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Toni Made, Renee Silversmith-Wewa,
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by Lenora Starr
According to the National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control ap
proximately 75 of female American
IndianAlaskan Native homicide vic
tims are killed by someone they know;
almost one-third are killed by family
members.
In Warm Springs, the Victims of
Crime Services served 136 clients in
1998 and 234 clients in 1999. Toni
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By Lenora Starr
Hattie Kauffman, CBS New Cor-.
respondent was the keynote speaker
at the Youth Leadership in Business
Conference held at Kah-Nee-Ta Re
sortMay 26, 2000. Hattie is a four-time
Emmy award winning television news
correspondent. In 1989 she became
the first Native American journalist to
report on a national broadcast.
Hattie offered advice to the junior
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By Lenora Starr
The 17th Annual Gathering of Na
tions pow-wow held at the University
of New Mexico Pit attracted more than
2,800 Native American dancers, 48
drums and thousands of spectators.
Aurelia Stacona placed 2nd in the
Golden age Women's Buckskin cat
egory and Charles Tailfeathers took
the Northern Men'sTradiUonal Cham
pionship. Thev each took home a por
tion of G.O.N.'s $100,000 in prize
monies.
The Gathering of Nations is the
premier event for the Miss Indian
Marie Calica, Lea Wilson and Jolene
Made, Victims of Crime, Women's
Children's Services Coordinator, "I
don't believe there is any more vio
lence in Warm Springs than before. I
believe the people arc ready now to
take a stand against violence in Warm
Springs. Please know that we (Victims
of Crimes Services) are here for you
and we do not judge you. We will
support your decision and choices. We
will represent you and be your voice in
your time of need."
and senior high school students, "What
ever business it is you choose to be in,
you have to seize the opportunities."
She offered as an example the time she
was an apprentice at KING TV in
Seattle sacrificing many of her week
ends to get the story. Any time some
one wanted time off she would volun
teer to be the reporter for any event
assigned to her. Getting those stories
and working overtime started opening
doors allowing her more television air-
Age Women's Buckskin
World. This year, Lillian Sparks, a
Rosebud Sioux residing in Maryland
will travel worldwide as Miss Indian
World 2000. Although Miss Warm
Springs 2000, Alyssa Macy was not
chosen as Miss Indian World, she did
capture the spotlight to be honored
with a trophy for being the best public
speaker. Twenty four young women
competed for the title this year.
History was made when the 19
Pueblo Tribes of New Mexico gath
ered together for their first public per
formance. Never has all the 19 tribes
gathered together for such an event
Although they are Pueblos, their style
Providing a Safe Haven for
The Victims of Crimes Services
wide a variety of services to victims
f crimes. Among these services is
trisis intervention which include coun
;eling at the scene of the crime, safe
dicker, emotional support and court
idvocacy. They also provide referral
icrviecs.emergency transportation and
:ommunity awareness presentations.
ccording to their pamphlet, the VOCS
irogram of fers 24 hour safe shelter for
x:ople who are in need of protection
rom domestic violence. Victims of
:rime arc respected and treated with
lignity and compassion. The VOCS
Department is here to provide support,
nformationa nd assistance for victimes
f crime. Their mission is to promote
he safety und justice of all crime servics
n our community.
Marie Calica is the director of the
ictims of Crime Services and is re
ponsiblc for keeping the program run
nine smoothlv. She continually seeks
grant monies that keeps the VOCS
program operating. Currently VOCS
receives a minimum of llircc grants.
The grant dollars have fully furnished
the Victims of Crime Services build
ing. Grant monies make up the bulk of
the budget. Without the grant assis
tance and the magnanimity of volun
teers it would hardly be possible for
the VOCS to continue it's services.
Jolene Boise, Secretary for VOCS
handle the administrative duties and
assists wherever she's needed says,
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time. She recalls one of her colleagues
getting mad at her and saying, "Oh
you ! Hatue Kauffman, you would cover
the rats in the sewer having a meeting
atmidnight!"She laughs at that memory'
now but it was her dedication and hard
work which earned her the bi g break to
be the first Native American Journalist
to file a report on a national broadcast
ing network. It was on ABC World
News Tonight with Peter Jennings'.
Since that time she has spoken to vic
of dress was different and there songs
are different. They had to come to
gether to learn a song together and
dance together. At they paraded in
onto the floor from the tunnel of the
pit, the announcer rallied a roar from
the crowed when he announced the
"The Pueblos obviously survived the
Spanish attack on their people, be
cause here they are. All 19 Pueblos
Tribes of New Mexico, dancing and
singing before us."
Another historical event took place.
Presidential Candidate Al Gore made
a brief appearance at the Gathering of
Nations Pow-wow.
