Image provided by: The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Warm Springs, OR
About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 2001)
12 January 11,2001 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo Job openings Adult Community Education Vocational RehabilitationVocational Rehabilitation Secretary. Contact Tricia Sahme 553-4952. Natural Resources Fire Mgmt Fire Management Officer, full time. Contact Mark Jackson 553-2416 Open Until Filled. Natural Resources ForestryStaff Support Assistant, Full Time. Contact Theresa Morris 553-2413. Public Safety Police Department Communications Full time. Contact Indian Head asino Openings Blackjack training Indian Head Casino will be of fering free blackjack training in Janu ary. Training will begin on Monday, January 22, 2001 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Classes will run in eight-hour sessions. An average of four days per week for four weeks. Becoming a certified Blackjack Dealer requires 96 hours of training and pass an audi tion. Upon completion of a full 96 hours and passing an audition to be come a certified Blackjack dealer, positions hired by Indian Head Ca sino will begin on a part-time basis. To sign-up for training, please con tact II IC Human Resources depart- Lee Ann Tufti 553-3272. Public Safety Police DeptVLieu tenant of Corrections. Contact Don Courtney 553-3272. Public UtilitiesSanitation Envi ronmental Technician, Full Time. Contact Nancy Collins 553-4943, Open Until Filled. Surveillance Observer, Part Time & Full Time. Contact David Therricn or Michelle Stacona 553-2413. 1 Full-Time Position-closes January 15, 2001. Experience re quired. Both GL and AP experience will be considered. Wage depending on experience. Benefits. Qualifica tions: computerized AP and 1099 experience preferred. Must be skilled in 10-key and spreadsheets. Excell preferred. Revenue audit andor Ca sino experience a PLUS. Jefferson Co. Sch. Dist. 509-J openings Educational Assistant at Madras High School; Forestry Teacher at Madras High School and a Temp. 5 grade teacher position (ends June 1 2, 200 1 ) at Jefferson Co. Middle School. Interested candidates should con tact: Jefferson Co School District. 509-J; 445 SE Buff Street; Madras, Indian Head Trail Restaurant Close Out sale on video movies All titles reduced to $5 each also CD's & cassettes for sale Notice given The Indian Warrior. . . Information and tips for Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Military Veterans. "My life is different after that happened and I don't know why. At first it didn't seem to bother I, Valerie (Switzler) me, but now I have terrifying dreams about it and can't seem to get it out of my mind. All I want Aguilar, will not be responsible js t0 be left alone. My family and friends want me to be the way I used to be, to forget it, but I'm for any debts incurred other t thc same pcrson , ,h ht , cou,d f cl aboul it Nvhcn j got out but it got worsCi in don't than my own as of December , r , - , , . i i i i i -n. i j l .u i 2nd 2000 navc a couple of drinks I can t get to sleep, and now I m drinking more. The kids bother me a lot, Court notice- Warm Springs Composite news Happy New Year from WSCP Congratulations go out to Mcllissa Kibby and Clarence Dalin. They have been chosen as employee of the month for November and De cember, respectively. They were cho sen based on attendance, attitude and their hard work for the entire month. Warm Springs Composite Prod ucts has enjoyed a wonderful year 2000. We have made great strides in improving and strengthening our po sition within the fire door industry. During the year we have set numer ous milestones for this young, up and coming company. Most important is that fact that we have been able to increase our total sales for the year by more than 20 over total sales of a successful 1999. During the year 2000 we have been able to be profitable for every single month and in 1999 there had been only one month during the year where we had not shown a profit. That in itself is an accomplishment for our employees to take pride in. Another milestone for this company is that in November of this year we had all time sales month with August being a close second. A huge thanks goes out to our employees, they are our most valu able assets. Only with their total com mitment and dedication has all this been possible. During this year we have enjoyed that fact that our cur rent crew has been the most tenured since the very beginning. We as a company have come a long way since our humble begin nings and hopefully these past few years are only a glimpse of that which lies ahead. Hopefully 2001 will offer us the opportunity to continue to im prove upon what we have already begun. WSCP hopes that everyone had a safe and happy Holiday Season! Alberta Comcdown-Libby Petitioner vs. Heather Duncan Respondent Summons For Publication Case No. 1)081-98 To Heather Duncan , ' You are hereby notified that a petition for Modification has been filed with the Warm Springs Tribal Court. By this notice you arc .summoned to appear in this matter at a hearing scheduled for 2:00 p.m., on the 3 1st day of January, 2001, at the Warm Springs Tribal Court. All of thc facts of the case will be heard at this hearing, including evidence you wish to present. You must appear to present your argument or the other side will au tomatically win. The Petitioner, Alberta Comcdown-Libby may then be given all that is asked for in the petition for Modification. The Petitioner will be present at the hearing. If you desire to person ally argue your side of the case, you may have a legal aide, spokesperson or attorney appear on your behalf at your expense. If you have any questions, you should seek legal advice immedi ately. Dated at Warm Springs, Oregon, this 20th day of December, 2000. Lola Sohappy Chief Judge, Warm Springs Tribal Court and I'm pretty irritable and snap at everybody for nothing, really. I've had a lot of jobs since I got out, but I can't seem to keep them for long, I don't like to be around people. I sit with my back to the wall whenever I can. Loud noises bother me, and I feel more comfortable with