Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Orkcon
April 24, 1997 3
fYoung vandals leave ugly mark on Early Childhood Education
J; What could be going
ii through a young child's mind
when ne orshe is in the process
of vandalizing public or private
j property.... especially in the
1 mind of a seven or nine-year-;old
little girl?
j ; OnApril13,twoseven-year-;
old and two nine-year-old girls
admitted to Warm Springs po
nce oincers mai mev naa en
tered the Early Chilhood
( building through a rear, un
t locked door. The four girls then
preceded to vandalize Pod A
which contains six classrooms
inside the ECE building. On
r Monday morning, the Pod A
' area looked like a "tornado"
had hit it with hundred milean
hour wind gusts. There were
! things scattered from one end
'- of each classroom to the other;
? nothing was left untouched.
5 . The young girls admitted to
police that they had entered
js the building on Saturday and
ii had returned again onSunady.
On Sunday afternoon, some-
one spotted the girls plaving
I inside the building and re
) ported it to the police depart
'1 ment. When the police officers
I arrived, the girls ran and hid.
The officers searched the area
and found the four girls hiding
inside a closet near a rear exit
; door.
( i Before the officers arrived,
the girls were attempting to
carry out garbage bags filled
; with ECE property (knick
f knacks, a clock, Indian regalia,
markers, paperandpenciLsand
: ther items.). Pod A was a total
i mess, to say the least. The six
classrooms had to remain
closed for the entire week, pre
" venting 67 three and f our-year-.
olds from attending their half
day Headstart classes.
- . Besides scattered debris in
all six rooms, there was finger
paint on the floors and walls of
every room. They wrote curse
words on teachers doors and
walls. The toilets were filled
with human waste in an at
tempt to plug them up. It cost
" the Tribes a minimun of $1 0,000
just for the clean-up. This fig
ure does not include many of
the missing items teachers are
Grant approval allows traditional teaching
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Palmer shows her talent of twining
Tribal member artist
Eraina Palmer received a
$1,500 grant from the
Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program to
work with apprentices
qualified to continue time-
honored traditions. Palmer
worked with apprentices
Tina Aguilar and Selena
Boise to make Native
American root bags or Sally
Bags.
Under the auspices of the
Oregon Historical Society,
Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program is
funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts
Folk and Traditional Arts
Program, the Oregon Arts
Commission, and the
Regional Arts and Culture
Council. The Traditional
Arts Apprenticeship
rogram encourages the
preservation and promotion
of traditional artistic
expressions in Oregon's
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The four young vandals ran barefoot in the paint they spilled on the
floor inside a classroom in Pod A.
unable to find.
There are 12 teachers in Pod
A. They were briefed early
Monday morning before they
entered the classrooms. One by
one the teachers entered and
could not recognize what they
saw, some looked with disbe
lief at thescattered debris while
others watched and cried and
simnlv asked whv.
"it's hard to imagine that a
child has that much hate inside
of them," said one staff mem
ber. "What could possibly be
bothering a young child to
motivate them in that manner,"
asked another. "Where were
their parents," questioned an
baskets at her classes.
diverse ethnic, occupational
and religious communities.
She began classes in
September and concluded
them April 4, when the
finished products were
picked up by Eliza Buck of
the Oregon Folklife Program
and taken to Portland for
display at the Oregon
Historical Society April 29.
From there, the baskets will
be displayed at the
Governor's Office in Salem
until August 29. The baskets
will be returned to Aguilar
and Boise September 15.
Palmer's classes were held
every Wednesday night at
the Museum At Warm
Springs from September to
April. Due to an illness in
her family, some classes did
not take place but her
apprentices were very
understanding and worked
on their baskets in their own
time until classes resumed.
Baskets were made with
other.
According to police reports,
the girls openly addmitted their
deeds when officers caught
them inside building. The four
girls did not try to lie or blame
anyone else. At the request of
the Headstart director Nancy
Seyler, the girl's parents were
brought over so that they could
see what their children had
done. Following the question
ing, the girls were cited into
juvenile court for Breaking and
Entering, Theft, Malicious
Mischief, Trespassing and In
jury to Public Property. The
girls were then released to their
parents.
cotton cable cord and yarn,
and another was made with
cotton cable cord and T
shirt fabric cut into long
strips. Aguilar and Boise
continue to twine baskets
for possible entry into the
Tribal Member Art Show
held at The Museum At
Warm Springs.
