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-APR 2 3 1984
Bulk Rate Permit No. 2
Warm Springe, OR 97761
O regon
historical
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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
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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.