E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Letters to the editor Back to school Legal services yard sale A great opportunity is War m Springs Recre- ation presents the Back to School Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday, August 25 at the Commu- nity Center. Set-up starts at 8:30 and the sale starts at 9 a.m. Tables are limited. Call 541-553-3243 to reser ve yours. Bring you own comfy chair! Recreation. Prevention Powwow Warm Springs Prevention will host the 2023 Sobriety and Suicide Prevention Pow- wow starting at 5:53 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5 on the lawn in front of the Behav- ioral Health building. Dinner will be start at 5:08 p.m. Mackie Begay will be the Master of Ceremonies. This is the Eleventh Annual Pre- vention powwow. Education conference at HeHe Longhouse The Northwest Youth Edu- cation Conference is coming up Friday through Sunday, September 1-3 at the HeHe Longhouse. Camp setup will be on Fri- day, September 1. There will be Native American Church Prayer Services the Friday and Saturday nights of the conference. The event is open to everyone. Drug and alcohol free event. Contacts are Chico Holliday, 541-460- 2707. Ralph Harvey, 509- 901-2281. Elaine Harvey, 509-261-2360. If you are in- terested in volunteering, you can also call Paulette at Vic- tims of Crime Services, 541- 553-2293. Volunteers, and side dishes also, are welcome. coming up in Warm Springs for people who are in need of assistance with legal mat- ters. Assistance will be avail- able for wills and estate plan- ning, tenant rights, employee rights, protection from do- mestic violence, public ben- efits, homeless rights and expungement of a conviction. The free legal assistance clinics will be conducted by the Native American Program Legal Aid Services of Oregon (NAPOLS), and Legal Aid Ser vices of Oregon. NAPOLS is a non-profit law firm that offers free civil le- gal services in specialized ar- eas to income eligible tribal members. The Central Oregon Re- gion Office for Legal Aid Ser- vices of Oregon offers free civil legal services for low-in- come people of War m Springs, Jefferson County, Deschutes and Crook coun- ties. The legal services dates will be August 30, September 27 and October 25 at the Warm Springs Community Action Team office, 1136 Paiute Av- enue. All clinics will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may make an appoint- ment by emailing: wills@lasoregon.org Or email: laurenguicheteau@lasoregon. org Or call 971-703-7110 or 541-668-8352 (note: these lines cannot accept texts). Walk-ins are welcome but may need to wait. Other times for in-person visits are available but must be ar- ranged in advance (see the flyer on page 7). Penny Carnival A Penny Carnival is com- ing up August 31 at the Warm Springs Youth Center Gym. The carnival is hosted by Warm Springs HAPPI— Health and Promotion Pre- vention Initiative—Preven- tion and After-Care. There will be food and games, crafts and music. For booth information contact Warm Springs Prevention at 541-610-0036. The carnival will be from 6 to 8 p.m. IHS Awards The Warm Springs Indian Health Service staff were recognized recently with the Area Directors Awards. The special recognition goes to the following: · Juliane Smith for 30 years of Service (at right). · Edison Yazzie, Facilities management, the Portland Area Director’s Covid-19 Pandemic Heroism Award (as mentioned on page 1). · Directors Awards for Fostering Relationships and Customer Ser vice go to Rebecca McPherson in Ad- ministration, and Medical Support; and to Michelle Spaulding, MSA/Incident Command. Others recognized with Director’s Awards are: · White Dove Cooper, Dental and Admintration sup- port · Amy Whisler, Andrew Portier, Jessie Casberg and Stephanie Funk in Pharmacy. · Nachelle Kalama, Den- tal assistant. · Brandi Martinez, direc- tor of Nursing. · Michele Miller, deputy chief executive officer. · Rachele Nua, Adminis- tration support and Human Resources specialist. · Corrine Smith, Family Nurse practitioner Group Directors Awards go to: · Sandra Franks, RN, Shanalee Peterson, RN, and Ashley Lambert, RN: The Group PAO Directors Award for Fostering Relationships. · Corrine Smith FNP-BC, and Melissa Devalon, MD, for work on Social Determi- nants of Health Initiative · Melissa Devalon, MD, Corrine Smith FNP, Sandra Franks RN, Abigail Beamer, RN; Tama Carpen, MSA; Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo August 23, 2023 For her years of service with W.S. IHS Juliane Smith is recog- nized for her 30 years of ser vice to the War m Springs community at the IHS Health and Wellness Center. Juliane started at the old clinic in 1993 as a sec- retary. She moved over to the current clinic loca- tion when it opened in October of 1993. Over her time with the clinic, Juliane has worked in many positions. In October of 1993 she began working at lab and x-ray in the Medical De- partment. Then in 2006, she moved to the Quality and Risk Management Office, where her administrative duties included provider- credentialing support. In 2010 she entered her current position, as a pur- chasing technician and credentialing support. At the clinic, we are hon- ored to work alongside Juliane. Staff and patients note that she is always helpful, cooperative, pleasant, ready to help, and always W.S.IHS Juliane Smith, honored for 30 years of service. with a smile. Juliane has been a part of the Staff Appreciation Com- mittee at the clinic for many years and her efforts have kept us all smiling. H a p p y Wo r k i v e r s a r y, Juliane Smith! Marlene Sohappy, MSA; Tif- fany Hunt, and Rebecca McPherson, Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center Team 1. · Veronica Baez, Victoria Katchia and Natasha DeBiaso, the Warm Springs