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7! Spilygy Tyrnoo, Wgrm Springs, O regon April 3, 2013 Pgge 5 W arm Springs H ealthy Nation Nchi Wanapum update Preventing heart attacks and strokes By Jeri Pollen, R N , IH S Warm Springs Diabetes Program T hings you can do to pre v e n t h e a rt attack s and strokes: D o not smoke. Move your body 30 to 60 minutes every day. E at high fiber foods like whole grains, fruits and veg etables. E at salmon every week. K now your cholesterol num bers, blobd pressure, A le and body mass index (BMI). I f elevated, take medica tion, reduce sugar and satu rated fat an d /o r lose weight. W hat causes H eart A t tacks or Heart Disease? High blood pressure. High cholesterol. Smoking. Diabetes. A n unhealthy diet, one that is high in saturated fat (b u tter, fatty m eats), salt an d calo ries; an d low in fresh fruit, veggies, whole grain and fish. The heart is damaged by high blood pressure causing c o n sta n t p ressu re o n the heart, causing the heart to work harder. High blood pressure can make blood vessels burst in the brain causing a stroke. Smoking causes the arter ies to become smaller which slows the blood flow in the heart muscles and brain. This h ap p en s each tim e you smoke a cigarette. H igh blood sugar dam ages artery walls allowing cholesterol to stick to the artery Walls, m aking them sm aller (narrow ing them ). T h is also slow s an d can block the blood to the heart and brain. High cholesterol builds on the artery walls; clots can b reak o f f and tra v e l to smaller blood vessels in the heart muscles, blocking the blood flow to the heart. Symptoms of a heart at tack Pain or discomfort in the chest, jaw, neck, back, arms or .shoulder. Feeling weak, light-headed, faint or dizziness. Shortness o f breath. Sudden nausea, vomiting, sweating. Feeling o f doom. The. W arm S prings N ’chi W anapum Canoe Family traveled to Celilo Village last week. They launched the ca noe from at Rock Creek Lake, Wash., and landed at Celilo Lake. They had dinner at the Celilo Village Longhouse, and the next day launched at Celilo Lake, landing later at Lyle, Wash. The next day they landed at H ood River. O n Easter Sunday the family m et for the Celilo Village C om m unity Ca noe Journey 2013. Earlier this week they visited Willamette Univer sity in Salem. Cultural ex periences coming up in clude: April 12-13: Root dig ging. April 18-19: Nike N7 Summit. April 19: T rout Lake Elementary Assembly. There is a board meet- Symptoms of stroke S u d d en n u m b n ess or weakness o f the face, arm, or leg (especially on one side o f the body), trouble walk ing, dizziness. Sudden confusion, trouble speaking. Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes. Sudden trouble walking or dizziness. Sudden severe headache. W hat do you do i f you or someone yo u know has these symptoms? Call 911. For more information call me at the IHS Diabetes Pro gram, 541-553-2478 A fter-hour questions call the ntfrsing h ot line number at 866-470-2015. Author presentation on Oregon disasters O re g o n a u th o r Bill Sullivan will do a presenta tion in Warm Springs based on his book, Oregon’s Great est Natural Disasters. The presentation will be at the Health and Prevention Resource Center and Warm Springs Library, located in the Family Resource Center, on Friday, April 19, starting at 6:30 p.m. Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters was published in 2008. The book tells the dra matic stoty o f the floods, earthquakes, fo rest fires, eruptions and tsunamis that readiness for future natural disasters. Is O regon ready? Aseyou ready? Come and find out! Librarian and Community R ead co m m ittee m em b er Craig Graham has also been working with Sullivan’s notes and maps to recreate a vir tual Google Earth tour o f his journey across O regon,, as chronicled in Sullivan’s book listening fo r Coyote. This classic book recounts the adventure o f Sullivan’s 1,361-mile solo backpacking trek in 1985. The virtual tour will be projected at the up coming presentation in Warm have shaped Oregon and im pacted people over the past 13,000 years. Its final chapter is a hy pothetical look at Oregon’s Child welfare case going before U.S. Supreme Court (AP) — The Attorney General in Maine says th e sta te is jo in in g S o u th C aro lin a and other states in defend ing the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in a case going before the- U.S. Supreme Court. Mills said the state signed an amicus brief last week in a case in which a