911 ADDRESSING
Did you know that when you
apply for a new driver’s license or phone you are required to
provide a 911 (physical address)? For those of you that are
aware, the problem that we are having is that people are
making up an address. When the address doesn’t match what is
in the system, it gets kicked out. That is when we contact you
to get your address straight. The thing is that if the
problems continue, people could jeopardize their phone
services or drivers licenses for falsification.
If you are in need of a 911 physical address, please contact
Dolores Castillo, Land Use Officer at the Colville Tribes
Planning Department 509-634-2571. You will be required to
provide a parcel number or Tribal allotment number, plus
personal information such as your name, phone number (if you
have one) and address. This address not only is required by
phone companies, electrical providers, postal services and the
Department of licensing but it also helps emergency services
find you when you need help.
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Convalescent Center News
Colville Convalescent
Center will be having our Halloween party on October 31st
at 1 p.m., everyone is welcome, please come attend our costume
party at CTCC at 1:30 p.m. CTCC will be handing out candy for
the trick-or-treaters on October 31st
in the evening; the Residents really enjoy seeing all the
children in costume.
We want to thank all the local schools and
Royalty for attending our Annual Mini-Pow-wow on September 22,
2005 at CTCC. We wish to thank Tinker Watt for being our MC,
and thank you to the Drum group. The Residents really enjoyed
watching all the children dancing.
The Residents went to the Okanogan Casino
for dinner and slots on September 13th;
they all had fun and won some money.
The Residents went shopping at Wal-Mart in
Omak on September 30th.
New employees: Patricia Hix, NAC; Peggy
Monnin, Dietary Aide; and Curtis Manthey, Housekeeper. New
Residents: Alan Stratton, Ben Paul and Marjorie Johnson.
Our condolences to the Marjorie Carlson
Family.
Thank you,
Sally Hutton, Administrator
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CREDIT CORNER
Summer is over and the kids are back to school. Have you
started to think about those fall financial projects? It might
be time to get serious about these things again.
We at Colville Tribal Credit (CTC) want to encourage our
tribal members to take some time to focus on your personal
credit. Since our children begin their studies it would be
beneficial for all to study your “credit.” Our service to you
is easiest when you have an understanding of what credit
history means.
Credit history is simply, a history of your borrowing
practices. Credit history is quite possibly the most important
factor in determining the success of your loan or credit
application. CTC as well as other lending institutions will
print out a “credit report.”
Over the next couple of months I would like to share thoughts
and steps to helping you improve your own “credit report.” If
you have negative items on your “credit report” it’s never too
late make improvements. This month I would like to share steps
in improving your credit report.
Step (1): Find out your credit report. It is free and easy to
do. Simply go to www.annualcreditreport.com and follow the
instructions. You will know who you owe money to and find
contact information. So take a peek at your credit history and
know your credit score.
Step (2): If necessary, start repairing the damage. You might
find false information on your report and it’s your
responsibility to fix these mistakes. If you find that you
would like help in correcting some negative items, there are a
number of things to do. One of which is to contact us at CTC
and ask about “Consumer Credit Counseling.”
CTC is currently looking into ways in which we can provide
Consumer Credit Counseling services to our members. All of our
employees have recently taken a twelve ssession course called
“Credit When Credit Is Due.” We are currently looking into
trying to provide such a course to our members. If this is of
interest to you, please call us and we will place you on the
call back list as things come together.
Step (3): Finally, and perhaps most importantly, make sure you
pay your bills on time as this will help your credit report.
Payment history is the single most important factor in
determining your credit score.
I hope this little introduction into credit is helpful. Please
feel free to call me or any one at CTC if you have any more
questions about your credit report.
Thank you for your time!
Kary Nichols,
General Manager, Colville Tribal Credit
(509) 634-2661 or (509) 634-2664
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Colville Tribal Service
Corporation has new Director
Kenneth Hopkins was recently
hired as the Director for Colville Tribal Service Corporation
(CTSC). He is a Colville Tribal member with over 20 years
experience in engineering and construction management. Hopkins
received his Bachelors degree in Construction Management at
Washington State University in 1978. During his career at
Kiewit, a construction, engineering and mining company based
in Omaha, Nebraska, he worked his way up to President and Vice
President. Hopkins previous work included: a hydro project in
Kodiak, Alaska for the Alaska Power Authority, an oil shale
development project for Exxon near Parachute, Colorado,
engineering and layout of 20 miles of pipe for the Hanford
Nuclear Project, a mine site reclamation project for Anaconda
Minerals Company near Tooele, Utah, and a gold mine
development project for Sonora Mining at Jamestown, California
to name a few. As the Director for CTSC, Hopkins will be in
charge of all activities relating to production, quality of
work and meeting project deadlines, estimating project costs
and submitting bids and proposals on behalf of the company.
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Strengthening Tribal
Archives Programs
Briana L. Bob, Colville Confederated Tribes/Navajo
Colville Confederated Tribes-Archives & Records Center
New Orleans, La – The National Historical Publications and
Records Commission (NHPRC) is funding a two year (2005-2006)
grant to be managed by The Society of American Archivists (SAA).
The “Strengthening Tribal Archives Programs” will provide
professional education for 15 individuals who currently work
with tribal archives and provide scholarships to attend two
SAA annual meetings. During the 69th annual meeting August
17-20, 2005 all participants and Steering Committee members
arrived in New Orleans to begin the projects and goals
outlined in the NHPRC grant.
