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Inspiring talk with Echohawk
Daniels awarded second Silver Eagle
Emma Daniels, 8, has won
the S ilver E agle A w ard in
DeSmet, Idaho, for the second
time.
The Silver Eagle is the high
est honor a student attending
Coeur d’Alene Tribal School can
earn. Emma was unanimously
chosen because she is conscien
tious about the quality of her
work and for the respect that
she pays to others.
“She is very kind to fellow
students and teach ers,” the
judges said, “and she is a loyal
friend. She helps her feHow stu
dents, which means she is atten
tive to other student and teach
ers’ needs. She’s independent in
her work, and she’s an inquirer.”
Emma is the daughter of
George and Karla Daniels; the
gran d d au gh ter o f atw ai Pat
Brown.
She won her first Silver Eagle
Award in kindergarten, as the
youngest recipient ever. Today,
she is a member of the Talented
and Gifted Program.
“Writing is my most difficult
course,” Emma said. “But to
overcome that, I think my prob
lems through.”
Feb. is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Courtesy of Annabelle Clements.
Jake Frank, 10, met with John Echohawk at the Siletz Restoration Celebration.
Jake Frank o f W arm
Springs joined the Confeder
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians
late last year at their Restora
tion Celebration.
Jake was a guest at the
celebration with his grand
mother Emma Clements, as
the Siletz were great friends
w ith atw ai W arren Rudy
Clements.
The guest speaker at the
event was John Echohawk, at
torney and founder of the Na
tive American Rights Fund.
“His speech was very pow
erful,” said Emma. “He focused
on education, and recruiting In
dian students to become law
yers.”
After the powwow, Jake, 10,
got to meet and speak with Mr.
Echohawk. Jake is already an
o u tstan d in g student. His
meeting with Mr. Echohawk
gave him even more motiva
tion to excel in school, said
Anna.
“It was an honor for us
to be invited, and to meet
with John Echohawk,” she
said.
Teen Dating Violence Aware
ness Month is a national effort
to raise awareness about abuse
in youth relationships and pro
mote programs that prevent it
during the month of February.
The repercussions of teen
dating violence are impossible to
ignore— they hurt not just the
young people victim ized but
also th eir fam ilies, friends,
schools and communities.
Throughout February, orga
nizations and individuals nation
wide are coming together to
highlight the need to educate
young people about healthy re
lationships, teach healthy rela
tionship skiUs and prevent the
devastating cycle of abuse.
For years, young people
across the nation have organized
to put a stop to dating violence.
W ith their adult allies, they
achieved a major victor in 2005
when the im portance o f ad
dressing teen dating violence was
highHghted in the reauthorization
of the Violence Against Women
Act.
The foUowing year, Congress
followed the lead of dozens of
national, state and local organi
zations in sounding the caU to
end teen dating violence. The
Presidential Proclam ation of
Teen Dating Violence Awareness
and Prevention Month reads as
foUows:
National Teen Dating Vio
lence Awareness and Prevention
M onth reflects our N ation’s
growing understanding that vio
lence within relationships often
begins during adolescence.
Each year, about one in four
teens report being the victim of
verbal, physical, emotional or
sexual violence.
Abusive relationships can
impact adolescent development
and teens who experience dat
ing violence may suffer long
term negative behavioral and
health consequences.
Adolescents in controlHng or
violent relationships may carry
these dangerous and unhealthy
patterns into future relationships.
The time to break the cycle of
teen dating violence is now, be
fore another generations falls
victim to this tragedy.
Though many communities
face the problem of teen dat
ing violence, young people can
be afraid to discuss it, or they
may not recognize the severity
of physical, emotional or sexual
abuse.
Parents and other adults can
also be uncomfortable acknowl
edging that young people expe
rience abuse, or may be unaware
of its occurrence. To help stop
abuse before it starts, mentors
and leader must stress the im
portance of mutual respect and
challenge representations in
popular culture that can lead
young people to accept un
healthy behavior in their rela
tionships.
Our efforts to take on teen
dating violence must address the
social reaHties of adolescent Hfe
today.
