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PAGE 2 September 21, 1990 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Community gets into Cyclists, after a long day, had What has nearly 4.000 wheels and legs, 2.000 heads with helmets and enough energy to travel an average of 60 miles a day? Madras discovered the answer to this puzzle last week as nearly 2.000 L'ycie . Oregon I IJ participants pedaled into town and set up their tempor ary city near the junior high school for the night. Accomodating the visitors was made relatively simple as volun teers pitched in to help serve meals, cook, clean up and provide answers to the never-ending line of ques tions. Providing entertainment for the cyclists were Rudy Clements, Uren Leonard and numerous drummers and dancers. Erickson's parking lot was later jammed as Lloyd Jones Struggle performed follow ing dinner. After a refreshing night's rest and a high-carbohydrate breakfast, the cyclists wheeled their way out of town toward Sisters, following the less used, older routes. Their eventual destination, four days later, was Newport. Public to review Columbia Basin A comprehensive Columbia Basin plan to rebuild salmon and stcelhead runs in the Northwest will be reviewed in a series of public meetings held throughout the re gion this month and in early October. The first meeting will be held in Portland at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Scptembcr20, 1990, at8:00p.m. at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife conference room, 250 1 S. W. First Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Performance set If you've been reluctant to at tend an Indian Pow Wow, here's your chance to experience some of the singing, music and intricate dance maneuvers that you've been missing. PSU s Contemporary Dance Season brings the American In- dian Dance Theatre to Portland for two shows: Friday and Satur day, September 28 and 29, at 8 p.m. in Lincoln Performance Hall on the Portland State University campus. (A matinee performance for Portland metropolitan area Native American children, spon sored by Security Pacific Bank, is being coordinated through Port land Public Schools.) Individual tickets are available Spilyay Tymoo Staff Members- MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER . . SAPHRONIA COOCHISE FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the base ment of the Old Girls Dorm at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1 644 or (503) 553-3274 Annual Subscription Rates: Within the U.S. $9 00 Outside the U.S. $15 00 enough energy to do the Serpentine Dance, led by Rudy Clements. - v. , : -i i ' m?$&m$m rmkr- .i'- fes;- fS- tvi'iv'r-'VVt.'-." . i5ss V1 Hs 'A S . ) i hy The area surrounding the junior high school was converted The Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead Integrated System Plan, as it is called, was developed by the Columbia Basin Fish and' Wildlife Authority, an organiza tion representing state and federal fish and wildlife agencies and Indian tribes. 7 he plan reviews the production potential of maj,or tri- butaries and explores problems with producing salmon and steel- head in those areas. Compact sets Zone 6 season The Columbia River Compact (the states of Oregon and Washing ton) held a public hearing Septem ber 12, 1990. and adopted addi tional commercial fishing dates for September. For the Zone 6 fishery, the adopted season is: 6 a.m. September 1 7 to 6 p.m. September 22; 6 a.m. September 24 to 6 p.m. September 29. There are no mesh restrictions. There will be a compact hearing on September 20. October fishing dates may be proposed at a late September compact. ALLOWABLE SALES: The sale of scaffold or gillnct caught fish is nermitted during onen corn Continued on page 8 The plan was released for public review in August and comment on i: it will be taken through October, 15. ' I Discussions will be facilitated by ' Council staff. Representatives'' from the fish and wildlife agencies ;' Woman wins "historic assault case in court A 42-year-old Warm Springs woman was awarded over $800,000 in a civil suit against a Yakima tri bal member by Warm Springs tri bal court judge Don Costello Sep tember 12. The suit brought by Frances Smith against James Strong, Jr., age 52, stems from a November 1 0, 1 986 assault in which Smith was severely beaten. She was hospitalized for nearly a month, including a week in intensive care, at St. Charles Medical Center following the inci dent. She has undergone-extensive rehabilitation sirtce the assault. Smith had been employed at the Head Start program since 1984 until the assault. She had worked her way up through several posi tions and in 1 986, was head teacher. She supervised other staff members and was responsible for the teach ing and care of young children. "Despite efforts to regain her em ployment," wrote Costello in hisjudg ment. Smith "has been unable to work." Costello also wrote that Smith is now severely debilitated. "The only cause of this condition of which I have heard evidence is the assault of November 10, J986," Representing himself in court. Strong purported, according to the court document, that Smith's own conduct was the "cause of her mis fortune... I reject his contentions," wrote Costello. "For to so find would be for this court to state that alcoholic or unfaithful women deserve to le beaten. Such a con clusion is not warranted by the law. by my own values, nor by the values of this community." In his defense. Strong contended that Smith sustained injuries when she tumbled down the stairs of her apartment and that when hc"ang- rily pulled the door open to leave, he "could have hit her and she could have hit her head on the closet." According to Costcllo's judgment. Smith sustained "black eves, temporoparietal cerebral swing 3 into a "tent city. " plan and Indian tribes will be at the meeting to answer questions. Other meetings are scheduled for: Eugene, Harris Hall Lane County Commission. Pendleton, October 9 at Blue Mountain Com munity College. 33 hemorrhaging and basilar skull fractures." ( ' Smith's original complaint was filed November 2, 1989. The statute of limitations on a civil suit such as this is two years. It was determined by the court, that because Strong Continued on page 8. Forester Keene teaching at Haskell I .:!': ; . . m 3'' 'WWW-' if. a ' $ V Gene Keene, scaler supervisor, explains maps to H arm Springs L lemen tary student. t of Cycle 11 Nearly 2,000 cyclists wheel into Madras; create city of their own Y rr -- High-carbohydrate foods cyclists. o The warm summer night was perfect for watching Indian dancing. Cross reappointed to Board Liz (Tewee) Cross, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, is one of nine individuals to be reappointed to the Oregon. State Historical Records Advisory Council. Governer Neil Gold schmidt announced the appoint ments early this month. Joining Cross on the board are Kathcrine Atwood of Ashland; Cecil Edwards of Salem; John A A UK- ' : . .y r were on the menu for the weary 4 Evan of LaGrande; Stan Parr of Portla-nd; Susie Penhollow of Bend; K. Keith Richard of Eugene; Caroline Stoel of Portland and Darold Wax of Corvallis. The Board reviews and makes recommendations on applications for funding of historical records preservation projects. The Board also locates, identifies and ar ranges for the preservation of historical records. During the past National Indian ' Timber Symposium in April 1990, Gene Keene, Forester for Bureau of Indian Affairs, was asked to travel east and teach a class at Haskell Indian Jr. College in Lawrence, Kansas. He departed for" Lawrence August 15, and is expected back by December 15 of this year. The purpose of his teaching is to increase Native American Indian student's interest in Natural Re sources. There is already a class being taught on Forestry, and interested Native Americans in the field of Natural Resources are greatly needed in Warm Springs. ' Keene has always had an interest in education and training in Warm Springs, 'and has helped with community education activities. ' His expenses are being paid by the Washington D C. Bureau Forestry offices. He has a degree in com munication and w ill also be teach ing a communications class at Haskell. He attended Marylhurst College in Portland. Oregon and is ,now the scaling supervisor for the Bl A forestry and oversees the area at the Warm Springs Forest Products Industries log yard where logs arc scaled. His crew checks logs that go chaser. Keer in . : i .. go to the outside pur ine has'woiked for the BIA since January 1981 as a check scaler and has been the supervisor ot vcaline for the past five vears.
