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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 14, 2012
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D iabetes P revention P rofile
Reaching goals through healthy choices
Several studies have indi
cated pre-diabetes and diabe
tes are a huge epidemic here
in the United States— so huge
it is estimated that 79 million
Americans have pre-diabetes.
Unfortunately, it is a medi
cal diagnosis that is extremely
high and all too com mon
among the Native American
community.
There are several ways to
help reduce or prevent the
onset of diabetes.
The Diabetes Prevention
Program works with Native
Americans who are consid
ered to have a higher risk of
becoming diabetic. The pro
gram starts with teaching a 16
week curriculum, providing
education on nutrition, exer
cise, weight loss, healthy
lifestyle balancing and per
sonal one-on-one coaching.
Keys to success
Warm Springs community
member Jennifer Smith was
diagnosed by her primary
care provider with pre-diabe
tes in December 2011.
Concerned about becom
ing diabetic, she immediately
enrolled in the Warm Springs
D iabetes Prevention Pro-
Courtesy photo.
Jennifer SmithJost 23 pounds since joining the
Prevention program.
gram. She enrolled in Janu
ary and completed the class
Sessions in April.
Nearly six, months after
completing the 16 week pro
gram Jennifer remains ac
tively involved with the pro
gram, and continues' to see
her lifestyle coach.
Jennifer states that the
Diabetes Prevention Program
has helpe/i her reach her
goals: The classes encouraged
her to make healthier changes,
stay on track and try new
foods.
O ne o f the healthy
changes that she has made
and implemented into her
lifestyle is eating less more
often, walking on a regular
basis and making dietary
changes.
When asked, what were
some of the things learned
from the program, Jennifer
responded, “I learned how
bad pop is, and I learned
about exercise, as well as
watching how I eat.”
Exercise and portion con
trol should be equally bal
anced to maintain a healthy
weight.
Her favorite part of the
program is being rewarded
for her achievements— earn
ing points for making healthy
lifestyle changes, she is able
to cash in the points to pur
chase items in the Diabetes
Prevention Program store. A
couple items she earned were
a George Foremen Grill and
a food steamer.
Jennifer’s biggest success
since joining the program so
far has been losing 23
pounds. She has done this by
watching what she eats and
being more physically active
than before.
Jennifer’s advice to the
people in the community is
“Take this class.”
Thank you on behalf of the
Diabetes Prevention Staff!
Positive visit from Head Start review team
A review team for Head
Start-Early Head Start visited
Warm Springs last week. The
team met with chief opera
tions officer Urbana Ross,
Early Childhood Education
director Kirs tin Hisatake, and
share the information with
the rest of Tribal Council.
Hisatake commented that
ECÉ has conducted surveys
to get input about ECE poli
cies from the com munity
members. Police, Fire and
Safety, Utilities, WIÇ, IHS
staff at ECE.
This was a follow-up visit.
and o ther entities on the res
T he team m ade an u n a n
ervation also give their in
put when needed, Hisatake
said.
•, , — Dave McMechan
nounced visit, at the request
o f Tribal Council, several
months ago. Any potential is
sues the review team noticed
during the first visit were
brought to the attention of
tribal officials and ECE,
which then addressed them.
The follow-up visit last
week was to get an update on
how, the Warm Springs Head
Start and Early Head Start
are doing. “I think the visit
w ent great,” said Ross.
Hisatake agreed.
ECE has great staff and
board, he said, and great in
put from parents. In the past
it was hard to get people in
terested in serving on the
parent policy team. Now there
are people who are enthusi
astic and dedicated to serv-
Births
Isabella Joy Hollis
Richard Xavier Hollis
and Jessi Michelle Fuentes
o f Madras are pleased to
antiounce the birth of their
daughter Isabella Joy
1 Hollis, born on November
5, 2012.
Isabella joins brother
Damian, 6, and sister Mya,
7.
G ran d p aren t on the
father’s side are Joy Rene
Mayfield o f Portland; and
great grandparents are Joe
and Leury M ayfield o f
Portland.
G randparents on the
mother’s side are Willy and
Laura Fuentes of Madras;
great grandparent is Pat
Ahern of Madras.
Saliyan Plaekwolf-Culps
Aaron Eli Culps Sr. and
Julia Marie Begay o f
Warm Springs are pleased
to announce the birth of
their daughter Saliyan
Blackwolf-Culps, bom on
October . 25, 2012.
Saliyan joins brother
Aaron Jr., 9; and sisters
Vanessa, 11, and Kaisha,
7.
G randparent on the
father’s side is Florence
Culps of Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Nancy
Scabbyrobe o f Warm
Springs, and Lester Begay
of Madras.
Thurmon Jadin Alien
Tufti
Jasmine Jade Tufti of
Warm Springs is pleased
to announce the birth of
her son Thurm on Jadin
Allen Tufti, born on Oc
tober 29, 2012.
G ran d p aren ts
are
Thurman Allen Tufti of
Warm Springs, and Tina
L. Fuller of Madras.
Appeal of Indian land
trust settlement rejected
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -
T he U.S. Suprem e C ourt
won’t consider a Colorado
woman’s challenge of a $3.4
billion settlement between the
federal government and Na
tive American land trust ben
eficiaries.
T he se ttle m e n t was
reached in 2009 following
years of litigation in which
M ontana resident Elouise
C obell, w ho is now d e
ceased, argued government
officials mismanaged bil
lions o f dollars in land roy
alties held in trust for N a
tive Americans.
Court records show Kim-
berly Craven's petition asking
the Supreme Court to review
the settlement was denied
Oct. 29. She had argued the
settlement enriched the attor
neys and the named plaintiffs
led by Cobell.
The named plaintiffs’ at
torneys said that three other
people have agreed to dismiss
their appeals in exchange for
having their attorneys’ fees
and expenses paid, so settle
ment funds are closer to get
ting distributed.
Next Spilyay deadline
is Friday, Nov. 23.
Thank you.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Kirstin Hisatake meets with review team project director
Keyona Hall at ECE.
ing on the team.
“And we’re hearing positive
comments from the commu
nity,” Hisatake said. Ross
commented that ECE used to
see a fairly high turnover of
staff, and attendance was
down. These problems are in
the past, she said. “There is
more to do, but we have come
a long way,” Ross said.
During the review, the in
terviewer, Keyona Hill, asked
Ross and H isatake some
questions about the operation
o f E C E and H ead Start-
Early Head Start.
Hill asked, for instance,
how ECE ensures for proper
staff and safety for the class
rooms, Hisatake said there
are regular meetings and re
ports from the operations
team at ECE.
H ill asked how Tribal
Council is kept aware of mat
ters at ECE. R oss said that
there are two Council mem
bers who serve as liaisons to
ECE. These members then
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