Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 14, 2018
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First Tribal Health Scholars learning at clinic
T he Tribal Health Scholars at the
clinic—Lynden Harry, Kaliyah
Iverson and Enrique Ramirez—
are seeing first-hand the work of
health professionals.
Over the next several weeks
they will spend Monday mornings
at the Warm Springs clinic, learn-
ing about a variety of health ca-
reers. During the final weeks of
nine-week program, the students
will choose an area where they want
to focus.
Lynden, Kaliyah and Enrique
are seniors at Madras High School.
Each of them already has an in-
terest in a specific health-care field:
Lynden wants to work in the Physi-
cal Therapy field, Kaliyah in Den-
tistry, and Enrique in the Nursing
field.
Enrique plans on going to Port-
land State University in the fall.
Lynden and Kaliyah have not yet
committed to a college, though
schools are interested in offering
them scholarships. Kaliyah just last
week received a Dean’s Scholar-
ship offer; and various schools
have shown interest in offering
Lynden a basketball scholarship.
This is the inaugural year of the
Tribal Health Scholars program,
sponsored by the Northwest Na-
tive American Center of Excel-
lence, Madras High School, On
Track, and the Indian Health Ser-
vice.
The Center of Excellence, at the
Oregon Health Sciences University,
works to address health care needs
by increasing the Native American
voice in the health professions.
Dove Spector, program coordi-
nator, is a mentor for the Tribal
Health Scholars, providing them
with resources and knowledge
about college, and how best to pur-
sue higher education to achieve
their dreams.
Dr. Erik Brodt, director of the
Northwest Native American Cen-
ter of Excellence, summarized the
program goal:
“American Indian people face
significant health disparities, further
jeopardized by a shortage of health
care professionals who come from
these communities. We aim to
change that.”
Dave McMechan
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Tribal Health Scholars Kaliyah Iverson, Lynden Harry and Enrique Ramirez.
COCC Native program promoting students
M ichelle Cary joined Central Or-
egon Community College last fall.
She is the Native American Pro-
gram coordinator at COCC.
Michelle, a Seneca-Cayuga
member, worked for more than 20
years as a second-grade teacher,
mostly at the elementary school in
Prineville.
She went to college at the Uni-
versity of Oregon. Interestingly, at
the U of O she had a partial foot-
ball scholarship: She was the stats
girl for Ducks football.
At COCC with the Native
American program, she works to
help ensure a successful college
experience for Native American
students. This work begins with
high school students who are think-
ing about going to COCC, and lasts
through the entire college experi-
ence.
With the First Nations Club, the
program hosts many events
through the year. These include the
annual events like the Salmon Bake
in June, plus special cultural enrich-
ment speakers and activities. Most
recently were the screenings of Our
Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian
Board School, and the upcoming
Boys with Braids event (see page 6).
Speakers at Boys with Braids will in-
clude Wilson Wewa and Allison
Schmiedel.
The COCC Native American
program works on the Good Road,
and STRIVE. The Good Road is
a college preparation program at
Madras High School, and the al-
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Michele Cary at her COCC Madras office.
ternative schools in Warm Springs
and Madras.
STRIVE is the Summer Train-
ing to Revive Indigenous Vision
and Empower ment program.
STRIVE allows students to spend
several days at COCC during the
summer, getting ready for the start
of the school year.
The goal of STRIVE is to pro-
vide cultural and academic support
and give young Native American
students leadership skills. A grant
from the Meyer Memorial Trust
helps to fund these programs.
Michelle is at the COCC cam-
pus three days per week, and spends
Mondays at the COCC Madras
campus. If you would like to speak
with her about COCC, you can
reach her at 541-318-3782. Or
email:
mcary@cocc.edu
Important notice to tribal hunters
The 2017-2018 hunting sea-
son has come to an end for off-
reservation and on-reservation
subsistence hunting. The Wildlife
Department is now gathering
hunter harvest data and all tribal
members who have issued tags
for the 2017 tribal member sub-
sistence hunts need to report as
soon as possible.
Tribal Council resolutions
12,378 and 12,365 states:
Required reporting species
hunting tag reporting require-
ments: Special species hunters,
whether successful, unsuccessful
or did not hunt, must complete
and return harvest/hunting re-
ports (the bottom portion of the
tag) to the BNR Wildlife
Department within 15 days after
season closure.
General hunting tag reporting
requirements: The bottom por-
tions of all tags issued for the
season must be filled out and
returned to the BNR Wildlife
Department by Feb. 15, 2018,
unless specified otherwise, re-
gardless of whether the hunter
was successful, unsuccessful, or
did not hunt. Information from
these harvest/hunting reports
assists in game population moni-
toring and management.
Tribal Council Resolution
12,378 states: Failure to report
Community notes...
There’s will be an Indian Taco
fundraiser next Tuesday, Febru-
ary 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Culture and Heritage office in
the Education building. Proceeds
will go towards the salmon bake
during the Northwest Archivist
Conference, coming up in Warm
Springs this April.
The Second Annual War m
Springs Healing our Spirits and
Lands Round Dance is coming
up at the end of March at the Com-
munity Center. There will be sweats,
pipe ceremonies and a feast.
Warm Springs Culture and Heri-
tage Language Program is looking
for volunteers to help chaperone,
coach, judge and assist at the 2018
Language Bowl in May at the
Wildhorse Resort. To learn more
call Culture and Heritage at 541-
553-3290.
Assisted Living
Call 541-553-1182
2321 Ollallie Lane
(PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR
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purchases
To redeem mention this ad,
or show your tribal ID.
341 SW Sixth St.
Redmond
Tuesday - Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
ph. 541-923-8071
results in loss of hunting/fish-
ing privileges for the 2018
fishing and hunting seasons.
Harvest and hunting infor-
mation is important for the
department in determining
wildlife population sizes, herd
compositions and hunting
pressure. In addition, this in-
formation helps determine
where there are and are not
animals, which helps focus
habitat restoration efforts on
the reservation. For off-res-
ervation harvest, these results
help the department and tribal
staff in developing future off-
reservation area hunts and
management goals within the
state game management units.
Your continued support and
participation in hunter report-
ing are greatly appreciated.
For additional information
or questions, contact: Wildlife
Department biologists: 541-
553-2037/2046. Wildlife
Parks and Enforcement Man-
ager: 541-553-2043.
Conser vation Enforce-
ment Ranger Manager: (541)
553-2033
Mail: CTWS Branch Natu-
ral Resources, Wildlife Depart-
ment, P.O. BOX C, Warm
Spring, OR 97761