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Full Gospel Church send youth to Jackson
Eleven participates from here went on
a trip to Jackson hole, Wyoming Tor a
leadership summit, This group Ten on
June 29 and will return in a month from
now. This group went down on Billy Jo
Berry's pick up and Marti Rui Wells'
van. At first Berry didn't know how he
was going to get there all he knew was
that he was going to make it. I think they
put a camper on Berry's' pick up that is
almost ready to fall apart, but will tap it
down with a few pounds, throw on a few
blankets and head out. I know for sure I
wanted to take a train, but I know that i
have to get back also to keep the youth
night going on.
The group will be at the Rocky
Mountain Lodge Jackson hole, Wyoming
from July 1 to July 8. They will jump on
a big, long couch with them to travel to
Montana, Idaho, Umatilla, and buck in
here. It is tentative if they were to go to
get on from here and go toChiloquin and
down to Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The
couch has ull the works a TV, VCR, and
a bathroom.
This trip that they went to started from
a tape that they have sent to Berry, The
people heard about the youth revivul and
how it has gone. They called up Berry a
couple of days later and said they huve a
leadership summit going on right now.
Wanting to know if we can bring up
some youth. Berry said "yeah, were on
it." Ron Hutch Craft from Wayne, New
Jersey already paid for everything for
the one week to stay in Jackson hole,
Wyoming for the Warriors Leader's
Summit. This group goes to all different
reservations all summer long. They have
recruits in different reservations in the
United States and Canada. Somehow
how Hutch Craft got Berry's phone
number somebody gave Hutch craft
Berry's number but they got it. They
sent him a big whole packet of
information, tapes, books, and even sent
400 bibles for the young people around
here.
Hutch Craft is from Wayne, New
Jersey. He is the minister of the group
'On Eagles Wings.' He has been a
minister for 30 years working with young
native Americans. Saying that every
reservation that he ministered on all the
young people is wearing the same things,
listening to the same music, hanging out
in the same crowd and all have the same
thing in common.
The On Eagles Wings group found
out that most of the young people these
days are rising themselves on MTV,
walkmans, and other stuff like that lot of
them that have divorced and
dysfunctional families, they have no
where to live, nothing to do, and nobody
to guide them.
The youths are going to be with all
News from Community Health Education Team
HEALTH BUZZ! News from
the Community Health Education
Team
Many activities have been keeping
the Health Education Team very
busy. Planning has been in process
for many activities. Following are a
few upcoming events and different
things that we have been involved in:
May 15th: Youth the White
Buffalo Jr.'s Dance and Drum Club
were at KWSO to do a few radio
public service announcements. They
were all excited about hearing their
voices on the radio. The youth did an
excellent job, considering it was their
first time in the pro-duction room.
They learned a lot about putting
together a 30 second PSA. We will
be using the youth to do other
announcements throughout the year.
We hope to see the youth stopping by
the Vern Jackson Home to visit over
. the summer.
May. 20th: LIVE WIRE actors
from the community and Jefferson
County Middle School were on hand
at the Kah-Nee-Ta Village opening.
People were given flyers that
advertised the June 3rd performance
at the Lodge.
June 14th: The annual Bike Rdeo
was scheduled to take place behind
the Community Center on May 3 1 st,
but was called to a sudden halt due to
the weather. The bike rodeo was
re-scheduled for June 14, 1997. A
bicycle obstacle course, bicycle
safety and bicycle repair sessions
were kept busy all day.
Topping off the afternoon was the
annual bike rodeo barbeque!
June 3rd: LIVEWIRE Theater,
a local performing arts group spent
many hours preparing for the 25th
anniversary of the opening of
Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge. The group
which involved W.S. youth, did the
story of how the Kah-Nee-Ta Hot
Springs Came to be. The story was
pulled from the Kah-Nee-Ta
Archives. It was told in 1967 by May
Johns. C.H.E.T. spoke with the family
and received the go ahead to use her
version of this story, making an
exception for the time of year to tell
story in honorof the 25th anniversary.
The youth involved were very excited
about the performance. The Director,
(Carolyn), however, was pulling her
hair out as curtain time drew nearer.
Anita did an excellent job calming
the kids down backstage, and Judy
assisted in making sure the props
were all in place. The youth worked
on masks, props and costumes for
this performance. The parts for
characters filled fast! The
performance was held at 7:00 p.m.
at the Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge in the
upper conference rooms with over
100 people in atendance. What an
experience this whole effort was !!!
