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Warm Springs News r' . U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 ■ . _ S 1 ® i ■ ? . #*■ ■3 «- » i i M N NR ■■' i >>' « Í • -•' & •>? ’• • * T - „ ’ ■*- & ' ,' æ I « » w -Î b b î ' . Jira«"'"«^ :— ••■?■•-- " - W B S FBI ‘ H H - ■ * » % ; R eh abilitation o f reservation stream beds is a p ro ject dem anding w ork a n d concern. Fencing cattle helps m aintain w ater quality an d erosion control. Sexual abuse workshop set A two-day workshop dealing with the problem of sexual abuse of children is scheduled for No vember 29 and 30 at Kah-Nee-Ta. “Open Closed D oors”: Issues and Answers on the Sexual Abuse of Children” will provide an overview of the problem of sexual abuse of children includ ing statistics, myths, and a pro file of the child, family and offender. Solutions to the problem will also be suggested in the areas of detection, legal responsibilities and prevention. The workshop will provide discussion of agen cies involved in handling abuse cases, and for sexual abuse of fenders currently involved in a treatm ent program. W orkshop presenters will in clude Jan Hindman, M.S., M.Ed. currently director of the Sexual Abuse Treatment Program for M alheurCounty Mental Health Center in Ontario. Hindman has been fo rk in g with abused children for over nine years. In recognizing the correlation between emotional problems of children and sexual abuse, she has become actively involved in treating the prob lem of sexually abused children, their families and sexual of fenders. Her recent publication, “A Very Touching Book,” is an culmination of nine years of Spifyay Tymoo photo by WEATHER NOV 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 HI 54 41 48 57 47 55 51 48 40 40 40 50 45 LOW 30 28 31 38 42 44 43 30 28 28 36 33 32 PREC .05 .24 .25 .23 .23 .16 .04 B e h re n d by Donna Behrend Warm Springs’ favorite son, Ken Smith, is heading back West after spending four years as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Smith said in a tele phone interview last week that he has “verbally indicated” his resignation; his formal written resignation will come within the next two weeks or so. The 49-year-old former tribal general manager said that he “basically com m itted” himself to four years and that he feels he must “fulfill his commitment to the President.” Smith stated it has been a frustrating and tough job. “I've worked hard and accom plished many things. But it’s time to move on.” Quartz Creek rehabilitated During the summer of 1984, the tribal N atural Resources department began a watershed reh ab ilitatio n project in the Quartz Creek area. Cutting and placing whole juniper trees into the gullies of the Q uartz Creek streambed from the headwaters to almost the mouth* and build ing gabion structures in the streambed to help build up sed iment and the water table were the main objectives of the pro ject. The work was financed with tribal funds with the work being accomplished by Natural Resources crews. In order to better regulate the flow of Quartz Creek during the the spring run-off it was pro posed by N atural Resources de partm ent to use the H appy Val ley Reservoir as a control facility. The method proposed was to manually lower the level of water volumn in the reservoir during the autum n and winter so there would be storage space in the reservoir for spring run-off. The departm ent would regulate the am ount of water released from the reservoir during the spring run-off thus helping to reduce the erosive nature of the stream and enhance the water quality. A study of the reservoir and how the project would affect the resources was conducted. The results of the study showed that 1.) fisheries—the fish popula tion would remain protected since the reservoir would not be drained more than half of its volumn 2.) wildlife—little or no affect to wildlife that use the water; 3.) livestock—should not affect stock use of the water; 4.) irrigation—no affect-possible use of the reservoir during the spring and summer for irrigation re main intact. The proposal and study were presented to the Tribal Water Control Board and the prop osal was accepted as a project. Earlier this month the water gate at the reservoir was repaired and inadvertently left open for several days. The reservoir volumn dropped four feet but due to the unusually high amount of Water released, the fields be low the reservoir received a large am ount of water flow. Tribal watermaster Deepak Sehgal related the plan was to reduce the volumn of water in the reservoir over a much longer period of time thereby avoiding the flooding problem. Reduc ing the volumn of water in the reservoir will be accomplished over a two-month period hope fully without any such prob lems. If you have any questions or suggestions contact the Water- master at N atural Resources department. Help needed on surveys Community members and pa rents are invited to participate iii S workshop training session 4jg^iyelQp techniques to guide stu dents through occupational sur veys to be conducted at M adras Jr. High. Volunteers