These five major goals are:
* Provide financial support to help at least 15 tribal
archivists attend the 2005 (New Orleans,LA.) and 2006
(Washington, D.C.) SAA annual meetings, including
pre-conference workshops
* Offer pre-conference workshops at both meetings to bring
together Native and non-Native archivists to address problems
that are particular to curating tribal archives.
* Plan of a revision of “Native American Archives: An
Introduction” written by John Fleckner and published in 1984
by the Society of American Archivists
* Develop an administrative structure to facilitate
communication among tribal archivists, including maintenance
of email discussion list and network information on a web
page.
* Develop a list of short and long term projects that the
network might undertake. In addition to helping to meet the
needs of tribal archivists, these projects are intended to
give tribal archivists scattered throughout the country a
sense of community through shared objectives and
accomplishments.
The Steering Committee selected: Shirley Jackson (Gila River
Indian Community), Briana L. Bob (Colville Confederated
Tribes), and Tim Ericson (University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin)
and Project Coordinator, Marnie Atkins (Wiyot Tribe-Table
Bluff Reservation). The committee worked with SAA Executive
Director, Nancy Beaumont to review 60 applications to select
individuals based on their professional & institutional needs.
After a careful selection process 15 scholarship recipients
were selected from the United States and Canada.
The recipients and tribal affiliations are:
Melissa Adams (Nisga’a Nation), Rosalyn Bland (Lummi Records &
Archives Department), Sheree Bonaparte (St. Regis Mohawk
Tribe), Christina Breault (Ojibwe), Marcella Cash (Sicangu
Heritage Center, Lakota Sioux), Juanita Costilla (Blackfeet
Community College), Peggy Donelson (Cherokee Nation-Records
Department), David George-Shongo, Jr. (Seneca Nation
Archives), Anita Heard (Saginaw Chippewa-Ziibiwing Center of
Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways), Bethany Hulett (Ho-Chunk),
Stephanie Joseph (White Mountain Apache), Joel Minor (Oglala
Lakota College), Iguguq Dianne Schaffer (Eskimo), Cecilia
Talley (Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council). Alvin Windy Boy, Sr.
(Chippewa Cree) will step in as an alternate to fill a current
vacancy and join the group soon.
On August 17, 2005 an all day seminar was scheduled for the
scholarship recipients, Steering Committee and SAA staff. This
provided an opportunity for introductions; applicants to speak
of their tribal facilities and share the unique challenges
each experience. The group discussed the Overview Goals of the
Tribal Archives Grant and reviews a summary of the group’s
professional needs.
Currently group participants are considering program proposals
for the 2006 annual meeting. These proposals are “Cultural and
Intellectual Property Rights” and “What to Keep and What to
Throw: Retention Plans and Documentation Destruction”.
Program proposals are due October 7, 2005 for submission to
the SAA 2006 Program Committee. An important goal is to expand
perspectives, share knowledge and expertise about tribal
archives management and collections to the mainstream archival
community. The 2006 joint meeting of the Society of American
Archivists (SAA), the National Association of Government
Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA), and the Council
of State Historical Records Coordinators will be in
Washington, DC, July 31-August 6, 2006.
During the week there was an open discussion to establish a
Native American Archives Roundtable. The roundtable will serve
as a public forum to educate archivists on the complexities
and beauty of Native American heritage and culture. This will
present a source of communication and motivation for
individuals and institutions who work with Native American
collections.
Together we agreed to precede with the SAA guidelines and
submit a petition to establish the roundtable. The individual
endorsements and support were beyond our expectations, and we
were pleased many individuals including committee chairs,
current and former SAA presidents, and the Archivist of the
United States - enthusiastically supported the establishment
of the Roundtable.
On September 13, 2005 the group was informed by Executive
Director, Nancy Beaumont “We have a new roundtable! By
unanimous vote of the SAA Council, the Native American
Archives Roundtable has been approved.” What incredible news!
This is the first Native American Archives Roundtable to be
established within SAA and tribal representatives made SAA
history. This will provide opportunities for Tribes and First
Nations throughout Indian Country to come together and
communicate about tribal archives and records management.
David George-Shongo, Jr., (Seneca Nation) will Chair the
roundtable and currently is designing a website with SAA. Upon
completion invitations will be extended to Tribes and First
Nations listed in the National Directory of Tribal Archives,
Libraries and Museums released in May 2005. The directory was
distributed in Mesa, Arizona during the “Tribal Archives,
Libraries and Museums: Preserving Our Language, Memory and
Lifeways” conference sponsored by a National Leadership Grant
(funded by IMLS) through the Arizona State Museum and Arizona
State Library. (View directory online at:
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aip/leadershipgrant/directory/directory.shtml)
Since 2003 significant changes have occurred with the SAA
organization and Native American Tribes & First Nations. This
is an encouraging step of education among the 4,200 SAA
membership and tribes while working with tribal archival
collections. Today tribal representatives serve on SAA
committees, Native speakers for Opening & Closing Plenary
Sessions (2004 Boston, 2005 New Orleans), and a Native
American Archives roundtable. Native voices within the SAA
organization are making a difference and together we continue
to preserve native culture, heritage and traditions for future
generations.
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