Also in June: C.H.E.T. will be
busy this summer conducting health
education sessions with the Summer
different youth from different
reservations. There are ull into the same
thing that is learning how to minister to
there own people on their own
reservations, lis kind of like on the job
(ruining type of a deal to gel trained and
everything. To see some of the young
peoples hearts to if they have the
leadership to sec them making an attempt
to be there to be a friend and he a leader
and to pray, Ten steps to the wurrior's
circle of Jesus Christ, An experience in
god on how to claim you creator's name,
how to stand up to your enemy, he w to
live a Jesus day, and how to chose a
path of no regret.
There are daily activities on the Tclon
in Jackson hole, Wyoming thcrt is going
to be rafting in the Snake River, hiking
in the Teton, and be able to celebrate
Fourth of July there while wc arc there.
It is fifteen to thirty who have
demonstrated leadership, potential and
growth in following Jesus Christ.
Participate urc selected based on previous
eagle William's experience and resented
by filling out the app'ication.
Hutch Craft he uses that he uses (he
scripture in the bibl; its that the lord has
eternity in our heart and that the young
people or anybody is looking for that
something to All that eternity and what
they are looking for is calm and peace.
They are findi.ig out that the one that
found the lord is finding out its the truth.
This is the scripture that he uses from
Eclisiation chapter Three verse II it
says 'he has made everything
appropriated in time these hath also set
eternity i.i there heart yet though that
man wil'. not find out the work which
god hati done form the beginning even
to the f. nd.'
Berry got a hold of them at the
begif ning of the year to be able to do
some kind of reaching out here in Warm
Springs and all they needed was someone
to in vitc them. On July 1 8 to July 20 this
group from here will arrive with the 'On
Eagles Wings' group to do the reaching
out program from the same thing just to
get together and teach them about being
a disciple.
We also don't believe in like how I
wrote on my own paper when we first
started this we don't lead the people to
believe that our Indian ways are gone
that they are the wring ways. Know that
it is a different generation today and the
young people of this generation most of
them. If they have little interest in the
traditional way that is just the way they
are we can't change them. They are
going forward not backwards not
anymore like I said I don't cut down the
Indian ways at all, but like the long
house ways and stuff like that. Some of
the elders say themselves I even talk to
Youth Work Program participants.
C.H.E.T. willl be doing five sessions
throughout the summer. C.H.E.T.
will be welcoming on four (4! Mind
you!) Summer Youth workers to
assist us for about two months or so.
Pi-Ume-Sha is just around the corner!
C.H.E.T. is busy preparing an
all-around safety campaign to hit the
radio waves soon.
July 7-18th: C.H.E.T. has also
been scheduled in to do alcohol and
drug free sessions for the 1997 4-H
Wilderness Camp. The camp will be
held at Peter's Pasture. You can
even catch the staff "roughing" it
with the youth for one whole week
up the the woods!! Carolyn and
Anson will cover the 2nd through 5th
Grades during the first week. Anita
and Judith will cover the older youth
session the second week.
August 21st: The 1997 Summer
Gathering,
"In Tune with Thoughts of
Healing" will be a one day workshop
coming in August. This workshop
will focus on generational impacts
on Indian people, with presentations
directed at how alcohol and drugs
have disrupted the once healthy
lifestyles of native people since first
contact. This one day session will
include historical presentations by
Louie Dick, "Wiping Our Tears"; a
presentation on battered women by
Claudia Ennis, "Battered Women
Victimization"; and ending with a
presentation by Armand Minthorn,
"Transition: Indian Style". Keep
an eye out for flyers and more
information as the date gets closer.
This will be held at the W.S.
Community Center.
DOWN THE ROAD...
November 3rd: C.H.E.T. is
planning a workshop for celebrating
families. More in-formation on this
will be forthcoming. Mark your
calendars for this date, as we've
already scheduled this time aside.
November 18-19th: The larger
men's wellness event Gathering of
Men III, "Together, Rejoicing, One
Journey" is scheduled to be held at
this time. This activity will invite
Tribes from throughout the
Northwest to participate. If interested
in the planning, please stop by to join
our meetings every Tuesday at 1 2:00
noon. The committee is spending
time considering various presenters
and have not yet confirmed the
choices. Lunch will be provided for
all committee members during the
meetings. Come on up and join us.
