Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 28, 2018
Summer youth workshops this week
Youth work will be
available for tribal youth
this summer. Application
workshops are being held
this week, during spring
break.
Application work-
shops are being held at
the Education Building,
1110 Wasco Street from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This
Wednesday and Thurs-
day, March 28-29.
All 14-year old stu-
dents, please bring your
parent or guardian.
Important informa-
tion:
· Bring a current pic-
ture identification card:
Samples of identification
can be a school identifi-
cation, tribal ID, Oregon
state ID card. Your iden-
tification cannot be more
than three years old.
· Bring your Social
Security card
· Any Native Ameri-
can youth/college stu-
Youth job fair Friday
The 2018 Summer
Youth Job Fair and Op-
portunities is coming up
this Friday, March 30 at
the Community Center
Social Hall. The youth
job fair will be from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
On hand will be hir-
ing representatives from
many employers: Indian
Head Casino, Heart of
Oregon Corps and
Youth Build, Central
Electric training and
IBEW 80, Northwest
Youth Corps, Higher
Education, Summer
Youth
Program—
dent may apply.
· Youth must be en-
rolled and attending high
school, alternative school,
GED, or college.
· Students who have
Branch of Natural Re-
sources, Native Aspira-
tions, Kah-Nee-Ta Re-
sort,
UA
290,
AmericCorps VISTAS
and others.
The job fair is open to
youth ages 14-24, and
college students of any
age. This is an opportu-
nity for networking, ca-
reer fulfillment, new
skills, retraining and
other benefits.
For more information
contact Melinda Poitra at
541-553-3324;
or
Thayliah Henry-Suppah
at 541-553-3328.
worked in previous years in
a summer work program
are required to submit a
resume with their applica-
tion.
· Young men ages 18
and over are required to
be registered with Selec-
tive Service.
· Must be age 14 at
date of application.
· All 14-year old stu-
dents and any first-time
workers are required to
complete pre-employ-
ment workshops to be
eligible to work.
· Social Security cards
will be used for hiring
purposes, and a current
picture identification
card are needed for drug
tests in the hiring process.
Per Human Resources
Department require-
ments, no copies of iden-
tification documents will
be accepted by the Hu-
man Resources Depart-
ment, and identification
cards may not be older
than three years.
More information will
be provided after com-
pleting workshop.
Powwow MC going to USS Arizona ceremony
Carlos Calica will take
part in an Eagle Feather cer-
emony at the USS Arizona
Memorial in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
Carlos is planning to at-
tend with sons Quindon, 20,
and Trenton, 17, and aunt
Linda Meanus.
The Eagle Feather cer-
emony at the Arizona Me-
morial will honor Native vet-
erans, all other veterans and
their families. The Arizona
was bombed and irreparably
damaged during the Decem-
ber 7, 1941 bombing at
Pearl Harbor.
The ship still lies at the
bottom of the bay.
The Eagle Feather cer-
emony will be the first time
in 76 years since the bomb-
ing that any Native cer-
emony has been held to
honor fallen veterans. Mr.
Calica, who works at tribal
Credit, is known in Western
states for his skills as a pow-
wow master of ceremonies.
Locally, he MC’s at Pi-
Ume-Sha, Lincoln’s Pow-
Carlos Calica during a previous year’s Pi-Ume-Sha.
wow, and the Warm Springs
Veterans Powwow.
He also MC’s at powwows
through the West, including
at powwows at eight of the
Pac-12 colleges.
2 positions with WSCAT
The Warm Springs
Community Action
Team has two new po-
sitions opening this
month.
They are Small Busi-
ness Incubator Man-
ager, and Small Business
Bookkeeper.
For details and to
apply, contact Chris
Watson at the Commu-
nity Action Team.
The Eagle Feather cer-
emony will be in September.
The Native American Cul-
tural Association of Oregon
will have many of the tribes
from Oregon represented at
the ceremony.
While visiting Hawaii,
the participants will also
attend the Polynesian Cul-
tural Center.
Then the group will at-
tend the Rose Peters Me-
morial Powwow. This will
be a chance for the Na-
tive community to honor
Ms. Peters, the influential
Native woman of Or-
egon who passed away
last year.
After the ceremony,
the U.S. Parks Service will
be gifted an eagle feather
with a display plaque con-
taining challenge coins
from all branches of mili-
tary service.
