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Spilygy T ym oo, W grm Springs, O regon
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For a Great Season
Family Night at WS. Elementary
W arm Springs E lem entary
School will host Family Night
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thurs­
day, March 22. This is a tradi­
tio n b e fo re sp rin g break , a
chance for families to come to
their children’s classrooms. Par­
ents can participate in the online
programs that the students use
in math and language arts.
9 Tribes videos available online
The Nine Tribes o f Oregon
have pooled their Enforcem ent
o f U nderage D rinking Laws
re so u rc e s to p ro d u c e film
projects which are now available
online.
P a rt one, a b o u t W arm
Springs, can be seen at this URL:
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Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
The Madras High School girls varsity basketball team
finished in fourth place at the OSAA tournament this month.
The tribes honored the team last week with a recognition
dinner at the Agency Longhouse (above). The girls had a
great regular season, and were ranked No. 1 at the end of
the season. Then in the first game of the tournament, the
Philomath Warriors held on for a narrow upset victory over
Madras.
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Ph. 541-553-1041
At Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd.
Tribes receive historic preservation grant
The Confederated Tribes o f
W arm S prings w ill receive
$75,440 in federal aid to help
carry out national historic pres­
ervation on tribal lands.
Warm Springs is one o f 131
federally recognized tribes that
will receive grant money from
the National Park Service’s His­
toric Preservation Fund for their
tribal historic preservation of­
fices.
Tribal historic preservation
officers work alongside the Ad-
visory Council o f Historic Pres­
ervation to safeguard historic
places on tribal lands. The of­
ficers also act as consultants for
preservation council when his­
toric places could be affected by
th e u n d ertak in g s o f federal
agencies.
Since 1970, the Park Service
has awarded approximately $37
million in annual grants for state
and tribal historic preservation
offices under the National His­
toric Preservation Act.
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Message from Vital Stats
M onthly enrollm ents.
Monthly enrollments are
usually held on the third week
o f the month, and are for au­
tomatic enrollment with one-
quarter degree Indian blood.
Complete applications are to be
subm itted on or before the
tenth o f each month.
I f you are unmarried, or
married after the child was
bom and to use the father o f
child’s blood, you need to con­
tact the Tribal Court at 541-
553-3278 and schedule a fili­
ation order (also known as
paternity). The cost is $25.
Once the filiation order is
completed, you must take it
to V ital S tatistics d e p a rt­
ment. Please note: Vital Sta­
tistics has their own enroll­
ments forms and this is sepa­
rate from the Tribal C ourt
paternity form.
Adoption
O ur office is getting a lot o f
calls for the adoption require­
ments. O ur Vital Statistic de­
partm ent is going by the Tribal
Constitution and By-laws.
A doption is for any person
o f one-eighth or m ore Indian
blood who is a descendant o f a
member or former mem ber o f
th e C o n fed erated T ribes o f
Warm Springs: P ro v id ed that
any person adopted into mem ­
bership m ust have resided at
least three years upon the Warm
Springs Reservation, and shall
n ot be a member o f any other
tribe o f Indians.
The Vital Statistic department
is working on adoption files.
Some letters have been returned
due to no update o f address. It
is the parent’s responsibility to
update address and com plete
application as needed.
Dual Enrollm ent
O u r office has received
several calls on dual enroll­
ment.
We are currently working
on an enrollm ent ordinance
th at addresses dual enroll­
ment.
Vital Statistics department
presented a resolution (no.
11,578) passed on February
21,2012, that for tribal mem­
bers with dual enrollment and
with debt to tribe, allows use
o f special per capita and se­
nior pension to be applied to
debt.
Persons age 21 and over
with dual enrollment who do
n ot have debt with the tribe
can com plete a relinquish­
m ent form and submit to Vi­
tal Statistics department. (See
resolution 1 1 ,5 7 8 on p a g e 5 .)
Photography Camp for Native American Teens
T he 2012 Jo u rn ey s cam p
them e is “Catching O ur Own
Shadows.”
Native American photogra­
pher Larry McNeil will instruct
youth ages 15-19 on techniques
o f photography, both digital and
traditional film.
Students will learn photogra­
phy techniques, how to develop
their own film, and how to digi­
tally correct images.
The program is free to se­
lected individuals; how ever,
travel is not covered.
Worskhops will take place at
the Oregon College o f A rt and
C raft in Portland over a two
week period. Students will be
housed in dorm-style units for
the duration. Students will be
accompanied by guides/chaper­
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ones throughout the program’s
durations.
Students will gain hands-on
experience in the college life as
they participate in intensive art
workshops.
Native American preference
will be given during the selec­
tion process. T he application
deadline is April 2. Students who
are accepted into the program
will be contacted on April 13.
Native youth who are inter-
ested m ust subm it an applica­
tion, a letter o f recom m enda­
tion from a teacher or commu­
nity leader (no family members,
please), a letter o f interest and
examples o f their work.
For more information, con­
tact Shirod Younker at 971-255-
4148. O r email:
syounker@ocac.edu
Visit ocac.edu for m ore in­
form ation about the Journeys
program.
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