Although this is general look at
sme of the activities, there may other
additional events added as the year
progresses.
WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE
FOR OUR REZ?
A few issues back C.H.E.T. did an
article introducing the words "risk
factors". In this article we hope to
explain what risk factors are, and
(hem that we still serve the same god
well okay. Well these young people
today wunt to do it this way, however,
they want to do it I urn just giving them
a way. All I know is that there is a god
Jesus Christ and there is a way.
Leroy Allen, Jr. and Wendel got
together to put a booth up at Pi-Umc-Sha
selling strawberry Shortcake und pop.
Did not necessarily wunt to go to the
tribe to usk them for money that is how
bud they wunted to go.
Main thing is our goal when we wrote
this out our goal was to be able to bring
the young people out of the I guess you
could cull it the streets, you know there
walking around with nothing to do. We
started doing (rips in May wc started
taking them in on trips on our own
expenses taking them ull over to the west
coust to different church groups in
Portlund und in different places with
different groups. They ure finding out
how fun it is to have fun with other
young people und to be able to sit with
people and express there feeling to reveal
there hurt inside. Let them loose they
arc really liking it, there coming out and
they are realizing we want them to know
that they are somebody, there important
und they could be somebody. That the
lord is using them to touch other hearts
younger people. Our other goal is to be
able to lead them to be youth leaders
themselves rn the reservation maybe
something might happen to us. Maybe
they can continue to keep busy leaders
and keep on with it eventually on
whatever happens we don't know but it
will grow. We believe it will grow more
were going to it is going to lead into
more and more except for the young
people here virtually.
They are finding out it is a good high
a natural high that they don't have to be
on drugs or drunk on alcohol it is a good
high to be on this high to be having fun
with each other like a big family you
don' have to go to treatment programs.
Lot of them are finding out that
walking with the lord, walking with Jesus
isn't as bad as everyone made it out to
be. Lot of them are finding out that it is
pretty good. Like the ones we have now
they were ones that used to say "aah
church that is for old people, that nothing
cool that's boring," now they are starting
to step in as leaders and they don't even
know it. '
Lot of the people are starting to realize
that its cool you mean its alright, that's
how they talk know days its cool its not
that bad. Lot of there friends you know
'hat are still out in the world there starting
to realize it instead of talking about them
and cutting them down that they want to
come in and join there friends. There
starting to tell them that that's pretty
attempt to help you understand that
all the negative things happening in
Springs can be impacted by everyone
in the community.
Driving through various
neighborhoods, we see evidence of
graffiti and vandalism. How does
that make you feel? Is this the kind
of neighborhoods we want our
children growing up in? Why did
they mark up that empty house? What
do all those marking mean?
, Today we meet and meet and meet,
trying to come up with ways to
address the many negative things
happening in our communities. But,
what do we really do once we walk
out the doors of that meeting room?
Are we actively "doing" anything to
prevent our children from from
becoming involved in negative
behaviors and choices? Or are we
turning our backs, ignoring the real
issues, and hoping someone else does
something?
Over the years, research has shown
that there are "risk factors" that
increase the chances of adolescent
involvement in problem behavior.
There are also things called
"protective factors" that could make
a difference in pre-venting our
children from taking what we
consider the wrong path.
First we need to understand what
a risk factor is. Risk Factors are
those conditions that increase the
likelihood that a child will develop
one or more behavior problems in
adolescence.
The risk factors we'll address in
this edition are what we call
Community Risk Factors.
Warm Springs people think
about the following areas. Are they
part of our lives?
Availability of Drugs,
(contributes to substance abuse).
Most people think drug
availability is high in Warm Springs
this increases the risk that drug
abuse will occur,
Availability of Firearms
(contributes to delinquency,
violence). The more available
firearms are the more likely it will be
used against a relative or a friend. If
you live in the West Hills area, how
many times do you hear gunshots
ring out in the early hours of the
morning? Hmmm. Wonder whose
gun it was?
Now, many of us have guns in the
home because hunting is still a big
part of our lives.
Are we teaching our young ones
to have respect for the weapons as a
hunting implement? Are we teaching
theproperuseandcarein our homes?
Think about it. What's our role,
what's safe? What are you teaching?
