Wellbriety Celebrating Families! now in W.S.
W ellbriety is a grow ing
movement in Indian Coun
try. This is the grassroots
movement o f White Bison,
based in Colorado, with part
ners in many Indian commu
nities.
W hite
B ison
and
Wellbriety provide culturally
based healing— from addic
tio n , abuse, and o th e r
trauma— to the next seven
generations o f Indigenous
people.
O n the W arm Springs
Reservation, the Wellbriety
Sons and Daughters o f Tra
dition program led to cre
ation o f the Soaring Butter
flies and Warrior Spirits stu
dent and youth programs.
The Warm Springs Tribal
Court has a Wellbriety alter
native to criminal court (story
at right). And last year Com
munity Counseling formed
the adult groups G uiding
Butterflies and Mighty War
riors.
Sarah Wolfe at the Coun
seling Center has been an
adv o cate o f the local
Wellbriety movement. Re
cently, she saw the opportu
nity to bring Wellbriety train
ing to the reservation.
The three-day training,
held last week, now allows
Community Counseling to
host an eight-week Wellbriety
Celebrating Families! p ro
gram.
Twenty-nine people took
p a rt in the training. T he
group used the conference
room at Fire Management,
as it provided the needed
space.
The training— the first o f
its kind in Warm Springs—
was paid for through a grant.
“D on Coyhis (White Bi
son fo u n d er) asked if I
wanted to get this started in
Warm Springs,” Sarah says.
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Participants at the Wellbriety Celebrating Families! training in Warm Springs.
There are now 21
local people who
are certified to
facilitate the
Wellbriety Cel
ebrating Tamiliesl
curriculum, coming
up in April...
“He said a grant was avail
able, so we were able to host
this training.”
The trainers were J, Carlos
Rivera, executive director o f
W hite Bison, and Sparrow
Goudey.
Most o f the trainee par
ticip an ts are fro m W arm
S p rin g s^ fro m Community
Counseling, Children’s Pro
tective Services and Family
Preservation, Indian Health
Service, and from the com
munity at large.
M ost o f the comm unity
participants have been part
o f the Guiding Butterflies/
M ighty' W arrio rs ' classes.
Seven o f the trainees came
fro m o u t o f to w n — from
Umatilla, Cow Creek, Lower
Umpqua and Klamath Falls.
As a result o f the training,
there are now 21 local people
who are certified to facilitate
the W ellbriety C elebrating
Families! curriculum.
This curriculum can be
held over the course o f 16
weeks, but the Warm Springs
program will m eet twice a
week for eight weeks, Sarah
said.
This will start in April.
Sarah is now holding planning
and orientation meetings for
the facilitators. These meet
ings are on Fridays from 9 to
11 a.m. at Community Coun
seling.
The facilitators will con
duct Wellbriety Celebrating
Familities! sessions for dif
feren t age groups: 4 to 7
year olds; 8 to 12; 13 to 17;
and 18 and over.
Everyone is welcome to
take part the Wellbriety Cel
ebrating Families! program.
O r a person may come by
family o r friend reference,
from a councilor’s or some
o ther reference. The over
view o f the program is as
follows:
Celebrating Families! is a
multi-family, strength-based,
skill-building program serving
children ages birth through 17,
their parents, and caregivers.
This evidence-basedprogram,
in partnership with the National
Association fo r Children o f
Alcoholics, emphasises healthy
living skills including addiction
prevention! recovery; attachment;
the development of a sense of
hope and expanded life view; re
duction dfstress/ anxiety and
safety.
Celebrating Families! has
been shown by outside evalüa-
tors with families dealing with
addiction and child abuse/ne
glect to strengthen recovery, im
prove family re-unification, and
increase healthy living skills for
families impacted by substance
abuse disorders.
For more information call
Com m unity C ounseling at
541-553-3205.
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She also got her Cos
metology license.
A fte r college she
worked at hair salons in
M adras. T h en she and
Jam es
opened
th e
R edm ond beauty outlet
store in 2013. The busi
ness name was TIY DIY
Beauty Supply (TIY DIY
standing for “Try it your
self, D o it yourself”).
The business was a suc
cess. “R edm ond didn’t
have a b eau ty o u tle t,”
M arlanea says. “And we
w an ted to b rin g th ese
products to the customers
here.” The next closest
outlet was in Bend.
A fte r a year, Sally
Beauty opened an outlet
in Redmond. Instead o f
seeing this as competition,
Marlanea and James saw
it as a chance to focus on
th e p ro d u c ts th ey are
m ost interested in. Some
o f their favorite and most
popular are beauty prod-
Tribal Court sees first
Wellbriety graduate
The Tribal Court, prosecutor’s office, and Parole
and Probation began the Warm Springs Wellbriety
program last year.
The program helps people who are in trouble due
to alcohol or drugs. A person w ho completes the
Wellbriety program can have his or her criminal charge
dismissed by the court.
The program requires more than 100 sessions o f
treatment, lasting at least 36 weeks.
The Wellbriety C ourt on February 10 marked a
m ilestone, w hen the first person to successfully
complete the program was presented with a certificate
o f graduation. The person had two criminal charges
dismissed.
Wellbriety focuses on the importance o f responsible
decision-making skills, and works toward helping one
achieve a substance free lifestyle.
The Tribal Court is seeing more people enroll in
the Wellbriety program, helping themselves toward
sobriety, said Floyd Calica, tribal public defender. For
more information Contact Parole and Probation at 541-
553-3293.
Native film at Madras COCC
T he Madras cam pus o f
the Central Oregon Commu
nity College will show the
film The Cherokee Word for
Water on Monday, February
22, from 3-5 p.m.
This is a feature length
motion picture that tells the
story o f the w ork that led
Wilma Mankiller to become
the first modern female Chief
o f th e C herokee N atio n .
This is a free event, and all
are welcome. Snacks will be
served.
The Cherokee Word For
Water vs, inspired by the true
sto ry o f th e stru g g le
for, opposition to, and ulti
m ate success o f a ru ral
C herokee com m u n ity to
bring running water to their
families by using the tradi
tional concept of ‘gadugi’—
working together to solve a
problem. For more informa
tion, please co n tac t G ina
Ricketts, 541-318-3782.
Youth invited to summer program
The Twenty-First Annual
Na-ha-shhee Native Ameri
can Health Science Institute
is a 13-day summer program
designed to encourage N a
tive students to pursue health
science degrees and health-
related careers.
It’s open to students cur
rently in grades nine through
11.
Applications are available
online. Google WSU Native
American Health Sciences to
find it. The deadline is April
25." :
salon, spa and essentials
Marlanea and James Wagner at the salon; and the
salon front (at upper right).
ucts from bareMinerals.
Waunanuba Salon, Spa
and Essentials has about
600 square feet o f retail
space. T he salon area is
about 1,300 square feet.
There are five hair stations,
two nail stations and two
pedicure stations. James is
currently working on a fa-
cial/massage room.
W aunanuba is an In
dian name passed down
fro m M a rla n e a ’s g re a t
grandm other. You can
visit the salon at 341 SW
Sixth Street in Madras.
They are on Facebook,
o r call 5 4 1 -9 2 3 -8 0 7 1 .
T he email is:
teammanwag@icloud.com