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SCfì O rC o ll E 75 . S66 v. 31 no. •“ »ET UecemDer 7, £006 Spi Ivgy Tymoc Coyote News , est. 1976 Warm n p o t /Sena's Acqu\s\t'onOeP^ Kn\gWubr®rl v oi Oregon A 2 " ^ nW^ 97A03-A205 December 7, 2006 Voi. 31, No. 25 U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents Foster homes in short supply Tribes join in honoring fallen fire fighters By Nat Shaw fo r the Spilyay Tymoo By Leslie Mitts Spilyay Tymoo Photo by Bryan Day of the BLM; courtesy of Bodie Shaw Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath spoke during the honor ceremony, along with Tim Murphy, deputy director of the BLM office of fire and aviation. tion, explained that the monument is a place for “firefighters (and their fami lies) to come and grieve ■•and breathe and remember.” The Monument was dedicated in 2000 to establish a place for honoring and remembering all wild land firefighters, past, present and future. As a special tribute to the contribu tions of Ms. Minor and the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, Chief Heath assisted Bodie Shaw, Warm Springs tribal member and Deputy Chief of the BIA NIFC, in awarding Vicki a Pendleton blanket. Vicki Minor’s foun dation has played an increasingly vital role in assisting the families of fallen firefighters with both financial and spiritual support. Ms. Minor and her family started the foundation a few years after the Storm King fire in Colo rado that took the lives of nine Ceil1 tral Oregon firefighters. Reading prepared remarks from Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Sandra Bachman said, “Bodie Shaw, Deputy Chief at the BIA NIFC office, said there were nearly 80,000 Indians en rolled in the Indian Division of the t Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In ad dition to working on many public land construction programs, the Indian Di vision of the Civilian Conservation Corps helped build up fire protection systems that are still in use today, al most seventy years later. Lookout tow ers, fire cabins and many miles of phone lines, in and outside of In dian country, all helped fire suppres sion efforts over the decades.” A large segment of Indians in attendance wore regalia. Many Na tive employees participated as did the Native American Coalition of Boise (NACOB). The Umatilla Inter-tribal Dram contributed a powerful perfor mance, singing an honor song as part of the ceremony. BIA Train ing Officer, Ed Secakuku, a North ern Ute Indian, mesmerized the au dience with his hand drum and sing ing a Northern Ute Flag Song. See FIRE FIGHTERS on 11 Reona Trimble is exactly like many single mothers: loving, hard working and occasionally slightly overwhelmed with work and responsibility. The difference can be seen through the children in her home. While Trimble has two of her own children, she also serves as a foster parent. Five years ago, Trimble said, she had a coworker who was a foster parent with Child Protective Services (CPS). Trimble was curious enough to con tact CPS and go through the screening process. Now she has had 11 foster children go through her home— including two that have remained with her perma nently. It’s something that Trimble encour ages other parents to participate in. “I encourage it because it’s reward- ingin a lot of ways,” she explained. But, Trimble cautioned, becoming a foster parent isn’t necessarily for everyone. She added, “You’re just going to have to try it to find out if it works.” Trimble thinks the reason she is suc cessful as a foster parent can be cred ited to her mother—when Trimble was younger, she often saw her mother welcoming other into her home. According to Trimble, “I’m hoping that’s what rubbed off on me.” Because she works at ECE, Trimble said, it can be especially easy to incor porate younger children into her life, though she has also cared for some teenagers and older children. As a single parent, Trimble said the best part about being a foster parent is seeing the reaction from the children. See FOSTER PARENT on 10 Community meeting on new high school Aguilar wins book award G eorge W. A guilar Sr. has won a 2006 Oregon Book Award for “When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid- Colum bia and Warm Springs Reservation.” At the awards ceremony last week in Portland, Aguilar won the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction. “W hen the River Ran Wild!’ is an important contribution to the h isto ry o f the au th o r’s people,” said category judge Jonathan Yardley, Pulitzer Prize- winning writer. “Fishing, hunting, farming and ordinary daily fife are discussed here in great and unfailingly interesting detail.” Aguilar has lived on