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VOL. 13 NO. 12
Coyote News
in brief
Kalamas win cruise
Tommy and Jeanine
Kalama will be cruising
the Mexican Riviera in
September after winning
a contest sponsored by
KWSI radio station.
Page 2
Kah-Nee-Ta adds
services
Many changes in
services are taking place
under the management
of new general manager
Ron Malfara.
Page 3
Travel tips offered
Before beginning a trip
be certain a car
maintenance check-up is
made. It can prevent
problems, delays and
frustrations.-'-" -
Page 5
Rodeo on tap
The 13th Annual All-
Indian Pi-Ume-Sha
Rodeo will be held at the
Warm Springs rodeo
grounds June 25-26.
Page 5
Seniors graduate
Graduates from Madras
High School are listed.
Eighteen tribal members
participated in the June
4 commencement
exercises.
Page 7
Educational goals
developed
Participants in a two-day
education retreat defined
goals to improve the
educational system for
Warm Springs student.
Community members are
encouraged to become
involved in activities
designed to reach those
goals.
Page 7
Disabled American Vet
erans representive, John
Richards will be at the Pi-Ume-Sha
grounds Friday,
June 24, 1988 from 10:
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The next deadline for
Spilyay Tymoo will be
June 24. All articles have
to be in by that date, or
they won't be published.
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ended with the school's final powwow June 9.
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USFS seeking comment
The Pacific Northwest Region
of the USDA Forest Service is
seeking the public's help in prepar
ing an Environmental Impact State
ment examine future options for
management of the western spruce
budworm infestation in Oregon
and Washington.
We are interested in finding out
what issues are important and how
people want to be involved in our
planningand decision-makine,',empha-
sized Roger Ogden, team leader for
Pi-Ume-Sha Schedule
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the spruce budworm planning effort.
The western spruce budworm is
a caterpillar of a small moth that
eats the new growth of Douglas
Fir, Engelmann spruce, western
larch, white fir and other conifer
trees. The infestation has continued
for eights years and currently affects
over seven million acres primarily
east of the Cascades in Oregon and
Washington. While the budworm
is normally a natural resident of
. Powwow Grand Entry, Com-
munity Center (C.C.)
. Slowpitch tournament, C.C
ball fields
.Buckaroo Breakfast
Agency longhouse
to,
a.m.
Nick Kalama Memorial Endu
rance Race
16th Annual Men's Open
Fried Bread Golf tourney at
Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Course
Slow Pitch tournament C.C.
ball fields
Women's Fried Bread tee
off KNT Golf Course
10:30a.m.. . .Traditional Dress Parade
Warm Springs St. Agency
area
Powwow Grand Entry, after
noon session, C.C.
Treaty Days Rodeo, rodeo
grounds, KNT road, Hwy. 3
Stickgame tournament, at
C.C- powwow grounds
Powwow Grand Entry, even
ing session, C.C.
Buckaroo Breakfast at
Agency Longhouse
Fried Bread Golf tournament,
KNT Golf Course
Slowpitch tournament at
C.C. ball fields
Rodeo at rodeo grounds
Powwow Grand Entry at
C.C. with championship
dances immediately
starting
..Slowpitch championship
games C.C. ballfields
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ui summer
joy of being set free for the summer
on budworm
the forest community, its popula
tion have reached epidemic pro
portions. Operations are already
under way to treat some forest
lands in the Pacific Northwest Region
this year. The EIS will be used to
develop future management strate
gies. The EIS team is collecting com
ments on concerns about the pro
ject through June 20. Mail com
ments to the USDA Forest Service,
Spruce Budworm EIS team, P.O.
Box 3623, Portland, Oregon 97208.
For more information, contact Don
Bilyeu, Public Affairs Officer, at
(503) 294-7778 or (503) 294-7552.
Subcommittee discusses Deschutes River concerns
Meeting June 2 at Madras City
Hall the Deschutes River Manage
ment Recreation Subcommittee
discussed ways to improve condi
tions on the lower 100 miles of the
Deschutes River. Discussion rang
ed from the use of float tubes to
development of additional boat
ramps and camp sites.
Concern was expressed for the
safety of float tube users as well as
the legality of using float tubes
while fishing. Regulations state that
angling may not take place from a
floating device. Game agent Lind
sey Ball stated that as long as
anglers were standing on the bot
tom of the river, there is no viola
tion. The use of anchors with these
floating devices was also a concern.
Further discussion will take place
regarding this issue. Committee
member Dave Green feels. "We
can't ignore this issue."
Jet boats also create a safety
concern. High powered motors and
large boats with poor visibility may
be dangerous. Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife biologist Jim
New ton says, "Sooner or later we're
going to lose some lives down
there." Limiting the number of
power boats or eliminating them
altogether may be essential. Colli
sions have occurred in the past
involving these boats. One regula
tion that committee members feel would
help control these craft is limita
tion of their use to daylight hours.
