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!!' l'l.l. V. . :'i .m V . 1 II... II' 9 0 1 'IM7 warm Springs News 25 --p VOL. 12 NO. 12 ' - y -V; . 1 1 t, - . V;" J 3 . ' , ii""-'-::-1Trr)- ii i ii. i i in .infun rir-mnl " f ' ' '. ' .. " . ...Miitf wrr " t. Three students at Te- Wah-Nee School in Simnasho study lessons in their Makah fishing camp to be reconstructed A 3,000-year-old Makah Indian fishing camp on the Olympic Penin sula's Hoko River will be recon structed this summer by a Washing ton State University archaeology team and members of the Makah Indian Tribe. Dales Croes, a WSU anthropol ogy professor who has directed excavations at the site for the past ten years, says work will get under way June 8 and will continue for about three months. One of the oldest and most pro ductive sites of early Northwest Coastal Indian culture, the Hoko excavations began in 1977 and have uncovered some 6,400 artifacts, includ ing the oldest wood-carved art object ever found in North America. Discoveries date back 3,000 years, said Croes, the formative period of the Northest Coastal Indian cul ture. It marks the point when natives began storing food for the winter Infant mortality rate drops The infant mortality rate among Native Americans fell to 1 0.2 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in the most recent reporting period, repre senting a lower rate than that of the U.S. population as a whole during the same period. Assistant Secre tary for Health Robert E. Win dom, M.D., announced today. The newly reported rate is for the three-year period 1982-84. Three year reporting periods are used because of the relatively small num ber of births and infant deaths WEATHER MAY HI LOW 20 67 37 21 72 41 22 77 44 23 76 45 24 71 52 25 67 62 26 64 37 27 68 56 2S 71 55 29 79 42 30 68 54 JUNE 1 75 39 k:-,;y ' : . A i cr, ;. f .. t 'xr "iw' r I Teepee becomes classroom which allowed them to come together in larger social units and begin developing cultural patterns. The Hoko site, about a mile upstream from where the river flows into the Strait of Juan De Fuca, was used by the Makah ancestors as a temporary fishing camp, a place where they could process and dry fish taken from the ocean. The village replica will be erected in a meadow across the river from the original excavation site, said Croes. The team will construct shelters of cedar bark and bul rushes and racks for drying hali but. Members will reproduce and use wooden fishing hooks and stone tools for fileting the fish. The Makah tribe has agreed to provide 70 pounds of halibut and cod each week to re-enact the ancient drying rites and two canoes which will be used both for fishing and transporting visitors to the site, he occurring in a single year among American Indians and Alaska Natives. "The Indian Health Service can take pride in its success in lowering infant mortality among Native Americans," Dr. Windom said, "Al though much remains to be done in other medical areas to improve the health of Indians and Alaska Natives, this exmaple should give heart to IHS and to those IHS serves." The 1 982-84 rate for Native Ame ricans is nine percent below the 1983 rate for the population as a whole, 11.2 deaths per thousand births. Contractor unearths artifacts A contractor using a backhoe to dig a trench for an irrigation sys tem in a forest nursery uncovered approximately a dozen chipped ob sidian stones. The archaeological find is significant, according tribal archaeologist Dan Mattson. On Monday. June 2 contractors discovered the stones and informed the forestry department who, the next day. contacted archaeologist Mattson. Mattson traveled to the site and discovered an additional chipped stone. All of the obsidian stones found ;pniiyay nynmcnxiD WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 teepee classroom. explained. Some of the tribal elders will live at the encampment and contribute their knowledge about Makah practices and customs. "Our intent is to make this as authentic as possible a kind of time-machine for people interested in visiting the area," Croes com mented. He also sees the experi ment as a rehearsal for a more elaborate encampment reconstruc tion designated as a state centen nial archaeology project for 1 988-89. "We're making the site more accessible to the public this year in order to try out a few ideas. Daily tours will be conducted from II a.m. to 2 p.m. and arrangements for group tours can be made," said Croes. A very entertaining and educa tional swing through the Olympic Peninsula would begin with a stop at the Hoko site, 15 miles east of Neah Bay, the Makah Interpretive The comparable 1983 rate for all U.S. races other than white was 1 6.8 per 1 .000 births and for blacks it was 19.2. The death rate for Indian and Alaska Native infants was 62.7 in 1954-56, when IHS became part of the Public Health Service. The decline in the infant mortality rate during the 28-year period is 84 percent. About one million Native Amer icans in 32 states are eligible for IHS services. Directed by Everett R. Rhoades, M.D., IHS is part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, David N. Sund wall. M.D.. administrator. could have been part ol one man's cache, says Mattson. Further inves tigation will take place to deter mine the reason for the stones being found in that location. Dat ing and source of the stones will also be made. The stones were chipped down to a rough form but were not