PAGE 2 May 29, 1992
Warm Springs. Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
News from Indian Country
Fish Distributed
Many Warm Springs tribal members took advantage of a fish distribution conducted by Natural Resources May 21. A
total of 208 fish wen given out and came from Round ButuFish Hatchery.
EIS being prepared for Metolius Forest Planning Unit
The Triple Creek Logging Unit
Project Interdisciplinary Team is de
veloping an Environmental Assess
mem (EA) for the Metolius Forest
Planning Unit The team is seeking
preliminary input from the public
about issues, concerns and opportu
nities relating to the proposed Triple
Creek Logging Unit. The EA will be
developed and written to follow the
guidelines and standards in the re
:ently adopted Integrated Resource
Management Plan.
The proposed harvest units will
be located in the area from the
Whitewater Conditional Use area
Youth Challenges
Tuesdays, June 2, 1992 (1st) to July 7, 1992 (6th)
six sessions -- 6:i5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Coordinating School Skills with Prevention Skills
at the Warm Springs Senior Citizen Center
The Challenges of our Youth today, seem simple when we say: "They
have to overcome and conquer alcohol and drug problems, in their
families and community and live productive lives." This sounds like an
easy goal to attain, but in reality, this possible sounding task requires; lots
of teamwork, practice and support
These scries of sessions, will provide the education and knowledge of
alcohol and drug problems and how they affect the family system and how
in turn they affect the school environment.
These sessions will show how, we as people, need to understand
ourselves as being human, having feelings, emotions, and being vulner
able to life crisis. When we start understanding ourselves better, it is then,
we can start to understand others and how we can strengthen ourselves;
to cope more wholly as a people.
June 2nd session one - Introduction, overview of sessions.
Identify "Feelings, Home and School."
June 9th session two - What's communication in Home and
School? Self Identification. Bring an object that represents some
thing about you. Your choice, something you made, earned or you
feel proud about.
June 16 session three - Alcohol and Drugs, Nutrition. The
effects, in the Home and School.
June 23rd session four - RelationshipsCommunication;
"Family, Home, School and in the community."
June 30th session five - Coping Skills; building your own
creativity and self esteem.
July 7th session six - The Choices I make. "Challenges,
Cultural and Spiritual Awareness."
Sessions are open, free of charge to all youth and adults who
care and want to support family and community unity. This can
be a start for a support group also.
Diabetes classes offered two more weeks
The last two classes of a six-week
education scries on diabetes spon
sored by the IHS Warfn Springs
Diabetes Program will be held May
26 and June 2. The classes have been
held every Tuesday since April 28,
from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Warm
Springs Community Center. Anyone
is welcome to attend, and registration
is not required.
Each class covers a separate topic,
so if you have been unable to attend
the entire series you will still benefit
form coming to the final two classes.
Spilyay Tymoo
Staff Members
MANAGING EDITOR........... ..........SID MILLER
ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND
PHOTO SPECIALIST MARSHA SHEWCZYK
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER...SAPHRONIA KATCHIA
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 basement of the
Old Girls Dorm at 1115 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:
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Outside U.S. -$15.00
south to the Jefferson Creek projected
to be harvested beginning in 1993.
We are requesting comments from
the public so we can identify your
concerns as we put this environmental
assessment and eventually the timber
sale together. A draft Environmental
Assessment will be written in June
and will address the comments that
you provide. At that time you will be
able to review the draft EA. If you
would like more information or wish
to provide comments about the pro
posed logging unit, please contact
Chris Gannon, Soil Scientist at 553
3557; or John Arena, Forester Presalc
The series has included the fol
lowing topics: What is diabetes? High
blood sugar, low blood sugar;
Treatmentof diabetes and Self-blood
glucose monitoring. The May 26 class
will cover preventing complications
of diabetes. On June 2, participants
will discuss Learning to accept that
you have diabetes.
Any questions regarding these or
future classes can be answered by
Susan or Candace at the Clinic at
553-1196.
at 553-2416 ext. 126. To submit
written concerns, send to John Arena,
Branch of Forestry, P.O. Box 1239,
Warm Springs, OR 97761. You arc
welcome to stop by the Forestry and
Natural Resource offices to view
maps and preliminary plans for the
area.
MOIHS continues search
The Middle Oregon Indian His
torical Society is still yet seeking
information on the following ser
vicemen: Lewis Baker, Harrison Davis, Sr.,
Jerry St. Gcrmainc, Louise Jackson,
Stepcn Boise, Sammy Hatchet,
McKinlcy Wesley, Frank Brunoc,
Davis Miller and Frank Winishut.
Please, if any family, friends, fel
low servicemen, etc. has any
knowledge of what branch they
Sidwalter Butte timber sale plan due
The Sidwalter Project Interdisci
plinary Team is putting together a
timber sale plan in the Sidwalter
Buttcs area. It will be designed to
follow the recently adopted Inte
grated Resource Management Plan.
The harvest units will be located
between the B-180, B-166, B-100,
and B-200 roads. The area is sched
uled as a 1993 timber sale and will be
logged in late spring or summer of
"93. Any slash burning will likely be
done the following winter or early
spring.
