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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Impact Aid, school agreement on agendas
The Confederated Tribes
and Warm Springs Academy
hosted a meeting with the
school district board last
week.
This was the annual Im-
pact Aid hearing, when board
members hear tribal member
comments on the use of Im-
pact Aid, and any other school
related business.
The Warm Springs Edu-
cation Committee then
hosted a follow-up meeting
earlier this week, after meet-
ing with Tribal Council on
Tuesday morning.
Two agenda items are the
use of Impact Aid funding by
the Jefferson County School
District; and the long-term
education agreement between
the tribes and 509-J.
If you missed a chance to
comment at one of the meet-
ings, you can comment online
till Dec. 9, at the school dis-
trict website: jcsd.k12.or.us
Or contact Education
Committee secretary Becky
Picard, 541-553-3257. Email:
becky.picard@wstribes.org
Or drop off a written
comment at the Tribal Coun-
cil office at administration.
Community comments
The importance of the
tribal cultural perspective in
the school district curriculum
has been, and remains a main
point of comment.
Deanie Smith is the Lan-
guage Program Director, and
a tribal Education Commit-
tee member.
Cultural awareness, she
said, is a foundation for suc-
cess among Native students,
in whatever they choose to do
in life. “It’s important for
them to know who they are
and where they come from,”
she said.
In her own case, Deanie
said, she was able to study her
tribal culture only after going
away to college.
Another Impact Aid com-
ment was that some school
curriculum should be geared
toward the regional and res-
ervation job market.
Another was that there
should be more focus on ca-
reer and college planning.
This point came up again
at the Education Committee-
Tribal Council meeting.
Councilman Carlos Smith
said the school district has a
good program that prepares
students for college, but there
is not a lot of outreach re-
garding the course.
Another good opportunity
at the high school, he said, is
the college-level courses that
are offered to seniors.
The students can earn col-
lege credits before graduat-
ing high school. This creates
the incentive to continue on
to college, as some of the
course work is already done.
Plus the students can gradu-
ate college early, he said.
These and other issues can
be addressed in the next edu-
cation agreement between the
tribes and school district.
The current agreement
ends next summer. Council
and Education Committee
members feel the current 11-
page agreement is too general,
with no benchmarks to judge
performance.
The school district has re-
ceived an average of $2.2
million in Impact Aid fund-
ing over the past three years.
The funding is available to
districts that include non-tax-
able lands such as a reserva-
tion.
About one-third of the
509-J district’s total student
enrollment is Native Ameri-
can. At the k-8 Academy, 97
percent of the students en-
rolled are Native American.
November 12, 2015
Art Market, music
performance at museum
The Museum at Warm
Springs will host the Na-
tive American Art Mar-
ket this Saturday, Nov. 14.
There will be the art
market, plus an original
play and acting workshop,
open to people of all ages.
The museum Art Mar-
ket is all day, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The Jim Pepper
Project will be from
12:30-1:30 p.m., and the
acting workshop will fol-
low.
Admission is free of
charge. Contributions go
to the museum Education
program.
The Jim Pepper
Project is presented by
Triangle Productions, now
on tour with its original
play about Native Ameri-
can musician Jim Pepper.
The Jim Pepper
Project takes you through
Jim’s journey to become
a world renowned musi-
cal artist.
Four actors use text,
multi-media and music to
explore history from the
early 17 th century to Jim’s
rise to fame in 1969,
when his song Witchi Tai
To reached the Top 100
on the Pop Charts—the
only Native American
song ever to do that.
For more information
on the Museum at Warm
Springs Native American
Art Market, call Tamera
Moody, Education coor-
dinator, 541-553-3331
ext. 407. You can email
her at:
tamera@museumatwarm
springs.org
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Thursday, Nov. 12
Warm Springs K-8 Acad-
emy is having a book fair.
It’s open for students this
week during school hours
and open to the public from
4-7:30 today. The fair is set
up in the community room
at the front entrance of the
school. The fair will also be
open during school hours
next week Monday through
Wednesday for students.
Teachers will be handing out
certificates to all students
for a free book.
Warm Springs Recre-
ation is open afterschool for
kids. Carol’s Arts & Crafts,
the Game Room, Gym Ac-
tivities, and Snack Attack
are open to youth from 3:30
to 5.
The Warm Springs Cul-
tural and Heritage Com-
mittee meets today from 9
a.m. until noon in the tribal
administration building con-
ference room 3.
The tribal Water Control
Board meets today from
1:15-4 p.m. at the Natural
Resources Cougar Den
meeting room.
