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April 27, 2006 Spílyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon P age 9 Canoe project is a worthy cause By Randy Scott Project” was formed. The im mediate goal of this project is to build a canoe, train a crew o f pullers, and finally, to par ticipate in this years “Journey to Mucklshoot,” Washington. This years Journey to M ucklshoot takes place in July, and the final leg of the journey is across Lake W ashington at Seattle, to the South sh o relin e at the Mucklshoot Reservation. The River Eagle Canoe will launch at Celilo Village, travel down the Columbia River to Astoria, load onto a trailer, travel overland and set back in at a yet to be determined site on the Washing ton coast where it will join the growing procession of canoes. The formation of this “Ca noe Family” is not just for a plea sure cruise in the summer. First and foremost in the protocol of a canoe family is to be drug and alcohol free. A part of being on a canoe is to participate 100 percent, when a canoe is on the open ocean, each and every member must rely on the whole crew to be involved and to trust each other completely for the safety of all. The canoe family is not a religion in itself; rather it encourages spirituality in a good clean activity and safe en vironment. A significant part of the journey is that as the canoe is on the open ocean, the crew will pray and sing tribal songs as they pull. When Louis first started talk ing about this Canoe Family, quite a number of people ex pressed an eagerness to be a part of this project. Joseph Shepherd has been putting together a strip mally greet the visiting canoe. The experience was so cultur ally awakening that it was pro posed to make it an annual event. Since then the “Canoe Journey” has grown over the years with a different village as the final destination each year. Last years journey, “Back to Elwa” which refers to the Lower Elwa Sk’lallum Tribe at Port Angeles, Washington, had 74 ca noes participating from Oregon, Washington, Canada and Alaska. T hese canoes varied in size from holding 2 to 18 pullers. There were 5,000 people on shore to greet the canoes as they landed at Port Angeles. During last year’s “Back to Elwa” journey, Louis Scott and I attended the landing at Port Townsend, Washington. Our sis ter, Ervanna Little Eagle, has been p a rtic ip a tin g as a crew m em ber o f the T ulalip Tribes Canoe Family for a num ber o f years. O ur m other, A urelia Stacona, also partici pated as part of the Tulalip sup port group in the early years. Louis was so impressed by the whole affair that he later told Ervanna that on the next year’s journey he wanted to be on a canoe. Ervanna told him that any canoe family would eagerly accep t a grow n m an as a crewmember. Events took a turn after that, not only was L o uis to p a rtic ip a te as a crewmember, but the opportu nity came up to form a new canoe family. With the help of Joseph Shepherd, archaeologist, and the M useum at W arm Springs, the “River Eagle Canoe T he M useum A t W arm Springs is overseeing what is called “The River Eagle Canoe Project.” This project is the re turn to canoe m aking by the W arm Springs Tribes. O nce completed, this newly made ca noe will launch its maiden voy age on the Columbia River at Celilo Village by July 2006. His tory tells us that the N ative Americans living along the Co lumbia River were canoe mak ers; this was also documented in the journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. In 1989, during the Washing ton State Centennial Celebration at S eattle , W ash in gto n , the coastal Indians of Washington and Canada formed what they called the “Paddle to Seattle”. There were only a few Indian tribes that actually participated in this event, but what happened afterward is ongoing. What took place at the “Paddle to Seatde” was that a few canoes launched out from their respective villages, land at the next village, stay overnight, and then launch again the next day in addition with that village’s canoe as well. This cul minated in a gathering of “Ca noe Families” at Seattle, Wash ington. The coastal Indian Vil lages realized they were re-intro duced into what had been tak ing place for centuries. Neigh boring villages and tribes would quite often travel by canoe and visit one another. A visiting ca noe would formally ask permis sion to land at another villages landing place. The accepting vil lage would come out and for The Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Gala will happen Saturday, May 13 at P o rtla n d ’s W aterfro n t ! Marriott Hotel. Wy-Kan-Ush- Pum means “salmon people” in the language of Columbia Ba sin tribes. The gala benefits the Spirit of the Salmon Fund efforts to support tribal salmon restora tion in the Columbia River Ba sin. Guests will enjoy a salmon and huckleberry dinner, presen tatio n o f the S p irit o f the Salmon awards, silent and live auctions featuring tribal art and other offerings, and a special performance o f a scene from the upcoming play “Ghosts of Celilo.”