E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
Native
Aspirations
One-hundred and seven
young tribal members are
working this summer through
Native Aspirations, a program
of the Health and Human
Services branch.
The youth are working with
many departments on the res-
ervation, said Reina Estimo,
program coor-
dinator.
Spilyay
There are
Speaks
20 working at
the
Early
Childhood
Education Center, seven at
both the Boys and Girls Club
and Community Center, and
six at Culture and Heritage.
Some are working at Utilities,
Fire and Safety, Kah-Nee-Ta,
Mail and Reception, IHS
maintenance, KWSO, and
Natural Resources, among
other sites.
Six of the workers are col-
lege students, while 101 are
high school students. Native
Aspirations started in late
June, and goes through Au-
gust 21. The program in-
volves a day of wellness, or
emergency preparedness
training.
Tribal health liaison
Caroline Cruz helped secure
the funds again this year for
Native Aspirations.
Fish situation
The recent hot weather,
and the drought conditions in
the region, have been hard the
fish.
Because of the elevated
water temperatures, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service had
to transfer about 160,000 ju-
venile spring chinook salmon
from Warm Springs National
Fish Hatchery to Little White
Salmon National Fish Hatch-
ery.
The juvenile fish will stay
at the Little White Salmon
hatchery until the tempera-
tures become more moder-
ate, possibly in October.
Fish and Wildlife Service
workers will then move the
fish back to Warm Springs
hatchery, where they will rear
until release in April 2016.
The Warm Springs stock
has been doing well and feed-
ing enthusiastically, Fish and
Wildlife reported.
Along with the juveniles,
the agency moved 680 adult
spring chinook salmon. The
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife helped with the
move.
Meanwhile, tribal mem-
bers who were out fishing
have reported seeing sockeye
salmon that were dying and
dead in the Lower Deschutes
River, near the Columbia. A
state biologist said these fish
were actually not native to the
Deschutes, but were seeking
cooler water.
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Spilyay Tymoo July 22, 2015
Letters to the editor
A thank you
Family Journey is from 5:30-
7 p.m. at the counseling cen-
ter. For more information
contact Alice Sampson or
Jean Stark at 541-553-3205.
Community
My dear tribal mem-
bers,
Recently we had a
handgame tournament
during the Pi-Ume-Sha
celebration.
It was in honor of
our elder who used to
attend these functions
all over the Northwest
and Canada. My sister
Adeline Miller is who
we will always remem-
ber for her support all
through the years.
We had a total of 20
teams from all over the
Northwest . We paid out
$4,180 for first through
fifth. We also gave jack-
ets and drums for first,
vests for second, and
bags for third.
We would like to ex-
press our thanks to the
Confederated Tribes,
Indian Head Casino,
and Composite Prod-
ucts for their continued
financial support.
We would also like to
thank Ramona Starr for
feeding the guests on
Saturday. It’s something
she has done for years
with out-of-pocket ex-
pense. We would like to
thank Lenora Starr for
the donation of drums
for the past three years,
and the help all through
years. Thank you Bar-
bara Starr for the help
she provided with the
embroidery. Without
their help we couldn’t
accomplish the tourna-
ment.
I mentioned this
might be the last we
could conduct this tour-
nament. Well… maybe
for awhile more!
Thank you everyone
for your support. Sin-
cerely,
Sam Starr and the
Stickgame Commit-
tee.
Family Journey
The Community Counsel-
ing Center is now hosting
Family Journey Through Ac-
tion on the first and second
Wednesdays of the Month.
On the first Wednesday
of the month, Family Jour-
ney is from 1-2 p.m. at the
counseling center.
On the second Wednesday,
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Great strength and energy,
as a unit of Indian people,
with many achievements.
The summer of open op-
portunities, to congregate for
social interaction, has brought
Indian people from near and
far, together with lifetime
friendships.
