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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo June 30, 2021
Letters to the editor
Kicking off membership drive, Museum honors Ken Smith
At the races
The family of George
Danzuka Jr. would like for
you to come and join them
on Friday night, July 16, for
the feature race at the
Prineville Races.
The feature race is being
dedicated to George from
the family members, and the
Prineville Race directors with
a blanket and a buckle for
the jockey.
Those of you who can re-
member, the family traveled
all over the Northwest, rac-
ing horses, along with the
Suppahs, Franks, Spinos and
the Wells families. It didn’t
matter whether it was horse
racing or Pony Express—
George was always there.
We would also like to
thank the Prineville Races
and so many others for put-
ting this race on.
Thank you and see you
there!
The Danzuka Family,
541-325-1866.
Trainees
The Confederated Tribes
Work Experience and Devel-
opment Department is ad-
vertising for several trainee
positions.
Positions include cooks,
cashiers, fuel attendants and
a Community Health Repre-
sentative Senior Specialist.
The CHR Senior Special-
ist main responsibility is to
ensure senior citizens receive
necessary health care. Other
duties include the following:
Visiting senior citizens in
nursing homes and hospitals
on a regular basis. Assisting
senior citizens to deal with
social services and welfare
agencies; and home visits to
seniors.
Support terminally ill se-
niors and their families. As-
sist the healthcare team to
provide outreach services to
seniors.
To learn more call WEDD
at 541-553-3324 or -3328.
Summer hours at
Victims of Crime
Our hours will vary dur-
ing the summer months, on
very hot days, until further
notice. Staff may come in
as early as 6 a.m. to beat the
heat in the late afternoon.
We will have a sign on
the door if we are closed for
the day in the afternoon. If
we are closed we can be
reached by telephone
through the Warm Springs
Police Department Dispatch
at 541-553-1171: Ask for
the VOCS on-call advocate.
During regular business
we are open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m., and at lunch at 12-1.
Please call for an appoint-
ment and wear a mask. Only
the client is allowed into the
building unless previous ar-
rangements are made ahead
of time. If you are sick
please stay home and get
better.
Victims of Crime Ser-
vices, 541-553-2293.
Summer Jam
A Summer 3-on-3 Jam for
youth is coming up Saturday
and Sunday, July 10-11.
The games start at 8 a.m.
at the former elementary
school court.
There are three co-ed di-
visions: 7 and under, 10 and
under, and 13 and under.
This will be a four-player
roster. Covid precautions will
be in place.
For more infor mation,
vendor info or to sign up con-
tact Jaycelene at 541-668-
2599. Or send her a message
on Facebook.
At Academy
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy is still taking applications
for the Summer Program.
The office will be open on
July 7 and July 21 from 9
a.m. to noon. Parents can
pick up the paperwork.
The office will open regu-
lar hours on August 2.
Reopening
Heart of Oregon Corps
Thrift Store is preparing to
re-open after being closed to
the public since March 2020
due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The store brought stu-
dents back to the program
in March and in June wel-
comed a new Thrift Store
program manager, Cathy
Mandeville. At long last, the
Thrift Store will be re-open-
ing its doors to the public
on July 9. The store asks
that donors please hold onto
items they wish to donate
until July 13. The Thrift
Store is holding a Grand
Reopening Celebration on
Saturday, July 10 all day,
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Thrift Store will be
thanking the community for
its ongoing support during
this event; light refresh-
ments will be provided
throughout the day.
Summer meals
The Jefferson County
School District is now offer-
ing its Summer Food Service
Meal program.
At the War m Springs
Academy the meals are
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $20.00
T he
Museum at
War m Springs in June
kicked off its annual
membership drive.
This year’s drive hon-
ors Warm Springs long-
time museum board of di-
rectors member and an-
cestor Kenneth Smith.
“Ancestor Kenneth
Smith was a great believer
in our museum, and was
especially devoted to help-
ing build the membership
program,” said Elizabeth
A. Woody, museum direc-
tor.
“It is in his memory that
we conduct this year’s
membership drive,” she
said.