Palmer saw a need for
knowledge of the Sally Bag
so she took an
apprenticeship under
Frances Brunoe to make
cornhusk bags. Brunoe also
helped Palmer to make the
Sally Bags. Upon becoming
a master, Brunoe
encouraged Palmer to apply
for the Master Folk Artists
Grant. She is also skilled in
the art of beadworking,
cedar root baskets and
quilting. Palmer has also
taken classes in watercolor,
drawing, calligraphy,
knitting, crocheting and
Native American plaster
masks. Palmer never
thought of herself as a
professional but she saw the
need for traditional arts to
be taught and she was
willing to teach.
Apprentice Aguilar is
also skilled in beadwork,
cornhusk bags, calligraphy
and crocheting. She learned
from relatives and in classes
she had taken.
Apprentice Boise has
learned to beadwork from
Tina Aguilar and to quilt
from Eraina Palmer.
Learning traditional arts is a
goal for her, as she would
like to pass it on to her
children also. Aguilar and
Boise have had many
relatives and friends willing
to learn the craft of twining
and will continue the line of
teaching others who may
teach others as well.
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Toilets were filled with human waste and the sinks had paper in them
Happy
Secretary's
Week
to all tribal, IHS,
BIA, WSFPI,
Kah-Nee-Ta
and Gaming
secretaries!
Calica takes helm of Victims
Marie Ann Calica is the new di
rector for Tribe's Victims Assistance
Program. Calica, a Warm Springs
resident and tribal member, started
her new position on April,7.
Before accepting her new posi
tion, Calica was employed with the
Public Relations department as a
Public Relations Specialist. Her du
$ v y
Mane Calica participated in the Dakota Walk April 13 in Madras.
Retail space
available
The InformationGift Shop lo
cated at the Crossing, 2 1 97 Highway
26, Warm Springs, Oregon has been
vacated and is now available. Any
Tribal Member interested in leasing
this building need to submit a written
business proposal outlining their
business activity and how they would
like to use the building. These pro
posals need to be received by the
Warm Springs Business Develop
ment Center by the closing date of
April 11, 1997. If you need addi
tional information, please call
(541)553-3592.
ties were to provide leadership in the
overall operation of the Public Rela
tions Department in organizing in
formation services and special
projects for the Tribal membership.
Calica's employment history in
cludes: 1993-94-Community Liaison
(part-time) at American Indian As
sociation of Portland; 1992- Train-
Center
in an attempt to plug them up.
Congratulations to Annie and
Brian on the birth of your son,
Forrest Born April 22, from
uncle's Gale & Daniel and
families.
Congratulations to my
daughter Annie and Brian on the
birth of our grandson Forrest from
Mom and Dad & the rest of the
family.
Congratulations to Young and
RoseLynn from Carol and family.
Assistance
ing Specialist (BIA) Warm Springs;
1985-90- Community School Con
sultant for Jefferson County School
District 509-J; 1983-84- Manage
ment trainee at Kah-Nce-Ta Resort,
1975- CETA Training Specialist for
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
In 1990 Calica got involved with
the Oregon Commission for Women
organization and is presently a com
missioner. Calica is also a member
for the board of directors at Ameri
can Indian Heritage Association since
1987. From 1993 to 1995 Calica at
tended Portland State University,
where she attained a Bachelors of
Science degree in Social Science and
received a Certificate in Women's
Studies. She also attended Mt. Hood
Community College in 1981, Cen
tral Oregon Community College from
1972 to 1975 and in 1975 to 1979 she
attended Oregon State University in
Corvallis.
As the new manager, Calica is in
charge of the Victims Assistance
department and the Warm Springs
Shelter operations. She will have di
rect supervision of personnel and
volunteers. April 13-19 wasNational
Crime Victims Rights Week, the
time-honored tradition of honoring
crime victims and those who serve
them. In communities large and small,
urban and rural, throughout our na
tion, citizens joined together with the
resounding theme to "let victims'
rights ring across America!" Calica
look part in a walk held in Madras,
Monday, April 14 for the third an
nual march. This year's march was
called "Dakota Walk" in memory of
Dakota Hoggc, of Madras, who died
from neglect three years ago at the
age of eight months. Similar special
events occurred across the nation,
says Calica, during the 1997 Na
tional Crime Victims Rights Week.
For assistance or any more infor
mation contact the Victims Assis
tance Program at (541)553-3357.
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