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cAffairs Superintendent, Gordon
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new BIA employees to the commu
. nity. Cannon expressed his gratitude
' jn a warm welcome.
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Upcoming events
Following is the warm apnnp
' '. Seniors Department schedule upcom-
. Ing activtics.
' ' 4th-Tuesday: 12 noon Tribal Tra-
Jditional foods mear, oiazerviMuu
T -!, , cames win oe snown vu "6
screen v. i " "
tcr. All sports fans welcome!
gth-Saturday : 7 p.m. Blazervision
youi Blazers vs Phoenix
,l2th-Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Bla7ejvision-Blazcrs vs Cleveland
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'i f -V', MLK DayTribal Depts. work
, ;18th-Tocsday: 5:30 p.m .Dialysis
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Everyone welcome! WS
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IV fanning meeting re: Honor Seniors
.l Day. Please bring your super fun
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VniJ-Saturday: Rose Garden 8
m prr Rnltridina. Senior van to
' . leave WS 10 a.m. Gals, go rope a
."fOuod'& tough rich cowboy!
24fh-Monday: ' 7 p.m.
' , Blaervisiori-Blazers vs New Jersey
'1 - -Z5th"-Tuesday: 5:30 Lil Miss WS
: r pageant Community Center
; ' 27th-Thursda'y: 7 p.m.
' , Blazervision-Your Blazers vs Utah
VAto hold clinic
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i 1 "Bind will hold a two-day enrollment
' fnrvrteransfrom8a.m.to4:30p.m.
i v M January 2 1-22,2000. Staff from the
', Portland 'VA Medical Center will
' ', ftlscy schedule veterans for an ap
: V T' u pointment at the Bend clinic and take
fhrtli- hhnfn fnr an ID card.
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' ,. January 21Veterans whose lastname
. . 1 begins with "M" to "Z" (along with
- those who were unable to attend on
January 2 1 ) will be seen on January
( The US Department of Veteran
Affairs now requires veterans to be
, ' , enrolled in the agency's national
,i lie CUniC Will sec vciciana uv
t , ; health care program before receiving
. treatment. The two-day event pro
vides an easy opportunity for veter
' ans to enroll for medical care and get
I t basic information about other VA
t a ' hnnpfits. A conv of the veteran s
discharge papers is required for en
rollment.
Questions about this event or v a
. ' benefits should be directed to the
' Jefferson County Veterans Service
V Officer at 475-5228. Office hours
aie Tuesday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
k Wednesday 1 to 4 p.m.
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; Publisher: Sid Miller
',' : Managing Editor: Selena T.Boise
ReporterPhotographer: Bob Medina
ReDorterPhotographer: Lenora Starr
t. i ReporterPhotographer: Taw James "TJ" Foltz
. Secretary: una Aguuar
Founded in
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated
Tritv-c nf Warm Snrines. Our offices are located in the
i basement of the Old Girl's
' -written materials to Spilyay
: SpDj ay Tymoo, P.O. Box
, (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274
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years." i ne auperinicnucru 4,u,
stantial back logs right now. We're
very lucky to have hired these people
with the experience they bring with
them. It's very unusual to receive
staff like this, we're very fortunate."
One of the new employees is
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for the seniors
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Duluth, MN.
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lst-Tuesday : 7 p.m. Blazervision
Blazers vs Chicago
14th-Monday: 5:30 p.m. Heart
Smart WS Agency Longhouse.
Come get a great start into the new
century! This event will be a special
& enjoyable time for you and your
family & friends to come learn more
about coping with and controlling
diabetes.
16th-Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Blazervision-Blazers vs New Jersey
24th-Thursday: 7 p.m.
Blazervision-Blazers vs Orlando
29th-Tuesday: 7 p.m.
Blazervision-Blazers vs LA Lakers
Iflarch
17th & 1 8th: Elders Honor Day
Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon
June .
Mth-Tuesday, annual Seniors
Day, new fairgrounds Redmond
20th-3rd Thursday 12noon Tribal
Elders Celilo Picnic
Aussisl
19th-22nd: NICOANational Con
ference at Duluth, MN
See Melissa regarding trip
fundraising activities or for further
information call (541) 553-3313
Alumni planned
The 1999-2000 salmon corps is
having a little get together for all the
special ones who completed the
salmon corps with a fullpartial schol
arship. We would appreciate it if all
of those who did so, please contact
the salmon corps department, as soon
ana leave a message, inaimyvu vcij
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Warm Springs, Oregon
Administrative Manager Cheryl L.
