2 January 20, 1995
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
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Members of Nancy Millers, second grade class constructed a model neighborhood as part of a
class project recently.
activity ana we I name you very
much!! The $1,287 profit from the
carnival will be used for playground
equipment. We would also like to
thank our families for their patience
and support during this school
activity.
Wal-MartRedmond, WS Apparel
Ind., Pacific PowerMadras, Burger
Inn, WS Power Enterprises,
Erickson's SentryMadras, The
Madras Pioneer, WS Forest Products
Ind., Bel-Air Colonial Funeral Home,
First Interstate BankMadras,
Deborah & Konrad Hager,
Papandrea's PizzaMadras, Madras
What-Not Shop, SafewayMadras,
Johnson O'Malley Committee,
Calendar Updates
January 31 - Awards AssemblyK-2 1:50 p.m. & Gr. 3-5 2:40 p.m.
February 2 - No A.M. Kindergarten
February 3 - No schoolbuilding inservice
February 20 - No schoolPresident's Day
February 28 - Awards AssemblyK-2 8:50 a.m. & Gr. 3-5 9:30 a.m.
March 20-24 - No schoolSpring Break
March 31 - Awards AssemblyK-2 1:50 p.m. & Gr. 3-5 2:30 p.m.
April 7 - Early dismissalno Kindergarten. School newsletter.
April 27 - Awards AssemblyK-2 1:50 p.m. & Gr. 3-5 2:30 p.m.
Winter Carnival Great
Success!!!
Warm Springs Elementary would
like to take this opportunity to give
special recognition to the following
sponsors and supporters of the
Winter Carnival. We greatly
appreciate your support to our school
Pelton Lanes, Pepsi Cola Bottling
Bend, Les SchwabMadras, Pietro's
PizzaMadras, George Tryon
Schwan's, Ahcrn's Stop & Shop,
WS Market, IHS Dental Staff, WS
Parent Club and everyone who
donated cakes.
December Students of the
Month
Sissaley Graybacl, Benjamin
3egay, James Jim, Jr., Harold
Charley, Rozlin Northrup, Dennis
Halliday, Turina Wallulatum,
Candclaria Rhoan, Mychal VanPclt,
Christen Clements, Shanda Gulps,
Jcleah Sam, Darleen Hoptowit,
Nancy Charley, Jonathan Culpus,
Chance Heath, Caroline Asccncio,
Arthur Mitchell, Tallulah McGill,
OJ Tias, Jaime Becerra, Joshua
Bruce, Charles Tcwee, Candice
Miller, Wilfred Sando, Camille
Clements, Frank Fuiava, Glenn
Whiz, Cheri Spino, Bridgette Parra,
Tricia Charley, Edna Winishut,
Daleena Frank, Amelia Davis, Alexis
Smith, Sam Danzuka, Sonny Yahtin,
Meredith Polk, Samantha Gomez,
Marti Ann Crawford, Marsha Givens,
James Kalama, Latonna Red Owl,
Alexxis Kilson-Anderson, Joe
Greene, Tamera Bryant, Nicolas
Katchia, Kyle Climer, Bernice
Mitchell, Jacqueline Moody, Lia
Orozco, Sallie Polk-Adams, Dcsrai
Wells, Victoria Medina, Aaron
Mitchell, Larisa Wallulatum, Harold
Blackwolf, Daniel Marsh and Jcrritt
Smith.
December All-Star Students
Austin Smith, Jr., Julia Haskins,
Shardae Miller, Jenni VanPelt,
Leeann Wolfe, Taima Smith, Joey
Badoni, Prenincia VanPelt, Tatum
Kalama, Cyrille Mitchell, Julia
Simtustus and Amanda Sanchez.
Simnasho All-Star Students
Zeena Kalama and Tamera Moody
Your child can get dental sealants
at school ! !
Dental Sealants are being offered
to second grade students at Warm
Springs Elementary. A parent or
guardian needs to read and sign (he
yellow consent form that the teachers
will be sending home. That's all you
have to do. If you don't receive a
yellow permission slip from your
second grader and you would like to
sign himher up, please come to the
school office.
