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OR i'OLI. E ?r, . C 6 H v . 1 r no. IV ' Ai.ii i .M, c Mill I : J VOL. 15, NO. 17 Coyote News In Brief Heath visits Reservation Seventeen-year-old Mariah Heath of El Cerito, California visited Warm Springs earlier this month for the first time. Page 2 New prosecutor considers customs In Warm Springs since May, Jerry Kendrick is concerned with ensuring that everything is done "properly" while taking into account traditions and customs of the Warm Springs people. Page 3 School 8uppleJ!sted. School supplies for grades K-8 are listed. School begins Septembers. Page 3 Director hired Jon Grant has been on duty since April as director of the Childrens Protective Service. He is interested in making certain the system works. Page 3 Flowers numerous, diverse on Reservation Wildflowers are abundant on the Reservation, providing colorful landscapes. Page 5 Fall sports begin Schedules for Madras High School fall sports are given fncluding varsity football, jr. varsity and freshman football, cross country and volleyball. Page 6 Deadline for the next issue of Spllyay Tymoo is August 31 Help Jerry's Kids and raise funds for muscular dlstrophy Labor Day weekend at Kah-Nee-Ta Weather AUG. HIGH LOW 8 102 71 9 102 76 10 100 62 11 101 66 12 102 70 13 95 71 14 90 58 15 96 64 16 76 54 17 67 58 18 75 54 19 76 56 20 70 55 21 73 62 News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservat K x. v - - -?; 4f-- : ' . 7 , Vl S'lf ' .... ' 4 J Snack ing on berries at Sherar's Hope seen A unique experiment that could help rebuild salmon and steelhead runs throughout the Northwest is beginning in Central Washington's Yakima Valley. The experiment involves using a new hatchery complex, called the Yakima Pro duction Project, to replenish the fish runs that spawn in the natural environment. In the past, hatch eries have been used principally to augment harvest, not rebuild na tive runs on a sustained basis. At a meeting this week (August 8) in Portland, Oregon, the North west Power Planning Council gave the Bonneville Power Administra tion, the Yakima Indian Nation and the Washington departments of fisheries and wildlife permission to proceed to the final design phase Ancient dugout A Seattle man who took home a dugout canoe he reeled in while fishing says he didn't know it was a centuries-old artifact. Gene Fairbanks says he'll gladly give the canoe to an archeologist who plans to preserve it for the Muckleshoot Tribe. Fairbanks was fishing in Angle Lake in the city of Sea-Tac when he snagged the canoe. He thought, at first, it was a log. He took the 14-foot canoe home and had it in his back yard when he saw a television report about fears pilyay n r nnv Q7A VVADM m'KM S (III !! - i i 1. Snack time Falls occupies young boy while for fish runs of the Yakima Production Project and to continue with prefacility studies. A final decision on con struction would be made in about two years. The project will be a laboratory for testing a technique, called "supplementation, "to rebuild runs in the Yakima Valley. With sup plementation, hatchery-produced fish are released into streams with naturally-produced fish. If success ful, this technique may be the Northwest's best hope for rebuild ing its salmon and steelhead runs. Supplementation has been used to re-establish Atlantic Sainton on the East Coast, and sockeye salmon in Alaskan lakes, but has not been Continued on page 2 canoe discovered that the canoe had been stolen from the bottom of the lake. Amateur archeologist William Walker had discovered the canoe under 16-fect of water last summer while diving. He planned to re move the canoe later this week using a six-person dive team. The canoe is believed to have been submerged for 100 to 500 years. Walker discovered the canoe was gone while he was diving Saturday. 8 P.O. Bu 170 Warm Spring, OK 97761 Address Correction Requested Tymoo ss "..i '4 VI . " . IB his family fishes. Zone 6 fishing The Columbia River Compact (the states of Oregon arid Washing ton) held a public hearing to adopt commercial fishing dates for August. For the Zone 6 fishery, the adopted season is: 6 a.m. August 27 to 6 p.m. August 31. An eight inch minimum mesh restriction (eight inch mesh or greater) will be in effect for the fish ing period.. No driftnet fishing is authorized. Allowable sales: The sale of scaf fold or gillnct caught fish is permit ted during open commercial fish ing seasons. Salmon, including steelhead, walleye and shad may be sold during the above season. Incidentally caught sturgeon may also be sold. Sanctuaries: All river mouth and dam sanctuaries remain in effect. The smaller Springs Creek Hatch cry sanctuary of 150 feet around the ladder will be in effect for the first three fishing periods. The full Spring Creek Hatchery sanctuary (approximately Vi miles down stream of the hatchery and up stream to the White Salmon River sanctuary) will be in effect begin ning August 27. September fishing dates: Septem ber fishing dates for Zone 6 w ill be set at a Compact hearing scheduled for August 30. Please contact your tribal Fish and Wildlife committee office for additional information on your tribe's fishing regulations If you have any fishing enforce EUGENE, OK Museum notes funding; additional monies needed Less than two years ago, the concept of a tribal museum at Warm Springs was a long way from reality. No funds had been committed and many people ques tioned whether sufficient financial support could be found to build the facility. In October. 