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VOL. 10 NO. 13
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON
JUNE 21,1985
SpUyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
Crews join to
battle blaze—
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Whitewater fun
Shitike Creek gabion provides whitewater in which youngsters can play on hot summer days.
Pi-Ume-Sha celebrates 1855 treaty-
by Lenora Starr
Pi-U m e-Sha is the powwow
th a t alm ost w asn’t and so this
year it is extra special.
According to Bernice Mitchell,
coordinator of thé Pi-Ume-Sha
powwow the burden of raising
$14,000, the cost to sponsor the
powwow and the loss of their
son Jackson “ Big-O” Mitchell
was alm ost too heavy. How
ever, with a little help from T ri
bal C ouncil and a few encou
raging words, the annual Treaty
Days Powwow will be celebrated
again this year.
Sonya Heath, Saraphina Scott
and Tonya Mitchell are the three
girls who will be vying for the
title of Miss Pi-Ume-Sha.
Recent high school graduates,
Pi-Ume-Sha Calendar
F R ID A Y , JUNE 20
7:45 a.m.
M ens softball tournam ent at the Com m un
ity Center ball fields
7:00 p.m.
Pi-U m e-Sha Powwow opening session and
grand entry
9:00 p.m.
C oronation of the 1985 Pi-Ume-Sha queen,
powwow grounds
9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Indian Night Out dance, Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge,
A dults only, $2 per person
SATURDAY,JUNE 21
the girls will b e selling raffle
tickets with the title going to the
girl with the highest am ount of
ticket sales. Tonya M itchell has
special aspirations for the title
as she will be donating per per
centage of her ticket sales toward
a m em orial for her brother. In
regards to Tonya*s bid for the
title, her m other said, “S he’s
doing it for him .”
The encam pm ent will open
Thursday for the visitors to set
up cam p and the Pi-Ume-Sha
events will officially begin Fri-
day with the grand entry at 7
p.m.
The celebration does not limit
itself to the encampment grounds
for there are events being set
outside the circle of the encam p
ment such as the Tenth A nnual
Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo and the tenth
Annual Stickgame Tournament.
There will also be a m arathon,
traditional parade, softball and
golf tournam ent.
This year m arks the sixteenth
annual celebration. T radition
ally, Pi-Ume-Sha, meaning“good-
tim es” is a celebration of the
1855 treaty,
Apportionment discussed
by Marsha Shewczyk
D uring the last Tribal C oun
cil election the first representa
tive from the Agency district
took his seat with 255 votes. It
took only 118 votes to seat the
7-7:45 a.m.
Pi-U m e-Sha R un registration. Com m unity
first choice Sim nasho represen
Center, $8 per person
tative and 32 votes to place the
8:00 a.m.
Pi-U m e-Sha R un starting time, 2.2 mile and
Seekseequa representative on
5.4 mile runs
the council. The imbalance was
8:00 a.m.
Fry Bread O pen G olf tournam ent at Kah-
noted.
Nee-Ta resort
Concerned that a vote in one
8:30 a.m.
Mens softball tournam ent. Com munity Cen
district weighed as much as seven
ter
times more than a vote in another
9:00 a.m.
Judging for the Pi-U m e-Sha parade held at
district, and concerned, too, that,
the W.S. Elem entary School
a violation of “one man, one
10:30 a.m.
j Traditional dress parade starting at school
vote” sited in the equal protec
’and ending at C om m unity C enter, route on
tion clause o f the American
W arm Springs St.
1:00 p.m.
10th annual Pi-U m e-Sha All-Indian Rodeo < Civil R ights Act of 1968 was?
held at the new rodeo grounds on highway 3 being violated, tribal member
(Kah-Nee-Ta road) adults-$3, children 12 R udy C lem ents ap p ealed to
T rib al C ouncil, encouraging
and under-$1.50, Seniors-free
them to open the m atter for,;
1:00 p.m.
Powwow afternoon ¡session and grand entry
public discussion.
3:00 p.m.
Stick game tournam ent at the powwow
In Clem ents’s letter to Tribal
grounds 7:00 p.m.
Council dated M arch 17, 1985,
Powwow evening session and grand entry
he appealed for open meetings.
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m .W estern dance at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge, music
“I am aware th at comments
by El Coochise and the Country Express
have been expressed in recent
SUN D A Y, JUNE 22
public meetings on this m atter
6 a.m. to 10:30 a.m .B uckaroo Breakfast, Agency Longhouse, $3 and feel that the people m ust
have an opportunity to express
p er plate
their feelings and concern about
8:00 a.m.
F ry Bread Open F inal Day
our present system of placing
9:45 a.m.
Mens Softball tournam ent
le a d e r s h i p o n th e T r i b a l
1:00 p.m .
10th A nnual Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo
Council.”
2:00 p.m.
Powwow final session and grand entry
The Sim nasho D istrict meet-
by Donna Behrend
those areas. Alice Florendo was
* A control burn at the W arm also alerted about the rapidly-^'
Springs dum p near D ry Creek spreading fire.
