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Raymond Shike, Sr.
The big winner parks next to the
World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People
Some 40 indigenous Christian RnsflhilH TnHiopnniic nennl frnm
pastors and leaders head the planning
committee for 1998's World
Christian Gathering of Indigenous
People (WCGIP). The Gathering
captures the vision of many
indigenous people for new ways to
reach their own people for Christ.
Founders and honorary chairs,
Monte and Linda Ohia, Maori from
New Zealand, envisioned the WCGIP
as a means of bringing the world's
indigenous people together in the
celebration of unity and diversity
under Jesus Christ.
People from Canada, New
Zealand and the U.S. have worked
on the planning for the 1998
Gathering, since the close of the
inaugural event in New Zealand in
1 996. Early inquiries have organizers
expecting to far surpass the first
conferences' success, hosted by the
Maori, that brought more than 2,000
people together from 32 countries.
"Upwards of 7-10,000 participants
could descend on Rapid City, S.D.
for WCGIP's second world
conference planned for September
5-13, 1998!" says U.S. Co-Chair
Richard Twiss, a Lakota Sioux from
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Fire Crews Contain two fires
Local fire crews are busy mopping
up on a couple of fires started by
lightening recently in the higher
elevations. Fire No. 57, near Shitike
Butte was in steep and rough terrain
and covered approximately three acres
of land. A trail has been put around it
and the crew is mopping up now.
Fore No. 63, which is near Blue
Lake is pretty well contained and the
mopping up is on there. A lightening
strike in that area glanced from place
to place and started several spot fires
in number near 25 little fires all with
in a five acre area. All the fires are
under control and the mop up is on
there.
All local fire crews were busy and
several Forestry personnel were on
hand to assist because the Local Hot
Shot crew has been sent to
Washington to help on fires there.
The Lookout towers have spotted
several strikes that have smoked but
nothing has happened yet in those
areas but the lookout towers are
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Dolan Waheneka, Jr.
Warm Springs Vocational Rehabilitation Program
offers hour-long orientations on the last
Wednesday of each month.
The orientations are intended for those interested in applying
for Voc-Rehab, staff who refer clients to Voc-Rehab and
anyone else interested in learning about the program.
The next orientation will be held
Wednesday August 26, 1998
from 4 to 5 p.m.
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Canada and the U.S. are hosting this
year's conference.
World Christian Gathering of
Indigenous People principals chose
Rapid City because of its historical
significance to many northern Native
American tribes, including the Lakota
Sioux nation. The Paha Sapa
(Blackhills) that belonged
undisputably to the Lakota Sioux
nation, until the 1890's remain an
unresolved land rights issue. It is
only one of many unsettled land rights
issues among indigenous people
worldwide that WCGIP officials
expect to address in various ways at
the Gathering.
"Our vision is for indigenous
people throughout the world to come
to and grow in Christian faith and to
worship the one and only Creator of
the universe through legitimate
expressions of their own culture,"
said Canadian Co-chair Terry
LeBlanc, a MikmaqAcadian from
Canada and Manager for Aboriginal
Programs for World Vision Canada.
"When less than 5 percent of the
worlds indigenous population have
come to know Christ, it is important
Good news! Warm Springs' chil
dren no longer need to be referred to
Hood river for dental treatment. We
are pleased to welcome aboard our
new Pediatric Dentist, Dr. Frank
Mendoza from the Navajo area. He
has been with IHS for sixteen years
and brings a lot of experience and
enthusiasm to our dental clinic. Dr.
Mendoza has already started treating
children here and at St. Charles Hos
pital. Furthermore, he is looking for
ward to becoming involved in this
community.
This month our Healthy Smile
Poster of the Month was made from '
the following picture of Randall
Wallulatum. Congratulations
Randall!
keeping an eye on those spots because
some times a strike can lay dormant
for several days and suddenly become
active.. They did say there was smoke
in those areas for a while and faded
away but you can't tell when a fire
can become alive after days of
smoldering.
Most of the crews have been busy
on both fires and the Hot-Shot crew
away on fires in other areas. The
Helicopter has been busy assisting
on other fires dipping and hauling
supplies to the fire fighters in the
area..
With the hot spell lingering on and
on there wont be much time for ease
as a fire can start at anytime. There
have been several small grass fires
within the area from the hot spell.
There is no indication as to any let up
on the hot weather in the near future,
so we will just have to watch our
action and not become careless with
our smoking. Smoky The Bear Says,
Don't Smoke In The Woods or I'll
Crush YmirRutt!!
