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Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
COCC offers classes for fall term
Central Oregon Community Col
lege is offering a first year Spanish
course in Madras beginning fall term.
This four-credit course presents fun
damental of Spanish and develops
student's skills in reading, writing,
listening and speaking the language.
First year Spanish is a three-term
sequence and is planned for fall, win
ter and spring in Madras. For those
students who need a foreign language
to meet degree requirements or wish
to learn Spanish, this is a rare oppor
tunity to cut out four to six hours of
commuting each week to Bend to
take a credit foreign language course.
This course will be taught "in-per-son"
by COCC instructor Gina
Chylak.
First year Spanish will meet from
3:13 to 6:33 p.m. on Monday and
Wednesday evenings, beginning Sep
tember 21, 1998. Open registration
begins September 1 7 and can be done
at any college center. For more infor
mation call COCC Madras at 475
2 1 36 or COCC Warm Springs at 553
1428. Learn to Golf with COCC Madras
this fall, or improve the golf skills
you already have. The Madras Com
munity Ed program will offer two
gold classes on Saturday mornings
from September 19 through October
10. Beginning Golf is scheduled from
8 to 1 0 a.m. covering golf fundamen
Weekly meetings
begin
Phil Riley will be in Warm Springs
every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11
a.m. at the Administration building,
Conference room 2 beginning Sep
tember 1998.
US West
sponsors Edmo
at Museum
Through a U.S. West Foundation
grant, The Museum At Warm Springs
welcomes internationally acclaimed
poet, playwright, performer, tradi
tional story teller Ed Edmo on Sep
tember 12 at 2 p.m. Edmo's perfor
mance will be about "Grandmother
Chokecherry."
Edmo's description for this per-
formance is, "Grandmother
Chokecherry speaks about boarding
school experiences, old Indian JRo -
deo days. She tells of personal trag-
The Museum At Warm Springs
invites you to Ed. Edmo's "grand
mother Chokecherry" performance
September 12 at 2 p.. This free per
formance is open to the public. Call
The Museum for more information
at 541553-3331.
Small Business Development
Center and ONABEN present:
"You and Your Business Idea"
A series of classes designed to "discover" tribal and local
entrepreneurs and encourage the development of your business
idea beyond "just an idea."
Classes will be held Tuesday, September 15 and 22, from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
"Starting a Successful Business"
A ten-week series of classes designed to guide participants
through the business plan writing process. The course materials
and individual counseling sessions allow participants to work
through the business planning process. The end result is a
comprehensive business plan that can be taken to financial
institutions for loan consideration.
The classes will be held on Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m., beginning September 29 then every Tuesday thereafter
for 1 0 weeks: September 29; October 6,13, 20, 27; November
3, 10, 17, 24; and December
December 4.
Both classes will be held at the Tribe's Small Business
Development Center located at 2107 Wasco Street in
Warm Springs, OR.
To sign up call (541) 553-3592.
Spilyay
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Founded in March 1976
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the
basement of the Old Girl's Dorm at 1 1 15 Wasco Street Any
written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Spilyay Tymoo 1998
tals including basic swing techniques,
ball strokes and tee shots. Intermedi
ate Golf is an opportunity to fine
tune golf skills for those with a handi
cap of 28 or less, with class times
from 1 0 a.m. to 1 2 noon. Both classes
will meet at Willow Creek Driving
Range in Madras for the first three
sessions. The fourth class will meet
at Kahneeta Resort. Allowing stu
dents to use their new skills to play 9
holes of golf. Cost for either class is
$38, which includes instruction and
green fees.
Instructor Joe Rauschenburegisa
PGA Golf Professional and Director
of Golf at Kahneeta Resort. Pre-reg-istration
is required for all COCC
Community Ed classes and can be
done by calling the Madras Center at
475-2136.
Taking on college
What vou always wantedneeded
to know out were afraid to ask!
Session designed to help you get
started and to successfully navigate
your way through the college experi
ence. We have things to share but
your questions are a priority for us.
Join COCC and OSU for College
101, September 1 0, 1 998 from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon at the upstairs Training
room in the Education Center at 1 1 1 0
Wasco. Presented by John V. Hicks
and Diane Bohle.
Courtneys to
Maryhill Museum of Art will ex
hibit traditional and contemporary
quilts by Warm Springs Tribe artists
B.K. Courtney, Myrna Courtney and
Pat Courtney-Gold from September
23 through November 15, 1998.
