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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon November 7, 1996 5 Teachers applauded for brushing efforts "The power to fulfill our dreams is within each of us. Wc alone have the responsibility to shape our lives. When we understand this, wc know that nothing, and no one, can deny us greatness. We arc the ones pushing ourselves forward or holding our selves back. The power to succeed or fail is ours alone." Last year, the first brushing pro gram ever at Warm Springs Elemen tary was met with enthusiasm and support by both the teachers and students. This brushing program was not mandatory; therefore teachers could choose whether or not to par ticipate. Surprisingly, more than half of the classroom teachers chose to participate, to be exact sixteen teachers out of a total of twenty-two took on the challenge and extra re sponsibility. Along with their every day tasks of lesson plans, educa tional activities, classroom motiva tion and grading papers, these teach ers decided to incorporate a brushing program in their classroom. Acting on an idea and making a decision to give students the opportunity to brush their teeth at school would shape ordinary classrooms into extraordi nary ones. For the second year in a row the teachers at Warm Springs Elementary will be participating in a brushing pro gram set up by the Warm Springs Dental Hygicnist. No such elemen tary school brushing program cur rently exists, as far as we know in the state of Oregon. Children s oral health needs to be made a top priority in the Warm Springs community. At Hcadstart children arc taught teeth arc impor tant because teeth help to chew rood and teeth make up our smiles. When young kids arc introduced to good brushing habits at school, and these brushing habits are reinforced at home by parents, these children Let Kah-Nee-Ta Who's cooking Thanksgiving Dinner this year? Are we staying home again this holiday? Is this the only place big enough for the whole family to hold a holiday dinner? Look at this mess everyone ate and took off! Are these the questions and problems you face every year when you host a holiday dinner? Well maybe it's time for a change. Treat yourself or have your family treat you at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort this Thanksgiving Holiday. Special Thanksgiving Day menu includes a family style dinner with all the trimmings which includes your own turkey served at your own family table for parties of eight or more at only $13.95 per person. On this special offer a 48 hour notice is required. Dinner reservations are You're invited to attend fun filled day You are personally invited to join us November 2 1 at the Warm Springs Community Center Social Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. David and Veronica Browneagle will be presenting "The Song My Grandchildren Will Hear, Begins in my Heart." This will be all day fun filled, hands on, tickle your funny bone, story telling, jump up, jam down, laughing and crying experience. Just bring your heart and your mind. -Why can't the song be heard? -How do we open our hearts? -Who do we open our hearts to? -When do we sing? For more information call Carol or Anson at 553-4922. Early registration is encouraged, no fee administered. This is brought to you by C.H.E.T. and Healthy Nations. Thanksgiving mini QuaTlaNowitNami EnChiTla Mi Yow-"Honoring our parents," Annual Mini Powwow to be held November 28-30, 1996, at the Agency Longhouse in Warm Springs. Everyone is welcome to. All drummers are welcome. There will be individual contests: -Tiny tots, 6 years & under boys and girls -7-12 year olds, boys and girls fancy and traditional -13-17 years boys and girls fancy and traditional dancing -17 years and under, boys team dance contest, three to a team Saturday -17 years and under, girls team dance contest, three to a team-Friday -Individual contests, men and women, Sr. men and Sr. Women A special men's round bustle contest, sponsored by the Wewa family is also scheduled. Powwow starts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Meals will be served every day, two hours before the powwow starts. All concessions are welcome. Call for information on table fees. might likely have better brushing habits when thev become lecn-ogcrs. Reducing painful tooth decay starts with a good relationship among den tal health care providers, teachers, children and parents. One main rea son for setting up the elementary school brushing