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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 2003)
Page 3 January 23, 2 0 0 3 Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon Anuid the Rez Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow Johnson, Leonard are candidates for Junior Court T he 2003 Lincoln’s Birth day Powwow is fast approach ing, and the pow w ow court candidates are busy selling raffle tickets. T he senior court candidate is Marie Olney, w ho is living in Yakama. T h e ju n io r c o u rt c an d i dates are Sadie Jo h n so n and AleXa L e o n a rd , b o t h o f W arm Springs. Johnson, 11, is in the sixth grade. In the past she has par ticipated in Miss Pi-Ume-Sha. Leonard, 8, is in the third grade. She is taking p a rt in the Lincoln’s Powwow C ourt “be- Sadie Johnson Alexa Leonard cause it’s a fun thing to do,” she said. A nyone in te re ste d in p u r chasing raffle tickets from ei ther or b oth o f the girls can call the following: F o r A lexa, 553-5303. F o r Sadie, call either 553-7667 or 553-3242. T he Lincoln’s Birthday Pow wow is set for Feb. 6-9, at the Simnasho Longhouse. This year the powwow will feature a $6,000 M em orial D ru m m in g C ontest. T h ere will also be a hand-drum con test. T he powwow will also fea ture a chicken d a n ce /ro u n d bustle special. T h e L in c o ln ’s B irth d a y Powwow is one o f the m ost popular events on the W arm Springs Reservation. Championship dancers and c h a m p io n s h ip d ru m m e rs travel from far and wide to participate in this celebrated event. New director hopes for long partnership B y S h ann on K e a v e n y Spilyay Tymoo Cody Yeager is no stranger to W arm Springs. T he new W arm Springs Cen tral O regon Com munity College b ranch director has taught all levels o f w ritin g in W arm Springs for about the last four years. She has also taught at the m ain campus. In addition, Yeager has coor dinated COCC events, prepared budgets and supervised staff. She is a com puter literate per son w ho has experience w ith file m anagem ent, email, In te rn e t, and m ost com puter programs. “I ’ve been eyeing this job for a while,” she says o f her recent hiring. In those four years o f teach ing, Y eager has also m ade a point to participant in the W arm Springs community. “ You’ll see me at powwows,' first' Hil' ceremonies, and other com m unity events,” she says. “I plan to continue to be out and a b o u t in th e com m unity. People will be seeing me. I w ant to have a very, very open-door policy so I can hear w hat people have to say,” Yeager shares ex citedly. Yeager replaces Jo h n Hicks, re c e n tly r e tir e d , as W arm Springs CO CC branch director. What the future holds Y eager has p la n s fo r th e CO C C W arm Springs branch, which has grown rapidly in the last 10 years. F irst o f all she hopes to keep in line with form er director Hicks’ goals. A n d she w ants to becom e m ore aligned w ith tribal goals, especially w ith w ork force de v e lo p m e n t. Yeager envisions providing classes and program s according to reservation w orkforce needs. F o r instance, if an enterprise wants to come to W arm Springs or the surrounding area, Yeager would w ork w ith the company Shannon Keaveny/Spilyay Cody Yeager at her desk at the Warm Springs COCC branch. to develop the necessary tribal w orkforce. O ne successful at te m p ts to d e v e lo p 8 ' w o r k f o r c e a c c o r d i n g t o lo c a l e c o n o m y needs can be seen in Redm ond at the M anufacturing and A p plied Technology Center. Yeager hopes to emulate this success ful model. H er imm ediate project is to develop com m unity education c lasses fo r th e sp rin g . T w o classes she plans to offer are a web design class and business writing class that would include an introduction to grant writing. C om m unity education classes are non-credit, personal enrich m e n t c o u rses th a t o fte n aid people in their jobs. “As tuition rises, there will be m ore o f a m arket for com m u nity e d u catio n classes a t the W arm Springs COCC branch,” Yeager said. A tuition raise has been pro posed for COCC credit courses this year. Warm Springs COCC has re m ained relatively unaffected by recent budget cuts at the college. This is true because o f the unique relationship between COCC and the Confederated Tribes. T he tribes pay COCC, which then pays Yeager. The tribes also p r o v id e th e fa c ilitie s in which the classes take place. For this re a so n , unlik e o th e rs C O C C branches such as Madras, which Ekely will be closed this year due to b u d g e t c o n strain ts, W arm Springs has faced minimal