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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 13, 2015
Playworks coming to W.S. Eagle Academy Our Shared Duty and
Playworks Pacific North-
west will be at the Warm
Springs K-8 Eagle Academy
this month.
The program expands the
impact, and illustrates how re-
cess and play are integral as-
sets for youth development
and positive school climate.
About Playworks
Playworks, a nonprofit, is
changing school culture by le-
veraging the power of safe,
fun and healthy play at school
every day.
The Playworks program
creates a place for every kid
on the playground to feel in-
cluded, be active, and build
valuable social and emotional
skills.
In the Pacific Northwest,
Playworks partners with about
100 schools serving 40,000
kids. For more information
about Playworks Pacific
Northwest visit:
playworks.org/pacificnw
Playworks bases its pro-
gram on input gathered from
school communities across
the region.
The group will be at the
War m Springs Academy
from May 18-20.
The program includes a
Playworks “coach” leading
games during recess, activat-
ing fourth- and fifth-grade
youth recess leaders, and run-
ning playground games dur-
ing class times throughout the
day.
Playworks will also be
hosting a unique three-hour
professional development
workshop, called the
PlayShop.
Increasing physical activ-
ity is widely discussed as an
important method for moti-
vation of young people.
But an overlooked oppor-
tunity for promoting healthy
behaviors and increasing daily
physical activity exists at ev-
ery school: on the playground
at recess.
Playworks is increasing
physical activity by leverag-
ing the power of safe, fun,
and healthy play at school
every day.
The American Academy
of Pediatrics believes that
recess is a crucial and neces-
sary component of a child’s
development. Withholding
recess should not, for in-
stance, be used as a punitive
measure.
A study published in the
Journal of School Health
demonstrated that students
exposed to one year of
Playworks programming
showed statistically significant
increases in the following
four protective factors, as
compared to students with no
exposure to Playworks:
Physical activity, problem-
solving skills, meaningful par-
ticipation in school, and goals
and aspirations.
The study noted that these
protective factors are essen-
tial for maintaining a positive
developmental trajectory de-
spite adverse circumstances
and “are associated with posi-
tive social and academic out-
comes.”
Winners at
Root Feast
Rode
first between the Clayton
Smith Team and Jason
Smith Team. The Daniel
Gilbert Team placed
third.
T he results are in from
the Root Feast Rodeo, the
adult and kids divisions.
The results of the April
25-26 rodeo are:
In the Senior Colt
Race, the Ali Martinez
Team took first place. Sec-
ond went to the Kody
Florendo Team; and third,
the Nathan Brown Team.
In the Junior Colt
Race, the first-place team
was Josh Olney Team; sec-
ond, JD Bartlett Team;
and third, Moses Gilbert
Team.
First place in the
Ranch Bronc Riding
event went to Anthony
Blueback.
In Cow Riding com-
petition, Mary Olney took
first; and second, Taylor
Arthur Jr.
Senior Colt Race
First: Kody Florendo
Team, Johnny Holliday
and Preston Stevens.
Second:
Thomas
LeClaire Team, Treana
Blueback and Andrew
Stacona.
Third: Nate Brown
Team, Shirleen Killsfirst
and CJ Harvey.
Junior Colt Race
First, JD Bartlett Team,
Isaih Cochran and Jyden
Beck.
Second: Moses Gilbert
Team, Marjorie Heath
and Josiah Spino.
Third: Mark Johnson
Team, JT Killsfirst and
Josh Olney.
First: Josh Olney. Second,
Amarie Apps.
Novice Bronc Riding -
First place: Tassie Hisatake.
Calf Scramble Winners:
first, Brady David. Second,
Damon Garcia. Third, Jordan
Mitchell.
The Professional Wild
Horse Race saw a tie for
In the Cow Riding
competition,
Jackie
Zamora took first place.
Calf Riding saw Isaih
Florendo in first place; sec-
ond, Xariya Holliday; and
Aaliyah Martinez and
Benita Merrfield were tied
for third.
Obligation to Protect Water
by Paul Lumley, CRITFC
Executive Director
Elders who fished at
Celilo Falls talk about having
small metal cups on a string
that they would lower into the
river to get a drink.
It’s hard to believe that
even just 60 years ago, the
Columbia River was clean
enough that people drank di-
rectly from it without worry-
ing about getting sick.
Today, we spend millions
of dollars on water treatment
facilities to clean the very
water that we have polluted.
In a recent meeting with
Gina McCarthy, Administra-
tor for the U.S. Environmen-
tal Protection Agency, Co-
lumbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission Chairman
Carlos Smith shared a story
about being on a boat team
that raced in Portland’s
Willamette River.
He told how all the team
members were encouraged
to wear gloves and to avoid
getting any river water
splashed into their eyes be-
cause too much contact with
the polluted water could
make them sick.
Unfortunately, all the
other plants and animals that
depend on rivers and streams
don’t have the luxury of wa-
ter treatment facilities, or the
ability to wear protective
gear.
The salmon have no
choice but to swim in the pol-
luted waters; the lamprey
have no choice but to grow
and develop in gravel and
sediment contaminated by
toxic substances.
Our elders taught us time
and again that water brings
life. We honor choosh at all
our ceremonies, opening and
closing every feast with it as
a sign of thanksgiving and
gratitude to the Creator for
this precious gift.
This tribal teaching isn’t
just for tribal people—every
single living thing on the earth
depends on all humans learn-
ing what our ancient tribal
wisdom has taught since time
immemorial: water is sacred
and requires our protection.
I was invited to speak at a
conference in Rome, Italy,
earlier this year. I told that au-
dience of people from all
over the world about Colum-
bia River tribal culture and
the importance of our natu-
ral resources.
I explained why the tribes
are so committed to protect-
ing these resources and shared
with them how the tribes par-
ticularly honor water. I also
shared how our diets high in
fish makes us suffer greater
consequences from polluted
waters. Hopefully the people
who attended that conference
will return home to their
countries and remember the
fundamental tribal under-
standing that water is sacred.
Protecting the environ-
ment that the Creator blessed
us with is one of our central
values and lies at the heart
of who we are as a people.
We have been taught to
speak for the resources that
have no voice, and I am so
proud of our tribal leaders
who speak for the water in
their meetings with govern-
ment officials.
Water is essential and is
worth all the sacrifice and
effort it takes to make it pure.
Unless others learn this es-
sential tribal teaching, our wa-
ters will remain sick, which
in turn will make everything
sick.
Clean rivers and streams
aren’t just a tribal treaty right,
they are a human right; pro-
tecting and restoring polluted
rivers and streams isn’t just a
government obligation, it’s
our obligation as humans.
This is how we take care
of our First Foods, and in re-
turn, these foods take care
of us.
Fundraiser for team
Barrel Race
First: Brinley Holyan.
Second, Isaih Florendo.
Third, Riley Holyan.
Horseless Roping -
Alyssa Macy photos
541-553-
1182
2321 Ollallie Lane (PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR 97761
The War m Springs
2015 Portland to Coast
Team is hosting a
fundraiser for the upcom-
ing event. Items being
raffled include $350 cash,
Pendleton t-shirt, beaded
earrings, beaded key-
chain, beaded necklace/
earring set, and more.
Tickets are $1 each or
six for $5. The drawing is
coming up on May 22 (re-
scheduled; need not be
present to win). See the
following for tickets:
Val
Sqiuemphen,
Krysta Rhoan, Kapri
Moody, Sandra Danzuka,
Owen Danzuka Sr., Lana
Leonard, Vernon Suppah,
Nancy Seyler, Roxanne
Bisland, Ray Shike, Anita
Jackson, Aja Maldanado.