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Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 21, 2005
Japanese:
visit inspired
by movie
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"X'c watched the movie in
class, and then some Native
Americans came to our
school and their clothes and
dances were beautiful," said
Ninima.
With tuition being so ex
pensive, these students got
money from their parents,
took out loans, and applied
for the $1,000 scholarship.
Schooling is very impor
tant to the students. The
graduation rate in Japan is
estimated at 97 percent.
The students shared some
cultural differences. For in
stance, "In my culture, Japa
nese clothes and hairstyles
are different. We don't wear
celebration clothes (regalia)
or perform ethnic dances,
but we do have festivals,"
said I liroki Ishii.
Tokyo is the second larg
est city in the world, with
more than 30 million people.
A common misconception
Longhouse: part
of larger project
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The blessing ceremony on
Saturday will begin at 8 a.m. at
the longhouse. The opening of
the longhouse and giveaway
follows at 9 a.m.
Presentation and remarks by
tribal leaders and the US. Army
Corps of Engineers is scheduled
for 9:30 a.m., with lunch follow
ing at noon.
The new longhouse is part of
a larger improvement project at
Celilo. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers is planning to spend
$10 million on the renovations.
Thefirst; improvement was, a
hew. water well. Then the old
kitchen by the longhouse was
Letters of
I am sorry for using my
sister's name when I was arrested
for a probation warrant. The
prosecutor charged me with the
crimes of false identification
and drug paraphernalia. I am
sorry for my actions. I hope that
my sister and the rez will accept
this apology. Delores Picard.
I apologize to the Warm
Springs community and officers
McEwen and Whittenberf for
reckless driving, and attempting
to elude a police officer. It will
never happen again. I was not
drinking when this happened.
Please accept my apology.
Rachel Doney.
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Students from Japan, and two
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about Japan has to do with chil
dren. Unlike in China, where a fam
ily is limited to a certain num
ber of children, in Japan there
is no limit, and people can have
as much children as they want
without being fined.
In fact, Japan actually wants
replaced by a new one.
The new longhouse was next,
to be followed by new infra
structure and housing.
About 60 people live at Celilo
near The Dalles. The Village was
developed by the Corps of En
gineers in the 1940s and '50s.
The original residents were
people living in the area that was
flooded by construction of The
Dalles Dam.
Development of the village
was intended as a compensation
for the loss of the residences.
The residents of Celilo Vil
lage are mostly members of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, Yakama Nation, and the
Confederated , Tribes,,, i, of
Umatilla.
apology
To Jolene and Nano, I would
just like to send my apology to
wards the both of you for my
destructive behavior to your
trailer. I'm sorry for the window,
and hope again we can be
friends. I do not remember any
of this, and I'm just hoping my
apology can be accepted by both
of you. Corey Smith.
I would like to dearly apolo
gize to Joannie for my misbe
havior on May 10, 2005. I do
not recall doing any destructive
things to your home. I was very
intoxicated at the time. I am
sorry, and I'm hoping there still
can be some sort of friendship.
Again, I dearly apologize for my
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from Willamette University, helped with a shed project at
more children because there is
such are large age gap. The stu
dents estimated that the aver
age life span of a man in Japan
is 70 to 80 years old, and the
average life span of a woman is
80 or more.
The age for American girls
having children is dropping ev
509-J: preparing
for growth
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Boyle and Viramontc spent
time last school year taking in
put from alternative ed stu
dents and high school age stu
dents no longer in the 509-J
system as they began to pre
pare for a new way of edu
cating some students. The dis
trict also brought in such busi
nesses as Mountain View Hos
pital, Bright Wood Corp., Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort, as well as staff
from the Central Oregon In
tergovernmental Council
(COIC) and the Chamber of
Commerce to receive commu
nity input into the process.
behavior, and hope my apology
can be accepted. Corey Smith.
Apologies to my elders of
this community. I am sorry I
allowed peer pressure of alco
hol and partying get in the way
of my respect for all of you.
My daily activities are teaching
me now, better lessons. Cigany
Scott.
To officer Adelita Zacarias,
I am very sorry. I'll give you my
word that this will not happen
again. As a young man I will see
to it that this will not happen
ever again. Willyum
Hoptowit.
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ery year, while people in Ja
pan still frown upon young
mothers.
