September 30, 2004-
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Recovery: there is help out there
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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I remember the morning and
that evening, but I was passed
out all the way to the treatment
center.
I was in there for 27 days.
When I came out I stayed clean
and sober for eight years. I ended
up at a conference through a
job that I had. I don't know why,
I thought I could just have one
beer at a conference on the
other side of. the United
StatesQ Then when I came
back I ended up drinking even
worse That lasted for about
a year before I ended up in a
treatment center in Redmond.
I had a friend help me get
into that treatment center. I re
ally liked it. It made me realize
I was holding in a lot of resent
ment. During my first recovery,
I had no one to talk to, my
grandmother died in 1994, I
was holding a lot of stuff in -against
my family and some of
my friends, my job and even
against myself. I talked it out
with my counselor. I didn't
jcnow how to act or how to do
anything.
Youth center:
Idea has
(ocal support
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j In time, though, Burton real
ised that youth of other com
munities - Indian reservations,
tfor instance - could benefit
from the services of Extraor
dinary Young People,
j "It's interesting because the
culture of young Native Ameri
cans is like that of young inner
city Black kids," said Burton.
Ifor instance, he said, basketball
is popular with both groups, and
(jWylike.tsame kind?vpf
fnusic. : ( t
! As its most recent accom
plishment, Extraordinary Young
People developed a youth cen
ter called the Lodge Grass Youth
Renter at the Crow Reservation
in Montana.
The center has been a great
Success. Since it opened juvenile
crime in the community has
Regional pool league in
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Tymoo
Central Oregon pool players
. have been in a quandary regard
ing the Billiard Congress of
America, or BCA vs. American
Cue Sports, or ACS pool leagues,
j The BCA, which is a non
profit organization, was bought
jut by an individual and contin
ues to be in operation as it has
ijn the past.
Former members of the
BCA formed American Cue
Sports after the sale.
This year the Redmond 9
Ball BCA league is now the
Redmond 9-Ball ACS league.
This league is held each year
Few Indians offended by team name
! WASHINGTON (AP) - A 6 percent of those with a high
poll of American Indians found
that an overwhelming majority
of them are not bothered by
the name of the Washington
Redskins pro football team.
! Only 9 percent of those
polled said the name is "offen
sive," while 90 percent said it's
acceptable, according to the
University of Pennsylvania's
National Annenberg Election
Survey, released last week.
; Annenberg polled 768 Indi
ans in every state except Hawaii
and Alaska from Oct 7, 2003,
to Sept, 20, 2004.
; The survey found little dis
parity between men and women
or young and old. However, 13
percent of Indians with college
degrees said the name is offen
sive, compared with 9 percent
of those with some college and
Creston Smith
Do you see any young people
on the reservation who were in
your shoes years ago, and is there
anything you want to say to
them?
I see people partying (Smith
dropped by 50 percent, accord
ing to Darren Cruzan, BIA chief
of police at the Crow Agency.
The success of the Lodge
Grass Youth Center put Ex
traordinary Young People in
high demand, with calls coming
in from 30 different tribes
across the U.S., said Burton.
Billy Joe Berry asked Burton
to visit Warm Springs, and the
planning began for a youth cen
ter here.
Warm Springs is a logical
choice for a new Extraordinary
Young People youth center, said
Burton, because of its closeness
to Portland, where Extraordi
( nary Young People has its home ,
office Arid Sheilah Clements' of :
Warm Springs Community
Counseling is on the organiza
tion board of directors.
Council priority
In recent months Burton has
been meeting with many local
people who are involved in
youth issues, from police to
for individuals to qualify for re
gional tournaments held at Lin
coln City.
This year these individuals
will not qualify through the 9
Ball league.
After long conversations with
a representative of the BCA
Region, Dawn Williams and her
husband Mike are about to
form a league from the BCA.
This will be the "No Frills"
Scotch Doubles league of Cen
tral Oregon.
This new league would be
formed in Madras, Redmond,
and Prineville (if enough inter
est is there).