the Warm Springs Reservation for 70 years and worked as a fisherman, car penter, mechanic and at numer ous other jobs. His book is both a memoir and a detailed cultural history o f the M id-Colum bia tribes. A m ong other talents, Aguilar is an ethnobotanist. T he 2006 O regon B ook Award is dedicated, Aguilar has said, “To those who were, to those who are, and to those who are to co m e.” The O regon Book Awards are presented by the Lit erary Arts organization. cuion Eu9ene ■ BOISE, Idaho - A crowd of over 100 people gathered recently at the N ational Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho for a cer emony honoring wildland firefighters killed in the fine of duty. Under a high overcast sky with the sun peeking through, slowly melt ing the snow on the ground, the crowd listened to a variety of high- ranking speakers. The ceremony honored the plac ing of commemorative markers at the Wildland Firefighters M onu ment. The all-encompassing cer em ony included recognition of American Indian Fleritage Month and the role played by Native Ameri cans in Wildland Firefighting. W arm Springs C h ief D elvis Heath was among the Native people who contributed to the program. Chief Heath spoke of the sacrifices made by the firefighters that were being honored and sang an Honor Song saluting the fallen firefighters. It was an emotional presentation as many in the crowd, struggled to maintain their composure. Tim Murphy, Deputy Director of the BLM Office of Fire and Avia tion was the master of ceremonies. BIA Fire Director Lyle Carlile, Na tional Park Service Fire Director, Mike Wallace, U.S:: Forest Service Assistant Fire Director, Karyn Wood, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo’s Staff Assistant Sandra Bachman, Vicki Minor, the Executive Director of the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, Dave Mueller, Wildland Firefighter Task Group, Burk Minor, Wildland Firefighter Foundation and Bodie Shaw, W ildland Firefighter Task Group, all spoke paying tribute to the m em ory o f courageous firefighters who lost their lives in the fine of duty. Vicki Minor, executive director of the Wildand Firefighter Founda- P.O. Box 870 761 By Leslie Mitts Spilyay Tymoo Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Students demonstrated traditional dancing at the annual Native American Assembly at Jefferson County Middle School on Nov. 21. The assembly celebrates Native American Month and teaches students about several cultural aspects. Foster Kaiama and Leland George performed flute music, and the Pine Grove Juniors provided a drumming group for the event. Representatives from the future Willow Creek Community High School last week held an informational meet ing for the Warm Springs community. The meeting aimed to inform com munity members about the new high school set to open in September. Students will receive personalized educations in the new, small school that will include community and family en gagements, real-world learning and col lege preparation. In order to prepare them for the real world, students will complete in ternships with local businesses— for some that will involve working with businesses in Warm Springs, accord ing to Principal Julie Lafayette. “This is a school that will rely quite a bit on our community,” she said. For instance, a student interested in history could potentially complete an internship at the museum and learn about everything in that field. For that reason, Lafayette said, she plans to hold parent meetings and in form local businesses about the oppor tunity to work with students. Ideally, students will be able to work in a field that they plan to pursue as a career choice. According to Lafayette, this type of school has been very suc cessful in other states. For the students, she said, it is espe cially worthwhile. Lafayette said, “They come out be ing very, very confident and very ar ticulate.” The students also leave the school with the knowledge of what it is like to work in the real world. “That’s one of the key pieces, is that we m ake le arn in g m e an in g fu l,” Lafayette explained. The school will reflect the current d em ograp hics at M adras H igh School—which means that 32 percent of the school’s students will be Native American. Students at Willow Creek Community High School will still par ticipate in athletic activities at Madras High School. See HIGH SCHOOL on 11 Tree lighting and lights parade tonight The annual Christmas tree fight- ing is at 6 o’clock this evening, Thurs- day, Dec. 7 at the Community Cen- f ter. The car fight parade and holiday barbeque are also tonight. U n iv e r s ity o f Oregon L ib r a r y R eceived on: 12-13-06 S p ily a y tymoo