The Warm Springs Composite
Products would like to take this
time to recognize our Employee
of the Month. This award went
out to Dolan Waheneka, Jr. Dolan
has been selected for the award by
the following criteria: Safety in
the workplace, Quality of work,
Production Quantity, Attendance,
Personal initiative, Attitude, Co
operation with fellow employees,
lead people, supervisors and management.
Indian Head Casino gave
away a Harley Davidson to
lucky winner, Raymond
Shike, Sr., July 25, 1998.
He enjoys playing cards in
the poker room and the
black jack tables, where he
was able to enter over 100
tickets in the drawing for the
Harley Davidson.
He says, "I sold it back to
the company because I can't
ride it. I don't trust my
grandkids with it, it's too
dangerous."
Congratulations Ray!
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to ask, 'Why? We feel, in part.
encouraging indigenous groups to
express Christian faith through their
own historical culture and customs
will make it truly their own."
World Christian Gathering of
Indigenous People organizers believe
that indigenous people can
collectively explore cultural and
linguistic formats to bridge the gaps
between Jesus Christ and theirpeople
without the loss of orthodox Christian
faith and doctrine.
The nine-day event will be filled
with formal welcome ceremonies
from Native American tribes of North
America, traditional songs, speeches
and workshops on issues that affect
indigenous people, daily
entertainment, traditional food, and
special guest appearances of well
known people from throughout the
world.
Further information can be
obtained from either of the Co-chairs
(Richard Twiss-360-546-1867;'
Terry LeBlanc-204-826-2689), the
WCGIP office in Rapid City, S.D.
(605-348-1859; e-mail at 1
cpetkauportage.net) or at our
website-www.chazm.comwcgip.
Nerf bars for sale
Chrome Nerf Bars for 1987-96
Ford Ex Cab pickups. Made by
Smittybuilt. $280. Call 553-3274 ask
for Selena.
Reunionih ' "
progress
Hey Smith Loggers (oldies but
goodies) Softball Team! There is
plans being made for a Reunion,
hopefully during the Labor Day
weekend in September.
How many of you-all remember
of days gone by?!
Anyone that is interested can call
Cindy Bobb at (541) 553-1372 or
Colleen (Smith) Roba at (541) 553
3214. Thank you mom
To the editor,
To Mary Danzuka (mom), thank
you for staying right by my side
when I needed you.
For staying at the hospital while I
was in there. You were there day and
night. I woke up to your face and fell ,
asleep on you. You don't know how
much I needed you there. It made me
feel so good. I don't think I could !
have made it home this fast without
you and your support. You mean a
lot to me. Thank you for being there
for me. I love you.
Love,!
Jennifer Smith
Selams bring native culture to Europe
If Willie and Tanya Selam have
anything to say about it, hundreds of
Europeans will spend their summer
vacations learning about the
traditions of the Northwest Indians.
Willie and his daughter, Tanya,
attended an international trade show
in Berlin March to try to make that
happen.
The Selams staffed a booth at the
largest tourism showcase in the world
to promote theircompany, called MA
T'ULLA-YASH or Place of the
White Fish. Willard Maldonado,
whom Selam compares to a son-in-law,
also joined them. The three
performed traditional American
Indian dances, something the father
and daughter have been doing
together for years.
If things go as planed MA
T'ULLA-YASH will open several
tepee villages in the Northwest. The
Selams are working working with
Cornelius Braggaar, a tourism agent
in Stuttgart, Germany. One such
village is slated to open later this
summer in Oregon.
Willie Selam has several more
European trips planned to promote
the project. He will participate in a
tour of Germany in October and
November. In December, he visits
Oslo, Norway. In January, he's off
to Finland, Sweden, and then to
Stuttgart. It's back to Berlin in March.
"Europeans are very interested in
Native Americans," explains Willie.
"They recognize the historical
significance of our struggle to retain
Elders attend
The tribal governmental affairs
and legislative office received a spe
cial grant to assist elders for accom
modations and travel expenses to at
tend a meeting at Rock Creek, Wash
ington on March 12 and 13, 1998.
They met with senior program staff
to help with contacting interested
elders and making travel arrange
ments. . The Rock Creek meeting was co
ordinated by Wanapa-koot-koot, a
group with members of Yakama, Nez
Perce, Umatilla and Warm Springs
tribes, the meeting was about oral
history awareness and how elders are
important in helping with oral his
tory for tribal benefit. With Tribal
Council approval, there will be more
oral history Elders Gathering meet
ings in the future at different loca
tions up and down the Columbia
River Gorge, to ask elders where and
how to protect sensitive cultural re
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help-
In the first six months of 1998,
Consumer Credit Counseling has
helped Central Oregonians pay off
over $800,000 in debt. Consumer
Credit Counseling is a non-profit,
United Way agency dedicated to help
ing people find a better way to pay
their bills. Consultations are confi
dential and FREE. For information,
call 389-6181.
