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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 2013)
P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Spilyay Tym December24, 2013 Coyote News, est. 1976 ECRWSS Postal Patron Voi. 38, No. 24 D ecem ber- Nch’i-An - Winter- Yiyam Healthy agenda for prevention coordinator Quitting smoking is one o f the hardest, things a person can do, and also one o f the healthi- est. A study shows that 75 per cen t o f people, w ho sm oke would like to quit. But tobacco is an addiction, so quitting is not easy. Scott Kalama is the tribes’ Tobacco Prevention Coordina tor, and his job can be a hard one for several reasons. For instance, som e sm okers feel th a t it is no o n e ’s business whether they smoke or not. O n the other hand, tobacco smoke can harm other people, thro u g h . second-hand smoke. Third-hand smoke refers to the chemicals that are left in a room •or on clothing after a person has been smoking. So some regulation o f smok ing is necessary. For years now smoking has been prohibited in public buildings. State regulation requires p eople,' w h en th ey smoke, to stand at least 10 feet away from an entrance or win d o w o f a public building. S ee P R E V E N T I O N p n p a g e 1 0 , U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents coming up on Friday T he 2014 Miss W arm Springs Pageant is scheduled for this Friday, Dec. 27 at the Agency Longhouse. The dinner and giveaway will start at 6 p.m ., h o sted by 2013 Miss W arm Springs N o reen Sam pson and family. The pageant starts at 7 p.m. The pageant is open to applicants betw een 18 and 24 years o f age. Applicants may be picked.up at the Tribal Council office. F or in fo rm atio n , co n tact the Tribal Council office at 541-553- 3257. A sk for M innie Yahtin or Emily Yazzie. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Scott Kalama and Tara Weston, from the Oregon Health Authority, at Community Counseling. Departments prepare for 2014 changes T y P a tti Tanewasha Spilyay Tymoo Budget, repatriation were notable events this year The year 2013 was a memorable time for the tribes. This was the year w hen the budget situation becam e a reality for everyone. a T he approved budget for 2014 in c lu d e s an a p p ro p r ia tio n o f $13.138 m illion, a red u ctio n o f more than $10.5 million from the cu rren t year budget. T h ere has never heen a cut o f this size in the current era o f the tribe's. D epartm ents have been reorga nized, per capita and the senior pen sion were cut, and people have lost their jobs. All o f this is necessary in order to avoid a financial calamity as soon as next year. There is a serious need for new I®- • revenue, as the current enterprises The Peabody Museum o f N atu are no longer able to maintain the- ral History, in Connecticut, had been tribal b u d g e t at its previous level. in possession o f the remains, ex O n a brighter note, Tribal C oun plained Roberta Kirk, Native Ameri cil is exploring som e potential rev can Graves Protection and Repa enue generating projects. O ne o f triation A ct Coordinator these, called carbon sequestration, The tribes m ade the claim to the is on the January Council agenda Peabody M useum in 2010. The re (more on this in the next Spilyay). mains had been the subject o f a dental study that had been published Repatriation in a 2005 edition o f the American The Confederated Tribes in 2013 Journal o f Physical Anthropology. repatriated the 272 ancestral re This publication m ade the tribes mains. This was a unique and his aware o f the remains. toric event. “In 2006 a site visit was con These were Memaloose Island, ducted by the Confederated Tribes Wasco and Wishxam ancestral re o f W arm S prings C ultural/''R e mains. sources staff,” Kirk said. 4 “From there, we started con sultation with the Anthropology D ivision, P e a b o d y M u seu m o f N atural History. We found that there w ere many ancestral re mains that were at the Peabody Yale M useum th at originated from The Dalles area.” Further investigation revealed th at the m useum had a total o f 272 remains and funerary objects originating in the 1870s from M em alo o se Is la n d an d T h e Dalles. I After diligent work o f the Cul tural Resources staff, the tribes conducted the repatriation on June 27, 2013. (The N e w Year is near, an d changes in the tribal organisation are a t hand. M a n y departments are facing the same situation: budget cuts. T h is is the sec ond in a series o f articles looking a t how different departments are affected by the budget situation.) Summer time in past years would provide a new experience for some youth o f the com m unity A t the age o f 14, they were excited to have their first Job. , Every summer the tribes would host the summer youth program for about 150 youth. Between 80 and . 90 would successfully complete the program. W hen participating in the youth program, students selected a departm ent o f interest to w ork in. They gained essential job skills, in- .spiration and motivation. The year 2014 brings1 necessary budget cuts. J o b Creation and D e velopm ent is am ong the many de partm ents included in these cuts. | Job Creation and Developm ent has been home to the summer youth program, and other programs which serve all demographics within our community, from ages 14 years old to adults. ‘ Tribal leaders this year had to take a serious look at all services o f the tribes, determining which are truly “essential services.” Police, fire . and utilities are essential services. Some aspects o f the organization, such as Tribal Council, are required by the Tribal Constitution, and are _ therefore essential.' Many other program s are n o t essential to the absolute safety and welfare o f the membership, and had to be cut. The decisions were diffi cult, but necessary for the time be ing.