Community laws and norms
favorable toward drug use,
firearms, and crime (contributes to
substance abuse, delinquency, and
violence)
Hole Wyoming for Leadership Summit
good you guy's are doing pretty good I
like that they ure being encouraged just
by not being ashamed und gelling out
und doing it.
We started to huve them ut the full
gospel church actually, we started here
ut our own home, but only started with
two young people, then it went to the
youth revival. Alter that started going
wc Marled realizing thai this is something
when the youth revival is over that is just
the beginning it is just going to start. So
this is something that we couldn't turn
b.kk on, not that I wunted to, but of
course there is a few times I feel like man
oh man you got to be busy, The youth
support group (hat we have started it
Marled to take action we didn't really
have to like make big plans for it or
anything it just started to fall in place.
Like the younger ones that came to the
lord we found out that it was really
important to follow up with them. Go to
(hem, visit with them and talk to (hem
because you need to encourage them to
come and take part. Sometimes they
want to here that you do not have to
belong to a church to make it to heaven.
The main thing is having Jesus in your
heart, being a peer to him, be true to him,
having a personal relationship with him.
We call it in the bible your first love, you
find your first love you know Jesus.
Your hooked, its better than getting
hooked on cocaine or marijuana.
This is an opportunity for some of the
younger ones that can't go on trips we
left them not the responsibilities but we
arc Idling them take a step up higher and
were my position is to were they could
keep the youth night going while we are
gone. So there arc couple of them that
arc going to do it. lis going to be an
experience for them and it is the next
step to be a youth leader.
I didn't get myself in this position, but
lot of people arc calling me up and calling
me the youth pastor. I don't even know
what it is " what's a youth pastor?" I am
just trying to be a leader, a guidance and
help guide them that they are going the
right direction. Its kind of like a cow
dog.
In Hutch craft's tape he uses it for an
example as when you go to hospitals in
the emergency room when there is a
really bad emergency they call it a code
blue and a code blue is when you drop
everything, everybody all the doctors
drop everything right away and go to
that one patient, that's what he uses for
an example on the youth people the young
today the American young people in the
US. or every where. The beginning of
young is code blue drop everything it is
time to get to this, they say the young
people are our future, they are our today
there not only our future there our today.
What are our community laws?
Are they being enforced? When we
talk about community "norms" we
are stepping into a territory that most
people would rather shy away from.
Why is that? Community norms are
those attitudes and policies our
community holds about drug use,
violence and crime.
Take weekend parties, for
example, (Now that I've got your
attention) what does that do to our
neighborhoods. Over the past month,
in. your neighborhood, how many
party's occurred? Did you do
something to stop the parties, did
you turn up your television set and
leave them alone, or did you join the
party?
. What is your personal policy on
substance abuse. Do you allow
people to come into your home
intoxicated? How do you handle
these situations? These are called
our social practices and they do have
an impact on what is viewed as
acceptable in a community.
As a parent, what are you doing
with your children to ensure their
safety? Do you do anything at all?
Are they allowed to come and go at
all hours of the night? Our attitudes
set the norms, even when we think
we're not getting involved.
If we're allowing parties to be
held, where alcohol, drugs, and
violence occurs, then the message
we send to our community is that it's
okay to party, use illegal drugs, and
allow injuries to occur, because I
won't turn you in, as long as you
leave me alone. Does this have a
familiar ring to it?
All of these attitudes and behaviors
place our young people at risk of
becoming involved in alcohol and
drugs, and other behaviors that may
not be safe. Why? Because, in
essence, when we allow things to
happen, we are giving a message that
it's okay to do it.
This part, involving community
norms and laws favorable toward
drug use, firearms and crime begins
to make a lot of us shift nervously.
It's starting to hit just a little too
close for comfort.
Media portrayals of violence
(contributes to violence).
Oh, no! It's Freddy the 50th!
Another movie that depicts the use of
violence in almost every scene. Did
you know that movies, radio, music,
television, etc. all carry a certain
degree of impact on the behavior of
viewers?
As always, children learn from
watching. Over time, violence
portrayed in the media does play a
part on the behavior of children.
We're getting right down to it
now tim to take a look at our very
own families.
More and more aggressive and
violent behavior is being reported.
We're going to have to come to
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Youth from Full Gospel Church and other members of congregation
enter the parade at Pi-Ume-Sha. They also held fund raising for trip to
Jackson Hole.