Lohman. She worked in Warm
Springs a few years ago, and said
"I'm glad to be back working with
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs. After
approximately 6 years working with
the US Army Corps of Engineers and
Office of Self-Governance, I learned
Outlook Forum 2000
For a fresh assessment of agri
cultural prospects and issues shap
ing your future, attend the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture's Outlook
Forum 2000. The meeting will take
place February 24 and 25, 2000 in
Arlington, VA. More than 100 in
dustry analysts, experts and produc-
Census day is
. .
The next Census Dav takes place
on April 1 of 2000, and efforts are
underway to make sure it gives a
better accounting of Native Ameri
cans than the last one is 1990.
That would be the one that
undercounted American Indiana
overall by 4.5 percent, and American
Indians living on reservations by 1 2.2
percent. An undercount of that mag
nitude is bound to have budgetary
repercussions, as federal program
guidelines often reference census
numbers. Funding for job training,
roads, homes, senior centers, bilin
gual education, Headstart, Low-Income
Home Energy Assistance,
Community Development Block
Grants, and a multitude of other
projects derives from census popula
tion figures. Yet Native Americans
were the most undercounted group
in the nation last time around.
The Census Bureau hopes to re
duce the undercount and achieve the
most accurate census ever of Native
Americans in 2000. Among other
corrective measures, the Census Bu
reau is actively seeking to hire tribal
members as enumerators. Tribal
members already know the area,
people, language and culture of res
ervations and urban neighborhoods.
Without this basic familiarity, enu
merators can miss individuals within
unconventional households, for in
stance when another person or fam
Work Experience Development Department news
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The WEDD team wants to wish
each Tribal Member, the commu
nity , the surrounding neighbors, other
associate agencies, and tribal pro
gram service providers a happy and
progressive new year! Let's all work
together. No doubt year 2000 will
offer challenge in several different
forms and the budget constraints will
create new opportunities to look at
things differently, work better to
gether, and bring out the best and
worst in people. Departments like
WEDD, count on effective leader
ship and everybody is a leader, all
of us working together better, and
just plain getting along with others.
We want to offer recognition and
our thank you to the supervisors who
have been doing their share of work
in the organization, the employees
who have worked hard to provide
good services that Warm Springs citi
zens and others can go to and feel
they got some form of help. Also the
community for allowing WEDD to
be part of their life, through the ser
vices we provide.
Sometimes we need to be re
minded that, out of challenges and
problems can come good! Past tribal
generations worked hard to get us to
the important things of today. We all
have an obligation to move forward
in a constructive way. Let's not
throw all those basic things aside and
discount the wisdom, leadership re
member everyone is a leader, and
good intentions. Rebuilding trust,
respect, accountability, and honor is
a good place to start. It starts with
that the greatest reward is working
directly with the Tribes, particularly
at the Agency level." Lohman said
her goal for the year 2000 is to assist
the Superintendent in exercising the
trust and fiduciary responsibilities to
the Tribes and to bring her office, the
Branch of Administration, function
ing up to full potential in providing
administrative support to the pro
gram officials, both tribally and fed-
cral,y- . c u
Tribal member Angelena Smith is
another new BIA employee. Smith is
of Wasco-Warm Springs descent. "I
have recently accepted a position with
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, em
ployed as the Superintendents' Sec
retary," Smith said. "I was previously
working as a Social Services Assis
tant before I transferred over, on a
special assignment, to the Superin
tendents' Secretary position. Smith's
prior work history includes inter
mittent secretary at Indian Health
Services, part-time Black Jack dealer
at Indian Head Casino, Chief Finan
cial Executive Secretary for The
Confederated Tribes and Vehicle
Pool Office Manager for the Tribe.
Smith is a single parent, with a
fifteen-year-old daughter, whom is a
freshman at Madras Senior High
School. "I enjoy spending time with
my family and friends, bowling,
walking, going to the movies,
bead-working, watching sports,
reading and gardening," Smith said.
"I am looking forward to being a
strong team player for The Bureau of
Indian Affairs," said Smith.
Sherry Johnson, a Supply Clerk
Technician, is an enrolled tribal
member of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe
set for Feb. 24-25
ers will speaK. lopics intiuue
in-depth commodity prospects plus
focus sessions on the impact of bio
technology, agribusiness mergers,
fanning under contract, e-commerce,
WTO talks, and much more. New
long term commodity projections will
be released at the meeting.
April 1, 2000
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ily occupies a particular dwelling in
addition to the head of household.
Whole households can be missed due
tn addressine discreoancies between
census records and local practices in
rural areas; And entire housing clus
ters can be overlooked if an enu
merator doesn't know the residential
geography an so doesn't take a cer
tain fork in the road, or scout around
behind a certain hill. Linguistic and
cultural considerations also contrib
ute to undercounting.