Powwow seeking
candidates
The Annual powwow held at
Celilo, Oregon is seeking royalty
candidates and has the following
categories: Sr. Queen (13 & older),
Jr. Queen (12 & younger), Lil Brave
(no age limit).
The Mid-Columbia River
Powwow is held October 23, 24, 25,
1998.
Winner is determined by most big
raffle tickets sold. Winners in each
category will receive a traveling
crown (except lil brave), a jacket, a
banner, a 20 payback on total raffle
ticket sales, plus other prizes. Runner
ups will receive a 20 payback, &
other prizes.
.. Interested candidates and raffle
tickets sellers can contact Gloria Jim
(509) 848-3461 or (541) 296-8816. f
Community Health
Children placed at high risk in
pickup trucks. The National High
way Traffic Safety Administration)
NHTSA warns that kids don't be
long in the cargo areas of pickup
trucks. A number of states already
have laws or restrictions on carrying
passengers in the cargo area of the
pickup truck.
Trucks are becoming popular form
of transportation for family travel.
Unfortunately, occupant protection
inside the cab is limited by space,
our heritage."
Already, other companies have
established tepee villages in
Montana, the Dakotas and Canada,
Selam says. The one in Oregon, to be
located on the Warm Springs
reservation, will be the first in the
Northwest. Selam, who lives
southeast of Toppenish at Satus,
would to develop on in this area as
well.
He presented the idea to the
Yakama Nation last year and was
directed to the tribe's tourism
department. He is now in the process
of putting his proposal together.
The Warm Springs camp will be
located at Lake Chinook near the
Three Sisters Wilderness Area in
central Oregon. The nearest city is
Madras. Other nearby cities are Bend
and Redmond. The camp, with 10
tepees, is being developed in
partnership with the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs.
Tepee camp visitors will have a
wilderness experience, says Selam.
There will be no electricity or running
water. The can canoe, raft or ride
horseback. Food will be provided
and guests can learn to smoke salmon
and dry mean.
Vacationers, who can stay from
on to six weeks, also will learn about
the history, traditions and
philosophies of American Indians.
Traditional arts and crafts, such as
bead work and basketry, will be
taught, and native dances will be
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oral history
sources and sites.
Tribal staff that helped make the
trip possible are Louie Pitt, Jr., Col
leen Roba, Olivia Wallulatum, Elton
Greeley, Lucille Schuster, Lawrence
Squicmphcn and Melissa Johnson.
After the meting there was a so
cial gathering. Each tribe was asked
to have someone do a cultural activ
ity and represent their tribe. For Warm
Springs, the following volunteered
to sing and drum: Fred and Olivia
Wallulatum, Gcraldine and Wilford
Jim. The emcee was Nathan Jim, Sr.
Songs were for the skip, owl, eel,
butterfly, you-pi and shuffle dances.
Gerald brought Olivia to the front of
the floor and together they did the
shuffle dance. The following day,
Geraldine received special recogni
tion for first place dancer. Johnson
Menninick gave her a calendar.
We would like to thank the fol
lowing elders who showed interest
Sheylene and Darrell announce engagement
The engagement of Sheylene M.
Greene-Boise of Warm Springs, OR
and Darrell R. Black of Klamath
Falls, OR has been announced. A
September 19, 1998 wedding date
has been set.
The future bride to be is the
daughter of Anthony L. Boise and
Angie Spino of Warm Springs, OR.
Grandparents are Jack and Irene
Towe and Gene and Norene Greene,
and great-grandmother Gladys
Thompson. She is a 1 993 graduate of
Madras High School and is currently
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and Education news-
number of safety belts and the fact
that pickup trucks are not required to
meet all passenger car safety stan
dards. Space limitation often lead
parents to allow children to ride in
the cargo area. Each year more than
200 people die as a result of riding in
the cargo area of the pickup trucks.
More than half of these deaths are
children & teenagers.
The Facts
The cargo area of a pickup truck
has proven to be a source of injuries
and death to children and adults. In
addition to the possibility of being
ejected, passengers riding in covered
cargo beds are exposed to carbon
monoxide from exhaust fumes.
Ejection from the cargo area
during acollision was the major cause
of injury and death for pickup truck
passengers.
Most non collision deaths were
caused by falls due to swerving,
breaking or rough roads. In one third
of these cases, the victim was stand
ing up, sitting on the tailgate, or
"horsing around".
Child safety seats must not be
performed.