We are requesting comments from
the public so we can identify your
New Early Childhood Center opened May 18
Day Care, Head StartDay Care
(trailers), Latch Key and the Early
Childhood Administrative officesare
now located in the new Early Child
hood Education Center. If you need
to call any of the above programs or
Early Intervention, the number is 553
3241, we will answer "Early Child
hood". The new center opened on
Monday 518 after more than a week
of packing, moving and unpacking
by the E.C.E. staff. Community
members are asked to refrain from
stopping by for a tour of the new
facility, as we do have classes in
session. If you do need to come to the
center, please make sure you enter
the building at the administrative
office and check in with the recep
tionist. The second phase of moving into
the new center will occur after June
5th, when school is out. At that time
the Head StartPart Day and Tribal
Preschool Programs will move to the
new facility. Dedication ceremonies
for the new Early Childhood Educa
tion Center will be held on Wednes
day, June 24, 1992 from 1 1 a.m. - 6
p.m.
Head Start registration packets available for 3s
Who needs a Head Start registra-'
. tion packet? You don't, if you have a
. child who is already enrolled in the
Head Start or Tribal Preschool 3 year
olds program - your child will auto
matically be re-enrolled as a 4 year
, old. You don't if you registered your
child last spring as a 3 year old but
were on the waiting list this year - the
Pre-3 Health Fair
Physicals and updated immuniza
tions are required for children en
tering Head Start. As a community
service, Health Screenings will be
provided by the IHS Clinic staff in
the community Center Social Hall
for Head Start Pre 3's on Thursday,
June 4th from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It is the hope of the IHS and Early
Childhood Education Staffs that this
"physicals and immunizations" pro
cess can be presented as a "Health
Fair." ParentsGuardians of children,
who will be taking advantage of the
screenings being offered, need to take
time to explain, to their child, what
the screenings are for and what the
Hopl trlbo wants new film
shelved
Actor-director Robert Rcdford has
been warned by Hopi religious
leaders to shelve a movie based on
Tony Hillcrman'i novel "Dark
Wind:. The tribe is critical of the
movie which tells a story about na
tive religion, drug dealing and mur
der. In the book, Navajo police nab a
suspect at a I iopi religious ceremony
which is so sacred Hopi religious
leaders are reluctant to explain or
talk about it.
Leaders feel the movie destroys a
great portion of their religious cer
emony depicting what is consid
ered very sacred.
Dark Wind producer Patrick
Markcy said there is no need for
leaders to worry about the film be
cause the ending at the ceremony has
been eliminated. No Hopi culture,
ritual or anything that is part of the
mythological, liturgical belief system
is depicted, say producers. The film
makers thought they had reached a
compromise by changing the ending
of the movie, but the Hopis arc not
satisfied and want the entire project
shelved.
Cow Creek Umpqua open
bingo parlor
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua
Indians opened a high-stakes bingo
parlor April 29 hoping the venture
will be an economic boost for every
one. The business venture was
launched in 1987 and is the tribe's
for veteran Information
served in (Army, Navy, Marines, Air
Force.ctc.) please let MOIH5 know.
A list will be displayed in the per
manent exhibit of the Museum with
the service records dating back to the
Scouts up to the present.
If anyone would like to view the
list we have to date, you are welcome
to come into the Museum Office and
check if the information is correct.
Call 553-3331 or come to 2148 Kota
Street with any information needed.
concerns as we put this sale package
together. A draft Environmental As
sessment will be written in early June
and will address the concerns that
you provide. If you would like more
information or wish to express your
thoughts about the sale area, please
contact Bobby Brunoe, Range and
Agriculture Coordinator 553-3364;
or Sheila Pike, Forester Presalc sec
tion 553-2416 ext. 124. To submit
written concerns, send to Sheila Pike,
branch of Forestry, P.O. Box 1239,
Warm Springs, OR 97761. You are
welcome to come by the Forestry
office to review maps and prelimi
nary plans for the sale.
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It was smooth sailing when the new Early Childhood Education Center opened
its doors for the first day May 18. Carta Bagley-Tias had no problem signing
in her child at the building's front desk.
paperwork you already did a year
ago is still good. You may just want
to stop in and double check to make
sure the packet from last year is com
plete. All children born between 92
87 and 9188 will be served by Head
Start beginning in fall 1992.
If you have a child who was born
between 9288 and 9189 and you
set forJune 4th
experience will be like. There will be
a "health screening" video for the
children to watch so they can see
what they will be going through in
advance. Hopefully, providing this
sort of orientation will help assure a
positive experience for the young
sters. Head Start registration packets
will be available at the "Health Fair"
for parentsguardians who haven't
yet had a chance to pick one up.
If you have any questions, about
the upcoming Health Fair, please
contact Linda Knight, IHS Public
Health Nurse or the Head S tart Office.
first since the tribe gained federal
recognition 10 years ago. The tnbe'i
first goal is to repay a $825,000 loan
from the BIA. After that, profits will
go to economic development
projects, including a motel, RV park
and tribal community center.
