E Coosh EEWA: The way it is
Letters to the editor
509-J student
success survey
The Jefferson County
509-J school district is seek-
ing your ideas and priorities
on how to best support the
students of the district.
The Student Success Act
marks a turning point for
education in Oregon, and
when fully implemented the
state will see an additional $1
billion investment each year.
This investment will pro-
vide new opportunities for
every student in our state,
particularly students who
have been historically
underserved.
Your voice does matter in
how to move forward with
helping our students grow:
Jefferson County 509-J
school district is hosting an
online survey that will run
through January 12.
You can take the survey
by going to:
jcsd.k12.or.us
Tribal
scholarships
The Confederated Tribes
of War m Springs Tribal
Scholarship application dead-
line is July 1, annually.
The Tribal Council just ap-
proved the 2020 scholarship
budget in late December.
For infor mation contact
Carroll Dick at tribal Higher
Education: PO Box C,
Warm Springs, 97761.
Or stop by the Education
building, 1110 Wasco Street.
You can reach Carroll at 541-
553-3311. Email:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org
Native Food
Sovereignty
grants
The First Nations Devel-
opment Institute is now ac-
cepting grant proposals
through the Gather Food
Sovereignty Grant Program.
First Nations will award up
to eight grants of approxi-
mately $32,0000 each.
Grants will support com-
munity-driven food sover-
eignty work that advances
local food system control by
Native communities leading
to improved economic,
health or community policies
and systems. This opportu-
nity is targeting emerging
projects that focus on devel-
oping tribal food sover-
eignty, but all programs can
apply.
The Gather Food Sover-
eignty grant is made possible
through the Indigenous
People’s Fund of Tides
Foundation, accelerating the
pace of social change, work-
ing with innovative partners
to solve society’s toughest
problems.
The request for propos-
als can be found at:
firstnations.org/rfps/6549/
The application deadline
is Thursday, February 27.
All applications must be sub-
mitted via the First Nations
online grant application sys-
tem.
First Nations recognizes
that Native food systems are
important assets to Native
communities. As a result,
First Nations has long sup-
ported Native communities
as they fortify traditional
food systems, seek to in-
crease access healthy and
fresh foods, increase aware-
ness of and involvement
with where food comes
from; and expand knowl-
edge of the linkages be-
tween foods, Native cultures
and contribute to tribal eco-
nomic growth and develop-
ment of entrepreneurially
related food ventures.
First Nations serves Na-
tive American communities
throughout the United
States. For more informa-
tion, visit:
firstnations.org.
For infor mation call
Rana LaPine, First Na-
tions program officer, 303-
774-7836 ext. 209. Or email:
rlapine@firstnations.org
For more than 39 years—
To family, friends
I would like to take the
time to apologize to my fam-
ily for letting them down
‘again.’ Although if it wasn’t
for the love of the Creator,
and all the trials and tribula-
tions that this human being
has been through, and con-
tinue to go through, I would
not know happiness, sadness,
grief, joy, generosity, humil-
ity, strength, love and com-
passion. Today, I love my
people of Warm Springs and
Turtle Island. In a drug and
alcohol coma I loved noth-
ing.
I write this from the Deer
Ridge Correctional Institute,
the hole E146. In segregation
you get a lot of time to pray,
contemplate and change, and
for me this is a change. To
our young people, ask a
trusted friend or family for
help. The only dumb ques-
tion is the one not asked. You
are not alone. I too was that
scared child, youth and adult
with low self-esteem who ran
from myself for 49 years.
There is someone out there
who understands.
I wouldn’t say these things
if I didn’t care. You can even
write to me. I love you all, even
my enemy. Happy belated
Thanksgiving, and Have a
Merry Christmas! Emiliano
G. Williams, 17963868,
DRCI, 3920 East Ashwood
Rd., Madras, 97741.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
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Spilyay Tymoo January 1, 2020
A year in pictures with Indigenous voices of Confluence
W hat an incredibly
eventful year it was at
Confluence:
With support from
the
Friends
of
Confluence we were able
to advance our mission
in so many ways, con-
necting people with the
history, living cultures
and ecology of the Co-
lumbia River system
through Indigenous
voices.
