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University of Oregon Library -Received on 09-09-04 Spilyay tyioo. sen OrColl Tymoo '0 51 Acquisition DeptSERIALS EUGENE, OR 97403 PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents September 2, 2004 Vol. 29, No. 18 oyote News, est. 1976 "SrSpilygy KWSO named top public station The Oregon Association of Broad . casters honored the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs' public radio station KWSO as the 2004 public or non-commercial Radio Station of the Year at their annual fall conference this past weekend in Bend. , KWSO also received an award for Best Public Affairs Program Public or Non-Commercial Radio Station for ''Tribal Council Elections," produced by station manager Sue Matters. . The runner up in the same category was also a KWSO program, "Sexual Assault Awareness," produced by Will iam Robbins, and featured on Our People and Mother Earth. KWSO Operations Manager Liz Smith produced a program that won Best Original Program. The program was titled "Positive Indian Parenting." KWSO also was named runner up in the same category with "Eagle Watch 2004," produced by William Robbins. Ken Miller was voted runner-up for Public or Non-Commercial Sports Announcer of the Year. . Warm Springs Ventures, the invest ment and business arm of the tribe, was selected for a "Business Star" award for underwriting KWSO's Phrase of the Day. Ventures chief executive officer Tom Henderson said, "The people at KWSO really deserve the credit. What better way to enhance the traditions of ' the tribe thaathrough the sponsorship of the Phase of the Day." The Phrase of the Day repeats a number of times throughout the day, helping listeners learn one of the tribe's three languages. The Oregon Association of Broad casters annual fall conference was held August 26-28 at the River House Re sort in Bend. After the conference KWSO gen eral manager Sue Matters said of the awards won by the station: "I'm really proud of our staff in working hard on producing program ming that effectively conveys impor tant information to our Warm Springs community." Matters moved to Oregon from Maine in 1985, when the Confederated Tribes first got into the radio business. "It's satisfying to have the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs recog nized by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters for the work we do at KWSO," said Matters. $350,000 to help improve school libraries The Jefferson County School Dis trict 509-J has received a $350,000 grant to improve student reading skills. The grant is part of the federal No Child Left Behind education reforms. The specific program that provided this grant is called Improving Literacy Through School Libraries. . The Jefferson County school district will use the grant for its Cultivating Li brary Access and Student Success project. There were many school dis tricts competing for the grant money, and 509-J was fortunate to receive the $350,000, said Jeff Sanders, chairman of the school district board. He said the money will be used at the six school libraries of the district, including Warm Springs. Money will be used to purchase more books and pe riodicals, and instruct teachers and stu dents on how to better use the library. As chairman of the 509-J board, Sand ers received the check last week from Donna Foxley, representing the U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. J r. , -vV v ;V; '7 Bernice Mitchell picks huckleberries at the recent outing at Mount Hood. Butterflies By Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo It was a simple day but also an important one. The lessons were about respect for the longhouse and the drum, and respect for oneself and others. The group of young girls was named the Soaring Butterflies, and the boys, Warrior Spirit. They met at HeHe and at the Simnasho area. This was the first gathering of the groups. The plan is to make this an annual event. "We had very positive feedback," said Mackey Begay, a leader of the Warrior Spirit group. "When we asked if they wanted to do this again, they all said yes." ;- .. .. The pledge of Warriors and the Butterflies is as follows: "I pledge to love myself, to respect myself, respect my body, respect other Kids now, leaders tomorrow By D. "Bing" Bingham Spilyay Tymoo It's all connected, just like a circle. The kids of the reservation are the future, they are the leaders who will eventually guide the people. And they are directly dependent on the adults for their well being: shelter, food, pro tection and education - some of the things kids need to become strong leaders. Everything adults invest in chil dren will come back to the tribes. And when a problem arises, it's time to fix it. "We're starting to see type-2 dia betes in kids on the reservation, and that's directly related to diet and ex ercise," says Clint Jacks from OSU Extension. The problem is simple to state; finding a solution is tougher. For a start the Extension staff lo cated some grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for nutrition education on the reserva tion. The Oregon Food and Nutri tion Program was designed for chil dren as well as mothers of young children. Last year the kids in the fourth grade at Warms Springs El ementary were chosen to be the lead ers in this pilot project. Once a month for three hours the children are given additional school ing on nutrition, food safety, prepa ration, eating together, manners and cleanup. "We added to it the exercise com ponent," says Lynne Breese, OSU Extension family and community development coordinator. "Because you can eat all the right food, but if you