Born in The Dalles, Myrna is of
the Wasco Tribe. B.K. Courtney and
Pat Courtney-Gold are her sisters-in-law.
Quilting has been a life-long pur
suit for the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs members. Myna has
been making quilts for over forty
years. She began quilting in the mid
1940' s by cutting blocks from her
old skirts and blouses. She is grand
daughter of the late Chief Billy Chi-,
nook, who was a mid-Oregon treaty
signer in the 1850s.
B.K. says she works to enhance
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, we 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.
1. Graduation will be held
Tymoo
Sid Miller
Donna Behrend
Selena T.Boise
Bob Medina
TJ. Foltz
Title IX to meet
The Title IX Parent Advisory
Committee will meet at Warm
Springs Elementary Library on Tues
day, September 15, 1998 at 7 p.m.
The agenda includes election of of
ficers and the Indian Ed. Task Force
goals report.
Title IX meetings are open to all
members of the public. The Commit
tee meets at 7 p.m. at the WS El
ementary Library on the second Tues
day of each month. If you have a
disability, please advise the District
509-J Support Services office about
special arrangements that may allow
you to full participate in the meeting.
Please call Georgia Sosa at 475-6 1 92.
Girl Scouts
meeting set for
September 23
Join the Girl Scouts! Jefferson
County "Information and
Registration Night" will take place
Wednesday, September 23, 7:00p.m.
at Madras Elementary Cafeteria, 2 1 5
S.E. 10th. Parents are asked to bring
their daughters and to consider
volunteering to become a Troop
Leader. Troops will be formed on
September 23. Volunteer screening
and training provided. Girl Scouting
is dedicated to inspiring and preparing
girls for the challenges of the future!
Formore information contact the Girl
Scouts at 389-8146.
display quilts
quilt fibers by adding elements of
Native American costumes, specifi
cally beads and shells to add sparkle
and sound. "Fibers can be painted,
printed, twisted, woven, sculpted,
sewn, torn, dyed, burned and more,"
she says. "And they still maintain the
invitation of touch."
The basic techniques of sandwich
ing fabrics together with decorative
stitching have been with mankind for
centuries, but Native Americans and
early pioneers took quilting to a
higher level by creating a tradition of
interpreting ideas and images through
abstract geometric patchwork and
intricate applique". This contempo
rary approach can be seen in Pat's
quilts.
In 1991, after working for years
as a computer specialist, Pat com
Spilyay j'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "What's Up?")
Where In the Tribal Organization, would you like to see
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Carol Wewa, "1 believe the
Tribal Organization has many areas
that can be improved upon or
changed. Overall communication is
brought up time and again by tribal
membership. If we are truly an Indian
nation that places value on the im
portance of the people, then ideas
and recommendations need to be
considered, and responded to in a
genuine way. Council, committee
members and tribal management
(GM's) need more communication
with the people. Individual em
ployee work performance should be
reviewed at least once a year, re
gardless whether there are funds for
cost of living, salary increases, or
not. This is not consistently done
throughput the organization. The
perception is that people are not
disciplined or corrected, making poor
performance levels continue. Su
pervisors need to be held accountable
to ensure that staff perform effec
tively. Managers need to be held
accountable to see that supervisors
are doing their job. Efforts of the
entire organization must be di
rected at addressing the overall health
of our people. Without our health,
where will we be 20 years from now?
This includes, mental, physical,
spiritual, and emotional health.
Changes are hard, but change will
always be a part of what we have to
deal with. On the positive side from
my observation, I commend the new
Tribal Council Chairmen, J.P. for
the leadership he's demonstrated so
far. I also think highly of Jody
Calica's interest in the organization
by visiting program level staff just
that little gesture goes a long way.
The Tribes' need to continue to be
visionary, active, involved, and
working to strengthen our organiza
tion, not stagnate it. Being visionary
to me means trying new concepts,
ideas, and methods to build upon the
strengths of our people. Overall, each
of us need to be optimistic and assert
our own leadership abilities, if we
are to be part of the Tribes' future."
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Correction: In the Vol 23 No. 18 edition of Spilyay Tymoo a picture similar to this was printed and was identified as
being Chemawa Indian School. Dan Macy brought this photo in and said this was a co-ed dormitory in Warm
Springs that burned down several years ago. Thank you Dan Macy.
at Mary Hill
pleted the Traditional Arts Appren
tice Program of the Oregon Folk Arts
Program where she learned the an
cient weaving techniques of her
Wasco-Wishram ancestors. Shortly
thereafter, Gold gained international
recognition for her work and has
since been invited to exhibit and teach
throughout the Northwest and as far
away as New Zealand. Her works are
included in Maryhill Museum's per
manent collection.