1988. the tribal membership voted in a referendum to allocate $2.3 million to support the project. Since that time, a number of private, federal and state agencies have contributed the total amount very close to the campaign goal of $4.5 million. In spite ol the good news that the Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society -has raised nearly $4.5 mil lion dollars, it is still not enough. The pledge of $300,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust requires that a total of $4.5 million be raised from all sources by December 31, 1990 before their grant becomes official. The effort DATE: SOURCE: AMOUNT: October 27, 1988 Confederated Tribes of $2,500,000 of Warm Springs (R-7689) Oecember 3, 1988 National Endowments $500,000 for the Humanities March 6, 1989 Meyer Charitable Trust $300,000 April 1, 1989 Housing and Urban $200,000 Development December 27, 1989 Pacificorp Charitable Trust $75,000 November 2, 1989 M.J. Murdock Charitable $300,000 Trust February 19, 1990 Sam S. Johnson $25,000 Foundation May 31, 1990 Occidental Petroleum $25,000 Corporation July 11, 1990 Central Oregon Regional $465,000 Strategy July 20, 1990 COCC $10,000 1987 thru 1990 Private & Individual $2,188 1988 thru 1990 Interest on Grants $50,849 TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS $4,453,037 season set ment problems or need assistance or information, day or night, con tact the Columbia River Inter tribal Fisheries Enforcement Of fice, 4270 Westcliff Drive, Hood River, OR (503) 386-6363. Please wear your lifejackets for safety. Please return questionnaires About two weeks ago, all tribal memberjesidents of the reserva tion should have received in the mail a questionnaire asking their opinions on a variety of subjects pertaining to television service at Warm Springs. To date, only an approximate 1 5 percent of the ques tionnaires have been returned. It is very important that the true feelings and attitudes of the reser vation tribal member residents are known prior to initiation of any modernization and expansion pro ject. Your help is needed! If you have not yet done so. please fill out the questionnaire immediately and return it in the stamped, addressed envelope that was enclosed with each questionnaire. The deadline for returns has been extended until August 31. 1990 and the drawing will be conducted on September If. for some reason, you did not receive a questionnaire, please call the Public Utilities Department at 553-3601 to obtain one. I ..S. Poslacr Bulk Half Prrmil No. 2 Warm Springs. OK 9771 ''v - AUGUST 24, 1990 is still lorty-seven thousand dollars short of that mark. The $500,000 grant from the National Endow ment for the Humanities is also a challenge grant requiring a thrcc-to-one match of funds. In addition, the state lottery re gional strategy funds may be re duced by 30 percent. Cuts must be made in the states appropriation due to budget shortfalls caused by dwindling lottery ticket sales. The tribal museum is one of five pro jects to receive regional strategy monies. On Monday, August 13. 1990. the MOIHS Board presented the tribal council with a status report. The council recommended that the board seek construction bids for the project to determine the exact amount needed to complete the building as planned. Preliminary cost estimates suggest that more money may be needed. Exhibit includes Warm Springs If you're planning to attend the Oregon State Fair be sure to take in the Indian culture and heritage exhibits at the Jackman-Long building. Oregon is celebrating its 125th birthday this year, and in honor of this, three Oregon tribes have been invited to present craft displays, regalia and dancing dem onstrations August 25. Representatives from the Grand Ronde, Siletz and Warm Springs tribes will share information with the public during the demonstra tions. The Warm Springs presenta tion will begin at approximately 7 p.m. Warm Springs 4-H students will be involved in a fashion show and dancing demonstrations. "One of the main goals of the pageant is to show the people of the Northwest how different the var ious Indian tribes are." says Anna Clements. School to get modular unit Even though the 509-J School District levy failed August 14. Warm Springs Elementary w ill still have two new teachers and two classrooms in the new modular unit, due sometime in October. The unit w ill be located on the lawn near the gym in front of the school. Each classroom w ill accomodate 30 students. Special classroom arrangements will be mudc until the new modular unit arrives. ' A