Joining the ceremony
will top ranking officers
of the Pacific Theatre,
honoring current enlisted
military and their families.
The Parks Service will
permanently display the
plaque and in the Mu-
seum for Pearl Harbor,
honoring Native and non-
Native veterans.
For Miss Warm Springs expenses
A Miss Warm Springs
Coronation and fundraising
banquet is coming up on
May 12, at 6 p.m. at the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs.
Money raised will help
with Miss Warm Springs
Thyrecia Simtustus’ travel
expenses throughout the
year.
There will be a dinner,
and live and silent auctions.
It will be $20 per person,
$10 for senior citizens and
children under 10. You are
asked to RSVP by May 1.
Contact Thyrecia or Joie
Simtustus.
Page 3
MD team report
at Tribal Council
The Confederated Tribes
in May of 2006 entered an
agreement with the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the
District of Oregon, the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investiga-
tion, Indian Health Service,
and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The agreement estab-
lished the Multi-Disciplinary
Child Abuse Team, or
MDCAT. Tribal officials on
the team are from the Warm
Springs Police Department,
tribal Prosecution, Victims
of
Crime
Ser vices,
Children’s Protective Ser-
vices, and the Community
Health Program.
The parties to the agree-
ment established the proto-
cols to investigate and pros-
ecute cases of child physi-
cal and sexual abuse that
occur on the reservation.
The multi-disciplinary team
members meet one time a
month, reviewing cases that
are referred to them.
Members then report on
steps that have been taken
to address the case, and the
outcome. The team also rec-
ommends how best to
handle specific cases, and
makes recommendations to
tribal and federal prosecu-
tors.
The most serious cases
are handled by the FBI and
the U.S. Attorney’s Office,
under the Major Crimes
Act. The monthly MDCAT
meetings are not open to the
public, because the team dis-
cusses specific details of
pending cases.
Anyone wishing to have
an item added to the
MDCAT agenda may make
a recommendation to
Cecelia Collins, CPS direc-
tor and MDCAT chair-
woman; or to Corey
Clements, deputy tribal pros-
ecutor and MDCAT vice
chair.
As required by the inter-
disciplinary agreement, the
team reports once a year to
the Tribal Council. They
met with Council last week,
reviewing the past year’s ac-
tivities—the number of
cases referred to the team,
cases prosecuted and the
outcomes, the number of
children whose cases went
before Tribal Court with cus-
tody going to the parent
and/or guardian.
They discussed the rate
at which child abuse cases
on the reservation are taken
up by the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, or tribal prosecu-
tion. Cases that can result
in a sentence of up to a
year can go to tribal pros-
ecution. Major crimes are
taken up by the federal
prosecutors.
A case can be prosecuted
first in tribal court, and then
in federal court, as this does
not violate a defendant’s right
against double jeopardy.
Councilwoman
Val
Switzler commented that
there should be a compre-
hensive guide to the re-
sources and department ser-
vices that are available to
families.
Ms. Collins said that she
is in the process of hiring an
intern who will develop a
catalogue of all the services
available to members—
health services, food, fuel
and electricity vouchers, shel-
ter, fire wood, phone service
help, etc. The information
would then be available in
one publication.
Meth/opioid epidemic
In another recent devel-
opment, the multi-disciplin-
ary team established a sub-
committee focusing specifi-
cally on the methamphet-
amine/opioid epidemic.
The team agreed that the
subcommittee is needed to
look into the number of
women who report to the
clinic and are testing pre-
sumptive positive for meth-
amphetamine or opioids, and
who are lacking prenatal
care.
There are instances of ba-
bies being born with long
term affects of in-utero ex-
posure to these drugs, and
who grow up with learning
disabilities and behavioral is-
sues. The report to Council
says:
“The Drug Endangered
Child Multi-Disciplinary
Team Subcommittee was
created as a smaller branch
of the MDCAT, and is in the
early stages of development.
Partners include Dr. Locker,
Ashley Blodgett, Erin
Ludwig, Cecelia Collins,
Tony Cordizar and Rosetta
Herkshan (school resource
officers), Misti Kopplin of
ECE, and other invited
guests.”
Over the past 12 years, the
MDCAT has developed into
a cohesive and productive
group, committed to the goals
as stated in the founding
agreement.
The members bring dif-
ferent perspectives and in-
sight into addressing the
safety and health of children
on the reservation, the team
reported at Council.