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Coyote News
In Brief
New date set
The Warm Springs Arts
and Crafts Show has
been rescheduled for
October 15, 1988. The
show begins at 10:00
a.m. at the Community
Center.
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Past revisited
Old photos show days
gone by on the Warm
Springs reservation
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Agenda presented
The Tribal Council
agenda may be referred
to when interested in
Tribal Council activities.
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Children highlighted
Needs of children are
discussed from food cho
ices to companionship.
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Buffs on the road again
Schedules for Madras High
School football and volley
ball will help community
members plan their after
noons and evenings.
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School begins
District schools wel
comed students back to
the halls September 7.
Warm Springs Elemen
tary is focusing on con
tinuing an exemplary
program this year.
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Special strike insert
WSFPI and union of
ficials are still at odds as
strike enters its fifth
week. To improve com
munication a special
insert is provided.
Weather
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Kah-Nee-Ta dancers got a bird's eye view of the kayak races during the muscular dyslrohy fund raising event over Labor Day weekend Kah-Nee-Ta
raised, through their efforts, over $4,000 for Jerry's Kids.
Tribal representatives want
Columbia RiverGorge land manage
ment plans continue to be formu
lated without direct tribal invol
vement causing some concern a-
mong representatives of the Warm
Springs, Umatilla, Yakima and Nez
Perce tribes.
Since the creation of the Colum
Tribes favor
Tribal representatives praised
proposed legislation to return
Native American skeletal remains,
grave goods, and ceremonial objects
in the possession of museums at a
hearing of S. 187 by the Senate
select Committee on Indian Alfairs
on July 29, 1988 in Washington,
D.C.
"The question is one of human,
religious, legal and group rights of
Native Americans versus the inter
ests of the educational and scien
tific community," said Chief Oren
Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Onon
daga Nation of the Iroquois Con
Conference on Cultural
Preservation set for Oct 12-1 4
The 3rd Annual Northwest Con-
iference on Cultural Preservation
(will provide an opportunity for tri
bal representatives and cultural re
source specialists to address com
mon concerns. The conference is
scheduled for October 12-14 at Si I-
verdale, Washington.
Last year s conference, -held at
Kah-Nee-Ta and hosted bv the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, drew approximately 220
representatives from Northwest
tribes, federal agencies, state uni
versities as well as interested indi-
iduals from across the nation.
This year's conference is expected
to be larger in scope, drawing peo
ple from a larger geographical area
ncluding Alaska and British
Columbia.
Planned keynote speakers will
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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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bia River Gorge Commission in
the summer of 1987 as mandated
by the Columbia River Gorge Scenic
Area Act (PL-99-663) tribal invol
vement has been limited to a Cul
tural Advisory Committee. No tri
bal representation exists on the
other two committees or on the full
return of sacred objects
federacy, in his testimony before
the Committee.
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D
Hawaii), Chairman of the Com
mittee, in his opening remarks said,
"It is my strong belief that the
native people of this country must
and should have access to those
things which represent the rich cul
tural legacy that belongs to this
Nation's first Americans."
Senator Inouye co-chaired the
hearing along with Senator John
Melcher(D-Montana), author and
prime sponsor of the bill. Senator
Melcher was inspired to write the
bill after learning that the Smith-
include members of the United!
States Congress and the governoij
ol Washington state.
Workshops will include burian
and repatriation of human remains
stewardship of artifact collection
and protection of tribal cultural!
sites.
Sponsors for the conference
include the Affiliated Tribes o
Northwest Indians, President
Advisory Council on Historic Pre
servation. United States Foresd
Service, Bureau of Land Manage-!
ment. Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Association of Oregon Archaeolo-J
gists and the Idaho Society of Pro
fessional Archaeologists.
The Suquamish tribe is hosiina
the conference.
An agenda wiil soon be avaiable
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more involvement in Gorge planning
commission.
Although the recreation and
economic committees are composed
only of full commission members,
the Cultural committee is unique in
that it has tribal representation.
But that isn't enough representa
tives of the various tribes feel. Tri-
sonian Institution possesses over
18,000 Native American skeletal
remains some identified by name
and tribe.
"There is no legal authority
granted by Congress that says a
museum may hold the remains of
an Indian contrary to the wishes of
the tribe," Senator Melcher said
during the hearing.
S. 187 would establish an official
process for claims to be made for
the repatriation of Native Ameri
can skeletal remains, cultural arti
facts, and other items of religious
1 cultural significance and a
Native American Museum Claims
Commission to help resolve dis
puted claims.
Other witnesses included William
Parker, a Northern Cheyenne re
presenting the Dog Soldier Society,
on a mission to retrieve a sacred
ceremonial pipe in the possession
of the Smithsonian Institution, as
well as two noted American Indian
legal experts, Mr. John Vance, and
Mr. Walter Echo Hawk of the
Native American Rights Fund. Op
position to the bill was voiced by
representatives from the Smithson
ian Institution, the American As
sociation of Museums and the
Society for American Archaeology.
