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Kah-Nee-Ta Village was hardest hit by the Flood of '96.
Robert Wood
Warm Springs Community
receives notification of award for
$661,000 to fight substance abuse
using cultural values and traditions.
Warm Springs, OR, February 14,
1996 The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs has received an award
of $661,000 in grant support from
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation to address substance
abuse through the use of cultural
values and traditions.
This grant represents the
beginning of the second phase of an
initiative in Warm Springs, which is
a part of a national program entitled
Healthy Nations: Reducing
Substance Abuse Among Native
Americans. In this phase, Warm
Springs community groups will
implement prevention, intervention,
treatment, and aftercare projects and
programs.
"The unique part of the Healthy
Nations Program is that grantees (are
developing and implementing)
strategies based on Native American
values and traditions to garner
It's business as usual
Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge is in full operation, not having been affected by
the recent flood waters.
Convention groups are arriving and reservation lines are busy.
The Kah-Nee-Ta Village has sustained some flood damage.
Village guests are being accommodated at the Lodge.
The Village is now in the full process of assessment and it is hoped
that a projected date for full operation can be released soon.
The Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Course will be ready for play with a week of
drying time and general clean up of debris.
Finally on a warmer note, the Lodge pool has been turned up and is
just as warm as the temperature of the Village Pool.
The beautiful Juniper Room at the Lodge has been remodeled and is
truly spectacular.
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Johnson Foundation issues
community-wide support in
confronting the issues and healing
wounds that substance abuse has
caused," said Steven A Schroeder,
M.D., president of the Foundation.
"Through traditional ceremonies and
activities, Native Americans enforce
their beliefs that sharing, generosity,
reciprocity, and mutual respect
among tribal members are key to a
strong, healthy community."
According to Scott McLean,
director of Warm Springs Healthy
Nations, "this project is all about
Warm Springs community members
saying this is what it's going to take
to reduce substance abuse in our
community and then having the
freedom to try a number of different
approaches across the next four
years."
Substance abuse is directly
associated with significant rates of
illness, disability, and mortality
among Native Americans.
Three factors identified as
contributing to substance abuse that
will be addressed by Warm Springs
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Officials now estimate damage
Healthy Nations Project are: (1) a
deteriorating sense of cultural
heritage; (2) a lack of consistent
messages against substance abuse in
the community, and; (3) strong peer
group pressures.
Phase two of this initiative will
focus on an activities based
prevention approach, combined with
apublic awareness campaign, in order
to facilitate positive peer groups and
increase community connections. A
consistent message of cultural values,
tradition, and alternatives to
substance abuse will be developed,
incorporating elders and youths
together, working toward a healthy
community.
Museum seeks
The Museum At Warm Springs
will have their first in-house exhibit
featuring artifacts from its collection
September 28, 1 996 through January
27, 1997 and the theme for the ex
hibit is Name Giving Ceremonies.
Museum staff is currently gather
ing information for the exhibit and is
seeking tribal members to interview
on the ceremonies. All information
will be based on interviews from
tribal member elders representing the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
"The specific goals of the Name
Giving Exhibit is to educate our visi
tors about the cultural significance
of our traditional Name Giving Cer
emonies.' said Roxanne Cacy. Mu
seum Exhibits Coordinator. The dis
play will also answer questions that
some community members may have
and to display a variety of artifacts
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in excess of $10 million. See
grant to Warm
The Healthy Nations nationwide
program, involving 14 sites, is co
directed by Spero M. Manson, Ph.D.,
and Candace M. Fleming, Ph.D., at
the National Center for American
Indian and Alaska Native Mental
Health Research at the University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center.
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, based in Princeton, NJ,
is the nation's largest philanthropy
devoted exclusively 10 neaun ana
health care. Since becoming a
national philanthropy in 1972, the
Foundation has made more than $2
billion in grants, and concentrates its
grantmaking in four areas: assuring
access to basic health services,
information
that are in The Museum's collection.
"We plan to include a photo
graphic display of the elder's inter
viewed", Casey continued. "We
would also like to interview and pho
tograph tribal members who've had
a Name Giving Ceremony and in
clude borrowed photos, along with
possible videos of their ceremonies
in the exhibit."
Community members interested
in sharing information or cultural
experience should contact Casey as
soon as possible because interviews
need to be scheduled and completed
by March 31, 1996. Museum staff is
also searching for a very old photo
graph of a Name Giving Ceremony,
so anone who would like to lend
one. would be appreciated.
For information contact Roxanne
Casey at The Museum at 553-3331
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special insert for more photos of
Springs
improving the way services are
organized and provided to people
with chronic health conditions;
reducing the harm caused by
substance abuse; and helping the
nation address the problem of rising
health care costs.
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MUSeUMI IS Open
The Museum At Warm Springs is
open for business and although the
parking lot was flooded by high wa
ter from Shitike Creek last we, the
interior suffered no damage and just
a few patches of silt remain in the
parking lot.
"The Museum was architectur
ally designed to withstand flooding
on a raised engineered fill platform,"
Museum Director Michael Hammond
said. "Except for mud in the parking
lot, we are open for business."
Hammond said The Museum
ended up being an island in the flood
waters and is thankful the interior
was not damaged. He and mainte
nance manager Willie Stacona sur
veyed The Museum property Mon
day, February 12, 1996 and found a
lot of silt, mud and twigs in the park
ing lot and The Museum meadow
area.
The Museum is open from 10a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily and admission prices
are $6 for adults (ages sl3 to 59); $5
for senior citizens (60 years of age
and over); $3 for children (ages 5 to
12): and children 4 years of age and
ounger are free.
Discounts arc available to groups
with ten or more people. For more
information contact The Museum at
541-553-3331.
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reservation flood damage.
Funds available
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
benefits are available to people who are
unemployed as a direct result of the Flood
of 96. DUA is available to people who do
not qualify for regular unemployment
insurance.
Self employed business people who
are cleaning up their place of business in
order to again provide services, and
business owners unable to provide services
because of the disaster all qualify. Farmers
or ranchers who are unable to work as a
result of the flood, or workers who do not
qualify for unemployment benefits and
cannot work because of the disaster all
qualify under the program.
Disaster Unemployment Benefits are
based upon net income during the 1 995 tax
year. The minimum weekly benefit is $92
and the maximum per week is $301 , unless
you were working part time.
If you feel you qualify you can contact
Kathy E. Morales at the Madras Oregon
Department of Human Resources Office.
You can all Kathy at 475-2382.
Lessons repeat
The Language Program has de
cided to have Spilyay print the first
set of seven Sahaptin lessons, begin
ning with the February 1 5th issue. In
coordination with that, we would
appreciate it if KWSO would follow
up and broadcast the same lessons
the following week. The first lesson
will be the second lesson on first set
of sevens.
We appreciate your continued
support in exposing the Sahaptin lan
guage to the public. The large enroll
ment of new students has encour
aged us to reissue the firM set of
seven lessons.
Thank you for your support and
patience. Should you have any ques
tions, please feel free to call 553-2201.
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