November 28, 2012
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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MHS Football awards banquet
at high school this Thursday
The Madras varsity foot
ball team awards banquet is
at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29
in the Madras High School
commons.
Light refreshments will be
provided. Parents are being
asked to provide any pictures
they have taken throughout
the year fo r a recognition
video. You are asked to e-mail
them to: RWells@509j.net.
Notah Begay Foundation
releases obesity report
(AP) — A fo u n d a tio n
backed by professional golfer
N otah Begay III has identi
fied N ew Mexico as “ground
zero” for finding better ways
to address obesity and diabe
tes in Native American chil
dren.
In a report released M on
day, B egay’s fo u n d a tio n
p o in te d to N ew M exico’s
large Native American popu
lation and w hat it describes
as dramatic health and edu
cational disparities.
The foundation has spent
the past year discussing with
A new walking path with exercise stations has been constructed at the Warm Springs Health and Wellness
Center. The path was dedicated to veterans at the Annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon, organized each
Veterans Day by the Commissioned Corps Officers of the U.S. Public Health Service who work at the clinic.
The paved path starts in the parking lot of the Health and Wellness Center and continues around the building
just inside the fenced area. Along the path are multiple exercise stations with instructions on how to use them.
“The path is open for the whole community to use,” said Commissioned Corps Officer Juanita Simpson.
tribal leaders, health experts
and others the challenges o f
dealing with obesity and dia
betes. More than 250 stake
holders participated in the
discussions.
The result is a set o f rec
om m endations that call for
everything from awareness
campaigns and more research
to the strengthening o f pro
grams that prom ote language
and traditional cultural values.
The foundation’s work was
funded by the Robert Wood
J o h n s o n F o u n d a tio n an d
PN M Resources Inc.
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News from Inchon Country
A s s i s t e d L iv in g f a c i l i t y
Ancient rock carvings Tribal college program teaching Lakota language
stolen in Sierra Nevada
B IS H O P , Calif. (AP) -
Rock carvings that graced a
¿acred American Indian site"
in California’s Sierra Nevada
for thousands o f years have
fallen prey to m odern thieves
arm ed with power saws.
At
le a s t
fo u r
p etroglyphs— som e 2 feet
w ide and lo c a te d 15 feet
ab o v e th e g ro u n d ——w ere
hacked from lava cliffs in the
Eastern Sierra, the Los A n
geles Times reports Sunday.
Visitors to the area, known
as Volcanic Tableland, dis
co vered th e th e ft and re
ported it to the federal Bu
reau o f Land Management.
“This was the w orst act o f
vandalism ever seen” on the
750,000 acres o f public land
adm inistered by th e BLM
field office in Bishop, BLM
archaeologist G reg H aver-
stock said.
T h e thieves m u st have
used ladders, electric g en
erators and pow er saws. In
addition to the fo u r carv
ings th at w ere stolen, one
was defaced w ith deep saw
cuts on three sides, and an
other was rem oved b u t ap
paren tly bro k e during th e
th eft and was left propped
a g a in st a b o u ld e r n e a r a
visitor parking lot.
M ore th a n 3,500 years
ago, N a tiv e A m erican s
carved pictures o f hunters,
deer and other animals, and
geometric and other designs
into a half-mile-long volcanic
e sc a rp m e n t. T h e im ages
adorn hundreds o f lava boul
ders.
The petroglyphs are prob
ably w orth only about $500
to $1,500 on the illegal art
m arket but are priceless to
American Indians, authorities
said.
“We still use this sacred
place as a kind o f church to
educate tribal mem bers and
children about our historical
and spiritual connections,”
Paiute tribal historic preser
v a tio n o ffic e r R ay m o n d
Andrews said.
VSo, bur tribal elderS are
appalled by w hat happened
here.”
V olunteers have stepped
up surveillance at the site,
w hich is listed on the N â-
tional Register o f H istoric
Places. T h e BLM is o ffer
ing a $1,000 rew ard for in
form ation leading to arrests.
A first-tim e felony convic
tion for damaging or rem ov
ing petroglyphs can carry a
o n e-y ear p riso n se n ten ce
and a $20,000 fine.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -
Red Bird, 61, is one o f the
remaining people in the world
w ho can speak L akota, an
indigenous language spoken
.by H u n k p ap a Sioux since
time unknown.
H e spends his days in a
large airy ro o m w ith green
plants in the windows among
10 boys and girls, speaking to
them only in the ancient lan
guage o f their ancestors.
O u tsid e th e classro o m
door is a sign with the word
“English” stamped out in a
red circle.
O th e r th an the E nglish
th ey jab b er am o n g th e m
selves, these little ones hear
and speak Lakota with Red
Bird and the three instruc
tional aides in the room.
Red Bird speaks it fast and
fluently since his own child
hood on the Cheyenne Indian
Reservation in South Dakota.
T h e aides speak it slowly.
They, too, are learning as they
g°-
The children speak it en
thusiastically, aided with flash
cards o r art projects m ade
with glue and cotton balls to
learn words for rain and light
ning. Their success wrapping
their tongues around these
new words is applauded and
h ap p in ess show s on th eir
faces w hen they get it right
I t is an experimental pro
gram at Sitting Bull Comm u
n ity C ollege in th e K ids
K am p u s b u ild in g o n th e
Standing Rock Sioux Reser
vation, w hich straddles the
N orth Dakota-South Dakota
border.
It is an interesting hybrid
o f specialized day care and a
language im mersion project.
Lunch, playtime and a nap are
part o f the deal.
“The reason I came here
is I w ant to save my language.
It's precious to me. W hen
there came a chance to teach,
I jum ped at this,” Red Bird
said.
H e estimates maybe one-
third o f the reservation is flu
ent in Lakota. The death o f
each elder dim inishes th at
number; 10 years ago 80 per
cent were fluent, he said.
T he L akota language is
well docum ented from the
early w ork o f m issionaries
and later revisions by linguis
tic experts and tribal m em
bers.
Red Bird participated in a
Lakota dictionary, project, a
m assive tom e w ith entries
both in Lakota to English and
English to Lakota. H e said he
and other. Lakota speakers
regularly gather to add new
words to make it a living, con
temporary language.
HELPFUL HINTS
FOR YOUR
REFILLS
1. Requests received on the
automated refill system are
filled ahead of requests called
in to the pharmacy staff.
AudioCARE
Sysisms
2. If you don’t pick-up your
medication within 7 days it will
be returned to pharmacy stock
and you will need to call it in
again.
3. Call in your refill ¿before you
run out of medicine. For most
medications, you can request
refills up to 7 days early.
4. Narcotics or controlled
substances can only be issued
when your prescription is due.
They will not be able to be
picked up early.
5. The refill hotline is available
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
m is new system will provide yon with
Information about your medication status
Immediately upon entering the prescription
NEW
number. Give it a try!!!!
A u to m a te d
P r e s c r ip tio n
R e tiil S y s te m
6. We still ask for 24 hours to
process your refill request.
7. Your prescription is only
valid for 1 year from the time
your doctor orders it.
Controlled substance
prescriptions are only valid for
6 months.
Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center
Pharmacy Automated Refill System;
541-553-2475
P.O. Box 1209
Warm Springs, OR 97661
541-553-2475