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* *1 PLAYING POLITICS WITH ' OUR CHILDREN As 1 write this, I am frustrated ?' Yesterday over 150 lndiansaodother ?? interested parties atteodeda meeting with die President, Piovosl. aod Vice President of the University of New Mexico This was our seventh or * eighth meeting with them in two and - half years. All of this is over ope thing - , what is the University going to do about the horrendous 83% dropout " rate of its Indian students? Dr '' Richard Peck, the UNM President, started offthe meeting with a pledge' that he was committed toaddressing the problem of Native, Americani retention. -J!" J.V' But that is the same plSdge-he,,^ - made to James Lujan. Gene Leitka. "* and me two and a half years ago We ? three went to see him after Dr Ted Jojola, an Isleta man who is head of Native American Studies at UNM. I complied a report showing the dropout rate for Indian students was ? 83%. ? This horrible result was not a statistic. It was made after following J all 4.615 Indian students whoentered UNM from 1973 to 1984 Only 803 * ofthem.or 17%, had earned a degree '<? The report was made in 1988. Dr. Jojola is to be commended for doing this heroic piece of work. ? It is nothing to be happy about, because of the terrible fladmgs But we do need to know what the status of our young Indian people is . We went to see Dr Peck because we wanted the University to develop a plan to address this real problem. I had to make an appointment a month in advance to see him. since he is a busy man. But 1 cut short my visit to Lumbee Homecoming to come hack to Albuquerque to see him. He gave Jim. Gene, and me good greetings. and promised us he would deal with the problem His Vice President for Student Affairs. Dr. Orcilia Zuniga-Forbes. would take (hf lead qo the project, he said ? This promise was made on July II. 1991 Nothing happened until October, when I got frustrated and called Orcilia. She said "Oh. I'm glad you called. We are planning a meeting for December 6. and we want you to come " So I had to cut short my trip to the NC A1 meeting in San Francisco to make that meeting. We then met four times in a five-month period. Since then we have met three more times. So yesterday was the eighth. Unforiunately, some ofthe tribal leaders present said they had heard the same promises two years ago. four years ago or even ten years ago. TheludianAopoutpiobiem has iwn with UNM, and with at least six other colleges that I know about, for decades. Few if any of them have done much about it. It is about time they did. As Francis Tafbya from Eight Northern Pueblos stated, he thought tin:* eighth meeting in two and a half yean would Itave started with a planning document for the tribes to review. Instead, we spend from 9:30 to 3:30 listening to basically the same things we heard in December 1991 Instead of a plan. Orcilia promised to put an Indian Advisory Council together. I think when you want to stop something from happening, or to kill it. or to delay it. you form a committee. The committee can then "study" it, or determine the "feasibility" of it. Often, not much else will happen coming from a committee. I hate to say it, but Dr. Peck and Co. appear to be playing politics with our children's lives. 1 don't know what it would take to get them to deal with this difficult problem, and be determined to do a better job of retention of Indian students. If you have some ideas, dear reader, I would like to hear from you. Send your letters via CIV, or call and they will give you my address. me coachs Corner Two Fine Golf Tounmments Both "Super Ball Tournaments " li s like playing "give-away, checkers.' You play youi ball from where i he test shot lic> So in my care vou play your drive about loo yards ahead of where your drive landed. And thai was true Saturday in the Ronnie Sutton Super Ball-Garry Strickiand-2f0 yard drives. David Lowry, fin ?i distance, and Mickey Stnckland-300 yards when he connected. Mickey did k thetough par 5 dog lev and that was the most satisfying not ever. I thought we were going to win with that but we ended up with a 67. five under par. Not bad at all It wasagreat tournament and Grady Hunt and staff out did themselves. Chancellor Oxendine was in it along with Dr. Welton Lowry. a truly fine sportsman, a fine minister It is just great playing a tournament with these gentlemen. The PSU tournament was also exceptionally fine. Mac Porter, also a long ball hitter and in our foursome was Todd Reisman. Don Bui lard and me We had 65. but the winners had a 60. Lacy Gane's golfers were better than ever Mac Maclntyre, class of '66 was in the finals and lost to Bob Chuk in a sudden death play off Both tournaments had exceptionally good golfers. j| f. -I PiabHc^adiaemey >flbct?? go hand^n hud wirtTdiabetes^ Research shows thai the highhtood V "SSJbefoS" di.^^if?Hd dia^iwfci.i ! Tic c v e ainl i ><?( s c dampng? is generally related to the duration in years yoa lu^r didt-ctc To make tody* and decreases the lifespan Native American tribes across the country have an incrsase of people that are obese (eves overweight I that was not seen as much yean ago. Diabetes no longer effects only the middle aged and the elderly, but is increasing found in the young native American nation wide. The Native American rommunity mutt become aware of the mcteaee in diabetes and team how to prevent this disease. We must educate our people on how to deal with diabetes before and after getting the disease. Dietary modifications need to be learned Behavior changes need to be set in place dealing with eating, exercising and obtaining aredicil treatment when necessary . I none the coming series of I articles on Diabetes will help to start I this process. Currently there are two main types lut* Tvhl I generally M>e i ype i uwwiei. Diabetes ts a disease w which the body cannot property bum certain foods for energy Especially Starches thai are found uffoeaj. french fri?^ cereals. pancakesjukj (substance) produced by the pancreas in the body is needed 10 change glucose ! (which is blood sugar )aod other foods into energy for your body InDiabelei insulin is not produced in the right amounts or sometimes not produced at aM The result of this problem is a* build up of glucose in your blood stream Glucore is the name of the sugar that has built up in the blood stream. Excess glucose in the blood damages the blood vessels, nerves and almost every organ of the body. I must close this lint piece on Diabetes But think about this. Diabetes is the 3rd leading cause of death in the USA and the number I cause of blindness that cannot be repaired Hazho'o' nanina Be careful, be good. Until next time Robert M Clm vis. 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