permit
input from community
members. Meetings are
scheduled for March 23
and 24.
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The Madras High School boy's choral group stands out as being unique. It is one of several choirs attracting students who enjoy music and singing. B oy's
choral group students (pictured) include: Chris Watkins, Young Boise, Charlie Gonzales, Eric Vaughan, Ricardo Mejia, Mario Padillo, Walter Wolfe,
Delray Thompson, Curtis Brown, Ulyssis Suppah, Gibby Kalama, Obedt Moody, William Switzler, Claude Smith III, Cimmeron Tufti, Chip Kalama,
David Morrell, Mike Bettega, James Snyder, Ruben Henry, David Rivas, Viny Atencio, Michael Olsen and Robert Humble.(Related story on page 3)
Wastewater committee develops resolution Head Start
The Agency Lagoons are near ca
pacity and during summer periodically
out of compliance with EPA water
quality standards. A Wastewater Plan
ning Committee has been formed to
draft an action plan. This group recently
mciwiin mejoinicommuieeio review
alternatives and seek direction. The
Joint Committee decided to direct this
issue to the community for review and
comment on March 23 and 24, before
it goes before Tribal Council. The
situation can haveserious consequences
and needs to be considered a high pri
ority. The Agency community is growing
at a faster rate than ever before. By the
year 2000 there will be a need for
hundreds of new homes and jobs, nu
merous commercial and industrial de
velopments to meet the needs of the
additional membership. Most of these
needed improvements will be con
nected to the community sewage la
Tribe seeking funds....
Unified record system needed
TRIBES SEEK FUNDS to establish a tribal census and consolidate data
bases into a unified system. The initiative would establish a way to "measure
the results" of the many programs and projects operated to benefit the
community. Needs of the community have often been defined with incon
sistent and incomplete data. A tribal census will provide accurate and current
information on the community such as population, age, family size, income,
housing and employment A uniform data base would help tribal and non
tribal programs to better plan, focus and coordinate their services with the
community.
The project is also designed to improve records management By net
working computers and linking them with a storage and retrieval system
using laser optic discs, the Tribes could reduce costs and improve access to
records. Currently, records are stored in a 5000 sq. ft warehouse which is full
and very time consuming to obtain information. The new system could store
information on a laser disc similar to those used for CD compact discs.
Tribal Council has requested the SecretaryTreasurer to include all reso
lutions and minutes into the system.
Council to research past actions to assure
tribal government
Other data (information) which could be stored include that of Vital
Statistics, Accounting, populationcensus, realty, cultural resources, natural
resources, budgeting, reservation economy and employment The system
will provide for controlled access, yet enable tribal government to accurately
define the needs of the community and
to recieve over $100,000 to initiate this
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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
P.O. BOX 870 WARM
goons, further compounding the non
compliance issue.
Cy Katchia, while Chairing the Joint
Committee meeting, insisted that a
"moratorium" on all development be
declared by Tribal Council, until this
water quality problem is corrected.
Other Joint Committee members ex
pressed their concerns over how devel
opment has not been well planned and
this is one example of how develop
ments have out-stripped the sewage
treatment capability. The Committee
wanted to know what the alternatives
are.
Nancy Short, Tribal Sanitarian, told
the Committee that the planning com
mittee is preparing a five (5) year
wastewater plan to upgrade the lagoon
facility on Shitike peek. The draft
plan is scheduled for EPA review and
approval in July, 1992. The planning
group reviewed the alternatives with
the Joint Committee and reported that
This information would be used by
consistency in policy matters of the
measure the results. The tribes hope
project
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funding through HUD and the Indian
Health Service will require that this be
a top priority.
The Joint Committee drafted the
following resolution for community
rcvicwi
WHEREAS, The Welfare of the
Warm Springs Reservation is a major
concern and priority of the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs; and
WHEREAS, Maintaining the water
quality of Shitike Creek and the
Deschutes River is of paramount con
cern now that water quality standards
arenotalwaysbeingmetbecauseofthe
discharge of waste water from the
Agency Lagoons; and
WHEREAS, The Warm Springs
Housing Authority has immediateplans
for 90 more units on the above system
in response to the community need for
housing; and
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New preservation
There is a new program starting
called Family Preservation. This
program will work with substance
affected families with children at risk
and with families of juvenile status
offenders by offering services that
build upon the tradition of the Indian
extended family system and by of
fering a variety of appropriate cul
tural, spiritual, and community re
sources. The Family Preservation Program
is funded by several Federal Grants
and is guided by Jon Grant, Director
of Children Protection Services. Re
garding the program he developed,
Mr. Grant states "The program will
apply some unique yet basic concepts
that concentrate on a family's
strengths and wisdom."
