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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon October 25 , 2 0 0 7 Page 7 Sen. Smith, tribes discuss Indian Affairs From the Office of Tribal Governmental Affairs. Tribal leaders met recently at the Celilo Longhouse with U.§. Sen. Gordon Smith and BIA regional director Stan Speaks. Sen. Smith presented an up date on Native American-re lated legislative work pending in the Senate. Smith is the ranking minor ity member o f the Senate In dian Affairs Committee. High lights o f his report include: Bringing IHS construction funds to Oregon , .Sen. Smith is leadirtg'the ef*1* fort to secure more funding fo r, «construction of Indian health facilities in Oregon. Currently, the facilities bud get for the Indian Health Ser vice (IHS)'is locked into projects mostly in the Southwestern U.S., and Oregon is not in line to reL ceive any funds for 20 to 30 yeari. Sen. Smith is working t£. amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the IHS to fund projects more eq uitably across the country. Both the Indian Affairs and Finance committees have passed the bill, and the full Senate is expected to Vote on the proposal this year. Photo courtesy of Michelle J. Singer, One Sky Center - tenante or adoption assistance ; payments, and tribes do not [ have adequate funding to pro vide for fee needs of children in care. Seri. Smith and Seri. Max j Baugu.s (D-Mont.) ! introduced the /T ribal Foster- Care and Adoption Access Act; which will j ensure feat tribes receive direct reimbursement for costs related i to foster care services, includ«- ; ing adoptiori assistance services, employee training and edpta- ( tion, administrative costs related Ito case planning and case man- agemeat, and developing and maintaining data collection sys- : terns. El Tribal Council Chairman Ron Suppah meets with Sen. Gordon Smith at Celilo Village. of Veterans Affairs (the VA). The legislation would result in greater access to health care seryices for American Indian veterans of federally recognized tribes. The legislation also would ensure that Native American veterans eligible for VA health care benefits will not be liable for individual co-pays for VÀ health services delivered by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Columbia River treaty fish ing access and in-lieu sites Helping tribal veterans with Sen. Smith is working with health care costs the Senate Indian Affairs Com , Seri. Smith recently intro mittee and the Columbia River duced the American Indian Vet Inter-Tribal Fish Commission to eran Health Care Improvement maximize operation and main Act, which would encourage tenance funding for, Columbia coUabQrati© 4 |s betiveen the De River treaty fishing access arid partment of Health and Human in-lieu sites. Services, and the D epartm ent, | The proposed change in law; would allow already appropri ated fending for fee sites to be iriyested providing higher-yields and .additional years, of opera tional f&ding. It is expected feat this provi sion will be included in a techni cal am endm ents bill being drafted by the Indian Affairs Committee. Tribal adoption tinder current law, tribal na tions do not have/direct access to- federal Sociai Se,entity Ad ministration Title IV-E foster cate arid adoption funds. -Inj- stead, fee tribes must develop n eg o tiated , agreements w ith states to acces# these funds. As a result, m ost N ative American children placed in out-of-home care through tribal courts are not eligible for fefe ieral funds for foster care main- M useum at W arm Springs to host Star Light D inner i, The Museum at Warm 'Springs will host thé ’Star Light Diftner on Friday* De cember 7. The dinner is held in fee rimseum lobby, ' ¿S/ a fUndraisirig event for the Museum at-Warm Springs. • Dinnerwill includè turkey and ham and all the trim mings, arid devine desserts. Tickets are available from fee museum staff. - Ticket prices are $15 for adults (13 and older), $10 for ’senior citizens, and $5 for children. The evening schedule in cludes a visit to fee mUsdum by Santa' (from 3 to 4:30 p.m.), silent auction (from 3 to 5* p.m.), and dinner frorii 5-6:30 p.m. >t For more information call fee museum ^^§53-3331. ßH/arm (^wrujfá, (Áe óuálneááeá tfOM áee ¿n fÁ& IST pn/ty. Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- d Open Monday-Sat 9 : 00 - 6 :0 0 Your Bar 7 1 7 S.W. 5 th St. M a d ra s O r Workshop on Native women’s personal finances , T he TJ.S. D ep artm en t y5F information to Native American Lab op’s W omen’s Bureau is women through a series o f pub- sponsoring a workshop, “Mov ’ lie service radio announcements ing Beyond Survival to Finan and classes designed to increase cial Stability,” to-be held from %! financial literacy. “The ^Women’s Bureau is a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oët. "30, at the Warm Springs proud to be a catalyst for this Community Center. unique collaboration wife Native Topics to be covered include: public media and Native com credit in a money world, identi munities,” said Shinae Chun, fication theft prevention, sound Women’s Bureau director. savings, and home ownership as $ “By funding this project, we hope that more rural Native a tool for financial, success. The free financial skül-buikU women ;.will learnt about the ing workshop is part of an ef Wife Up financial literacy pro fort to provide financial educa gram, which can provide them tion to Native American women. wife fee tools they need to gain T h e W om en’s Bureau is control over their finances and working wife Native public me save for fee future,” said’Chun. Since fee Women’s Bureau dia, community groups and lo cal employment offices to bring launched Wi$e Up in 2004, more than p,500 women have partici pated and the program’s Web site lias received more than one million hits, kinder Chun’s lead ership, outreach has been ex panded to target the Native American community and oth ers. ■ Toward feat end, fee bureau has joined forces wife local part ners including One-Stop Career Centers, community groups and Native public media’s network of radio stations. To sign up for the Warm Springs workshop, contact Julie Q uaid . a t , 553-3438 or jqUaid@wstribes.org; or Alicia Diefenbach at (206) 295-2189 or ach@aliciahaus.com. Craft Si Sewing Accessories S1.Q0Ü 3 I and up http://www.theoutpoststore.com/ Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- Wärm Springs Indrin Arts CrâAs 2132 Wkm Spring St;. Wärm SprmgB, OR 97761 m s 53~ m Christmas Stocking Raffle 1 Giant Christmas Stocking 3 Smaller Christmas Stockings Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Need not be present to win. Drawing on Dec. 24. See the following for tickets: Rita Squiemphen, Val Squiemphen, Ina Schuster, CR Begay, Sammi O’Reilly. Best Food In Town - No Kidding! r
