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Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Tribal Council
The Tribal Council of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
selected a new Chief Operations Of
ficer (COO) on June 17, 1998,
Charles :Jody" Calica, a seasoned
member of the senior management
team, was the successful applicant.
Olney Patt, Jr., Tribal Council
Chairman, commented, "Out of a list
of six outstanding applicants, we felt
that Jody's leadership of the large
Natural Resources Branch set him
apart." Patt said Calica's ability to
organize and implement an effective
program also entered into the deci
sion by Council. "Jody has been in
the Organization for a long time and
he has shown a great deal of loyalty
to the Tribes and we're confident
that the leadership that he gave to the
Natural Resources Branch will con
tinue as he oversees six branches as
the Chief Operations Officer.
Calica graduated from Oregon
State University with a bachelors
degree in education. Prior to that, he
served in the US Navy during the
Vietnam conflict. "I served 1 5 months
patrolling 1 5 miles off the North Viet
namese coast," Calica said. He also
spent three months on a carrier escort
in Vietnam.
The Navy veteran brings a strong
history of organizational skills and
visionary capability to the position.
Calica has displayed a remarkable
ability to mentor employees, assist
ing with career choices, guiding them
to related career options. He refers to
it as "Working with Shining Stars".
He doesn't claim credit, but takes
pride in the fact that he has been able
to provide assistance to enhance
someone's career. "If each person
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Fire Management burned around housing areas for fire precaution.
Fred Meyer donates toys to
Warm Springs Head Start
The Warm Springs Tribal Head
Start in Warm Springs will receive
toys to add to their children' s activity
program.
Nancy Seyler, Director at Warm
springs Tribal Head Start stated, "We
are shocked and surprised to receive
the donation. We are very
appreciative about receiving the toys.
We know that the children, parents
and staff will be very happy."
The toys are being donated by
Fred Meyer and are aimed to engage
and entertain children five years of
age and younger. The total value of
the toys donated to the Warm Springs
Tribal Head Start programs is
approximately $1500.
Pete Jameson, Store Director of
the Bend Fred Meyer stated, "We
are committed to continuing Fred
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Charles "Jody" Calica was
named the Tribe's Chief
Operations Officer,
selected five Shining Stars to coach
for a year what kind of difference
could we make in a year?" Calica
asks. "If we made it a standard part of
our thinking.. ..an approach to our
human development, it would be
amazing what we could accomplish."
Looking back over his career,
Calica's Shining Stars lists features
an amazing roster of Who's Who' in
local tribal government.
Since coming to work for the Con
federated Tribes in 1976, Jody has
served as the Education Director,
Municipal Branch Manager, Direc
tor of Education, Training an Em
ployment, Assistant Community Ser
vices Manger, General Manager for
Natural Resources and now Chief
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Meyer's long tradition of helping
those in need. The toys being
donated to the Warm Springs Tribal
Head Start will provide the children
with a variety of activities which we
hope will stimulate their creativity
and imagination."
head Start is a program developed
for preschool children who are from
low-income families. The program
is a Federal program and is operated
by local non-profit organizations in
almost every county in the country.
Head Start offers children the
opportunity to participate in
educational activities to help
children succeed. Children also
receive free medical and dental care,
have healthy meals and snacks, and
enjoy playing indoors and outdoors
in a safe setting.
Operations Officer. Some of the ac
complishments he has witnessed
since becoming an employee are the
establishment of the rainy day fund,
senior citizen's fund, construction
of The Museum At Warm Springs,
the Early Childhood Education Cen
ter and the Health and Wellness Cen
ter. "The Tribe has also achieved
some major segments of our vision
for our people." Jody says the next
major project for Warm Springs
could be a new school for our chil
dren. Jody ' s primary objective as Chief
Operations Officer will be to move
the Organization back to being re
sults oriented. "I like working with a
team, being able to establish a vi
sion, values and positive expecta
tions on behalf of the community
and then start moving with them. I'm
please to have worked with the Natu
ral Resources Branch as a team, and
as a team, we have a pretty impres
sive list of accomplishments. ..I think
we can do the same thing at another
level." Calica said another necessity
is priority housing that meets the
membership's needs. "We need to
restore the family to being the domi
nant force in people's lives not the
overly relied on government."
Jody and his wife Marie have been
married for nearly 25 years and have
five sons and a daughter. The young
est, Direlle, is a senior at Portland
State University. Upon graduation,
she will work in the US Attorney's
Office in Portland for a year before
pursuing a law degree, presumably
at Arizona State University.
When asked what is the biggest
asset of Warm springs, Jody responds,
Third Annual Huckleberry Harvest
August 7 and 8
Fundraising event is in support of The Museum At
Warm Springs and is tax deductible.
Call 553-3331 for more information
Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "What's Up?")
Do you feel we need the Indian Language in order to maintain our tribal,
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Susie Slockish, "Ii! atq'ixshana
ichishkiin snwit nami laik'ai
waqishwitai tminwawitash. This was
the way it was passed on through the
Creator. The Creator named all the
animals, plants, foods and the water,
which brings it all down to the cul
ture. All of these things give us strength
and the knowledge to know and un
derstand our language. It is internal
ized into our hearts as scared foods,
plants, and animals which is what
keeps us going in our everyday life.
