Warm Springs Indian Reservation Research Articles

A Retirement and A Reservation: A Retrospective Autobiography

A retirement is a rite of passage that requires careful planning, because it forces a retiree to make a shift in the paradigm in life. For 37 years, I was a healing professional, a breadwinner, and a working spouse. I am now a jobless loner, an inactive pensioner, and a homebound spouse. In this retrospective autobiography, I suggest a few points to help my younger colleagues to better their upcoming retirement: professional, financial, social, and familial. To overcome Erikson's identity crisis, I volunteered to be a wounded healer at Warm Springs Indian Reservation. My volunteer medical service at Warm Springs Indian Reservation was a good antidote to creatively overcome my postretirement blues.

Harvest System Selection and Design for Damage Reduction in Noble Fir Stands: A Case Study on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

Abstract Many high-elevation stands of noble fir (Abies procera) in the northern Oregon Cascades are being actively managed. Forest managers are investigating different activities that will control stand impacts and the subsequent spread of Heterobasidion annosum, a rot pathogen on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The purpose of this study was to quantify the relationship between logging production and costs with associated residual stand damage during a commercial thinning operation. Investigated in the study were four ground-based harvesting systems and two different harvest unit layout methods. Harvesting costs for the four different systems and layout methods ranged from $67.75 to $92.66/mbf (thousand board feet), with residual stand damage of 20.1 to 62.6%. Equipment size, log lengths, and layout method were found to affect total residual stand damage. West. J. Appl. For. 18(2):118–126.

A Carved Quirt Handle from the Warm Springs Reservation: Northern Plains Biographic Art in the Columbia Plateau

An antler tine quirt collected from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, shows a mixture of Plains and Plateau traits. Beadwork attached to the specimen is of the Transmontane Style, most often associated with the Nez Perce and other tribes from the eastern Columbia Plateau, although also done by the Crow. Drawings on the antler tine handle mimic almost exactly those drawn by Sioux artists in their winter counts and ledger drawings in the late 1800s. Analysis of the headwork and drawings leads us to conclude that the piece originated with the Sioux and was traded to the Warm Springs reservation in the late Historic period, probably through the hands of Nez Perce and possibly Crow middlemen.

Incidence of Infection and Decay Caused by Heterobasidion annosum in Managed Noble Fir on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

Abstract On the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in north-central Oregon, a 70- to 80-yr-old noble fir stand that was thinned 26 yr prior to sampling exhibited 72% incidence of H. annosum infection for wounded trees and 83% for unwounded trees. Decay volume averaged 6% in wounded trees and 1% in unwounded trees. In a similar stand that was thinned 7 yr prior to sampling, incidence of infection was 94% for wounded trees and 80% for unwounded trees. Decay volume averaged 3% in wounded trees and 0% in unwounded trees. Trunk wounds and stumps created from thinning both appeared to be effective infection courts. We developed a regression model that demonstrates increasing decay volume with increasing wound age and thinning stump diameter. Only the S-type intersterility group H. annosum was detected in our isolates using isozyme analyses. Vegetative compatibility (VC) tests in one stand revealed an average of 2.7 VC groups/tree. Multiple VC groups in individual trees suggest that wound infection by H. annosum spores is significant in managed noble fir. Our results support the common recommendations to treat stumps with boron-containing products and avoid trunk wounding during harvest to minimize subsequent spore infections by H. annosum. West. J. Appl. For. 16(3):106–113

Leopold Fellows meet

Communicating the results of environmental science research to nonscientists was the focus of a week‐long meeting of fellows of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program (ALLP) in June. Participating were 20 mid‐career university facultymembers, the first group of ALLP fellows to be selected.Discussions were held on the role of scientists in society, techniques for effective leadership, improving communications skills, and working productively with news media. The training program considers both print and broadcast media as well as other outreach vehicles. The meeting was held at Kah Nee Ta Resort on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Warm Springs, Oregon, June 15–21, 1999.

A Communication Analysis of Community Mobilization on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

This article is an analysis of the community mobilization process used at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation as part of a health education campaign. Using the community education model proposed by Freire (1970), it examines the techniques employed to involve community members in radio, print, and public speaking fora, as well as the interpersonal interviews and listening techniques employed by the educators to gain entree to the community. Credibility emerged as a major issue to be addressed in the mobilization process. Other findings include the value of involving community leaders, persistence, and frankness. Caution is urged in implementing the Freirian model without regard to unique community traditions and relationships.