Most cavities start on back teeth
because they have many small gaps
called "pits" and "fissures" where
germs and food can hide and cause
tooth decay. Teeth need protection
from cavities.
Fluoride, in water, toothpaste and
mouth rinse is great for the sides of
the teeth, but the tops of teeth have
tiny gaps and need special protection.
Every day brushing and flossing help,
but toothbrush bristles can't fit into
those tiny crevices and flossing only
cleans the side's of your teeth.
Now your children's teeth can be
protected with aplastic coating called
sealant. With dental sealants your
child may never have a cavity.
Sealants work and are easy to apply.
There are no drills or needles
involved!!
Important Notice!!
Due to the recent postage increase
the school newsletter will be sent
home with students beginning
February 2, rather than one to each
household that has elementary age
students. If you do no receive a
newsletter the first and third Friday
of each month, you may come by the
office to pick one up.
New Zealand Symposium
Continued from page 1
Tribal Member Art Show scheduled to begin May 13
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The Museum at Warm Springs
invites all tribal member artists and
craftspeople to submit slides and
photographs of their work for our
second Tribal Member Art Show.
This annual juried show was changed
to run during the summer months,
May 13, 1995 toSeptember22, 1995,
to give our tribal members artists the
best possible public exposure.
we wish to encourage all tribal
member artists and craftspeople to
enter the show. If you are unable to
have slides or photographs of your
current work done, please contact
Roxanne Casey at The Museum as
soon as possible so we can make
other arrangements.
It is an honor to announce this
year's judge, nationally known
Native American artist, Maynard
White Owl. His beautiful elks tooth
wing dress and capote coat were
displayed in a previous show at The
Museum, "Native America:
Reflecting Contemporary Realities."
The three categories of awards
are as follows:
1. The Judge's Choice Award:
This prestigious award is selected by
the Judge as the most outstanding of
all the work submitted. The work
chosen will be used as our primary
publicity piece, and will be on the
invitations that are sent out nation
wide to announce the show 's opening
reception. Financial compensation
for the use of the work will be given.
2. Honorable Mention Award:
These cash awards will be selected
by the Judge as outstanding work.
The award constitutes recognition
and support to the artists to continue
with their endeavor.
3. TheTimberline Lodge Purchase
Award: Timberline CEO Richard L.
Kohnstamm will select the purchase
for resale in the Timberline Lodge
gift shop. Works selected for this
category must be available for sale
and the award amount depends upon
the artist's listed selling price.
Recognizing that a career in art can
be difficult, Kohnstamm created the
Timberline Lodge Purchase Award
to provide a financial incentive for
artists to pursue their craft.
If you are interested in entering
applicationcontract at The Museum
or call ((503) 553-3331) and we'll be
glad to send you one.
Good luck to all tribal member
artists and craftspeople and remember
the words of W. Richard West,
Director of the National Museum of
the American Indian, "...non-Indian
commercial artists will not control
our definition of Native American
art which can be seen and interpreted
only with Indian eyes."
The guidelines to enroll: 1.
Applicant must be a member of The '
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation. 2. Submit no
more than five slides or photographs
of your work. Note: Good quality
slides or photographs of your work
makes a big difference in the juring
process. If you need to bring your
actual work in or make other
arrangements, please contact
Roxanne Casey as soon as possible.
3. All entries must be no more than
five years old. 4. Only submit work
that can be in the show and, if selected,
can remain in the show for its entire
leave a piece from the deadline date,
33 195 through 92395, please don't
enter it. 5. Slides must be numbered
and labeled with artist's name, the
title, media and sizedimensions of
the work. Please include the same
information on the back of the
photographs. 6. Artist must complete
the artist statement on the application
(a brief explanation about yourself
and the work you do). 7. Application
deadline is Friday, March 31, 1995.
The application will need to be
completed,contractsigned,andslidcs '
or photographs sent or brought to
The Museum by 4:30 p.m. on the
above date. 8. Artists are responsible
for bringing their selected pieces to
The Museum after they've received a
notification letter. Artists will be
notified within one week from the
jury date, April 4, 1995. All shipping
costs to and from The Museum are
the artists responsibility. 9. All work
that is selected to be in the show will
need to be picked up at The Museum
by September 29, 1995 (with in one
week after the show closes).
the Warm Springs Tribal Council,
Karnopp, Noteboom and Arnett
Attorneys at Law, Columbia Basin
Basket Guild, Oregon Art
Commission, Warm Springs Small
Business Center, Chilkat
Construction and individual sponsors.