We strengthened our
partnerships with tribes,
Native artists and educa-
tors, schools and teach-
ers, and the communities
around the Confluence
river sites.
Presented here are
images from the
Confluence events of
the past year. Stay
tuned for rundown of
the 2020 season of
Confluence programs
and events.
In the meantime, en-
joy the highlights of
2019. Thank you for
your support!
Colin Fogarty and
the Confluence com-
munity.
The
Confluence
Project is a series of out-
door installations and in-
terpretive artworks lo-
cated in public parks
along the Columbia River
and its tributaries in Or-
egon and Washington.
Each art installation
explores the confluence
of history, culture and
Photos courtesy Confluence
ecology of the Columbia
River system, as seen
through the Indigenous
perspective.
Beadwork calls needed attention to the MMIWG cause
B eadwork by a
Sagkeeng First Nation
member was featured on
talk show The View, help-
ing call attention to the epi-
demic of missing and
murdered indigenous
women
and
girls,
MMIWG.
Co-host Whoopi
Goldberg wore the me-
dallion
beadwork,
made by Sagkeeng First
N a t i o n’s a r t i s t M i s h
Daniels.
Goldberg told viewers
that the red jingle dress
medallion commemo-
rates the cause address-
ing murders and disap-
pearances of indigenous
Statistics regarding missing and murdered
indigenous women and girls (MMIWG).
women.
Ms. Daniels had origi-
nally made the necklace
for activist Connie
Greyeyes, who met
Goldberg and offered the
necklace as a gift.
Daniels said the in-
ternational attention gar-
nered her roughly 1,500
commissions from cus-
tomers ranging from a
member of the House
of Commons to Indig-
enous elders in New
Zealand.
She may have to leave
her regular job in order
to meet the demand for
beadwork, Ms. Daniels
said.
COCC Culinary puts food truck into gear
T
he Cascade Culinary
Institute of Central Oregon
Community College has un-
veiled its newest teaching
tool: A food truck designed
to show students how to suc-
ceed in one of the fastest
growing segments of the res-
taurant industry.
Customized with Culinary
Institute’s specifications, the
mobile kitchen will serve a
range of cuisines to the com-
munity beginning in January.
You can track its location at
cascadeculinar y.com or
through the institute’s social
media channels.
The program purchased
and customized the new
truck with an earmarked
donation made to the COCC
Foundation by longtime cu-
linary program supporter
and Bend resident Shirley
Ray.
Ms. Ray passed away ear-
lier this year at age 91. The
COCC Casade Culinary In-
stitute christened the truck
with her name.
Ms. Ray’s own history has
deep connections to the lo-
cal culinary scene: Her aunt
co-founded Bend’s Pine
Tavern Restaurant in 1936,
where as a young girl Shirley
began working, shelling peas.
Decades later, she helped
manage the business.
The ‘Shirley Ray’ food
truck features interior cam-
eras so that instructors can
observe from outside dur-
ing training to offer input
and feedback. A full range
of kitchen equipment fits
into the large-scale vehicle,
meaning that students can
prepare dishes that tap into
their complete culinary cur-
riculum, from French cuisine
Courtesy
The Shirley Ray food truck of the COCC
Cascade Culinary Institute.
to fine pastries.
“The majority of our stu-
dents want to work in or own
this kind of business,” said
chef instructor Thor
Erickson, chair of COCC’s
culinary department. “Our
state-of-the-art truck will not
only help train students how
to launch their own mobile
business, it will also give the
community a better chance
to taste that success, literally.”
Erickson noted that a num-
ber of former students have
gone on to successfully
launch food truck busi-
nesses, such as the Jerk
Kings, now a sauce enter-
prise, Sopa and We’re the
Wurst.
The food truck sector has
been fast expanding nation-
wide over the past decade,
due in part to a smaller up-
front investment and ease
of business liftoff. For
more details contact Thor
Erickson at 541-977-1286
or terickson@cocc.edu.