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PACE 2 September 18, 1992 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Northwest leaders gather 0 i , 1. I i Warm Springs delegates await an evening barbecue during ATNI meeting in V--v iJ Mike Clements is the newest ATNI treasurer. NCAI to feature activities highlighting American Indians The National Congress of Ameri can Indians (NCAI), the nation's oldest Indian tribal advocacy orga nization, will hold its 49th Annual Convention, October 11-16, 1992 at the Double Tree Hotel in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. In announcing plans for the meet ing, NCAI President, Gaiashkibos, said "President Bush has declared by Presidential Proclamation that 1992 is officially the "Year of the Ameri can Indian." We expect to bring that point home through our convention and the many other Indian activities that will be going on in Washington that week." The organization expects some 2000 American Indians to be in the Nation 's Capitol that week. Diabetes classes to The Warm Springs Diabetes Pro gram is sponsoring a five-week series of classes on diabetes. The classes will be held every Tuesday beginning September 29, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Warm Springs Commu nity Center. Anyone is welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served. Registration is not required; however, if you know that you will be attending, please call Susan Mathew, Diabetes Nurse Educator, at the Clinic at 553-1 196 so that she can plan for handouts, chairs, etc. The theme of this scries is "Fac ing Your Fears" in regard to the fol lowing aspects of diabetes: -September 29 What is diabe Diabetes support group to meet The first organizational mcctine of the Warm Springs Diabetes Sup port Group will be held on Wednes day, September 23, at 7:00 p.m. at the Warm Springs Community Cen ter. Candace Reich, Diabetes Pro gram Coordinator, and Lucinda Green are coordinating the meeting. The main purpose of the group is to offer emotional support and confi dence to people with diabetes and their families. When you first find out that you have diabetes, you may be frightened or wonder "why me?" 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 1 1 15 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: Within U.S. $9.00 Outside U.S. $15.00 ! The power of politics is in the air all across the country today, and this year's Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians convention is no exception, as voices from Indian Country stand up to be heard. On Thursday, September 3, Joe DcLaCruz, of the Quinalt Indian Na tion, addressed the ATNI attendees with reflections of the past and how things have moved forward to the present. In the fifties, his remarks referred to the days of termination and the hardships and difficulties of those years. There were things that happened right in the Bureau offices. The NCAI took the form of the Af filiated Tribes. The rights of Indian people and self-determination. The sixties, according to DcLaCruz, focused on economic development in Indian Country through HUD projects. And, the Public Health Service moved from NCAI Executive Director, Michael J.Andcrson, states that the convention theme, "Honoring Our Youth, Our Families, Our Religion," will be addressed in a number of ways. Beginningon Sunday, October 11, with "Native Voices On The Mall," a reception honoring Ameri can Indian Veterans, a Native Youth Symposium, a women's luncheon, and an Elder Wisdom Circle, general assemblies will honor the many segments of Indian life that are apart of their world today. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) is sponsoring the Mall event being held on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of Sunday, October 11. Inouye is chairman of the Senate Select Committee of Indian Affairs begin Sept 29 tes? -October 6 High blood sugar low blood sugar -October 13 Treatment of dia betes -October 20 Self-blood glucose monitoring -October 27 Preventing com plications of diabetes Because each class will cover a separate topic, you will benefit from comingtooneorseveralof the classes if you are unable to attend the entire series. If you have any questions re garding the classes, or about the Dia betes Program in general, please call Susan or Candace at the Clinic. These are very real feelings that many people have when they first find out they have diabetes. Different people have different feelings about diabetes. The impor tant thing is to be aware of is how you are feeling and to know that your feelings may be different from those of others. Also, your feelings about diabetes may change from day to day or even within the same day. It may help to talk about your feelings with others who have the disease. Learning to live with diabetes in Spokane to jr". 3 Spokane. the Bureau. At that lime, the biggest concern was water and sanitation. Down through the vcars, the Af filiated Tribes, which has proven many times to be one of the strongest Indian organizations in the country, took the lead in confronting Indian issues head-on. Several times, liti gation has stalled many decisions of other tribal groups until ATNI made their move on complex issues. The lead was usually the right move con cerning Indian problems. Today, ATNI still striving in that direction. Committee Reports SovereigntyJurisdiction chair man Del White stated that sovereignty is a very big word and encompasses a great number of issues such as hunting and fishing rights, tribal courts bill, the gaming issues of the state of Idaho, the Allotment act, which is an issue from the past that has remained dormant for many and a powerful advocate for Ameri can Indian issues in the U.S. Con gress. Hattie Kauffman, the consumer affairs correspondent on CBS's Morning News, will