12 January 11,2001
Warm Springs, Oregon
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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:
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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.
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