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August 16,1985
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Fish vs. People at issue------
w ater at the sam e tim e th e peo-
pie d o.
A resolution (#3710) passed
iri 1972 set m inim um and optir
m um stream flow requirem ents
fo r fish life and incorporated if
in the Official W ater Code for
W arm Springs. A flow o f 51
cubic feet per second above
Boulder Greek is required at the
end o f A ugust th ro u g h Septem
ber to meet m inim um w ater
requirem ents for spaw ning acti
vities. W ith 10 cfs diverted into
the canal, M ill C reek is left with
a 40 cfs flow, below m inim um
requirem ents. “A nything taken
put fo r this tim e o f the year will
im pact the fishery,” adds Sehgal.
1 W ater policy on the W arm
Springs Reservation lists domes
tic and com m unity use as a first
priority in w ater use, Follow ing
priorities in order of im portance
iriclude: fisheries, wildlife and
vegetation; agriculture, range,
comm ercial use; and, industrial,
including hydroelectric.
The Indian Heritage Club entered afloat in the Jefferson County Fair Parade A ugust 10. The club,
The M ill Creek canal supp
under the leadership o f Beatrice and Reggie Winishut and P at Smith, perform Iridian dances in
lies irrigation and livestock water
various locations throughout the year. Their next trip will be to the Oregon State Fair.
to the Sidw alter area. D om estic
w ater, how ever, is provided
through a separate com m unity
water supply system. W ater from
the canal does not affect house
hold and first priority use.
The m ajority o f residents at
the Sidw alter meeting protested
a w ater shut off. Some favored
a partial shut off. Opinions heard
included: “If we shut the w ater
off in à couple, three year’s time
it will low er the w ater table and
will cause a problem in wells.”—
Alvin Sm ith: “I d o n ’t see any
reason we should have to shut
the w ater o f f —Tom m y Smith:
“ H opefully we can accom odate
the f is h .. .As far as tu rning the '
w ater off. I say definitely not. .
the people: com e first.”—R udy
Clements.
Because this is thé first time
the issue of m inim um stream
flow has occurred the question
o f future w ater use during the
critical fish m igrating time was
discussed. “We better look down
the road,"emphasized Range/ agri
culture/ irrigation committee chair
m an Buford Johnson.
W ays to augm ent the w ater
supply suggested by meeting
participants included installation
of weirs, S pring runoff storage
facilities, storage ponds, pum p
ing w ater from Badger Creek
will participate to ensure a his and pum ping from com m unity
toric m eeting an d im p o rtan t re
sults.
Fo,ur topics will be addressed
in m ajor commission discussions
at the Congress. These topics
are: D evelopm ent and Indian
Populations; C ultural Policies;
H u m a n R ig h ts a n d In d ia n
R ig h ts;. and M ovem ents and
O rganizations in the Americas.
International meeting set for Santa Fe in October
O n O ctober 28-N ovem ber 1, n atiqnal pow er Struggles have
1985 S an ta F e, New M exico on them —th e C ongress p ro m
will play host to perhaps the ises .to have a m ajor affect on
most prestigious a n d im portant- In d ian policies and program s
gathering o f public an d private across the hemisphere:
officials ever assem bled any
where w ho are concerned with
T he Inter-A m erican Indian
the future o f A m erica’s native; C ongress m eets once every four
indigenous people. T he occa years in one of the 17 m em ber
sion fo r this significant event is sta te s o f th e p a re n t o rg a n i
th e ninth m eeting o f the Inter- z a tio n — th e In te r-A m e ric a n
A m erican Indian Congress.
In d ian Institu te, based fit M ex
ico City. This o rganization was
C om ing at a tim e w hen Indi- formed in 1940 to establish coope
aris th ro u g h o u t N orth, C entral rative efforts in solving the many
and South A m erica are involved p ro b lem s th a t afflict In d ian
in a num ber of far-reaching groups o f th e Âfnericàs. The
projects and conflicts— ranging following countries are members
f r o m th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f of the organization, and will be
I n d i a n - c o n t r o l l e d n a t u r a l sending official delegations to
resources or culturally-based edu the Congress: A rgentina, Boli
cat ion to the im pact that inter- via, B razil, C o lo m h i? . C o sta
Rica, Chile, E cuador, El Salva-
d o r, G u a te m a la , H o n d u ra s,
N icaragua, M exico, P anam a,
P eru, Venezuela, an d the U ni
ted States.
