Bishop Indian Head Start 405 North Barlow Lane

Bishop, CA 93514

(760) 872-3911/Fax: (760) 582-4291

www.bishoppaiutetribe.com/headstart.html

October 2019

For Your Calendar

10/8 - Parent Committee Meeting 5:15pm-

6:15pm

10/9 - Bishop Fire Department will be at BIHS

10/16 - PICTURE DAY!

10/18 - Car Seat Checkpoint 1pm-3pm

10/22 - Parent Committee Meeting 12pm-1pm

10/22 - Lana the Iguana Family Cooking

Workshop at 6pm-7pm

10/23 - Health Advisory Meeting 11am-12pm

10/29 - Parent Committee Meeting 12pm-1pm

10/31 - Fall Health Carnival!

California Indian Day Parade!

September 27th

Thank you to all our parents and families for participating in our California Indian

Day Parade Float! Thanks for all your help decorating the float and for riding the

float with us!

Crazy Sock Day!

September 13th

Season

Yuubano (fall)

Objects

Mua (moon)

Tazinobi (star)

Numbers

Sumüü (1)

Waha (2)

Pahi (3)

Colors

Atsa bonogi

(orange)

Tuhu bonogi

(black)

Thank you to all of our participants for attending the American Heart

Association CPR, First Aid, AED class on Wednesday, October 2nd. You all are

fantastic students and a real pleasure to work with!

If you are interested in learning child, infant, adult CPR please come by the Health Office at BIHS

and sign up with Mandy for our next class on Monday, November 11 from 8:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

AED Pad Placement

CPR & Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Facts

Anyone can learn CPR and everyone should! Sadly, 70

percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a

cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to

administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed.

This alarming statistic could hit close to home, because

home is exactly where 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur.

Put very simply: The life you save with CPR is mostly likely

to be someone you love.

americanheartassociation.org

Atsa Puhidua

(Orange Flower)

Infant CPR

Choking

Training First Aid Training

Koinui Mua

(Hunting Month)

Awasu nuu u buni wei

(Departure Phrase)

BIHS Receives the IHS Ride Safe Car Seat Safety Program

Indian Health Service (IHS) developed Ride Safe to help tribal communities address motor vehicle injuries among American

Indian and Alaskan Native children. Specifically, Ride Safe aims to reduce the rate of motor vehicle related injuries to children,

aged 3 to 5 years, enrolled in participating Tribal Head Start programs, by promoting motor vehicle child restraint use. The Ride

Safe Program training module includes eight guides; each guide includes activities for a specific group within the Tribal

community.

BACKGROUND

Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are the leading cause of death for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) ages 1-44. Tragically,

MVC injuries and deaths disproportionately affect the youngest members of the community and their families. MVCs are the

leading cause of death among American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) children ages 1-9. Individuals that would one day

grow up to be future community leaders and parents often don’t get the chance to take their place in the community. These

losses are even more tragic because the majority of severe MVC injuries and deaths could be prevented through the use of a

child safety seat or seatbelt.

When parents and childcare providers use appropriate occupant restraints while transporting their child in a vehicle, the

chances of their child surviving a car crash improves. Unfortunately, on-going observational surveys in AI/AN communities

suggest that seatbelt and child safety seat usage rates on most Tribal Reservations are very low.

The Ride Safe Program will achieve its overall goal by meeting the following objectives:

Provide funding and support for at least one Tribal Head Start Center staff member to complete the National Highway

Traffic (NHTSA) Child Passenger Safety (CPS) technician training.

Provide a one to two-day CPS training for all Head Start staff who participate in Ride Safe activities.

Educate parents and childcare providers about proper and age appropriate child restraint use.

Distribute to parents and care givers one car seat or booster seat for each child at a Head Start Center that implements the

Ride Safe Program.

Conduct follow-up home visits to educate parents and other caregivers about proper car seat use and to reinforce positive

child passenger safety messages.

Gather community child restraint use data.

Partner with community agencies to promote child/passenger safety awareness

BIHS Staff brushing up on child passenger safety skills for the Car

Seat Ride Safe Program

Attention Head Start Families

If you need to change your child’s afternoon pick

up or drop off location, please remember to call

BIHS before 12:00 p.m. to make these changes for

the day. If your child is going to be dropped off at

a new location more than one time, you will need

to come in and update your child’s transportation

form that is on file. Also, we will not release your

child to anyone that is not listed on your

emergency transportation form. If you need to

add someone to your child’s form, please come

into BIHS to do so. Thank you!

1. Get a flu shot. It's the No. 1 thing you can do to prevent the flu.

2.Wash your hands -- a lot. No matter what line of work you’re in, if you come in contact with

people who are contagious, you have to wash your hands over and over with soap (at least 20

seconds.) “Wash your hands as much as you can stand, and then some more -- especially after

wrapping up a visit with someone who’s sick.”

