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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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VOL. 14 NO. 8
Coyote News
In Brief
Indians receive training
Police Department
employees are receiving
training which will
eventually lead to
certification.
Page 2
Snags are homes
Standing dead trees
provide homes for birds
and animals. Snags are
an important part of the
total forest environment.
Page 3
Fire prevention
suggestions given
Homeowners in ruraf
areas are advised that
certain precautions will " ':
help protect homes from
wildland fires.
Page 3
Pre-schoolers may
register
Youngsters entering
Head Start and Tribal
preschool programs may
register for the 1989-90
school year.
Page 5
Rodeo planned
The 40th Annual All-
Indian Rodeo is
scheduled for May 20-21
at Tygh Valley, Oregon.
Books open May 8.
Gardens can be small
When garden space is
limited or the gardener
just wants a few plants,
growing vegetables in
small pots may be the
answer.
Page 7
Tribal Court offices
moved
Look for Tribal Court
offices in the basement
of the old administration
building.
Page 8
Voters realstratlon
form for secretarial elec
tion can be found on
page 2.
Deadline for the next
issue of Spilyay Tymoo
is April 28, 1989.
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APRIL 21, 1989
Governor designates
Oregon Indian Week
The week of May 14 through 20,
1989 has been designated as
"Oregon American Indian Week".
American Indian individuals, fam
ilies, groups, organizations and
tribes are encouraged to sponsor a
ceremony or local activity to share
this special week with the people of
their community.
In honor of the American Indian
people of this state, Governor Neil
Goldschmidt will sign the official
proclamation on Thurday, May 4,
1989 to highlight the special week's
activities sponsored by American
Indian communities throughout the
state.
The ceremony will be held
between 1 1 a.m. and 1 2 noon in the
Governor's ceremonial office on
the second floor of the state capitol
building. The ceremony will last
approximately 10 minutes.
The text of the proclamation is
as follows: , ;
Whereas: The Indian people
believe that the spring of each year
should be celebrated as a time of
rebirth, and of giving thanks for
the bounties provided by Mother
Earth; and,
Whereas: Indian reverence for
living in harmony with the world
around them has helped define that
extraordinary quality recognicd
as "The Oregon Spirit"; and.
Whereas: The unselfish snaring
of their customs, beliefs and cul
ture by the Indians has helped
make life in Oregon unique and
special for all its citizens; and.
Whereas; It is fitting that on this
130th anniversary of statehood,
there be an acknowledgement and
celebration of the significant con
tributions of the Indian people to
Oregon's rich history.
Now, therefore, I, Neil Gold
schmidt, Governor of the State of
Oregon, do hereby proclaim the
week of May 14 through 20, 1989
as American Indian Week in Oregon
in recognition of the inspiration
and vision that the American Indi
ans have provided to our past,
present and future.
Election set for May 31
The secretarial election concern
ing apportionment will be held
Wednesday, May 3 1 , 1 989. Polls at
the Community Center will be open
from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All enrolled
members of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs who are
1 8 years ot age are eligible to vote.
However, eligible voters must reg
ister to be entitled to vote. All elig
ible tribal voters received voter reg
istration forms earlier this week.
Those forms are to be returned to
Warm Springs Superintendent
Bernard Topash no later than May
10, 1989.
Absentee ballots are also avail
able. Requests for an absentee bal
lot must be received no later than
May 19, 1989.
According to the voters infor
mation, the constitution will be
ameded if a majority of the quali
fied voters vote in favor of the
amendment, as long as 30 percent
of those registered to vote actually
vote.
Please see page 2 for a registra
tion form.
Museum wins grant
Agreement strikes equitable balance
The Warm Springs Tribal
Museum learned recently that they
received a $200,000 block grant
from the office of Housing and
Urban Development. This is the
third major grant received since the
tribal membership authorized
building a museum in an October
27 referendum. The Museum has
also received grants from the Fred
Meyer Charitable Trust and the
National Endowment for the
Humanities.
The total funds committed in the
last six months to the museum is
$3.5 million, according to Dr.
Duane King, executive director of
the Middle Oregon Indian Histori
cal Society. The goal is $4.5 mil
lion. The capital campaign will
continue while the design work for
exhibitry and architectural plans
are underway.
"We are pleased that funding
agencies have appreciation of the
tremendous effort to develop a
museum of national significance
on the Warm Springs reservation."
said Delbert Frank, Sr., MOIHS
board chairman.
April High Low
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After more than two years of
negotiation, tribal, state, and fed
eral authorities with an interest in
the Columbia River fishery signed
a cooperative agreement April 10 that
will increase the amount of water
spilled over the mainstem dams.
Increased spill levels mean a higher
survival rate for juvenile salmon
and steelhead on their way to the
ocean.
"I am hopeful that this agree
ment will mark the beginning of a
new era of cooperation between
fishery and energy interests in the
basin," said Tim Wapato, execu
tive director of the Columbia River
General Council
Meeting
Monday, April 24
Agency Longhouse
Subject:
Early Childhood Center
Referendum
Dinner at 6 p.m.
Meeting at 7 p.m.
inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The spill agreement was signed
by the Warm Springs, Umatilla,
Nez Perce, Yakima, and Colville
tribes, Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife, Idaho Fish and Game,
Washington departments of Fish
and Wildlife, the National Marine
Fisheries Servide, the Department
of the Interior, and Bonneville
Power Administration.
Specified in the ten-year agree
ment are the dates, times, and per
centages for spill at four dams
operated by the Army Corps of
Engineers. The affected dams are
Lower Monumental and Ice har
bor on the Snake River and John
Day and The Dalles on the
Columbia. According to the sche
dule in the agreement, spills could
begin April 15, in time for the
spring downriver migration.
The success of the plan depends
on the cooperation of the Corps of
Engineers, w hich chose not to par
ticipate in the negotiations that led
to the spill agreement. The North
west Power Planning Act of 1980
required dams to supply sufficient
spill to protect juvenile fish migra
tion. And yet at least half of the
salmon and steelhead smolts migrat
ing downstream are lost to the
dams.
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Increased spill is the only way to
reduce fish mortality until mechan
ical bypass systems are in place at
the dams, the parties to the agree
ment are calling for installation of
new and improved bypass facilities
at the mainstem dams by 1994.
Despite the reservations expressed
by the Army Corp of Engineers
about bypass systems at The Dalles
and Ice Harbor dams, this agree
ment provides for construction of
such systems at these two projects.
In return for higher spill levels,
the tribe and agencies agreed not to
sue BPA for its plans to continue
selling power to California and to
expand its interties transmission
lines.
Spill is a sensitive issue for the
utitities because releasing water over
a dam makes less water available
for generating electricity. "Mone
tary value has often been assigned
to the power loss that results from
spills, but we never see dollar fig
ures attached to the fish that have
been lost," said Wapato.
"But now I think we're begin
ning to strike the equitable balance
between power and fish that was
called for in the Power Act."
The Northwest Power Planning
Council and utility interests have
endorsed the signed spill agreement.
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Tribal Council is seeking interested
tribal members to serve on the
following nine tribal committees.
Culture and Heritage Committee
Education Committee
Fish and Wildlife Committee
Health and Welfare Committee
Land UsePlanning Committee
Range, Irrigation and Ag Committee
Timber Committee
Water Board
Miss Warm Springs Committee
If you are interested in serving on
the above committees, please
submit your resume andor letter of
nterest to the Tribal Council office.