SpilyayTymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
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Spilyay Tymoo photo by Bob MttSmm
The tribal Employee Assistance Program has a new home these days. Once
heated in the back of the 4-H house. They are now located at 1100 Wasco
Street. Larry Adams, left, Barbara Yaw, center, and Floyd Gibson right,
comprise the EAP staff.
Sweat Woman
by H'Klumiat
Are you a sweat woman? He
asked.
I replied with my medicine face
I like to bathe in the rose bush
water,
I like to pray in darkness for the
light.
I like to feel the cold river splash
against my nakedness
I'm just a humble woman....
who likes to feel the presence of
her ancestors
and the grandmother spirit within
her.
I sit on the fir boughs and smell
the mountains.
I hear the rocks as they sing their
own songs
that belong to no one else.
It's a blessing....
My grandmas used to pray in the
same manner.
Beautiful women with beautiful
songs.
sit m prayer, singing and enjoy
ingmy
surroundings, smelling the sweet
medicines.
cleanse my thoughts and be
come reborn.
hear the mountains call my
name....
'11 be going to them soon.
'11 be looking for the medicines,
atutoy and munam munam.
When I come home I'll be look
ing for my sweat sisters.
Yes, I like to purify myself for
the life I live.
ECE reports news and events
National Children's Book Week
November 14-18 is National
Children's Book Week, which has
been celebrated since 1919 to help
provide children the opportunity and
joy of reading. Read aloud this week,
and let children read to you. Offer a
different selection of books for rec
reational and informational reading
this week. To help more children
learn to enjoy reading, volunteer some
time at Head Start or Warm Springs
Elementary reading to children in the
classroom.
Cleaning Up Ideas
Children at play can often result in
quite a cluttered mess. How do you
get children to clean up after them
selves without creating an adult-child
conflict? How do you get them ex
cited about cleaning up? How, with
out constantnagging?Try these ideas:
1) put a clean-up list on the wall and
have kids agree to at least one task
each week. 2) have kids choose a
major cleaning joboncea week, make
this voluntary. Some kids really en
joy doing this kind of real work and
are more likely to enjoy doing it if
given a choice. 3) appoint an area
that the child is in charge of supervis
ing and keeping cleaned up. 4) use
time warnings ( 1 0 minutes until time
to put everything away.) reminders
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Happy 6th birthday
Katie Lucinda Smith
on November 9
from Grandpa and
Grandma, aunties
Susan and Plum and
cousins ET and Daniel
House for sale: Three
bedroom, two bath home on
seven acres 10 miles out of
Warm Springs in Miller Flat
area on Trout Lake Road. Call
Priscilla at 553-3232 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday for
more information.
Catholic Native
American Mass and
Potluck
Thanksgiving:
November 20, 1994
Christmas: December
18, 1994 at 2:00 p.m.
St. Francis Church
S.E. 11th and Pine
Portland, OR
For more information
call 503-257-9714
ECE Picture Retake
Day
is Monday November
14th
from 9 to 11 a.m.
in "C" building
("Put me back where I belong when
finished with me") rewards (small
prizes, a stick of sugar free gum,
stickers, time at a playground). 5)
Have appropriate storage for toys
materials. Large containers for big
toys, medium sized for medium toys,
etc. 6) employ a rule that one piece of
equipment or one kind of play mate
rial must be put back before another
can be taken out.
And don't forget..clutter if a sign
that successful play is happening. It
is in the taking apart and putting
together of creative messes that chil
dren test and perfect their develop
ment skills. So the next time you look
at a mess, say to yourself "I must be
doing a good job!"
ECE Parent Club Elections Re
sults The week of October 21, parents
guardians at the Early Childhood
Education Center voted for new of
ficers for the ECE Parent Club. More
than 200 votes were cast and the new
officers are: Sheilah Wahneta-Presi-denu
Patsy Lenbek-Vice President;
Shirelle Thomas-Secretary; Darlene
Bailey-Treasurer. Congratulations to
the winners and thanks to all the
parents who threw their name in the
hat and ran for office!
Parent Club functions include fund
How to help your sexually abused
"It is
important
to take
action to
protect
your child
from any
further
harm."
By Presidential declaration....
November is Indian
Heritage Month
President Bill Clinton officially
declared November as National
American Indian Heritage Month.
Following is the declarauon signed
by the president November 5.
