Warm Shunts, Oregon
August 7, 1992 Page s
SpilyayTymoo
AE brings success to students
by Ron ralmrr
This year 'i high school Alterna
tive Education summer school finds
new outlook for future but also finds
trouble with budget in present.
Mrs. Lorraine Tunison is teaching
the AE once again this summer. She
has seen a better rate of people
showing up. Out of 18 that have
signed up, IS students ore showing
up. Most all ore also youth program
workers but that is not a requirement.
Though it was a rough start with four
people showing for the first day, it
has snowballed into a fine program.
There is one 8th grader going to
AE this year and it was on a request
from the mother and the school.
Summer Youth Program employs 83 students
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Teachers Aid Bernavene Yahtin helps
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Futures for children: Building youth's potential, skills
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Direlle Calica
Adults sometimes disregard a
child's opinion. Adults often don't
hear exactly what it is the younger
generation is saying. Their thoughts
and ideas count, for the youth of
today will be the leaders. of tomor
row. Encourage independent think
ing and perhaps youth will be moti
vated toward thinking beyond to
morrow or next week and look to the
future.
Working toward that goal of pre
paring youth for the future is the
"Future f '.: CIiiidren'; group. In
June, 26 individuals attended train
ing at Kah-Nee-Ta at which they
learned facilitate meetings and to
motivate community members to
ward action. Among those trained
were Marie Calica and Charles
Tailfeathers. Both noted the lack of
communication among adults, youth,
tribal departments and upper man
agement. Both also noted the "lip
service" offered by those in power.
"They talk and talk and talk and
nothing happens," says Calica. Ac
tion is needed, not more talk.
The Futures For Children group
set priorities, one of their first being
to organize mini-workshops for those
youth employed by the Summer
Youth Work Program. Four such
workshops, the last of which will be
held August 10, presented informa
tion on the tribal government struc
ture, tribal budgeting process and
other topics of interest. Like their
adult counterparts, the youth set
priorities and objectives for tribal
operations while participating in the
budget workshops.
The youth recognize the need for
action. They, too, are aware of the lip
service given to priorities, especially
those most affecting youth. With the
assistance of adult advisors, the youth
have developed a youth council and
will elect next week their chairman
and other officers. The existence of
Like last year the students ore
making individual contracts, or as
signments, for themselves. There arc
nine different subjects offered at the
four different levels. No more than
three studcnison a same level though.
The students wot k at their own speed.
If a student doesn't finish a contract
heshe can finish it during school
year o' wt summer, ah worn
Wasco County Fair and Rodeo
care for children at the Head StartDay
the youth council will hopefully add
credence and weight to their pro
posals and yct-to-be-dcvclopcd ac
tion plan that will be presented to
Tribal
Council in the near future. Mem
bers of the Youth Council are: Casey
Smith, Jason Rabbie, Mary Aripa,
Jolene Hintsala, Direlle Calica and
Chips Kalama.
The mini-workshops have been
helpful and informative. For Chips
Kalama, 16, the mini-courses have
been "educational, fun and I have
learned things I didn't know. The
Tribal Government session clarified
the whole process." As for the Youth
Council, of which he is a member,
Chips says it's a "good idea to have
it because other reservations have
Youth CounciIs....it's a good idea so
we can do other things to help the
reservation come together and help
each other."
Direlle Calica, 17, feels the Youth
Council will be a productive tool
through which reservation youth can
be heard. The Council will also set
up a leadership structure which other
youth can follow. The entire concept,
she says, "joins together kids who
wouldn't normally be
together...We're pointing out the
leaders of the group and leadership
skills are being identified."
Aside from the mini-workshop
subjects, Direlle is learning "how
much talent the kids have and I'm
realizing their potential. The cultural
side of learning has been great." She
feels the newly organized Youth
Council should be a year-round en
deavor. She suggests that perhaps
next year youth should run classes
with the assistance pf adults. The
learning atmosphere would be more
"relaxed and open." Presenters would
be their peers.-She also suggests for
Mary Aripa
done in classroom, no homework is
assigned.
The students go to school 9-12,
Monday to Friday. The teacher is
there Monday to I riday from 8 a.m.
to 12 p.m. There are adjustments for
sonic students that go 8 a.m. to 1 1
p.m. due to their jobs. The students
arc not allowed to drive to school.
The trouble they encountered was
Tygh Valley, Oregon
August 20-23
Rodeo: Friday and Saturday
by Rom rile Speakthunder
Summer Youth Program has 83
employed this summer.