Guiding Butterflies &
Mighty Warriors classes
meet on Thursdays 1 to 3
p.m. in the Prevention room
at Community Counseling.
The class is for adults to
participate in cultural-based
teachings, crafts and activi-
ties.
Warm Springs jurors will
need to check-in at 9:30 this
morning at Warm Springs
Tribal Court.
There is an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting today
at noon at Community
Counseling.
Alcohol
Education
class is today 2 p.m. at the
Counseling Center.
There is a Narcotics
Anonymous meeting at 6
p.m. at the Shaker Church.
On today’s fitness
schedule: at noon there is
Functional Fitness class in
the community center social
hall, Turbo Kick class in the
aerobics room and volleyball
in the community center
gym.
The community center
is open from 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. today. Game room
hours are 4 to 6. There’s
IBA tonight from 6 to 8:45.
Saturday, Nov. 14
There is an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting Sat-
urday mornings at 10 a.m.
at Warm Springs Commu-
nity Counseling.
The Museum at Warm
Springs will hold its Native
American Art Market from
9-5. Admission is free. This
year, also free of charge, will
be an original play, The Jim
Pepper Project, from 12:30-
1:30. And at 2 p.m. an act-
ing workshop for all ages.
Friday, Nov. 13
Today at the Warm
Springs K-8 Academy’s
Rise & Shine before school
program, Culture & Heritage
will teach Ichishkiin lan-
guage students. Rise and
Shine is from 7:40-8:50 each
school day and includes
activities in the library and
gym for students.
The Jefferson County Li-
brary Community Film Cen-
ter will show the movie The
Salt of the Earth – rated
PG 13 tonight at 7:30. Films
are shown in the Rodriguez
Annex. Films are free and
refreshments are available.
The film “Unbranded” will
be shown at the Madras
Performing Arts Center. The
documentary about wild
horses will start at 7 p.m.
All proceeds will benefit the
Warm Springs Horse Net-
work.
Fitness Opportunities
today include: Senior Fit-
ness class at the Senior
Center at 10:45. At noon
there is basketball in the
community center gym, and
Functional Fitness in the
aerobics room. And at the
Health & Wellness Center,
Pilates Yoga Class is at
noon.
Sunday, Nov. 11/15
The Warm Springs Food
Bank is located at the Pres-
byterian Church. They are
open today from 11:30-1:30.
All food banks and pantries
do take donations of non-
perishable food or cash
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Monday, Nov. 16
The Rise & Shine pro-
gram offers something for
kids at the Warm Springs K-
8 Academy activities before
the start of school from 7:45
to 8:50am. Today, the Cul-
ture and Heritage depart-
ment will have Kiksht Lan-
guage for the kids.
The Warm Springs Voca-
tional Rehabilitation pro-
gram has orientation today
at 3 p.m. at their office in
the industrial park. If you or
someone you knows may
have a disability that is a
barrier to employment or
employment advancement,
you can learn more at an
orientation or call 553-4952.
Community Counseling
has their Aftercare Re-
lapse Support Group to-
day at 5:30.
Fitness Opportunities
today include: Senior Fit-
ness class at the Senior
Center at 10:45. At noon
there is basketball in the
community center gym, and
Functional Fitness in the
aerobics room. And at the
Health & Wellness Center,
Pilates-Yoga Class is at
noon.
The Soaring Butterflies
& Warrior Spirit class
meets Mondays at 3:40 at
the Warm Springs k-8 com-
munity room. This is for
third- to eighth-grade youth,
and includes culturally
based teachings, hands-on
activities, as well as drug
and alcohol prevention edu-
cation.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
Powwow, hoop dance
and drum practice for begin-
ners and anyone who would
like to practice is today from
5:30 to 7 at the Community
Center aerobics room.
The Warm Springs Voca-
tional Rehabilitation Pro-
gram has orientation today
at 3 p.m. at Community
Counseling.
The Mobile Medical
Unit will be at the Campus
area today. Call IHS for
more information, 541-553-
1196.
The Jefferson County
Food Bank is located at 556
SE Seventh Street. They
are open for distribution this
Cash & Release
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afternoon. All food banks
and pantries do take dona-
tions of non-perishable food
or cash.
On today’s fitness
schedule: at noon there is
Functional Fitness class in
the community center social
hall, Turbo Kick Class in the
aerobics room and volleyball
in the community center
gym.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Culture and Heritage will
teach Numu language this
morning at the Warm
Springs K-8 Academy’s
Rise & Shine program –
7:40 to 8:50am. Rise &
Shine is open to students
who arrive before school
starts.
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