Pitt is of Warm Springs, Wasco
and Yakama Indian ancestry. She is
an internationally known ceramic
artist. In 1994, she participated in a
group and international exhibition in
New Zealand. In 1991, Pitt traveled
extensively in New Zealand and met
many Maori artists from various
regions across the country. At that
time, she shared her work with Maori
artists and together they found many
ideas and techniques in common.
Lillian introduced this proposal to
the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians and the other artists. She
selected eight Native artists
representing a variety of media,
traditional and contemporary styles,
to travel to New Zealand to participate
in this exchange.
Bernyce Courtney is a Wasco
Tlingit fiber artist and a former tribal
employee. When her son graduated
from high school and joined the
Army, she quit her job as manager
designer of Warm Springs Apparel
IndustriesWarm Springs Clothing
company to concentrate on her art.
She had studied at the prestigious
Institute of American Indian Arts at
Santa Fe, NM and earned a Bachelor
of Arts in Arts in art from Western
Berynce's sister, Pat Courtney
Gold, is a basket weaver. That may
seem like a strange career for
someone who has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Mathematics-Physics from
Whitman College, she recently left a
scientific career for an art career.
Gold was a mathematics teacher in
community colleges for seven years,
and was a mathematician-computer
specialist for lOyears after that. Since
beginning her art career, she is
reviving the full-turn twine basketry
technique. The geometric designs are
unique to the Wasco Tribe. "I want to
revive and preserve the techniques
and record the traditional designs,"
Gold says. "I am learning to spin the
traditional fiber (Indian hemp) into
two-ply cordage to be used in
basketry." Pat and her sister Bernyce
have a business called Sally Sisters,
which offers the finest in Sally Bags,
reviving what had been the dying art
of Wasco basket weaving. Pat is
researching museums to record the
designs. She has exhibited her work
in galleries throughout the United
States. Gold has been featured in
local newspapers, on a Portland TV
network and her basketry is featured
in the 1994 book, Columbia River
Basketry, written by Mary D. Schlick.
Gold says the Sally Sisters mission is
to preserve this art for future
generations, and share it with others.
The artists left Portland January
1 1 and will return January 25. Next
year, if everything goes according to
Washington University. Bernyce had ' plan, there will be an international
already served as an apprentice to a symposium of Indigenous weavers
basketmaker and she knew what she
wanted to do. Her current work focus
is on Wasco full-turn twined basketry
and Wasco designs which she
interprets in contemporary colors and
as quilt projects. Her use of traditional
Wasco weaving and design is found
as art in public buildings and has
been included in Columbia River
Basketry, 1994 by Mary D. Schlick.
She also has wall-hanging on display
at the Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center and in the dining
room at Skamania Lodge, along the
Columbia River in Washington state.
and basket makers at Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort, on the Warm Springs
Reservation. The ATNI N.W. Inter
Tribal Arts Council has agreed to
host and sponsor the events at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Practices to
begin Feb. 15
Little Miss Warm Springs prac
tices postponed to February 15, 1995.
Practices will be on Monday, Tues
day, and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at
the community center in Carol's
WS Healthy Nations update
room.
At Warm Springs Healthy Na
tions, we ask a lot of questions. Each
article in the newspaper, radio show
featuring community members, or
newsletter continues to ask you, the
community member: What do you
think will reduce the use and abuse of
alcohol and drugs in our community.
We discussed these issues at commu
nity meetings the first week in De
cember. Many people indicated drugs
are readily available, we need more
programs for Warm Springs Teens,
and expressed the need for an after
treatment, on reservation, safe place,
like a center. Today, I'd like to add
ask you a new question. How avail
able are firearms (guns) in our com
munity? Last year I introduced you to the
idea of risk factors (the safety belt
crash test dummies in the cars, not
the videos). Risk-focused preven
tion is trying to prevent a problem
from happening before it occurs by
identifying and addressing risk fac
tors. By taking a long look at where
we stand in terms of these risk-fac
tors, we can see where we need to
focus our energies.
