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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 2009)
Jgnu^ry 1, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tyrooó, Wgrrn Springs, Oregon Pgge 2 Civil legal help for victims continues Civil legal assistance for on- reservation victims of domes tic violence, sexual assault, dat ing violence, and stalking will continue through August o f 2010. Warm Springs Victims of Crime Services made this an nouncement after receiving an extension of the office’s current Warm Legal Assistance for Vic tims grant. The Legal Assistance for Vic tims grant project makes avail able civil legal services and rep resentation in tribal legal mat ters to eligible victims o f do mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking arising as a consequence of their abuse or violence. The U.S. Department of jus tice funds the Legal Assistance for Victims grant through its Violence Against Women O f fice. This is a two-year grant. Gwen Leonard is the Civil Legal Advocate employed by the grant, and her office is located in the Victims of Crime Services . office building. Leonard appears in court with eligible clients who need assistance with restraining or ders, divorces, modifications of family and civil orders, guardianships and other civil le gal matters arising from a situa tion involving violence or stalk ing. Restraining order cases are the most frequent type o f the case where Leonard appears in tribal court as a spokesperson. Leonard also observes at ar raignment and other tribal court hearings those person-crime cases relating to Victims o f Crime Services (VOCS) and violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, then that p erso n will be referred to Leonard. She will then determine if the potential client is eligible for LAV legal services. According to Office on Vio lence Against Women guide lines, LAV legal services cannot be provided to those individu als who need legal representa tion for criminal defense, or if their children are taken into pro tective custody. Also, the LAV advocate can not assist clients in off-reserva- tion courts. Leonard will make a referral to either Oregon Legal Services in Bend, tribal Legal Aid, or off- reservation attorneys for those individuals who are not eEgible for the Warm Springs LAV civil legal assistance services. The VOCS Advocate Super visor, Sammy Bruised Head, will assign a victim advocate to work with the cEent and Leonard with Photo courtesy o f VOCS. non-legal services and assis Gwen Leonard, civil legal advocate. tance. The victim advocate may as sist the cEent with etriotional Legal Assistance for Victims ber.” Leonard has attended several support, information or referral, (LAV) subject matter. Mark Matthews, VOCS di trainings, including two trainings or personal advocacy. R eferrals to .th e VOCS rector, is the LAV grant super for legal advocates taught by the vising attorney. H e assists National Institute of Trial At E vening W om en’s S u p p o rt Leonard with supervision, ad torneys, and seminar taught by Group, Warm Springs Commu vice, and will substitute for the Southwest Center for Law nity Counseling and other pub- Leonard when she cannot ap and Policy since being hired in Ec service agencies are common. You can caU 553-2293 dur January 2007 as the LAV Civil pear in court. ing office hours if you need civil “Gwen Leonard is a great Advocate. Potential clients who need legal assistance due to the result spokesperson and legal advocate for her clients,” said Matthews. civil legal assistance from the o f domestic violence, sexual as “She understands the issues that LAV program must first have a . sault, dating violence, or stalk her clients face because of her confidential intake by a VOCS ing. background as a victims advo staff member. If the ' potential client has cate supervisor, and as a grand mother and community mem legal problems due to domestic 1JA34L Jot AWpjW/t/tvnXj- ' -tKe âxtAmcAAcâ. tjzut. a c c in -tKc ifea Spring Mfäkefi Births Sequoya Shannie Aeloe VanPelt Chet Ralph VanPelt and Breanna Kikana Knouf of Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Sequoya Shannie Aeloe VanPelt, born on December 7,2008. Sequoyia joins brothers Isaiah VanPelt, 7, and Thomas Knouf, 2; and sisters Margaret VanPelt, 5, and Amber VanPelt, 3. Grandparents on the father’s side are Wanda VanPelt and the late Chester VanPelt of Warm Springs. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Joyce and Keith Charley of Warm Springs. YLailee Daniella Mora Daniel Mora and Leann Wolfe of Madras are pleased to announce the birth o f their daughter Kailee DanieEa Mora, born on December 14, 2008. Grandparents on the father’s side are Jose and Aurora MeEado of Madras. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Flossie Wolfe and the late James L. Wolfe Sr., of Warm Springs. Donnie Benard Polk Tewee Cody Tewee and LuciEe “Meredith” Polk of Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth of their son Donnie Benard Polk Tewee, born on December 19, 2008. Donnie joins sister Rashawna Polk Tewee, age 2 years and eight months. Grandparents on the father’s side are the late Benard Tewee and Merle Kalama, of Warm Springs. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Annette (HolEday) - Polk, and Dixon Polk Sr., of Warm Springs. Great grandparents on the m other’s side are Lucille Schuster and James Teeman, and Donnie HolEday, of Warm Springs. Great great grandmother is Evelyn D. Sam of Warm Springs, and the late ElEsch Schuster of Toppenish, Wash. Great great grandparents are Sherman HolEday and the late Velma (Bean) HolEday of Warm Springs. Also, great great grandmother is Alberta (YaEup) LilEe of Wapato, Wash., and the late Leonard Polk Sr., of Wapato. 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