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Spilyay Tytnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon May 30, 2012 Page 5 Student writers hosting book publishing Birth A group of Madras High School students from Warm Springs helped write a book that will be published on Sat urday, June 2. The students were in the MHS English Language De velopment class during the 2010-11 school year. The book is entitled The White Buffaloes Write Again: A Hero’s Journey 2010-20i 1. The Warm Springs com munity is invited to the book publishing and signing event from 6-9:30 p.m. on June 2 at St. P atrick’s Catholic Church in Madras. Books will be available for purcháse, and authors will sign books for the public. Students will give speeches, perform Native American flute songs and Hispanic folk dances. Information booths will be set up for learning en richment. There will be a raffle and piñata bashing. Food and re freshments will be offered. La L una S ound of Redmond will provide mu sic for dancing. times a day, just by doing tittle things— not for profit or for personal gain but be cause it is the right thing to do. They are learning to make decisions m om ent to m o ment, while predicting and reflecting on the possible out comes and consequences of each choice. The curriculum, Dudney said, is intended to establish education reform, based on C alifornia teacher E rin Gruwell’s approach to teach ing at-risk kids, as outlined in her book, The Freedom Writ ers Diary. Courtesy photo. book is as follows: The students at first do not believe that each of them is or could be a hero. Then, as they go through the course curriculum, they learn hQw each of them can be a hero each day, several Small Business classes in Warm Springs will begin on Monday, June 11. Free childcare and dinner will be provided. To sign up call Nettie at 541-553-3148. Parade riders needed fo r exhibit opening T he M useum at W arm Springs will feature Warm Springs Beaded Tapestries in its Changing Exhibits Gallery beginning June 21. The Museum’s Permanent Collection holds an outstand ing number of beaded items from tribal members. The opening o f this exhibit will begin w ith a T raditional Horse Parade. They are look ing for riders to dress in rega lia or western attire. Call the museum for details, 553-3331. Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Bikers young and old gathered at the Indian Head Casino for the Native Thunder Show and Shine. The event drew over 100 motorcyclists to the Plaza, an addition this year were children’s activities: face painting, bike obstacle course, and t-shirt painting. Hekili Harry (left) and Adam Camera (right) were the winners of the new bike drawing. Court upholds Cobell settlement jj from th e .$1,000 payment. Some class members, he said, stand to gain more from the payment than their claims are actually worth. Others in the class would not receive a large enough payment. The settlement, Frank said in court papers, “provided windfalls for many class mem bers who suffered little or no harm, but fell far short of compensating class members” who have suffered the great est injuries. “The historical-accounting records examined thus far have revealed only minor er rors in trust accounting,” D.C. Circuit Judge Judith Rogers said in the ruling, joined by judges David Tatel and Janice Rogers Brown. The D.C. Circuit panel said certification of the historical accounting class was “appro priate because of the unusual circumstances surrounding this litigation.” Information produced by an historical accounting, the appeals court said, is n ot likely “to be worth signifi cantly more to some class members than to others, and thus the $1,000 settlement payment is properly viewed as nonindividualized and does not run afoul” o f the U.S. Supreme Court decision in W al-M art Stores, Inc. v. Dukes. Mewes o f M adras are pleased to announce the birth' o f their daughter Chelsie Brooke Mewes, born on May; 16, 2012. Chelsie joins brother Tyler, age 3. G ra n d p a re n ts on the, f a th e r’s side are R o b e rt a n d S h a n n a M ew es o f Madras. G ran d p aren ts on the mother’s side are Avex and Sandra Miller of Madras. Simnashos’ “ Grads Nite Out” Pow Wow Wednesday May 30th, 2012 Simnasho Longhouse Small business classes starting Native Thunder Show & Shine A historic $3.4 billion class historical accounting class. Each member in that class action settlement over the mismanagement of govern would receive $1,000 in ex m ent trust funds for hun change for releasing the gov dreds o f thousands o f N a ernment from its obligation tive Americans survived a to perform an accounting of challenge in a federal appeals trust funds. The plaintiffs’ attorneys received $99 million court in Washington. A three-judge panel of the in fees. The Justice Department’s U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously up Thomas Bondy, a Civil Divi held a trial judge’s finding last sion appellate lawyer, repre summer that the settlement, sented the Interior D epart which required congressional ment in the appeals court. authorization, was fair and DOJ, which urged thè appeals court to affirm the . settle reasona The settlement, reached in ment, declined to comment December 2009 after more on the settlement. A team than a decade of litigation in from Kilpatrick Townsend & U.S. District Court for the Stockton also represented the District of Columbia com name plaintiffs. T heodoré Frank o f the pensates hundreds of thou Center for Class Action Fair sands of Native Americans. Lead p la in tiff E louise ness, in Washington, who chal- Cdbell, who has since died, lenged the m erits o f the sued in 1996 over allegations settlement, said “we’re evalu the Interior Department vio ating our options, and consult lated its duty to account for ing with Indian tribes.” Frank, representing a class funds the government held in trust for individual Native m em ber nam ed Kimberly Craven, said a conflict among Americans. “The Court o f Appeals class members undermines, released wise and thoughtful as the D.C. put it, the “com decisions,” a lawyer for monality, cohesiveness and Cobell, Dennis Gingold, said fairness” of the deal. Frank said in court papers last week, “We wish Elouise lived to see this day. It vindi in the D.C. Circuit that the cates her extraordinary efforts $3.4 billion settlem ent on behalf of individual In “flunked the requirement of intraclass equity.” dian trust beneficiaries.” F rank argued, am ong The settlement includes $1.51 billion for direct com other things, that class mem pensation to members of the bers don’t equally benefit Chelsie Brooke Meu>es R o b ert Charles Em il Mewes and Annalysia Jewel Helpful to write “The writing helped me,” said Rabe Clements, former B uffalo W riter and now MHS graduate. “It got things out that I hadn’t talked to people about.” MHS graduate D amian Reynoso, who also was a Buf falo Writer, said, “It changed how I go about things. I used to think negatively... Writing made me feel open.” Students Wyle Yazzie and Jericho Trimble. Books will be available for purchase at $13 each. All pro ceeds go into a fund which students may access for col lege assistance when they graduate. As teacher Becky Dudney explained, the idea for the Glorianne Abilene Edwards Christopher Wayne Tindall and Catherine Ann Edwards of Madras are pleased to an nounce the birth o f their daughter Glorianne Abilene Edwards, born on May 9, 2012. Glorianne joins sister Wynter Sky. ♦6:00 pm - Potluck Dinner ♦7:00 pm - Pow Wow and Games Come and join us as we celebrate our young peoples accomplishments as they begin their journey. This event is sponsored by some happy parents and members of the Simnasho Community. If you would like to help or need more info contact Captain r Located at tne Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd. Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041 A Gathering of Hutes 2012 June 8 -1 0 ,2 0 1 2 HeHe Longhouse, Warm Springs, Oregon All are welcome! Camping available at the longhouse This is a Drug and Alcohol Free Event Take US26 to MP 84 if com ing from Government Camp or MP 85 if corning from Madras. Shortly thereafter, you w ill see a large sign for Kah-Nee-Ta and there w ill be a junction w ith route 9 taking o ff to the east towards Simnasho & Kah-Nee-Ta. Directly on the other side o f 26 w ill be a gravel road w ith a cattle guard. Take that gravel road and proceed for about 1/4 mile to the longhouse. For more inform ation contact Ko-Na Foster Kalama (541)325-3797 • Jeremy Baer (425)750-1028 • Becky Dudney (541)325-3854 « 4