The upcom ing C ongress will
be th e first held in the United
States, an d also the first to be
held outside of the host coun
try ’s cap it al city. J oa o V icente
Baena Soares, Secretary-General
o f the O rganization of A m eri
can States, will address the C on
gress a t the inaugural session. It
is custom ary fo r the head o f the
host country to inaugurate the
Congress arid P resident R eagan
has been issued an invitation. In
addition, m any o ther notable
dignitaries, officials and recog-
According to Verbena Greene,
one o f the cerem onial pickers,
the berries in O regon are still
green and sm all. V erbena chose
to pick in th e berries fields of
O regon even though it m ade the
picking a m uch h ard er jo b , “ be
cause th e first picking of the
berry is^preceded by the blessing
o f th e berries and the berries in
Oregori need to be blessed.”
M any of the pickers went to the
fields iri W ashington as the ber
ries were plentiful.
Agairi this year a “kids rodeo ”
was held during th e weekend.
The rodeo is sporisored by W arm
Springs Chief, Delvis H eath.
W jth the feast over the people
can now e n ter the.fields harvest
the rich, dark huckleberry.
As noted, each nation will be
sending an official delegation.
Each natio n is expected to send
a head delegate and several alter
nates. They have been encour
aged to include Indian leaders
am ong these official delegates,
b u t provisions are being made
to hold a series of “ F o ru m s” for
’hizècT ^xpertT ìn l n d ià n A ffairs Wvsira.1,7 h u n d re d . “■g.feseryg£s12.
T hese observers These observer.'.'
Feast celebrates berries, friends
Each year the annual H uc
kleberry F east is held at the
H eH e L onghouse, it is a time
fo r the people to gather and
cele b rate the h arv est o f the
huckleberry. T he feast was held
this year d u rin g the first week
end, of A ugust. T he berries were
plentiful according to the cere
monial pickers who had gathered
the berries earlier iri the week.
wells..
O ne com m unity m em ber felt
the W arm Springs N ational Fish
H atchery interrupted the ru n
causing a problem at Mill Creek.
“Ever since the hatchery was
here, the ru n has been two weeks
late,” mentioned T ommy Smith.
H e; continued, “you shouldn’t
interrupt the run so there wouldn’t
be any problem up here.” ‘
The final decision as to the
am ount of w ater left flowing
through M ill Creek will be left
up to T ribal C ouncil with sug
gestions from the W ater Board.
The m eeting was called because
“we w ant input from the peo
ple.” W ater Board chairm an
Alvin Sm ith explained.
W ater is a major issue through
out the state at this time. M in
im um flow standards are being
set for stream s to accom odate
fish in other locations besides
On the reservation. The decision
m ade by the Tribe at this time
could set a precedent, as pointed
out by N atural Resources officer
G erald H endrickson.
Sehgal emphasizes “A deci
sion needs to be m ade as soon
as possible since the Sparing chi-
nook season is ab o u t to start
and will last fo r an o th er five or
six weeks. Any delay, will im pact
the ru n .”
will jafihftde tribal leaders as
well as representatives from
Indian organizations. The results
of the F orum s will be subm itted
to the vers T hese observers will
iridude tribal leaders as well as
representatives from Indian organi-
zatio n s. T he resu lts o f the
Forum s will be su b m itted jo the
varioUscom m ittees of the C on
gress, providing fo f a broader
base o f input, suggestion^ arid
representation.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Showery*
School begins September 4
Madras Jr. High vice-principal A m y Piaz-Barr has already begun
preparation fo r the upcoming school year. School bells will com
mence ringing Tuesday, September 4.
Fu nds frozen forth ree tri bes
Besides the official business
af the Congress, m any cultural
;vents are being planned, as
Reprinted from The Bulletin
veil as several receptions. Tours
vill be arranged to the reserva-
A. dispute oyer the first elec
:ions o f the nearby Pueblos,
tio n field by the Confederated
vhere the delegates and obser
T rib e s o f th e C o o s, L ow er
vers can view first-hand the
conditions, problem s and suc U m pqua and Siuslaw since rein
statem ent has resulted in a deci
cesses of New M exico’s native
sion freezing federal funds for
people. \
the Indians.
