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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 6, 2014
Native Aspirations finishing for summer
Simnasho Summer Night
Ninety-six young people
spent the summer at various
jobs around the reservation.
They worked as part of
the six-week Native Aspira-
tions program.
Most of the workers will
be finishing the program this
week, said Caroline Cruz,
tribal health liaison. Some of
the students who started a
little late will be finishing up
next week, she said.
Part of the summer work
program involved education
and training, two days a week.
The students are doing the
final training this week.
Then there will be a sur-
vey to learn what the students
and the employers thought of
the program, Cruz said.
The weekly training was
required for the high school-
age students. There were also
ten college students who par-
ticipated in the program.
The training sessions fo-
cused on a variety of topics.
For instance, the training this
week is in regard to energy
drinks and their side effects.
Drinking one energy drink
can be like eating 30 candy
bars, in terms of what it does
to your metabolism.
During an earlier educa-
tion session, Jefferson Greene
of the Warm Springs Canoe
Family gave a history of the
tribes. He talked about the
tribal Constitution, the Treaty
of 1855, Tribal Council, and
other aspects of the tribes.
Another training was on
cross cultural education.
In this exercise, groups of
20 students were asked to
invent a culture. The premise
was that present civilization
and its history had been lost.
But the 20 students in the
group survived, waking up in
the year 4,000, at which point
they had to invent a culture
based on a set of instructions.
They used decks of cards,
each group developing a dif-
ferent meaning for the cards.
They then tried to interact,
encountering the difficulties
and misunderstandings that
can come between cultures
that don’t understand each
other. The lessons were then
applied to real life.
Another of the earlier
training sessions was on per-
sonal finances; and another
was on safe relationships.
The Native Aspirations
program was funded through
a tribal Health and Human
Services grant. Based on the
feedback from the survey, the
program may return next
summer, Cruz said.
Logging Units
fires on mop up
Gary Randall Photography
After the storm the sky was clear and starry.
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And so I took some pictures under-
neath all the turbulence that was happen-
ing in the sky.
In time, Darlene and I retreated into
the lodge to weather the storm inside. We
snacked and chatted until we realized that
we no longer heard the noise of the tem-
pest. By this time it was dark outside.
We poked our heads out the tipi door
and beheld a crystal clear sky with an in-
credible archway of stars created by the
Milky Way. It was an amazing contrast to
the chaotic storm we experienced just
prior to this.
Sadly, the Simnasho Hot Summer
Nights Powwow was called off that
evening, but not before Darlene and I were
able to meet the hearty few who stuck
around, just in case.
I would like to thank the people of
Simnasho for their hospitality. I was glad
to meet Captain, his family and friends.
They fed us and made us feel truly wel-
come. I would like to say that it was my
privilege to have been a part of the this
event, not only for the opportunity to spend
time with my friends and with members
of the Simnasho community, but for the
unexpected chance to make some beauti-
ful images with my camera that I can share
with all of you.
Family Jamboree Day
Warm Springs Recreation will host
Family Jamboree Day on August 13 at
the Community Center ballfields from 2-
6 p.m. Special events: Under the Sea,
Wild Rapids Slide, Sports 5 in 1, Surf n’
Slide double lane, Rock Wall Climber 2.
For information call Recreation at 541-
553-3243.
Fire fighters were working
this week on the Nena fire
north of Shaniko Butte. On
the scene were four fire
crews, one tender, and two
heavy-lift helicopters.
The helicopters were ini-
tially deployed to the Logging
Unit fires on the west side of
the reser vation. But they
spent Sunday, with Warm
Springs Fire Management,
checking the expansion of
the Nena fire.
Meanwhile, mop-up work
continued on the Logging
Unit fires, moving closer to
full containment.
Fire teams set up sprin-
klers at the Bear Butte 2 fire,
part of the Logging Units
complex. The sprinklers are
supported by water tenders.
A firefighter collapsed on
the Bear Butte 2 Fire on Sun-
day and was flown to St.
Charles Hospital in Bend.
“This incident occurred in
an extremely remote area,
and in short order a helicop-
ter was requested, a landing
zone was constructed, and
our line medics were able to
successfully hand the patient
over to the Life Flight pro-
fessionals,” said medical unit
leader Glenn Fischer.
The patient was evaluated
at the hospital and is recov-
ering locally.
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Simnasho
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