Ntany jobs arc available for youth in
field offices such as: bus persons,
atlcndanLs.bath house, receptionist, in
the construction field, public relations
as police cadets and many more.
The summer youth Work Program
is sponsored by the Tribe through the
Employment Services Department
Its purpose is to provide paid work
experience, classroom training, and
career cxploration.Summcr Youth and
the program have sponsored three
dances so far to keep it continuing.
The Summer Youth Program also
had a campouLWhich was two days
long. The reason for having the camp
was to allow student workers to know
on another. They participated in activi
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A Summer Youth worker Silas Poitra looks on as his co-worker Harry
Uisatake 111 mows the lawn.
next year that for first-time summer
workers, a pre-employment training
session be held so students know
what will be expected of them as far
as dress, speech and office skills are
concerned.
Jason Suarcz, 16, says the mini
workshops have been interesting, the
most intriguing being how the annual
operating budget is run and where
the money comes from. As for next
year, Jason feels workshop sessions
should be full days once a week for
four weeks. This would allow more
time for youth to give their input. He
also suggests a wider variety of
speakers.
Mary Aripa, 16, says she has
learned a lot, but "I can't put a finger
on exactly what I've learned." She
feels the sessions have increased here
awareness of what's going on in the
community. The Youth Council is a
"good idea that will help the youth of
Warm Springs."
The subject of communications
arose with the students improved
communication could have improved
involvement. All four students inter
viewed felt that the workshops and
Youth Council should have been
publicized more so that more could
become involved.
Youth completed the exact ques
tionnaires completed by adults a.
budget workshop sessions. Follow
ing arc their priorities and sugges
tions. Priority: Prevent Abuse Objec
tive: Wage war on Drug and Alcohol
Abuse Objective: Protect Children
From Abuse and Neglect
Obejctive: Involve Family and
Community Resources. Some sug
gestions included: more than one
checkpoint, improve drug invcstiga-
tion, have more police officcrs.build
a bigger group home, shut down the
Rainbow and reintroduce prohibition,
conduct drug searches where drugs
are sold, find abusers and have
harsher consequences, don't buy it,
don't sell it and put kids in healthy
families.
Priority: Jobs and Training Ob
jective: Stronger Career Planning
Objective: Eliminate dead end
eduction and training Objective:
Include job placement with training
and recruitment Objective: Place
person in appropriate jobs Objec
tive: Direct people to training for
existing jobs Objective: Limit
training dollars Objective: Create
Tribal member successor program
for jobs. Some of their suggestions
were: Have more background infor-
in the JOM's funding. The budget
called for only five weeks even
though the program needs eight
weeks to complete it.
Thanks to Kirs. Sanders of JOM
the program got the other three week
funding and the school is still being
held.
ties such as: cooking their own meals;
putting up their own teepees and taking
them down; having group discussions;
and, recreational activities.
The program's advantages to both
the workers and their supervisors is
nameless, "the money," says Angclinc
Black wolf, a Summer Youth who
worked at Kah-Nec-Ta, is a very im
portant reason for students. " it really
helps me get caught up," says Pat
Spcakmundcr a supervisor in Really.
The program was originated in the
19ft)s.lnihoscdaysihcSummcrYouih
would get paid SI 25 per hour. They
also had an after School Program and a
Summer Youth Program.
A final dance is scheduled for
workers toward the end of the program,
which is August 14. As yet no date or
time has been set
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Tribal Council chairman Raymond Calica speaks to students during mini-workshop.
mation of what people do, too many
non-Indians working for the Tribe,
need more Indians being trained, have
higher paying wages, more job infor
mation at the high school level and
have more jobs where promotion is
possible.
Priority: Education Objective:
Proactive Education office to support
achievementObjective: Increase
preschool guidance Objective:
Obtaiflwcareeracadcmic counsel
orsObjective: More Indian school
teachers. Their suggestions were:
Increase high school GPAs, change
face value of Warm Springs, stronger
truant officers, wait for marriage,
more teachers, more cultural classes
arid a high school in Warm Springs.
Priority: Private Business Ob
jective: Reduce obstacles to starting
businesses Objective: Seek entre
preneurs as advisors Objective:
Supportenhance businesscottage
industry. Some of the youth sugges
tions included: More funding, more
community support from Tribal
Council and others, build a toll bridge
that would take in S5 million with
500,000 cars, fast food restaurants,
get corporate help and increase small
business.
