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Letters to the editor
Found at
powwow
The Pi-Ume-Sha
Committee has a num-
ber of lost-and-found
items that were turned
in after the powwow:
Child’s
fringed
shawl: One side fur
with beaded hair tie.
One beaded arm or leg
band. One pair hand
cuffs. One beaded
barrett. One necklace
and one child’s belt.
If you are claiming
an item, please provide
some additional infor-
mation such as color.
Louise Katchia, 541-
460-0224(c) or 541-
553-8209(w). Or email:
louise.katchia@hotmail.com
Keeping your
home safe
These recent fires remind
us that we, as Warm Spring-
ers, need to be more aware
of taking better care of our
homes. We all need to be
sure all homes have smoke
detectors.
This prevention will help
to warn us if a fire in our
home should break out. Let’s
hope we never have to hear
the alarm go off. On the
other hand it is better to be
prepared.
If you already have
smoke detectors in your
home that are 10 years or
older, they do need to be re-
placed. Do no change the bat-
teries, as those detectors are
out dated.
The new detectors are
Lithium-non-replaceable-
sealed in battery-operated
smoke alar m with alar m
memory and Smart Hush
control to temporarily silence
nuisance alarms.
Also, when the new detec-
tors are installed, the installer
will show you how to check
your detectors either on a
monthly basis or every three
months which ever you pre-
fer.
So let’s make War m
Springs homes a little more
safe for our families.
If you need to replace or
need detectors learn more or
schedule an appointment:
Please call 541-749-4144.
Our local Warm Springs
Red Cross team members
are:
Don Courtney, Becky
Picard, Rosemary Alarcon,
Vincent Simtustus, Dempsey
Polk, Eldred Smith, Marjorie
Kalama, Lorena Foreman,
Neal Morningowl, Rachel
Winiishut, Paul Martinez and
Geri Polk.
Thank you team Warm
Springs for all you do. We will
be doing the installing along
with Jack C and Levi from
the Red Cross in Bend
Fire season is very strong
this year so let’s care and pre-
pare our homes!
Rosemary Alarcon
Film trailer
Congratulations to
the team that created
the award-winning film
Missing Indigenous.
You can watch the
trailer at the website:
youtube.com/
watch?v=uGumRgPILgY
Recruiting youth
Heart
of
Oregon
YouthBuild is recruiting stu-
dents for our fall 2017 co-
hort, starting September 25.
YouthBuild focuses spe-
cifically on high school di-
ploma or GED preparation
and attainment, job skills and
construction training, and
AmeriCorps service for mo-
tivated young people ages
16-24.
We work primarily with
students who have either
dropped out or are on the
verge of being dropped
from traditional high school.
YouthBuild Program is
currently accepting applica-
tions for our Fall 2017 co-
hort.
Contact Amorita Anstett
at 541-526-1380. Or email:
amorita.anstett@heartoforegon.org
A new life
Dear Warm Springs Na-
tives, I’m very home sick
and need to hear love from
Warm Springs. I am a proud
mother of three boys and
one daughter, and decided
to make a life change for
both of us (Angela and me),
and sober up and make a
new life, doing what I can
to make a better way in all I
can. At least what I can give
her what she deserves. Even
though I left all that I’ve
ever known, my mom and
dad, three boys and family.
Just drop me a life and
tell me what is going on. I’m
praying for the rez. Bless
everyone. My daughter An-
gela gets to be here with me
in my sobriety. So wish me
luck on my new road. I can’t
wait to hear from you.
Much respect,
Rima Crooked Ar m,
306 SW Eighth St., Corvallis
OR 97333.
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Indigenous
Peoples Day
Oregon Health Sciences
University Native Empow-
erment Resource Group
and Allies will host Indig-
enous Peoples Day in Octo-
ber.
Come join us as relatives,
community and family for
an opportunity to hear
about OHSU collaborations
with Native communities
and people—past, present,
and future. This is a free
event, open to the public.
Indigenous Peoples Day—
It’s Good to Be Indigenous—is
coming up on Monday, Oc-
tober 9, from 5-7 p.m. Food
and drinks provided.
This will be at the Casey
Eye Institute, Marquam Hill,
3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd.,
Portland.
The Casey Eye Mobile
Outreach Van will be on site
plus free tram rides if inter-
ested.
For more information,
contact me at 503-418-
2199; or email:
singerm@ohsu.edu
There has been great
news with the recent awards
of the Pathways Into
Health: Northwest Native
American Center of Excel-
lence, and the School of
Nursing’s Native Nursing
Diversity Award, in addition
to the ongoing good works
of the Oregon Prevention
Research Center—Center
for Healthy Communities
Research & Training Pro-
grams, On Track OHSU at
Warm Springs, Casey Eye
Mobile Outreach Van in
Oregon’s Indian Country and
much more.
Michelle Singer (Na-
vajo), project manager, Na-
tive STAND (Students To-
gether Against Negative
Decisions), Oregon Preven-
tion Research Center, the
Center for Healthy Commu-
nities, OHSU-PSU School
of Public Health
Portland
to Coast
I ’d like to commend
my team for going
above and beyond de-
feating this feat of Port-
land to Coast (team of
eight)… They all rock,
high 5’s and kudos, ladies.