a weapon. At night I check the doors and windows several times before I can relax. Night is bad, I hear all the neighborhood noises, dogs barking, car doors slamming, people talking..." Michael to serve as acting As sistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt has named Michael J. Ander son, as Acting Assistant Secretary -Indian Affairs until the end of the Clinton Administration. Mr. Ander son has been serving in the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary - In dian Affairs. He succeeds Kevin Gover, who resigned on January 3, 2001. Prior to becoming Deputy Assis tant Secretary in 1995, Anderson served as Associate Solicitor for In dian Affairs. Before joining the Solicitor's Office in August, 1993, Anderson served as Executive Direc tor of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).' From 1991-1992, Anderson practiced en vironmental law with the firm of McKenna & Cuneo. In 1 99 1 , he was Associate Counsel and, later, General Counsel for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs' Special Committee on Investigations, Mr. Anderson, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1980 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. Home for sale 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen With island, 2 pantries, linen closet, living room, dining room, fam ily room, sunroom, 5-seat Jacuzzi, screened patio, woodstove & fire place, carpeted throughout, cyclone fence with large yard, private, located in the timber among the pines. $137,000 with appraisal. May see by appointment only. Contact Tricia Courtney at 553 4952. Must be able to procure a Tribal loan. BIA issues final determination on the recognition of the Chinook Indian TribeChinook Nation One tribe's 22-year journey through the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) process for federal recognition ended this afternoon when Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Kevin Gover signed the final determination in favor of federal acknowledgement for the Chinook Indian TribeChi nook Nation of Washington State in a ceremony at the Department of the Interior's main building in Washing ton, D.C. "Today, we have the op portunity to address directly a histori cal injustice lasting many years," said Assistant Secretary Gover, "The Chi nook rejoin the family of Tribal Na tions acknowledged by the United States." Present at the signing were Chi nook Chairman Gary Johnson and a delegation of tribal council represen tatives and tribal members. "This is a great day for the Chinook people," said Chairman Johnson, "We are grateful to everyone who supported our recognition. Throw out the books that say the Chinook do not exist." Deputy Assistant Secretary - In dian Affairs Michael J. Anderson and BIA Deputy Commissioner M. Sharon Blackwell also signed the fi nal determination, which was Assis tant Secretary Gover' s last official act on his final day with the Interior De partment. The Chinook Indian TribeChi nook Nation is located in eastern Washington State with significant portions of the approximately 2,000 member tribal population having lived along the shores of Willapa Bay and the Columbia River 25 to 45 miles to the south and southeast of Bay Center. The tribe first treatied with the United States in 1851. De spite suffering through decades of neglect by the federal government, tribal members maintained tribal and cultural traditions. In 1979, the tribe notified the BIA of its intent to sub mit a petition for federal recognition to the agency's Branch of Federal Acknowledgement and Research (BAR). Assistant Secretary Gover made his final determination based on docu mentary and interview evidence, which in 1997 formed the basis for a proposed finding not to acknowledge the Chinook Indian TribeChinook Nation, and an analysis of informa tion and comments received in re sponse to the proposed finding from third parties and the tribe itself. He reached additional factual conclusions after con ducting a review and analysis of the existing record in light of the addi tional evidence. A review of the 1997 proposed finding and information submitted by the Chinook Indian TribeChinook Nation and third par ties established that the tribe had met all seven mandatory criteria from first contact to the present under 1978 regulations on recognition. The Assistant Secretary also con cluded the Chinook Indian TribeChi nook Nation had been acknowledged by Congress in 1925, thus meeting 1994 regulations requiring that a pe titioner demonstrate historical conti nuity for the period commencing from the time of previous acknowledgement to the present. The Chinook Indian TribeChinook Na tion was therefore determined to have met the critieria under both the 1978 and 1994 regulations. The final determination, which reverses the proposed finding, be comes effective 90 days after being published in the Federal Register. The full text of Assistant Secre tary Gover' s remarks can be accessed via the BIA's web site at http: Want to Subscribe to Spilyay Tymoo? Are you Moving? Send Subscription or change of address to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 M any veterans can relate to this statement, which was made by one among their mem bers. While we can all be placed in dangerous situa tions in our society, military service can be especial ly hazardous. Besides the obvious risk in combat, there arc other special risks as well. There are many potentially dangerous situations, from training with arms, explosives and large machinery to the possibility of transportation accidents, or interper sonal violence. Some incidents may cause physical injuries which arc easily recognized, but many can cause emotional damage as well. Emotional damage can occur from surviving an event where one's life, or thc lives of others emotion ally close to one are threatened. Emotional scarring can also happen if one or those close to one have sur vived frightening events. It is called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by mental health professionals. In the 1860's this emotional response was called "railroad spine." It was related to railroad workers