Ken Smith was a won-
derful friend, mentor and
supporter to the Museum
At War m Springs. As
board member for the
very beginning, Ken saw
the museum grow from
the ground up.
served at the curb next to the
bus drop-off area, 9 to 10
a.m.
At Wolfe Point Drive
meals are served at the first
paved road on left, 8:30 to
8:45 a.m.
At Kah-Nee-Ta meals are
served at the Hamlets, 9 to
9:15 a.m.
At Simnasho meals are
served in the Longhouse park-
ing lot, 9:456 to 10 a.m.
At Sidwalter meals are
served at the Firehall park-
ing lot, 10:30 to 10:45 a.m.
At Upper Dry Creek, the
meals are served at Tommie
Street at the North End, 7:45
to 8 a.m.
Sunnyside meals are
served at Crestview Drive
and Sunnyside Drive, 8:15 to
8:30 a.m.
At the Warm Springs West
Hills, meals are served at
Poosh and West Hills Drive,
8:45 to 9:15 a.m.
At Seekseequa the meals
His passion about the
membership program was
immense. In board meetings
he would always ask, “How
can we build up our mem-
bership program?”
Even as a tribal member
of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, he would
come into the museum ad-
ministration office to pay his
annual membership.
“He truly believed in the
reasons we built the mu-
seum,” Ms. Woody said.
This year the Roundhouse
Foundation is generously
matching proceeds from
new museum memberships.
The Roundhouse Foun-
dation is dedicated to sup-
porting programs that in-
spire creativity, connect
people with each other and
their sense of place, and
ensure sus-tainability for the
long-term economic success
of Oregon’s rural commu-
nities.
There are several levels of
annual membership at the
Museum at Warm Springs,
beginning at $25 for elders
and students. All members
receive these benefits:
Free admission for one
are served in the Firehall
parking lot, 9:45 to 10 a.m.
At Madras High School
the meals are served from 9
to 10 a.m. And at Bridges
High School, 7:45 to 8:15
a.m.
At Jefferson Street and
Highway 97, meals are
ser ved alongside of the
store, 8:30 to 8:45 a.m.
There will be no service
on Monday, July 5.
The child should be
present when picking up
the meals. If the child is not
present, the parent or
guardian may pick up meals
with a signed document that
is provided. For more in-
for mation call 541-475-
0339.
nancial assistance.
The Fish and Wildlife
Committee will oversee the
application and financial
awards process. Funds are
limited.
The amount of funding
a subsistence fisher might re-
ceive is unknown until all ap-
plications are submitted and
evaluated by the Commit-
tee.
Application forms are
available at the tribal admin-
istration office, and you can
also download a copy online
at kwso.org
Completed forms must
be returned to the drop box
at the administration no later
than 4:30 p.m. on Friday,
July 2.
To fishers
Scholarships
Warm Springs tribal sub-
sistence fishers who have
been negatively affected by
Covid-19 can apply for fi-
The deadline is coming
up this Thursday, July 1 for
the 2021-2022 Tribal Schol-
arship. You can apply Higher
year. A 10 percent dis-
count in the museum
Gift Shop, and special in-
vitations to exhibits and
programs.
There are three ways
to join. Visit:
museumatwarmsprings.org
Click ‘Join’ to see
membership levels and
payment information.
Or call Debbie
Stacona at 541-553-3331
or email:
dstacona@museumatwarm
springs.org
Save the date: On
Friday, August 27 and
Saturday, August 28 the
Museum at War m
Springs will host its An-
nual Honor Dinner and
Celebration in Portland.
This year’s honorees
are U.S. Poet Laureate Joy
Harjo (Mvskoke) and
author and Warm Springs
elder George W. Aguilar
Sr. (Wasco).
Education. Get all the de-
tails and forms you need by
contacting Carroll Dick at
Higher Ed, 541-553-3311.
WIC vouchers
Warm Springs Women
Infants and Children—
WIC—program is offering
farmers market checks that
can be used to purchase fruit
and vegetables at farmer
stands in Oregon.