Infant Mortality on an Oregon Indian Reservation Is Almost Three Times Higher than the Overall U.S. Rate

The infant mortality rate on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon was 2.6 times higher than that of the overall US rate almost all of the excess mortality attributable to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The postneonatal mortality rate was 5 times that of the US rate in the 1980s. 21 rather than the expected 2 infants died of SIDS. A population of 3200 on the reservation is made up of the Warm Springs Wasco and Piaute Indian tribes. Their economic situation is relatively good but their health indicators are poor. Infant mortality due to infection congenital defects and other or unknown causes has declined precipitously since 1960. While the cause of SIDS is unknown factors associated with crib deaths in epidemiologic studies include low socioeconomic status young maternal age substance abuse smoking anemia prematurity low birth weight male infant and cold weather. The Warm Springs community has adopted postpartum visits to check home safety a child-abuse prevention program a health promotion office improved infant death surveillance and health awareness promotion.

Excess Infant Mortality in an American Indian Population, 1940 to 1990

--To describe the infant mortality experience of an American Indian community and to demonstrate the utility of examining community-level mortality data. --Descriptive, population-based historical review of infant death certificates. --The Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon. --Infant tribal members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, 1940 to 1990. --None. --Categorization of causes of infant deaths and calculations of mortality rates. --The infant mortality rate, while lower in each decade since the 1940s, was still 2.6 times the national (all races) rate in the 1980s. Neonatal deaths did not account for many of the excess deaths. The postneonatal mortality rate has consistently been much greater than the national rate and was five times greater in the 1980s. Almost all of the excess infant mortality since 1980 has been due to the sudden infant death syndrome. --While there has been a dramatic decrease in infant mortality for this American Indian population, it remains higher than the national rate. Examining the causes of infant death has enabled this population to develop focused strategies to reduce infant mortality.

Faces of a Reservation: Portrait of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

Faces of a Reservation: Portrait of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

Twenty Years of Diabetes on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

Twenty Years of Diabetes on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

: The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation . Susan Urmston Philips.

: The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation . Susan Urmston Philips.

The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Susan Urmston Philips

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The Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Susan Urmston Philips

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Invisible Culture: Communication in Classroom and Community on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Susan Urmston Philips Ray BarnhardtRay Barnhardt Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Elementary School Journal Volume 86, Number 2Nov., 1985 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/461446 Views: 14Total views on this site Copyright 1985 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

A MINORITY CULTURAL EXPERIENCE FOR UNIVERSITY GERONTOLOGY STUDENTS

This article describes a highly successful short‐term experiential project in minority/ethnic communities developed for Oregon State University gerontology students. This project can serve as a model for universities that lack opportunities in the local community for students to interact with elderly of different minority/ethnic backgrounds and where geographic distances make long‐term practicums in minority communities impractical for the majority of students. This project enhanced academic study and provided students a meaningful introduction to elements important in designing and implementing effective health and social service programs for minority/ethnic elderly. Details of a three‐day intensive experience at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon are discussed.

Ecological Changes in the Ponderosa Pine Forest of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon

Ecological Changes in the Ponderosa Pine Forest of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon

Some Birds of Central Oregon

IIHE BASIS of this paper consists of notes and specimens collected during three trips to this region. In 1913, accompanied by my father and a friend, Max Short, I made a five weeks camping trip, travelling with team and wagon. We left The Dalles on May 15, and drove up the Columbia River to the mouth of the Deschutes, then south through Sherman County to Madras, from Madras to Silver Lake by way of Redmond and Bend, through the Deschutes National Forest reserve of Crook* and northeastern Klamath counties. The return was made by way of the Paulina Mountains and Prineville to Madras, from which place a side trip was made to Sisters before driving to The Dalles through Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Mutton Mountains and Tygh Valley. During 1914 I visited the mouth of the Deschutes River, from July 24 to August 8 inclusive, for the purpose of collecting birds and mammals for the Oregon Fish and Game Commission. The State Biological Survey has been conducted under the direction of William L. Finley, State Biologist, who has been working under the supervision of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture. For a few days Stanley G. Jewett, then with the State rnr