Spilyqy Tymoo, Wjrrr) Springs, Oregon November 29, 2001
Did you
know?
' The tribes urc Marling a
Jobs Creulion Pilot
Project.
This will be for Wurm
Springs tribal mcnilwrs
to eventually Mart and
run their own business.
' The first project will be
in environmental
Services. Working
outdoors, tree planting,
fencing, marketing, seed
. orchard maintenance are
just some examples.
Eventually, tribal
members will be able to
contract on and off the
reservation.
Tribal members can bid
on contracts offered by
Natural Resources, BIA
Forestry, U.S. Forest
Service, BLM, local
counties and cities.
This section of the Spilyay will be
used fr updates to the Jobs
Creation Pilot Project. If you have
questions concerning this project.
you can contact Orlando I)oney at
Spllyay Tymoo, 553-3274
Stop and
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Stop and Think has since
been adopted at various schools
around the country, including
schools in Texas, Idaho, Alaska
and now Oregon. The program
was developed by a Howard
Knoff, director of the School
Psychology Program at the Uni
versity of South Florida.
A group of Jefferson County
Middle School staff has visited
a Florida school that years ago
had implemented Stop and
Think.
The school once had a major
problem with school discipline,
but now only on very rare oc
casions are teaches forced to send
a student to the office, said Isaac
Ersoff, special education teacher
at Jefferson County Middle
School.
For the other schools that
over the years have adopted Stop
and Think, the program has pro
vided similar results, said Ersoff.
"There is a reduction in be
havioral problems, and an im
proved school climate," he said.
The effect can be felt through
out the community, in parents'
homes, at businesses, and so
forth, Ersoff said.
Stop and Think, he said, en
courages participation by par
ents at home, and other mem
bers of the community.
Making good choices
The idea behind Stop and
Think, Ersoff said, "is that we
can teach behavior, so we should
teach it the right way." In some
ways, teaching behavior or so
cial skills can be like teaching a
school subject such as math, he
said. In teaching math, a teacher
does not focus on what a student
has gotten wrong, but rather en
courages and teaches the student
how to arrive at the right an
swer. With Stop and Think, he
said, the students acquire the
skills to make the good choices
in terms of behavior.
The students are taught that
there are consequences for mak
ing the bad choices, and incen
tives for the making the good
choices.
Before making a decision, the
students are taught to "stop and
think." They think about what
choices they have regarding the
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Environmental services ...
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The tribes, though, would
prefer that tribal mcmlwrs have
these jobs, said Clement.
The government entities that
Warm Springs Environmental
Service could contract with in
clude: Tribal Natural Resources,
BIA Forestry, U.S. Forest Ser
vice, Bureau of Land Manage
ment, local counties and cities.
To become competitive for
the contracts, the employees of
Environmental Services will re
quire some job training, which
would be provided through the
tribes' Education branch.
The office for Environmen
tal Services will likely be at the
Industrial area, where fire man
agement and natural resources
are housed.
Warm Springs Environmen
tal Services is the first example
of a job creation project that is
the result of tribal employment
benchmarks established approxi
mately two years ago.
Started with People's Plan
The benchmarks were set
during the updating of the long
range and comprehensive plan
ning document of the Confed
Think program ...
particular situation. They deter
mine which is the good choice,
and then do that.
In promoting this kind of decision-making
among the stu
dents, the Stop and Think pro
gram relics on consistency.
Most obviously there is con
sistency in language used.
"Stop and think" is a key
phrase that school staff use in
conversing with a students when
that student is facing a decision
as to how to act. "Good job" is
another phrase used when a stu
dent makes the good choice.
Ersoff said that the program
is most effective when parents
at home also use the Stop and
Think language with their chil
dren when necessary. He said
that middle school staff are hop
ing to meet with Warm Springs
parents to discuss the program.
Parent contact
As another part of the Stop
and Think program, students at
the beginning of the school year
sign a "discipline contract." The
parent or guardian also signs the
agreement, which states some
basic information regarding dis
cipline at school.
The contract lists, for in
stance, 509-J district rules, such
as no verbal or physical assaults,
no fighting or harassing, no al
cohol tobacco or drugs, etc.
The contract also lists school
rules such as arriving on time for
class, coming to class prepared
with supplies, not disrupting the
class, following the dress code,
etc. The students are taught that
violation of one or more of the
district or school rules will bring
consequences.
If a student violates a school
district rule, then the matter is
referred to an administrator,
who determines the conse
quences. If a student violates a
school rule, then a "discipline
citation" is issued.
The citation, which looks
something like a small-sized traf
fic ticket, specifies what rule the
student has violated. The stu
dent must have the citation
signed by a parent or guardian,
and returned the following day,
or a detention will be issued.
The disciplinary citation sys
tem helps ensure better commu
nication between the teachers
PC
erated Tnltes: The People's Plan,
published in 19W, was the cul
mination of three years work,
including extensive participa
tion by many tribal members.
During the planning update
process, many tribal members
spoke of the need for more em
ployment opportunities for
tribal members.
Tribal Council established a
benchmark of 75 new jobs per
year.
This year, a group of tribal
officials from various depart
ments worked on a list of pro
grams that have the potential for
creating new tribal employment
opportunities.
The group included people
from tnc Education Depart
ment, Economic Development,
Construction, Planning, and
Natural Resources.
The group came up with a
fairly long and diverse list of
potential projects, from a new
resort to a recycling operation.
The list was narrowed down,
based on factors such as fund
ing that would be needed, the
number of potential new jobs,
and likelihood of success of the
and the parents, said Amy
O'Neal, sixth-grade teacher.
