Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 30, 2002
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Tribes host healing conference
Over 200
participate
in second
annual event
The Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs recently
had the honor of hosting
the Second Annual Healing
Our Wounded Spirits Re
search Conference. An in
troductory statement at this
year's gathering summarizes
the purpose of this series of
five annual research confer
ences. "At last year's confer
ence," the statements says,
"we started the process by
speaking the unspoken, giv
ing a name and a historical
context for understanding the
genocide and oppression of
colonialism that is the holo
caust of the Native North
American."
The statement says, "At this
year's conference we will face
the many traumas that make
up the holocaust. In the teach
ings of some Northwest tribes,
facing the hurt is the first step
in recovery from grief."
Next year's conference will
move on to the next step, the
releasing of the tears. In the
fourth year, the theme of the
conference will be wiping away
the tears, and at the fifth and
final conference, "we will pick
up the tears."
"The work of healing is
hard, especially in the Indian
way," the statement says.
Six Oregon tribal confedera
tions are participating the five
year series of conferences.
Participating tribes include
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, Umatilla,
Siletz, Colville, Burns Paiute
and Klamath.
Some guests also attend and
participate at the conference
from tribes out of the state of
Oregon.
The idea of the Healing
Jobs available
Job vacancies from the Or
egon Employment office
Job advertisements in Warm
Springs from the Oregon Em
ployment Division located in
Madras, include:
Air Quality Specialist, Re
sources Technician, Wellness
Coordinator, Substitute
Teacher Aide, Announcer,
Cash Management Supervisor,
Controller, Head Start Home
Visitor, WIC Certifier, Legal
Secretary.
Pool Cashier, Switchboard
Operator, Guest Services Rep
resentative, Service Bartender,
BuffetLine Cook, Dish
washer Prep., Room Atten
dants, Bellhop, Blackjack Deal
ers, Food and Beverage Host
essesCashier, Security Of
ficer, Lifeguard, Lifeguard
Class teaches computer skills
Central Oregon Commu
nity College's Workforce Ba
sics Skill Center in Madras is
registering students for a series
of computer skills classes, be
ginning June 10.
The classes will teach the ba
sic computer skills needed in
the workplace.
Classes are designed specifi
cally for adults who are just
staring to learn how to oper
ate a computer and will
progress slowly.
Workforce Technology I
will teach how to turn on and
shut down a computer, use a
mouse, send and received e
mail and use you start button
to open a program.
Workforce Technology II
Above, young people
drum at the Indian Nite
Out and mini powwow at
the Simnasho Longhouse;
and pictured at right,
Eduardo Duran speaks on
the final day of the five
day conference.
Our Wounded Spirits Re
search Conference began
with Dr. Tom Ball, of
Modoc and Klamath ances
try. The first conference in
the series was hosted by the
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz, at Lincoln City.
This year, the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm
Springs hosted the event at
Kah-Nee-Ta, with some activi
ties happening at the Simnasho
Longhouse.
The location of the next
two conferences is yet to be
determined.
The plan is to hold the fifth
and final one in the Klamath
Falls area.
Charlotte Herkshan, coun
selor with the Warm Springs
Community Counseling Cen
ter, was a featured speaker at
this year's conference.
Cashier, Janitor and
Firefighters.
Language Arts Teacher
Madras High School
Salary Range: $28,529 -$56,000
Closing Date for applica
tion: Open until filled.
Date Position begins: Au
gust 28, 2002
Qualifications: Valid Or
egon teaching license with Lan
guage Arts endorsement.
Application procedures: In
terested candidates should con
tact: Jefferson County School
District 509-J, 445 SE Buff St.,
Madras, OR 97741. Phone:
475-6192.
E-mail: cthorpe509j.net
Fax number is (541) 475
6856. will include learning how to
open, type and save a docu
ment to a disk.