program was to re inforce the dental education which is currently being taught at ECE and also continue daily toothbrushing at school. Since children arc eating lunch at both schools they need to be cleaning their teeth afterwards by either brushing or chewing sugar free gum. This fact is true for everyone not just children; everyone should brush after meals. Therefore daily toothbrushing, education and pre vention is the key to brighter healthier smiles for everyone. An enthusiastic W.S. teaching staff developed a close working rela tionship with the W.S. dental team, with both working together to buttle tooth decay. Pushing forward, the dental clinic provided toothbrushes and brushing charts to every class room, from kindergarten to fourth grade. Classroom presentations were done on proper brushing, oral health education and toothbrush safety. To motivate student participation a brushing contest was held. Students were given time to brush after lunch everyday. Each time a student brushed he would mark his toothbrushing chart, which he per sonalized himself by coloring or us ing stickers. So if a student brushed everyday, marked off his brushing charts and practiced toothbrush safety, he earned a chance to win his classroom a pizza party. If every student in his classroom participated then everyone's name was entered into the pizza party drawing. The class had better odds of winning if more students partici- take care of your holiday meal recommended. Breakfast will be served on Thanksgiving morning beginning at 7 a.m. until 1 1:30 a.m. followed by lunch at 1 1 :30 a.m. until 1 p.m. All Thanksgiving specials will be served in the Juniper Dining Room from noon until closing. Dinners will include Acorn squash bisque, wild fall greens with pear vinaigrette and candied pecans, or Romaine and oakleaf tossed in blue berry, thyme and goat cheese, slow Roasted Turkey with pear sage dressing, buttermilk mashed potatoes, and orange cranberry relish all for $15.95 per person. And that's not all, for ham lovers try Kah-Nee-Ta's Country Baked Ham with Kentucky bourbon raisin sauce, candied yams, and potato Seniors seeking traditional foods The Senior Citizen Center is looking for donations of traditional foods for their senior program. Anyone willing to donate traditional foods can drop them off at the Senior Citizen Center, or a staff member can meet you or come by your home to Elder abuse conference set The Warm Springs elders are sponsoring the second Annual Elder Abuse Conference November, 14 and 15 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. There is no registration fee. Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is also offering special room rates for participants, $45.00 a night. Call 1-800-544-4SUN. Lunch will be provided both days of the conference for participants. Scheduled to attend are six guest speakers and a youth panel. Dwayne Ragan, Office of Crime Victims, Department of Justice, Washington DC is also scheduled to speak. Three speakers from Portland scheduled to attend are Steven Schneider, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of pewwow to honor our parents For more information call (no collect calls) or write: Manny Jim, P.O. Box 1129, Warm Springs, OR 97761, (541) 553-1086 (home) or (54 1) 553-3252 (work); or Geraldine W. Jim, P.O. Box 432, Warm Springs, OR 97761,(541)553-1086. This an alcohol and drug free event. Queen candidates for this mini powwow are selling raffle tickets in the community. Candidates for the 1996 annual mini powwow are Adrienne Merrificld, Tamara Bryant, Sally Polk, all from Warm Springs and from Toppenish, Washington Melony Walsey. Merrificld is an enrolled member of the Warm Springs tribes. She is thirteen years old and attends the Jefferson County Middle School, she is in the eighth grade. Merrifield's hobbies include volleyball, basketball, school choir, powwows and traditional dancing. Merrifield's parents are Wilbur, Jr. and Dinah Merrificld. She has a sister named Bcnita and a brother named Truman. Her grandparents are Harrison Davis, Sr. and Floricne Davis, Wilbur Euted. Classmates were motivated to rush because they wanted ihcir class to win. One class from each grade won a pizza puny. Congratulations to last year's pizza party winners: Mrs. Rcncc Rodin's kindergarten class, Ms. Cary Pcderscn's first grade class, Mrs. Karen Adams' second grade class, Miss Sara Ohman's third grade class, Mr. John Nelson 's Fourth grade class and Miss Margaret Kincaid's Simnasho