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Spilyay Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon
August 7, 2003
Remember the past, see the future
By D. uBing"
Spilyay Tymoo
Bingham
Memory is a funny thing.
'. In March, Kahseuss Jackson
- breathed a sigh of relief when
he graduated from the Univer
' sity of Oregon. The tests were
over and his homework was
gone. He didn't need to scrimp
and watch every penny anymore.
He could see his future opening
before him.
Now he has a job with the
Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish
" Commission, and he can look
- back on his school days.
"After you're done, it doesn't
- seem so tough," he says.
For Kahseuss Jackson, going
to college is all about expecta-
- tions - his own and his family's.
'. His earliest memories are filled
- with the stories of the impor
tance of a good education.
His grandfather, atwai
Vernon Jackson, was the first
tribal member to graduate from
college, and played a huge part
' in laying the foundation of what
Warm Springs is today. Since
; then, education has been impor
1 tant to his family.
"It's kind of a family thing,"
' he says.
Kahseuss Jackson grew up
- expecting to go to college. And
part of those expectations were
his own. He knew a college de
gree would have an impact on
his life.
"Without a degree," he ac
knowledges, "there are a lot of
doors you can't get through."
He feels that his job with the
Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish
Commission is just one of many
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door he'd like to open. First he
wants to get a few years experi
ence in the working world.
Then, he'd like to come back
home.
"It's eventually my goal to
come back to Warm Springs
and help anyway I can. I know
times are tough right now," he
admits, "I just want to help."
Kahseuss Jackson realizes,
even though he's living in Port
land, that he's already helping on
the reservation by being a role
model.
It's always in the back of his
. Kahseuss Jackson
mind that a younger person
might take a look at him and
say, "Hey, that's good what he's
doing."
But setting an example
doesn't always involve going
away to college. He wants
people to make the most out of
their life. That means living a
positive life and going in a di
rection that makes the person
feel good.
Even though Kahseuss Jack
son graduated from college
months ago, he's still taking tests
- real life tests.
D. "Bing" BmghamSpilyay
Kahseuss' son, Neiman
Adams Jackson is just going into
the third grade and still has a
little boy's view of the world.
But that doesn't stop Kahseuss
from emphasizing the impor
tance of school and always do
ing your best. And he takes the
time to teach him the value of
being intelligent and using it in a
positive way.
Most importantly, though,
Kahseuss will make the effort
to help young Neiman remem
ber the past so he can clearly
see the future.
Are you
ready?
Going off to college is
tough. Your family is a long
way off, money's short and
there's a ton of culture
shock in a mostly white
world, but it can be done.
First off, Kahseuss rec
ommends you find the Na
tive Americans who are in
the same fix you are. Bond
with them. Support them and
they'll support you when
tests are tough and you have
Top Ramen coming out your
ears.
Next, keep your balance.
Just like a fully inflated tire
- if your emotional, physi
cal, mental and spiritual sides
aren't in balance, you're in
for a rough ride. Take some
time, no matter how busy
you are, and get in balance
with the world.
On the spiritual side,
there'll be times when you're
not sure you're going to make
it. Take a moment, have a
talk with the Creator.
"Sometimes you just rely
on Him," says Kahseuss.
Lastly, don't forget a goal.
Each day take a step, no
matter how small, toward
that goal:
"If you're having a bad
day, you have to get up and
say, 'Well, I'm just having a
bad day, I'm still going in
the direction of my goal,
I'm still going to get there
and I see what it's going to
be like when I get there,"
Kahseuss says, "you hold
on to that."
At the
Huckleberry
Feast
Right, Richard Craig tends to the
salmon; and at left, the eels were inter
esting for young Niyallee Cochran, pic
tured here with her mother Jesse
Adams.
The Huckleberry Feast was held
Sunday, August 3, at the HeHe
Longhouse.
Photos by 0. "Blng" Bingham
School district
publishes
supply list for
upcoming
school year
The 509-J school district has
issued a school supply list for
students kindergarten to eighth
grades.
First day of school is sched
uled for Sept. 3.
Kindergarten supplies: two
boxes of crayons basic 16 stan
dard size (not chubby); 10 No.
2 pencils; two 4-ounce botdes
of white liquid glue; two glue
sticks (small, solid); large box of
tissue; package of baby wipes
(80-150 count); no permanent
markers.