Horsepower limitations might also
be considered.
Destruction of riparian areas on
the river bank has resulted from
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An early morning helicopter crash
claimed the life of a pilot, Joel
Swatosh, 43, of Turlock, Califor
nia June Hat the site of the spruce
budworm control project on the
Warm Springs Indian reservation.
Swatosh reportedly had just com
pleted one run of spraying the pes
ticide and had refilled and was
returning for a second flight when
a radio message was heard by ground
crews.
The crew had heard the word,
"power," then heard the pilot say,
"going down, going down." His
flight was late in returning, so an
initial search began after there was
no radio contact. Warm Springs
neavy use. "The best way to keep
people out of nice areas is to pro
vide nice areas," explains Bureau
of Land Management recreation man
ager Barry Phelps. "People may
love a site to death, " he adds.
Large groups can be especially des
tructive to the fragile areas. Regu
lations limit parties to 1 6 in number.
Some modifications might be made
to that number for certain times of
the year but the use of designated
camp sites is essential.
Enhancing some ideal camp areas
will hopefully prevent further
damage. The committee intends to
ask the Warm Springs Tribe for
permission to undertake work at
the tribally-owned Sandy Beach,
approximately one mile above
Sherar's Falls. The Tribe has already
invested S5.000 in the beach but
further engineering would make
the site more suitable for use. "The
key is the Warm Springs folks and
how they feel about future plans."
says one committee member.
The impact of large number of
boaters at boat ramps was also dis
Input wanted
Discussion of proposed regula
tions pertaining to tribal resources
is scheduled for June 21. 1988 at
9:00 a.m. at the Fire Managment
conference room. The Bureau of
Indian Affairs has requested both
BIA and tribal input.
A draft of regulations has been
developed to cover all tribal re
sources. However, because "this
:ribe is quite advanced." says BIA
U.S. Pmlage
Bulk Katf Permit No. 2
Warm Spring, OK 97761
dress Correction Requested
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JUNE 17, 1988
Motorcycle accident
claims life
On June 7, 1988 at 9:42 a.m. the
Warm Springs police received a
report of an accident on Highway
26 at milepost 104.5. Police and
investigators responded and
observed that a motorcycle, a 1966
Honda traveling westbound had
left the roadway on the north side.
The motorcycle traveled 263 feet
after leaving the highway and crashed
into trees.
Driver of the motorcycle. Den
nis Chee Yazzie. 27. Warm Springs
and passenger. Vale Buzz Lucino.
29, Warm Springs were thrown
from the cycle. Yazzie was lying
next to the cycle and Lucino was
thrown about .10 feet from the
point of impact.
Yazzie was transported to Warm
Springs Indian Health ServiceClinic
where he was stabalized and then
flown by Air Life helicopter to the
St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.
He suffered a fractured skull. Yaz
zie died at St. Charles the same
day.
Lucino suffered cuts, bruises and
abrasions. He was transported to
Mt. View Hospital in Madras.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Inves
tigator, Rob Moran stated the motor
cycle had traveled at a high rate of"
speed when Yazzie lost control on
a curve. It was determined the
accident was alcohol related accord
ing to Moran. Neither the driver
nor the passenger were wearing
helmets at the time.
jn crash
Search and Rescue was called into
assist.
The helicopter was located four
miles from the spray strip by another
helicopter. Crews had some idea of
where to look from where he could
have been spraying, according to
forestry personnel.
Swatosh was declared dead at
the scene after search crews reached
him.
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs offices flew flags at half
mast in memory of the Vietnam
veteran Swatosh Wednesday, June
15 from 3 to 5 p.m.
cussed. Developing more land
adjacent to the Warm Springs
launch site is being discussed with
private land owners. The possibil
ity of developing launch facilities
at Mecca along with improving the
access road was mentioned. Rat
tlesnake Canyon was also suggested
as a possible ramp location. The
comment was made that "As you
expand there will be more use of
the river."
A stewardship program on the
lower river invites private citizens
to plant trees and stay in the site up
to one year while developing it.
The BLM encourages participation
in the program by individuals or
groups.
The next meeting of the Recrea
tional Subcommittee is scheduled
for June 23 in The Dalles.
Recommendations by the sub
committee will be reviewed by the
main body of the Deschutes Man
agement Committee w hich w ill meet
July 18 and 19 at Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort. The public is invited to
attend.
for regulations
cnvironmnetal coordinator Bill
Apgar. some tribal regulations may
already be designed to incorporate
portions of the management plan.
Some BIA regulations, as a result,
may not be needed for manage
ment of Warm Springs resources.
Responses of participants at the
meeting ill be recorded for use by
managment plan writers. Resource
managers and community members
are encouraged to attend.