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. r in yr pi il " I ""I I "T"T"' 'I ni "" " ' ' SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon August 12, 1999 3 All American Indians and Native Alaskans Are Urged to be counted In Census 2000 Census 2000: U.S. Census and American Indian &. Alaska Native Populations To Be counted. Every year, over $100 billion In federal funds are awarded to locali ties based on census numbers. The United States Constitution man dates a census every 10 years to deter mine how many seats will have in the U.S. House of Representatives. But community leaders use it for every thing from planning schools and build ing roads to providing recreational op portunities and managing health-care services. How Big bit? 275 million U.S. residents 118 million housing units in the United States alone 1.5 million housing units in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Island Areas 2.7 million applicants recruited 285,000 jobs at peak 500 local Census Offices, 12 Regional Census Centers and 4 Data Processing Centers 500 local area networks, 6,000 personal computers and 1,500 printers (set up, used and dismantled in one year) 8 million maps needed for field work 79 million questionnaire returned within a two-week period 8 to 9 million blocks covered What's on the Census Form? About 83 percent of respondents will receive a short form, which asks about seven subjects: name, sex, age, relationship, Hispanic origin, race, and housing tenure (whether the home is owned or rented) and takes approxi mately 10 minutes to complete. One of the six households will re ceive a longer form which asks about 34 subjects, including education, an cestry, employment, disability and house heating fuel and takes approxi mately 38 minutes to complete. ' ' Why Should You Answer the Cen sus? Answering the census is important for your community Census num bers help local planners pick the best locations for schools, roads, hospitals, clinics, libraries, day-care and senior citizen centers, playgrounds, bus routes, job training programs and much more. Every year, over $ 1 00 billion in federal funding and even more in state funds are awarded to localities based on cen sus numbers. Answering the census creates jobs and ensures the delivery of goods and services Businesses use censusnum bers to locate supermarkets and shop ping centers, new housing, new facto ries and offices and facilities like movie theaters and restaurants. Answering can save your life An exaggeration? Not at all! When Hurri cane Andrew hitSouth Florida in 1991, Census Bureau officials were able to Construction to begin Construction started Monday (8 999) on the 40,000 square foot Warm Springs Elder Care Assisted Living Facility. Ground breaking ceremonies for the facility were held November25, 1998. Due to anumber of problems associated with the Tribe's bid process, construction has been delayed. In announcing the startup of construction, Herb Graybael, project manager, said the general contractor 1 taJL! m n John Halliday has 1 background in Tribal Government, Finance, Planning, Intergovernmental Policy and Develop mental Administration In Indian country. He was bom and raised in the Puget Sound area and is a Mucklcshoot Tribal member, and he also has Yakama, Nez Perce, and Warm Springs ancestry. Halliday is an avid Indian dancer and singer and has extensively traveled through out the Tribal communities and Indian reservations. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and attended Law School and taught Political Science and Native American Studies at The Univer sity of Montana. At the University of Mon tana, he participated in the Harvard Project for Native American Economic Develop ment and Executive Leadership. Halliday has most recently served as the Director of Economic Development and Vice Chairman of the Gaming Com mission for the Mucklcshoot Tribe. He played a pivotal role in the development of the tribes' $30 million Amphitheater as well as the joint governmental supervision of the largest tribal gaming operation in Washington state. He serves as a member of the inter-tribal sovereign Lending Task Force with the Federal Reserve and has served as the Chair of the Washington State Governors Inter Tribal Economic Vitality Subcommittee on Taxation and the Tribal Representative on the Washing ton State Department of Community and Trade Steering Committee. ' aid the rescue effort by providing esti mates of the total number of people in each block. Answering the census is safe By law, the Census Bureau cannot share your individual records with any other government agency, including welfare agencies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Internal Revenue Service, courts, police and the military. Census workers must be sworn to secrecy before they see the numbers. If someone gave out any information they saw on the form, they would face a $5,000 fine and a five year prison term,. The law works millions of questionnaires were pro cessed during the 1990s without any breach of trust Form. 1. Help Your Community Thrive. Does your neighborhood have a lot of traffic congestion, elderly people liv ing alone or over crowded schools? Census numbers can help your com munity work out public improvements strategies. ! Non-profit organizations use een- sus numbers to estimate the number of' potential volunteers in communities across the nation. 