school. Teachers were encouraged to display brushing charts in neat cre ative ways. One such creative talent was Mr. Kevin Rodin's class. In his classroom, Mr. Rodin taped lami nated brushing charts on one area of the wall. This brushing chart display area was titled with colorful lettering the "Molar Mopping Area". Each child's personalized toothbrush was hung on hooks next to their brushing charts. Mr. Rodin was creative not only in the display of his classroom brushing charts but also in con structing his own wall hook tooth brush holders. Another creative genius was teacher Ms. DcAnna LaPagc. Ms. LaPagc constructed wooden tooth brush holders for all participating classrooms from wood donated by Resort offering tours Kah-Ncc-Ta Resort is offering the public toursof the Kah-Ncc-ta Village while it's being reconstructed. Watch the construction progress during guided tours available Mondays, begining November 1 1 . The tours will conlinuie through December. Monday, tours will begin promptly at 10 a.m. Check in at the Village gate pancakes for $15.95 per person. For those who don't like traditional Ham or Turkey, try Kah-Nee-Ta's Grilled Lamb Chops with mint fused demi oven roasted red potatoes, and Indian com relish for $19.95 per person. If you're still not happy with all those selections, you can try Kah-Nee-Ta's famous Prime Rib of Beef, spiked with fresh rosemary and garlic buttermilk mashed potatoes and Yorkshire pudding for $18.95 per person. Your children can enjoy a traditional Turkey or Ham dinner for just $6,95 a plate, Desserts will include Pumpkin chiffon tart, Huckleberry cobbler, or Apple pie. Whatever you do, wherever you go, have a safe and a happy Thanksgiving Holiday. pick them up. The foods will be used at the center during Senior meals and will be greatly appreciated. For more information contact Elton Greeley or a member of the Senior Citizen staff at 553-3313 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Justice; Aileen Kaye, State Coordinator of Protective Services, Sr. and Disabled Programs; and Cecelia Bonner, who is the Elder Services Representative of Portland. Bill Burke of the Umatilla Tribe and Clifford Moses of the Yakama Tribe will be guest speakers also. Burke is the newly appointed Board Member of National Indian Council On Aging-NICOA. A Youth Panel is also being set up for this conference. For more information about this Annual Elder Abuse Conference contact Lucille Schuster or Eileen Spino at 553-33 1 3, or Cheryl Tom at 54 1-553-3225. Tom's FAX is 541-553-1347. Johnson, Sr. and Ruth Tewee. Tamara Bryant is the daughter of Sonya Kenyon and Rod Kenyon of Warm Springs. Bryant is 12-years-old and attends the Jefferson County Middle School in the seventh grade. Her Great Grandmother is Edna Sanders. Her grandmother, who she lives with, is Joann Bryant. Bryant's hobbies include powwows, movies and shopping. Sally Polk is the daughter of Dempscna Polk of Warm Springs. She is nine-ycars-old and attends the Warm Springs Elementary School in the fourth grade. She has lived in Warm Springs most of her life, it is her home. Polk's grandmother is Victoria Polk-Muldrow. Polk enjoys dancing she is a jingle dress dancer, bike riding. This is her first time running for a queen title. She is nervous and anxious. She thought she'd try, it w ould be a challenge for her. Polk will also receive her Indian name on Saturday and her family will have a small memorial for her grandmother and her brother. Warm Springs Forest Products. Our thanks to W.S. Forest Products for their generous donation. At the end of year powpow this past June I Ith, the following teach ers were honored by the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center for their contributions promoting children's oral health, hard work and dedication: Kindergarten Mrs. Rcncc Rodin and Mrs. Laura Fucntcs, first grade Mr. Russell Kaiser, Ms. Arlcnc Graham, and Ms. Cary Pcdcrscn, second grade Mr. Kevin Rodin, Ms. Karen Adams, April Engsiron and Mr. Daniel Brown, third grade Ms. Cami White and Ms. Sara Ohman, fourth grade- Ms. Vicki Moore, Mr. Harry Phillips, Mr. John Nelson and Ms. DcAnna La Page, Simnasho school Ms. Margaret Kincaid. Working together towards common goals achieves greatness. Teamwork is what it takes to make healthy smiles, everyone including dental health care providers, teach ers, children and parents are needed to reduce painful tooth decay. To gether making children's oral health a top priority. Howdy! from Texas. Keep your smiles