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f 001279 OREGON H IS T O R IC A L SOCIETY 12 3 0 SU PARK AVE PORTLAND> OR 9 7 2 0 5 z\C***) warm springs News 3 -APR 2 3 1984 Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springe, OR 97761 O regon historical society S p ily a y T ym oo WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 VOL. 9 NO. 8 APRIL 13,1984 Symposium focuses on timber resource S p ily a y tym oo photo by Shawctyk. Meeting to discuss one of the most valuable resources owned by Indians the Eighth Annual Indian Timber Symposium is scheduled for April 22-26,1984 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Delegates from tribes around the country will be meeting joined with administrative agencies and legislative and judicial representatives. The Timber Symposium will concentrate on four major areas having major effects on the management and develop m e n t o f I n d ia n f o r e s t resources: Increasing the presence and proficiency of Indian people in forestry professions; Current, critical is s u e s w h ic h c o n f r o n t Indian people in managing th e ir reso u rces; P ossible approaches for increasing Piaxi, Xaush and Luksh funding for investment in R oot Feast offers a time to give thanks to the creator for the bounty of roots provided for the people. forestry resources; and, Roads as a v ital p a rt of the infrastructure of reservation economics. The symposium will be chaired by Intertribal Timber Council president Michael Clements of Warm Springs. United States Representative from Oregon Les AuCoin will present the keynote address. A special luncheon held during the symposium will feature Assistant Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Smith as speaker. M em ber trib e s of the Intertribal Timber Council which is sponsoring the symposium include: Coeur D- Alene, Colville, Confederated Salish and Kootenai, Fort Apache Timber Co., Hoopa, Makah, M etlakatla Indian Com m unity, N avajo, Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Quileute, Quinault Nation, Siletz, Spokane Indian Nation, Tanana Chiefs Conference Incs., T lingit and H aida C e n tr a l C o u n c il, T u rtle Mountain, Yakima and Warm Springs. Low count directs river closure Celilo-W yam Salmon, Root Feast April 13-15 Spring is here, the roots are ready, and the salmon will soon be coming up the rivers. The annual Celilo/Wyam salmon and root feast and powwow will be held April 13, 14 and 15 at the Celilo, Oregon. On F rid a y , A p ril 13, memorial ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. will start the three day event. A dinner will follow at 12:30. The grand entry at 7:30 p.m. will start the powwow activités. Saturday, April 14, a flea market is scheduled to run WEATHER April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 HI 54 59 60 49 52 53 60 50 48 51 54 LOW 33 33 38 44 42 38 33 35 24 36 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and bingo will run concurrent with the flea market that day. The grand entry on Saturday will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, Washut services will be held at 10:30 p.m. The salmon and root feast will start at 12 noon. The crowning of the queen and junior court will be at 5:30 p.m. Dancing events for the three- day powwow will include men’s fancy and traditional; women’s fancy and traditional; boys fancy and traditional; girls fancy and traditional; and the Golden Age for men and women. A total of $1,200 is up in all contests with monies being added as the powwow progresses. Host drums will be chosen n ig h tly and the drummers will be paid nightly. R e g is tr a tio n f o r th e pow w ow w ill clo se on Saturday, April 14. Nathan Jim will be the master of ceremonies for the powwow. The public is welcome to attend the weekend events. There will be absolutely no drugs or. alcohol allowed on the grounds. The Warm Springs Tribal Council voted M arch 28 to close the Deschutes River and all reservation streams to fishing for spring chinook by tribal members. The closure will be in effect from April 1 to June 18 unless the run proves to be larger than expected. Acting on recommendations from the Natural Resources Department and Fish and Wildlife committee, Tribal Council passed resolution 6650 which prohibits fishing for sp rin g ch in o o k and the building of scaffolds, dry shacks or any other construc tion at the Sherars Falls area. The resolution also directed tribal biologists and attorneys to seek a similar closure for non-Indians. That closure was enacted by Oregon Fish and W ildlife C om m ission on Friday, March 30. Tribal, state and federal b io lo g ists have review ed information concerning the D e sc h u te s R iv e r sp rin g chinook run and are in agreement that this year’s return will be extremely low. Optimistic projections of adult returns put the numbers of wild fish at 1,300 plus 300 from Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery releases and 300 from Round Butte Hatchery. The total of 1900 returning bacterial kidney disease and El adults would be the second Nino and the results may be lowest return ever recorded. d i s a s t r o u s ,” c o m m e n te d The lowest return came in 1980 Stainbrook. when an estimated 1800 spring In 1980 the Warm Springs chinook entered the Deschutes hatchery experienced a major River. outbreak of bacterial kidney According to Warm Springs disease resulting in the loss of T ish e rie s b io lo g is t, C ris many adults prior to spawning Stainbrook, the majority of and large number of juveniles. D e sc h u te s R iv e r sp rin g The hatchery’s production was chinook return as four-year- virtually cut in half. The olds and spawn in the Warm situation was similar in the Springs River system. “The low river for wild fish but the loss number of returning adults in was not thought to be quite as 1980 produced a record low high. number of redds (the sites of The oceanic condition, El salm on spaw ning) in the Nino, may have complicated Warm Springs system. The low the situation even m ore. number of smolts produced by Stainbrook explained that those redds would have been coded wire tag returns from bad enough but add to that Continued on page 12 New Burning Permit Notice Effective April 1, 1984 all burning permits Will be issued at the BI A Fire Management Office on Holliday Lane in the Warm Springs Industrial Park. Burning permits will be required on a year around basis. •- Permits must be obtained 24 hours prior to burning. This gives Fire Management a chance to look at the area and assist or give advice on methods to use to do the job safely. Burning permits can be obtained during regular business hours 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. M onday through Friday. For further information contact Dennis Thompson or Ed Johns, Fire Management Office, 553-1121, ext. 413 or 553- 1146.