For a spectator seeing a pow-wow
this large for the first time, the event
was overwhelming. The grand entry
of dances dressed in their finest rega
lia descending from the stairs of the
arena to the floor of the pit to dance
behind the flags of our nation. Danc
ers from all over the United States and
Canada joining together on the floor
for one grand entry, the colors swirl
ing together make it difficult to distin
guish one dance from another.
MariJo Moore featured writer in
the Gathering of Nations official pro
gram offers her insight as to why the
Native American people dance, "To
dance is to pray is to heal, to heal is to
give, to give is to live, to live is to
dance. These lines express my belief
that the dances of American Indians
are beautiful metaphors for celebrat
ing life to the fullest."
Entertainment was provided while
dancers took a break. Among the en
tertainment were Northern Lights from
Alaska. They were a group of youth
who demonstrated a variety of cul
tural dances indigineous to their tribes.
Other entertainers included Lewis
Burns from Australia, Delphine
Tsinajinne, Chief Billie w ith his band
and Aragon Star and her band.
The Indian Traders' Market was
set up adjacent to the arena under a big
tent. Inside the tent were artists sell
ing, turquoise and silver jewelry, sand
paintings, bead work, tanned buckskin,
and almost anvthine vou can imaeine
"I'm more aware of the issues of bat
tered women. I'm aware now that there
is a place for them to go and I think that
it's good that they have a place to go. I
think that it's excellent (hat there is
program to help them." She trans
ferred from the legal aid department
and adds, "It's like jumping the fence.
Before in legal aid, we were defending
the criminals and here we prosecute
them." She notices, "Most of the abuse,
is because of alcohol abuse."
Lea Wilson is the Indian Women's
Prosecutor for Victims of Climes Ser
vices. She attended the Central Oregon
Community College and transferred to
Syracuse University in New York
where she studied Political Philosophy
and Prc-law as well as ethnic studies.
She received a community service
scholarship and worked at the Central
Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance
(COBRA) House and that is when she
knew that she wanted to work with
minorities, "I knew where I wanted to
go in life. This is evcryting I wanted to
do. I feel like I'm helping women and
children and the true keepers of the
land. Just because I'm not Native
American doesn't mean I don't care
from my heart because I do truly care,
my mother is from Spain. I want to
learn about the culture. I have been
listening to the elders when they speak
to me and I listen about the rituals."
Lea Wilson says that victims of
crime develop a "learned helplessness
Hattie Kauffman Speak To Youth In Business Seminar
tims of Columbine, residents of a Ha
waiian leper colony, a grandmother on
death row and Mexican residents mak
ing their living from scavenging gar
bage. She remembers after a request
from her producer having to reluc
tantly ask one of the Mexican residents
"What's the most valuable thing you
own?" Expecting to get a video shot of
the woman showing a cup or some
thing, Hattie is pleasantly surprised to
hear the woman respond, "Mi familia"
which translates to "my family."
Reina Estimo, a tribal member
graduating from Madras this year is
hoping to become a journalist. She
asked Hattie what Hollywood actors
she has interviewed. Hattie has inter
viewed Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff
Goldblume, Elizabeth Taylor and other
celebrities.
A daredevil adventure series fea
tured Hattie rock climbing, white wa
ter rafting, mountain climbing and
scuba diving with dolphins. She's fea
tured on a baseball card in underwater,
gear with the dolphins. s , J
li- Colleen Roba owner of the Cart
toons Espresso and herdaughter Roch
elle were the next featured speakers. "I
took a 10 week business class and it
took me three years to get my business
grant. I learned about the business by
trial and error," Colleen Roba, Some
of the advice Colleen offered to the
students who may want to start a small
business is to do a lot of research, "We
went to a lot of coffee huts to check out
the quality of the machines and the
products. The owners were really will
ing to share what they knew of the
business." In her closing comments ,
she said, "You make life what you
want it to be. No one will do it for you."
Her daughter Rochelle explained that
they would be venturing out along the
highway formore business. "There's a
Springers In Dance & Speaking
that can be created by the hands ot for $3 a pjece, mote the traditions and culture of Na
artists. Just outside the tent were the The Gathering of Nations Commit- tive American People in the most posi
food vendors selling everything from tee jn me process of planning the tive manner possible. Also to provide
bar-b-que chicken to fry bread. Fry next gathering. They are non-profit Native and Non-Natives people to par
bread made by the Pueblos was selling organization who's vision is to pro- ticipatc, practice, teach and exchange
trihal traHilinns amnna all tribes.
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Lillian Sparks is the new Miss Indian
selected as the best public speaker
Victims of Domestic Violence
and it becomes a deep seated problem."
VOCS demonstrates the cycle of
violence being feelings of tension build
ing to anger and fear which builds into
an explosion and than a calmness of
loving and contriteness where the bat
ter makes promises in his state of guilt
and remorse, such as "It will never
happen again."