The bill is tentatively scheduled
for markup on September 8. 1988,
before the Committee. Support
from tribal councils and other con
cerned parties is essential for swift
passage of this important legisla
tion which may encounter strong
opposition from archaeologists,
anthropologists and museums.
Tribes are encouraged to rite their
senators and congressmen urging
them to support the amendments
toS. 187.
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bal representatives on the Cultural
committee want more direct invol
vement by the tribes in the plan
ning process for the Gorge.
Dan Mattson, tribal archaeolo
gist for Warm Springs, has attended
many of the meetings. He feels that
the tribes have been treated only as
another "interest group." The Act
makes no provision for tribal re
presentation on its commission.
"The appointees represent primar
ily county interests," Mattson ex
plains. The archaeologist also feels that
"Indian treaty rights are not receiv
ing the priority attention mandated
by PL-99-663, which states that
land and resource planning are to
occur subject to Indian treaty rights."
He points out Section 6 of the
Gorge Act where it states: "The
Commission shall complete a re
source inventory. The resource in
ventory shall document all exist
ing land uses, natural features and
limitations, scenic, natural, cultu
ral, archaeological and recreation
and economic resources and activi
ties; Provided, That the location of
any Indian burial grounds, village
sites, and other areas of archaeo
logical or religious significance shall
not be made public information
and such information shall be used
for administrative purposes only."
The resource inventories, Mat
tson says, are being made without
Indian involvement and considera
tion of the resources and activities
relevant to Indian people and the
Treaties.
A cultural overview which Mat
tson feels should closely involve
the Warm Springs Tribe and other
tribes that historically used the Gorge
area has been contracted by the
U.S. Forest Service to a private
Eugene firm. Heritage Research
Assoc. Mattson relates that tribal
people would have more know
ledge of the Gorge area than any
body. The tribes should be work
ing on the overview.
The overview by the Eugene firm
has been reviewed by Mattson and
"is totally inadequate in addressing
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SEPTEMBER 9, 1988
County Line fire
second largest fire
of season
On August 29. 527 acres of sage,
range grasses and juniper burned
on Miller Flat. The fire's ignition
point was near the County Line
Road, the cause of the fire has ecn
determined as sparks of a burning
barrel, according to Acting Fire
Management Officer, Mike
Cunningham.
Sixty people fought to contain
the fire. Men from Forestry. BIA
Land Operations, BIA Roads, Mt.
Hood National Forest, Warm
Springs Fire and Safety and a
retardant plane from Remond took
part and had the fire contained at
midnight, August 29. The fire was
under control on August 30 at 4
p.m.
The County Line fire was the
second largest fire on the Warm
Springs Reservation this fire sea
son. A total of 2,490 acres have
burned on the reservation this sea
son, according to Cunningham.
Cost of the County Line fire has
not been determined at press time.
The fire is still under investigation
by BIA Agency Special Officer
Rob Moran and Fire Management.
People need to be aware of the
present fire danger, "Spring rains
helped grow an excellent crop of
wild grasses that have now dried to
become a fire hazard. As the North
west continues to experience drought
conditions the dry wildland fuels
and weather have dramatically in
creased the threat of wildland fires.
The July 9 Greely Heights fire and
Now the County Line fire are ex
amples of just how quickly a fire
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tribal histories," he says. The tribes
are the "sole source of traditional
and historical knowledge."
Involvement by tribes has been
limited due to unavailable money
for such purposes. The tribes went
after and got funding from Con
gress to help them get more in
volved. The $100,000 grant to be
equally distributed among the four
tribes will not cover the amount of
time and travel costs necessary for
total involvement.
Tribal Council member Delbert
Frank agrees that time has pre
vented more interaction with the
committees and Commission. Tri
bal Council doesn't have the time
to review the documents it should
and to attend the meetings. "We
would like to be at these meetings,"
says Frank.
Executive director of the Col
umbia River Gorge Commission
Dick Benner also feels the tribes
have not contributed enough to the
planning for development of the
Gorge. He attributes their lack of
involvement once again to lack of
funding. "We're sorry about that,"
he says.
Benner says, "extensive efforts"
have been made to consult with the
tribes for their imput through
meeting notices and asking for w rit
ten comments. The management
plan deadline for the summer of
1990 makes rapid progress neces
sary, he relates.
Mattson agrees the senate monies
will help but feels more funding is
necessary. He with representatives
from the other tribes say. more
importantly, "There is no direct
representation by the tribes on the
Commission."
Each of the tribes is currently
drafting a letter to the Secretary of
I nterior asking to remedy the situa
tion. Support has already been
expressed by Bureau of Indian Af
fairs Portland Area director Stan
Speaks, according to Mattson. "We
would hope that the Commission
itself would support the basic tribal
rights of sovrcignty within the
Gorge."