Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, June 28, 2023, Page 4, Image 4

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Letters to the editor
Native Youth
Day Camp
Young people are invited
to the second Native Youth
Day Camp. There is no cost
to attend.
The dates of the camp
are Monday through Friday,
July 10-14; and week two:
Monday through Friday,
July 17-21. Space is limited.
The location of the camp
is at The Dalles Wahtonka
Charter School, 3601 W.
Tenth St., The Dalles. The
deadline to sign up is Satur-
day, July 1. You can call
Robert Main to sign up:
541-645-5252.
Adult volunteers can con-
tact Venus Allison at 541-
980-3973. Partnerships pre-
senting the camps are the
Oregon Johnson O’Malley
Indian Parent Committee,
Oregon Native Education,
and The Next Door, Inc.
Academy
Acceleration
Summer Camp
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy Summer Acceleration
Camp is coming up July 31-
August 18, Monday through
Friday during those dates.
Transportation will be pro-
vided for those living farther
away than one mile. The
times are as follows:
Kindergarten: 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. First- through
eighth-grades, 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. You can pick up an en-
rollment form at the district
office. Or call 541-475-
0388.
During the camp, break-
fast and lunch are provided.
Free for incoming 2023 sixth-
through eighth-grades. In-
coming students must be reg-
istered with the Jefferson
County 509-J district.
Correction
The caption of a pho-
tograph in the previous
Spilyay, of people at the
2023 Madras High
School graduation cer-
emony, mistakenly said
that Rusty ‘Miller’ was in
the audience. The person
is actually Rusty Calica.
The Spilyay apologizes
for the error.
Fisheries
workshop
Join the Confederated
Tribes and PGE on Thursday,
lJuly 13 for the Twenty-Ninth
Annual Deschutes Fisheries
Workshop. The workshop
begins at 9 a.m. in Bend at
Oregon State University Cas-
cades campus.
This event is a great op-
portunity to hear the latest
updates directly from biolo-
gists, restoration project man-
agers and other experts in the
Deschutes River Basin.
Agenda highlights include
presentations on Whychus
Creek flow restoration, why
‘size matters’ for out-migrat-
ing smolts; results of the lat-
est genetic studies, lessons
learned from a decade of re-
introduction, and much
more.
You can register online at:
portlandgeneralelectric.com
At Wallowa
The Tamkaliks Celebra-
tion and Friendship Potluck’s
date is set for July 21-23 at
the Nez Perce Wallowa
Homeland grounds in
Wallowa. We look forward to
welcoming everyone for a
wonderful event!
To arrange for name
givings, memorials, and spe-
cials please contact the
NPWH office at:
info@wallowanezperce.org
Or call 541-886-3101. To
apply to be a vendor, volun-
teer, sponsor dances or
drums or to make a general
donation to the Tamkaliks
Celebration or Tamkaliks
Scholarship fund please visit
our website:
wallowanezperce.org/
tamkaliks
Or call Nancy Crenshaw
at 541-388-1112.
Health survey
The Confederated Tribes
are gathering information on
behalf of our Public Health
Modernization Project in
Warm Springs.
We would sincerely appre-
ciate your opinion and input
on two questions relating to
your experiences, please use
the link below for the sur-
vey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/
KRFBLB9
ESD position
The Jefferson County
Education Service District,
or ESD, is seeking candi-
dates interested in filling a
vacant ESD board position.
Applicants must be over
18 years of age and a regis-
tered voter that has resided
in the Jefferson County Edu-
cation Service District for at
least one year.
Applicants may not be an
employee of the Jefferson
County ESD, where they are
seeking appointment.
Candidates may pick up
an application packet at the
Jefferson County Education
Service District office, or
download a packet on the
website:
Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo June 28, 2023
Museum rose bough baby board workshop a fun success
The Museum at Warm
Springs Rose Bough Baby
Board Workshop this
month was a great suc-
cess. Special thanks to
our partners: The House
of Welcome Cultural
Center at Evergreen State
College; and the Meyer
Memorial Trust, which
provided funding. And
thank you to Sue Matters
at KWSO 91.9 commu-
nity radio, who got the
word out for us.
This is an account of
the first day, as published
on our Facebook page by
museum executive direc-
tor Elizabeth Woody. For
daily reports about the
class, visit the museum’s
Facebook page and enjoy
the many photographs
documenting the class
that were taken by Eliza-
beth. Her account is as
follows:
Today was the first day
of the Rose Bough Baby
Board class! It’s being
taught by Valerie Fuiava
and Rosetta Fuentes.
The first session
shared information on the
special attitude and
preparation of the maker
for the protection and fu-
ture of the baby.
Everyone introduced
themselves and talked
about their ancestry and
how they came to be in-
terested in making a new-
born size baby board.
Some of the partici-
pants have made several
baby boards and wanted
to refresh their memories
and learn from others
about their own way of
making baby boards and
their techniques.
This included the In-
dian language, the Unwrit-
ten Laws of the Creator,
and gratitude to the ma-
terials and rose bush.
