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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1996)
SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon August 21, 1996 3 Feasd . v. . -: J t - -. ..." y44 - '.h Mi . . v.- chi0- . ... V,' y. 4- ' r i':" ..... Antoinette Queahpama prepares for ceremony. Events suggested would help involve, strengthen youth ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS SUGGESTED FOR COMMU NITY YOUTH More social events More places to swim More things to do More places to go Community involvement . More dances Buildings Need swimming pool Olympic size (2) A place (safe) for youth to watch movies (video's) Rotation houses to hang-out Powwow - fair - carnival -games - bands - and evening dances every night Invite other people from dif ferent tribes of different reservations for one week to teach them about our reservation Have 2 clubs - 1 for adults - 1 for teens Have motivational speakers from own community speak out about make their points come across di rectly Have a girls night or ladies night, then have a mens & boys night out - gathering Build more water slides and swimming holes Animal show Indian dance classes - traditional old fun social dances Roller skating rink, Ice skating rink for community Line dancing classes & clubs More games such as camps (like the midnight basketball) Get some people to teach sports here in Springs like Billy Mills in track More dances with good DJ's More dances (youth puts on) More community activities More adult involvement Night softball games More sports tournaments More involvement for lil kids Better kahneetah More jobs-better options-more hours Better community center More education-schools in Warm Springs Have more tournaments Have more camps, basketball, here in WS Maybe have something like a collage of culture here in WS Have a swimming pool Theater in Madras Have community dances Amusement park near by celebrates bountiful berry harvest . ."ft, t N -U' Football with football field The center should be open on the weekend for activities New equipment for community center Midnight basketball change more to night basketball Water slides for the pool or the creek Build a pool here so we won't have to go to Kah-Nee-Ta so tribal members get in free Mall Batting cages Movie theaters Make WS Funner Boxing year round Youth offer suggestions for resolution SUGGESTIONS FOR HELP ING TO RESOLVE THE CON CERNS: Examples Parent involvement Somewhere to go Something to do Clubs Fundraisers Community programs Community events Out of town events Community involvements Need more involvement with adults Volunteers More talks like Danny Martinez's talk real things that happen Awareness for Youth (video's) real life situations Free staff Net-work with other commu nities, go on trips to other Rez's Sobriety check Classes about abstinence or if already sexually active-use protec tion. Teen parent speaker talk out to teens More parent care Giving the gangs something to, do besides fight Encourage the younger, newer class to finish school .Nothing can be done about what the parents think of us that's their problem Why do people vandalize? (nothing else to do or what) Why do we turn to drugs & alcohol for an alternate? What's the purpose for being in gangs? Why do people feel they should litter? Why do you think education is important? v; '.sn ' " y. v. - ; v : ' ; Baby sitting club Gymnastics Modelmakeuphair styling club More sports, not just hoop! Horse back club Rafting club Have a BBQ Have a Picnic Have a dance, or dances Have a basketball tournament Have a bunch of games and races Have swimming competitions Go fishing & hunting Have a golfing tournament at Kahneetah Have a volleyball tournament Have a marathon for non drug What is more important than youth commuhity-how could you involve yourself in the community? Why do you feel to have un protected SF.X???!!! Why do people have to hit each other to show them anger? How hard is it to say no to peer pressure Why does one race tend to think there better than another? Have a recreation center for us youth to go to Don't have sex More activities in the commu nity involving the youth Making youth go to school Have activities which all of the cultures involved Give them something when they do good in school Give them a reason to stay in school Maybe have a dress code. Not anything stupid Use protection Get a group to help build a football field & track Build a better swim hole where kids can jump off something other than a bridge, or build a pool in Warm Springs because Kaheetah is to far Why do we have drugs &alco hol? Why do we have concerns? Whydon'tparents get involved? Why do we have gangs? Why do we have an ugly school system How come they don't have a tribal school here? Why don't they make more activities for us bored people How come they have graffiti? How come the maintenance are so lazy? Why does the mills pollute the air iiifi Suzie Slockish helps prepare salmon for feast. Even