be the featured speaker at the Women's Honor lun cheon. Kauffman is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Native women from many areas of profes sional achievement will be honored at the luncheon. Donald Rojas, president of the World Council of Indigenous People, will address the convention of inter Indian Beading Workshop being offered Maynard White Owl Lavadour, a nationally known artist and craftsman, will lead a Native American beading workshop at The High Desert Museum in Bend from 10 a.m. to 5 pl.m. on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11. . With Lavadour's direction, each participant will make a small medi cine pouch using traditional Native American designs, techniques, and colors. Lavadour, whose work had been exhibited widely in the U.S., October conference to focus on Shaping Oregon's Future The 1992 Oregon Prevention Conference, "Shaping Oregon's Fu ture", will be held October 3-6, 1992 at Seaside, Oregon. For the past two years, members of the Warm Springs Prevention September 23 takes a long time. As you learn about diabetes, you will find outihat you need to make some changes in the way that you live. It's always hard to make changes. It's easy to get dis couraged and you may even want to stop trying. Talking to others who are trying to make similar changes may help. During the first meeting, the group will discuss when and where future meetings will be held, what topics will be scheduled for discussion, and what format the meetings will follow. If you have any questions regarding the support group, call Candace at the clinical 553-1196. Cressman to be featured at Musum An audio-visual presentation on anthropologist Luther Cressman will be held at The High Desert Museum on Thursday, October 8, beginning at 7:30 p.m. It will be conducted by Don Hunter, former head of the University of Oregon's Audiovisual Media Center, the unique presentation, called "The Sandal and the Cave," will take participants back in time to Dr. Cressman's pivotal discoveries in determining the antiquity of human occupation in the Northwest The fee for "The Sandal and the Cave" is $3, and pre-registration is required. To register, send a check to The High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702, or call 382 4754 by Wednesday, September 30, 1992. discuss issues affecting Indian tribes years. The committee concentrates their work on Indian issues. The BIA task force: The Portland Area Director Sun Speaks gave a short rundown on issues the la.sk force is working on. Members of the task force present at the meeting were Speaks, Ken Smith, Harold Montcau and Jim Sizcmorc. Montcau ex plained that with so many complex situations, the task force has been working on policies. Montcau said, There arc changes in the Bureau. They may be slow in formulating, but they are present. The tribes themselves have a hand in the area action in the transition of duties in the BIA." Tribal leaders who partici pate in discussing the issues carry the message back to their respective tribes. 'This works very well," said Montcau. A person from the Bureau is as signed to work with each district. Each area has their own concerns and the Tribes can determine their priorities, a few of which is eco nomic development, tribal courts and Indian Education. Priorities vary from Area to Area. "There is a better understanding of Indian policies," said Ken Smith after meeting with tribal leaders. Working with the tribes, communi cation is very important Leaders need to be informed and must be willing and able to actively participate in the Bureau's budget process. The Indian Priority System was "all right", but the "people were not agreeable with it." Allocation of Funds: Some tribes wanted the budget divided by the size of the tribes, which would be unfair to smaller tribes. In the next Sroccss, the tribes will have a say on ow the process will work. It looks favorable on iden ti fy ing needs. Now, the tribes have the authority to rcpro gram funds as Congress gave author ity for tribes to move funds from one program to another. The task force is asking ATNI to host a meeting in the national issues on Tuesday. Other recognized leaders in international affairs will discuss tribal participation with indigenous groups around the world. President Bush and Governor Clinton have been invited to speak to the convention. The NCAI is a national member hiporganization of federal and statc rccognized tribes which serves as an advocate and voice for thcirconcerns and issues. It is the only national American Indian organization which speaks for member tribes. grew up on the Umatilla Indian Res ervation and has set a personal goal to share and preserve his cultural heritage. The fee for the workshop, which includes all materials, is $44 for Mu seum members and $49 for non members. Pre-registration is re quired. To register, send a check to The High Desert Museum, 59800 South Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702, or call (503) 382-4754 by Monday, October 5, 1992. Team have participated in the Annual Prevention Conference. During 1991 , students Michael Kalama and Lamar Jackson, and adult members Rick Souers, Carolyn Wewa, Ramona Baez and Laura Switzlcr actively participated in last year's conference. Along with other prevention team members who were unable to attend the 1991 conference, this group has been committed to helping the com munity work together collectively to address the alcohol and drug issues faced in Warm Springs. Over the past year, youth and adults began to meet to talk about what you, as a community, can do to become stronger. Through the sup jr if M If x j Work on the new Warm Springs museum continues. The structure is completed with displays currently being designed and constructed. Scheduled opening for the museum is