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Palouse restoring canoe tradition
By Duran Bobb
Spilyay Tymoo
u These youth are
committed to this.
Carrie said. “They
want to bring that
part o f our culture
back to life.”
T h e Palouse Canoe Fam ily
now has 25 members in Warm
Springs, led by Jose Alvarez.
“We are the last band o f
Palouse descendants that stayed
along the Snake River,” Carrie
Schuster said. “We were forc
ibly removed from our aborigi
nal allotm ent that President
McKinley gave us back in the
summer of 1859. That’s where
these kids come from.”
The team has a big goal to
reach by next year. That is, put
ting the canoe back into the
water.
“This has been a dream of
the Palouse family for a while,”
Jo se said. “I came from the
N’Chi Wanapam Canoe Family,
and that took some work to es
tablish. I have experience there,
and that’s why my aunt asked
me to be the first volunteer for
this project.”
“The old man, my mother’s
father’s father, he did all his trav
eling in this way,” Carrie said. “It
was all done by canoe and by
horseback. So eventually, our
goal is to have our own Palouse
canoe.”
During the last count, it was
estimated that 25 percent of the
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Tommy, Keeyan, Jose, and Martha Alvarez; Kayla Jones
(from left back row), and Jessy Nightwalker (kneeling).
Colville Tribe’s enrollment was
of Palouse descent. Nobody is
sure about the percentage for
Warm Springs. “But we have
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families meet at Fish Hook Park
above the Ice Harbor Lock and
Dam on the Snake River. It’s
this location where the youth will
launch their canoe in the 2012
journey.
This year, the team will jour
ney with the N ’Chi Wanapam
Canoe Family and others.
“Our relatives have been a
great help to us,” Jolene Estimo
said. “Janene Kalama and Alice
Wyena taught Lois and her fam
ily ow to make traditional out
fits. The Warm Springs Canoe
Fam ily taught w ashat songs.
Thank you, we love you!”
“These youth are commit
ted to this,” Carrie said. “They
want to bring that part of our
culture back to life. They want
to be a continuing part of the
Native American community.”
quite a large family here,” Car
rie said.
Every year, on the second
Saturday in May, the Palouse
Child care
fund hearing
The Warm Springs Child
Care Development Fund
will hold a public hearing
from 11 a.m .-l p.m. on
Thursday, June 9 at the
Early Childhood Education
Building. This is an oppor
tu n ity for com m un ity
members to comment on
the Child Care D evelop
ment Fund Plan for provi
sion of child care services.
For any questions or
com m ents, please com
ment Karla E. Hood, tribal
day care administrator; or
R eona T rim ble, fam ily
child service coordinator,
at 541-553-3241.
At the June 9 hearing, a
light lunch will be served.
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Culture grant final
reports due by June 30
The deadline for final
reports for this year’s Warm
Springs “Washanaksha” Cul-
tural Trust Grants has been
extended to June 30.
Grant recipients need to
complete their reports and
in clu d e ph oto s o f th eir
projects.
Two o p p o rtun ities for
h avin g p ictu res taken o f
work will be Wednesday, June
8 from 1-4 p.m. or Thurs-
day, June 9 from 9 a.m .-l
p.m. at the Warm Springs
Media Center. Reports can
be turned in at the Museum
at Warm Springs.
Tribal Council Agenda
Tribal Council set a prelimi
nary agenda for the month of
June. Agenda items are subject
to change by Council. Items for
discussion on the proposed are
as follows:
W e d n e s d a y -T h u rs d a y ,
June 1 and 2
Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish C om m ission Future of
Our Salmon Conference, Port
land.
Thursday-Friday, June 2
and 3
Native Leadership Forum,
Temecula, Calif.
Monday, June 6
9 a.m. Bureau of Indian Af
fairs update with Paul Young,
BIA Superintendent.
9:30 a.m. Office of Special
T rustee update w ith Charles
Jackson, Fiduciary Trust officer.
10 a.m.: Realty Items with
Lyle Fox, Realty officer, BIA.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative confer
ence call with Mark Phillips (fed
eral) and Mike Mason (state).
2:30 p.m.: Tribal attorney up
date with Dennis Karnopp, tribal
attorney.
3:30 p.m.: Economic stew
ardship with Teresa Hogue, Cas
cade Center for Com m unity
Governance.
Tuesday, June 7
9 a.m.: Secretary-Treasurer
update with S-T Charles ‘J ody’
Calica.
10 a.m.: C hief O perations
Officer update with COO Ur-
bana Ross.
11
a.m.: D raft resolutions
with S-T Calica.
1:30 p.m.: Seekseequa D is
tric t G razin g G roup w ith
Delford Johnson, ride boss.
2:30 p.m.: Education Com
m ittee rep o rt w ith L au rie
D anzuka, com m ittee c h a ir
woman.
Wednesday, June 8
All day at Kah-Nee-Ta, start
ing at 9 a.m., forest resource
workshop with Robert Brunoe,
manager Natural Resources.
Thursday, June 9
All day at Kah-Nee-Ta, for
est resource w orkshop, w ith
Robert Brunoe.
3 p.m.: Warm Springs Forest
Products board, with Michael
Clem ents, chairm an, W SFPI
board.
Tuesday-Thursday, June
7-9
N o rthw est T ribal E n ergy
Summit, Ocean Shores, Wash.
M onday-Thursday, June
13-16: N ational Congress o f
American Indians (NCAI), Mil
waukee, Wisconsin.
M onday-T hursday, June
13-16
National Indian Timber Sym
posium, Carlton, Minn.
Monday, June 20
9 a.m . E n ro llm en ts w ith
Olivia Wallulatum, supervisor,
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Throughout the school year, our JCSD team has been working closely with Dr. Kevin
Feldman, a renowned education consultant who specializes in reading and literacy. Dr.
Feldman shares his expertise with schools nation-wide and has been partnering with all
of the school districts in Central Oregon. With more than 36 years of experience and
expertise, he is helping us to create literacy programs for our students in grades
K through 12.
“Great things are happening here as a result of our dedicated team and our
partnership with Dr. Feldman,” said Melinda Boyle, director of Curriculum and
Instruction for JCSD.
In Jefferson County, Dr. Feldman has been providing professional development and
training to our staff and has also met with the parents and families of our students.
“Kevin Feldman's inservice inspired me because of his clear communication of the
necessity of engaging all students,” said David Vick, science teacher at Madras High
School. “After 25 years in education 1 have sat through my share of trainings, but Dr.
Feldman is the apotheosis of presenters,” he added.
After a recent training with the JCSD team, Dr. Feldman also had positive things
to say.
“It is a pleasure indeed to work with a district like Jefferson County where district
and site administrators, along with classroom teachers, are so dearly focused on the
practical specifics of improving instruction. I think of it as
‘walking the talk,”’ said Dr. Feldman. “I have the
opportunity to work with districts across our great country
and have rarely seen educators more committed to making
the changes necessary to improve student achievement than
More literacy. More choices.
those in Jefferson County,” added Feldman.
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m aking progress. Ifs excitin g to see the transform ations
Rick M olitor, Superintendent
June
6/2
2-hour Late Start
6/4
MHS Graduation 3 p.m.
6/8
JCM S 6th Grade Play
(The Seussefication of
Romeo & Juliet) 6 p.m.
6/9
WSE Attendance Luncheon 11 a.m.
6/10
WSE 5th Grade Graduation
10 a.m.
6/13
School Board Meeting SSB 7 a.m.
6/14
Last Day of School -
Early Release (following lunch)
6/15
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