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UK CULL K 7 b v. I J no. lit-c JO, 5c P.O. Bo N arm Springs Address Correct) 001 025 SERIALS SECTION U OF 0 LIBRARY EUGENE , OR 97403 l.S. 1'ostagr Bulk Kale Permit No. 2 Warm Springs. OH 97761 JLL & 4 News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation vmoo A ft - -rv . n a ' ...rNrr '...vur --way . .J0 . -J rf-. . . - n imi uinxin I 11 II illy f mrt.l'jir'- ijL-i.: - j'. w,. i'j im Niiiinaf riff f ii it M V I1M I If L'L'i- t Mu ....... .. . . " """L"'"ii ur UKt.ouN LIBRARY -J K'-c.ii v.J on: Ol-lM-8'.j Upiiy.iy tymoo. VOL. 13 NO. 26 PO BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 DECEMBER 30, 1988 r Coyote News In Brief Policy built on self-determination President Ronald Rea gan's statement during a meeting December n, 1988 with tribal leaders is presented. Reagan would like to see Native Americans share In the benefits offered In this country. Page 2 Reeservatlon construc tion booming The Warm Springs Con struction Department is meeting the needs of reservation residents by providing jobs and housing. - . . Page 3 Eight enter contests Eight Warm Springs girls are competing for tne crowns at the Warm Springs Holiday Tour nament. Senior court contestants are selling admission tickets while junior court contestants are selling raffle tickets. Page 4 Lady Buffs victorious Madras won the final round of the Girl's Mad ras Invitational December 18 and 19 with a 60-54 win against Glenwood, Washington. Page 6 Catalytic converters reduce wood use Less wood is needed in stoves equipped with a catlytic converter. Pollu tants are also decreased. Page 7 Exerciser noted Sylvia McCabe, exerciser of the month for November, discuses how she bacame involved in an exercise proogram. Page 8 Deadline for the next issue of Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, January 6, 1988. WEATHER DECEMBER HI LOW 16 36 16 17 34 14 18 38 12 19 42 27 29 44 30 21 47 27 22 43 25 23 42 25 24 38 29 25 36 8 26 14 5.5 27 30 7 . V (X I J . f mM,r ... : X - lit ' ItJ MOIHS receives grant s 5. I i- Holiday baking Expressing the spirit of Christmas this pair bake holiday cookies. Photo courtesy o.Mullle Mtnh It was announced recently that the Middle Oregon Indian Histor ical Society was one of two Oregon applicants to be awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Uni versity of Oregon received $1 mil lion to acquire library articles and expand the library building. MOIHS received $500,000 to help construct a museum building that will house MOIHS collections and help finance the development of educational programming for tri bal members and the general public. This grant is the first that has been awarded to the museum since tribal voters approved the $2.5 mil lion referendum in October. Museum executive director Dr. Duane King met with NEH offi cials in December, 1987 and again in February, 1988. A proposal was submitted to NEH in April. All applications were reviewed in November with the announcement of awards made December 15. The challenge grant "signified Jhat,. th?.Jargest federal funding agency considers the museum" important enough to award the grant to MOIHS. "It also indicates their confidence in our ability to raise the remaining money needed to complete the project. "said King. For every dollar NEH offers, three dollars must be raised from non federal agencies. The challenge grant program helps institutions and organizations to raise addi tional support from private and non-federal public sources. Since the program began in 1977, 938 grants have been awarded. Of the 1 39 applications received for review this year, 35 were funded by NEH. MOIHS competed with major universities and well-establish museums. The MOIHS capital campaign strategy includes seeking funds from federal, state and local funding agencies. Receiving a grant for $500,000 from an agency "who has the reputation of closely scrutiniz ing grant proposals," said King, "will greatly increase our prospects of raising money from other sources." Interpretive Center site chosen Crates Point, Vi miles down river from The Dalles, will be the site of the new $5 million interpre tive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The Gorge Commission elected Wasco County for the location for several reasons including the prox imity of the site to a historical trad ing center and the closeness to the Oregon Trail junction. Located next to the Columbia River and north of Interstate 84, the site will also give viewers a chance to see the geologic effects of the great Missoula flood, which helped form the Gorge. Archaeo locial intemretive Dossibilities also exist at the site. Limited access and impact on plants and wildlife prevented other sites from being selected. Consi dered but rejected was Government Island east of Cascade Locks, The Columbia River Showcase site near east Hood River County line, and Mayer State Park about seven miles downriver from The Dalles. The