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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo May 18, 2022
Letters to the editor
Students invited to summer STRIVE at college
Commemorative
Academy plaque
To Laurie Danzuka,
school district chair, mem-
bers of Jefferson County
School District No. 509-J
Board of Directors, and the
Warm Springs Tribal Coun-
cil: Regarding the Com-
memorative Plaque for the
Warm Springs K-8 Academy:
On Monday, May 9 at the
Jefferson County school
board meeting I asked the
board for permission to hang
a plaque at the Warm Springs
Academy K -8 school.
The plaque displays docu-
ments from the August, 2014
school building dedication,
telling the story of how the
new school was developed
and came to be approved by
the Warms Springs Tribal
Council, in a tribal referen-
dum, and the school district
in a bond levy.
The plaque also lists the
names of the people involved
in working together to have
the school approved and
built. I explained to the
school board that I created
the plaque so that the Warm
Springs Academy students
would know that their school
is the result of the hard work
and dedication over many
years of many tribal and
school district leaders.
Prior to asking the school
board, I received approval of
my request from the Warm
Springs Tribal Council. A Sin-
cere Thank You to all the
members of the Twenty-
Eighth Tribal Council, and
Thank You to the school
board members for approv-
ing my request. My family
and I greatly appreciate the
respectful and thoughtful
manner in which the school
board members honored my
appearance before the board
and granted my request
I would also like to thank
School Board Chair Laurie
Danzuka for asking Tribal
Councilman Carlos Calica to
sing a prayer song before I
spoke to the board members.
A big Thank You to
Carlos for your war m
hearted and sincere songs
and prayers, and the words
you spoke on behalf of my
daughter atwai Urbana
‘ToTo’ Ross, and the support
you gave—You are greatly
appreciated.
Last but not least I want
to thank my niece Jenea
‘Jenny’ Frye for her support
and time to drive me to
Michaels in Bend for the ma-
terials for the plaque. Sin-
cerely,
Arlene Boileau, tribal
member.
Red during
month of May
During the month of
May, we wear red in sup-
port and solidarity of Miss-
ing and Murdered Indig-
enous Women, Girls, and
Two Spirit People—or
MMIWG2S.
We wear red to include
our response in the Red
Dress Project—an art in-
stallation and movement de-
signed to bring visibility to
the critical issue of
MMIWG2S.
MMIWG2S is a crisis,
and the National Indigenous
Women’s Resource Center
has provided an MMIW
Toolkit for Families and
Communities.
The tool kit is designed to
assist families, communities
and advocacy organizations
in understanding and re-
sponding to a case of a miss-
ing or murdered Native
woman. See the the National
Indigenous Women’s Re-
source Center website to find
the kit. Aii.
STRIVE is the Central
Oregon Community Col-
lege summer program for
Native American high
school students. This is a
chance to earn a college
credit, and get ready for
after high school. STRIVE
stands for Summer Train-
ing to Revive Indigenous
Visions and Empower-
ment.
Geneva Mayall, Native
American College Prepa-
ration Coordinator, is re-
cruiting high school stu-
dents to join the four-day
program. During the four
days, form June 21-24,
the students spend their
time at the COCC Bend
campus, attending classes,
living in the residence halls,
getting to know the school
and opportunities.
The priority is for
high school seniors,
though STRIVE is open
to any high school stu-
Free air purifiers
for wildfire zones
Recent summers have
broken records in terms of
wildfires in Oregon, includ-
ing the reservation. Flames
have destroyed approxi-
mately 4,000 homes and 1
million acres of land.
Smoke entered homes and
lungs in every corner of the
state.
State of Oregon lawmak-
ers responded by funding air
purifiers for people in com-
munities where wildfires are
common.
The air purifiers make up
a tiny slice of a $220 million
investment in wildfire pre-
vention and response plan-
ning, power plant safety, new
building code standards and
more.
Getting the devices into
homes is one of the hard-
est parts, and the state is get-
ting help from five Coordi-
nated Care Organizations in
the targeted wildfire risk
zones.
Courtesy Geneva Mayall/COCC
Warm Springs STRIVE students at previous summer gathering.
dent, said Ms. Mayall, her-
self a member of the Citi-
zen Potawatomi Nation,
based in Shawnee, Okla-
homa.
STRIVE is free to Na-
tive American high school
students. During the in-per-
son residential program, stu-
dents take classes from
college professors, con-
nect with Native college
mentors, participate in
workshops with tribal lead-
ers and program staff, and
explore pathways for serv-
ing their communities
through higher education.
Transportation from
Warm Springs or Madras
can be arranged.
For more information
and to apply, please visit
the website or contact
Geneva at:
gmayall2@cocc.edu
Phone 541-330-4369.
Summer outdoor work, pay and credits for youth
Summer outdoor job
options for youth of the
region just received close
to a million-dollar boost,
as the Heart of Oregon
Corps and the Oregon
Conservation Corps se-
cured wildfire risk reduc-
tion funding. The
$995,000 goes to youth of
Jefferson, Deschutes and
Crook counties.
The Heart of Oregon
Corps program will train
and employ over 140
young adults in wildfire
reduction and related
skills. In addition to gain-
ing on-the-job training,
certifications, and knowl-
edge in fire fuel reduction
practices, youth in the pro-
gram will receive wages,
scholarships, additional
workforce training in both
soft and hard skills to pre-
pare them to enter the
professional workforce.
Youth crews will start
project work on identi-
fied high risk areas this
Courtesy Heart of Oregon Corps
Summer youth worker from last session.
month, and will continue
through June of 2023. Young
adult and staff positions are
available now and applica-
tions are at:
heartoforegon.org
Summer session in June
The Heart of Oregon
Corps outdoor summer pro-
gram is open to youth ages
17-24. There are full- and
part-time positions, during
which the students can
earn scholarship money.
The Particpants can
also earn certifications
in CPR/First and Aid,
chainsaw training, and
more.
This is also a chance
for young people to meet
new people, learn job
skills, and work outside.
See the website:
heartoforegon.org
Youth can apply now for tribal summer work
The Northwest Port-
land Area Indian Health
Board suicide prevention
project—the Tribal
Health-Reaching out
InVolves Ever yone, or
THRIVE—has
partnered with the Indian
Health Ser vices, tribes
and tribal or ganizations
acr oss Indian Countr y.
Together, they are develop-
ing the 988 direct 3-digit
mental health emer gency
resource. The service is go-
ing live in July.
Spilyay Tymoo
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Warm Springs youth in-
terested in summer work can
apply now. The first day of
work will be Tuesday, July
5.
It’s open to students ages
14 to 24. They will need to
provide proof of tribal
memberships, transcripts, a
resume with cover letter and
a Covid-19 vaccination
card.
Apply online at the Con-
federated Tribes’ job oppor-
tunities website. The youth
work program is listed un-
der ‘Assorted work experi-
ence jobs (youth)’.
Or stop by the Education
Building, top floor, office
307. Intakes can be done by
calling 541-553-3324. For
more details on require-
ments call 541-553-3324.