T ech no logy such as cell
phones, email and social net
working websites play a major
role in many teenagers’ Hves, but
these tools are sometimes tragi
cally used for control, stalking
and victimization.
Emotional abuse using digi
tal technology, including fre-
quent text messages, threaten
ing emails and circulation of em
barrassing messages or photo
graphs without consent can be
devastating to young teens. I
encourage concerned teens, par
ents, and loved ones to contact
the National Teen Dating Abuse
HelpHne at 1-866-331-9474 or
visit www.LovelsRespect.org to
receive immediate and confi
dential advice and referrals.
My Administration is com
mitted to engaging a broad spec
trum of community partners to
curb and prevent teen dating
violence. The Department of
Ju stic e ’s O ffice on V iolence
Against Women supports col
laborative efforts to enhance
teens’ understanding of healthy
relationships, help them identify
signs of abuse, and assist them
in locating services. Resources
are available at:
www.OVW.USDOJ.gov/teen
dating violence.htm.
The Centers for Disease Con
trol and Prevention also provide
tools to help prevent dating vio
lence among teens. More infor
m ation is av ailab le at:
www.CDC.gov/ChooseRespect.
During National Teen Dat
ing Violence Awareness and Pre
vention Month — and through
out the year — let each of us
resolve to do our part to break
the silence and create a culture
of healthy relationships for all
our young people. Adults who
respect themselves, their part
ners, and their neighbors dem
onstrate positive behaviors to
our children — lessons that will
help lead safe and happy Hves
free from violence.
Howlak Tichum
Carl Samuel Kalama, 1957-2011
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs. He worked in the com
mercial logging industry.
Carl is survived by his sons:
Joshua Kalama o f Gresham;
Keegan Kalama of Boring; and
Troy Kalama of Warm Springs;
brothers Gilbert, Frances, and
Sim on K alam a all o f Warm
S p rin gs, and M ichael Ray
Kalama o f Pendleton; sisters
Celeste Whitewolf of Portland;
Carl Samuel Kalama, resi
dent o f W arm Sprin gs,
passed away February 4,2011
at Mt View Hospital at the
age of 53.
Mr. Kalama was born on
February 5, 1957 in Madras,
Oregon to Fred and Jeam
(Halfmoon) Kalama.
He was a lifetime resident
of Warm Springs as well as
an enrolled member of the
Julie Quaid of Madras; and
M argie K alam a o f Warm
Springs; and three grandchil
dren.
Dressing Ceremonies were
held held on Monday Febru
ary 7, 2011 at the Agency
Longhouse. Burial was on
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at
9:30 a.m. at Agency Cem
etery.
Whale Island, where more than
300 petroglyphs were created,
a holy place. The Colum bia
River island was flooded with
the construction of Priest Rap
ids Dam 50 years ago.
Angela Buck, director of the
Wanapum Heritage Center, said
the images hadn’t been shown
in several years, and a new gen-
eration of children should be
exposed to this side of their heri
tage.
The exhibit, “Sacred Spaces,”
opened this month, and will re
main up until June 11 in the Cen
tral Washington University Mu
seum of Culture and Environ
ment.
Sea lion hazing to begin at Willamette Falls
reduce the number of federally
listed salm on and steelhead
gobbled up during their migra
tion to the upper W illamette
River and its tributaries.
Hazing is planned to take
place from dawn until dusk five
days a week through April 30 in
the section between the falls and
OREGON CITY (AP) - Or
egon wildlife biologists began
hazing sea Hons last week at the
Willamette Falls fish ladder near
Oregon City.
The Oregon Department of
Fish and WildHfe hopes the sec
ond year of hazing at the fish
ladder and downriver will help
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Tribe exhibits images o f flooded petroglyphs
ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP)
- The island petroglyphs long
revered by a tiny band of Indi
ans known as the W anapum
have been underwater for 50
years, but the band is exhibit
ing rubbings from those stone
etchings in a new museum ex
hibit.
T he W anapum co n sider
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the Interstate 205 Bridge about
a mile downstream.
Fish and Wildlife employees
are using fireworks from the fish
ladder and a boat to drive CaH-
fornia sea Hons away from the
falls. No hazing will be done
downstream from the 1-205
Bridge.
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