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Coyote news
in brief
Road work continues In
Warm Sprngs
Although construction
has been completed on
Highway 26, road work,
necessary to improve
access and utilities,
continues on the campus
area of Warm Springs.
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Plant ships out first
order
The DE (Diatomaceous
Earth) Plant celebrated
.shipping out its first .......
product order.
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Community Center lists
activities
A long-range Community
Center calendar win
provide an opportunity for
community members to
plan ahead for events
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Wellness Conference
brings women together
The third annual
Women's Wellness
I i uomerence proviaea
workshops to help
women focus on health,
eliminate stress and
provide for personal
safey.
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Students gear up for
Homecoming
Spirit Week culminates in
a pep rally, parade,
bonfire and finally the
Homecoming game
agains Nyssa on Friday,
October 15.
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MJH athletic schedule
provided
Madras Jr. High is
involved in football and
volleyball activities this
fall.
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Raw meat will display
safe handling labels
Safe handling
instructions will begin
appearing on raw meat
and poultry products in
October. Consumers
should be cautious about
storing and handling
these products.
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Ursula Little works on beading
Deer to address NCAI convention
The National Congress of Ameri
can Indians (NCAI) announced to
day that Ada Deer, Assistant Secre
tary for Indian Affairs at Interior and
the first Indian woman appointed to
the position, and Jesse Brown, Sec
retary of Veterans Affairs, will ad
dress the 50th Annual NCAI Con
vention being held in Reno, Nevada,
November 29 December 3, 1993.
"We expect a large number of
tribal people to attend this meeting,
states Veronica Murdock, the na
tional convention coordinator.
Murdock has been working with the
Nevada Host Committee, headed by
Svlvia McCloud. Vice Chairperson
of the Reno-Sparks Tribal Council,
to finalize planning for what is ex
pected to be a full agenda that in
cludes the election of officers and
otherexecutive committee members.
Among the major issues expected
to be discussed by committees and in
the general sessions of the Executive
Council will be the Administration,
Indian gaming, religious freedom
restoration, health care reform, vet
erans affairs, education and child
Spilyay Tymoo
from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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attracted many visitors to craft fair held
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welfare issues.
The NCAI Fund's Nuclear Waste
Program will conduct a one-day
workshop on Radiological Emer
gency Preparedness and Tribal
Regulatory Authority in conjunction
with the Convention. The Fund is
non-profit research and education
"arm" of the NCAI.
Other events being planned in
clude exhibits and a gaming trade
NCAI program receives grant funding
Gaiashkibos, President of the
National Congress of American In
dians (NCAI), announced October 8,
1993, that the NCAI Fund has re
ceived a $250,000 grant from the
Ford Foundation of New York for
administrative, program and other
expenses related to the Fund's edu
cational outreach, concensus build
ing and advocacy activities in behalf
of Native American tribes. The NCAI
Fund, established in 1976, is the non
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Silversmith Marvin Meanus displays
show, receptions and an inter-tribal
powwow. The Miss NCAI Pageant
will be held to select a young Indian
woman to serve as the organization's
official hostess and ambassadoress
over the next year.
The NCAI was founded in 1944
to serve as an advocate for American
Indian and Alaska Native tribes and
groups. It is headquartered in Wash
ington, D.C.
profit tax exempt "arm" of the NCAI.
"We have turned a comer," states
President gaiashkibos, referring to
the past five years of financial
struggle for the NCAI and NCAI
Fund. "With this grant, we can build
the organization's ability to focus
more on the work our member tribes
have directed us to do," he said.
"Many people have helped to get
us to this point," stated Rachel A.
Joseph, the NCAI's Interim Execu
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Proposed project announced
Notice is hereby given that the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon
(Tribes), a federally recognized In
dian Tribe, has made application to
the Economic Development Admin
istration (EDA) for grant assistance
to finance the purchase and installa
tion of equipment for COMPRO, a
wholly owned subsidiary enterprise
of the Tribes and to extend water and
tive Director and former NCAI Ex
ecutive Committee member. "We
want them to take note of this mile
stone in the achievement of the goals
that many have worked toward," she
said.
The NCAI, a national "federa
tion" of federal and state-recognized
tribes and the NCAI Fund, an edu
cational and research affiliate, are
headquartered in Washington, D.C.
For information, contact Rachel Jo
seph at (202) 546-9404.
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OCTOBER 15, 1993
Sahme appointed
to State
commission
Sylvester 0. Sahme of Warm
Springs, Oregon has been appointed
to the Children and Families Com
mission, pending Senate confirma
tion. Sahme is chief operations offi
cer and human services general
manager for the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs. He was a member
of the Oregon Community, Children
and Youth Services Commission and
serves as an adjunct faculty member
for the Department of Community
Health Systems in the School of
Nursing at Oregon Health Sciences
University. Sahme is a former chair
of the Tribal Education Committee
and the Workers' Compensation
Committee. He will represent busi
ness on the Commission on Children
and Fam ilies until September of 1 995.
Clinic offers
vaccinations
Both the influenza and pneumo
coccal vaccines will be offered at an
Immunization Clinic which will be
held at the same time as the regularly
scheduled Diabetes Clinic on Thurs
day, October 28, from 8:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. You will not need to wait
to see a doctor if you come to the
Health and Wellness Center only to
receive the vaccines. Linda Knight
and Shawn Gaddy, Public Health
Nurses, and Susan Mathew, Diabe
tes Nurse Educator, will be giving
the shots.
Patients with diabetes should re
ceive a flu shot every fall and the
pneumonia shot just once. Why? If
people with diabetes catch the flu or
pneumonia, they arc at greater risk of
becoming seriously ill because their
immune systems do not work as well
as those of non-diabetic patients.
When you are ill, it is harder to keep
your blood sugar in balance.
Let us help you stay well by com
ing to the clinic to get your flu and
pneumonia shots (if you cannot come
to the Immunization Clinic on Octo
ber 28, you can make an appointment
at any time to get your shots). If you
have any questions regarding the
immunization clinic, please call Su
san Mathew, Diabetes Nurse Educa
tor, at 553-2450, or Linda Knight,
Public Health Nurse, at 553-1196.
Note: The Immunization Clinic
will be held in the new Health and
Wellness Center. Check in at Medi
cal Records, which is inside the main
entrance to the building; tell them
you are here only for the Immuniza
tion Clinic; they will give you your
chart to hand carry to the Commu
nity Health section of the building,
where the shot will be given.
sanitary sewer lines to the COMPRO
facilities located in the former Warm
Springs Forest Products Enterprises
(WSFPI) Plywood Plant.
Project cost is estimated to be
$1,842,000 and the Tribes are re
questing that EDA provide a grant of
$1,000,000 to purchase and install
manufacturing equipment for
COMPRO. The project area extends
along U.S. Highway 26 from the
Deschutes River west approximately
1.0 mile to the Warm Springs Mu
seum, including the former WSFPI
Plywood Plant located on industrial
zoned land.
The Project is located within the
100 year Shilike Creek floodplain
area and may also affect adjacent
wetland areas. Accordingly, EDA,
as required by Presidential Execu
tive Orders 11988 and 11990, must
consider all practicable alternatives
to locating in or impacting flood
plain and wetland areas.
The Project has met eligibility
requirements for funding under the
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