though the weather was rather cool, this year's ageless Huckleberry Feast was as good as all those of the past. Relatives and friends from far and near came to assist or to be with the ones they love during the annual celebration of the huckleberry harvest ceremony. Huckleberry Feast 1 996, was held August 2, 3 and 4, at the He-He Longhouse. It included a powwow on Friday and Saturday evening. The ceremony concluded on Sunday afternoon. A big thanks to all the cooks and kitchen helpers. Everyone enjoyed the delicious meals that were prepared during the feast: the deer meat, fry bread, fruits and especially the salmon, cooked outside over an open fire. & alcoholics More sports for everyone More dances (good ones) & get togethers More clinics for softball, bas ketball Communities get togethers with their children & get involved with the activity More camping for the youth (longer) More community input and per spective (meeting) More big powwows More if any controlled field trips Non separate activities More co-ed activities Having more exchange students Cleaning West Hills, etc.. Paint over the Graffity A program to keep teen's off drugs & alcohol Teach other kids right from wrong Encourage kids to stay in school The community can come to gether, and help stop the violence Try to stop child abuse, and any other abuse Help kids More () grown-ups More everything More people getting involved Why do parents "adults" contribute to minors? Why do parents abuse their children, when their kids have noth ing to do with their work or other . problems? Why do people expect the youth to get into community involvement ; when there is not a whole lot to do? Why don't the adults do more stuff with the teenagers? The education they provide for us has no meaning. They expect us to succeed. They don't put anything out to help or to learn. There is no value in the lessons, schools, they teach. And we need a high school. Why do teenagers drop out when high school gets hard? They should continue on and make a future for themselves Teenagers need to stop getting pregnet. They always dump their kids on their parents or grandparents. Ifyoufhave a kid you need to take Why do we have to many critics V K H""1'"-' Why don t people of the same race (native American) have preju- dice towards each other when they have the same culture? f M ' IIS. J .Utt Sit 't-jWft . V rrr:.. if.-. '-:: ; Youth suggest community involvement projects YOUTH COMMIUNITY IN VOLVEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BBQ with activities Kah-Nee-Ta free swims for tribe Running activities Fundraisers, healthy nations summer youth program Community Service (commu nity self-pride) More sports (year round sports) More cultural get togethers with involvement More field trips for all youth program (not only in summer recre ation) trips for teens older (who work) You could have some kind of classes, to help kids You could make classes for the gangster for treatment or something Beading Art Cooking Crafts Car washes or something like that After school jobs in Madras Warm Springs Activities Places to go More basketball tournaments for all ages Make more pow-wows More softball tournaments for our age Sports center - swimming softball fields basketball courts Build track ; Carnival or a Fair, no little Pi-ume-sha carnival either! X-Mas party (alcohol free) Swim in a safe place Play sports & join school clubs Back to school party Xmas party (alcohol free) Hunt for feast or memorial, etc. Help keep projects that they did for the summer work program gj grQU? Looking for new & different di- rections in your lite? Needing sup- port with the positive decisions you havc made'' We are studvine the Twelve Sten Bible together. Would you come join us in study and learn with us? We talk about and help each other with the everyday walk of life. Share ideas Back to school pow-wow at elementary Having a car wash Bake Sale Dance Cleaning up Raising money then giving it to a shelter to buy food Donating clothestoys Penny drive Planting trees, plants for the parks Fundraisers: Basketball, Soft ball & Volleyball - tournaments & leagues Trips for youth 4-H Clubs-more GirlBoy Scouts Concerts Cheerleaders Football Youth dances every friday (or every other friday) Clean up community CleanWash graffitti off houses & buildings Refer to previous sheet and form clubs Running club Camper zonegameschallanges Basket makingtanning hides .Hunting club Mechanic shop AutoBody Shop Fund raisers (for) fun .Hiking club Sewing club Dances BBQ's Powwows Drive-in Movies Honor Roll Party (for school year during) Varieties of tournaments Art contests Lip sync (different themes) Carnival Community fun day Weekly activity day Don't Vote Bill Swimming pool MoviesHTieaters Arcades and strive toward meaningful goals We meet at the Health and Wellness Center's Demo Kitchen on Monday & Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information call Les or Perthina at 553-1329. Hope to see you soon. -1 L