. Seating is limited and sales are already higher than in years past. More information is avail- s vis i Kah-Nee-Ta G olf fundraiser tourney The Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Asso ciation fundraiser four-person scramble golf tournament is set for this Sunday, April 30. Tee times start at 10 a.m. Call Butch David to reserve a tee Entry fee includes green fees, Kp’s, and long putts. Mulligans are $1 each, five max per player. Putting string: $5 each. Two per team. One string per nine holes. time. He can be reached at 553- 0112 or 3 25-2253. O r call Janell Smith ¿t 553-7829. Entry fee is $35 per person, or $20 per person for Kah-Nee- Ta members. Legal Aid Services offers free advice custody, divorce, child support); Educational rights; Tax disputes with the IRS. Legal Services will be at the Family Re source Center on Monday, May 1 from 1-4 p.m. If you would like to make an appointment, please call the Warm Springs Community Ac tion Team at 325-3115 or at 553-3438 OR call Legal Aid Service o f Oregon, Central Oregon Regional Office at 385-6944 or toll free 1-800-678-6944. Legal Aid Service of Oregon provides free legal advice and representation to low-income Oregonians. We can help you with most civil legal problems, including: Housing and landlord/tenant problems; Public benefits rights (Social Security, SSI, food stamps, unemployment, OFIS, and other programs); Consumer law problems; Wills, living wills, guardianships and pow ers of attorney; Family law issues (domestic violence, child A CART. SEATS. POWER BED. AO, AUTO. 95 PONTIAC GRAND A NI AUTO, PB. 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A recalculation of the annual al lowable cut w ill be part of the IRMP team’s recommen dation. Key issues to be addressed during the midcourse correc tion will include water, fish, wildlife, conditional use areas, cultural resources, tim ber, economics, biological diver sity, rare and culturally signifi cant species, fire m anage m ent, fo rage, re c reatio n , transportation, salvage log ging, firewood, soil, energy, visual resources, biomass and renewable natural resources commodities. A nyone in te re ste d in learning more about the plan and m idcourse correction should contact Ken Borchert in Forestry at 553-2416 or Dee Sehgal in N atural Re sources at 553-2001. M eetings held to gather tribal member comments will be announced at a future date. Jßewtning-, * .-«e m ti'i/'v able at www.wykanushpum.org. The Spirit of the Salmon Fund can be reached at (503) 238- 0667. The Spirit o f the Salm on Fund is part o f the C olum bia R iver In te r-T rib a l F ish C om m ission, w hose m em ber trib es in clu d e the Y akam a, U m atilla, W arm Springs, and Nez Perce. The Integrated Resources M anagem ent Plan for the Forested Area (IRM PI), first adopted in 1992, is now un dergoing a professional re view and evaluation. S taff from the N atural R eso u rces and F o restry branches, Warm Springs For est Products Industries, and members o f tribal commit tees launched the review this week. The IRMP review team will first look at key issues within the plans, and try to determ ine if goals, objec tives, standards and best m anagem ent practices are being met and whether they are effective. In the weeks ahead, the team w ill be seeking tribal member and committee in put on the plan and recom mended revisions. Known as the midcourse correction, the ongoing re view is scheduled to obtain a Tribal Council decision be canoe at the Museum for the past few weeks. A strip canoe is making a canoe frame, gluing strips of wood onto that frame and then sanding down the out side. So the call goes out for any and all tribal members interested in being part of this project to step forward and participate in the building o f the canoe and in turn, start training to pull. No doubt, there will be few people that w ill have experience in working with a twelve-member crew of pullers. To be part of this canoe fam ily is not re stricted to pullers, there is also what is called the support group. This group follows the canoe on shore from one participating village to the next, carrying food supplies, tents, and camp equip ment. Once at the new landing site, the group sets up camp and has everything ready for the canoe crewmembers when they arrive, so instead of setting up camp, they can rest for the next day’s trip. Now that by no means is all there is to it, at each village, there are religious cer em onies perform ed by each tribe, so these events can go on into the night. At the final des tination, there is a weeklong suc cession of religious ceremonies performed by each tribe. So if you want to participate, now is the time to show up. So far the schedule for participa tion has been on weekends at the Museum. There is so much more information regarding the project, but this article for now is only a public announcement calling for Tribal member par ticipation. Spirit of Salmon gathering May 13 1 Forest plan under review 2 97 FORD TAURUS AC, AUTO, LOADED, PW, PL, TILT, CRUISE, EXCELLENT CONDITION NE DIVISION * BEND POWER MOON ROOF, LIKE NEW, SAVE THOUSANDS OVER NEW, . 20k BALANCE OF 100,000 MILE WARRANT $ 1 0 y9 00O B O 4 DR, V6, AUTO. AC 98 FORD WINDSTAR LOADED, 7 PASS. FWD. V-6, NICE