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Coyote News
In Brief
Calica attends
conference
Portland State University
student Direlle Calica
recently attended the
17th annual AISES
conference in Detroit.
Students offer advice
Two Madras High
School seniors advise
contituents to try hard
and to not mess around.
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Christmas season
celebrated
Two elders were
recently honored with
the planting of a live tree
at the Community
Center. Other
community activities
helped enhance the
Christmas spirit.
Crosswords, dot-to-dot
offered
The Language-Program ,
offers fun activities to
assist in learning
Sahaptin.
Golden Gloves
Boxing planned
The popular boxing
tournament is planned
for January 12 and 13 in
Portland.
Wrestlers win meet
White Buffalo wrestlers
won a recent five-team
meet.
Importance of 4-H
explained
4-H clubs help build self
esteem and help youth
become productive
adults.
Graybael awarded
The OSU Extension
service awarded Herb
Graybael recently for his
generous volunteer work
with the annual
Wilderness Enrichment
Camp.
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Photos show the
snow
Warm Springs was
blanketed with about
eight inches of snow
earlier this week.
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Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo Is
Friday,
December 15, 1995
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"Soft" opening draws crowd to gaming center
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Ribbon cutting took place for the soft opening of Indian Head Gaming Monday, December 4.
Cutting the ribbon were members of the Center's management team and board of directors.
Christmas tree
To: BIA Employees, Tribal
Employees, IHS Employees, Post
Office Employees and WS
Church
From: Gordon Cannon, Superin
tendent, Warm Springs Agency
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs Reservation, in keeping with
the spirit of Christmas have con
sented to the cutting of "Christmas
trees" by the above-addressed em
ployees or churches. The Tribal Tim
ber Committee approved the cutting
of these trees November 29, 1995.
Cutting is limited to one tree per
family orchurch. Trees will be cut on
Tribal lands only. Trees should be
cut along BIA system roads. All live
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Snow-covered trees and bushes make for unusual formations.
Weather forecasters are calling for warmer weather.
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cutting approved
branches must be removed from the
stump. Cutting of trees largerthan 10
feet in height is not permitted. Trees
should not be cut that do not have
another tree growing within 12 feet
of the tree to be cut.
Any non-Tribal member em
ployee wishing to cut a tree must
obtain their Christmas tree tag from
the Branch of Forestry.
When picking up your tree tag,
you will need to show proof of em
ployment with one of the above or
ganizations. This proof may include
and ID card, pay stub, or other veri
fication of eligibility. An individual
will not be permitted to pick up tags
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jum your Lights On For Life
Warm Springs, on December 15,
in a symbolic nationwide observance
to focus attention on the impaired
driving issue, is joining law enforce
ment, businesses, government agen
cies and private citizens throughout
the country in keeping their vehicle
headlights on as they drive during
the day on Friday, December 15.
Local efforts are coordinated by the
Community Health Education Team.
The observance is dubbed "Lights
On For Life" in remembrance of per
sons killed and injured in alcohol
related crashes and serves as a re
minder of law enforcement's watch
ful eye on impaired drivers. The event
is part of National Drunk and
Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention
Month, held in December, and "Na
tional Holiday Lifesaver Weekend"
(December 15-17.) Law enforce
ment, anti-DUI groups and others
are participating in various activities
throughout the month to call attention
to the continued impaired driving
problem in our country.
"Lights On For Life" is sponsored
by the national Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) and
a coalition of government, corporate
and advocacy groups the National
3D Prevention Month Coalition.
"This observance is important
because with all of the parties and
celebrations during the holidays,
impaired drivers are always a prob
lem," says the Community Health
Education Team. "This event will
help to focus attention on the im
paired driving issue and hopefully
prevent people from getting behind
the wheel after drinking."
"This sends a positive message to
the community and reminds the pub
Locals crowed the Gaming facility
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Blessing ceremony officially opened the Gaming Center
lic that during the holidays, law en
forcement will be cracking down on
those who choose to drink and drive
and place innocent people's lives in
jeopardy," says the CHE team. "We
encourage all Warm Springs residents
to join us and take a stand against
impaired driving by turning their
Family decision making to
be topic of Dec. 11 workshop
Children's Protective Services
director Mary McNevin has arranged
for Harry Walker and Dennis Smith
of New Zealand to come to Warm
Springs and present a workshop
Monday, December 1 1 . The work
shop is about WhanauFamily Deci
sion making and will be conducted at
Kah-Nee-Ta. Walker and Smith
present the philosophy, theory and
the practice of family decision mak
ing. In 1989, New Zealand passed leg
islation affecting the country 's Child
Welfare practices. This law, "The
Children, Young Persons and Fami
lies Act" mandated that the power of
decision making regarding the pro
tection of the child must be given to
the family. The indigenous Maori
people of New Zealand were instru
mental in having the law changed.
The model draws on Maori tradition
and the importance of family decision
making. It is not the intent to keep
nuclear families together at all costs
or at the safety of the child. The
model does aim to include all family
members in making important deci
Annual Christmas Bazaar
December 9, 1995
at the Community Center
set up 8:00 a.m. open at 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
December 4
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during the soft opening
December 15
"Lights On For Life" on Friday,
December 15.
For information on how you can
support National 3D Prevention
Month in the local "Light On For
Life" efforts, contact the Commu
nity Health Education Team at 553
4922, 553-2542 or 553-3426.
sions that affect their lives while at
the same time offering support and
projections to carry out these deci
sions. Harry Walker is Maori, and a pro
fessor of Applied Science of Social
Services at Victoria University of
Wellington in New Zealand. He
played a central role with the Maori
and government to change the pro
tective services in New Zealand. He
is a strong advocate of government
not weakening families and the prac
tices of Social Services weakening
the advances of indigenous peoples.
Dennis Smith is a practitioner in
Social Services and speaks to the
detail of the practice of family deci
sion making.
There will be no fee for the work
shop, instead it is proposed that gifts
be purchased so the pair can take
them back to New Zealand. Some of
the ideas expressed have been
Pendleton blankets, local beadwork
and People of Warm Springs book.
For more information, contact
Children's Protective Services at 553
3209 or 553-3216.