The Creator gave all of the original
instructions for all of these ways to
maintain our true culture. And be
cause the language is so meaningful
it is said from the heart and we need
this for self-identity, because today
it is so easy to copy some other cul
ture. That's what our younger gen
eration arc doing, "copying other
cultures." Instead, they should be
dressing in our own culture ways and
being proud of it. We should all be
speaking our own native language.
When the ciders of the past spoke our
native language, they gave full
meaning and teachings that were easy
lo follow and to work right along
with all the good things oflifc through
the Creator. Today there is so much
evil out in the world and its because
of all languages getting lost and all
the good teachings that go along with
it. This is why there is so much vio
lence, crime and all the evil of the
world"
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"The creativity of our people. Once
they are given the opportunity, and
they are supported, they can accom
plish amazing thing."
Jody is one of three Calica broth
ers who have held a high government
office at Warm Spring. Larry Calica,
who passed away in 1990, was the
Tribe's SecretaryTreasurer in the
mid- and late-1980s, and Raymond
Calica, a member of Tribal Council,
served a three-year term as Secre
taryTreasurer form 1995 to 1998.
Jody has served not only the Warm
Springs people, but other people as
well. He is a member ot the (Jrego
Parks and Recreation Commission
the Oregon Heritage Commission
Deschutes Basin Resources Conser
vancy, Inter-Tribal Timber Council
Oregon Water Trust and he is on the
Oregon Historical Society Board of
Directors.
The COO is responsible for the
Natural Resources Branch, Public
Safety Branch, Education Branch,
Human Services Branch, Business
and Economic Development Branch
and Public Utilities Branch. Calica
exercises leadership and authority
over all operational branches of the
tribal organization as specified in the
Tribal Management Plan. He brings
a tradition of serving others to the
position of COO. He brings a spirit
of cooperation, objectivity and strong
work ethics to the position. But, per
haps his management style says it
best. "I manage by only one Manage
ment Rule No surprises! I promise
not to surprise you if you don't sur
prise me." Calica goes on to say, "I
believe in open, honest, trusting com
munication." Wilma Picard, "Definitely! We
need to have our Indian language
kept alive so that we can participate
and know what our songs mean when
we sing them. We need to start now
with our young generation, the ear
1 ier the better. The more they sing the
more they know about their religion
our cultural difference or what tribe
they are from. I would really en
courage them to participate in Indian
language classes."
Eunice Esquiro, "Yes. Without
our language we wouldn't be able to
interpret our traditional songs for
what they really mean. How the
English language interprets our
songs, always comes out different
then our interpretations. We have
our languagesongs for different
purposes' of life to continue the tra
ditionalcultural teachings that we
have all received when we have our
ceremonial gatherings such as tradi
tional celebrations (first kill, name
giving, first diggingspicking, me
morials etc.), meals-language for
water, salmon, deer meat, roots and
other Indian foods that we get from
mother earth, and for ceremonial
dressings and funerals. Our songs
arc our life and our culture. Without
our Indian language, what would we
stand for according to our grandfather
the Creator."
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Games are used to teach children
Bible School held at
A group of eight young adults are
here from Smith Memorial Fairview
Presbyterian Church to teach
Vacation Bible School at the Warm
Springs Presbyterian Church.
The church averages about 70 kids
a day for Bible school, which began
July 13 and will end July 17.
Smith Memorial has been sending
a group here for ten years to teach
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Paula Brisbois, "Yes (EEY),
Because Indian Language and tribal
culture are inter linked, you can't
have one without the other. I feel we
all need to learn our language as
much as we can. Especially the
younger generation, so our languages
and culture won't be lost."
Larry Holliday, "EEY, (Yes) I
feel that we should maintain our In
dian Language, because it is a piece
of our identity for us Indian people. I
do not understand our language flu
ently, but do understand some bids
and pieces. I think that should count
as something."
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Lola Sohappy, "Yes, I feel we
need the Indian language. Maintain
ing our Indian language is vital to the
survival of our Indian people. Our
ciders have taught that we can truly
understand our culture and traditions
only when we are knowledgeable of
our Indian language as it is very
difficult to translate it into the English
language."
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concepts from the Bible.
Presbyterian Church
Vacation Bible School at the
Presbyterian Church. Each year is a
different group, some new faces and
some familiar faces.
The theme for this year's Bible
School is "Vegie Tales," which is a
Christian cartoon series.
The classes teach morals, issues
children face and decisions with the
use of puppets.
Jason Smith, "Yes, I feel we need
the Indian Language to maintain our
culture. So much of our culture is lost
already through modernization or
current lifestyles. I feel it is important
to hang on to our traditional languages
and keep them alive so our children
will have somethingto carry on. Init?"
Flossie M. Wolfe, "Yes, I think
that everyone should take the time to
learn our language here on the Warm
Springs Reservation, because if we
don't then how are we supposed to
know who we are. If we all could
speak our language, then our children
would behave better and be better
disciplined. I got a wild idea along
with my sister one day about learn
ing our language, we thought that if
people wanted to be part of Warm
Springs Indian Reservation and get
their funds (Percapita, Bonus, Trust
Funds etc.) then it should be required
that everyone that is getting this
money should be made to learn their
language!!! Our dream to be IN
DIAN! The white man came and
took our language by force and strict
discipline, then maybe if we take the
same measures to put it back into our
people then maybe we can recapture
our language and find ourselves
again."
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