I enjoy obser ving the
young grow. It brings im-
mense joy to my heart. To
encourage and support is a
quality I share with the young
people of future generations.
Not to scold and tear
apart, but to try and under-
stand the new trends as we
continue down the road. To
offer direction and under-
standing when needed in a
gentle manner. (I may not
agree, but I listen to new
ideas).
And when I speak of the
qualities of family heritages,
I am strongly affirming my
acknowledgment of blood-
lines. To pay attention to who
we are and where we come
from determines our direc-
tion, destination and vision of
intent, and our focus is firm
and strong.
I say in every opportunity
I have: everyone created a
building block into our tribal
structure, young and old.
Many qualities of ideas went
into strengthening what is
called the Warm Springs Con-
federated Tribes.
People working in depart-
ments, out in the field, in the
water, everywhere there were
contributions. My vision is
broad—to embrace all tribal
membership and qualities.
I heard great teachings at
a recent feast I attended on
July 12 at the Agency
Longhouse, by a young man
raised up by a family of great
traditional teaching. My ears
and heart were open to listen
to him, “Young people are
speaking out.”
Each day, I awake with the
intent to reach out and listen
to another. When I lay down
to get a restful night’s sleep, I
review my day and count the
blessings of teaching.
I went to the Housing cel-
ebration. I felt excitement for
people getting “family secu-
rity” of their new home.
Great achievements, this is
what young people are pro-
ducing.
The beautification of the
community prior to Pi-Ume-
Sha was a great achievement,
along the rivers. Such leader-
ship is attainable in many
forms. Given the opportu-
nity, people serve as volun-
teers without pay.
To maintain a healthy
mind of openness, to engage
in clear focus, intent and pos-
sibilities, while protecting and
sustaining what our former
people placed before us, to
never place “at risk”—I am
speaking to free my mind and
spirit in a good way. Respect-
fully submitted,
Priscilla Frank.
Culture Class
The Adult Cultural
Classes continue this sum-
mer at the Culture and Heri-
tage building. Most materi-
als are provided for these
classes, but feel free to bring
your own.
The classes are Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-
4 p.m.
This Thursday, July 23, the
class is on ribbon shirts. The
July 28 class is on
beadwork—loom; and July
30, ribbon shirts.
The August 4 classes is
beadwork—breast plate; and
August 6, finish projects.
Births
Gabriela Areli Bonilla
Victor Bonilla and Elysia
Moran of Madras are pleased
to announce the birth of their
daughter Gabriela Areli
Bonilla, born on June 27,
2015.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Manuel and
Egulala Bonilla.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are James
Moran and Emerelda Craig.
Friends
We can have close friends
of an opposite sex, a friend
that can be many years older
than you too.
The guy that lives next
door to me in Eugene is a 73
year old man. We have fun
teasing each other about
quarterbacks in the NFL. We
have fun playing each other
in the card game Uno, espe-
cially when I win.
After Uno we enjoy laugh-
ing around, saying it’s really
just a game. Still, we won’t
agree on who is the best quar-
terback.
We all need a friend in our
life.
Evette Patt.
Summer read
The Warm Springs Library
is encouraging youth to read
this summer.
Kids can stop by the li-
brary anytime to pick up a
new book for summer read-
ing. If you read a book and
fill out one of the library’s
book slips, you can turn it in
for a prize.
The more books you read,
the more slips you can fill out
and the more prizes you win.
Estate plans
Tribal members can draft
a will, create powers of attor-
ney and do other estate plan-
ning services this summer
Mondays through Wednes-
days from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the
Warm Springs Community
Action Team office.
Adam Mentzer is an intern
with the Institute for Indian
Estate Planning and Probate
at Seattle University School
of Law. He will be available
until August 7.
Warm Springs Sanita-
tion reminds residents
that the Landfill is open
weekdays from 8 a.m.-
5 p.m., and the Trans-
fer Stations are open
24/7. Please, if you
have debris or large
items, make sure they
are disposed of prop-
erly. If you need assis-
tance call the landfill at
553-3163.
