VOL. 16 NO. 3
Coyote News
In Brief
Fossils saved
Fifteen fossil slabs have
been set aside for the
Warm Springs museum
site.
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Patriotism shines
Community members
participate in local
activities to show their
support for troops in the
Gulf.
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Did someone write you a
valentine?
Messages from
valentines profess love
and friendship. .
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Health Center
information provided
With the Health and
Wellness Center
referendum just around
the corner, information
about anticipated
facilities is offered.
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Communication is
important
Careful communication
skills are necessary in all
relationships.
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Round Table
Discussion
February 14
CC Social Hall
Topic:
Drug Abuse
Northeast Oregon
Fish Project
meeting
February 7, 7:00 p.m.
Community Center
Comments requested on the
Hood River Management
Plan designed to increase
salmon and steelhead runs
Deadline for the next
issue of Spilyay Tvmoo
is February 15, 1991
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Meeting focuses on fish
The Northwest Power Planning
Council's (NWPPC) Fish and
Wildlife Program is helping to mit
igate the harmful effects that fed
eral hydroelectric development has
had on salmon and steelhead runs
in the Columbia Basin. The Coun
cil's Program includes efforts to
increase runs of salmon and steel
head in the Hood, Umatilla,
Grande Ronde, Imnaha and Walla
Walla rivers in northeast and north
central Oregon and southeast
Washington.
The agencies and Tribes in
volved in this project want to en
sure that artificial production and
outplanting facilities will increase
fish runs and will not adversely
affect wild stocks. This requires
careful planning. So, they are
working together to produce mas
ter plans for the subbasins.
The master plans, once ap
proved by the NWPPC, will guide
facility design, construction, and
operation maintenance. The Con
federated Tribes of the Warm
Hug days added to agenda
Valentine's Day is soon upon us.
so oe tninxing about buying your
Hug-O-Grams. Everyone likes to
receive hugs, so don't leave anyone
out. Send, your friend or your
enemy a hug.
. Hug-O-Grams sale started Feb
ruary 6th. Buy your Hug-O-Gram
(50 cents each) from a Wellness
Committee person, fill it out and
send it to Gail Lange (CHP) or
Lucinda (Community Center).
Hug-O-Grams can only be pur
chased until Noon on Wednesday
the 13th. Hugs will be delivered
only to employees.
We had so many hugs last year
that we decided to add two more
days of hugs. The first hug day w ill
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support, for military personnel
Springs Indian Reservation
(CTWS) and the Oregon Depart
ment of Fishand Wildlife(ODFW)
are preparing the Hood River
component of the project under
contract with Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA).
The Hood River master plan
calls for increased spring chinook
and summer and winter steelhead
production.
Within the next several months,
CTWS and ODFW will submit the
draft Hood River master plan to
BPA. These plans will then be
' submitted to the Power Planning
Council for its approval.
Once these master plans are ap
proved by the NWPPC, BPA can
begin environmental analysis of
the proposed projects. The process
will include public review. Upon
completion and approval of the
environmental analysis, work can
begin on the Hood River.
The Warm Springs Tribe and
ODFW will hold two public meet
ings on the Hood River master
be on Tuesday the 1 2th, the second
on Wednesday 13, and the last on
Thursday, which is Valentines
Day. Your Hug-O-Gram will be
delivered on one of these three
days.
I will need some able bodied
loving volunteers (male or female)
to help give out hugs for these days.
Please contact Gail Lange (553
3292) or Lucinda (553-1361) if you
would be willing to help.
Wellness Committee members:
Antionette Pamperien, Viola Gove
nor, Ruth Tewee, Gayle Rodgers,
Nancy Kirk, Molly Marsh, Cheryl
Patterson, Don Dexter, Austin
Greene, Evaline Patt, Eva Montee
and Lucinda Green.
P.O. Box 170
Warm Springs, OK 97761
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Support for troops
in the Gulf during the Patriot's
production facilities
plan as the relate to the NE Oregon
Hatchery Project.
