Spilyay Tytnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 30, 2012
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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
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