"Art is not a concept that is sepa
rated from our lifestyle; it's an ev
eryday part of our existence," says
Gold..
The exhibit will be on display in
the Museum's Contemporary North
west Artists Gallery. The Museum is
open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lori Fuentes, "Right now in this
time of financial crisis throughout
the Tribal Organization there are
many areas that need to be improved
upon. I believe that it is important to
get information out to the Tribal
Members that there really is a serious
problem with expenses exceeding
revenues and that what happens in
the next few years will have a great
impact on the future of the Tribes.
It's too easy to single out a particular
area and be critical of their perfor
mance. The real challenge is to look
at ourselves individually and critique
our own performance and behavior.
It's time for every Tribal Member
and Tribal employee to start making
decisions that are in the best interest
of the total Tribal membership. Our
past leaders were able to make their
decisions in an unselfish way and we
have benefited greatly from their
wisdom."
Saphronia Katchia, "Consis
tency and accountability throughout
the whole organization should be
enforced. Policies and procedures
were made for everyone to follow;
employees and supervisors. Indi
viduals shouldn't be able to change
rules to accommodate themselves.
No matter what position they hold
w ilhin the organization. If they don't
want to follow rules made for every
one, they should be held responsible."
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Nez Perce artist creates stamp
The annual Pendleton Round-Up
cancellation stamp at the Pendleton
Post Office will feature a drawing by
local tribal artists Lonnie Alexander.
The cancellation will be stamped on
all mail leaving the Pendleton Post
Office September 16 through Sep
tember 19. This year's Round-Up
cancellation is sponsored by the Con
federated Tribes of the Umatilla In
dian Reservation.
Alexander is a Nez Perce tribal
member who has lived on the
Umatilla Reservation since 1 95 1 . She
is an all around artist working in
drawings, paintings, beadwork, pho
Pendleton Station
Pendleton, OR 97801
Irene B. Wells,"Better commu
nications! Each time we get new
leadership everything changes in a
differentdirection. You always have
to second guess what people are
thinking and doing. We need to use
our local newspaper to communicate
better. Especially what our Tribal
Council is doing and deciding for
our people."
Carolyn J. Johnson, "The com
munication (verbally & written)
throughout the organization needs
improvement. When there are
changes in policies that effect ev
eryone, it should be presented to the
people where they can understand,
because there are people that are
slow in comprehending what is told
to them.The committees should work
with the departments and not against
them. When they are appointed, the
members should support the staff
and not be a hindrance. If the staff
needs improvements, they should be
informed instead of backstabbing the
employees. Withinthe
departments-all lines of communi
cation is real important, without it
the department will not function like
it should. All department staff should
be trained for their job responsibili
ties, and if further training is needed
they should be required to take it
The departments should work as a
team in order to give the customer
satisfaction. Give credit where and
w hen is due."
tography, sculpture, stained glass,
calligraphy and making traditional
tribal clothing, he currently works at
the gift shop in the Tamastslikt Cul
tural institute after retiring from a
35-year nursing career that included
work at Yellowhawk Clinic, St. An
thony Hospital and Pendleton Me
morial Hospital. She has five chil
dren. The cancellation is available at
the Post Office, 104 SW Dorion in
Pendleton, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturday.
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improvements
Louis Scott, "I would like more
"open General Council meetings."
Open to the Warm Springs tribal
members with more management
personnel available. Maybe if the
opinions of the tribal members are
heard more often, management would
be able to act on those opinions. This
last open General Council meeting
was a very good example of how the
tribal members want to be heard."
Donna Wainanwit, "I don't
know isn ' t everyone happy the way
things are going right now?? I'd like
to see the Tribe give equal attention
and funding to our churches of Warm
Springs as they do to our long houses.
I guess to keep things simple, I'd like
to see the tribal organization looking
like mailreception Elfreda, Yum,
Kelly and Patches, they always have
a smile and a good morning for ev
eryone that's a very good way to
start the day off! !
Gaming, on the other hand needs
improvement. Employees seem to
always look grouchy and unhappy.
At least they could pretend to be
happy that we're spending money
there."
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