E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
New governor
has a strong
record working
with tribes
Kate Brown is set to be
sworn in as Governor this
Wednesday, Feb. 18.
She was the Oregon Sec-
retary of State, and also
served in the state Senate.
Tribal Government Af-
fairs Director Louie Pitt says
that Gov. Brown has an ex-
cellent record of working
with Indian tribes.
He provided this list of
Indian-related legislation that
Gov. Brown sponsored:
The Oregon Indian
Child Welfare Act.
Senate Bill 488 – “S”
word ban in 2001, set four-
year limit for new names.
Senate Bill 690 – Native
language teacher certification
bill in 2001. Allowed tribes
to determine language pro-
ficiency so that elders could
teach in public schools with-
out teaching degrees/certifi-
cates.
Senate Bill 770 – Tribal-
State government-to-govern-
ment relationship bill in
2001; required annual Gov-
ernor-Tribal Chairs summit
and progress reports by all
state agencies.
Senate Bill 180 – From
SB 770, included tribes as
governments to receive
ODOT Special Transporta-
tion Fund grants for elder
and disabled transport in
2003; ended begging to the
counties.
Senate Bill 878 – Re-
stored Oregon Health Plan
Plus coverage for Indians in
2003; fully reimbursed by
Medicare funds.
Senate Bill 807 – Autho-
rized school districts to use
federal reservation Impact
Aid revenue to back school
construction bonds for res-
er vation public schools,
2003.
Senate Bill 362 – Re-
quired local governments
and state agencies to change
“S”-word place names in
2005; requires consideration
of Native language names.
Senate Bill 855 — Re-
quires the Department of
Human Ser vices to turn
over Maternal Child Health
dollars to tribes and negoti-
ate for other federal health
dollars, 2005.
SB 1045 – Extended sun-
set on juvenile case transfer
law from state court to Tribal
Juvenile Court to 2010.
Senate Joint Memorial 6
— Urged Congress to fund
study for National 1855
Treaty Trail.
Senate Joint Resolution
12 — Directs state agencies
and urges local governments
to honor the promises of the
1855 Treaty With the Tribes
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February 18, 2015
Letters to the editor
of Middle Oregon, 2005.
Senate Bill 838 – Oregon
Renewable Energy Act requir-
ing that by 2025, Twenty-five
percent of energy generated
by major utilities be from re-
newable sources, needed for
viability of tribes’ biomass
project, 2007.
Senate Concurrent Res.
10 – In memoriam for Celilo
Falls and mourned the silenc-
ing.
House Bill 2674 – Allows
tribes’ libraries to obtain state
library funds, 2005.
Gov. Brown also served on
the Commission on Indian
Services.
Never quit
I had seven live births, and
none of them were able to
march with their graduation
senior class at Madras High
School. Rocky R. Kalama
went to Timberlake Job
Corps. He didn’t complete
because he lost his grand-
mother Janice K. Lucei. And
he felt so depressed he didn’t
think that he could focus on
any school work that needed
to be done.
Shirley J. Hoptowit went
to Fort Simcoe Job Corps. He
learned a lot, but WEDD
helped her get a job here at
home. Dawn also went to
Timberlake, but had so many
tribal court hearings, and
fighting for custody of her
daughters, she was unable to
complete.
WillYum
went
to
Chemawa board school for
four years. He had a lot of
hard times. When he came
home to “visit” he didn’t want
to go back, so he stayed there
on the campus. He was able
to march with this class at
Chemawa.
My daughter Darleen Ha-
zel-Charlie passed away. She
had more than her share of
difficulties… at MHS, tried
to go to Timberlake too, but
didn’t want to go that route.
Katherine held grudges
and was strong willed. She
tended to block a lot of her
learning from losing her sis-
ter. (They all had a hard time
during our time of loss.) She
went to Alternative Educa-
tion and finally earned her
high school diploma through
COCC. She then went to
Timberlake for auto mechan-
ics, and completed her train-
ing skills there.
My son Dondi Packy
wasn’t much into the teacher-
student roll, and kept getting
expelled from MHS. They
tried to place him in differ-
ent alternative ed programs.
A big thank-you goes out to
his tutor Mr. Guy
Chittenden—he was a great
teacher to deal with “his
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(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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needs” to complete his cred-
its toward graduation.
Ms. Mock was also a
strong supporter to Dondi’s
education by allowing him to
express himself in writing his
journal and the Buffalo writ-
ers’ book they published. He
was 18 and lacking seven to
ten credits to complete. He
was a gloomy gus not want-
ing to be the “oldest” senior
in the 2014-15 class. (What
the heck does age got to do
with it?) Gray-haired grand-
mas go to college with young
people—I was still learning
computer skills through our
WEDD/Voc Rehab pro-
grams here at home to be
more hirable! Learning and
gaining new skills never stops.
The Roots program came
into being here at home. He
dreaded the thought of go-
ing back into tutoring—again.
I took the steps to sign him
up for Roots. He worked hard
to finish, because we went
through the steps of going to
Job Corps. (Quinten, Look at
your uncle! He struggled and
had a lot of hurdles before
him… He could do it, so can
you!)
Our message to our young
Native students: Don’t give
up. You are worth a good edu-
cation and training to be a
working, breathing adult tribal
member here at home. Set
your goals high, and do the
hard work to get there. With
your hard work, blood, sweat
and tears, all your efforts you
put into your life will pay off
one day. Try and do your
hardest. Don’t give up and
don’t you quit!
