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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1983)
!— n n r s iT T ^ OREGON H IS T O R IC A L SOCIETY 1230 SW PARK AVE PORTLAND, OR 9 7 2 0 5 Warm Springs News fa VOL 8 NO fUiV o 1 1983 OREGON H I S T O R I C A L u .s S ö f iiE T y Balk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springe, OR JUNE 3,1983 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Jo b s b ill m o n ey reaches Warm Springs by Donna Behrend t t f S h to tv k water Nice cold fountain water is enjoyable to Edna White on those ninty degree days. C o u rt s e le c te d The annual Pi-Ume-Sha T r e a ty D a y s P o w w o w committee has chosen four local young ladies to serve on the Pi-Ume-Sha court. The four selected to seek the queen's title are Rowena Begay, Lena Weather MAY 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 JUNE 1 2 HI 87 81 85 92 94 92 88 96 96 96 96 80 80 LOW 46 49 42 46 48 53 48 50 55 55 59 58 58 69 69 52 41 The jobs bill, or public w ork s, m on ey th at was allocated to tribes to generate employment on reservations has reached Warm Springs. The new projects at Warm Springs are scheduled to begin June 14, about 60 new jobs will be created with the funding. The multi-billion dollar bill included over $114 million for projects on Indian reserva tions. The money was divided among five different improve ment areas. Indian housing improvements (HIP) received $30 million, natural resources d e v e lo p m e n t, received $20 m illion , rehabilitation o f Indian irrigation projects received $30 million, repair and im p r o v e m e n t o f b u rea u detention facilities received $10 million and $24.5 million w a s a ll o c a t e d fo r th e construction o f the Hopi Junior/Senior high school. The funding was allocated on basis of area, worthy projects and rate of unemployment. Of this $114 million, Warm Springs received a p p roxi mately $400,000 for natural resources, forestry and fisheries enhancement projects. An additional $32,000 was also a p p r o p r ia te d fo r h om e improvement or construction. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is currently in the process of developing a range management plan. To coordinate with that plan and to improve existing conditions, $23,000 has been appropriated for fence and corral repair, fence and corral construction, sp rin g w ork and w ater development in the Metolius bench area. Ten thousand dollars has been earmarked for spring work in the Dry Hollow area. Fence and corral repair, corral construction, spring Continued on page 3 Museum to depict Warm Springs’ story Ike, Lillie Van Pelt and by Donna Behrend Dorothy Yahtin. The queen Work is currently underway and three princesses will reign during the three-day celebra to develop the story line, or interpretive plan, for the tion. p ro p o sed W arm S p rin gs The young ladies will be in museum. The Mid-Oregon the community selling tickets Indian H istorical Society for raffles which will be held (MOIHS) has retained the d u r in g th e P i-U m e -S h a services of Pinky Plume to help celebration. This year, the with the concept. powwow will feature the 14th annual individual and team c h a m p io n s h ip d a n c e s . A traditional dress parade will be held on Saturday, June 25 at 10 a.m. Indian stick games will start on Friday, June 24. A stick game tournament will be held at the Pi-Ume-Sha grounds. A ladies and men's slow pitch softball tournament sponsored by the Inter-Tribal Sports Shop will be held during the weekend of the powwow. Two runs, a six-and-one-half and a two-point-two, will also be held o n S a tu r d a y , J u n e 25 beginning at 8 a.m. Plume has been interviewing tribal members, young and old, and Kah-Nee-Ta visitors to determine just what it is they feel the museum should say about Warm Springs. She will later submit a proposal and suggest just how the Warm Springs story could be told. She has interviewed approxi mately 40 people, members and non-members. For instance, says Plume, if members say tribal leadership and government is important, th en P lu m e w ill m ake suggestions as to how to display artifacts in a way that best depicts the story, whether Continued on page 3 Credit will be closed ■ The Warm Springs tribal credit will be closed for all new loan applications beginning June 1, 1983. The office will reopen again August 1. . Credit staff will be working on , current' loan applications and commitments. The office will be open for loan payments. Only extreme emergency loan applications will be considered Pinky Plume, left, is helping the tribe develop the story line for the proposed museum. Shown with Plume are L it Tewee, in the back and council members Delbert Frank, Sr. and Bernice Mitchell. during> this' time of closure.