don't exercise you're body doesn't utilize the food, and the child doesn't develop as healthy a body as he or she can." The kids are placed in teams of four or five, and they actually pre pare their own meals from start to Rachel Tallmadgetor the Spilyay and Warriors learn lessons of life people, respect my community, be hon est and be myself." The goal of these gatherings was to make young people - ages 10 and up -more aware of the important choices they face as they are growing up. Many people were involved in the Soaring Butterflies and Warrior Spirit gather ings. People were on hand from Victims of Crime, Parole and Probation, Com munity Counseling, the Community Wellness Center, Social Services, Children's Protective Services, the county Juvenile Department and KWSO radio station. The Soaring Butterflies met at HeHe. Sarah Frank .of Victims of .. Crime gave the opening message, tell ing the girls that "you don't have to let other people's opinions form your self worth." Antone Moody at microscope during finish. Team leaders focus on com modity foods and include recipes the children take home to practice. "A lot of these commodity foods do not come pre-prepared," said Breese. "We felt that, to encourage the children to make healthy choices, they have to learn how to cook. Every meal they prepared was a complete meal." She continued, "The science corn- ' J t 4,-!'- - v'" mm" W k n a v Plan is to improve berry fields at Mt. Hood By Greg Leo, for the Spilyay Tribal members traveled recently to Mount Hood Meadows ski area for a day of huckleberry picking. The ski area posted signs around 30 acres of the best potential huckleberry lands, re questing the public to honor the tradi tional gathering rights of tribal mem bers. The event was an effort of the Con federated Tribes, Mount Hood Mead ows Ski Area, and the Mount Hood National Forest. The ski area commis sioned a bus to come to Warm Springs to provide transportation to the 52 Savenia Falquist of the Juvenile Department talked to the girls about the stages of the butterfly and how this is similar to their lives. Kim LeClair of Social Services spoke of the impor tance of good hygiene, and Sheila Clements of Community Counseling shared her personal experience as a food gatherer for the Simnasho Longhouse. "You need to be respect ful of the longhouse. It is a sacred place," said Clements. Renee Silversmith-Wewa and Mia Farrow of Children's Protective Ser vices took a photograph of each girl and then placed it on a decorated card board. The girls then wrote positive things about each other on the card board. Pat Tanewasha and Madeline Queahpama-Spino talked about fam ily trees and the importance of know nutrition class. BWva-wr ponent was always based on what ever the meal was. When we were trying to help them learn to utilize more water and get them to drink water each day, we brought in a flower in colored water and let them see how quickly the plant absorbs that water.. It was quite amazing to them." See NUTRITION on page 9 tribal members who made the trip. Members of the tribes' Culture and Heritage Committee were part of the group. The committee members have long been concerned about the dimin ishing number of huckleberries, and the increased competition from non-tribal and commercial pickers. At the gathering at the ski area Louie Pitt, director of the tribes' Govern ment Affairs Branch, met with the gen eral manager of the ski area, and the manager of the Mount Hood National Forest. See BERRIES on page 9 ing who your relatives are. Tanewasha also spoke to the girls about "rights of passage." Onte Lumpmouth shared how she graduated from college and became a registered nurse, while raising eight chil dren. College student Corina Miller, who is planning to become a doctor, encouraged the girls to stay in school and stay off drugs. Warrior Spirit Mackey Begay, his brother Anson and uncle Calvin Queahpama were the leaders of the Warrior Spirit group. There were 12 boys, ages 9 to 13. During the morning the talk was of hunting. "We talked about the basics of hunting, the terrain, the behavior of deer and elk," said Mackey Begay, who works at Parole and Probation. See YOUTH on page 2 New gym is under construction Students attending Warm Springs El ementary School this year will see con struction progress on the new school gymnasium. Last week the construction crews poured the first concrete of the new building, and this week they put up one of the main beams. "It's exciting to watch this happen," said principal Dawn Smith. The new gymnasium will replace the one that burned down in the winter of 2002. The new gym is being built at a cost of $1.3 million, funded through the in surance settlement on the building that burned. The plan is to have the new gym open by February of next year, said Jeff Sanders, 509-J school district chair man. The construction work was delayed recently but is now back on track, he said. The delay happened in part because the water piping to the old gym had been installed in the 1930s, and it was difficult finding a way to connect the old pipes to the newer system, said Sanders. He said the new gymnasium is not going to be the kind of gym you would find at a typical elementary school. The new building will be larger than the average elementary school gymna sium. "We purposely exceeded the grade school gymnasium standards," said Sanders, "because we know the com munity will want to use the building for other activities." The new gym will be bigger than the old one, he said. The students at the elementary school have been making do without a gym by using a portable building that was brought in last year.