March 14, 1993. future to see what everyone's opin ion is on the idea. According to task force member Jim Sizcmorc, the budget process should be clearer after a meeting later this month in Sacramento. Moving programs have been a prob lem in the past in many areas, not only in education, but in other areas as well. The time frame on the tribes to get their input to the task force for a better process is needed. Area Director Speaks stated that the BIA superintendents have the authority to approve contracts and a number of other things that will en able them to manage their programs so that tribes are better served. He also said, "Trust responsibility? That's our responsibility!" Committee reports were presented ATNI delegates select new officers The Affiliated Tribes of North west Indians convened for its annual meeting in Spokane, Washington recently to settle current business and also prepare prc-National Con gress of American Indians concerns of the Northwest. There were elections for first vice president, second vice president, secretary, assistant secretary and treasurer. This was one of the fastest elections in many years, as Antonc Minthorn was nominated and after a short spell, there were no other nomination. A motion was made to accept him by acclamation, a second and accepting motion shortly fol lowed. The second vice president was also filled by acclamation, as Del White was nominated. Mike Clements was nominated as treasurer and was also accepted by acclama tion. There was some discussion on the secretary's position, as the regular secretary, Pal (Morrcll) Duncan, had submitted a letter of resignation be CFIE holds 5th annual The coalition for Indian Educa- tion will be hosting their Fifth Annual conference "Maintaining Tribal Sovereignty Through Education" October 26-28, 1992 at Harrah's in Las Vegas, Nevada. Three nationally known keynote speakers will be present, Edward B. Fiskc, Author, "S mart Schools, S mart Kids", will be discussing "What makes an effective school". Dr. Harold Hodgkinson, AuthorLecturer will be discussing "The Demo graphics of Indian Diversity", and Robert Chiago, Executive Director NACIE will discuss "The challenge for Indian Education in the 1990s". A total of 22 workshops will take place at the three day event with topics such as "Helping Students Learn", "Creative Strategies to Re- Legal assistance for tribal members will be provided by Chris Eck of Marceau, Karnopp firm Call 553-3212 to schedule appointments from 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. port and prayers of many commun: members a vision has evolved, whic. speaks to the needs of the community to once again look back at the im portance of family involvement with children. The most important message of the 1991 Prevention Conference was to bring people together to address prevention issues, to ask people to bring down the barriers that stop community members from working together, and to join forces to pre vent the alcohol and drug problems faced within your community. In 1992, the Oregon Prevention Conference will be held again, in Seaside, Oregon. The dates for the ':. J., a MUSEUM AT WARM SPRINGS OPENING MARCH 14,1993 " 3 ' , .v '. - . ' ..-mh Jr to the attendees. Reporting out were the sovereigntyjurisdiction com mittee, the legislationlitigation committee, economic development committee, education and gover nance committees. The several resolution from each of the committees will go on to Na tional Congress of American Indian convention that will be held in Octo ber in Virginia. NCAI Convention October 12-16 Arlington, Virginia cause she now lives in Utah. With this, the body accepted the resigna tion and nominated Karen Fenton, assistant secretary, as secretary. The assistant secretary's position was filled by Marcy Parker. All new of ficers were sworn in by Judge Elbridgc Coochisc. During the meeting, several im portant issues, such as Indian gam ing on reservations, were discussed. Idaho, in particular, reported their disappointment in Idaho's attorney general 's position on Indian gaming. Not only do the high ranking Idaho state officials object to Indian gam ing, the state of Nevada is also against Idaho gambling as well. Nevada of ficials fear the gaming trade in northeastern parts of Nevada may be threatened if Idaho approves Indian gaming. Idaho state attorney general John Echohawk agrees with the state. Tribal leaders from Idaho, especially the Sho-Bans, were disappointed in Echohawk's stand since he was at one time their tribal attorney. It all boils down to politics. conference in Las Vegas duce Absences and Dropouts" and "Achieving Exemplary Results in High bchool Biology . Special features will include: an Opening Reception, Awards Ban quet, and Tours of the Las Vegas area such as; Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Death Valley, Calico Ghost Town, and Hoover Dam. Exhibit Booths will be available for schools, private industry, tribes, arts and crafts makers, Indian orga nizations, and government agencies. Sales of articles is encouraged. The amount for one registration will be $ 140 , and$ 1 20 for additional registrations from the same organi zation, for acommcrcial exhibit booth it will be $350 and nonprofit booths will be $150. conference have been set for October 3-6, 1992. Early registration is Sep tember 1 1, 1992 at $1 10 for the en tire session; late registration is Sep tember 25, 1992 at $135 for the en tire session. Also invited are any youth inter ested in participating on the Warm Springs Prevention Team and at tending the Oregon Prevention Conference to contact Rick Souers or Carolyn Wewa by no later than August28, 1992.(Rick553-3301 and Carol553-3575). Costs for registration, food and lodging for youth participants will Continued on page 8 , - :it J x.- V'' THE I f 111 if I