According to Forest Manager
scheduled for this Week was
hastened last weekend by high Bob Harned there was very lit
winds and unusually dry weather tle resource damage. Winds of
conditions. W arm Springs was ,15 to 20 miles per hour fanned
the site of the state’s largest the fire during day time hours
range fire of the year as ap p ro x and let up at night. This in addi
imately 2,600 acres of grass, tion to th e average tem perature
sage brush and juniper were being 90 degrees and the rela
scorched by the fire. Although tive hum idity at 14 to 15 per
it is unknow n exactly w hat cent, caused-the fire to be very
caused the fire, it is suspected difficult to control. There was
that som eone may have throw n also “a real shortage of m an
a m atch or other burning m ate pow er,” said Harned. It took
rial into the dum p and th at the firefighters from two different
wind caught the flames th at • forests and three different ranger
touched off the extremely dry districts to m ake up one crew of
20. A pproxim ately 35 W arm
grass surrounding the dump.
Over 270 firefighters from the Springs residents worked on the
B.I.A., Tribe,. U.S. Forest Ser fire, 20 of whom com prised the
vice, BLM and Yakima battled W arm Springs fife crew.
Harned and acting fire m an
the blaze for alm ost two days
b efo re g ettin g it c o n tain e d agement officer D an O ’Brien
M onday morning. The fire was each Stated th at the dum p has
controlled by 6 p.m. M onday ' caused num erous fires in the
,eyfcmngtaj^.m o p - ^ ^ j ^ ^ d u r e s u past. O ’Brien stated th a t he was
will continue through the week.> TSurprisecT it hasn't burned there
Two families were evacuated more frequently. ” Harned said
by Warm Springs Fire and Safety ’ that the dum p is a “com m unity
and N orth Unit Fire D epart problem. It has burned the north
m ent at the onset o f the fire a t 3 half of the reservation and it
p.m. Saturday afternoon. A n will burn the west half if we con
drew David, who was not at tinue to handle it the same
home at the time, and M aryann way,” He suggested that it be a
Meanus waited about four hours controlled dum p so that some
until their homes Were out of one would be at the site at all
danger. The water treatm ent times to ensure that future fires
plant, in the middle of the fjre do not get out of control.
Estimated cost of the fire has
Was threatened, but no Serious
dam age incurred. At one point reached $270,000 including appro
on Sunday afternoon, it was ximately $65,000 for the ten or,
thought th at W S F PI and the 11 loads of fire retardent dumped
Wolfe Point housing subdivi from bombers that came out of
sion were in danger but the fire the Wenatchie, Washington and
was halted before it reached Redmond Air Centers.
Copter crashes on Webster Flat
by Pat Leno-Baker
A helicopter pilot, Randolph
Floyd, 24, was taken by Emma-
nual H ospital Life Flight helic
opter from W ebster Flat fol
lowing the crash of his aircraft
on June 13.
On a routine flight, Floyd
experienced difficulty with his
craft and he radioed the M adras
airport. The message was moni-
tered and relayed a t the airport
by Tribal pilot Jerry Armstrong.
At th at time the pilot landed the
craft on W ebster Flat. W arm
Springs police officer Chris Still
Observed the craft land and went
to the scene. A mechanic was
dispatched from ¿he airport to
assist the pilot. The mechanic
repaired a faulty fuel line. Floyd
then tested the craft and hovered
a b o u t ten m in u tes, he th e n
started to return to the M adras
airport’ According to statements
from the mechanic and Still, the
craft flew about a mile when it
appeared to drop out of sight
and then it “bounced back into
view and then dropped again.” ,
Still and the mechanic drove
to the crash site where he ap p a
rently dropped and found the
copter on its side facing north.
The pilot suffered serious injur
ies. At th at time, Still requested
an am bulance and rescue crew.
The pilot appeared to be suf
fering spinal and back injuries.
Emergency Medical Technicians
responded to the scene. It was
decided at th at time th at mov
ing Floyd by am bulance over
the rough terrain was not a wise
move, according to Fire Chief
Jerry Huff.
So Floyd, was removed from
the scene by the Life Flight
helicopter. Life Flight was called
arid they prepared to fly over
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ing held Ju n e 18 focused atten
tio n on this subject of ap p o r
tionm ent. Confusion as to the
• meaning of the term was widely
expressed by Sim nasho District
voters.
According to au th o r of the
initial letter to Tribal Council
regarding apportionm ent, the
term refers to geographic div
isions in which people are regis
tered to vote with application
for proper representation for
each area.
The possibilities for reappor
tionm ent are num erous, Cle
ments stated at the meeting. It is
im portant, primarily, that the
vote for each person have equal
value.
The confusion in regards to
apportionm ent could be clari
fied with inform ational w ork
shops. Council member Delbert
Frank em phasized, “W e’ll not
make decisions UntiLOur people
are totally fam iliar with what to
d o :”
Sim nasho people expressed
the desire to m aintain districts.
There was a positive tone ex
pressed by some a t the possibil
ity of extending the choice for
representative reservation-wide
rather than just district-wide.
Some district members Strong- Pilot Randolph Floyd was seriously injured when his craft crashed
Continued on Page 2
on Webster Flat.