Spilysy Tyvnoo, Wqi-m Springs, Oregon
September 1, 2005
Donation helps cancer survivors
By Brian Mortcmen
Spiljtij Tymoo
With as many as 72 Na
tive Americans in the Oregon
diagnosed with cancer in the
past five years, Kah-Nce-Ta
I !igh Desert Resort and Ca
sino was given the opportu
nity to help those who have
survived.
The resort donated
$15,000 to the Warm Springs
Chapter of the Native
People's Circle of Hope, a
national coalition of Native
American cancer survivors
and support groups. The do
nation came at a luncheon at
Kah-Nce-Ta Aug. 17.
"We received a grant of
$1,500 from the Susan G.
Komen Foundation, that was
only to help breast cancer
patients," said Yvonne
Ivcrson, from the Warm
Springs Tribal Community
I Iealth Clinic. "Resources are
tight right now, especially in
health care, and we don't usu
ally have the resources. But
now that Kah-Nec-Ta has
given us money, we can help
all cancer patients, not just
those with breast cancer."
Iverson said cancer pa
tients often have chemo
therapy treatment and then
radiation treatments that re
quire transportation to Bend
each day. "That's a big cost
to the patient and the fam
ily," she said.
Indeed, the purpose of
the grant is to help defray
costs to families, and will be
used to support treatment or
educational costs not cov
ered by the Indian Health
Service or other private insurance.
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Warren R. Clements presents Yvonne Iverson, from the
Warm Springs Tribal Community Health Clinic, a check for
$15,000 on behalf of the board of directors of Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert Resort and Casino, Aug. 17. Shari Marrazzo
(left) a Registered Nurse and cancer support group
representative at the Warm Springs Clinic, and Apolonia
Santos, art and cultural liaison for Kah-Nee-Ta and the
Gorge casino, both cancer survivors, also attended the
presentation.
Apolonia Santos, a cancer
survivor who was present at the
luncheon, said there are plans
to introduce a cross-cultural dia
logue involving 25 traditional
Native American doctors and
25 traditional health care pro
fessionals, who will discuss tra
ditional healing approaches
along with Western medicine ap
proaches to cancer. This will
happen through a healing sym
posium scheduled for late 2006
at Kah-Nee-Ta.
"We wanted to establish an
integrated medicine institute
here in Warm Springs," she said.
"We believe we can be one of
the first in the nation. It could
be a very positive force within
the national arena."
Shari Marrazzo, a Registered
Nurse at the Warm Springs
Clinic who lives in Metolius, said
she is a 28-year cancer survivor.
She said that upon her diagno
sis, she was given two years to
live.
"I started here in 1979," she
said. "One thing I did notice
is the word cancer made ev
erybody run."
She said, "I think this (con
tribution) is very important.
I'm excited to see it growing
now from the day I started."
In addition to providing
the financial support to the
survivors, Kah-Nee-Ta also
supports early detection ef
forts by encouraging annual
cancer screenings by all of its
employees. The resort and
casino also provides dona
tions of weekend packages
for fund-raising efforts by
the cancer survivors.
"One of the things we
want to be known for as a
tribal organization is that we
arc a compassionate organi
zation, and that we are a community-serving
corporation.
We try to look out for all our
tribal member," said Warren
R. Clements, Kah-Nee-Ta
board member.
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(AP) - The Nez Perce Tribe
has bought nearly 1,000 acres
of remote and rugged
canyonlands in the former
homelands of Chief Joseph that
have been held by the state of
Oregon since statehood in
1859.
The three parcels along Jo
seph Creek in Wallowa County
in Oregon's northeastern corner
increase to more than 11,000
acres the tribe's Precious Lands
wildlife habitat area dedicated to
providing winter range for the
Chesnimnus elk herd. The tribe
is based in Lapwai, Idaho.
Joseph Creek runs north
across the Washington border
into the Grande Ronde River
near its confluence with the
Snake. It is named for Chief
Joseph, who took his band of
Nez Perce on a famous run for
freedom in 1877 after refusing
to cede their lands in the
Wallowa Valley to the U.S.
He was captured just short
of the Canadian border and
sent to Fort Leavenworth, in
Kansas. His surrender speech
has been famously translated to
say: "Hear me my chiefs. I am
tired; my heart is sick and sad.
From where the sun now stands
I will fight no more forever."
Totaling 962 acres, the three
parcels were purchased from
Oregon for a total of $278,865,
said State Lands Board spokes
man Monte Turner. Two of the
sales were approved by the
board last March. The third
parcel went before .the board last
month.
The parcels were granted to
Oregon by the federal govern
ment at statehood and have
been part of the common
school fund, but generated little
revenue due to their remote and
rugged character, said Turner.
They were sold off as part
of a statewide program of liq
uidating lands that produce no
significant revenue for the com
mon school fund and using the
proceeds for other more prof
itable investments.
Loren Kronemann, head of
the tribe's wildlife mitigation pro
gram, said the tribe bought the
land with the remainders of a
grant from the Bonneville Power
Administration.
The original grant was used
in 1997 to buy a 10,300-acre
ranch that was the first piece of
the Precious Lands area. That
purchase marked the first land
in Oregon owned by the Nez
Perce since Chief Joseph and
his band were driven put.
BPA, which sells the electric
ity generated by the federal dams
in the Columbia Basin, makes
grants for fish and wildlife each
year to make up for damage to
habitat caused by the dams.
The purchases fill gaps in the
Precious Lands wildlife habitat,
making it easier to manage. Cur
rendy, the tribe is trying to con
trol invasive weeds that dimin
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