Spilyay Tytnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 30, 2004
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Roots of Strength gathering
The regional conference for Native
American cancer survivors, family
members, caretakers and medical pro
viders will be held through Saturday,
Oct. 2 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
The conference is called "Roots of
Strength - Our Roots Are Pathways to
Thriving, Surviving." Agenda items are
as follows:
Thursday, Sept. 30: "How to
start your own cancer support group
leadership training," (limited to 20 par
ticipants." Friday, Oct. 1: "Telling your sto
ries," cancer survivors resource panel;
afternoon breakout sessions: improv
ing the chemotherapy experience,
complementary medicine for cancer
patients, financial resources, clinical tri
als, introduction to "How to start your
own cancer support group." There will
also be a play, "Understanding Cancer."
Saturday, Oct. 2: Financial re
lative ru
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sources; pain management; men and
cance; afternoon breakout sessions:
"Me-again," reconstructed breast can
cer survivors; and further topics.
For information on the conference,
contact Celeste Whitewolf is (503) 245
2253, or send an e-mail to
c2w2teIeport.com. Lodging arrange
ments can be made by calling Kah-Nee-Ta
at 1-800-544-4786.
Workshop on drug, alcohol abuse prevention
There will be a two-day workshop
next week, the topic being, "Com
munity response to alcohol and drug
use."
The workshops will be Wednes
day and Thursday, Oct. 7 and 8 at
the Community Center. The facilita
tor will be Robert A. Ryan. This is
the first in a series of workshops that
are scheduled through December.
. The primary goal of the first
workshop is, "To learn about the ef
fects of alcohol and drug use (ad
dictions, anger, trauma, violence) and
how the community can respond to
the problems."
Also: "To acquire knowledge of
alcohol and drug use history, risk fac
tors and strategies to improve the
community response."
Participants will be able to iden
tify the cultural history of Native
people related to alcohol and drug use;
identify the impact of historical events
on social, emotional, physical, intellec
tual and spiritual life areas of Native
American Indian people; and develop
and apply a personal action plan.
The workshop will be a combina
tion of facilitation, narration and col
laboration with information and expe
riential process to provide the people
an opportunity to learn about alcohol
and drug use in the community and
problem solving approach.
The schedule for day on, Oct. 7, is
as follows: 9 to 9:30 a.m., welcome and
introductions; 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.,
Honor of All (video); 10:30 to 1 1 a.m.,
discussion topic, alcohol and drug use
and abuse; 11 to noon, cultural risk
factors.
After lunch, 1 to 2 p.m., problem
identification in small groups; 2 to
2:45 p.m., problem solving exercise;
break, followed by introduction of
personal action plan; and conclud
ing with a talking circle.
Day two begins at 9 to 10 a.m.
with welcome and introductions; 10
to 10:30, Red Road to Sobriety
(video); 10:40 to noon, American
Indian philosophy. After lunch, from
1 to 1:30 p.m, American Indian code
of ethics; 1:30 to 2 p.m., Identifica
tion and problem solving exercise.
After a break, from 2:10 to 2:30
p.m, develop personal action plan;
and concluding with the talking
circle.
The next workshops will be Oct.
19-20, the topic being, "Rez violence
and anger resolution."
Taking control of your health
Carol Devaney
Chief Executive Officer
Health and Wellness Center
The Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center follows the American
Cancer Society guidelines for cancer
screening.
When you call for an appointment,
we suggest that you make an appoint
ment with your primary care provider
who knows your health history.
We offer exams to rule out cervical
cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer,
and rectal cancer, to name a few. We
offer help with smoking cessation.
Our providers make the needed re
ferral if they detect anything of con
cern. Mammograms, an x-ray test used
for breast cancer screening, can be
scheduled without a clinic appointment
jby contacting one of the clinic nurses.
Also, the clinic has arranged for
i group transportation to Mountain View
'Hospital for women needing
i mammograms.
J The wait time for an appointment
j depends on your provider and varies
from no wait to 11 days. We have five
! providers and a same-day provider,
j You can usually see the same day
i provider the day you call in for an ap
pointment. Of course if there is an
urgency the patient will be "worked"
; into the appointment system.
j
Findings of mortality survey
! A mortality review was done for
Warm Springs looking at 1991-2000
; data. This data is used as a tool to com
pare the community population to it
; self and others over time.
Advice on
hunter safety
j It's hunting season again, and Fire
; Management would like to remind all
' those heading out to the forest that the
fire danger is still high. The combina
tion of dry weather and high tempera
j tures this summer have created a tin
: derbox situation in our forests and wild-
lands - a situation that will not change
; in the near future, not until there is a
I significant amount of rainfall,
j If you are planning to spend time
j outside hunting, fishing or camping,
; please be aware of fire restrictions be
ifore you leave. Please follow these
'hunter safety points:
j If you are building a warming fire,
j clear an area down to mineral earth 10
j feet across. Be sure your fire is away
; from any flammable material such as
; dry grasses or forest litter.
I Never leave your campfire unat-
tended, and make sure your fire is com
ipletely extinguished before leaving,
j Drown the fire with water and stir re-
mains to make sure the fire is out. Keep
your fire small and controllable.
Keep a shovel, axe, bucket andor
I fire extinguisher handy. If you smoke,
'clear and area three feet in diameter
; down to bare dirt. Don't smoke while
j traveling on foot or horseback.
: Limit the use of motorized vehicles
! to established roads or trails. Do not
park vehicles over dry grasses or brush:
Hot exhaust systems can and do start
fires. If you see a fire, note its loca
tion, get to a phone and call 911 im
mediately. If you have any question re
garding fire restrictions please call Fire
! Management at 553-1146.
Cancer was just one of the disease
processes reviewed. Although the sec
ond leading cause of death in America,
cancer was only the fifth leading cause
of death in Warm Springs.
The death rate was 33.3 per 100,000
within Warm Springs, as compared to
201.6 per 100,000 average death rate
in the U.S. To put it another way, pa
tients at the Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center are about one-sixteenth
as likely to die from cancer compared
to the average U.S. citizen. The most
common cancer deaths were from lung
cancer at 27.7 percent.
Although cancer is less common in
Warm Springs, it remains a very im
portant health concern. Cancer rates
are increasing as our local people are
living longer lives.
Cancer is a disease that we want to
detect in its earliest stage. The staff of
the Warm Spring Health and Wellness
Center are here to meet you health care
needs.
You are encouraged to make an
appointment and work with the staff
on improving or maintaining your cur
rent heath status. You can call the Warm
Springs Health and Wellness Center at
553-1196 or dial the Same Day Ap
pointment Line directly at 553-2610.
Next deadline
for the Spilyay is
noon on Friday,
Oct 8.
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