The Census Bureau is also going
all-out to earn the public's trust that
it can maintain confidentiality in the
computer age. By law, census an
swers are not shared with a single
government agency. No count of law
can find out individual answers, and
the Census Bureau cannot divulge
addresses to mainline houses or fund
raisers or anyone else. As more and
more data is digitized, Census Bu
reau information has come to be pro
tected by multiple high-tech security
measures; and published statistical
summaries cannot be connected to
individual answers. Census Bureau
employees cannot work as tax col
lectors, assessors or law enforcement
officials. They take an oath when
they are hired as to the privacy of
information they may collect, and
they are subject to fines and impris
onment if they break it.
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tne power oi our people ana inoe u
everyone did their part as an em-
ployee and as a tribal member! Good,
good things.
At WEDD, we've come to a place
where we can talk to each other about
things that need to be said and some
things are hard to say, because the
truth can hurt. As a team, we are
working on individual accountabili
ties which impact overall job perfor
mance so we can serve you, our com
munity and other service providers,
in a better way. We are working
toward rebuilding trust inside and
outside our area.
Our 1999 accomplishments in
clude: A huge $2 million dollar
youth opportunity grant that will
cover a 5-year span and create up 22
important youth positions, was com
pleted and submitted to Washington,
D.C. We improved our JTPA Pro
gram services and reporting. We
built 7 houses during the year. We
prepared and submitted an Afford
able Housing & Dev. Prog, expan
sion plan to management. In our
Special Work Projects, we learned
about tree planting, gopher trapping,
tree thinning, and slashing and ob
tained some forestry contracts to
ward program self-sufficiency. We
served 68 adult TMs with a training
slot of which 7 were apprentices. We
served 15 adults in JTPA slots. We
served 26 youth in JTPA and 1 08 TM
youth in the tribal program with sum
mer jobs; and 20 youth with either
partway work or after school work.
Support services: helped 4 w ith eye
from Dulce, New Mexico. Johnson
was born and raised on her reserva
tion. "I am a recent graduate of the
Oregon State University with a
Bachelor of Arts Degree," said John
son. "I was able to take some classes
on the Warm Springs Reservation
from Oregon State University which
helped me to complete my degree.
My husband is Bud Johnson who is
employed by the Branch of Forestry.
We have four daughters, and one
grandson." Johnson said she enjoys
spending time with her grandson and
doing bcadwork in her spare time. "I
have been out of the work force for
about 20 years. I appreciate the pa
tience of all the people that I work
with while I learn my job. I also
appreciate the opportunity to work
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs." ,
The new Administrative Program
Assistant is Ruth Adams. She is a
Jcmez Pueblo tribal member in New
Mexico. "My goals are to study and
learn the Administrative Operation
program for better, faster, and most
effective ways to be able and do
anything related to my job, ana to
provide overall assistance to my su-
pcrvisor, said Adams.
"As the Administrative Program
Assistant, we want to be able and
V.n?
RIA personnel issues. I consider
myselt tortunatc to ooiain mis posi
tion with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
I am happy to be back in Warm
Springs, closer to my grandchildren,
family, and friends," said Adams.
You can visit their website at
www.picture.com. For further infor
mation, contact Pat Reynolds (410)
363-4800.
IAIA seeks to recognize leaders
Th Institute of American Indian at the Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque
Arts (IAIA) had its share of ups and
downs in 1999, particularly with its
battle for Congressional funding.
Through it all, though, there has been
overwhelming support from Pueblo
Governors and the Chairman of the
All Indian Pueblo Council.
On December 16, 1999, IAIA
President Delia Warrior presented
personalized certificates to New
Mexico's s 19 Pueblo Governors and
the All Indian Pueblo Council ( AIPC)
Chairman, Stanley Pino, recogniz
ing each of them as members of the
IAIA's Society of Warriors. The
; Society of Warriors was established
in 1998. Through its Society of War
riors the IAIA seeks to recognize
Indian leadership throughout Indian
country, past, present and future.
Certificates of Appreciation were also
presented to each Pueblo Tribal
Council for its support through tribal
resolutions. The ceremony took place
Free poetry contest deadline
is Jan. 15, 2000
The International Library oi ro-
etry has announced that $58,000 in
prizes will be awarded this year in
the International Open Poetry Con
test. Poets from the Warm Springs
area, particularly beginners, are wel
come to try to win their share of over
250 prizes. The deadline for the con
test is January 15, 2000. The contest
is open to everyone and entry is
FREE.
"Any poet whether previously
published or not, can be a winner,"
stated Howard Ely, Contest Direc
tor. "When people learn about our
free poetry contest, they suddenly
realize that their own poetic works of
art can wish cash prizes, as well as
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and 1 adult with transportation costs.
We handled over 6300 phone calls;
had over 3400 personal contacts
these numbers include several phone
calls contacts from the same indi
viduals. The WEDD Special Work
Project built a fence line along Hol
lywood Blvd., and in the Tenino Apt.
area, and rebuilt the Senior Program
firewood storage area fence for them.