are needed to guide students through the occupa tional evaluation which will take 90 minutes per students adm in istered on a one-to-one basis. The survey, created by the University of Oregon Career Information System ten years ago and updated annually is a tool students may use in plan ning their careers. Questions in the survey en able students to define their goals work in the field of child sexual abuse. The workshop will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on both days. Cost is $ 15 per day, or $25 for both days. The cost includes lunch. Registration must be com pleted by Monday, November 26. To register, send name, ad dress, phone number and emplo yer to Pinky Beymer, P.O. Box 535, W arm Springs, Oregon 97761. Make checks payable to Em ployee D evelopm ent De partment. For more inform ation, or to call regarding space for late reg istration, call Pinky Beymer, 553-1161, ext. 299, or Nancy We are disappointed that Ini Williariis, 553-1161, ext. 241. tiative 456 passed. Its passage, however, will bring neither a solution nor a crisis to Washing ton’s salmon fisheries. Smith is unsure of ju st what We believe that the passage he will be doing in the future. of 456 reflects the understand “I’d like to work with the Tribe able frustration of Washington but we haven’t talked specifics voters over the condition of the yet.” Smith says there are sev salmon resource. We share that eral options open to him, one of frustration. We are deeply com which is consultant work. “I’m mitted to finding genuine reme pretty well educated on the na dies for the region’s salmon tional scene. . .1 have a lot to problems. offer.” It is unfortunate that 456 campaign leaders misled many As for a successor, Smith said well-meaning people to believe that no one has yet been selected. that the initiative would help Smith said that the Secretary of the fish. That it cannot do. the Interior William Clark has Initiative 456 puts no fish in the asked him to make recommen water and it will not affect sal dations. “I will do that, but the mon harvest allocation. Initia final decision will come from tive 456 is, iri fact, patently the adm inistration.” unconstitutional and can not be implemented. We are. encouraged by the Smith and his wife Jeannie will be home for Christmas, but fact that almost half of Wash Smith won’t “officially” be home ington’s electorate rejected 456. until the end of January or the Ten, five or even two years ago, first part of February as many a measure like 456 would have lose ends have to be tied up. passed by a much larger mar Smith expects to resign the first gin. The substantial “no” vote part of December and spend reflects the growing awareness another two months in Washing in Washington and the Pacific ton advising Clark and other Northwest that the key to sal department associates on Bu mon restoration lies in coopera tion am ong state and federal reau matters. agencies, Indian Tribes and non- Indian citizens. Confrontation Smith stated that he has been won’t produce a single fish. told by fellow workers that with We are convinced that the each day he remains in the posi large and diverse body of organ tion, he is setting a new record. izations and individuals who “I ’ve gotten a good education denounced 456 during the cam- and it has been a good oppor paign remain committed to seek- tunity to provide service to the ing real solutions to our regional President,” Smith said. fisheries problems. We thank Smith resigning, heading West NOVEMBER 21,1984 for career choices and point out, also, what is required to pursue their career choice. The survey, S am m ler ex presses, “will give students the reason they are going to school. It will show them what is in volved in career plahning.” Those wishing to volunteer their time to help conduct these student occupational surveys are invited to contact Steve Sammler at M adras Jr. High, 475-7253, for more information. Work shops dates have not yet been scheduled. Register brands Natural Resources is in the process of updating the brand registration notebook. Regis tration of brands are requested and needed for identification of livestock during general round up. Please come into the office and register or re-register yoi brand. Re-registration is r quested because during rea ranging of the office, all origin: brand registrations were mi placed. Apologies for the incoi venience. Initiative 456 passed by voters those good people for their work. The irresponsible and short sighted politics of the 456 pro moters are the politics of racism and revenge. It offers no help to the non-Indian salmon fishing community of Washington. For our part, we will con- tinue to devote all our energies to working constructively and cooperatively with Governor S p e llm a n , G o v e rn o r-e le c t Gardner, the Washington Depart ment of Fisheries, Department of Game and the people of Washington State. A ndrew D avid, 83, was selected E lder o f the Year b y the N ational Indian E ducation A ssociation a t theN IE A conference in Phoenix. S ee p age 3 f o r p h o to s an d stories.
