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Spilyay Tymoo
October 29, 2014
Letters to the editor
For Huston
Mae Huston is running for
the position of Jefferson
County Commissioner, which
includes the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation.
Mae has visited the reser-
vation, volunteering to serve
at the fundraiser at Kah-Nee-
Ta for the Boys and Girls
Club, the Back to School Bar-
becue, and asking to visit the
Senior Center.
She has friends here and
continues to be interested in
helping the community, as
well as others in the county.
Sometimes the county rep-
resentative forgets that Warm
Springs is part of Jefferson
County, Mae is anxious to
include us.
Mae is interested in fiscal
responsibility and helping
people to better themselves.
What more could we ask!
Please consider voting for
Mae Huston. Thank you.
Mavis Shaw.
Culture is
Prevention
Soaring Butterflies and
Warrior Spirit meetings for
high school age youth are
every Tuesday.
For students in the Roots
program, the Soaring Butter-
flies and Warrior Spirit gath-
erings are from 1:30-3 p.m.
at the Roots school building,
on campus.
For other high school age
students, the meetings are
from 4:15-5:45 p.m. at the
Community Counseling pre-
vention room.
The Soaring Butterflies
and Warrior Spirit sessions
with younger students are on
Mondays.
They meet at the Warm
Springs k-8 Academy with
students in grades three
through eight at 3:30-5:30
p.m. Mondays, at the school.
For more information call
Deanie at 541-553-3442; or
Sarah at 553-3205.
Shipping Co.
I would again like to re-
mind our indigenous Native
peoples that we have legal
rights to create our own
barge, shipping company.
Legal rights to commerce
on our Inch Cheewana, Co-
lumbia River.
Our ancestors more or less
owned our Columbia River
before the coming of the
white man.
Our ancestors not only
traded, ran commerce up and
down our Columbia River, we
also ran commerce up and
down the West Coast.
Think of the endless op-
portunities that a Treaty
Tribes Shipping Company
would create for our children,
for generations to come.
Sick uncle Sam made it
very easy for our treaty tribes
to buy into the gambling busi-
ness. So why won’t sick uncle
Sam make it just as easy to
buy into the shipping busi-
ness?
We, our Treaty Tribes,
have more or less suffered
from alcoholism since the
coming of the white man.
Then, thanks to the white
man, we started suffering
from drugism, and now again
thanks to the white man, we
are
suffering
from
gamblingism.
The white man will stop at
nothing in his quest to destroy
and annihilate our indigenous
Native peoples… Smiling
faces. Think of our children
and the opportunities a Treaty
Tribes Shipping Company
would provide for our
children…endless.
We can grandfather (busi-
ness term) into the barging,
shipping business that would
take our children not only
into Canada but across the
world!
Think about it! Think,
think, think! Then Act, Act,
Act… Act on our ideas.
Myself, it hurts to see our
so called leaders sucking up
to the white man only to be
used over and over again.
Smiling faces. While the white
man laughs at you and ours…
Using our so called leaders,
making them feel important,
putting their faces on the
front page, etc. etc. While
they laugh behind your backs
about how stupid you are…
The only good Indian is a dead
Indian… Remember that, it
still exists. They want our
water because they poison
theirs, just for money, money,
money.
Thank you.
Bobby Eagleheart.
Diabetes classes
We have made a change in
the Diabetes class schedule.
From now on class will be
held at 10 a.m. every Tues-
day in the IHS clinic kitchen
conference room.
Please note that there will
be no class on Tuesday, No-
vember 11 (the clinic will be
closed for Veterans Day).
Thanks you.
Kacey Conyers, Dietitian,
Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center Community
Health Programs; 541-553-
2460 ext. 4160
Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.
Wellness lunch
The Community Health
Education Team is hosting
Wellness Of Warm Springs in
November.
Please come join us on
November 13 from noon till
1 p.m. at the Family Resource
Center.
The Diabetes Prevention
Team with discuss diabetes
prevention. Contact Judy
Charley for more informa-
tion, 541-553-1196 ext 4242.
Evelyn Aguilar, Com-
munity Health Education
Team-Secretary
Some wishes....
Happy Birthday to Jerry
Polk, Oct. 21. Love you,
Uncle. Love, Angela Smith
and kids.
Happy
birthday
brother Jerry Polk from
you sister.
Happy birthday Angel
Ruiz. Love, Angela and
Kids.
Happy birthday An-
gel Ruiz – Anna and
Vicki and Kids.
Apology
Happy 18 th Victoria
Polk-Ruiz. We love you.
From Anna, Angela, Ali,
Aaliyah, Alexa, Albert,
Ada Polk.
Happy birthday
Chips Kalama, from
Anna and the A
Team, Alber t, Ada,
Ali, Aaliyah, Alexa,
cuz Angela. We love
you.
I am apologizing for my
negligent act. I would like to
inform you that I learned a
lesson. I truly an sorry to
whom it may concern, and
mainly to the residents.