There are numerous other accom
plishments made by participants and
the WEDD team-too many to put in
this article.
Our 1999 challenges have been:
Not enough funds to serve all cus
tomers with a training slot that could
really benefit; inadequate local self
sufficiency classroom training; only
being able to serve 27 of the tribal
youth with work development op
portunity; trying to find a balance
that works between the welfare re
form backlash and declining tribal
funds; not enough work sites willing
to be a teachertrainer or mentor for
non-participating adults and youth.
With more Tribal Members becom
ing eligible for their Oregon Driver
License, the tribe doesn'thave a State
Certification to make available cer
tificates of completion to those that
have met all the requirements to sat
isfy court judgments that require ei
ther treatment, out patient help,
completion of aftercare, or other veri
fiable means to gain alcoholdrug
counseling. ThL is an obstacle to
Tribal Members having proof of
completion and keeps them from
Spilyay Tymoo
Photo contest
deadline is 331
The International Library of Pho
tography is pleased to announce that
over $60,000.00 in prizes will be
awarded this year in the International
Open Amateur Photography Contest.
Photographers from the Warm
Springs area, particularly beginners,
are welcome to try to win their share
of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline
for the contest is March 31, 2000.
The contest is open to everyone and
entry is FREE.
"Everyone has at least one memo
rable photo that captures a special
moment in time," stated Jeffrey
Bryan. Contest Director. "When
people learn about our free photog
raphy contest they suddenly realize
that their own favorite photos can
win cash prizes, as well as gain na
tional exposure," continued Bryan.
To enter, send ONE photograph
in ONLY ONE of the following cat
egories; People, Travel, Pets, Chil
dren, Sports, Nature, Action, Hu
mor, Portraiture or Other. The photo
must be a color or black-and-white
print, unmounted, 8" x 1 0" or smaller.
All entries must include the
,,nlopranhcr-snamCand address on
wc a$ ,he mcgQTy and
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Photography, Suite 101-
9007, 3600 Crondall Lane, Owings
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Mills, MD 21117. Entries must be
postmarked by March 31, 2000.
The International Library of Pho
tography is an organization dedicated
to bringing the work of amateur pho
tographers to the public's attention.
during a meeting of the All Indian
Pueblo Council.
President Warrior also presented
the Society of Warriors Indian Lead
ership Award to the Honorable
Walter Dasheno, Govenor of Santa
Clara Pueblo in 1999. Govenor
Dasheno has served eight terms as
Govenor of Santa Clara Pueblo and
is Chairman of the New Mexico Com
mission on Indian Affairs. He as also
served as Chairman of the Eight
Northern Pueblos Governor's Coun
cil and is a member of the Northern
New Mexico Community College
Advisory Board, among other titles.
The Indian Leadership Award seeks
to recognize modern day warriors
and is presented to a nauonal tribal
leader for exceptional dedication and
service to hisher people and for his
her efforts to maintain and preserve
native arts and culture.
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To enter, send ONE original poem,
any subject and any style to: The
International Library of Poetry, Suite
19907, 1 Poetry Plaza; Owing Mills,
MD 21 1 17. The poem should be 20
lines or less and the poet's name and
address should appear on the top of
the page.
Entries must be postmarked or
sent via the Internet by January 15,
2000. You may also enter online at
ww.poetry.com
The International Library of Po
etry, founded in 1982 is the largest
poetry organization in the world.
For further information contact:
Pamela Roberts (410) 356-2000.
being eligible to get their ODL. We
share this because there is an increas
ing amount of people who ought to
become eligible for their ODL after
being without a license for 5-1 0 years.
Plans for year 2000 include: Fi
nalizing plans and implementing a
Women's Work Project; finalizing
plans for the Young Warrior Project
will serve 18-25 yr. old males,
implement year one of the five year
grant; seek out other grants and write
grant proposals to help meet needs;
enhance our partnerships; and tran
sition from what is now known as
JTPA to the new WIA Workforce
Investment Act. We anticipate a
very busy new year filled with new
customers coming in to seek training
slots. We hope to partner with the
Senior Program on firewood services
since we cut wood. Due to the bud
get cuts made, we plan to do some
department fund-raising with the help
of participant in the programs, to
help get things that are needed and to
off-set training needs. In closing, we
commit to working toward improv
ing the way we conduct our services,
which includes attitude, outlook,
customer relations, job performance
accountability, work attendance,
teamwork, and communications.
We'd like to hear from community
members with feedback or input Call
us at 553-3324 or come by.
Respectfully Submitted,
Marcia, Corey, Frances, Carlos,
Verleen, Melinda, Laura, and
Morris
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