O'Neal said that when one
of her students is given a cita
tion, she will call the parents to
inform them about what hap
pened. If a student shows up
without the necessary parental
signature on the citation, then
O'Neal will call the parent or
have the student call the parent
from her telephone.
"It is important that we make
the parents aware of what is go
ing in the classroom," O'Neal
said.
Disciplinary ladder
A student who receives mul-
tiplc 'disciplinary citations
within a six-week period faces
increasingly serious conse
quences. For a first and second
citation, the student might re
ceive a lunch detention.
A third citation would bring
one-hour after school detention;
followed by two-hour after
school detention. Steps one
through six on the disciplinary
ladder involve some conse
quence other than suspension
from school.
Step seven on the ladder calls
for a 1-day suspension; step
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enterprise.
The final list consisted of two
projects: Environmental Ser
vices, and the planned construc
tion enterprise.
While Environmental Ser
vices will work closely with
Natural Resources, the new con
struction program would work
closely with the existing tribal
enterprise, Warm Springs Con
struction. This year, the Tribal Coun
cil made available 500,000 to
start the first two jobs programs.
In recent weeks, Mike
Clements has been working
with Jody Calica, director of
Natural Resources, on a final
plan to be presented to Chief
Operations Officer Willy
Fucntcs for finalization.
In coming months, look in
the Spilyay Tymoo for more in
'formation on the jobs program.
Also, KWSO will be featur
ing special programming on this
project.
Comprehensive planning
intern Orlando Doncy, whose
position was created to further
the project, contributed to this
story.
eight, a 3-day suspension; and
nine, a 5-day suspension.
Having the non-suspension
disciplinary options is a benefit
in that students remain in
school, said Fred Starkel, assis
tant principal at the middle
school.
Stop and Think also provides
a welcome new way of address
ing wrong behavior by a stu
dent. Rather than punishment,
the student can be told to "stop
and think," thereby encouraging
the student to make the good
choice of how to act.
"I've been here 35 years," said
Starkel, "and this is the first time
bthat bdd behavior has resulted
in something other than punish-
ment. Before we had no options,
now there is a chance to ask the
student, Did you stop and
think?"
The middle school is still just
starting out with the Stop and
Think program. In time the lan
guage of the program, "Will be
come second-nature for us," said
Principal Kelly. And in coming
years the positive impact of the
program will become more and
more evident at the middle
school, he said.
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Water ...
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For instance, the water re
source itself is of great cultural
importance.
And having au
thority to regu
late the resource
emphasizes the
sovereignty of
the Confederated
Tribes.
Such water
regulatory au
thority is rare
among tribes
across the U.S.
Only 14 other
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tribes have the
authority. As mentioned above,
the situation is unique among
Oregon's nine federally recog
nized tribal governments.
Staff at tribal Natural Re
sources began working on the
water quality standards back in
the mid 1990s, so the EPA ap
proval process has taken over six
years.
Formal approval in October
of the tribes' water quality stan
dards was a milestone in man
agement of the natural resources
of the reservation.
At the same time, approval of
the standards is a component of
a broader water management ef
fort that the tribes initiated de
cades ago.
In the 1980s, for instance, the
Tribal Council took action to
regulate forestry practices for the
benefit of water quality.
Fire hall
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The meeting room will be a
place for residents to gather to
gether and have district or other
meetings. It will also be a place
for emergency use in case of
evacuation due to fire or other
disasters.
Fire and Safety is going to
receive assistance for the ambu
lance and fire truck to be used
in this district. One ambulance
will be subsidized, because the
BIA has a trust responsibility
within the boundaries of the
reservation. An ambulance fully
equipped would cost about
$250,000, and a fire truck would
cost about $185,000.
Martinez is currently work
ing with Wendell Jim in the
Education Department, Chief
Operations Officer Willie
Fuentes, Police Chief Don
Courtney, Corinna Brunoe of
Voc Rehab and the WEDD Pro
gram to set up a training pro-
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Also in the 19K0, the Tribal
Council initiated negotiations
with the U.S. and state govern
ments toward
settlement of
waier rights is
sues on the res
ervation. This process
was completed
in 1997, with
the signing of
the Water
Rights Settle
ment Agree
ment. Federal,
state and tribal
representatives
were party to this historic agree
ment, which recognized the
tribes' ability to manage all
rights to water on the reserva
tion. The subject of water regula
tion can be a complicated one,
in part because of the number
of jurisdictions involved.
Some water, for instance,
travels from off the reservation
onto the reservation, and vice
versa, involving various jurisdic
tions. Other water borders both
reservation and non-reservation
land.
In the state, the Department
of Environmental Quality has
EPA authority regarding water
quality.
On the reservation, the
tribes, through exercise of sov
ereignty, have assumed this au
thority. gram for tribal members and
other tribal nations to attend the
Intertribal National Fire Acad
emy. Scholarships will be avail
able and when these new jobs
are open, tribal members will be
qualified.
The focus point of the pro
gram is cultural sensitivity and
traditional ways. These include
firefighters and EMT's respond
ing to an emergency call to their
own family members. The av
erage time committed to patient
care is 1.5 hours with a patient,
or with the patient's family
member.
A powerpoint presentation
will be presented in December.
It has taken a long time for
this phase of expansion to take
place. "We will use this
Scekseequa plan as a model for
the Sidwalter plan," says
Martinez. Meetings will begin to
take place in January 2002 with
the residents of Sidwalter.
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