The bingo parlor is located on
Interstate 5 between Roscburg and
Grants Pass. It has room for up to 450
players who will compete for a total
of S6.000 in prizes offered Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Monday eve
nings. Food is served, but alcohol is
not available. The venture is managed
in partnership with British American
Bingo and employs 37 people, many
of whom are Cow Creek Band
members.
Sho-Ban Steel seeking
tribal support
Toremainin good financial health,
Sho-Ban Steel is looking to tribes
across the U.S. to help bolster the
economic future of their fabricating
plant.
The main goal of the company is
to get tribal projects, and as the only
steel fabricating company wholly
owned by an Indian tribe, Show-Ban
Steel is poised to develop more cli
ents among various tribes because
tribes often have Indian preference
guidelines of reservation business.
Additionally, the phosphate de
posits arc all but depleted at the Gay
Mine, located on the Fort Hall Reser
vation in south central Idaho. The
success of the operation is crucial to
the tribal economy. The Gay Mine
IHS to hold renal clinics beginning June 1 1
Beginning June 11, the Warm
Springs IHS Clinic will hold a renal
(kidney) clinic the second Thursday
of every month from 1 to 5 p.m. This
clinic will be limited to on-going
renal patients and patients referred
by the clinic providers.
The Warm Springs community is
seeing an increasing number of pa
tients suffering from kidney disease,
usually as a result of diabetes. Dia
betes damages the blood vessels that
carry blood to the kidneys to be fil
tered. Normally, waste products that
have collected in the blood are re
moved by the kidneys, and leave the
body in the urine. Then, the cleaned
blood leaves the kidneys.
When people have had diabetes
for a long time, their kidneys may
become damaged. The kidneys can
no longer filter the blood as well as
before. The waste products that would
normally leave the body in the urine
stay in the blood. Products that the
body needs that would normally stay
in the blood are lost in the urine. This
is called nephropathy (kidney dis
ease). nl. !
haven't yet come in to pick up a
registration packet - you do need
one! Packets are available at the new
Early Childhood Education Center.
ParentsGuardians will be noti
fied of class assignments in August.
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You are your child's first and best teacher
Help your child learn by setting a good example.
If you are interested in learning, your child probably will be too.
(For example, set a family reading time or some other orga
nized learning activity.)
Learning is a skill and like other
give your child the practice he
skills.
was closed in late 1990 for financial
reasons. Tribal leaders allowed five
former employees to resume opera
tions the following spring on a small
scale. This step got the operations
going again, bringing employment
up to 75 by last fall after the plant
won a contract for trusses and beams
for a Boeing distribution center near
Sca-Tac International Airport Just
recently, the company bid on a S3
million health center project on the
Crow Reservation in Montana. Offi
cials expect to employee 150 tribal
members and net about $150,000.
Yakimas to dedicate
military monument
The Yakima Nation will dedicate
their Veterans Memorial Monument
Saturday, May 30 beginning at 1 1
a.m.. The monument is located at the
south lawn of the Yakima Indian
Agency complex in Toppcnish.
Approximately 285 names of en
rolled Yakima tribal veterans will be
inscribed on the new monumcnt.Both
the American and Yakima Nation
flags will be flown atop the monu
ment during the dedication ceremony.
The monument will be in the shape
of an arrowhead made of black granite
slabs erected vertically against a
three-angled vertical wall. The new
monument was designed by Robert
Wahpat, a veteran of the Vietnam
war.
Part of the cost of the monument
will be met by a $10,000 grant from
the ScaFirst Bank.
In the early stages, kidney prob
lems can be treated with a special
diet or medicines. However, some
times the kidneys become so damaged
that another way to filter the blood
must be used.. This is called dialysis.
Kidney disease caused by diabe
tes may be prevented through good
blood sugar control. The best way to
keep blood sugar in the target range
is by carefully balancing diet and
activity. Medicines or insulin may at
times be needed as well.
If you have any questions re
garding the Renal Clinic or about the
Diabetes Program in general, please
call Candace Reich at the clinic at
553-1196.
Redmond Humane
Society sets sale
The Redmond Humane Society
Thrift shop is having their monthly
half price sale May 28, 29, 30 at 512
SW 6th street. All proceeds go to
support the Redmond Animal Shel
ter. interested in day cm for
your infant or latch kev for
your school age child
starting in fall. 1992?
Contact Cbariene White
before June wth, at 553
324Q,tQ find out what you
need to do,
Menus planned
with child in mind
Head Start and Day Care menus
are planned with the child in mind.
The USDA has determined a mini
mum amount of food each child is to
be served as well as a minimum
amount of nutrients such as Vitamin
A, Vitamin C, Iron and Fat each child
in the program should be getting
through the food they are served at
school. The Nutritionist and Food
Service Team have carefully devel
oped menus in accordance with the
USDA guidelines. The menus un
dergo revision as needed in order to
do our part towards helping make
this the healthiest Indian community
by the year 2000.
Dedication
ceremonies
June 24,1992
skills it improves with practice - so
or she needs to develop learning