Indian Business Talk
Answer these questions to find your financial score
By Bruce Engle
Loan officer
W.S. Credit Enterprise
Your answers to these six
questions will give you a dif-
ferent ‘financial’ score from
what you may have seen be-
fore. That’s okay.
The idea is to identify pos-
sible problem areas in your
financial life. How to fix
them comes later.
Disclaimer—the questions
came from another profes-
sional source. I borrowed
them, Klamath style.
Here they are. Circle your
answer and add the numbers.
1. Do you currently have
a personal budget, spending
plan, or financial plan?
Yes—1 point. No—0 points.
2. How confident are you
in your ability to achieve a
financial goal you set for
yourself today? Not at all
confident—0 points. Some-
what confident—1 point.
Very confident—2 points.
3. If you had an unex-
pected expense or someone
in your family lost a job, got
sick or had another emer-
gency, how confident are you
that your family could come
up with money to make ends
meet within a month?
Not at all confident—0
points. Somewhat confident
—1 point. Very confident—
2 points.
4. Do you currently have
an automatic deposit or elec-
tronic transfer set up to put
money away for a future use
(such
as
savings)?
Yes—1 point. N—0 points.
5. Over the past month,
would you say your family’s
spending on living expenses
was less than its total income?
Yes—1 point. No—0 points.
6. In the last 2 months,
have you paid a late fee on a
loan or bill? Yes—0 points.
No—1 point.
The highest possible score
is eight. Any score less than
an eight could help you or a
credit/financial counselor to
develop a strategy for im-
provement.
If your answers raise
some questions or concerns,
you can call Dereke Tasympt
or me at 541-553-3201.
We have some insights, we
have been there, and we may
have some solutions to sug-
gest.
New American Indian plan aims to boost student outcomes
The Oregon Board of
Education has adopted an up-
dated plan to improve oppor-
tunities and outcomes for Na-
tive American youth.
The plan includes strate-
gies to increase graduation
and attendance rates, as well
as ensure culturally relevant
instruction is being offered
across the state.
The state Board of Edu-
cation updated the plan in col-
laboration with the nine fed-
erally recognized tribes of
Oregon.
The board also worked
with culturally-specific com-
munity based organizations,
and other key partners.
Efforts outlined in the plan
include boosting attendance
and graduation rates for
American Indian students;
providing culturally relevant
professional development for
school district staff; and in-
creasing recruitment and re-
tention of Native teachers.
The updated plan now also
calls for implementing histori-
cally-accurate, culturally-em-
bedded Native American cur-
riculum and instructional
materials across the k-12 sys-
tem.
The plan is aligned with the
Oregon Department of
Education’s key strategic
goals.
“Our system has histori-
cally underserved our Native
students,” said deputy super-
intendent Salam Noor. “And
this plan is an important step
in turning things around and
providing our students with
what they need to excel.”
The plan was reviewed and
revised over a nine month
process and key partners in
the work included represen-
tatives from the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Warm Springs,
the Coos, Lower Umpqua
and Siuslaw, the Klamath
Tribes, the Grand Ronde,
Umatilla, Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Tribe of Indians;
the Coquille Indian Tribe,
Burns Pauite, and the Con-
federated Tribes of the Siletz
Indians.
Other partners are the
Native American Youth and
Family Center; the Oregon
Indian Education Associa-
tion; the Jefferson County
and other school districts; the
University of Oregon;
George Fox University; the
Northwest Health Founda-
tion; and the Oregon Educa-
tion Investment Board.
The advisory panel meet-
ings were co-facilitated by the
Oregon Department of Edu-
cation and Education North-
west.
To access the American
Indian/Alaska Native State
Plan, go to:
ode.state.or.us/opportuni-
ties/grants/nclb/title_vii/
2015-final-oregon-american-
indian-alaska-native-state-
plan.pdf