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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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