Each showed perse-
verance and stamina
with the three legs each
of us did. I’m so pleased
and impressed with their
great efforts.
Above all, everyone
had a blast and fun dur-
ing the entire race, even
with lack of sleep and a
few minor injuries.
A huge thank you to
our awesome volunteers:
Elizabeth Smith, Yvonne
Iverson and Elizabeth
Sachse, because without
you our team wouldn’t
Courtesy Earlynn Squiemphen
Portland to Coast 2017 team No Fear: Kay Moyer,
Renee Wewa, Earlynn Squiemphen, Jolene Hintsala,
Amaya Bisland and Roxanne Bisland (top from left);
Elizabeth Smith, Yvonne Iverson, Mysti McCormack,
Cheyenne Wahnetah and Elizabeth Sachse (bottom
from left).
have been able to partici-
pate.
Again, thank you team
for an awesome fun-filled
weekend… You all rock!
E a r l y n n e
Squiemphen, Captain,
Team No Fear.
Hood to Coast
Courtesy We Got This!
The Hood to Coast 2017 team, We Got This: Ben Bisland, Adam Haas, Rich
Danzuka, Wayne Gilbert, Chuck Shields, Brett Whipple (back from left); Laurie
Danzuka, Morning Ferris, Taralee Suppah, Lisa Dubisar, Leslie Davis and Ardis
Clark (front from left).
Youth worker, WSCAT assist community with raised gardens
By Jocixx Hintsatake
Native Aspirations ~
Summer Youth Worker
W.S. Community Action Team
T he Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team does a
variety of tasks for the com-
munity.
Tasks include asset build-
ing through individual devel-
opment accounts (IDAs),
education for personal and
professional development,
and small business promo-
tion.
Occasionally, WSCAT is
involved in promoting agri-
culture in Warm Springs,
and this article will cover a
recent agriculture project.
In late June the WSCAT
staff contacted High Lookee
Lodge, the Senior Center,
and the Community Center
to see if a project involving
the installation of raised beds
was desired and plausible.
The project involved uti-
lizing wooden log kits ac-
quired through donations,
and repurposing them into
useable garden beds for the
elders and possibly youth.
Each of the organiza-
tions contacted agreed to
participate in the project, and
staff from OSU Extension
agreed to work with
WSCAT to set up the gar-
dens.
As a summer youth
worker, I was assigned a
wide range of tasks by
WSCAT staff members
Dustin Seyler and Leah
Guliasi. In the raised beds
project, I worked mostly
with Dustin.
Our tasks were to deliver
lumber, soil and materials to
the desired locations, con-
vert the materials into gar-
den beds, and plant seeds
and starts in the beds.
After finishing this work
at High Lookee and the Se-
nior Center, we provided
lumber to the Community
Center to expand upon the
raised beds garden already
constructed there for youth.
WSCAT is very interested
in encouraging people to
start or expand their busi-
nesses, and provides many
ser vices
for
small
businesspeople.
We hope to assist Warm
Springs youth in learning
about business management
and starting their own
microbusinesses and money-
making endeavors.
We believe agriculture-re-
lated businesses are often a
great place for youth to start.
WSCAT is not trying to com-
pel youth to learn about ag-
riculture, but to provide a
climate in which those who
are possibly interested can
figure out if it is for them,
and to enable them to learn
that they are capable of do-
ing it, should they so choose.
WSCAT is working with
the elders because some el-
ders have expressed interest
in agriculture and in having
raised beds. Raised beds in
particular enhance their abil-
ity to grow their own plants.
The benefits in doing this
kind of work for elders, and
for the entire community,
are that people gain access
to locally grown produce;
opportunities arise for agri-
cultural business growth; and
people—youth and elders in
particular—have access to a
healthy recreational activity.
There are challenges that
sure come with starting and
maintaining a garden, in par-
ticular sustaining the garden
over time, dealing with hun-
dred-degree summer days,
and dealing with the costs—
the tools, equipment, seeds,
plant starts, fertilizer, etc.
There are a few ways to
get over these challenges.
One can reduce agricultural
business start-up costs by hav-
ing cheaper tools, rental trac-
tors, and by working to get
low interest loans or grants.
In Warm Springs, com-
munity members interested in
agriculture can borrow a
rototiller, tractor, or hand
tools from WSCAT, and can
sell fruit or vegetables sold at
WSCAT’s seasonal Friday
Outdoor Market.
They can save money in
an IDA account with WSCAT
to purchase agricultural tools,
equipment, and inputs. They
can learn about growing crops
and value-added food pro-
duction from OSU Exten-
sion.
WSCAT will continue to
work with community part-
ners like OSU Extension, the
Community Center, the Se-
nior Center, and High
Lookee Lodge, improving and
upgrading community gar-
dens.
Making
agricultural
projects successful requires
patience, persistent work, fol-
low-up, and teamwork.
Hopefully, teamwork on
many small projects will re-
sult in more food becoming
available for the whole com-
munity.