Family Preservation is based on
the philosophy that the greatest source
of strength to address a family's
concerns is the family itself. It is the
program's belief that each member
should be understood individually
EUGENE, o 97...,,
Each year the American Indian
Programs Branch makes a number of
visits to Head Start Programs to as
sess their compliance with mandatory
Head Start Performance Standards
and other ACYF Policies. During the
visit the Head Start component areas
are reviewed: education, parent in
volvement, social services, mental
health, health-dental, medical, nu
trition, disabilities and Administra
tionFiscal. These components arc
reviewed against their Self-Assessment
Validation Instrument (SAVI)
which is completed locally each year.
Reviewers observe center operations,
examine documents and records,
meet with Head Start staff, grantee
representatives, Head Start parents,
other community members and ap
propriate parties.
Where applicable, technical as
sistance will be provided on-site in
areas where improvements need to
be made. Further assistance may be
required through the use of our
program's training and technical as
program designed
while working with the family as a
whole. The program is designed to
utilize resources which have tradi
tionally been expended on one fam
ily member to be more wisely in
vested in treating the entire family.
At the heart of this new program 's
philosophy is the Family Preservation
Meeting. This meeting is designed to
allow the family to decide what con
cerns need to be addressed and how
they will work together to resolve
them. The meeting is based on the
beliefs that families have strengths
and can change; they deserve respect;
they have wisdom and solutions; and
that families, relatives, and the
community are the best resources.
Grant states. The main goal of this
program is to strengthen families.
We believe children are best protected
and nurtured when families are
strong. It is our desire to provide the
families with a proper forum that
will strengthen and empower them."
In one part of the program, day
MARCH 20,1992
Council nominees
confirmed;
election set for
ribaf Council nominations
wcrchcldTucsday,March3, 1992.
Sccksccqua District members
gathered at the Warm Springs
community ccntcrsocial hall where
Tommy KaIama,Joc Moses. Karen
Walluiatum. I iank Palmer, Brcnda
Scott, Wilson Wcwa, Sr. and
Ccraldinc Jim were nominated by
their constituents. Ccraldinc Jim
declined the nomination.
Agency District members met
at the Agency Longhousc. Nomi
nated were Urcn Leonard, Nathan
Jim, Sr., Daisy Ike, Alvis Smith,
Jr., Irene Wells, Mike Clements,
Bernice Mitchell, Rita
Squicmphen, Levi Bobb, Zane
Jackson, Bob Macy, Sr., and
Claude Smith, Sr.
At the Simnasho Longhouse,
Simnasho members nominated
Tony Suppah, Raymond Calica,
Picrson Mitchell, Kathleen Heath
Foltz, Dclbcrt Frank, Sr., Jacob
- Frank, Sr., Grant Wahencka and -Prosanna
Williams.
Elections will be heldThursday,
April 2. There are 1,675 eligible
tribal member voters; 558, or one
third, will need to vote in the elec
tion to make the election valid. All
those tribal members 21 years of
age and older, or married, are eli
gible to vote. Any questions con
cerning eligibility can be directed
to the Vital Statistics department.
evaluated
sistance services.
At the end of the visit, a summary
of the findings is presented as well as
specific recommendations for im
proving certain areas of the Head
Start program. A full written report
specifying the findings, required
actions and recommendations will
follow within 30 days of the on-site
visit
March 2-5, 1992, the Warm
Springs Head Start program had their
on-site visit by the following Head
Start Bureau representatives: Warren
Harris, Program Specialist from the
Washington, D.C. Head Start Bu
reau; Cheryl Wilson, I.H.S. Con
sultant from Albuquerque, New
Mexico; Lolita Spencer, Parent In
volvementSocial Services Coordi
nator from Sleepsprings, New
Mexico; LolitaEllsworth, Education
Disabilities Coordinator from Chinle,
Arizona; and Jerry Whitcrock, Sup
port Services in Administration
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to help families
treatment services will be provided
to the family in a single setting. The
Program Coordinator working with
the day treatment services will be
Carol Wewa. Wewa is an enrolled
member and lived on the reservation
most of her life. Carol joined the
program after working at the Police
Department for many years.
The second part ot the program
will provide home-based services
designed to prevent intervention by
the court system and at the same time
help the family to be self-sufficient
and strong. The Family Preservation
Specialist providing services is Nellie
Hall, a HidatsaSioux from North
Dakota. Hall served as the Director
of Indian Education for the largest
school district on her reservation.
Rela'cd to this program is a
separate grant which will provide
intensive services to families expe
riencing concerns revolving around
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