cuts. “I t ’s a g o o d deal fo r b o th parties involved. T he tribes get the services, w ithout the need o f driving to Bend. Driving to Bend can be a setup for failure,” explains Yeager. Cuts have had som e affect on in-person deHvery o f classes. T he school picked up distance satelEte learning to compensate. By the end o f June, all satelEte cla sses w ill b e re p la c e d by Internet courses. “COCC has a long standing history o f being here and we want to stay,” assures Yeager. Á brief bio Y eager w as b o rn in P itts burgh, Pennsylvania. O f ItaEan h e rita g e , she g re w up in a multicultural neighborhood. “You could walk dow n the street and hear four different languages being spoken,” she Kah-Nee-Ta jobs and other positions K a h -N e e -T a H ig h D e s e rt Resort and Casino is accepting appEcations for the follow ing positions: Cage cashier, and financial controller. K ah-N ee-T a is also offering free blackjack dealer school beginning Feb. 17. It is scheduled Monday through Fri day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Blackjack dealer certification requires a m inim um o f 96 hours o f tra in in g a n d su ccessfu lly passing an audition. F or m ore inform ation con tact Lisa at 553-1112 ext 3401. T he O regon State Em ploy m e n t o ffic e o f M a d ras h as these jobs available in W arm Springs: Resource technician, voca tional rehabiEtation counselor, teacher aide, a n n o u n c e r/p ro - ducer, news director, finance c o n tro lle r, s u b s ta n c e ab u se speciaEst, and m ore. F o r in f o r m a tio n call th e E m p lo y m e n t D e p a rtm e n t in Madras at 475-2382. In the Tribal Court for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Rainbow Market, Roxane Mclnturff, petitioner, vs. George Spino, respondent. Case No. CV283-01. To George Spino: You are hereby notified that a petition for Civil Complaint has been filed with the Warm Springs Tribal Court. By this notice you are summoned to appear in this matter at a hearing scheduled for 11 a.m. on February 10, at the Warm Springs Tribal Court. AU o f the facts o f the case will be heard at this hearing, including evidence you wish to present. You must appear to present your arguments or the other side wiE automaticaUy win. T he petitioner, Rainbow M arket/R oxane Mclnturff, may then be given aU that is asked for in the petition for Civil Complaint. The petitioner wiU be present at the hearing. If you desire to personaUy argue your side o f 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 ad vice immediately. Dated at Warm Springs on De cem ber 26. Judge Wilma A nn Smith, Warm Springs Tribal Court. rem em bers. I t was in her childhood w hen she acquired her deep apprecia tio n o f and fascin atio n w ith other cultures. Because o f that experience she has an affinity for lan g u a g es, a n d is le a rn in g Sahaptin, native language o f the W arm Springs tribe. Y eager has c o m p le te d a Bachelor o f Arts degree in G er m an. She also has three M as ters, in EngEsh, G erm an and Comparative Literature. Taking a special interest in comparative Eterature, she received a Ph.D. and A bD in that field from the University o f Oregon. Since 1999, Yeager has been a technical sergeant for the U.S. Air Force Reserve. She reports twice a m onth. I n th e early 1980s, Y eager served in G renada with General Schwarzkopf, known to many as “Storm in’ N orm an.” She has a C e rtific a te o f M a s te ry in m a rk s manship. Yeager’s comparative Eterature degrees influenced her interest in N ative A m erican cultures, al though she focused on French, African and Germ an Eterature. “Studying and teaching Etera ture opened me up to the world o f Eterature as a global thing,” she says. O n her ow n time Yeager has becom e som ewhat o f an aficio n a d o o f trib a l c u ltu re . She spends her spare, time speaking at conferences about issues fac ing tribes. Yeager’s next confer ence is titled “T he Jeffersonian Vision for the West versus the Native American Vision.” I t wiE be presented at the Confluence o f C u ltu re s C o n fe re n c e in Missoula, M ontana in May. “I’m really happy to be here. I have a lot to learn. I ’m taking it slowly and I want it to be a part o f a long partnership,” expresses Yeager. She says she felt at home in Warm Springs right away. Wreck on the highway This truck struck a vehicle head-on Monday morning. Highway 26 was icy, and the weather was foggy. Four people were injured, and transported and treated at the hospital. Museum offering internship T he M useum A t W arm Springs is offering the Education Sum m er Internship to Native American coUege