It was said it is usually
jcesd.k12.or.us/board
Applications must be re-
ceived by the Jefferson
County Education Service
District no later than 4 p.m.
on Monday, July 10.
For more information
you can contact Tessa Bailey
at:
tbailey@jcesd.k12.or.us
Her mailing address is
Attn: Tessa Bailey, 295 SW
Buff Street, Madras, OR
97741.
Elizabeth Woody photos
The class: Jeanine Kalama, Valerie Fuiava, Rosetta Fuentes (front row).
Shardae Miller, Julie Quaid, Cameryn Halliday (middle row). Ouieda Colwash-
Jimenez, Leanne Smith Lucero and Barbara Lowe (back row).
the men, especially grandfa-
thers, who collect the rose
boughs. We are doing it so
the maker can instruct their
kin.
The instructors and assis-
tant have made several baby
boards throughout their
lives.
They want to ensure
more people learn in a con-
structive and non-critical
manner. Today, the students
cut their own boughs to make
into baby board bows.
Selecting, cutting and fin-
ishing is portrayed here. It is
the perfect time to gather. If
the boughs are less green
then they must be soaked to
bend. They are taking home
the boughs to do the smooth-
ing and peeling. They will
hang the rose bough to dry
in full sun light.
We remember our relatives, by
Elizabeth A. Woody, 1993
Seven Hands Seven Hearts:
We begin with the flow-
ers beaded onto the
cradleboard.
The mattress and forms
hold the child’s head center
and upright:
The legs and spine will be
Spay-a-Thon
The first weekends of
War m Springs Spay and
Neuter Clinic were a great
success, with hundreds of
dogs and cats participating.
Most appointments are
filled for the remaining
weekend; however, if you
have a pet in need of vacci-
nations, or spaying or neu-
tering you can see what’s
available online at:
Spilyay Tymoo
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our of-
fices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm
Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521
E-Mail: david.mcmechan@wstribes.org.
Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $20.00
straight.
The laces spiral over the
center: They will shape the
child.
The baby emerges from
the womb and is safely en-
closed again.
Leaning on a tree or
hanging from a saddle, the
child is connected to us and
watches as we gather huck-
leberries, catch and clean
the salmon, dry the roots.
The beginning with pro-
tection is brilliant with atten-
tion to detail: cradleboards
have a song.
Shells tinkle on the
rounded rose bough that
guards the child’s face as we
walk.
Contoured flowers
edging the carriage in
arms, made by relatives
especially for the child to
ensure the soul will
bloom.
firstnationsvet.com/clinics
There is a waiting list too
in case anyone cancels.
The Spay-a-Thon is made
possible by First Nations
Vet, Fences for Fido and
other partners and volun-
teers. Warm Springs Fire
and Safety is hosting.
attic, floor, or walls; duct seal-
ing and insulation and replace-
ment or repair of inefficient
appliances. Apply at:
neighborimpact.org/weath-
erization
Or pick up an application
in Warm Springs at the Fam-
ily Resource Center.
For homes
Boarding schools
NeighborImpact’s Weath-
erization program provides
free assessments and con-
tracted services to qualified
applicants to make energy sav-
ing improvements to homes.
Some of the services could
be adding insulation to your
War m Springs Higher
Education has 2023-24
boarding school applications
available. The deadline to ap-
ply is July 31. Applications can
be picked up at the Educa-
tion Building. Or email:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org.
Have you ever struggled with
trying to kick a bad habit?
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Busy sewing! Julie Quaid on the right. Barbara Miller
in middle. Cameryn Halliday to the left. Way in back
is Rosetta and Leanne Smith Lucero.
Courtesy Howie Arnett
The family of the the late Dennis Karnopp,
longtime attorney of the Confederated Tribes,
presented Tribal Council with a gift basket at a
June Council meeting, pictured here as accepted
on behalf of the tribes by Council Vice Chairman
Captain Moody.
The gift was also to thank Tribal Council for
participating in the Celebration of LIfe event for
Dennis in April of this year.
Mr. Karnopp—who was the tribal attorney for 53
years—passed away in March of 2020. The family
chose this time to give the gift, as presented by
tribal attorney Howie Arnett, because following
Mr. Karnopp’s passing, covid made a tribute
gesture difficult.
This is the third article in
a series, by Dr. Shilo Tippett
and posted by KWSO, re-
garding Life Problem Solving
Skills.
Critical thinking skills
are essential to use when
trying to kick bad habits.
Habits are, well, ha-
bitual and you need to
look at them with a criti-
cal eye when trying to
change them.
The first thing to prac-
tice is observing. With criti-
cal thinking, you need to
observe opportunities to
change bad habits.
You also need to prac-
tice analyzing what you
see. Become curious to
understand what contrib-
utes to habits you want to
change and gather data on
how to change them.
You can also build the
ability to make educated
guess about what great al-
ternatives might be. Keep
a curious, open mind and
apply some problem-solv-
ing skills.
This takes practice but
have fun and keep tr ying!