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1 OR COLL E 75 .r,(,a v. 13 no. 15 Jul 29, 19H0 5c 001025 SERIALS SECTION y OF 0 LIBRARY EUGENE, OR 97403 U.S. Postage Bulk Kitr Permit No. 2 Warm Spring. OK 97761 Address Correction Requested pilyay Tymoo News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation A w VOL. 13 NO. 15 P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Coyote News In Brief Hunting regulations presented Regulations for reservation hunting, ceded areas and controlled hunts are given. Page 2 Member creates functional art Donny Scott puts tool to antlers and creates unusual but useful items using ancient carving , technique. I Page 3 Poll favors Dukakis Indian leaders polled by NCAI favor Dukakis over -BuSrTahd lisrtreaty rights as first priority. Page 4 4-H Challenge Camp set for August 2-5 Warm Springs 4-Hers will be treated to a real challenge at the High Lakes campground beginning next week. Page 5 Accidents, crimes reported Young Warm Springs residents were affected by accidents, and another was indicted on second degree murder charges. Page 8 " ' 1,111 1 ' ii lining ; .mi.. up. ... -I,. P" m"w in Jii.fn mm , i i ? X h:-- . V- : f Lucille Schuster and Pat Tanewasha watched over their charges outside for a short while last week after the discovery of a methane gas leak at the Day Care Center. Early Childhood Education diretor'julieAJitdtefl informed Tribal Council that local childcare facilities are inadequate. Early Childhood Education stresses need for new facility As long as people keep having babies, there will be a need for childcare. And, that need is increas ing as the years go by, says Earlv Childhood Education director Julie Mitchell. According to her statistics, there are currently 20 1 reservation child ren served by the Head Start, Tri bal Preschool, Child Development Center and Early Intervention pro grams that come under the umbrella Hospital adds doctors, rotation schedule for ER Deadline for the next issue of Spllyay is August 5, 1988 The Annual Huckle berry Feast will be held August 7, 1988 at He He Longhouse 1 1 a. If r Weather July 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Hi 78 81 84 88 91 92 99 106! 98 92 91 100 98 100 Low 54 57 52 51 53 52 58 60 65 62 56 58 61 62 Due to increased demands for emergency medical services at Mt. View Hospital in Madras, officials at the hospital and Indian Health Service have announced new ar rangements for emergency cover age. Beginning July 18, the seven doctors in the Warm Springs Mad ras community will be on a rota tion schedule. The four doctors from Madras Medical Group and the three IHS doctors will share week-day evening emergency room calls. Those eligible for IHS con tract health care needing emergency room service will be seen by the doctor on call for the evening, regardless if the doctor is from Madras Medical or IHS. However, an IHS doctor will be available after hours for admissions if the patient requires hospitalization or emergency surgery. An IHS doctor will also be available to deliver babies. Non-Indian patients will also have access to their own per sonal physician in case of emer gency surgery, hospital admission or obstetrical care. Another change in emergency room services includes the contract ing with Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc. to provide emergency room services on weekends beginning August 5. Spectrum will be on call from 7 p.m. Fridays to9 p.m. Sun days. As with week-day emergency after hours coverage, IHS will be available for admissions, emergency surgery and OB patients. The changes come after months of consideration by Mt. View Hos pital staff and IHS officials. "This will provide a relief for all the phy sicians," said Service Unit Director Lee Loo mis. In addition, Mt. View has expe rienced a 50 percent increase in emergency room use over the last five years. "This increase in utiliza tion has creatd the demand for many changes including the need for construction of a new emer gency services area and modifica tion of physican staffing patterns," said hospital administrator Ron Barnes. Mt. View will bill patients for emergency room service and will bill those patients who are not elig ible for IHS contract health care but see an IHS physician on week days or a Spectrum physician on a weekend. Madras Medical will continue its current billing practi ces for care rendered to patients when treated by their own physi cian. All area physicians are licensed family practioners and are certified Continued on page 2 of Early Childhood. Theie are 48 currently on the waiting list for Head Start and another 64 child ren on the waiting list for the Child Development Center (Day Care). The majority of these children are under 36 months of age. One-hundred-thirty newborns are ex pected this year. Thirty-nine teachers, assistant teachers and teachers' aides instruct children in 14 classrooms that are housed in four different buildings. Mitchell noted that the buildings are inadequate. Program improve ment is limited by a number of things, including building locations, poor plumbing, electrical and heat ing facilities, to name just a few. The Day Care rooms have hot and cold spots and, to help the Center meet federal standards, a dish washer was needed but the installa tion was not possible because of outdated utilities. The closure of the Community Center due to a gas leak at the tri bal garage necessitated the suspen sion of Head Start classes until this Continued on page 8 Ban placed on burning Spring rains helped grow an ex cellent crop ot wild grasses that have now dried to beccome a dan gerous fire hazard. As we continue to experience a drought through out the northwest, dry wildland fuels and weather dramatically in crease the threat of wildfires. The Warm Springs' Greeley Heights fire on July 9th is an example of how quickly a fire can grow with intensity to threaten lives and homes. Warm Springs Agency superin tendent has placed a ban on all open burning on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. This