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August28, 1997 Vol. 22 No. 18 Coyote News In Brief Accident fatal An August 18 car-semi accident claimed the life of one 1 6-year-old Coos Bay resident. Vacated housing accounts noted The Warm Springs Housing department is trying to eliminate vacated accounts. Tribal quitters featured in Smithsonian show The Courtney sisters will have quilts in the Smithsonian's National Museum. 2 Timber tour draws many The annual timber tour took many interested tribal members into reservation forests. Wascos take field trip Learning the Wasco words for flora, fauna and popular spots was focus of recent field trip. 5 Language lessons continue Sahaptin, Kiksht and Paiute language lessons are offered. 6 and 7 Get physical! Fred Sackett is the new physical therapist at the Warm Springs Community Center. 8 Hunting regulations noted The Warm Springs Tribal Council recently adopted the 1997 hunting regulations. 9 They wanna be like Tiger Nearly two dozen youth attended a junior golf tournament hosted by Kah-Nee-Ta earlier this week. 10 STUDENTS! Have a GREAT year!! Deadline for the next Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, September 7, 1997 .. ... T5r UK. LULL. r t VJ A UWUNIVI-KSITYOrORnCJON Jfc Spilyay (Coyote Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program awards participants at Governor's Ceremonial office J "J I '""""""W jj H1 KWf J- . r y fflMHM" f I ! r .t: if ' I ill "-S I J ) (' v- Uni Rece Spilyay tyoo Governor Kitzhaber congratulates i raamonai Arts Apprenticeship Program. til? HkM l t il ; t i ' , K ' ..v. ' ' ', If Ed Carrierre taught Apprentice Clifton Brunoe the art of canoe carving. 'Tardy" policy to The Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center Tardy Policy will begin soon. Beginning September 15, 1997 this policy will be starting to operate at the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center. Patients who arrive more than 5 minutes past their appointment time may be asked to reschedule. If patients phone in to tell us they will be late, the nurse will make the decision about what action will be taken. Your doctorprovide will be Back-to-School Yard Sale at Community Center, August 28 until 7 p.m. TOWN HALL MEETING Monday, September 8 6 p.m. Planning Meeting 7 p.m. Meeting Community Center Social Hall Agenda: Finances Budget ALL DISTRICTS Tymoo News) .. M '-i-ffife.U versity or urea-"' ' s, -lYVfl J , Selena Boise, Tina Aguilar and Eraina Palmer for completion of the V5 f y IIs I begin Sept. 15 consulted when necessary. We are beginning to use this new policy in an effort to keep our doc torsproviders on schedule. Each pa tient that is late for an appoint causes our providers to get behind schedule. Please understand that this policy is designed to help us improve patient care and to help us to get your pro vider in the room with you on time. Thank you for helping to improve your care at the Warm Spri ngs Heal ih and Wellness Center. WELCOME! P.O. Box 870 Wurm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Requested v ' ... At the Governor's Ceremonial Office participants of the 1996-97 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program were presented witn an award tor completion, Tuesday, August 12. Finished pieces were displayed in the Governor's Ceremonial Office and will stay there until August 29. The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program assists master folk artists in passing on their knowledge and skills to the next J generation. Apprenticeships help roster relationships and preserve traditional art forms within culture groups. The Oregon Folk Arts Program celebrates its eignui year or ine j Traditional Arts ! Apprenticeship Program. The program applauds those artists who strive to Wellness Center receives Accreditation with Commendation The Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center has been Accredited with Commendation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which is the highest level of accreditation awarded by the Joint Commission. The Commission is the nation's oldest and largest accrediting body. The survey was conducted in May by two surveyors to evaluate the quality of patient care provided by the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center and the staff is very pleased with the results. "The staff has been working very hard to im prove the services that we provide to the community," says Russ Alger, Service Unit Director. "It's great that we have achieved Accreditation with Commendation," Alger points out, "and this is just an incentive to con tinue to improve our services." The Indian Health Service Clinic at Warm Springs has been surveyed by the Joint Commission every three years since 1985. "The standards that we need to meet are the toughest they have ever been," says Alger, "and yet this is the best we have every done in a survey." The Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center is ac credited until May 31. 