Tamera J. Kalama,
Records Manager, tribal
Credit.
Births
Shelby Zariah Boise
Young Boise and Sasha
Caldera of Madras are
pleased to announce the birth
of their daughter Shelby
Zariah Boise, born on Janu-
ary 28, 2015.
Shelby joins brothers
LeBron, 10, and Koda, 2; and
sister Angel, 16.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are David
Montiel-Veldez of Madras,
and autwi Leah Boise.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Angel Wells
of Portland, and Lawrence
Caldera of Warm Springs.
Maliky Dwayne Danzuka
Ashlynne R. Danzuka of
Warm Springs is pleased to
announce the birth of her son
Maliky Dwayne Danzuka,
born on January 30, 2015.
Grandparents are Kathy
Danzuka of Warm Springs,
and Roosevelt Suppah of
Warm Springs.
Xa’Kylan Alexander
Caldera
Archie Eagle Spirit
Caldera Jr. and Illante Smith
of Warm Springs are pleased
to announce the birth of their
son Xa’Kylan Alexander
Caldera, born on February 12,
2015.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Archie
Caldera and Roberta Tufti.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Leander
Lucero and Rachelle Smith.
Indian Head Casino
Employee of the Month
Vonda Wewa
Vonda Wewa was
named the January
2015 Employee of
the Month for Indian
Head Casino.
Vonda has been
with the casino since
2007, the past few
years as a member of
the Count/Drop
Team.
Vonda is ver y
dependable, with a
positive attitude,
always with a smile.
Congratulations
Vonda!
For saving
Do you know about the
Individual Asset Develop-
ment Program or IDA pro-
gram?
It is a way for individuals
to save money and have that
money matched for different
purposes.
You may want to build up
savings for a business, for
education or to buy a home.
To learn more call Nettie
or Chris at the Warm Springs
Community Action Team -
553-3148.
Roots graduate
To keep in
mind while
gambling
Gambling—it can be a fun
form of entertainment for
most adults. But it’s impor-
tant to keep these tips in mind
· Do not borrow money
to gamble. Do not take out
loans to gamble, and do not
get cash advances to gamble.
· Do not gamble with the
hope of winning to pay bills
Most people can gamble
without negative conse-
quences, but a small percent-
age have a problem that can
lead to an increase in domes-
tic violence or crime.
For help you can call the
Oregon Gambling Helpline at
1800-695-4648 or 1-800-695.
Or contact Warm Springs
Community Counseling, 541-
553-3205.
Dondi Packy Hoptowit
My son Dondi Packy
Hoptowit is our first
tribal member to gradu-
ate from the War m
Springs Roots program.
He completed his high
school credits on Thurs-
day, Nov. 6, 2014.
I just placed a phone
call to the 509-J school
district vice principal Paul
Navarra to withdraw him
from their roster. He said
he’d put an email out of
Courtesy photo.
his completion.
November 11 , he was
bussed to the Angel Job
Corps Center (his interest
is in Auto Mechanics).
That address will be:
Dondi P. Hoptowit, Angel
JCC, 335 NE Blogett Rd.,
Yachats, OR 97498.
Family and friends, he
misses home. Please write
and encourage him to fin-
ish Job Corps. Tamera J.
Kalama, mother.
Indian Business Talk
Keeping a healthy home and saving big bucks
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
The crawlspace under your
home can be a financial di-
saster area as well as health
and safety risk.
I have a picture on the
cabinet above my desk show-
ing a cute little kitten looking
at the camera from his warm
spot by a disconnected hot air
duct in the crawl space under
a local home.
The crawl space was
warmer than the house. And
their electric bill was well over
$500 for the month.
Forced air heating systems
have supply ducts to carry
heated air throughout the
house. Many of them are in
the crawlspace.
They can scoop up bad air
from the crawlspace when
they are not installed and
sealed properly.
That bad air can be a
health hazard. It can aggra-
vate allergies and carry mold
spores.
What to do? All heating
system ducts should be tested
and sealed properly. Make
sure all foundation vents are
well screened and all access
panels are tightly secured.
Why tightly secured?
Mice, spiders, snakes and
who-knows-what-else can
come into a house by way of
holes in the ducts, open ac-
cess panels, or heating duct
connections that have fallen
down or opened up.
Dampness in a crawl space
is potentially a huge problem.
Molds like moisture and
war mth. They thrive on
wood and paper products.
Dampness and mold can
rot out a floor. One floor
dropped off the foundation
and into the crawlspace here
in War m Springs several
years ago. I have a picture of
that one too. It’s not pretty.
Good suggestions
Some more suggestions to
keep your family safe: Keep
the crawl space dry! A vapor
barrier should cover all the
ground in the crawl space.
Keep kids, critters, and
varmints out of the crawl
space. That’s not a healthy
play space, and they can’t tear
up the insulation and ducts if
they are not in there.
Inspect the crawlspace at
least twice a year—once in the
fall and again after winter.
Yeh, I Know I should have
written this last October.
Sorry about that.
Finally, it’s okay to panic a
bit when receiving an unrea-
sonably high electric bill dur-
ing the heating season. Then
have somebody check in the
crawl space for leaks and
faulty connections in the heat-
ing ducts.
A simple repair is often all
that is needed, and you will
probably sleep better, be
healthier, and save a lot of
money. What a deal.