There are many reasons why a bat
tered woman will continue the rela
tionship with the batterer. According to
information from the VOCS some of
them are: A battered woman often faces
the most danger when she tries to leave.
She may be threatened with violence
and death if she tries to leave.
Many women have been trained to
believe that they arc inferior to men,
having less value than men and it is
their job to serve the men in their lives.
Many women arc so emotionally
damaged that they have lost their self
esteem and their own ability to cope
with an unknown or difficult situlation.
Battered women experience para
lyzing fear and they believe there is no
place for them to go.
The Warm springs Victims of
Crimes Services Staff want the com
munity to know that there is place to go.
When a call is made to the Warm
Springs Tribal Police Department, a
responding officer will ask the victim if
they would like any to speak to some
one from the Victims of Crimes Ser
vices Program. Once the officer and
lot of traffic that comes through there."
Dalles Stovall, Chief Executive
Officer of the Bright Wood Corpora
tion headquartered in Madras was the
next featured speaker. The Bright
Wood Corporation is a secondary lum
ber remanufacturing plant selling it's
products from any of their 14 plants
and ships them all over the World
Brightwood also owns a plant in New
Zealand.
His father founded Bright Wood in
1960. He and his siblings inherited the
company after his father passed away.
He told the students, "We have a lot in
common. Do you know what that is?
I inherited my company. What will
you inherit? You will inherit this res
ervation. That's a big responsibility.
Your elders had a good vision. They
wanted to have good childcare, good
medical care and elder care. What do
you have to do to keep it going? Build
revenue. What will you contribute to
the vision?"
He said the most important thing to
becoming a successful business is,
"You have to be able to work (with
people." He Continues, "Another good
attribute is listening." He says a good
leader is a good organizer and is good
at listening.
In one form or another, two words
resonated from each of the featured
speakers. "Hard work," was the two
words that echoed throughout the ses
sions. Dalles shared with the young audi
ence how his father was a cotton picker
from Arkansas and dirt poor. Yet
through his hard work he became a
successful business owner and man
aged to put his children through col
lege. Mike Ahem of Ahcrn's Grocery
and Deli was another featured speaker.
He offered this as advice to the stu-
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the victim determine the services of
VOCS is necessary, a call is made to
VOCS. The responding VOCS staff
will assess the situation keeping in
mind that the safety of the victim is the
main priority. From there it will be
decided where to keep the victim safe
and what other services can be pro
vided. Renee Silversmith-Wewa is an
Advocate with the VOCS. She recruits
volunteers for the program where they
presently have 14 volunteers. She was
recruited by Sister Pauline to be a vol
unteer. She says, "Sister Pauline is a
big influence on me. Two years ago we
went on a Domestic Violence Aware
ness walk and Sister Pauline convinced
me to volunteer." Rcncc's goal is to be
a registered nurse, "But right now I
want to help these people. God changed
my Plans.'1
Renee says that the volunteers arc a
vital part of the VOCS program. Many
volunteers are neded: office, on call
crisis response, oncallshclterresponse,
fund raising, public relations, transpor
tation and other areas. If you would like
to become a volunteer contact Renee
Silversmith-Wewa or other staff at the
Victims of Crime Service Program.
VOCS, "We believe in the right of each
and every person, to live their lives free
of violence. The VOCS provide Ser
vices to all people of our nation and
community who are survivors of violence.
Formore information cal!553-2293.
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dents: Work hard, be dedicated, take
care of the customer, take care of the
employees and always look at chang
ing. Fred Wallulatum who offered a
praycr to open the workshop asked
Mike, "What's the recipe for the
chicken?" Mike is keeping that a se
cret along with the secret sauce.
Robert Macy, Sr. owner of the
Warm Springs Market, "When you
get into a business, you have to apply
yourself 6-7 daysaweek, 14-16hours
a day." He talked about the many
frustrations of running a retail busi
ness, taxes on charges accounts, people
not paying their charge accounts, em
ployees not showing up to work, and
the time and effort it lakes to run a
business. He did comment on the one
thing to avoid, "An absentee manager
is a good target to get taken (embezzle
ment)." Me and my wife won't leave
the store more than 5 days. Although a
good amount of money comes through
the store, the Macy's are fortunate to
see 6 of that money once the bills are
paid. ' ' : '
. Ron Suppah was the last speaker,
He offered this advice, "Work hard
and select good people. He he told the
students the vision has to be accepted
by yourself and your team. Know the
tribal process. Have a good business
plan. Utilize the experts, such as the
small business center staff. Know your
Land Use Committee. Lobby. Know
your Tribal Council. Know the Tribal
Realty process. And he closes with,
"Stay positive and have a good atti
tude, work hard and just do it."
The students had an opportunity to
. attend a dance in the evening and fin
ish out the conference the next day
with some closing statements by Mike
Clements and a networking luncheon.
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