In July stop by the food
cart area across from Warm
Springs Market on Wednes-
days between11 a.m. and 1
p.m., or the Early Childhood
Education parking lot on
Thursday afternoons from 4
to 5 to pick up your WIC
Farmer Market check.
The Warm Springs Ho-
listic Health Center pro-
vides physical therapy
and acupuncture care
You can contact them
at 54-777-2663.
Healthy practice while raising Native babies
Willow Merchant, Mater-
nal Child Health Nurse with
the Confederated Tribes,
would like to shares this ar-
ticle, helping to recognize the
upcoming Breastfeeding
Awareness Month.
For generations Native
women have incorporated
breastfeeding as a natural
practice to protect the health
of both mothers and their
babies. Breastfeeding hon-
ors Native values and tradi-
tions.
Supporting breastfeeding
families in our community is
a wonderful way to establish
healthy, lifelong eating hab-
its.
Education and support
about breastfeeding is vital
to the health of native
people. The investment into
breastfeeding in our commu-
nity is urgent and necessary
to remove obstacles faced by
new mothers.
Food Sovereignty is a
food system in which the
people who produce, distrib-
ute, and consume food also
control the mechanisms and
policies of food production
and distribution.
Breastfeeding promotes
food sovereignty and tradi-
tional foods.
Breastfeeding is part of
the reproductive process
that is integral for both
mother and infant health. A
community that supports
breast-feeding is a healthier
community.
Humans are the only spe-
cies on earth who drink the
milk of another species.
Human babies should drink
human milk, just like calves
drink cow’s milk.
Breastfeeding promotes
sensory and cognitive devel-
opment in the baby while de-
creasing postpartum depres-
sion in mother. Human
milk is bioavailable making
it the easiest thing in the
world for the baby to digest.
Human milk is dynamic,
with constantly changing
composition to meet baby’s
growing needs. Making
breastmilk burns 500 calo-
ries per day which helps
mother return to pre-preg-
nant weight sooner.
Breastfeeding is baby’s
first immunization.
Breastfeeding provides
passive immunity. This
means mother creates anti-
bodies to the germs in the
environment mother and
baby share and passes them
through the breastmilk to
provide immunological pro-
tection to baby.
This is extremely impor-
tant for baby’s protection
until infant’s immune system
is fully developed around 2
years of age.
The World Health Orga-
nization and American
Academy of Pediatrics fully
support breastfeeding as a
crucial health initiative.
Here are their recommen-
dations:
The World Health Or-
ganization: “Exclusive
breast-feeding for the first
six months of life is the rec-
ommended way of feeding
infants, followed by contin-
ued breastfeeding with ap-
propriate complementary
foods for up to two years
or beyond.”
The American Acad-
emy of Pediatrics: “The
AAP reaffirms its recom-
mendation of exclusive
breastfeeding for about 6
months, followed by contin-
ued breastfeeding as
complementary foods are in-
troduced, with continuation
of breastfeeding for 1 year
or longer as mutually de-
sired by mother and infant.
Medical contraindications to
breastfeeding are rare.”
For the health of our
community support a
breastfeeding mother today
by:
Normalize breast-feed-
ing — After all, it is what na-
ture intended!
Offer to help a
breastfeeding mother with
her bags, bringing her a meal,
a supportive glance, etc.
If you are a breastfeeding
mother, reach out for help
and support.
If you are a family mem-
ber, partner or friend of a
new mother encourage
breastfeeding.
Provide clean, private ar-
eas to nurse and pump in
public spaces.
Support local and federal
leaders to protect and pro-
mote breastfeeding.
Give new mothers in your
family the opportunity to be
with their babies and estab-
lish breastfeeding before de-
scending on them to meet the
baby and socialize.
For more information call
W i l l o w M e r c h a n t M S N,
R N, I B C LC , M a t e r n a l
Child Health Nurse, Confed-
e r a t e d Tr i b e s o f Wa r m
Springs. Office 541-553-
2347. Cell 541-675-5277.