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"1 r Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 May 7 ,2 0 0 9 Scholarships available for 4-H summer conference at OSU Biggest Losers win cash prizes As a group, the Biggest Loser participants lost 198 pounds. T hey to o k 79.5 inches off their waists, and 67 inches of the hips. The results o f the fitness challenge were announced last week at the 2009 Biggest L oser in W arm Springs lunch. The competition is in four categories: women 49 and under, women 50 and older, men 49 and under, and men 50 and older. O f the 146 people who participated in the weight- loss com petition, 100 are women and 46 are men. Leslie C ochran-D avis won first place in the women 49 and u nder category. Claudine Seegrey Littleleaf won in the women 50 and older category. Ben Bisland won in the men 49 and under category. Anthony Littleleaf won in the men 50 and over cat egory. The winners received cash payouts. Second-place win ners also received cash. They are: Angie Todechine and Chris Smith (women’s cat egories), and Jamie Smith and George Robinson (men’s cat- Warm Springs students in grades 7-12 are invited to apply for scholarships to attend the 4- H summer conference. The conference will be held on the Oregon State University campus on June 24-27. This week-long event fea tures informal classes and field trips for students to learn top ics ranging from videography to computers, to rock climbing. The scholarship covers the cost o f registration. A confer ence bus will be available to take students from Bend to Corvallis for a small fee. The conference offers a great opportunity to be Women o f Wellness lunch Thursday Dave McMechan/Spilyay Leslie Cochran-Davis, and Tony and Seegrey Littleleaf won first-place in this year’s Biggest Loser competition. (Ben Bisley not pictured.) egories). LaVena Ike won third place in the women under 49 category. Other big losers are: Samantha Gomez, Darylynne Cortazar, B onnie B axter and Margie Tuckta. Also: Jason Hintsala, Brian Renfro and Kelly Beymer. All participants received fit ness challenge sweatshirts. Carolyn Harvey o f the tribal Community Wellness Program, and Montell Elliott o f the Dia betes Prevention Program, pre A study showed there was no government support fo r American enous art culture and relatively little philanthropic assistance... The foundation's scope en compasses Alaska Natives and Native HawaEans. Its new presi dent, Tara Lulani Arquette, a Native HawaEan, will move to the city next month to select an office site, Echo-Hawk said. By the end o f the year, the foundation hopes to start award ing grants to artists and organi zations that support native art and culture. Those grants will not only boost efforts to preserve what remains o f the nation's tradi tional tribal cultures and cus toms that historicaUy were sup pressed or prohibited, but also support contemporary native painting, theater, music and other art, Echo-Hawk said. “ O u r cu ltures have su r vived,” he said. “They've per sisted and thrived.” But there is still a need for more financial support, and this foundation could fiE that void, said E lizab eth T h eo b ald Richards, a Cherokee and Ford Foundation program officer. “These are the indigenous peoples of this country,” she said. “The art forms and the cultural heritage o f these people have been underfunded and not recognized enough.” A 2006 study funded by the Ford Foundation showed there was no government support for American indigenous art and culture and relatively Ettle phil anthropic assistance, according to the Native American Rights Fund. T he study led to the founding of the Native Arts and Family Resource C enter conference room. All of the women of the com m unity are invited. Lunch will be a barbecue with all the fixings. For more information, contact Judy Charley at 553- 3438. The Women of Wellness and the Community Health Education Team are present ing a Breast Cancer Aware ness event this Thursday, May 7. The event is the Women o f Wellness M others Day lunch, starting at noon at the sented the prizes at the lun cheon last week. The Biggest Loser Fitness Challenge is sponsored by the Commu nity Wellness Program, Dia betes Prevention and the tribal Nutrition Department. University powwow this weekend Friday through Sunday, May 8-10 at MacArthur Court. The event is sponsored by the University o f Oregon Native American Student As sociation. The University of Oregon invites the Warm Springs Community to the Forty- First Annual Mothers Day Powwow. The powwow will be this Foundation to support nation’s tribal arts PORTLA N D (AP) - D e cades after federal policies sought to discourage many American Indians from partici pating in their tribal customs, a foundation has been formed to preserve and nourish the arts of American Indians and other na tive groups. With the help Of $10 milHon from the Ford Foundation, the new Native Arts and Cultures Foundation will begin estabEsh- ing itself in Portland, said Walter Echo-Hawk, an Oklahoma law yer who chairs its board. “T his is a very pow erful idea,” he said. ‘We think it's sort of a missing piece for native arts and cultures.” The board put its headquar ters in Portland because o f the city's thriving arts and American Indian communities. Among the board members is Elizabeth Woody o f the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Cen tral Oregon. come exposed to a university campus. Classes include wall (rock) climbing, photography, sewing and fashion, horse knowledge, making your own video games, map and compass, and drawing, and many more. Scholarship appEcation pack ets can be picked up at the OSU Extension 4-H Office and are due Friday, May 15 at 4:30 p.m. at the Extension office in the Education building, 1110 Wasco Street. For more information, con tact Shawn M orford, Warm Springs 4-H at 553-3238. Cultures Foundation. It's not the first national or ganization devoted to support ing tribal arts and culture, Echo- Hawk said, but it is the first to be permanently endowed. In the future, he said, the foundation hopes to partner on projects with other organiza tions, namely the National Mu seum o f the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and the In stitute o f American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. He also expects the foundation's mission to support tribal arts and culture won't be set back by the down economy because funding was secured before the start of the recession. Reminder regarding landfill use vation does not entitle you to use the landfiE, if you Eve off the reservation. This includes the various Dumpsters. I f you have any questions, please caE Nancy ColEns at 553-4943. This is a reminder from the tribal Sanitation Department: The Dry Creek LandfiE is for tribal members and individuals who Eve on the reservation. Employment with the reser Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free assistance to low-income Oregonians In many civil cases. Speak with an attorney during drop-in hours 1 to 4 p.m. on the first Monday of the mohth at the Family Resources Center in Warm Springs. Or call us at 385-6944 Monday through Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. IRA’S SALES & SERVICE, INC lu n k Cars - Call Tiger a t 419-7379 « - io Percent off! 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