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Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon A ugust 30, 2 0 0 7 Page 7 Kah-Nee-Ta stables employ 15 youth workers B y L e slie M itts Spilyay Tymoo f For Whitley Ruiz, working at Ikiutan Stables this summer pro vides an opportunity to enjoy something she already knows plenty about: working w ith horses. , Ruiz, a recent graduate of Madras High School, is one o f several youth working at the stables this summer. I “It’s exciting,” she said o f the job. “it’s fun.” Ruiz, 18, works as a guide along with Atcitty Begay, 17, and varibtis other local youth. ”, She and Begay both have ex tensive experience with horses that they bring to the job. “I’ve been.around horses my whole life,” Begay said. ; Both of them described the same aspect as their favorite part o f the job: meeting new people and interacting with customers from a variety of locations. 1 Chris Buller, president o f Sanctuary and Faith Trails- is overseeing the management of the stables, this summerin. conr junction'with Kah-Nee-Ta. Because they ”w ork in con junction w ith K ah-N ee-T a, Buller said, they are able to em ploys local youth through the W ED P rogram and H igher Education. “We can actually employ a lot more kids than if we were just a 'business,” Buller explained. This summer 15 local youth«* * are employed at the stables. The total includes less experienced youth employed as hands, those employed as guides, and even .^ttidents in college working as mahajgers ‘ whb help" w ith the' administrative and financial as Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Whitley Ruiz is one of several youth working at the Kah-Nee-Ta stable this summer. pect of the business. In order to work as a guide, Buller said, the .youth have to meet.several requirements. • “Thçre’s. a certain level o f maturity you nave to have to do that too,” he added. In addition to working on their skills with horses, he said, the youth have gotten a chance^ to interact with alT different types of-people. “Every one of my guides, and even tfie hands and ‘staff ©ut So f a r this summer they have led over 1,000 rides:f people,” Buller said. • They’ve had plenty o f oppor tunities to inaprove upon their people skills in addition to many other skills this summer— so far Buller said they .have led over 1^,000. rides,., - K efê^av#”% bfteri^n«‘édibry7 ' ' Buller added th '^w o rk tn g good at advocating for their with youth is part of 'their suc Madras X)&>ign Centex cess. “We’ve been lucky that we’ve just had phenom enal young people to work with,” he said., Though some of the youth w orkers already know a lot about w orking w ith horses, Buller said, others have to be taught certain aspects. “It’s a blend,” he explained. “Even the ones thiat know a lot will know a lot in a certain area.” Because o f that, Buller said, th u v o jith o fte n ,teach each ptfietf^-uor instance,1 pe ¡saicif they’ve explored different op tions for starting horses that they might not have known be The deadline for sub fore; m ission to’ the Tribal ^Puller said they are also striv Member Art Exhibit at the ing to use the. stable to interact Museum at Warm Springs more with the local community. is Friday, Sept. 21. The ex t h e y ’ve h o stted ' several hibit will run from Oct. 4 barbeques this summer, and of through Jan.’6. fered free horseback rides,to Applicants must be 18 veterans on. veteran’s day. Of- yejtrs of age or older and : ten local people will stop by to enrolled in the Confeder visit’as well, Buller said. a te d Tribes) o f W arm Several changes are notable Springs. Applicants may at the stables since Sanctuary submit up to five items and Faith Trails begap working along with application be in conjunction with Kah-Nee- fore the deadline. All en Ta: for example, they now offer tries m ust be n o more the opportunity for tourists to than five years, old and lease a pen and bring their-own have not been exhibited in horse onto the reservation. any other exhibits at the People can then hire a>guide and Museum at Warm Springs. ride their own horse in the area. y Submitted works must Recently, Buller said, they remain on display through began offering a horse sale in ibe qntire deration o f the May while working with college exhibit dates. Applications students or high'school seniors. are now- available at the ,ko start horse(s, , museum. Contact Natalie .The student then keeps a M oody at the museum* portion o f the proceeds Tor 553-3^3V est. 412 V spending money while purstiing higher education;—an opportu- nity that doesn’t ,come often, Buller said, when many schol arships apply only to tuition and other related expenses. There will be a 30 and over Many o f their horses are horses that . have been saved basketball tournament on Oct. . from slaughter or been donated, 26-28. First place winners in the and guides working with the men’s and women’s competition . stables can even bring their own receive eight leather sleeve jack horses to work with throughout ets. Second place, eight hooded sw ëatshirts. T h ird , :i.qight the summer, Buller added., • The stables offer one-hour sweatshirts. There will be one rides, 4two-hour rides, half-day MVP and 10 all-stars, men’s and women’s, ¿Contact the Tulalip rides and full-day rides, i Buller said they plan to re Recreation Department for in main open throughout the year, fo rm a tio n , (360) 651-4389. Çheckç^ le ¿gÉggj ¡Tulajip , egp^cija^j^y a p p o in tn i® |^ ‘wy r W p e information” Call Tribes, Recreation Department, 54,1) 553-1112 ext 3375. 6700 Totem Beach Rd., Tulalip, WA 98271. Entry fee is $300. 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