Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 20, 20 08
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Births
Warren Wallulatum-Garcia
V ictor G arcia and Turina
Wallulatum are pleased to an
nounce the birth o f their son
W arren W allulatum -G arcia,
born on November 3, 2008.
T he grandparents on the
father’s side are Javier Garcia
and Pabla Villanueva o f Culver.
G ra n d p aren ts on the
mother’s side are the late War
ren W allulatum Sr., and
D eb o rah Jackson o f W arm
Springs.
A iyana Ali%e Zacarias
Isac J. Zacarias and Brianna
M. H u izar o f M adras are
pleased to announce the birth of
their daughter Aiyana Alize
Zacarias, born on November 2,
2008.
Grandparent on the father’s
side is Adelita Zacarias o f Ma
dras.
Grandparent on the mother’s
side is Alfredo Huizar o f Ma
dras.
Native American Heritage
A rt Market at museum
Leslie Mitts photos
Austin Rauschenburg, Rosebud Whipple, Annalise
Whipple, and Malia Collins (top, left to right)
participated in a recent activity night at Jefferson
County Middle School hosted by the SMILE
program.
Tyrone Ray (at left) also joined in and said he had
fun looking at slides of blood through a microscope.
SMILE stands for Science & Math Investigative
Learning Experiences.
The SMILE Program is a partnership between
Oregon State University and 14 Oregon school
districts to provide science and math enrichment for
underrepresented and other educationally
underserved students in grades 4-12.
Rosebud Whipple, a SMILE program participant,
said, “It makes math fun and it’s really interesting.”
According to their website, SMILE began in 1988,
serving 80 students in four middle schools.
Currently the program serves more than 700
elementary, middle, and high school students in 35
schools.
Howlak Tichum
Ronald James M orning
Owl, “Pow-ya-Wow”
March 19, 1965—November 6, 2008
Ronald James Morning Owl,
whose Indian name was “Pow-
ya-Wow” passed away on N o
vember 6, 2008 in Richland,
Wash.
A Dressing Ceremony was
held on Friday N ovember 7,
2008 at the Mission Longhouse.
Washat services, with a tradi
tional midnight meal was held
j following the dressing.
Sunrise burial services were
held on Saturday, November 8,
2008 at the Old Agency Cem
etery — Spino Addition.
Ron was born on March 19,
1965 at Pendleton, Oregon to
Inez Spino and Edwin Morning
Owl Sr.
Ron’s education began in Pi
lot Rock Elementary and con
tinued through Pilot Rock Jr.
High School and Pilot Rock
High School.
Many o f his friends knew
him as “Pow-ya-W ow ” or
Ronnie. He was affectionately
know n as “ M oggie” by his
nieces.
Ron was of Umatilla, Warm
Springs and Blood Reserve de
scent.
Ron loved to travel, pow
wow, and rodeo. He enjoyed
breaking and training horses for
family and friends.
He was a rodeo cowboy and
competed in wild horse races,
ro p in g and all rough stock
events.
H e enjoyed being in the
mountains hunting with “the
boys”. He also enjoyed fishing,
gill netting and dip netting on
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He was a skilled hunter and
fisherman and often provided
meat and salmon for his family,
tribal elders and various long
houses.
He was a mem ber o f the
Starr Society and traveled to
many pow-wows throughout
the U.S. and Canada. He was a
singer,, fancy dancer and a tradi
tional dancer.
Ron loved spending time
with his family and friends.
He is survived by his chil
dren: Leroy M orning Owl,
Nahoma Morning Owl, Ariane
Wildbill, Rolin Morning Owl,
Neal Morning Owl, Celestine
Morning Owl, Chelsea George
and Shawna W aheneka, his
grand-children: Shayonnie Jack-
son, T sones M orning Owl,
Kamiya Jackson and Caden
Stewart, his mother Inez Spino,
brothers: Edwin T. Morning
Owl o f McKay Creek, Leroy
Spino o f Pendleton, Jimmy
C hiefm o o n Sr. o f Canada,
Edwin Bad Man o f Canada, and
Mathew Chiefmoon o f Canada,
sisters: C eleste Reves o f
P en d leto n ,
and
Shirley
Chiefmoon o f Canada. He is
also survived by numerous other
siblings in Canada.