bright! By Erica Foster, Hygicnist and Juanita Simpson, Hygicnist on ft rtirlr in itirt tnii iica orAO. CinrA this area is dangerous it is important In n:. nn limn fnr lliA lnn "Inlw w aiuvv uii unit iui uiw iiui. viiijr one tour will be given on designated days. The actual Village tour dates arc: November 1 1 , 1 8, 25, December 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. All tours last about one hour. Christmas offer by R.J. Langnese Christmas is just around the cor ner! R.J. Langnese Native American Fine Art offers a unique and senti mental Christmas gift idea that will last a life time or can become a price less family heirloom. A beautiful personal portrait paint ing of a loved one for this holiday season or any occasion! Commissioned fine art also avail able. Art work can be done to fit in your price range!! For more information call R. J. Langnese Native American Fine Art (541)553-8310. Happy 62nd Birthday November 1 1 , to our mom Caroline Torres With lots of love, from your kids, Mary, Lupe, Tony.Donna & David Happy Birthday to our Grandma Caroline Torres on November 11, From ydur Grandkids with lots of love, Samantha, Stephanie,Shawna, Antone, Rodney, RaymondA Kara Happy belated 16tn birthday David Dario Garcia From Mom Mappy 'Birthday to these special people: October 6th-Merle Williams Sr. 12-!pss Xalama U-'Dougie 'Brisbois 15- Mthony Caldera 16- Carl Kalama 29-Tena 'Williams 31 -Michael Williams 9pvem6er 1-Tonvt Wells Guerin 4- 'Bootsie XalamaChief Squally 5- Lupe Coronado 6- ttenry 'Kalama III 8-LoriSuritzler 16-Tashayla (Palmer Mope your day was great'. May the good Lord bless & keep you always. Tina, taston & fads Commodities set schedule The commodities program will be closed the following days for the month of November due to holidays. November U-Vetcran's Day and November 28 & 29 for Thanksgiv ing. There will be no Extended Hours. New additions to the food program are canned peas, canned pumpkin, canned tomatoes, apple juice, meat ball stew, frozen ground beef, salmon, shortening, rice, all-purpose flour and rice puffs. Food demonstrations will be held on November 8 & 15. Both will ap proximately start around 1 p.m. at the Commodities building. Every one is welcome! There will be a "Waiting PcrkxTof at least 24 hours from the time you turn in your appli cation and complete the initial intake interview. For more information please call 553-3422. Across the Wire.... Radio man insults Yakama members YAKIMA. Wash. (AP) A Yakima ra dio personality hi resigned after making on -air comment! thai the Yakama Indian Nation found 10 offensive it threatened to force a radio nation lower off the reserva tion. Alan Taylor, writer and producer of Agri-Updalc, a daily 60-10 90-second ipot of agricultural newt and commentary for KIT-AM, resigned Monday after being im pended a week earlier. Taylor had been do ing the Agri-L'pdaic spots for about lOyeart. Ixhigh John, the tribe's land enterprise manager, said Taylor's comments during two late August broadcasts were derogatory and racist, Transcripts of the shows were not avail able from the radio station. John said that in one broadcast, Taylor said tribal members live with junk cars and appliances littering their yards. "I stepped forward and said some things about the Yakama people that they are really sensitive about," said Taylor, an assistant professor at Central Washington University who teaches communication law. "I said they don't care about the environment. I said go look at ihcir houses." He also referred to the tribe's Treaty of 1855 with the United Slates as silly, he said. "I said it in the context that any treaty thai allows the shooting of elk at a feeding station should be renegotiated," Taylor said. Former Yakama Nation police chief Joe Young was tried in Yakima County Superior Court in August after killing two elk last January at a Nile Valley feeding station. The judge upheld Young's treaty right to hunt off the reservation, but ruled that tribal members may only hunt off-reservation during hunt- ing seasons, AIA facing bankruptcy Sj t SANTA FE (AP) Federal budget cuts have left the Institute of American Indian Arts in a state of financial crisis and a step away from bankruptcy, IAIA president Beatrice Rivas Sanchez has warned. "Our situation as an institute is really critical," Sanchez said during a meeting at the school Thursday, just a week after the majority of students gave her vote of no confidence. "I don't think we'll ever get the chance again if we