Dalles site has much com munity support, the Commission felt. Large financial contributions have been offered including a trust fund by an anonymous benefactor for $500,000 to build a Wasco County Museum at the interpretive center site. Youngdeer fills director's seat Former Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent in Warm Springs, Merritt E. Youngdeer,an Oklahoma native and a member of the Easten Band of Cherokees of North Carol ina, has been named the BIA area director in Muskogee. His selec tion completes the filling of all 12 area director positions in the Bureau with members of the senior execu tive service (SES). Youngdeer will replace Joe Parker, a career GS-1 5, who has held the positio since May, 1986. In announcing Youngdeer's selec tion, Indian Affairs Assistant Secret ary Ross Swimmer commended Year-round fishing regulations causes trespass problems Year-round trout fishing was approved for the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River during the regulation-setting meeting in the fall of 1987. According to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists the trout fishery is in good shape. Regulations limiting legal size and no-bait fishing has helped to increase the trout popula tion. Forty miles of the river in which the two-year regulation has been imple mented borders the Warm Springs Reservation. Tribal administrators feel that increased use of the river will also increase trespass viola tions. Evidence of that has already occurred. Monitoring during the first win ter months of fishing on the Lower Deschutes in 1 988 shows that from January to April one out of every 15 anglers w ho fished on the river bordering Indian lands trespassed on tribal lands. Fishing regulations are set by the Governor-appointed Fish and Wild life Commission after a series of public meetings are held allowing public input. Biological data is also submitted to the Commission. During district and regional meetings, Warm Springs tribal biologist Terry Luther expressed tribal opposition to the year-round fishing regulation for trespass reasons. A major contention of the Warm Springs Tribe is that they are "co managers" of the Deschutes River bordering their land. The Tribe also holds "exclusive right to tak ing fish in the stream running through and bordering" the reser vation according to the Treatv of 1855. The tribal Fish and Wildlife Committee should be thought of as being equal in administrative decision-making as the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, Luther expresses. Fish and Wildlife Commission member Phil Schneider explains that the decision to permit year round fishinft on the Deschutes River is based primarily on biolog ical data, However, he adds, when the Tribe is involved "both treaty and public interests are factors"... "along with the condition of the resource." The strongest proponents for year-round fishing are sports fishermen. Fishing on the Deschutes in the winter months provides fish ing opportunities for people who do not have the chance to fish in the summer months. And accord ing to Maupin businessman and fisherman Mike McLucas, "The benefits are very personal." McLucas points out that he has had "a long connection with the river.. .Anything that happens is important to me." He, with other fishermen, have encouraged regu lations which favor natural trout production. "We are the reasor there is no need for hatchery sup plementation on the Lower Des chutes," he says. Now McLucas and other fisher men hope to enjoy fishing the river year-round. "Like Indians," he says, "We have things that are of value to us." He continues, "I want the ability to go to the same places Continued on page 8 Parker for his years of dedicated service to the federal government and to Indian people. Swimmer said that Parker has been asked to remain in the Muskogee office as principal deputy to the area director. Youngdeer began his 24 years of government service as a supply clerk in the Rosebud Indian Hospi tal in South Dakota and later moved to the BIA's Wind River agency in Wyoming. He served in increas ingly responsible positions in the Bureau in Tuba City, Arizona. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Anadarko, Oklahoma and Toppenish, Wash ington before being named super intendent of the Warm Springs jAgency in Warm Springs, Oregon in 1977. After a year's service in 1983-84 as assistant area director in BIA's Aberdeen area office. Youngdeer was selected as a can didate for the SES development program. Subsequently he served in the area offices in Muskoee, Aberdeen, and Albuquerque before being detailed as acting area direc tor of the Juneau, Alaska, area in March, 1988. He has been serving as deputy area director in the Albuquerque area office since August, 1988. His new assignment as area director in Muskogee is effective December 18. Youngdeer, 44, is a graduate of Haskell Indian Jun.or College in Lawrence, Kansas. IT mm Kf top!