Players of this league would
school education or less.
The football franchise began
in Boston as the Braves but was
purchased in 1932 by George
Preston Marshall, who changed
the name to honor head coach
William "Lone Star" Dietz, an
American Indian.
The team kept its monicker
after moving to the nation's capi
tal in 1937. The name and
feather-wearing mascot have
since been challenged. A panel
of the U.S. Patent and Trade
mark Office canceled the team's
trademarks in 1999 on the
grounds that the name dispar
ages American Indians in viola
tion of federal trademark law.
But last year, a federal judge
ruled the team can keep its
name, finding insufficient evi
dence to conclude it is an insult
says) but I like to stay to my
self. If they're willing to step up
and ask me for some advice,
what they should do or what di
rection they can go, or who they
can talk to, I'd be glad to help
counselors and educators.
There is strong support for
the idea of developing an Ex
traordinary Young People youth
center in Warm Springs, said
Burton.
Last week he and Jacoban
met at the VFW-Ladies Auxiliary
building with tribal Secretary
Treasurer Jody Calica; Kirby
Heath and Harvey Jim of the
VFW, and Eliza Jim of the La
dies Auxiliary. They came to an
agreement as to the future use
of the building.
In exchange for use of the
building, "Extraordinary Young
People will open a youth center
and small restaurant for the'
Wafrn'Sprihgs idi' to use' 'id id J
their homework, learn things
that will help them in the future,
and just to hang out. We will have
a study room, game room with
DJ booth, and a movie room."
Extraordinary Young People
receives sponsorship help from
Nike Corp. and other businesses.
A lot of the work, though, is
transition
therefore qualify to compete in
the regional 8-ball tournament
held in Lincoln City.
Williams has scheduled an in
formational meeting for Sunday,
Oct. 3, at 3 p.m. at the Moose
Lodge in Redmond.
At this meeting any input is
welcome to get this league off
the ground.
After the Redmond 9-ball
league ends this year there is no
plan to continue with the ACS
in Central Oregon, as Kelly
Reynolds has stepped aside.
If you are interested, or have
input contact Dawn Williams at
541-280-3764, or email her at
auntdawnmsn.com.
Memorial
For Nettie Shawaway
on November 6,
2004 at the
Simnasho
Longhouse.
There will be a
dinner meeting on
Oct. 9 at noon at the
house of Antoinette
Pamperien, at 8569
Sidwalter.
The meeting will be
to see what needs to
be done, and to see
who is willing to help.
If you can't be there,
you can call
Madeline at Vital
Statistics, 553-3252.
"Sometimes it takes a
special person to help
jo ft see what's wrong. "
them out and be supportive to
wards alcoholics or people who
do drugs. Being in recovery can
be hard. You just have to say
no.
There is a support system
there, if you believe in yourself
and want something very bad.
You have to realize first that al
cohol is an addictive illness and
it takes a while to learn about it.
I was in denial for the longest
time and I didn't know it. My
counselor laughed with me the
first time and said, "You're in
denial, you just don't know it
yet." And I said, "I'm not. I'm
not going to get any more cita
tions. I won't be in a class any
more." .
I just laughed at him. He was
right. All that time I was in de
nial. Sometimes it takes a spe
cial person to help you see what's
wrong.
done by volunteers, and also by
the kids.
"We don't give the kids any
thing, they earn it," said Burton.
It doesn't cost to get in the youth
center, but it's not free, he said.
For instance, a kid can earn $2
in "Nike bucks" by working for
an hour at the center. When you
have enough Nike bucks you
can redeem them for shoes. The
center focuses on education,
and being drug- and alcohol-free.
And it's also about having fun.
Parents are also encouraged to
be a part of the center, said
Burton.
Development of the youth
center goes toward a Tribal ;.
Council priority' of addressing
needs of the local youth.
Chief Operations Officer
Lauraina Hintsala said the res
ervation needs programs that
involve young people in activi
ties that promote leadership.
"They are the future leaders of
the reservation," she said.
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