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Page 6 , Septena ber- 27 2007 Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Many tribal employees taking college classes through new Education program Photo courtesy of Michelle J. Singer, One Sky Center Sen. Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, visited Portland in September, addressing a gathering of over 4,000 people at the Oregon Convention Center. During his visit, Sen. Obama met with Ron Suppah, chairman of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Also at the meeting were tribal planner Lonny Macy, who serves on ■ the Columbia River Gorge Commission, and J.P. Olney Patt |r;| executive director of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. Chairman Suppah presented the Senator with a beaded necklace that Obama is wearing in the photo above. Workshop helps to cope with chronic pain ; “living Well With Chronic ditipn, |4 six-week The w orkshop'teaches I workshop for peoplfe with any practical skills for living a chronic health condition. healthy life with an ongoing Examples o f chronic con health condition. ditions are asthma, diabetes, Topics covered: managing , heart disease, arthritis, among symptoms, medication “how V other ailments. , to,” working with your health The workshop is- today, care team, effective prob j Thursday,, Sept.'27 at High lem solving, how to relax, ; Lopkee, Lodge. -There I is no tips for eating well, setting cost for this workshop, which weekly goals, better com "’is from 1;30 to 4 p.m. munication, handling diffi The workshop is , for indi- cult emotions, and safe easy vidual with a chronic health exercise. ^condition, aiyTTot car© prp- Please contact Jo^i at |pyid:efs who" take hare of. 1196, ext 4141 tó Register. .t soimePne with a chronic con- 7 C onditions” i s Nearly 50 employees o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs are newly enrolled stu dents in college courses, many o f which are being held on the reservation. There is space remaining for additional students, in the event that other tribal members wish to enroll. , So far, the employees who have enrolled are from the Early Childhood Education Cen ter, the Culture and Heritage Department, and Human Ser vices. The classes being offered are the result o f a new Higher Edu cation Partnership among the Confederated Tribes, Oregon State University, Central Oregon Community College, and the Cascades Center for Community Governance. The program is made possible through a federal grant for $210,000, awarded in 2006, to explore how American Indian tribes in rural areas can create higher education opportunities. Shared funding comes from the Head Start Bureau, based in Colorado, and die Confeder ated Tribes o f Warm Springs Higher Education. Over two yekrs, the outside funding will support research on a variety o f activities on the Warm Springs Reservation, in cluding inform ation sharing about college attendance, advise ment, tutoring, local course* work, Web-based class offerings, child care for employed students, and ongoing support for employe ees new to higher education, as Well as those who have inter rupted their education to take care off fam ily m em bers or i^pr^on pehalf tribes. A five-phase model based Six “transformative learning” has been developed, and is being tested by the program. If it continues to be as suc cessful, as seems likely given its encouraging beginnings, the ap proach will be shared with other tribes across the nation. Many o f them are also located in very rural areas and also see a need for more higher education for tribal members and other tribal employees. To date, five college classes have been held at Warm Springs in the Early Childhood Educa tion Center. Enrollm ents have ranged from 15 to 27 students, and each class has had a higher en rollment than the previous class. Scheduled fall classes include 400 level Families and Poverty from OSU and Math 60 and Writing 60 from COCC. The math- and writing se quences will continue on the reservation at increasing levels throughout the year* and.' OSU will offer an additional class lo cally each quarter. Additional tribal employees are taking classes over the Internet or traveling to Redmond or Bend to earn, col lege credits. Each interested tribal em ployee will gain an individual plan for higher education and/ o r continuing education. Plans are being developed based on each individual’s inter ests, entering skills, past educa tional history, ^personal prefer ences, and desired rate o f course attainment. Persons interested in enroll ing in college work must take two placement tests to ensure that they start at the correct .level tp fpster .success in theif college course-work. For additional in form ation, co n ta c t Tedi Tanawasha in the Tribal Higher principal investigator Tedi Tanawasha, Higher Education Education Office, 553-3311. This grant program is in Director for the Confederated tended to determine how Indian Tribes. Clint Jacks, retired OSÚ tribes in rural areas can increase Extension leader, serves as site the number o f Head Start and coordinator, and Teresa Hogue other employees with access to is the fiscal agent5 for the Cas cades Center for Community higher education. - There are five aims o f the Governance, récipient o f the Higher Education Partnership grant award. Wendell Jim, manager o f the research: 1) Implement and test a plan tribes’ Education Branch, has for individualized educational also been involved in develop planning for all employees o f ing the program. To daté, more than 50 em the Tribal Early Childhood Edu ployees o f the tribes have ex cation Center. 2) Evaluate the success o f a pressed an interest in beginning plan to increase by 50 percent or re-entering higher education the enrollment o f Early Child and pursuing a degree. “Many o f these individuals hood Education Center staff in are already caring for children higher education. - 3) Evaluate three approaches or older family members, work to academic and emotional sup ing full-time, and otherwise con port for college students (indi tributing to their Wárm Springs vidual online mentoring, indi community, so this commitment vidual face to face tutorials, and to gaining higher education is very impressive!,” said cohort model mentoring). 4) ■ iDevefop ' and tesy an ap Rpsénko^tter. “As the employees gain con proach to staff training, in Cul ture and Heritage wi0i consid cept? and skills from college eration for developmentally ap course-work, they will be able propriate education for chil to improve child and family ser dren from birth to age 5 along vices in Warm Springs and also with strategies for carrying the to advance, opportunities for children’s cultural learning into themselves and^ their own fami lies. And as the Partnership pro home environments, 5) Disseminate the findings gram determines the strategies o f this research to the Confed that are helpful, we will be able erated Tribes o f Warm Springs, to share ideas and proven prac Indian educators nationally, tices w ith tribes across the Head Start networks, and the United States.” broader eariy childhood,commu There are two, other such nity. Accordingly, the results o f partnerships between tribes and the Warm Springs program will universities in the United States. be share nationally through ar They are housed at Michigan ticles and conference presenta State University, partnering with 12 tribes in that state, and Ari tions. Dr. Sharon Rosenkoettet, o f zona State University, partnering OSU’s Department o f Human with the Navaho. For additional Developn^eint a n d Family Sci information,.,contact: ¡ ,,, ences at Corvallis is principal investigator, together with, co Kah-Nee-Ta introduces expanded poker room In response to the contin ued growth in popularity o f poker, particularly Texas Hold ‘Em, Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino has expanded and relocated its poker room to a larger and more private location within the casino. Kah-Nee-Ta’s new poker room will be occupy 2,500 square feet o f space on the garden level o f the casino, which is located downstairs from the main gaming floor. The poker room will initially offer three tables for play, with plans to add a fourth table in the future. The poker room at Kah-Nee-Ta is open for play weekly from Thursday through Saturday, beginning at 4 p.m. “Moving the poker room to a more intimate and comfort able setting for live poker is part o f our year-lon g cafcino m akeover,” ¿¡said Maris&a Iivengood, director o f opera tions at K ah -N ee-T I High Desert Resort and Casino. “This also includes convert ing the' third floor o f the casino to non-smoking, the addition o f new slot machines, expanded hours for blackjack and adding some hew specials to the Chi- nook Room menu. Guests can anticipate more changes in the near future.’ Av . Celebrating its‘35th anniver sary in 2007, Kah-Nee-Ta is the N orthwest’s only destination reT sort, spa and casino. 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