Business Office Accounts Re- ceivable Team. · Commission Corps Commendations went to (CM) CDR Mark Black, and Pharmacists Jessie Casberg and Andrew Por tier PharmD. And the Portland Area Director’s Leadership Award has given to LulaAnn Smith, Dental assistant. paign invites you to help sup- port treaty rights in the Co- lumbia River basin, and the health of the Salish bio-re- gion by bearing witness to the urgency of breaching the Lower Snake River dams. The two-week, indig- enous-led campaign has been organized to offer you the opportunity at this critical time to stand up and make your voice heard for the salmon and the First Nations Salmon People, the Salish Sea and resident killer whales, and all our relations into the Seventh Generation. The stop by Celilo will be on Tuesday, September 26. A stop at Celilo Apology The All Our Relations Snake River Campaign is coming up in September and October, including a stop at Celilo Park. The cam- I am sorry for throwing a bottle at an investigator. I don’t recall the person or the incident on July 1. Wendell Eric Greene. And thank you for all you have done and all you continue to do. We look forward to many more years working alongside you! The Warm Springs Clinic stafff. Sports physicals Warm Springs IHS is do- ing school sports physicals this Friday, August 25. For fall sports athletes, you should call to schedule an appointment at 541-553- 2610. A parent or guardian is required to attend the ap- pointment with your student. At VOCS Warm Springs Victims of Crime Services provides sup- port and services to women, men, elders and children who are in abusive situations. Ev- eryone deserves to feel safe. If you or someone you know could use assistance, please call 541-553-2293 during the work day or call War m Springs police dispatch at 541-553-1171 in the evening or on the weekend, and ask for a Victims of Crime Ser- vices Advocate. Ichishkiin project among Environment Initiative grants Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices 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 Ichishkíin is a dialect spo- ken on among tribal mem- bers of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Yakama Nation, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. Currently, two professors are working on a project to develop a beginner-friendly and publicly accessible Ichishkíin curricular mod- ules, responsive to commu- nity priorities, helping to strengthen Indigenous lan- guage learning. The profes- sors are Michelle Jacob, pro- fessor of Education Studies with the University of Or- egon; and Regan Anderson, is language instructor in the Linguistics and Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI). The University of Or- egon recently awarded them seed funding to develop the Ichishkiin project. This is one of five new teaching projects to receive university Environment Initiative fund- ing, made available to sup- port faculty members pro- posing innovative courses, and dynamic classroom ex- periences. The Seed Funding Pro- gram, providing $25,000 per project, was established last year to support both re- search and curricular projects. The focus is on the intellectual energy and work of faculty, students and com- munity partners, working to- ward a just and livable fu- ture through cross-disciplin- ary research, teaching and experiential learning. Along with the Ichishkiin project, the following four other projects also received an award: Ashley Cordes, assistant professor of Indigenous Studies, English and Envi- ronmental Studies; and Jason Younker, associate professor of anthropology, are mem- bers of the Coquille Indian Tribe. They will design two courses—Indigeneity, Place, and Cyberspace; and Indig- enous Methods for Environ- mental Storytelling: The courses are to “explore how the internet expands the pa- rameters of what place means and how storytelling is an essential component in not only imagining, but con- structing, livable worlds.” Carolyn Fish, assistant professor of Geography, and Alex Segrè Cohen, as- sistant professor of Science and Risk Communication, will develop a course called Science Communication and Mapping for Climate Justice. Maps are key to cli- mate change communica- tion, and the course will “ad- vance students’ understand- ing of the cognitive, social and critical implications of map design for climate jus- tice.” Mary Polities, assistant professor of Architecture; Paul Dalton, associate pro- fessor of Bioengineering; and Ignacio Lopez Buson, assistant professor of Land- scape Architecture, will work together to offer an inter-disciplinary course in- vestigating how digital fab- rication can be optimized for living systems to produce resilient design. The inter- section of digital fabrication and plants is a rapidly grow- ing area of research, provid- ing new ways to address car- bon emissions, sustainability, health and wellness in the indoor environment. David Sutherland, associ- ate professor of Earth Sci- ences and Environmental Studies; and Maya Watts, an administrator and instructor at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charles- ton, will develop a quarter- long program called People and the Coast: An Introduc- tion to Coastal and Marine Environmental Studies. Worldwide, a billion people live at coastal elevations, putting them at the front lines of coastal environmen- tal issues, including sea level rise, tsunamis, landslides, subsidence, pollution, over- fishing, acidification, hypoxia, habitat degradation and more. The new course re- imagines the U of O’s ma- rine lab on the coast and develops a plan for the People and the Coast quar- ter, which will bridge the gap between the Eugene and Charleston campuses and attract undergraduates from across the UO’s colleges and schools.