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May 1, 2013 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 8 Language: classes from pre-school through university everyone before the guests had to leave. Val Sw itzler comm ented after the group had gone: “I am so p ro u d o f my class teac h ers D allas and Merle, and their elder advi sors Anna, Suzie, and Arlita, who work with the younger te a c h e rs to stay in th e Ichishkiin language. Virginia is a wonderful mentor, advi sor and elder. She freely gives to all.” She added, “The highlight o f the visit I believe was see ing two o f our own students, Jade and Shayleen, working towards becoming Ichishkiin speakers. They also have as pirations o f becom ing lan guage teachers! It is a w on derful day when we recognize that the seeds planted by our elders long ago are coming to fruition. They stressed lan guage is important. Language is who we are. Language is the essence o f our being.” (Continued from page 1) W ith them was teacher- trainer R obert Elliott, who also does video-taping o f lan guage lessons. Unique achievement V irginia B eavert began her teaching and cultural ad vising career at the Univer sity o f O re g o n a b o u t 10 years ago. Last spring she received her D octorate degree in Lin guistics from the university. “I thought I was done with school,” Virginia, who is 90, was saying last week, “but some people convinced me to keep working toward the degree.” H er doctorate dissertation will be published soon by the U niversity o f W ashington Press. T he dissertation de scribes her experience grow ing up in a traditional family, where the N ative language was dominant, and her tran sition to the non-traditional modern world. As a young adult, during World War II, Virginia was in the military, working as a ra dio operator for three years. “That was like learning a new language,” she says o f the ra dio code jargon. She later became a court ste n o g ra p h e r, and th e n learned shorthand. “Every thing I did had to do with language,” she says. As a child, Virginia lived in a home where Ichishkiin w as th e sta n d a rd . H e r m other spoke litde English. She learned five dialects o f Ichishkiin, such as the N ez Perce, Yakama and W arm Springs dialects. “My great great gran d m other spoke Klickitat, so I learned that as well,” Virginia — by Dave McMechan Merle Kirk, Jade Martinez, Shayleen Macy, Cassie George, JoAna Jansen, Robert Elliot, Suzie Slockish (back row from left), and Dallas Winishut with student, Virginia Beavert, Ana Clements and Arlita Rhoan (front, from left). says. She atten d ed college in Central Washington, and then later earned a M aster’s D e gree at the University o f Ari zona. And then last year com pleted her Ph.D. She saw m any o f h er frien d s d u rin g h er W arm Springs visit last week. She spoke Ich ish k iin w ith th e Warm Springs teachers Arlita ; Rhoan, Anna Clements, Dal las Winishut, Merle Kirk and Suzie Slockish, and depart m ent director Val Switzler. Jade and Cassie learn Ichishkiin words that apply to Josie Miller made lunch for cradle boards (above); and class time (right). CPS: many services for child protection (Continued from page 1) These plans never mate rialized, as the funding was never secured. An overview Warm Springs Children’s Protective Services provides child abuse protection ser vices for children living both on and o ff the Warm Springs Reservation. T hese services are p ro v ided in acco rd an ce w ith tribal and federal law, designed to p ro tect Indian children fro m physical and sexual abuse and gross parental ne glect. In accomplishing this mis sion the Children’s Protective Services program provides a variety o f services. • Case m anagem ent ser vices co o rd in a te care for abused and neglected chil dren, working at the direction o f the tribal court to assure parental compliance with ser vice plans, arrange fo ster home placements and provid ing for the needs o f those children, and providing trans p o rta tio n o f children and families. • T he CPS C enter p ro vides emergency shelter for children w hen they’re initially rem oved from their families for protection as well as long term shelter for some chil dren for w hom a perm anent hom e situation cannot be es tablished. • Independent Living Ser vices addresses the needs o f children over the age o f 16 Dave McMechan/Spilyay CPS currently is housed on the campus. who have been in foster care and need assistance in becom ing established as self suffi cient adults. • Child Abuse and Neglect Assessments are conducted by CPS in coordination with the tribal Police D epartm ent to determ ine if a child has been the victim o f child abuse or neglect and what type o f intervention is needed to pro tect the child from harm. • Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) interventions involve children living o ff the reser vation who are the victims o f child abuse or neglect and are coordinated w ith the tribal court and the state where the child is residing. • Foster Care Homes are re c ru ite d , c e rtifie d and trained by CPS. CPS m aintains relative, non- relative and medical fos ter hom es both on and o ff the Reservation. • In -h o m e services are provided to both at-risk fami lies w hom are n ot involved in the Child Welfare program and to families who are cur rently involved in the CPS program. • Support groups are pro vided to children and their families on a weekly basis, these are catered specifically to the needs o f the family. T h e C ultural C onnectio n s support group provides year- round teachings and hands- on learning experiences- this group are for children, par ents, and grandparents. 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