He was preceded in death by
his father Edwin Morning Owl,
g ran d p a re n ts G eorge and
Maude Spino, as well as grand
parents in Canada.
B urns
M o rtu ary
of
Pendleton was in charge of ar
rangements.
T he M useum at Warm
Springs will host a Native
American Heritage Art Mar
ket on Saturday and Sunday,
Nov. 29 and 30.
The event will feature lo
cal artisans with Columbia
River Plateau Traditional Art
and Native American Con
temporary Arts and Crafts
for sale.
The market will be open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
museum. There is no admis
sion charge for the market
and guests who sign up at the
registration desk will be eli
gible for door prizes.
Drawings for door prizes
will be held on Saturday ev
ery half hour. For more in
formation call 553-3331.
Teaching tools foster science
and diabetes education in
Native American schools
Schools across the country
now have free access to an in
novative set o f teaching tools
designed to increase the under
standing o f science, health and
diabetes among American In
dian and Alaska Native students
from kindergarten through the
12th grade.
The comprehensive new cur
riculum is called “Health is Life
in Balance/’
The curriculum was launched
this month at the Smithsonian’s
National Museum o f the Ameri
can Indian in Washington, D.C.
The curriculum — a product
o f the Diabetes-based Science
E ducation in Tribal Schools
(DETS) program — integrates
science and Native American
traditions to educate students
about science, diabetes and its
risk factors.
Another focus is the impor
tance o f nutrition and physical
activity in maintaining health
and balance in life.
Applying an inquiry-based
approach to learning, the cur
riculum builds research skills in
observation, measurement, pre
diction, experimentation, and
communication.
The project was developed in
collaboration with eight tribal
colleges and universities and
several Native American orga
nizations, with funding from the
National Institutes o f Health,
the Indian Health Service (IHS),
and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Diabetes is a major cause of
heart disease and stroke, and is
the m ost com m on cause in
adults o f blindness, kidney fail
ure and amputations not related
to trauma.
T he disease now afflicts
nearly 24 million people in the
U.S.
Type 2 diabetes is the most
common form o f the disease,
and is linked to older age, obe
sity, physical inactivity, family
history o f the disease, and a his
tory o f gestational diabetes.
In the last 30 years, the inci
dence o f type 2 diabetes has
been steadily rising. The rate o f
diagnosed diabetes in American
Indians and Alaska Natives is
two to three times that o f non-
Hispanic whites.
Nearly 17 percent o f the to
tal adult population served by
the IHS has diagnosed diabetes.
After adjusting for popula
tion age differences, diabetes
rates vary from 6 percent among
Alaska Native adults to 29 per- |
cent among American Indian
adults in southern Arizona.
Once seen only in adults, type |
2 diabetes is increasingly being |
diagnosed in youth, especially in
American Indian and other mi- .
nority populations.
“Many people don’t know y
that type 2 diabetes can often be ®
prevented by losing a modest {
amount of weight through diet ■
and regular physical activity,” .
said Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., di- '
rector o f the National Institute -
o f Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, which contrib-1
uted most of the funding for the \
project.
“We hope that this innova
tive, well tested curriculum will
reduce the rapidly rising inci- f
dence o f type 2 diabetes in N a
tive A m ericans by teaching
young people about diabetes
prevention.”
A lvin W indy Boy is the
former chair o f the Tribal Lead
ers D iabetes C om m ittee, a
group of elected tribal officials
who advise the Indian Health
Service on diabetes topics.
! He voiced the need for the
curriculum at a 2002 meeting of
the Diabetes Mellitus In ter
agency Coordinating Commit
tee, which coordinates federal
research and activities related to
diabetes.
The materials were designed
and extensively tested by staff
in eight tribal colleges and uni
versities.
Staff worked with 63 teach
ers and 1,500 students in schools
across 14 states. “This curricu
lum is an important step in edu
cating Am erican Indian and
Alaska Native youth about pre
venting type 2 diabetes,” said
Windy Boy. “ The materials are
understandable, tailored for stu
dents at different grade levels,
and make the concepts relevant
to our lives and families.
“We’re pleased that our na
tive youth will now be learning
how to prevent type 2 diabetes
early in life and in their own
schools. We hope som e o f
these students will be inspired
to become health professionals
to help us in the fight against
diabetes and other chronic dis
eases,” added Buford Rolin, who
now chairs the Tribal Leaders
Diabetes Committee.