2000. SliRIALS DI'IT. KNIGHT LIBRARY UWllNIVI-KSITYOrORnCJON lUOiNIi, OR 97403 continue the beautiful - traditions of their ancestors. . The 1996-97 Traditional , Arts Apprenticeship Program was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council of Portland. Master Artists taught visual arts and performing arts from various cultures. In the visual arts Master Artist Eraina Palmer of Warm Springs, taught Apprentices Tina Aguilar and Selena Boise Native American root bags. Master Artist Ed Carriere taught Apprentices Clifton Brunoe and Jeff Carierre the art of Salish canoe carving. Master Artist Adrian Avram taught Apprentice Teresa Danovich the art of Romanian icon painting on glass. Master Artist Betty First-Raised taught her Apprentice Shelley Richards the art of Native American beadwork. Master Artist Kanaan Kanaan taught Apprentice Mazen Abualhaija Arabic calligraphy. Master Artist Seng Chiem Saephan taught Apprentice Lew Saepharn Iu-Mien man's ceremonial headdress or sin tao tai. In the performing arts Master Artist Dariush Dolatshahi taught Apprentice Shahin Sarmadi the Setar, a four stringed Persian lute. Master Artist Zemede Haile taught Apprentices Teklab Habtezehi and Yemane Habtegaber the Eritrean lyre or kerar, a stringed instrument. Master Artist Rinchen Kheyap taught Apprentices Tenzin Phuntsak and the NW Tibetan Cultural Group Dancers Gya-shey, an ancient tibetan dance. Healthy Nations invites the Warm Springs Community to an Indian Nite Out Thursday, September 4 at the Agency Longhouse Dinner at 6 p.m. Powwow dancing at 7 p.m. Have a good time with family and friends and welcome the visiting Healthy Nations Program "Stipulated order" invalidates state fishing regulations A court-approved agreement be tween the State of Oregon and four Columbia River tribes makes it legal for non-Indians to possess sleelhead and walleye purchased from tribal ' fishers. The agreement is effective immediately. The agreement, called a "stipu lated order," invalidates three state regulations as they apply to transac tions between tribal fishers and non Indians over fish caught in the Co lumbia River tribal fisheries. This order is a permanent injunction that prevents the state from promulgating similar regulations in the future. It is important for buyers of U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Master Artist Jayanthi Raman taught Apprentice Kunjan Raval Kurathi Attam, a traditional folk dance. Master Artist Esther Stutzman taught Apprentices Daphne Turner and Shannin Williams Native American storytelling. The Oregon Folklife Program is a department of the Oregon Historical Society. Its mission is to document, present and encourage the maintenance of traditional artistic expressions as they exist within communities throughout the state. Through public programs, outreach and education the folklife program promotes the study and understanding of the program promotes the study and understanding of the traditional arts and cultural heritage of all people living in Oregon. Traditional Arts Apprenticeships is one of many projects of the Oregon Folklife Program. In its eight-year history, the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program has! funded over eighty master artists from various ethnic, regional, and occupational communities who have passed on cultural information and traditional skills to the next generation of Oregonians. This and other projects of the folklife program would not be possible without continued support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, foundations and individuals. chinook, coho, steelhead, shad and walleye to have proof of purchase. That identification should include the fisher's name, tribal affiliation, tribal identification number, number of fish, the date and location of catch. Tribal fishers have stepped up efforts to market directly to the public in response to extremely low prices paid by commercial fish buyers. Fishers w ill charge $2 per pound. In store prices for salmon range betw een $4.50 and $7.50 per pound. The primary sales location on Wednesday, August 27, was Cascade Locks Manna in Cascade Locks, Oregon.