There is a yearning among
American people for a sense of
community, a sense of belonging, a
sense of shared beliefs and common
goals. Today, across the country, we
are searching for ways to come
together in friendship and mutual
respect. As we look toward the
promise of the 21st century, it is
important that we reflect on our
shared heritage and on the valuable
lessons history teaches.
At this momentous time, we pay
tribute to this country's first
peoples the American Indians. We
celebrate the innumerable
contributions that generations of
American Indians and Alaska
Natives have made to our country
and to our world. Before there were
colonists on these shores, long before
our Nation's founders drafted the
U.S. Constitution, American Indians
had established powerful
civilizations and rich and thriving
cultures. Government, art, music,
spirituality, and a deep and abiding
respect for the natural environment
all of these are enduring traditions of
the American Indians.
Native peoples were the first
Donations
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tournament. Thanks to my
tournament help, Rhonda Atencio,
Patches Marchand, Loretta Danzuka,
Animal Tohet, Roland & Verlcen
Kalama. (Referees) Charlie
Gonzales, Don Bagley, Wassa Starr,
Mr. Bartholomew, Carlos Northrup,
Robert and Footer Smith.
Another big thank you to my wife
Marjorie and also to Falena and
Francis. I love you very much.
BlackhawksLadyhawks are
looking forward to participating in
the other upcoming youth
tournaments and hoping to do well.
Thanks to all die teams and basketball
fans for attending the tournament.
Samuel J. Kentura
Coach, Blackhawks
Ladyhawks
raising, planning and coordinating
social and cultural activities and cre
ating and setting up recreational
projects for ECE families. Monies
raised are used to fund these activi
ties. Head Start Policy Council Raffle
Policy Council will be having a
raffle to raise money for ECE par
entsguardians to attend various con
ferences and training's through out
the upcoming school year. Raffle tick
ets go on sale Monday November
7th. The cost for tickets is $ 1 each or
6 for $5. Items donated include: wo
ven bag, woven coin purse, beaded
coin purse, king size log cabin quilt,
baby quilt, $10 lottery tickets, jingle
dress, beaded earrings and much,
much more. For raffle information
contact Nancy Kirk or Becky VanPelt
at the ECE Center, 553-3241. The
drawing will be December 22, in the
ECE lobby at 4 p.m.
ECE Halloween a Success!
Trick or Treating at the ECE Cen
ter this year was a big success thanks
to the donations and volunteer time
of many! The children followed a
route around the building and "trick
or treated" at various stations manned
by ECE staff, parents and volunteers.
Big THANKS to the following for
donating treats and time: Tribal Court;
IHS.Tribal Council; Senior Program;
Spilyay, Parentsuardians and Staff!
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by Erin G. Sweeden
If your child tells you that she or
he has been sexually abused, what
can you do to be helpful?
The most important thing is to
listen carefully and believe the child.
Children can't make up stories about
something they've never experi
enced. I talk to so many women who
tried to tell an adult that they were
being sexually abused as children
and, instead of being protected, they
were blamed or even punished for
causing the molestation. These
women still carry the pain of that
environmentalists, understanding
that air, water, plants, and animals
must be treated with respect if they
are to remain available for
generations to come. American
Indians taught the first European
settlers how to survive in new
surroundings and helped them to
explore uncharted wilderness. Native
peoples have represented this country
in every war, from the American
Revolution to the Persian Gulf, and
are proud members of every branch
of the U.S. Armed Forces. Artists
such as R.C. Gorman and Fritz
Scholder and writers such as Louise
Erdrich and N. Scott Momaday have
made remarkable contributions to art
and literature.
The relationsh ip between the U.S .
Government and the American
Indians has not been without
controversy. As we look back on our
history, we must acknowledge often
profound mistakes. But we also must
look to and plan for a future of
cooperation and respect. With the
recent passage of the Indian self
governance and self-determination
amendments of 1994, we celebrate
the government-to-government
relationship that exists between the
Indian tribes and the United States.
This legislation reaffirms and
strengthens the political ties between
all of the nations of this land.
To acknowledge the varied and
inestimable contributions of the
native peoples and to celebrate this
proud legacy, the congress by House
Joint Resolution 271, has designated
November 1944 as "National
American Indian Heritage Month"
and has authorized and requested the
President to issue a proclamation in
observance of this month.
Now, Therefore, I, William J.
Clinton, President of the United
States of America, do hereby
proclaim November 1994 as National
American Indian Heritage Month. I
urge all Americans, as well as their
elected representatives at the Federal ,
State, and local levels, to observe
this month with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and acti vines.
