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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
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