Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Covid-19:
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The week of July 13:
Thirty-three cases. The
week of July 20: Thirty-
eight cases. And the week
of July 27: Fifteen cases.
Young people between
the ages of 0-18 and 19-29
have seen the most cases of
Covid-19.
Those in the age groups
30-39 and 40-49 were sec-
ond; followed by elders ages
50 and up. Older people—
on average more vulnerable
to serious consequences
from the virus—are more
likely to practice safe dis-
tancing, staying at home,
and other precautions.
A second graph looks at
the number of cases by
week, with references to
August 12, 2020
Tracing contagion trends
events from the Salmon
Feed at Celilo, Mother’s Day
and graduation, Memorial
Day weekend, Father’s Day
and the Fourth of July, plus
the instances when the tribal
organization was shutdown.
This is a fascinating
graph, as it demonstrates
that social gatherings appear
to drive some spikes in the
positive rate in testing.
An example: Two weeks
after the Salmon Feed—
during the week of April 13-
19—there was a spike in the
positive testing rate on the
reservation. The common
incubation period for the vi-
rus is between five days and
two weeks.
A short time after
Mother’s Day and school
graduations saw another
spike. And the same thing
happened shortly after Me-
morial Day weekend and the
Fourth of July.
The post-Memorial Day
weekend spike—which saw
particularly large increase in
the positivity rate—also
roughly coincided with state
of Oregon reopening.
These
increases
prompted the Covid-19 Re-
sponse Team to recommend
re-closure of the organiza-
tion, which the Tribal Coun-
cil and management then
implemented.
recruitment.
Officers are directly re-
sponsible for carrying out all
enforcement and protective
patrols by foot, vehicle and
boat on the main stem Co-
lumbia River.
Hiring preference will
be given to qualified mem-
bers of the four CRITFC
member tribes, and to
qualified enrolled members
of other federally recog-
talized; with roughly equal
numbers of hospitalization
among those 30-39, 50-59
and 60-69.
Then in “Hospitalization
ages: Cumulative” the ages
50-59 and 70-79 each had
five hospitalizations. With
other age divisions either at
two or one person.
Hospitalization numbers
Another category is
“Hospitalization ages: Inpa-
tient.” In this category most
CRITFC hiring enforcement officer
The Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
seeks to hire police officers.
The positionare in the
CRITFC law enforcement
department.
The jobs are full time,
with the salary range of
$50,506 to $55,157. The
location is at Hood River or
Boardman.
There are three vacan-
cies to be filled from this
members who have been
hospitalized have been be-
tween 70 and 79 years of
age. As of late July, no one
aged 40-49 had been hospi-
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StrongHearts adds to advocacy service
nized Indian tribes and Na-
tive Alaskans.
Submit a letter of inter-
est, application, list of at
least three professional to:
Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission -
Attn: Human Resources -
700 N.E. Multnomah Street,
Suite #1200 - Portland, OR
97232.
Phone: 503-238-0667
Email: hr@critfc.org
Reaching the mark
and every milestone with
determination and dedi-
cation, StrongHearts Na-
tive Helpline this month
launched sexual violence
advocacy. Adding this
type of advocacy will ad-
dress a long-standing
need in Indian Country.
“It’s an atrocity that
Native Americans continue
to experience the highest
rates of sexual violence
across the nation and until
now, there hasn’t been a na-
tional culturally-appropriate
service for them,” said Anna
Nicolosi, operations man-
ager.
“In response, we have
developed advocacy training
to prepare our advocates
to meet the needs that
are unique to Native
Americans and Alaska
Natives.” According to the
National Institute of Jus-
tice research, 84 percent
of Native women experi-
ence violence in their life-
times, while 56 percent ex-
perience sexual violence.