An appreciation lunch was held at the
a family crisis. Pictured abort, left to
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betrayal for the rest of their lives,
and it is almost as damaging as the
abuse itself. No matter what the cir
cumstances are or what the child
does, the adult is responsible for any
sexualized contact with a child, and
that is a crime.
If your child talks about being
sexually abused, it's important to
take action to protect her or him from
any further harm. An examination
needs to be done as soon as possible
to determine the physical andor
emotional damage done. The exam
can be scheduled by contacting the
Police, CPS, or the Warm Springs
Health & Wellness Center. If the
suspected abuse happened within the
last 48 hours, the exam can be done
on an urgent need basis. When sexual
abuse is confirmed by examination,
an investigation is done to attempt to
determine who the abuser was. This
person cannot be trusted alone with
the child or other children. Your child
is telling you about the abuse because
she or he feels a need to talk about it
and get it stopped. The counselors at
the Community Counseling Center
are trained to hclpchildren talk about
what happened to them and release
the feelings so that the injury can
You're Invited
to a feisty, hyper, FASFAE child
behavior management workshop and
Thanksgiving lunch!
Friday, November 18, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Warm Springs Community Center
Featuring guest speaker: Dr. Pat Tanner-Halverson
from the Tohono O'odham Reservation in AZ, an
internationally recognized speaker on learning and
behavioral
characteristic, practical methods of teaching children with
FASFAE and survival skills for parents.
Learn about Fetal Alcohol
children and how to develop more goal directed behavior,
spend more time on task, enhance leaning, have fewer
invasions of other people's
space, less physical activity, easier transitions between
activities and less impulsivity.
Educators, parents, relatives, counselors, friends,
ALL ARE WELCOME
No fee or pre registration required
sponsored by Warm Springs Early Intervention Advisory
Board, Early Childhood Education, Community Counseling
and Central Oregon Regional program
Happy 20th anniversary Allen Gilbert, Sr. on
November 10-from your wife and children
Notice to all WIC participants
The WICProgram at Warm Springs
is allotted a certain dollar figure as food
budget each year. This dollar amount is
based on what the state expects our
WIC participants to spend by using
their WIC vouchers. The average
amount that Warm Springs WIC
participants spent in Fiscal Year 1994
was quite a bit lower than what the
State allowed. This means that people
must not be getting all the food items
on their vouchers that they are entitled
to. We are concerned about this for two
reasons.
1. The food items on the vouchers
are given so that participants are able to
meet more of their nutritional
requirements than they would otherwise
be able to. If all the items are not
purchased, the participants are not
getting all the nutrition they need.
2. If our food budget continues to be
Agency Longhouse October 31, to honor responding medical personnel during
right are; Seda Wesley, Elktt Greene, and Jimmy Wesley.
child
heal before it become a lifelong
wound.
By taking appropriate action, you
send your child the message that you
care and are willing to protect her or
him. You also place the responsibil
ity squarely where it belongs on
the adult. Under normal circum
stances, children arc only hurt when
they are being punished for doing
something bad. When they experi
ence something as uncomfortable,
painful, or scary as sexual abuse,
they interpret it as punishment and
believe it happened because they were
bad kids. Children tend to see them
selves as the center of their world and
blame themselves for anything that
goes wrong. The wounded child
within understand that she or he was
not bad. The abuser was. Children
who see their abusers punished for
their bad actions are relieved of car
rying the burden of their shame for
many years to come.
If you were sexually abused as a
child and never got the caring and
protection which you deserved at the
time, it is still possible to begin the
healing process now. You don 't ha ve
to endure that secret pain alone any
more. Plcase call Erin at the Commu
nity Counseling Center 553-3205.
SyndromeFetal Alcohol Effected
under spent, the State will start cutting
back on the amount of food dollars we
are presently entitled to. This would
mean that we would no longer be able
to certify all pregnant women, infants
and children under age 5 who are
income eligible.
PLEASE let us know if you cannot
use all the food on your vouchers. We
will try to adjust what you are getting.
Not everyone needs to have the same
food package.
And if you are reading this and have
someone who may be eligible for WIC
who is pregnant, has a baby less than
one year old, or an child under 5, please
call us at 553-2460 and we'll set up an
appointment for you.
Lillian January, WIC
Coordinator
Lara Simpson, WIC Certifier
Ruth Tewee, WIC Clerk
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