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Chief's headdress is on
Parents wanted
Please come and get in vol ved with
this fun activity, Parents meeting on
the Senior Drug & Alcohol Free
Party, held Tuesday, October 15,
1996 at 7:30 at the Madras High
School Library. For more informa
tion if interested call Judy Carroll
475-3709.
Powwow starts Oct. 25
The 9th Annual Mid-Columbia
River Powwow will be held October
25, 26, & 27, 1996 in Celilo, Oregon.
(12 miles east of The Dalles, OR).
Memorials, Giveaways & Rejoiners
will be held Friday, 25th starting at
10 a.m. Washut services on Sunday
starting at 9 am.
Nathan "8-ball" Jim from Warm
Springs, OR will be emcee. Grand
Entries will be Friday at 8 p.m.; Sat
urday 1 & 7 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.
Contest Categories, 1st, 2nd &
3rd place will be in the Women's
Traditional, Fancy & Jingle; Men's
Traditional, Fancy, Grass & Round
Bustle; Sr. Men's & Sr. Women's;
Teen (13-17) Girl's Traditional,
Fancy & Jingle; Teen (13-17) Boy's
Traditional, Fancy & Grass; Jr. (7
12) Girl's Traditional, Fancy &
Jingle; Jr. (7-12) Boy's Traditional,
Fancy & Grass.
There will be a Halloween Mask
Clown Dance Contest for Sr. Citi
zens, adult & children categories on
Saturday. Prize Money will be given
out
A Drum Contest (point system)
sponsored by Mid-Columbia River
Powwow Committee. First-$I,000;
Second-$700; Third-$500 & 4th-
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Baskets are part of Memorable Images.
The tribal adoption
referendum will be
held Wednesday,
October 16. Polls will
be open, at the
Community Center,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Those tribal members
21 years of age or
older, or married, are
eligible to vote. There
are 1,877 eligible
voters. Half of those,
or 938, must vote to
validate the election.
$300. There will be a Women's Tra
ditional Memorial Contest for 40
years & up in memory of late Nora
Speedis, sponsored by Speedis fam
ily, MCRP Committee, relatives &
friends. Prize money to be given out.
Also there will be a Best Dressed
Woman & Man with prizes of beaded
item & Pendleton blanket for the
male, beaded bag & Pendleton shawl
for the lady sponsored by Rosita
Wesley.
Food Concessions (limited): Fri
day $75 a day; Saturday & Sunday
$100 a day; $250 advance for full
weekend. NO CHECKS. Arts &
crafts: $35 per day plus donation or
$100 advance for full weekend. NO
CHECKS.
Royalty Candidate, Arts & Crafts,
Food Concessions contact: Gloria Jim
at (509) 848-3461; Drummers con
tact: Thomas Morning Owl (509)
773-3409; For more information con
tact: Rod Begay (541) 296-8816,
Begay Residence (541) 298-1559 or
Tina Antone (509) 773-4020.
Come one! Come all! Everyone
welcome! The Mid-Columbia River
Powwow committee is not respon
sible for theft, accidents, damages,
or short funded travelers. NO AL
COHOLDRUGS ALLOWED!!
Images" exhibit reflects Warm Springs' past
Calica participates in internship program in
At 21 years of age, Direlle Calica
has experienced what most of us
won't. About a month ago, she
returned to Warm Springs after
spending seven weeks in the Nation's
capital as an intern with the
Washington Internship for Native
Students (WINS). Direlle has long
imagined herself being involved in
the happening events of Washington.
"I was six years old when I first went
to Washington with my mom. I knew
I wanted to go back and work there...It
was the year that Sandra Day
O'Connor was sworn in as the first
woman Supreme Court Justice. The
whole rush and how things get done
amazed me." It continues to do so.
Direlle was among 15 Native
students to be selected for the
program. She, like all other
participants, submitted an application
and was selected on its merit as well
as herchosen field of study political
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Museum visitor reads introduction statement before entering Memorable Images exhibit.
Visitors to The Museum At Warm Springs are in for a treat a special glimpse of
the past in the form of photographs taken from the Museum's archives.
"Memorable Images" will run through January 17, 1997.
The photographs, on display in the Museum's Changing Exhibit Gallery, were
photographed and then reproduced through a special process at a lab in Portland.
The result is a collective display that dates from the early 1800s to the mid 1900s.
Also on display are historically significant artifacts a fully beaded vest and a
headdress worn by Chief Nelson when he was sworn in as chief in 1959.
The display is sure to jostle the memories of visitors as they venture through the
. show. The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
science. The WINS program provides
Native students, in Direlle's case,
the opportunity to see how the US
government works. WINS contacts
different agencies and lobbies for
Native students' summer-time jobs.
This summer, students worked at the
ATF, BIA and Appalachian Regional
Commission as well as at the White
House.
During her first week in
Washington, D.C. Direlle spent
acclimating herself to the city of
millions. WINS houses the students
at American University dormatories,
about 15 minutes away from the
"Hill". She discovered how to use
the mass transit system. She also
learned that "everything is about
twice as expensive as it is here." The
Tribe sponsored her internship and
allowed an $80 weekly living stipend.
She learned very quickly that $80
doesn't go very far in a city like
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Washington.
The next two weeks were spent
working in American Samoa
Congressman's Eni Faleomavaega' s
office. Congressman Faleomavaega
is a member of the Committee on
Resources, says Direlle, and she was
responsible for writing legislative
updates and draft statements on
behalf of the Congressman. "He
works a lot on Native issues," says
Direlle. She was involved with those
things as well.
While at the Congressman's
office, Direlle was exposed to the
legislative branch and how policy
and the legislature work. She learned
how an issue, at first one person's
opinion, can make it into bill form
and onto the floor for discussion. "A
lot of time, people think very little
gets done and that it gets done slowly.
But I'm amazed at how quickly things
move." She was also impressed at
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how quickly the Congressman
responded to Native issues.
As part of WINS, Direlle worked
in the White House Intership
Program, a service program designed
by President Clinton. Through this
program, Direlle and one other
student worked in the Public
Liaison's Office. Direlle was
assigned to work with AsianPacific
American issues. The Liaison' s office
deals with any major public issue.
When an issue arrises, it first goes to
the Liaison's office and then is later
forwarded to the appropriate
governmental division for solution.
Individual voices are important to
policy-making, says Direlle. She was
supriscd at how "effective individual
voices'were to the President. We had
to document every call. Believe it or
not, they're not ignored."
While at the Liaison's office,
Direlle was involved with pulling
together events at the White House.
She helped with the the APA
Leaders Day July 26 that brought
leaders from throughout the United
States for day-long activities. She
met several key governmental figures
throughout the day, including the
White House Chief of Staff and
Secretary Shalala of the Department
of Human and Social Services.
Direlle was "very impressed" with
the tribes that have their own offices
in D.C. "That's where the action is,"
she says. Being where the action is
enables tribes to better utilize and
access programs and grant monies
that come available. Washington
offices also help tribes help their
own youth. "Those tribes that have
their own offices also have internship
programs for their own students."
Being a political science major at
Portland State probably gives Direlle
an edge on personal awareness
concerning the core of government.
Personal involvement in critical
issues concerning the nation is very
important. Letting your voice be
heard is imperitive. "It's easy for
people to sit back and complain. But,
if they write a letter, make a phone
call, express their opinions, that's
how things get done."