tools in themselves, explains Mattson. There also is the possibility that this could be a burial site. Pontrsrtor will continue devel opment of an irrigation system fol- lowing a plan suggested by Mat- tson. e News i-mw-i i MW I ucssgMMMillgBaJ. Museum at Neah Bay and a hike out to the coast to the former Ozette Archaeological Project at Cape Alava, he said. Tours can be arranged by writ ing to Croes at the Hoko River Archaeology Project, Star Route 2, Box 19G,Sekiu, Washington 98381. Rattlesnake A class will be given on "Rat tlesnakes" Monday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Warm Springs Fire and Safety department. The public is invited to attend. The class will be presented by Vern Barley, manager of St. Cha rles Medical Center Air Life of Oregon Inc., of Bend, Barley for merly worked for the Bend Fire Department as and EMT 3 and firefighter. He has also worked a river guide and is an expert in out - I- :- f '? . - ' "- w 1 if f. . " " . . I . ..v ! . . . -"- i iC F v T f . ft jf , V , - V .. " . - " i . p i s . ' I ' ' J U " , , .r' ' .-.. ' .J . V 4 " ' 1 Local fishermen continue the i.mturies 10 has changed little during the yean, So the day this photo was taken. Tribe, rafters reach river use compromise A compromise has been reached by the Warm Springs tribe and the Northwest Rafters Association aimed at protection of the Deschutes River. Each had recently submitted what seemed to be completely opposing bills but after many meetings and much discussion, were able to for mulate one bill from the two. Tri bal representative Rudy Clements states, "The bills were so polarized, but after we sat down and went through them we arrived at a consen sus." Northwest Rafters Association president Mike Sallee feels just as good about the compromise, "It's one of the biggest accomplishments. It's the first time we have been able to sit down together. It was a lone. hard process we've gone through but the bottom line is we're all working together." Initially the Tribe sponsored Senate Bill 945 after a study of environmental and social impacts on the river found the river to be impacted environmentally and nu merous areas to be overcrowded. The introduced bill proposed the establishment of the Deschutes River Management Area and required (he Oregon rams "and Recreation "; Division to develop a management plan for the area. The bill stipu lated limited entry on parts of the river bordering the reservation. House Bill 3019. sponsored by the Association, called for cooper ation by user groups, local land owners, city, county, state and fed eral agencies. It designated the esta blishment of a commission and a management plan to preserve the Deschutes River ecological system. It also called for unlimited entry and the development of facilities "to meet resource needs." The Association bill "was totally unacceptable to us,"explains tribal attorney Jim Noteboom. But now, he continues, the bill "is in a form class to be door survival skills. According to Jerry Huff, Fire and Safety Chief, Barley is an expert in the field of Buckaroo breakfast planned Buckaroo Breakfasts will be held Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, the weekend of Pi-Ume-Sha, at the Agency Longhouse from 6 to 10:30 a.m. So don't make any plans to slave over a hot stove FISHING AT SHERARS - old tradition of dip-netting at S heron Falls. The nigged beauty of the making for sometimes dangerous conditions. Fisfung was particularly V U.S. Pottage Bulk Rata Parmlt No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Correction Requested m m . 00 0 . 000 JUNE 5, 1987 acceptable to the I nbe." With Representative Wayne Faw bush acting as mediator, the two sides were able to come together to begin negotiations and eventually to rewrite a bill satisfactory to both parties. Revised bill 30I9-B states, "the recreation area shall be adminis tered to allow continuous compat ible uses." A nine-member com mittee, appointed by the governor, will have two years to write a man agement plan. State Parks and Recreation Division will oversee the plan. The Deschutes River Scenic Water way Recreation Area Management Committee will be composed of a representative from the Deschutes River non-commercial interest, sports fishermen interest, land owners, permitted outfitters, area land-based users such as campers and hikers, the Tribes, elected city or county official from Wasco, Jef ferson and Sherman Counties and a representative from the public at large. The Committee will use resource agencies to develop a manage ment plan in cooperation with manage ment agencies. ; I ne 'reviser Dirrdo-ev not pi e clude use limitations and "sets up a system for a comprehensive man agement plan," says Noteboom. Some things have been lost from both original bills in the revision but, as Sallee states, "when you negotiate you always lose some thing." But even then, says Sallee. 'with the cooperation we've had among all the users it's a very good bill." The formulation of a revised bill and the ability of all Deschutes Rivers users to compromise has "really been a break through for us" emphasizes Noteboom. "We have developed a mechanism to work together for the betterment of the River." held June 8 rattlesnakes and their bites. "Bar ley's presentation is well worth the time." fixing breakfast for your family and guests. Just plan to gather eve ryone up and head for the Long house to enjoy a leisure meal. See you there.