The first meeting will be held in
Hood River on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 6 at the Hood River Inn. The
second meeting will be at the
Warm Springs Community Center
on Thursday, February 7. Both
meetings will run from 7-9 p.m.
At the meetings, participants
may comment on the Hood River
portion of the NE Oregon Project
before the Tribe and ODFW sub
mit the master plan to BPA.
Next, the NE Oregon Hatchery
Project will focus on locating sites
Powwow
The Lincoln's Birthday Pow
wow begins tonight with grand
entry at 7:30 pm. Saturday's events
will begin with grand entries at 2
pm and 7:30 pm. Sunday grand
entry will be at 2 pm. This annual
powwow draws visitors from
throughout the western United
States and Canada.
Contest categories include fancy
and traditional for men, women,
children and tiny tots. Team
dances will be featured as will be
the Harold Culpus Memorial. Other
added categories, not yet confirmed,
will be featured as well.
Many specials, including new
joiners, rejoiners, veterans honor
ing Herb Stwyer and Queahpama
sisters award, feather pickup and
Sr. Citizens recognition will be
held all three days.
Rena Suppah, 19 years of age,
and Kathleen Blodgett. age 14. are
running for queen. Each is selling
raffle tickets for SI each. Many
items are offered in this year's
raffle.
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Parade in Warm Springs.
for hatchery facilities and prepar
ing conceptual designs lor the
Umatilla, Grand Ronde, Imnaha
and Walla Walla subbasins.
Participation by Warm Springs
citizens is encouraged. The meeting
provides an opportunity for tribal
members to comment on the Hood
River Master Plan. It also offers an
opportunity for the Tribe and
ODFW to work together as man
agers of the fisheries resource.
Comments will be directed at
Warm Springs tribal biologists
Mark Fritsch and Patty OToole.
ODFW District biologist Jim
Newton will also be present.
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Community action
causes decrease
In mortality
Is life better at Warm Springs?
To answer this question staff of the
Vital Statistics and Health and
Human Services Departments con
ducted a study to identify health
trends on the reservation. The
study, "Mortality Trends: Selected
Causes of Death 1940-1989," com
piled the number and causes of
death over the past fifty years
among tribal members living in or
near the community. The average
rate of occurrence per decade was
calculated as a rate per 100,000 to
identify any changes which oc
curred during the study period.
The examination of these selected
causes of death provided some
surprising facts.
The frequency of accidental
death at Warm Springs has de
clined by 59 since the 1950s.
While the number of people who
drive an automobile has more than
tripled in the past 50 years, the rate
of fatal motor vehicle accidents,
which included drunken driving
deaths, has decreased 37 from
198 to 126 over the past forty years.
It appears that the improvement in
emergency and hospital medical
care, as well as safer behavior by
individuals, has contributed to this
dramatic improvement.
A major concern of both com
munity and government over the
past ten years has been death due
to alcoholism. The findings from
this report show a 47 reduction in
all deaths related to the medical
complications of alcohol (alcohol,
cirrhosis, alcoholic pancreatitis,
esophageal varices and gastroin
testinal bleeding) from the 1970s
through 1989. In terms of real
numbers there were six fewer ac
tual alcohol-related deaths during
the 80s than in the previous decade.
The report also noted that the rate
of cirrhotic death due to alcohol
ism has remained constant over the
past twenty years. These positive
trends are, in a large part, due to
changes in community attitude and
behavior regarding alcoholism and
provide the foundation for con
tinued improvement through the
90s.
During the 1970s there were 12
tribal members who were homicide
victims in the community. This
resulted in a rate of 57.3, which was
the highest of the five decades. By
the end of the 80s the rate had
fallen to a pre-1970 level of 14.8
and only four persons were homi
cide victims.
The only discouraging trend was
found among persons who died of
suicide. A somewhat rare event
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