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November 30, 2011
Holiday Powwow
Pdge 7
Memorial scholarship for Mary Calica-Bailey
Family, friends, co-work
ers and elders of atwai Mary
Calica-Bailey have formed a
committee with the goal in
mind of raising $500 for a
memorial scholarship.
The scholarship w ill be
awarded to a Warm Springs
trib al m em ber, A urolyn
Stwyer-Pinkham said. The
recipient must be attending
college with an emphasis for
Casino:
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Captain Moody on the microphone announces the winners in the high-step shell dress special
at the Thanksgiving Mini Powwow held at the Agency Longhouse over the holiday weekend.
Pictured from left are Leona Scott, Bridgett Whipple, Amelia Davis-Smith, and Miss Warm
Springs Tamera Moody, who sponsored the special. There was a packed longhouse to enjoy
the dancing, laughter, and good feelings. Charlotte Herkshan shared “We were unsure if it
would happen due to the death, but when we got to the longhouse there were kids waiting at
the door... they crave this.”
studies on early childhood edu
cation.
A bank account has been set
up at Mid-Oregon Credit Union
in Madras.
The scholarship committee
will have a vendor table at the
Christmas Bazaar on December
10 at the Community Center.
Hand-crafted items and baked
goods will be sold to raise funds
for the scholarships.
Donations will also be ac
cepted.
There will also be a raffle
to include numerous items,
included a leather belt made
by Raymond Tsumtpi Sr.
For more inform ation,
p lease see R usty C alica,
Wauna Calica, Floyd Calica,
Shirley A llen, or A urolyn
Stwyer-Pinkham.
grand opening at the end of Feb.
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Dedication, opening days
The current plan is for the
Feb. 4 opening dedication to
begin at 1 p.m. and conclude at
6 p.m. The ceremonies and cel
ebrations during this time at the
casino would be for tribal mem
bers and invited guests only.
Afterward, everyone is welcome.
Grand opening ceremonies
are now scheduled for Feb. 25-
26.
In other developments last
week, the gaming enterprise con
ducted a job fair in W arm
Springs. This was the second
casino job fair in recent weeks,
and more can be expected.
When in full operation, the
new casino will create 200 new
jobs, both at Indian Head and
Kah-Nee-Ta.
For information on the new
casino, check out:
www.Indianheadgaming.com.
Smith on board soon
As the newly-hired manager
of Kah-Nee-Ta, Carlos Smith
can longer serve on the Warm
Springs gaming board, which
left a vacancy on the board. The
Council approved the appoint
ment of Jason Smith to fill the
vacancy. Smith was the first run
ner-up in the most recent gam
ing board appointments. The
Council also indicated that two
upcoming vacancies would be
advertised in the near future.
Carlos Smith will be starting
work at Kah-Nee-Ta in a few
weeks. He gave several weeks
notice to his current employer,
the Hilton Garden Inn in Lake
Oswego, where he has been the
general manager.
General Council
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the tribes have cut five genera-
Anita Jackson was glad to • tions into the future.
hear that Legal Aid is being con
Regarding travel, Tsumpti
sidered necessary on the reser said, it is needed to protect tribal
vation.
rights and ceded lands. This in
“There is the Law and Or cludes treaty rights, claims made
der Act that requires tribes to by other tribes, Senate Bill 412,
provide legal assistance,” she and IHS affairs.
said.
“We have to learn how to
Jackson was also worried become constructive,” Priscilla
about jobs at the new casino, the Frank said. “We talk about our
interest rate on the financing for elders and what they left us.
the construction of the new In They had a lot of wisdom. How
dian Head Casino, the hiring of do we use that? Warm Springs
educated, qualified tribal mem is going to copycat what they’re
bers throughout the organiza seeing on the news. Soon, we’re
tion, among other issues.
going to be marching on our
Speaking to budget matters, meetings and having activist
Councilman Raymond Tsumpti groups. I think we can come
explained that the reason the up with a constructive process
tribes got into gaming was to and use our energy in a produc
give something back to the fu tive way. We can sit here and
ture generations who were not say to you, ‘Council, we voted
yet born. As to timber, he said, you in. If we voted in you in,
then we need to be working with
you, and vice-versa. We need
to learn how to embrace and
support one another.’”
Marcia Soliz went through a
spreadsheet which contained
the num bers for em ployees
within the tribal organization.
These figures were broken
down into tribal members, MITs
(married into the tribes), other
Indians, and non-Indians. The
spreadsheet also showed figures
by age range.
“Between January and No
vem ber 14, there were 1,340
applications picked up, filled out,
and processed. 1,049 more
were filled out online. That’s
2,489 applications submitted by
tribal members. So nobody can
convince me that tribal members
do not want to work. Job cre
ation is crucial.”
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Thanksgiving break. I hope you all
enjoyed the Holiday and time with family and friends. I’d like
to thank the parents and family members who took part in our
parent conferences this month. The parent conferences are a
very important part of the school year because they offer an
opportunity for families to be involved and engaged in
education. Your participation means a lot to us and your
children.
This month, our school board meeting was focused on two
important goals:
1.
Putting together a community-based team to research the
future facility needs of our district; and
2. Finding potential funding sources to strengthen our
education system and take us into the future.
We continue to see dramatic improvements in our students’
academic performance and our team is working hard to
continue these efforts. While we continue to strive to meet the
state standards, our progress has been remarkable at all grade
levels. We’d like to invite you to attend a district-wide parent
informational meeting on Wednesday, December 7th at 6 p.m.
in the M adras High School Commons area. This will be a good
opportunity to hear what’s happening throughout the district.
We hope to see you there.
Now that winter is officially here, we ask that you prepare
for winter activities and the potential for school cancellations
and/or late and early release due to weather conditions.
As always, I welcome your comments, questions and
involvement. Please don’t hesitate to call or stop by. I look
forward to hearing from you.
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JCSD Students Honor Veterans
JCMS celebrated Veterans’ Day with an
assembly and parade this month. The
assembly included patriotic choir and band
performances, Native American dance and a
presentation of the flags by the MHS JROTC.
In preparation for the celebration, students
participated in a Veterans’ Day writing
competition including speeches, poems and
power point presentations. The competition
asked students to consider:
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Each category was awarded prizes. Following
the event Veterans, parents and visitors
enjoyed cake and coffee in the library.
Writing Contest Winners
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