don't get out of this." The institute had its federal funds slashed from $9.4 million in 199S to $5.9 dollars in 1996. Administrators said they expect fed eral funds to be cut entirely in coming years. Sanchez who was hired in July said it was those cuts that forced the school to lay off 16 of the 27 faculty members and start charging tuition, which is now $9,000 dollars a year. Sarah Chewiwie, Associated Student Government president, said students were disturbed that the majority of the laid-off Members being wrongly FLANDREAU. S.D. (AP) A housing shortage here is forcing nontribal members from their homes, according to one tribal member. Becky Rcdcrth-Percz said Friday a fam ily she is counseling was wrongly evicted from their home. The family, who are mem bers of another tribe, have lived in Flandrcau for 15 years, she said. Rede rth -Perez said tribal politics is a fac tor in the decision to remove the family from their home. "Some tribal members are putting on pressure so they can live there," she said. Tribal President Richard "Chuck" Allen said tribal members have the first chance at housing. "We don't have enough houses to go around," he said. But Allen said no families are being un fairly removed from their homes. A housing official said there's a high demand for the 90 rental and owner-occupied Yankton Sioux reservation still exists PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The Yankton Sioux Reservation still exists within boundaries set by an 1 858 treaty, a federal appeals court said in a ruling that greatly expands the tribe's law enforcement authority in the area. An 1892 treaty and an 1894 federal law that opened part of the reservation in south central South Dakota to white settlers did not reduce or eliminate the reservation bound aries set by the 1858 treaty, the ruling said. The state will appeal the 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Deputy Attorney General Larry Long said Friday. The state most likely will ask that the entire federal appeals court review the three judge panel's decision, Long said. The case almost certainly will wind up going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, he said. "These cases are so important and have such a major impact in the area involved that these cases tend to gel to the Supreme Court," Long said. Sioux Falls lawyer James Abourezk, who is representing the tribe in the case, said the appeals panel's ruling is a major victory for the Yankton Sioux Tribe. "This is a question that's sort of been up in the air for 100 years," Abourezk said. The ruling does not change jurisdiction in criminal cases that involve only non-Indians. The stale still will have authority to handle such cases, no matter whether they occur on private land or Indian land held in trust by the federal government. Rut if it stands, the ruling will change jurisdiction in some cases involving crimes committed by or against an Indian within the 1858 reservation boundaries. Long said. Previously, a crime involving an Indian defendant or victim was handled in tribal court or federal court only if it occurred on Indian trust land. Crimes involving Indians Supplemental budget expenditure for restoration, operations and capital of Kah-Nee-Ta for the remainder of this year. The lossof Kah-Nee-Ta's Village area has impacted a number of other enterprises, such as Indian Head Gaming Center, The Museum At Warm Springs and the Plaza at Warm Springs. Tribal mcmbcremploymcnl has also suffered because of the flood. Kah-Ncc-Ta normally employs 190 pcoptc at this time of year. Because of the current situation, Kah-Nee-Ta has 145 people on the payroll. John laid he and other tribal members were offended by the broadcasts. "He leaches courses at Central Washing ton University and he calls our treaty silly? What docs that tell you about person? It would be like if someone made reference to the Declaration of Independence and called it illy," John said. After hearing the broadcast, John tenl a letter of complaint to KIT nation manager Dave Airnodl. "The Tribe understands that people are allowed to react to issues, but to react in the matter in which he did borders on slander and or racism against the Yakama Indians," John wrote. In the letter, John threatened to cancel the lease to KATS-FM of an antenna sile on Ahtanum Kidge. Both KIT and KATS are owned by the Tom Inslad Broadcast Group of Minneapolis. Aamodt said he has written two letters of apology to the tribe and apologized in person to John. "With