The entire experience need not be
without some modern accouterments,
however. Guests can take an
excursion to the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort,
35 miles south of the proposed tepee
village. The resort has a golf course,
swimming pool and casino.
The resort already has hosted
50,000 guest this year and expects a
total of 150,000 visitors by the year's
end, says Ron Malfara, general
manager.
Selam Sees this venture as simply
part of a lifetime of trying to preserve
the Indian way. Now 43, Selam grew
up at the end of the boarding school
era- when Indian children were taken
away from their families by the U.S.
government and forced to live in
boarding schools. Selam and his
four brothers and one sister were sent
to a boarding school in Oregon.
"We experienced the constricting
pressure to take away our language
and the understanding of our
traditional way of life," he says. "If
we referred to our culture or spoke
our Indian language, we were
punished."
Despite this, Selam and his family
not only have retained the traditional,
they have become leaders in passing
them on to the next generation. Willie
has been cultural director of the
nationally known Wapato Indian club
for 1 2 years. His sister, Loretta, and
father, James, also have been
involved w ith the club.
meeting
and attended the mcetine:
Chief Nelson Wallulatum, Jacob
Frank, Sr., Winona Frank, Claude
Smith, Sr., Bernice Mitchell, Dclbert
Frank, Adeline Miller, Silas Wil
liams, Irene Towe, Gladys Thomp
son, Madeline Mclnturff, George
Aguilar, Sr., Viola Kalama, Wilson
Wewa, Sr., Margaret Boise, Wilkins
Leonard, Esther Lamb, Lucy Oscar,
Hilda Culpus, Joscpha Crow, Jcanette
Meanus, Fannie Waheneka, Faye
Waheneka, Ruth Tewee, Freda
Wallulatum, Nettie Shawaway,
Elizabeth Rhoan, Effie Culpus, Julia
Barney, Dorothy Simtustus, Louise
Hellon, Viola Governor, Ursula
Little, Lydia Murphy, Joyce Quinn,
Rose Mitchell, Elton Greeley, Earl
and Rita Squiemphen, Fern and Tom
Begay, Nathan and Ella Jim, Dan
Brisbois, Wilford and Geraldine Jim,
Mary Danzuka, Nancy Johnson,
Olney Patt, Sr. and Richard Biss.
employed by the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs.
The future groom is the son of the
late Bobby Black and Tina Kirk of
Beatty, OR. Grandparents are Jesse
"Tinker" Kirk and the late Shirley
Riddle of Beatty, OR and Kay and
the late Paul Black of Sacramento,
CA. He is a 1989 graduate of Mira
Loma High School in Sacramento,
CA and is currently employed by
Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries.
used on side-facing jump seats.
Child safety seats must have at
least 80 percent of the safety seat
base on the bench seat. Installing a
tether strap to the vehicle frame may
prevent the safety seat from moving
too far forward and the child from
hitting his or her head on the front
seat in a crash.
A rear-facing child seat must be
secured in either the center or right
front seat, if a pickup is equipped
with a passenger air bag and does not
have an air bag on-off switch.
If there is no other seating avail
able, children over one year of age
must be properly secured in a forward-facing
child restraint or vehicle
lap and shoulder belt positioned as
far back from the dash board as pos
sible. All children should ride in prop
erly installed child safety seats or lap
and shoulder belts appropriate for
their size.
These safety tips from NHTSA
and Community Health and Educa
tion Team aimed at making your
next ride in a pickup safer.
Daughter Tanya was a lead dancer
in the club for many years. Willie
and Tanya have performed together
at events throughout the nation and
world.
Also, the Selam Family Drum
group, consisting of Willie, James,
Lonnie and Howard Selam,
participates in ceremonies at
longhouses, in competitions and
educational sessions for
schoolchildren. They sing in what is
called the "Wash-shat" style and all
are drum-makers.
"I can go into a longhouse
anywhere and sing the old songs,"
Selam says. "I can sit at a big drum
or stop onto the floor and dance. I
can go to the feasts - the times of
sorrow, the happy times, the
childhood initiations. I speak, sing,
dance and teach. I hunt, fish, make
drums."
Willie has passed on the traditional
teachings to Tanya. She, in turn, is
passing them on to her children, 6-year-old
Aja and 5-year-old Anthony.
At the same time, she is pursuing a
degree business management at
Heritage College, planning to
graduate in December.
"It's hard to be a true Indian,"
says Selam. "You must be able to
walk in both worlds the Indian
world and the white man's world.
Tanya is a prime example of the best
of both worlds," he adds proudly.
Reproduced from the Juh 2,
1998 Yakima Herild-Republic