child born to a fa th e r w h o w as a tr ib a l m e m b e r an d non-tribal m other was p u t up for adoption by the m other. A n on-In dian fam ily a d o p ted the child. The South Carolina S uprem e C o u rt u lti mately ruled the adop tion violated the Indian Child Care Act. Springs, and at the Art Ad venture Gallery in Madras. Courtesy W .S. Library Sullivan will be In Warm Springs on April 19. For questions please con tact 541-553-1078. Museum has new exhibit T h e M useum at W arm Springs recently opened an interesting new exhibit on the tribal enterprises. Each o f the enterprises is represented by a unique display in the Chang ing Exhibits Gallery. T he exhibit, “T ran sfo r m a tio n s : W arm S p rin g s T rib al E n te rp rise s,” ru n s through May 26. “See how W arm S prings has tra n s form ed and progressed over the years,” the exhibit infor m ation says. The m useum is back on regular hours, open now on Mondays. This sum m er the museum will present “Indig enous E lem ents: T he Life and A rt o f A polonia Susana Santos.” “Though small in stature, she stood large in life, as she painted, sculpted and cre ated strategies tow ard social change for N ative youth.” Dave McMechqn/Spilyay The exhibit Includes displays on all of the tribal enterprises, Including Composite Products and Indian Head Casino (above); and Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and Spa (below). ing coming up on April 26. C o m m en ts fro m Jefferson G reene o f the N ’chi W anapum Canoe Family: We do have the w o o d en board s we re quested along w ith an o th e r b atch com ing in th an k s to T h e W arm Springs Forest Products, W arm Springs U tilities D e p a rtm e n t, C ory Q u eah p am a, V ic to r Jo h n s o n , an d E ld re d Sm ith w ho enticed the idea. T he paddle m aking, a fte r fu rth e r in p u t, is strorigly suggested for the older teenage youth, as the process requires physical strength and precise atten tion to detail. Paddles m ade by the N 'chi W anapum Canoe Family will be for use by any and every member of the Canoe Family, and will be held on to by the skip per. MAC Recreation District needs Warm Springs vote By the M A C Recreation District Political Action Committee In May, registered voters will receive their ballots and be asked to vote once again on the Madras Aquatic Cen ter Recreation District Opera tions Levy. The proposed 5-year levy failed by 179 votes in the N o vember election, so the Ma dras1 Aquatic Center (MAC) board has decided to put it' on the ballot once again. The N ovem ber election brought out voters in stagger in g n u m b ers in Je ffe rso n County. Over 4,500 people voted, many because o f the presi d en tial elec tio n , and this meant 2,074 “yes” votes for the MAC Recreation District. Many o f those votes came from Warm Springs residents living in Jefferson County. MAC supporters were thrilled with the support from Warm Springs and hope to get even more support in the May elec tion. “Over 450 Warm Springs v o ters p articip ated in the November election, and that w as 10 p e rc e n t o f all J e ffe rs o n C o u n ty v o ters which is very impressive,” said Michele Gemelas, a member o f the MAC Political Action Committee (PAC). “I f we can encourage the folks that voted ‘no’ on the; MAC levy to vote ‘YES’, we will be much closer to getting this levy passed,” she said. The MAC facility is home base for dozens o f sports and fitness programs, both in-and out-of-water. The facility has had to. close its doors com-; pletely for five weeks each; o f the last two years due to funding shortfalls. The levy is needed to keep , the doors to the facility open, to establish a maintenance; fund and to continue the out-, of-water recreation programs that are currently sponsored by a grant that will expire in the next few years. Carolyn Harvey, former, Wellness Coordinator for the. C onfederated Tribes, is the; operations manager for the', MAC, and has been helping to answer community quesj lions about what the levy will m ean to the co m m u n ities served by the MAC, includ ing Warm Springs. She is hoping to expand the recreation program m ing to: include even m o re W arm Springs participants. MAC PAC members have: said that passing the levy will be a huge step in that direc tion. Feel free to call the MAC with questions about the levy,; pool and program schedules or memberships, and be sure to vote in the May elections! Open Wednesday thru Saturday i 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. P k 541-553-1041 j