3. Keep your surroundings clean, sanitize and disinfect.

4. Use a tissue to control contagious droplets. Place used tissues in the trash.

5. Get good rest.

6. Exercise. Exercise keeps our blood flowing well and releases endorphins—the feel good

feelings.

7. Keep up your vitamin C and Zinc (eat healthy food and drink water)

8. Stay home from work or school when you’re sick. A fever usually indicates that the body is battling an

infection. A child with a fever greater than 100.5 degrees Fahrenheit needs to stay home from school until the

fever is gone for at least 24 hours.

Friendly Reminder!

For Safety Reasons

Please Enter and Exit through the

Front Door!

Great job girls using tissues

for your noses

Great job disposing of

a used tissue

THANK YOU to Officer Adam Otten of the CHP

for teaching us pedestrian safety on September

19th.

As adults, much of our knowledge around street safety

seems second nature, but for kids and teenagers, the

street can be distracting, resulting in potential danger.

Here are five tips that can help your children stay safe and prepare for threats they

may encounter as pedestrians.

• Teach children to pay attention by looking left, right and left again when crossing the

street. Set an example for your kids by abiding by traffic signs at all times and using

crosswalks and crossing indicators to teach your child when it’s safe to cross the street. Hold

your child’s hand while crossing the street and have them walk, not run, with you while

crossing the street in the crosswalk.

• Teach kids under 10 to use their senses to watch, wait and listen for passing cars.

• Teach children to not run out in the street for balls, pets or ANYTHING.

• Always use the sidewalk. If there’s no sidewalk, always walk facing traffic and as far to the

left as possible. Wear bright colors or reflectors at night. Make sure preteens are always

looking up from their phones and devices especially when crossing the street. If there is a

crosswalk, teach children stay inside the crosswalk all the way to the end of the crosswalk.

• Teach your kids how to watch and interact safely with cars. This means to not allow them to

run or dart in front of moving cars whether the cars are backing up, parking or turning in

parking lots, yards and driveways.

Safety First!

Look and listen for cars! Never go after ball if it goes into the street! Hold hands while crossing a street!

Here are some ideas for natural mosquito repellents. You can also talk with a health

food store about other natural remedies or look online.

Boil 1 cup of water

1. Use one table spoon of cinnamon, cloves, sage, peppermint, lavender and a couple of dried cloves

2. Mix well, cover and let cool

3. Strain out the herbs

4. Mix with 1 cup of Witch Hazel

5. Store in a spray bottle

6. Can be stored in cool place or refrigerator as a cooling spray (label for safety). Added bonus: It smells great on

the skin.

Other natural products for mosquito repellents are: Tea Tree Oil, Citronella, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Garlic, Apple

Cider Vinegar, Fennel, Thyme, Neem Oil, Celery Extract, Clove Oil. (WebMD.com)

Eliminating pools of standing water used for breeding by mosquitoes around their

yard and neighborhood. Many mosquitoes do not fly very far so the mosquitoes

plaguing your yard may be coming from nearby. Check any areas that may contain

standing water such as old tires, buckets, wheelbarrows, and plugged drains and gutters.

• Check windows and screens for their working condition

• Use Insect repellents. .

• Use and follow the label of an EPA registered

insect repellent that includes one of the following active ingredients:

DEET

Picaridin

IR3535

Oil of lemon eucalyptus

Para-menthane-diol,

o2-undecanone.

EPA-registered insect repellents are proven to be safe and effective, even for pregnant

and breastfeeding women when used as directed. There appears to be no advantage to

using DEET concentrations above 50%.

• Do not use insect repellent on babies younger than 2 months old. Instead, dress them in clothing that covers

their arms and legs and use covers over strollers and baby carriers. Adults should spray insect repellent onto

their hands and rub onto child’s face. Don’t apply repellent to child’s hands, eyes, mouth or irritated skin.

If your child’s body swells and becomes inflamed from mosquito bites, talk to your Health

Care provider about the possibility of a mosquito bite allergy called (Skeeter Syndrome.)

If you have any Environmental

Health Questions or want to

know about the mosquito

Borne, illness such as West

Nile Virus, please call Inyo

County Environmental Health

at (760) 878-0238

webmd.com

Community Events coming up: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – 5:30-6:30pm – Toiyabe Conference Room – “Breast Health and You” Presentation from Dr. Harness, Northern Inyo Hospital Friday, October 18, 2019 – Starting at 4:30pm at Toiyabe Clinic – Walk For Women “Wear Pink Day” – Walking the Cosa Trail – Bishop Tribal Staff is welcome to head over to Toiyabe to Walk for Women! Friday, October 25, 2019 – Bishop Tribal Annual Community Mammogram Day – Call Toiyabe to make an appointment!