Summer Gathering
"In Tune with Thoughts of Healing"
August 21st, 1997
at the Warm Springs Community Center
Registration at 8 a.m.
Session to begin at 9 a.m.
Closing at 5 p.m.
All welcome to attend
Lunch provided to all that are registered.
Guest speakers:
Louie Dick "Wiping Our Tears"
Claudia Ennis "Batterea Women victimization"
Armand Minthorn "Transition: Indian Style"
This Gathering sponsored by: The Men's Wellness
committee & C.H.E.T.
terms with our being parents and
what we have allowed, before we can
move on to the real work clearing
up the whole issue of violence. Some
us get angry, some of us get quiet, but
we all have emotional reactions.
Again, what are we willing to do?
Complain about the treatment of our
kids? But where were we when they
were little, supposedly getting their
values instilled into them. Were we
there spending time with them? Or
out partying it up? Were we there to
comfort them, or was Grandpa and
Grandma the ones they sought out
for love?
Now that our kids are getting into
adolscence we're running around
wondering why they won't listen to
us. Hmm. To even admit to
something like this is very difficult,
huh? Well, it's time to think about
things.
Another risk factor is called
Transitions and mobility
(contributes to substance abuse,
delinquency, school drop out).
When children move from from
elementary school to middle school,
or from middle school to high school,
significant increases in that rate of
drug use, school drop out and
anti-social behavior is more likely to
occur. Now that has a familiar ring
to it, doesn't it?
This increases the risk of children
becoming involved in both criminal
behavior and drug-related problems.
Low neighborhood attachment
and community disorganization
(contributes to substance abuse,
delinquency, and violence).
Having this increases the rates of
drug problems, delinquency and
violence, plus higher rates of drug
trafficking in communities or
neighborhoods. Do you know your
neighbor well? Do you talk with
each others a lot? How involved are
you in your community and with
your neighbors? Do you talk with
each other to keep an eye on each
other's homes when one is out of
town? Some factors to think about:
Where do our key players live? If
merchants, teachers, police, human
and social service personnel live
outside of neighborhoods, then they
have a lower sense of commitment to
the community.
Now, that's something to
consider! Where do our local key
players live? Makes you think.
If vandalism, graffitti and violence
are happen-ing in local
neighborhoods, but our key players
live outside the area, are our concerns
really being heard and considered.
Or is it another out of sight, out of
mind situation? (Remember, this
observation is one that has come
about as a result of research, not this
writer's personal opinion).
The last community risk factor
isExtreme economic deprivation
(conributes to substance abuse.
delinquency, violence, teen
pregnancy, and school drop-out).
Children who live in deteriorating
neighborhoods characterized by
extreme poverty, poor living
conditions and high unemployment
are more likely to develop the
problems mentioned in the above
paragraph.
They have bchaviororadjustment
problems early in life and are more
likely to have problems with drugs
later on.
The community risk factors shared
here are to help you think about a lot
of things. Take a look at our
reservation, our little communities,
and our individual homes, our
personal values and commitments
for providing a safe environment for
our people, especially our youth.
How many of the risk factors
mentioned, can you name that are
right here in our community?
Alarmin, isn't it? But things can be
done to make changes. It takes a
commitment from you, and every
individual who lives here and we
can make the changes happen.
There are a lot of good families on
our reservation, raising great
children, teaching wonderful family
values. But, we are facing fast
changes, living double-standards,
confused already by what's been
placed before Native American
people since first contact. Now we
must learn how to save ourselves
from ourselves.
Our survival as Native American
people has endured many things. As
the role of alcohol and drugs takes a
toll on our people, the role of change,
of sobriety, of postive healthy
lifestyles can also change to make a
future for our children, and the
generations to come.
Understanding these risk factors
means being honest with ourselves;
it means being willing to take a stand,
and giving a real commitment to our
children and their future.
The change is here, it's happening.
In future issues of Spilyay, read
about Family Risk Factors,
Individual Risk Factors, Social
Risk Factors and Constitutional
Risk Factors. To learn what they
are, you must be willing to be patient
and read Spilyay for more
information.
In the future, you will be reading
about Family Risk Factors and
Individual Risk Factors. All play a
part in the concerns of alcohol and
drug use, and violence.
If we can take time to understand
these risk factors, then we can prevent
our children from becoming
involved.
It takes everyone working
together; everone making healthier
choices.