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Spilyay Tymoo August 10,1979 Page 7 Family studies fisheries management together A bottle containing a baby shark and moray eel serves as a visual reminder of the six-week fisheries course that three W a rm S p r in g s w o m e n c o m p le te d r e c e n t l y a t Humboldt State University. E llen H e a th a n d h er granddaughters Colleen and Julie Seelatsee have also found their preserved specimens to be great conversation pieces since their return from the California college where they t and 700 other students, mostiy Indian, earned certificates in fisheries management. Ellen will tell you animatedly about the day they ventured out into the ocean to seine for specie specimens which they examined and identified under microscopes. That was just one of many days of hands-on experiences for the fisheries students. Another day found the class up in the mountains studying ways to improve the movement of fish during spring run-off. Visits to natural spawning grounds gave them yet another glimpse into the cycle of anadromous fish. Back in the labs, students dissected salmon to examine parasites and test for the quality of meat. They learned to spawn fish artificially and to tag fish for research purposes. In the classroom, they took a week-long cour.se in computers and learned the legalities of Indian treaty fishing rights. All three women had to turn down a three-week supplemen tary course at Sheldon Jackson University in Alaska, because of conflicts, but Ellen has plans to take a research cruise from H a w a ii to T a h iti th is November. Colleen, 18, and Julie, 16, both plan to study natural resources in school, and the th re e hope to eventually find positions in hatcheries. The local women were able to pursue fisheries studies through the efforts of funds from the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Native American Economic Stimulus Program, as it is called, has trained dozens of students in fisheries management and aquaculture at hatchery and college sites in California, Nevada, Utah, I d a h o , W a sh in g to n and Alaska. The purpose of the program is to encourage Indians to take an active role in management of the fisheries resource. JAWS III — Julie and Colleen Seelatsee, Chris Heath and Ellen Heath admired the baby shark and moray eel they brought back with them from California. The fmaily spent six weeks studying fisheries management at Humboldt State University, an opportunity provided them by the Native American Economic Stimulus Por gram through the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. Spilyay Tymoo Photo by Stowell Ellen, Colleen and Julie gained valuable insights into why the anadromous fishery is depleted and ways they can help rebuild it. They plan to share what they have learned with the community through a slide show. Meanwhile they hope to find a permanent home in the* n atu ral resources department for the shark and eel. Alcohol residents making “bird in clay” hammers The next time you order “bird in clay” at Kah-Nee-Ta’s Juniper Room, you will be doing the alcohol treatment center a favor. The juniper and willow hammer you use to crack into . your cornish game hen was fashioned by residents of the W arm S p rin g s tre a tm e n t center. A batch of 120 hammers was hand-delivered by their c re a to rs to K ah-N ee-T a manager Bill Pauli August 2 and more are being assembled to meet next month’s demand. Residents have agreed to supply 100 hammers each month at a price yet to be set. The first batch sold for 50c apiece but Pauli is willing to pay more if the hammer- makers decide their time and materials are worth more. Money earned fromhammer sales goes into a trust account to be used for trips and other p ro g ra m a c tiv itie s ^ The r e s id e n ts a re c u r r e n t l y a tte n d in g a pow w ow in Klamath Falls, a trip made possible in part by their new income. According to treat ment director Bob Parker, the hammer-making is an effective aspect of treatment, giving residents something to do and encouraging them to be responsible for their finances. Seven residents are involved in the project on a voluntary basis. Resident Loren Tufti WHITTLING said that some of the other clay” hammer. Loren Tufti fashioned the handle for a “bird in clients have their own money and choose not to spend their whittled to fit, and “Kah-Nee- addition to their regular duties time fashioning hammers. Ta” is written on both mallet Alcohol and Drug Program The materials, with the faces. The whole hammer is d ire c to r Steve Bekofsky exception of feathers and shellacked and a colored approached Pauli about taking shellac, are free for the taking. feather is added to the handle. over the hammer assembly, and Parker and residents salvage with minor changes in design, The residents inherited the the residents were on their way juniper around the reservation and cut it into mallet and hammer-making from Kah- providing Kah-Nee-Ta with a handle-sized pieces. Holes are Nee-Ta maintenance men, who better product and themselves drilled in the heads, handles are c o n stru c te d ham m ers in with a steady income. . . .and presented 120 completed hammers to Kah-Nee-Ta manager Bill Pauli for use in the Juniper Room. 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