Stannlee Meanus.
The next time to sub-
mit items for publication
in the Spilyay is Friday,
Nov. 7. Thank you.
Job Readiness Training session 2 starting
Warm Springs Vocational
Rehabilitation is hosting a
training academy.
The first session was in
September and early to mid
October.
The second session is start-
ing this week, and registration
is now open. Call Voc Rehab
to register, 541-553-4952.
The academy is open to
the first 30 people to regis-
ter.
The training is open to un-
employed and underem-
ployed tribal members and
other federally recognized
Native Americans.
Others who can register
are current and past partici-
pants in Voc Rehab,
Workorce Investment Act
workers, GA, and seasonal
tribal member workers hired
in reforestation crews, Fire
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“We will have a
more prepared
work force to fill
upcoming jobs and
contribute to the
tribes’ renewed
efforts.”
Management, and forestry
projects.
The training academy co-
ordinator is Marcia Soliz, Voc
Rehab job coach/job devel-
oper.
“It is our intention to help
equip individuals with basic
life skills and job readiness
knowledge,” Marcia said.
Academy participants will
learn about available support-
ive services and resources.
They will find motivation to
pursue additional training av-
enues, and finish their basic
education to vocational edu-
cation; and will learn about
apprenticeships, and college
education.
Participants will get a great
start at building a strategy plan
after going through the train-
ing modules.
“It is a very good time for
individuals to maximize their
time in this phase,” Marcia
said, “as the tribe prepares for
economic development and
additional jobs.
“We will have a more pre-
pared work force to fill up-
coming jobs and contribute to
the tribes’ renewed efforts.”
Partners
Partners in this much-
needed training are tribal
Human Resources, the grant
funded Workforce Invest-
ment Act (WIA), and the
Warm Springs Community
Action Team.
Others who have helped
are Warm Springs Commu-
nity Counseling, War m
Springs Credit, and several
presenters.
We encourage other ser-
vice providers to become
partners with us as this effort
grows.
On the agenda
The agenda is filled with
helpful information, and cre-
ates an opportunity to offer
ideas, feedback, and interac-
tive discussions of partici-
pants.
Pre- and post- training as-
sessments, by Voc Rehab
manager Jolene Estimo-Pitt,
have shown high satisfaction
with the training content, the
helpfulness, and increased
knowledge.
Marcia serves as the ses-
sion facilitator and trainer.
The agenda is full of exciting
topics that include:
Self-awareness, values,
character development, indi-
vidual leadership intention,
individual leadership styles,
and challenges inside your
leadership.
This also gets into worker
leadership, including sources
of power and communica-
tion.
There’s a section on life
challenges and life strategy
planning.
The trainers provide infor-
mation on how to effectively
complete a job application;
prepare a resume and cover
letter; how to use references;
attitude; the HR Shopping
Mall; preparing for a job in-
terview; having a strategy
plan, and how VR can help.
Marcia Soliz presents
these trainings.
There is also a “Making
Your money Count” session
presented by the Community
Action Team of Chris Watson
and Nettie Dickson.
There is a session on tribal
Social Services, with Cheryl
Tom presenting information
on Commodities, Social Ser-
vices, and other resources
available in her area.
There is a session on basic
vehicle maintenance provided
by another young mentor/
leader Gordan Scott Jr.
Gordon is a college gradu-
ate, Journeyman mechanic,
and tribal Vehicle Pool man-
ager).
Special panels
Some special panels have
been included, which have
had a huge impact in a very
good way.
One panel is titled “Reflec-
tions of Young Mentors/
Leaders.”
This panel is made up of
young, well-trained and edu-
cated tribal members who
represent key areas of the
tribe.
They are Jake Coochise,
chief executive officer of
Composite Products;
Bridget Kalama, Control-
ler at the Credit Enterprise;
Glendon Smith, tribal
judge;
Deanie Smith, who has a
Masters degree and works in
Culture and Heritage. She
also serves on the Johnson
O’Malley Committee and the
Education Committee;
Dorian Soliz, who has a
Bachelors degree and exten-
sive federal training and ex-
perience as a Wild Land Fire
Management Fuels Techni-
cian, and in law enforcement;
Jackie Minson, who has a
Bachelors degree and exten-
sive experience in DHS and
Vocational Rehab;
Trey Leonard, who has ex-
tensive federal training, cer-
tifications and experience in
fire fighting. He is the man-
ager of Warm Springs Fire
Management;
Shawnetta Yahtin, who has
a Masters degree and experi-
ence in Health Medical So-
cial Services.
Participants greatly appre-
ciate the knowledge these
panelists bring the sessions.
Presenters
The sessions also feature
presenters representing Edu-
cation (Carroll Dick), Voc
Rehab (Gayleen PoorBear),
WIA (Melinda Poitra), GA
(Carolyn Owyhee and Gayle
Rodgers), and Prevention Ser-
vices (Caroline Cruz and TJ
Foltz).
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