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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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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.
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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
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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