talk radio, there will be some controversy and sometimes a talk-show host will inflame a group of people. But Taylor's commentary does not reflect the views of the radio station," Aamodt said. If the tribe terminates KATS' lease, it would cost thousands of dollars to move the radio tower, Aamodt said. John said Thursday he discussed the station's lease with the Tribal Council Land Committee earlier this week but the committee has not yet decided what to do. Taylor said he has learned a valuable lesson despite years of leaching First Amendment rights in his classes: "Find out who owns the land under your tower before you say anything," he said. due to budget cuts W faculty were American Indians, while ma jority of the retained faculty were non American Indians. Sanchez, who said she is a Mexican In dian, also is not registered with a federally recognized American Indian tribe. Chewiwie said students are also concerned about cuts in cultural classes. "The institute is better off dead and gone if we don't have cultural classes," she said. The two-year school enrolled about 100 students this fall, down about 60 from 1995 96 and about half the 250 enrolled in 1994 95. In an attempt to re-establish accreditation from the North Central Association, IAIA has been forced to cut a number of classes considered vital by many students. The insti tute, which is on a two-year probation with the accrediting association, has placed more emphasis on math, science and other basic courses. evicted from housing units managed by the tribal housing office. Allen said tribal members are coming back to Flandrcau. Some are returning home to retire and others are in search of work, he said. "We have a lot who are without homes," he said. But Allen said nontribal members are not forced to leave their homes. They can remain as long as they abide by their contracts and pay their rent or house payments, he said. Redcrth-Perez said only nontribal mem bers are held to those standards. "Noonehcre pays their rent," she said. That's a charge Allen denies. U.S. Housing and Urban Development official Vemon Haragara of Denver said his office has been in contact with the Flandreau Santce Sioux Housing Authority. Haragara sent a letter to the housing au thority, advising them to follow proper pro cedure in evicting someone. "There are rules and regulations that gov ern occupancy and admissions," he said. on private land were prosecuted by the state in state courts. The ruling would mean that any crime committed by or against an Indian within the 1858 reservation boundaries would be handled by federal or tribal courts, no matter whether the crime occurred on private or trust land. Long said. Abourezk said federal and tribal authori ties have been exercising jurisdiction over all crimes involving Indians within the reserva tion boundaries since last year, when a fed eral judge first ruled in the dispute. The case arose because of a dispute in volving a proposed regional landfall near Lake Andes, which would handle garbage from about two dozen area communities. The Yankton Sioux Tribe sought to stop the project, which is located on private land within the 1 858 reservation boundaries. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol of Sioux Falls ruled last year that the 1892 treaty and 1894 federal law opening part of the reservation to white settlers did not elimi nate or diminish the 1 858 reservation bound aries. The judge said because the landfill site was within the reservation boundaries, the dump must be regulated by the federal En vironmental Protection Authority, not by the state. I Iowever, the judge allowed the project to proceed as long as it complied with EPA requirements. The judge also said the Yankton Sioux Tribe had not demonstrated it had the right to regulate the landfill. The federal appeals panel upheld Piersol ' s ruling. Under the 1 892 treaty and 1 894 law passed by Congress, the U.S. government bought about 200,000 acres from the tribe for sale to non-Indian settlers. Continued from page 1 Because of the circumstances brought about by the Flood of '96, Kah-Nce-Ta did not hire any additional employees during the summer which is when peak employment averages 270. District and public meetings will be held on the Supplemental Budget during November and December. After tribal members review the budget and give their input. Tribal Council will make a final decision by December 31. 19. If the budget is approved, it will become effective January 31, 1997.