who had been exposed to life threatening accidents and were reluctant to return to work. They often reported back pain, but there were no physical injuries. They also were nervous, had night marcs, depression and sleeplessness. During the Civil War, Dr. Decosta, a U.S. Army surgeon, reported high levels of tension, fast heart rale, inability to sleep, and fear about returning to combat. This response to combat was called "soldiers heart." During World War I, this same phenomena was called by a more familiar term, "shell shock." Thc thinking of the medical profession at that time was that tremendous shelling caused small blood vessels in the brain to burst. The symptoms included running amok, jumpiness, irritability, trouble sleeping, and physical tremors. World War II brought us "battle fatigue," a term which started with the U.S. forces in Tunisia, North Africa. The battle field medical personnel found that rest, food and returning soldiers to their units helped them to deal with their emotional and physi cal problems related to combat. In the Korean War, the term "gross stress reaction" was used to describe the emotional turmoil that was a result of combat and being a prisoner of war. During the Vietnam War, there were very few battlefield emotional casualties. The emotional distress began to show later, after the veterans returned home from their one-year combat tours. This delay in the appearance of symptoms was called "delayed stress reaction" and "post-Vietnam syndrome." In the 1970s, other terms started being used to describe the same emotional response, but caused by other traumatic events, such .as "rape trauma," "battered woman syndrome," "police officers shooting trauma," and "abused child syndrome." In the late 1970s the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) sponsored psychological research into the emotional aftermath of battle on Vietnam veterans. The research was called the Forgotten Warrior Project. As a result of this research, the DAV opened centers for Vietnam veterans and their families in 70 cities around the country. The services included assistance in obtaining counsel ing, obtaining veterans' benefits and access to employment and training programs, as well as other services. In the early 1980s, following the DAV's success in developing treatment tech niques, thc Veterans Administration (VA) began its Vet Center program, designed specifically to treat veterans and their families for trauma-related ' emotional difficulties. As the Vet Center program grew, thc DAV phased out its outreach initiative. Since 1980, the American Psychiatric Association has included "Post-traumatic stress disorder" in its official diagnostic manuals. The , current diagnostic manual is used worldwide as the bible of mental difficulties. Thc diagnosis of ITSD is given to people who have been confront ed with events which seem to be potentially harmful to themselves or others. The people responded to the event or series of events with intense fear, hopelessness or horror. Not just those surviving the event are included among Ff SD's victims, but those who think that a harm ful event is about to happen to them or to a loved , one or close friend. 'IVaumatized people describe psychological reliving the event in several ways. Thinking about it a lot when they are not trying to remember it is one way. It seems that the memories just pop into their minds. Some tell of occasional nightmares about the trauma; others recount becoming very upset when reminded of it. Flashbacks' give vic tims thc feelings and sensation of returning to the scene where the trauma was experienced. Many have guilty or shameful feelings despite the fact that the trauma was not their fault. Many actively avoid things that remind them of the trauma, such as not watching certain movies or TV shows, not talking about it or avoid ing certain locations fhat bring back the memo ries. Some periodically become depressed, feel ,. that they are living on borrowed time or experi ence difficulty having fun. Many have trouble remembering some major portion of the trauma. Most feel that they have been changed, that they don't fit into the mainstream of society, that they don't belong. , . Some report feeling anxious, tense and jumpy. They have trouble falling or staying asleep, may have fits of rage over nothing. There may be trouble remembering or concentrating. Almost all report that they arc jumpy and nervous now, startle easily, and don't like being in crowds. They don't feel safe. , Lots of people feel that they are going crazy because they can't stop feeling the way they do. Often they don't associate the symptoms willi the original trauma. Drinking may increase in ai attempt to get to sleep. While we all have some of these problerrjp at var ious times, a person with FfSD continues to have the symptoms on a cyclic basis. They don' have problems all the time, but do have them on ncf off over a period of time. They may feel guilty about sur viving the event, and feel different from other people and from how they used to be. If this sounds like you or a family member, it may be helpful to consult with a mental health profession al who specializes in PTSD. PrSD is a treatable dis order. While the memories never completely go away, the symptoms can become manageable. Many people simply put up with their symptoms because tfiey are embarrassed to ask for help for emotional problems. Others feel that nothing can help, but generally that impression is mistaken. Veterans and their families can receive counseling from the Department of ? Veterans Affairs (VA) Vet Center program. You can contact the DAV for information about this program, as well as other veterans' benefits. Address: I Name: I I j City StateZip: I Subscription Rates: I I $15.00 per year in the U.S. $25.00 per year outside the U.S. or 1st Class in the U.S. j All members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive the Spilyay Tymoo at no cost I Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. 1 I Ml '1 WlVmm : ; i . . . :y Disabled American Veterans National Service Program 807 Maine Avenue, S.W Washington, DC 20024 "! i- -Xli -