2. Get help in Times of Need. Many 911 emergency systems are based on maps developed for the last census. Census information helps health pro viders predict the spread of decease through communities with children or elderly people. When floods, torna is Tri-West Building Corp of Clackamas, Oregon. Graybael said that excavation had already been completed, however there is some fine grading to be completed before form work can begin. Thirty-eight tribal members have signed up as part of a local labor pool seeking employment on the construction project. When tribal voters approved the facility in a referendum on March 4, li i M f 1 I John Halliday and Lynn Holder; want every single American Indian to be counted in Census 2000. Every week, they make presenttions to tribal council members on! the importance of veing counted since census figures determines where $200 billion in federal funds are distribtcd every year. ScSchools, holpitals, and community centers are only some of the agencies that will benefit from these figures. does or earthquakes hit, the census tells rescuers how many people will need their help. 3.MakeGovernmentWorkforYou. It's a good way to tell our leaders who we are and what we need. The num bers are used to help determine the distribution of over $100 billion in federal funds and even more in state funds. We're talking hospitals, high ways, Stadiums and school lunch pro grams. Using census numbers to support their request for a new community center, senior citizens in one New En gland community successfully argued their case before county commission ers. ; ' . 4. Reduce Risk for American Busi ness. Because census numbers help industry reduce financial risk and lo cate potential markets, businesses are able to produce the products you want. ' "All the Basic Facts You Need t& Know to Start a New Business," a publication of the Massachusetts De- Eartment of Commerce, shoes small' usinesses how to use census numbers to determine the marketability of new products. ? i 5. Help Yourself and Your Family Individual records are held confiden tial for 72 years, but you can request a certificate from past censuses that can e used as proof to establish your age, residence or relationship, information that could help you qualify for a pen sion, establish citizenship or obtain an inheritance, j In 2072, your great grandchildrren may want to use census on elder care facility 1 998, they authorized the expenditure of $3 million in self-determination funds for the facility. The building will include 10 units for short-term stays and convalescence, 12 one-bedroom units and 18 two-bedroom units. The overall cost of the project is $3.5 million. A defining feature of the structure is the Tribal Room. The 30 foot by 38 foot room is for cultural, ceremonial and religious purposes. The room, United State nsu X ' information to research family history. Right now, your children may be using census information to do their home work. Because we've had a census every 10 years since 1790, we know how far America has come. It was not until 1 860, seventy years after the first census count was taken, that American Indians were counted in the census as a separate population category. Since 1960, in particular, the Census Bureau has made many changes in its methods of enumeration in a effort to get a more accurate and complete count for American Indians and Alaska Natives. In 1790, the first population census was taken in the United States. 1860 American Indians were counted as a separate population category for the first time,. 1890-1950, Census-takers mainly use observation to identify American Indians and Alaska Natives. 1960-1970, Self-identification re places observation as the primary ap proach to census-taking. ' ! ;"' ' In 1980 The Census Bureau be gins to actively seek American In dian and Alaska Native input into the census process by: ' Holding regional meetings with tribal leaders to discuss the census pro cess. Conducting workshops and distributing materials at national Ameri can Indian conferences. . , Providing American Indian like other Tribal soiritual and religious buildings, is positioned East to West. Although the facility is not yet a reality, it has already won a national award. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced in February that the Warm Springs Assisted Living Elder Care Facility had won the 'Best of Seniors Housing'. "The award exemplifies the kind of stunning, innovative and sensitive design solution called for in modern senior living environments," according to the NAHB. The award recognized projects for outstanding accessibility, marketability, affordability and lifestyle. The Warm Springs facility also won praise for cultural sensitivity. Leslie Marks, a spokesperson for the NAHB stated, "The Warm Springs Elder Care Center will welcome customs and traditions of three Native American tribes while providing adult day care, hospice care, convalescence care, meals on wheels and hemo-dialysis treatment to seniors in the surrounding