students. I t is especiaUy for students interested in exploring careers in anthropology, art, culture and heritage, education, m useums or pubEc program developm ent. T he m useum ’s education sum m er internship will pay a stipend o f $250 per week for 10 weeks. T he internship program is designed for the intern to w ork spe- cificaUy with youth through the m useum ’s “A rt’n the Tepee P ro gram.” T he m useum wiE have an outdoor program set up during the Sum m er 2003 on the m useum ’s grounds. I t will be used for youth art and craft education for ten weeks. To apply for this internship send a letter o f appEcation to the foUowing address: T he M useum A t W arm Springs, P.O. Box 753, W arm Springs, O R 97761. F or m ore inform ation contact RosaEnd Sam pson, E ducation C o o rd in a to r at 553-3331. Interested appEcants should have proof o f Native American Heri tage (tribal ID card, or enrollment document), proof o f enrollment o f higher education institution, a letter o f interest explaining why you wish to be an intern, and three letters o f recommendation. AppEca- tions must be postmarked by April 2, 2003. The Museum’s intern is responsible for his/her housing during the internship. Youth needed for resource work There currently are four natural-resource internships available to Native American youth o f the region. This internship project — spon sored by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Earth Conservation Salmon Corp - is designed to prom ote tribal leadership in environmental justice, treaty rights and salmon restoration. T he internships are available either with the Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, o r with one o f Columbia River treaty tribes. These include the Confederated Tribes o f W arm Springs, the Confeder ated Tribes o f th e Umatilla Reservation, Yakama N ation, o r the N e z P e rc e T rib e . T h e g o a l o f th is p r o je c t is to select one interns- ship for each tribe. T he deadEne to apply is Feb. 15. Toapp'ly, please contact Shannon Leonard at (503) 249-0820. T he Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Com mission also has an internship available in the Portland area. T he person w ho fiUs this position m ust be able to com m it to part-time employm ent in the Portland area through the school year and the summer. The deadline to apply for this position is Feb. 3. The position pays $10 per hour. To apply, provide a cover letter and resume to JaneUe Anderson at CRITFC, 729 N E Oregon, suite 200, Portland, O R 97232. Department seeks construction bids T he Jo h n Day Basin Office o f the Confederated Tribes N atu ral Resources D epartm ent is soEciting interest from tribal contrac tors for construction activities. T he construction is to be done to the Forrest Ranch Headquarters H ouse, a tw o-story structure with basem ent built in the early 1900s. T he building is located in G ran t County, approxim ately five miles east o f Prairie City on Highway 26. T he construction activities to be perform ed wiE be the instaUa- tion o f new electrical, telephone and data wiring. This would in clude Eght fixtures and switches, pow er receptacles, and a panel with breakers. AdditionaUy, insulation and sheetrock wiE be instaEed to the first floor waEs. Electrical and general contractors interested in perform ing work to the Forrest Ranch house should contact N atural Resources by Jan. 30 with necessary inform ation. Phone (541) 575-4212. Write: John Day Basin Office, P.O. Box 480,139 Canyon Blvd., Canyon City, O R 97820. The 2003 Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow February 6-9 Round Dance Thursday evening Dinner at 7p.m. Simnasho Longhouse A $6,000 M em orial D ru m m in g C ontest, wiE be sp o n so red by the G reene family. M ore inform ation, (541) 553-1953. H a n d D ru m C ontest, sponsored by Calvin Q ueahpam a and B ruce Jim famEy. M ore in form ation, 553-0422. C h ick e n D a n c e /R o u n d B u stle Special, sponsored by M ackie Begay. M ore in fo rm a tion, 553-9230. D a n c e c ateg o rie s: M e n ’s a n d W o m e n ’s ^ G o ld e n Age, W om en’s Traditional, Fancy and Jingle. M en’s T raditional, Fancy an d Grass. T een categories. Ju n io r categories. T iny tots. F o r m o re in f o r m a tio n , M ackie Begay, general. E . A ustin G reene, general. J o d i O rr, Q u e e n candidates, 553-9230. In a L aL iberte, Q u e e n c a n d id a te s , 5 5 3 -0 4 2 2 . S a n d ra G re en e -S a m p so n , 553-6619. V e n d o r s /c o n cession. N o collect calls. A ll specials will be a p p ro v ed by th e P o w w o w C o m m itte e p r io r to th e sc h e d u le d pow w ow .