Priority: Private Business Ac
countabilityObjective: Strengthen
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uv- ci..i MiUt mAtt Inrlutit' (left to rleht) Richard Ttwte, Lynn
Cray beet, Rusty Calico, lien Hinlsala, Floyd Callca, end Jessie Kalama
with supervisor Captain Don Courtney.
Students train
by Ron Palmer
In the guise of summer workers,
six students face the duties and re
sponsibilities of the most interesting
jobs around... .police cadets.
Though police work isn't as ex
citing as the movies depict it to be,
the cadets carry out many of the
duties that the Warm Springs P.D.
carry out. The cadets assist officers,
learn from officers, do reports, ride
with patrol and fish & game, some of
the "dirty jobs", administrative du
ties, learn to be a dispatcher and a
correction officer, and work with
prosecution, fire & safety, ond in
vestigation. Cadets this year arc Floyd Calica.
Rusty Calica, Ben Hinlsala, Richard
Summer Bridge
Due to the fact that many first
time students come back to the res
ervation with poor grades the Tribal
Education Department is sponsoring
a summer program called Summer
Bridge.
The purpose of this program is to
try to close the gap from reservation
life to college life. Three classes will
give students 10 college credits. The
classes are Basic English II, Effective
Learning Techniques, and Math 020.
Classes meet Monday through Fri
day, 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
Each class will be taught by a
different instructor. Basic English II
is taught by Susan Anderson, Effec
tive Learning is taught by Dclphinc
Jackson, and Math 020 is taught by
Geoff Bury.
employee, program and organization
accountability.
Priority: Natural Resources
Objective: Strengthcentralize re
source protection Objective: Edu
cate community to protectpreserve
resources Objective: Tribal man
agement in place of BIA. Some
suggestions were: More Indian
workers, more internal cooperation,
phase out BIA, pay 5050 video mak
ing and pay more attention to recy
cling. Priority: Communitcations
Objective: Improve communications
with community Objective: Im
prove communications within orga
nization. Some suggestions included:
better informed, personal and pro
fessional, learn communication skills
and improve communication with
community.
Priority: Land Objective: De
velop land for use by tribal members.
Suggestions included: farming,
livestock, research land, land oppor
tunity for everyone, quit cutting tim
ber, invest in livestock and develop
land.
Priority: Early Intervention
Objective: Enhance early interven
tion program Objective: Provide
positive tribal membcrrole models
Objective: Reduce dropout rate.
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in cadet program
Tcwcc, Lynn Graybacl and Jesse
Kalama. Assuming team leaders roles
arc Ben Hintsala and Floyd Calica.
Their added duties consist of assist
ing captain Don Courtney (also the
supervisor and leader of cadets) and
being role models for the other cadets.
One of the many things they did
this year is a DARE program done at
Chcmawa's summer school. This
took place July 10,1992.
The cadets go through a training
course to help them understand law
enforcement better. There arc
physical fitness courses as well.
AH this tashow summer workers
in the cadet program a more real life
in law enforcement
reaches students
The Summer Bridge is for the first
time student who has not been to
either college or vocational school.
This program will prepare students
for college work, it will also deter
mine funding for students. Those
students that get passing grades from
all three classes shall get funding for
fall term to the school of thcirchoice.
Cost of the Summer Bridge was
paid by the Education Department.
Instructors were picked by Bury.
The program will end August 14.
Have you seen my cat?
Losi:Tilack and white male cat.
Last seen on Foster street with yel
low collar. If found please call
Christine Smith at 553-1719. A re
ward will be offered.
Suggestions included: Communicate
to students the need of diplomas.
Priority: Consultants Objective:
Reduce use of outside consultants
Objective: Increase Tribal member
consultants. Suggestions included:
More Indian consultants and keep
the reservation from becoming the
same as the outside!
Priority: More funding Objec
tive: Seek more federal dollars
Priority: Aftercare: Objective:
Provide transitional housing for
adults and children. Suggestions in
cluded: improve and provide some
where to turn to other than chemi
cals. Priority: Law Making Objec
tive: Implement community-basedl
law making.planning and budgeting..
Priority: Enrollment Objective:
Update enrollment policies. Sug
gested: Blood degree.
Next comes the plan of action to
be developed by members of the
youth council. The plan will be based
on input gathered from the youth
during the four sessions sponsored
by the Summer Youth Work Program.
Watch future issues of Spilyay for
further updates on the plan of action
and the names of those who will
serve as Youth Council officers.