F o r further inform ation, con
L arry Speakes, an official for
tact T heo C revenna, D eputy the Bureau of Indian A ffairs in
D irector o f the L atin A merican P ortland, said W ednesday the
Institute o f the U niversity of funds will be withheld until i t -
New Mexico, 801 Yale NE, Albu was determ ined w hether the tri*
querque, New M exico 87131 bal officials were legally elected
U SA (phone: 505-277-2961), or in voting Sunday. He said there
D aniel Gibson, Public Inform a is some question w hether the
tion Officer III with the New election w as h a n d le d in the
Mexico Office o f Indian Affairs, fashion set forth in the tribal
224 East Palace Ave,, S an ta Fe, bylaws.
New Mexico USA 87501 (phone:
D u rin g the election,, three
A basket o f huckleberries covered with the branches, the berries 505-827-6440).
board members were ousted and
were served during the meal at H e He.
three new ones elected.
The tribes, which were ter-
minated.30 years before, gained
f e d e r a l r e i n s ta t e m e n t la s t
O ctober. The reinstatem ent ap
proved by Congress perm itted
the tribes to apply for federal
funds and land to set up a
reservation,
W illiam B rain ard , a C oos
Indian who has served as chair
m an of theC onfederated Tribes
since 1981, said the election was
“perfectly legal.” He said the
voting was under the old corpo
rate laws for the tribes, which
will be in place until a new con-f
stitution is decided on.
He said th ere was some com
plaints about the voting, includ
ing qustions about why the elec
tion was not held inA pril on the
first of two annual meeting dates
set for tribal business. He said
the delay was due to a “misun
derstanding.”
Scott returns from Europe
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Uan women spend many hours preparing the meal, salmon is one o f the main courses served.
R eturning from E urope July
26, Bridgette S cq tt is richer with
experiences from her trip. T he
sixteen-year-old Bridgette was
chosen as one of the fo u r from
O regon to to u r E urope with
A m erica’s Y outh in C oncert fif
teenth annual tour.
Brigette said the trip was one
which she will rievef forget be
cause it was a dream come tr u e .,
She now says th a t she would
like to return to E urope to re
visit her friends, and the places
she was fortunate to see.
A m ong the highlights o f her
trip were the many places she
saw: the L ondon Tow er, the
W insor C astle in England; the
R oyal C astle in Versallis,' the
Effile T ow er in P aris, the N otre
D am e C athederal in France;
The A |ps in Sw itzerland; P rin
cess G race’s castle and grave in
M onaco; the canals in Venice,
the arts works of Michael Angelo
in F lo ren ce, th e V atica n in
Rome and the Pope in Italy.
, “As for the food ih E urope,
the spaghetti in Italy was the
best I’ve ever eaten, but nothing
beats my m om ’s hom e cooking.
The ice cream in Italy is the best
tasting in E urope,” rem arked
Brigette.
The concert is held each year
and thè m ain th ru st of the p ro
gram is for young A m ericans to
represent themselves, their prime,
their School, hom etow n, state
and country. Each student se
lected was respònsible for their
own expenses for the tour. Bri
gette and h e r parents, G ordon
and B renda Scott spent many
hours raising money for her
trip. The Tribal Council donated
money to her to help w ith ex
penses.
She said th a t each of the con
certs the group received a stand
ing ovation and a t least two
encores. The people of E urope
showed m uch respect for the
group and the music they per
form ed. A t the end of each per
form ance the group played two
selections o f A m erican pieces,
“The S tars and S trips F orever”
and “T he Battle H ym n o f the
R epublic.”
They perform ed a t the Lin
coln C enter in New Y ork City;
R oyal Festival H all in Slough,
England; The G rand Platz in
Brussels, Belgium; The N otre
D am e C a th e d e ra l in P a ris,
France; Festival D u P ian in
Nice, France; Cannes La N ap-
owle in M anaco; St. P eter and
Paul C athederal in Venice, Italy;
the center of the tow n of Viterbo,
Italy and the St. P aul C athed
eral in Rom e, Italy.
“It was exciting, I met and
made a lot of new friends from
all over the U nited States, I now
have tw o pen-pals, one from
Brussels and one from V iterbo
but I am glad to be back hom e,”
concluded Brigette.