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Page 2 Spilyay Tymoo, November 29 State’s first tribal COCC Madras campus expansion affairs director Shana McConville Radford, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, will join Gov. Tina Kotek’s administra- tion as Oregon’s first tribal affairs director. Mrs. McConville Radford, 39, since May 2022 served as deputy director of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Shana lived in Warm Springs until the fifth grade before her fam- ily returned to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She later worked several years for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs as the Tribal Liaison of the Health and Human Services Branch. The in 2020, she worked with the U.S. Census Bureau as a tribal and Congressional lead to im- prove census counts from tribal nations in Oregon, including Warm Springs, and in Idaho. She holds a master’s degree in International Law and International Relations from the University of New South Wales in Kensington, Australia; and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Portland State University. “Governor Kotek’s trust in me underscores her respect and com- mitment to strengthening, address- ing, and understanding the distinc- tive needs and the unique political relationship with our tribal nations,” Mrs. McConville Radford said. The tribal affairs director role is new to the Governor’s office. Gov. Kotek’s top priority for the tribal affairs director is to foster positive relationships with Oregon’s tribal Shana McConville Radford nations through meaningful and transparent consultation. The governor said she chose Shana based on her “extensive ex- perience in tribal matters, policies and government-to-government re- lations.” Ms. McConville Radford said she will work to foster collabora- tion and cooperation between the sovereign governments of the nine Oregon-based tribes, and the fed- eral and state government. “I will promote and practice transparent and integrous policy design and implementation by cen- tering true collaboration through curiosity, empathy, candor, and reci- procity,” she said. Before becoming deputy direc- tor of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Shana also worked with a number of state leaders, federal agencies and tribal governments, including Warm Springs as mentioned above. Central Oregon Community College’s long-planned Madras campus expansion has moved closer to its fundraising goal, thanks to a recently awarded $1 million grant. The funding from from the JTMF Foundation will support COCC’s development of a 24,000-square-foot building de- signed for early childhood edu- cation programs, registered nurse and other health career pathways; and a 100-capacity child care cen- ter to ser ve the community. Groundbreaking for the new Madras campus facility is ex- pected in the spring of 2024. Founded in 2020, the JTMF Foundation partners with causes and organizations across the Pa- cific Northwest that strive to make a profound difference in communities, with a special fo- cus on improving the lives of chil- dren, veterans, seniors and those with intellectual and developmen- tal disabilities. COCC’s expansion project in Madras is a response to Jefferson County’s needs related to early childhood education and health care workforce gaps, along with a major shortage of child care options in the region. Funding is coming from public and private sources. “This is a monumental gift from the JTMF Foundation and a major investment in the future of Jefferson County, with a reach that will benefit countless lives,” said Laurie Chesley, president of COCC. Story of legendary Indians football team During the early 20th cen- tury, the Carlisle Indian School, of Pennsylvania, was a national football powerhouse, regularly competing against other major programs such as the Ivy League schools Harvard, Penn- sylvania, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and Army (West Point) and Navy (Annapolis). Coach Pop Warner led a highly successful football team and athletic program at the Carlisle School, and went on to create other successful colle- giate programs. He coached the exceptional athlete Jim Thorpe and his teammates, bringing national recognition to the small school. By 1907, the Carlisle Indi- ans were the most dynamic team in college football. They had pioneered the forward pass, the overhand spiral and other trick plays that frustrated their opponents. The Carlisle Indi- ans have been characterized as the “team that invented foot- ball.” “If there was ever a book that should be a mainstay in collections strong in Native American history, culture, and issues, or early civil rights efforts, it should be Gridiron Gypsies,” according to the Midwest Book Review. The story Gridiron Gypsies: How the Carlisle Indians Shaped Moder n Football by Tom Benjey is a new book about the lengendart Carlisle Indian School football team. After pleading with the school superintendent to play football against other schools, the small complement of students old enough competed against college men from coast to coast. Some had never seen a football before, and most were learning En- glish. Located in a small town in Southcentral Pennsylvania, they traveled considerable distances to play all their important games on the road, but still won most of them. This is an incredibly detailed story of one of the most legend- ary of college football teams, one whose reputation is still strong more than 100 years after its final game was played. “Indeed, it would be a shame to relegate Gridiron Gypsies to sports collections alone, or limit its audience to sports history en- thusiasts, because its accompany- ing insights into a small town Pennsylvania school whose foot- ball team become known nation- wide against all odds offers rare glimpses into the politics of the sport.” — Midwest Book Review. Story behind the story “In the middle of a discussion about a draft of an article about the 1908 Carlisle Indian School football team—the first year Jim Thorpe was a starter—with the editor who had requested the piece for his journal, he asked why I hadn’t written a complete his- tory of the team. ‘The only previous attempt, made in the 1950s missed some games and included errors. So, I took it on during my covid incar- ceration and brushed up on the ever-changing rules.” — author Tom Benjey. COCC Architect’s rendering of the COCC Madras expansion.