First and second grade: one
box of 16 small crayons; No. 2
pencils; eraser; pair of metal
scissors; two bottles of white
glue; box of tissue; no perma
nent markers.
Third grade: one box of 16
or 24 crayons; No. 2 pencils;
pink pearl erasers; pair of sharp
point scissors; two bottles of
white glue; box of tissues; one
12-inch ruler; no permanent
markers.
Fourth and fifth grade: one box
of 16 or 24 small crayons; No. 2
pencils; pink pearl erasers; pair of
sharp point scissors; one botde of
white glue; one 12-inch ruler with
inches and centimeters; notebook
paper; box of tissue; no perma
nent markers.
Sixth grade: one box of 16
or 24 small crayons; No. 2 pen
cils; pink pearl erasers; pair of
sharp point scissors; bottle of
white glue; one 12-inch ruler with
inches and centimeters; notebook
paper; box of tissue; ballpoint
pens, blue or black (not erasable);
no permanent markers.
Seventh and eighth grade:
College-ruled notebook paper; a
two-inch, 3-ring binder with di
viders; no pee chee folders.
Some classes may require
additional materials. If so, stu
dents will be notified during the
first week of school by their
classroom teacher. First day for
kindergarteners is determined
by a conference with parents be
ginning Sept. 3. Contact your
local elementary school for
scheduling.
Spilyay
Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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Twenty-five years ago this week
From the August 11, 1978
edition of the Spilyay
Timber sale nets millions
A few hours of oral bidding
Aug, 1 resulted in a substantial
increase in the treasury of the
Confederated Tribes when
Brooks-Scanlon offered
$3,260,005 for the Chinkapin
logging unit on the reservation's
McQuinn Strip.
"This is a record sale as far
as value received," said acting
BIA forest manager Rob Bolton.
The BIA appraised the
13,520,000 board feet of tim
ber at $1,474,410, but Brooks
Scanlon and Publishers Paper
Company (Estacada) battled
"nip and tuck" for six hours,
pressing well beyond the $3 mil
lion mark.
Payment for the sale will be
received monthly as the timber
is cut. Brooks-Scanlon expects
to remove the timber over a
three-year period - two million
board feet this season and the
balance in 1979 and 1980.
Where there was sagebrush
there are buildings
We've all noticed the two new
buildings going up near the Kah-Nee-Ta
road that have replaced
the sagebrush and cheat grass.
And we've all asked ourselves
what in the world is an Indus
trial Park.
The two facilities, one of
which is to be a new sub-assembly
plant, or Tektronix as it is
referred to here; and the other
a new tribal vehicle pool, are due
to be completed by early No
vember. Costing $502,000 and taking
nine months to construct, the
buildings will initially
accomodate 15 Tektronix and
three vehicle pool employees.
The much needed Tektronix
facility will enable the staff to
more efficiently complete jobs
that are assigned them by the
company in Portland. Everett
Miller, manager of the Warm
Springs sub-assembly plant, says
it will hopefully increase com
munity awareness and interest
in the projects the staff is in
volved in. "After we've been in
the new place for a while, then
we'll think about part-time
workers and employing the
handicapped," he said.
The vehicle pool is a brand
new idea that will help manage
ment better control the 75 cars,
buses and vans in the Tribal
fleet, according to Enterprise
manager Ed Manion. In addi
tion, the new facility will provide
a secure place to park vehicles
overnight and help in concen
trating on preventative mainte
nance, he explained. The pool
will service only tribal vehicles,
not personal cars. The present
garage will remain where it is,
being available to the public as
it has always been.
Locals stay cool at indoor
rodeo
Jazzy Wewa won the wild
horse race at the All Indian Ro
deo in Portland, and Carmela
Scott placed second in the bar
rel race. The rodeo, sponsored
by the Willamette Valley Indian
Rodeo Committee, drew top
caliber Indian cowboys and
cowgirls to the Pacific Interna
tional Expo Center in north
Pordand on Aug. 4-6.
The question of the day. . .
What do you want to be when you grow up?
"When 1 grow up I
want to be a
firefighter or a
police person, I want
to be just like my
dad,"
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" want to be a big kid
when 1 grow up,
because I like to work
with my parents. "
Ashley Johnson
Nathan Youngman