8 OCTOBER 15,2012
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By Ron Karten
Smoke SikwiIs itnff writer
Sam Henny, Tribal Klder and
longtime Tribal Development man
ager for Spirit Mountain Casino
who walked on in March, was hon
ored with the establishment of the
Sam Henny Mentor Award at the
2012 Native American Human Re
sources Association conference held
in San Diego on Sept. 22-24.
Henny had been a conference
leader, serving on the board, men
toring colleagues with training
programs she had established in
Grand Ronde, leading classes and
helping other Tribes get programs
going, said Connie Holmes, Senior
Human Resources Generalist for
the Tribe.
Holmes attended the Native
American Human Resources Asso
ciation's conference where the new
award was unveiled. Attending
with Holmes were Spirit Mountain
Casino Tribal Developmentors
Misty Carl and David DeHart,
who worked under Henny at the
casino,
"She contributed so much," said
Carl and DeHart in a joint e-mail.
"Honestly, we don't even know
where to start. ...
"For us, Sam's visions and values
can be seen in her commitment and
loyalty to people with a particular
burning passion for Tribal mem
bers in their efforts to attain self-
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sufficiency,
success and
overall ful
fillment and
happiness.
Sam was
fearless with
a competitive
nature, yet al
ways a 'classy'
professional
and losing to
her was easy
to swallow because one would at
least walk away with seeing her
gorgeous smile and experience the
wit that came along with it."
Carl and DeHart said her stron
gest qualities included "persistence,
perseverance and dedication." And
through her vision, they said, came
the Tribal Career Development
Department.
"It was most apparent that Tribal
Career Development is responsible
for enhancing the self-sufficiency
opportunities for Tribal members.
"Sam liked to move quickly on
things!
"Sam's ability to mentor Tribal
members went effortlessly. ... She
shared so much of herself, her
experience and knowledge beyond
just the workplace into areas of
traditions, cultures and values.
"Sam has helped us to learn more
about what is most important to
us individually and has helped to
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shape who we are today.
"She is truly one of a kind whose
desire to contribute to the overall
success of the Tribe and its mem
bers has made a difference and
words cannot express enough grati
tude to her for all that she gave and
contributed. Sam is greatly missed
each and every day."
I lolmes was asked to hand out the
first award that went to the Wild
horse Resort and Casino owned
by the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation in
Pendleton.
Human Resources Director Lore
na Thompson spoke about Henny's
influence on the program, but was
unable to attend this year's confer
ence. Human Resources Trainer
Susanne Clem accepted the award
for the casino.
"Wildhorse submitted its Pride
Program that works with members
of the Tribe from youth to retire
ment," Thompson said, on issues of
training and career development.
"Early on, we were very im
pressed with her developmentor
role at Grand Ronde. We had vis
ited and observed her training and
met her mentees."
Wildhorse's Pride Program took
elements from Henny's program
the way she worked with interns,
her outreach efforts, recruitment
on boarding and her "assessment
type" of orientation.
"We liked her holistic approach,"
said Thompson.
"She's such a caring individual.
I've known her personally for 13
years. She's very genuine and
sharing of her values. She is just
wonderful."
"A lot of people went to Sam's
classes," said Holmes. "She gained
a lot of respect over the years."
Among Tribal members, maybe
none take as much pride in her ef
forts than her family.
"We were just really proud that
the association offered this mentor
ship award," said Henny s daughter,
Sarah Harvey. "It was very touch
ing. My mom was very passionate
about the mentorship in the Indian
communities and now they're going
to live on in her name.
"I saw my mother as a pioneer.
She did some very innovative devel
opment programming that I know
will be remembered now annually
by having this award. It's been a
rough 2012, but moments like this
make it so much easier."
"She was an amazing woman,"
said Holmes. B
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