community." The facility was designed by LRS Architects, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. The firm's president, William Ruff, referring to an awards banquet in December, said, "Warm Springs received a gold award and was first in category 'On the Boards Service Enriched.' What is more exciting is that out of the 90 submissions and 1 9 awards, Warm Springs was in the top three (3), LRS Architects, Inc. is very proud of accomplishments and positive feed back that was exhibited by the Tribe." According to project manager Herb Graybael, the facility will be completed in late May, 2000. There are currently 1 82 tribal members that are 60years-old orolder of the 3,866 enrolled members. The Warm Springs Elder Care Assisted living facility is located at 2321 Ollallie Lane, just a short distance from the Warm Springs Senior Center. Once completed, the facility will be managed by the Human Services Branch, under the direction of general manager Willie Fuentes. I A I !' 1 J jr m media with census public relation ma terials. Hiring American Indians and Alaska Native to work at the regional and headquarters levels. 1990 The Census Bureau increases its collaboration with the American Indian and Alaska Native population by: Creating the Tribal Govern ments Liaison Program, which encour ages Federally recognized tribes to ap point a tribal member to serve as the central contact between Census Bu reau staff and the tribe. Creating the Census Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. Hiring tribal members for local census planning and collection activi ties. Increasing the focus on self identification as an enumeration method. Instructing census takers to ask people to identify the race of each household member when filling out th6 questionnaire:""'" ' " ' ' Census Counts of American Indi ans and Alaska Natives, Until the middle of this century, the American Indian and Alaska Native census counts increased at a relatively gradual pace. By 1 960, however, the counts began to increase dramatically. The 1990 cen sus count for American Indians and Alaska Natives was more than 8 times what it had been at the turn of the fie WafteSFiriH ind SsraoTiPro 2ivouldxliIie to DnimuriityCent Tl It! rardfsa 8jiri;fr6n 10 tliildihg :hanlv6uitwa fppreciatea: AA, )ww.i'y First Nations Entertainment & Red Vinyl Record presents The Red Ryders Tour Star LoveHaidaSan Man MysticVersatileFlawless & Litefoot Sept. 25, 1999 8 6 p.m. At the WS Community Center Gym Tickets for sale at the WSCC office: $15.00 advanced $20 the door (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) Limited tickets for sale!! NOTE: 217 tickets must be sold by August 25 for the event to happen. So buy your tickets now. 1 Lvnn Holder is a Central Washington Native, of the Mcthow, Wenatchc'Pum, Entiat and Moses Bands, which are four out of twelve bands that represent the Col ville ConfederatedTribe. She was raised on the Spokane Indian reservation and graduated from their local public school. She married her high school sweetheart two weeks after graduation and they have been married for nearly 25 years. Lynn received her Bachelors of Arts Degree in Education from Eastern Wash ington University and completed her Mas ters in Education Specializing in Counsel ing Psychology from Washington State University. During her undergraduate stud ies she was recruited by the Spokane Tribe to work as an enumerator for the 1980 Census. She recalls her experience as unique for she knew all of the people whose households she visited. Lynn has worked for the Omak School District as an Indian Education Advisor, Student Services Coordinator, and School Counselor. She also worked in the Hu mane Services Department at Colville Confederated Tribes and became well known as a Tribal Administrator who as sisted Tribal Leaders with two Washing ton State Governor StateTribal Centen nial Accord Summits. She was also ap pointed to Governor's Committee for the department of Social and Health Services Indian Policy Council. Lynn will continue to operate her pri vate consulting business when the Census is complete. century. Getting ready for census 2000. Ex-j periences from past censuses and input, from American Indian and Alaska. Native people have provided the Cen-, sus Bureau with new ideas and new. challenges for conducting Census 2000. , Based on that feedback, the Census Bureau: , . . , t 0 Developed new enumerauon5 strategies to increase the completeness of the American Indian and Alaska, Native count. These strategies were, pilot-tested in 1996 on two rescrva-g tions Acoma Pueblo and trust lands, in New Mexico; and Fort Hall reserva tion in Idaho. 0 Conducted a dress rehearsal on' the Minominee reservation in Wiscon sin (1998) to test the overall Census 2000 process. 0 Incorporated the 1996 pilot test 1 and Census 2000 dress rehearsal find ings into the design of Census .2000 operation in tribal areas. ' ' 0 Renewed the Census Advisory Committee on the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. It is very important that All Ameri can Indians and Alaska Natives be counted in order to be able to get fund ing that is rightfully theirs. MfrStai than Cr!ll int. pjaim SI trie real ir J in.dn m 0k m m (