The risk factor "Availability of
Firearms states Firearm availabil
ity and firearm homicide have in
creased since the late 1 950's. If a gun
is present in the home, it is much
more likely to be used against a rela
tive or friend than an intruder or
stranger. Also, when a firearm is used
in a crime or assault instead of an
other weapon or no weapon, the out
come is much more likely to be fa
tal." source- Communities That Care
Write me a note, call us at the
office, stop us on the street and tell us
how available alcohol and drugs are
in our community. Your perceptions
of both the problems and possible
solutions count. We listen, record
your ideas, and this fall the Council
on Alcohol and Drugs will outline
your Healthy Nations programs for
the next four years, until 2000. Let s
try new ideas. Tell me yours. 553
4914, PO Box C, Healthy Nations,
Warm Springs, 97761 - Scott
McLean
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Spilyay Tymoo 1994
On the fast track for gaming continued from page 1
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Aurolyn Stwyer was recently selected General Manager of the
Tribe s gaming facility.
tribal law and order code. The
Gaming Ordinance was
adopted as Chapter 260 of the
Warm Springs Tribal Code.
Ihe ten-page Ordinance
notes specifics about the
purpose of the ordinance,
gaming authorization,
ownership of gaming, use of
gaming revenue, audit,
protection of the environment
and public health and safety,
icenses tor key employees and
primary management officials,
icense locations, gamine
commission and repeal.
Commissioners
Through the Ordinance, the
Warm Springs Tribal Gaming
Commission was established.
The Commission will consist
of three members who may be
tribal members or non
members of the tribe, provided
that not less than one
Commissioner shall be a tribal
member. Those not eligible to
serve as a commissioner
include: Tribal Council
members, gaming enterprise
employees, immediate family
of any gaming contractor,
anyone not eligible for a tribal
gaming license or anyone
having any interest in any
gaming related contract with
the Tribes or any gaming
enterprise
The following is a
recruitment and notice of
positions available for the Tribal
Gaming Commission
rosition:
Tribal Gaming
Commissioner
Salary Range:
$40,000 to $60,000 per year,
depending on qualifications
Number of Vacancies: 3
Full time or part time:
At least one commissioner
will be appointed to a full time
position. The remaining two
commissioner positions will be
appointed to full time or part
time positions depending on
their availability. Part time
commissioners must be willing
to commit approximately 30
hours per month for the first six
months and then a minimum
of 20 hours per month
thereafter. Applicants must
state whether tney are available
for appointment on a full time
or part time basis.
Position Summary:
The Gaming Commission
has broad policy-making
responsibility and authority for
the oversight and regulation,
control and security of the
Tribal gaming enterprise as
authorized by the Tribal-State
Compact and the Tribal
Gaming Ordinance.
Reports To:
Gaming Commissioners are
appointed by the Tribal Council
to terms established in the
Tribal Gaming Ordinance.
Extent ofAuthoritu:
Regulation and security o
Tribal gaming operations as
Provided in the Tribal Gaming
rdinance, the Tribal-State
Compact and related laws
policies and regulations. This
inciuaes gaming reiarea
investigations and licensing
authorities.
Qualifications:
Commissioners must be at
least 21 years of age and have
no telony convictions
Commissioners must have had
no gross misdemeanor
convictions for a period of at
least two years prior to
appointment and must meet the
gaming licensing qualifications
established tor key employees
of the Tribes' gaming
enterprise. Applicants should
have an extensive background
and education in at least one of
the following areas: Law and
Law Enforcement, Accounting
and Auditing, ueneral Business
Management. Tribal
Affirmative Action policies will
apply.
Deadline for submitting an
application for a commissioner's
position is January 27, 1995.
Availability:
Commissioners will be
appointed on or about March 1,
1995 and must be available for
a minimum of 80 hours or two
full work weeks during the
month of March 1995.
Spilyay will continue to
provide updates concerning the
gaming facility in the coming
months.