In Workforce Technology
III students will be learning
how to word process a docu
ment with margins, as well as
highlighting text and then
changing its appearance. Stu
dents will also work on their
keyboarding skills in all three
classes.
Each class will meet three
days (Monday, Wednesday, and
Fridays) from 9am to 1pm and
will cost $20. Students register
ing for all three classes at once
will pay only $55. Call 504
2910 for registration informa
tion. Scholarships are available
to cover the tuition.
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About 250 people
participated in this
year's Healing Our
Wounded Spirits
Research Conference.
Herkshan also helped in plan-'
ning and coordinating this
year's conference.
The full planning commit
tee included Herkshan and
Tom Ball, Guy Wallulatum,
Sal Sahme, Geneva Charley
and Anita Davis.
The conference this year
began on Sunday, May 19, and
lasted through Thursday, May
23.
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ceremonies, Grand F.ntry,
posting of colors, and par
ticipation in discussions led
by prominent Native
American inspirational
speakers.
The conference also in
cluded an Indian Nite Out
and mini powwow at the
Simnasho Longhouse.
About 250 people par
ticipated in this year's Heal
ing Our Wounded Spirits
Research Conference.
Featured speakers in
cluded Dr. Eduardo Duran,
of ApacheTewa ancestry,
who currently is the clini
cal supervisor of Outpa
tient Substance Abuse and
Mental Services, IHS in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Arlie Neskahi, member
of the Dine' Nation, living
in the Pacific Northwest.
In 1996 she completed
four years with the Western
Regional Center for Drug
free Schools and Commu
nities, at the prestigious
Northwest Regional Educa
tional Laboratory in Port
land. Dr. Al Siebert, director
of The Resiliency Center in
Portland.
He is internationally rec
ognized for his research into
the inner nature of highly
resilient survivors.
Dr. Joseph Stone,
Blackfeet, clinical director,
Mental Health Program for
the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde.
Dr. Alison Ball, Colville,
who received her PhD from
the University of Oregon in
Special Education and Reha
bilitation. She has worked as a family
therapist, and early childhood
specialist.
Liz Sunnyboy, Yup'ik Es
kimo, a certified chemical de
pendency counselor in Alaska.
Some of the themes of dis
cussion this year included:
The 500-year holocaust;
post-Colonial psychology; and
historical trauma.
Intergenerational trauma,
psychological effects of histori
cal trauma, developing tribal
historical trauma genogram,
and post-traumatic stress disor
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Victims of Crime to sponsor
gathering on Breaking the Cycle
Warm Springs Victims of
Crime Services in June will
host the Fourth Annual Van
ishing the Anger Conference,
with the theme this year of
Breaking the Cycle.
The conference happens
Wednesday through Friday,
June 12-14 at Kah-Nee-Ta.
The vision statement for
the conference is, "To give
community members the
power to heal wounds so we
can help our future genera
tions live without violence."
Those invited to attend in
clude community members,
tribal leaders and elders,
health and social services
workers, volunteers, educa
tors, law enforcement and
criminal justice, and young
adults. Speakers include
David Pelzer, author of
award-winning books. He
survived years of child abuse
Youth art show
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and now dedicates his life to
helping others. Author Robin
Karr-Morse, whose work pre
sents evidence of the early
months of life as the time
when violent behavior is
born and cultivated.
Howard Rainer: Through
his work with tribal leaders
and youth, he inspires us to
overcome our barriers to suc
cess. Marlin Mousseau, a Sun
Dancer and former law en
forcement officer.
"Violence wreaks havoc
on our communities on a
daily basis," the conference
pamphlet reads. "Child
abuse, domestic violence,
sexual assault affect all lives
in some way. Everyone can
take a role in ending this epi
demic." For information on
the upcoming conference,
call Victims of Crime Ser
vices at 553-2293.
Students at
Warm
Springs
Elementary
School
recently
held an art
show. At
left is a
mask made
by one of
the
students;
and below,
baskets by
students.
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