November 2011 CUJ - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian ...

Community briefsDiabetes Program wants opinions about excersiceMISSION – The Diabetes Program at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center will conductfocus groups on the current Exercise Program the clinic offers.“We will be inviting community members to tell us what they think of the programnow in place and to give us their ideas about a better program that would meettheir needs for exercise,” said Jennifer Campbell, Chronic Disease Prevention HealthPromotion Coordinator at Yellowhawk.To conduct the focus groups, Yellowhawk is looking for interested individualswho have had experience facilitating such activities. This is a paid position and wouldinvolve about 10 hours of work over a short period of time.Anyone interested in helping run the focus groups should call Campbell at 541-278-7512 or email her at jennifercampbell@yellowhawk.org.Bill schedules annual Holiday Bazarr at LonghouseMISSION – Annette Bill is hosting her annual Holiday Bazaar at the MissionLonghouse from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 23.Cost is $10 per table.For more information, call Bill at 541-379-0227.WW classes being offered to CTUIR employeesMISSION – Jeremiah Farrow is starting a Walla Walla language class for employeesof the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.Class will start Nov. 9 from 2-3 p.m. in the Winaha and Qapqapa ConferenceRooms on the second floor of the Nixyaawii Governance Center.The ‘Beginning Waluulapam’ class will be offered once a week for 12 weeks.Tribal employees are allowed one hour a week (with supervisor approval) of culturaleducation leave, Farrow said.Those who want to attend the class should contact Farrow soon. He can be reachedat 541-429-7859 or jeremiahfarrow@ctuir.org.Watchman takes reignsas UO Duck recruiterEUGENE – Lindsey X. Watchman, amember of the Confederated Tribes ofthe Umatilla Indian Reservation, is thenew Coordinator of Native AmericanRecruitment in the Admissions Office atthe University of Oregon.Watchman describes himself as the“point of contact for all Duck-relatedm a t t e r s ”as studentsc o n s i d e ra n d / o rdecide toattend UO.“ I a mh e r e t os u p p o r tN a t i v es t u d e n t sn a v i g a t ethe campu s c l i -mate and,ultimately,standalongsideLindsey X. Watchmanyou and your family as we applaud yourgraduation a few short years from now,”Watchman said in a letter of introduction.Watchman attended UO from June2009 to August 2010 and received hisMaster’s degree in Education.According to Watchman, there areseveral reasons why Native studentsshould consider UO, among them being:• Active Native American StudentUnion;• Longhouse for personal, cultural,and academic events;• Mothers’ Day Pow-Wow in May;• Native faculty and staff to “keepan eye on our family of tribal students.”• Opportunity to learn the Sahaptian“language family” of historical andcontemporary dialects still used in theNorthwest;• Diversity of staff, faculty and thenine federally recognized tribes of Oregon.“These are only a few support servicesthat I have encouraged my fellow tribalmembers to seek out when consideringany school, community college or university.We have them here,” Watchmansaid.For more information, contact Watchmanat lindseyw@uoregon.edu or 541-346-2722.Re-ElectRosendaShippentowerforBOT Treasurer• Doctor of Jurisprudence, UO• Master of Science, UO• Bachelor of Science, UOTRUSTWORTHY REALISTIC CONSERVATIVEVote for Proven Leadership’pentower on November 15, 2011Paid Political AdNovember 2011Confederated Umatilla Journal27