supports actions by state, federal and county governments because of the in creased fire danger. Exceptions are campfires in constructed pits at Dry Creek Campground and Trout Lake by Fire Management. Should you have questions regarding open burning, fire danger, or industrial precaution levels, call Fire Man agement at 553-1 146. JULY 29, 1988 Tribal members discuss hunting issues "111 bet there are guys hunting out there right now.. .It's getting worse not better." Tribal member Wilson (Jazzy) Wewa, Sr. is one of many that relate stories of poachers. "They expect a few guys to abide by the law." he says, while poachers are taking deer. A public meeting held July 18 to discuss 1988 reservation big game hunting regulations allowed time for comment on game and hunting related issues. Although Tribal Council already approved the reg ulations July 5, the meeting per mitted a time for public comment. The poaching problem could be minimized with more adequate game enforcement, participants agreed. Three game officers are not enough to patrol the entire res ervation. Tribal conservation officer Terry Luther pointed out that poaching is everyone's problem, "Everyone has a responsibility if you're going to improve things.. .It's up to them, it's up to us and it's up to you to deal with this poaching." Tribal members also expressed concern about the failure of hun ters in ceremonial hunts to care properly for meat. "Many hunters just shoot the deer. They don't know what to do with it," one tri bal member commented. The an imals are brought in dirty, without game bags, with hair still on. Elders should choose hunters for ceremonial hunts, several meeting participants expressed. "They should have someone with experience. " It was suggested that larger an imals be harvested and only a small number each day by people who know how to care for the meat. Elders should choose hunters for cememonial hunts, several meeting participants expressed. "They should have someone with ex perience." Also mentioned was the early date set to begin hunting season. Too often it's very dry in the mid dle of August making hunting dif ficult and creating fire danger. Care of the harvested animal is also more difficult when temper atures are high. Luther reviewed hunting regula tions for reservation lands and en couraged tribal members to apply for ceded area game tags that are available. Reservation hunting regulations and requirements for ceded area hunting are printed in this issue. Also discussed are controlled hunt regulations and unit boundaries. Tags are available to tribal mem bers. Please see page 2 Recommendations presented to Deschutes River Committee Designated a scenic waterway in 1969, the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River has been a popu lar destination for recreational enthusiasts from fishermen to raf ters. The increased use over the last ten years, however, has caused great concern for those who wish to keep the river as close to its natural state as possible. House Bill 3019 mandated the creation of a nine-member citizen's committee to collect information about the river and formulate a recreational management plan. The comprehensive plan is scheduled for completion in the summer of 1989. The Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Recreation Area Man agement Committee(DRMC) at a full committee meeting July 18-19 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort accepted recommendations for discussion from its subcommittees. Although recommendations varied with each presentation the underlying theme was to provide the greatest number of recreational opportunities to the greatest number of people. Legislation creating the DMRC was preceded by a study by Oregon State University associate profes sor Bo Shelby indicating that many river users feel the river is over crowded. Even with this documen tation, committee members failed to make mention of this fact and most recommendations were focus ed on developing the river to accomodate the increasing number of users. However, tribal public relations officer and DMRC Tribal Sub committee chairman Rudy Clements expressed the feeling that further development of the river should not continue until standards for each river segment are developed including the optimum number of users and a full-scale plan formu lated. Until that time, he explained, the Tribe could not consider offer ing full support. Clements submitted a copy of Shelby's suggestion for developing a management plan for the Deschutes River and then presented recommendations from the Tribal Subcommittee. He first explained some history relating to the rights of Indian people."Historically,"he read from his printed presentation, "Indian people have witnessed the loss of their rights through the gradual encroachment of non-Indians. This is as true today as it was in 1850." In regards to the Deschutes River. Clements points out that through treaty the Tribes have "exclusive" fishing rights in the Deschutes River "and all the rights of a landowner to the middle chan nel of the Deschutes where it borders the reservation." He adds, "Those rights are not being directly challenged." And. Clements con tinues. "The tribes are willing to share the Deschutes River but there is a limit to how far they will go." Beginning with the tribal sub committee recommendations follow. Tribal subcommittee I. The first recommendation the Tribal Subcommittee makes is that a determination of the "optimum level of usage"for the river must be made. Until then, Clements states, "it is not possible to make intelli gent determinations of whether or not more recreational facilities are needed or w hether limited access is needed. 2 The Tribal Subcommittee feels there is a lack of quality law enforcement. Infringements can include trespass, illegal fishing, dis turbance of archaeological sites, and disturbance of spaw ning beds. Regulations should be uniform and commercial guides particularly should be subject to loss of permits Continued on page 3