At the end of the day there
was one thing in mind: "Japa
nese can't live without eating
rice - I miss the rice," Ishii
commented.
COCC and 509-J have been
talking for the past several
months about ways to develop
a vision of integrated educa
tional services in Jefferson
County.
To prepare for such an
eventuality, 509-J has been re
searching low-cost ways to cre
ate another campus within the
district, not only in light of the
need for such services, but also
with an eye on the expected
rate of phenomenal growth
the county is anticipated to
experience over the next five
to 10 years. Students or par
ents interested in signing up or
learning more about the cen
ter should contact Kathy Sisk
at the district office, 475-6192.
I would like to take this time
to apologize to the Warm
Springs community. I was ar
rested by the police for drug
paraphernalia. I am now doing
20 days in the snake pit. So again
I apologize to the community for
this incident. I will try to better
my ways. Thank you for your
time. Edward Winishut.
I would like to take this time
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Ike: helping fight
against meth
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"Even though I might work
with adults, if we can get adults
to live i more healthy lifestyle,
then 111 feel good about the chil
dren" she said.
Ike has experienced
methamphctaminc s scourge of
violent behavior in her own fam
ily. "I just got my oldest son out
of treatment," she said. "I went
through some hard times. I'm
not protected just because I work
here. I go through the same
things that others go through."
After noticing through the
drug screenings the presence in
the community of more potent
methamphetamine, Ike and her
department prepared public ser
vice announcements to be aired
on KWSO, warning of the le
thal qualities of the drug.
"One of those messages that
we had in the PSA is, 'Please, as
citizens, assist law enforcement
and report activities,"' she said.
'"Let them know what's going
on because they can't be in too
many places at once.' Whether
our community realizes it or not,
our law enforcement officers
are so extremely busy. State
troopers and county sheriff's
deputies have stated that work
ing two years here is like getting
ten years of law enforcement
in some other places. That's not
something we should be proud
of. It's something we should look
at reducing."
Ike was one of the speakers
at a methamphetamine-related
seminar in Madras this past
spring, when she reported that
abuse of the drug was so ram
pant that tribal members who
use were actually stealing Native
regalia from their elders and
selling it to finance their habits.
She herself had a Pendleton
blanket stolen from her resi
dence. She had been given the
blanket for her work in sewing
a man's burial regalia.
to apologize to the community
of Warm Springs and my fam
ily. I was arrested by the police
and found with paraphernalia
item on me. I regret this inci
dent and am paying the price for
the charge. I am doing 20 days
in the Warm Springs Correc
tional Facility for this, and again
I apologize. Thank you. Alex
William.
Ike is the daughter of the late
Yakama chief Fred Ike Sr., who
served on the Yakama Reserva
tion from 1983 to 2(K)3. She is
also a descendant of Chief Toll
Sympt, one of the signers of the
Treaty of 1855.
In her position at Parole and
Probation, Ike monitors how
community service sentences
arc served on the reservation.
Art projects can be submitted
to satisfy community service re
quirements, she said. In addition,
those performing community
service can present proof of
passing grades, make tribal re
galia, or gather traditional foods
and donate them to ciders, to
earn credit toward their commu
nity service sentences.
"One of my dreams is to es
tablish a language course and
turn it towards the family, so
people can go to class and earn
community service credit for
learning their own tribal lan
guage," she said.
"Sometimes the court doesn't
agree with what I allow, but I
think anything that can give back
to our community - including
education, art, and learning our
traditional language - is giving
back to our community, and I
see that as community service
work"
Ike said her department also
gives community service credit
if the person sentenced goes
through a treatment process
and completes it, or if he or she
finds a job and stays at it long
enough to demonstrate stability.
"A lot of the problem is that
people can feel so down about
themselves that they don't have
confidence," Ike said.
Away from drugs the person
can begin to make changes.
"You see them with a job. They
walk upright and feel good.
They're healthy, their skin color
comes back, and they don't want
to lose the opportunity. A lot of
times you see people change, and
that's the most beautiful thing."
To the Warm Springs com
munity, tribal courts, tribal po
lice department, I would like to
apologize for my actions back
in February of this year. Thank
you, legal aide department for
working with me. Thank you,
Community Counseling. I thank
you for your time. I also am
sorry to the jurors for taking up
your time. Again I am sorry.
Valerie Fuiava.
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