PACK 2 August 6, 1993
Warm Sprinas. Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Guests learn about Indians from Green
"Many of the guests ask about
Indians ay i Kah-Nc-T Cultural
Director Lucinda Green. Some still
have the idea that Indians arc adorned
with feathers and live in a primitive
fashion.
But after talking to Green, Kah-Nce-Ta
guests "go away feeling dif
ferent about Indian people." She ex
plains, They gain some understand
ing and knowledge, and they appre
ciate it."
Green has worked as hostess and
tour guide to many groups including
international guests. She sees some
foreign visitors as well as U.S. visi
tors return again and again because
they have a good feeling at the Indian-owned
resort nestled in the
Warm Springs River canyon. Green
explains that most visitors enjoy their
visit to Kah-Nce-Ta. As cultural
director, Green has met many interesting
people making friends from all parts of
the world.
Green is well-versed in the cultural
aspects of the Warm Swings reser
vation, but she says that she stay s out of
political discussions. She refers visitors
to other, more well-informed Warm
Springs representatives for those
conversations.
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Cultural director at Kah-Nee-Ta, Lucinda Green, speaks to visitor about
salmon bake, a popular activity at the resort
Green's presence in the lobby at the
Lodge. She gets much support from
Tribal Council and is always pleased
to see community members visit the
resort
The cultural director has had the
opportunity to arrange some unique
cultural experiences for the guests.
She lecls that Kah-Nce-Ta should
provide these activities as a way to
educate visitors. On Memorial Day,
Green organized a traditional parade.
Guests saw Indians on horseback
coming over the ridge at sunset. She
received very positive comments
from the guests.
Green also arranged an Indian
style wedding foranon-lndi an couple
at the Lodge. Guests were invited to
attend. She has a request for another
wedding in the same fashion.
Local craftsmen are invited to
demonstrate crafts during confer
ences. Green hopes to bring more
artists to the resort in the future.
As cultural director, Green has no
budget of her own. She works di
rectly with general manager Ron
Malfara in planning cultural activi
ties. Malfara is "very receptive" to
suggestions which bring Indian cul
tural activities to the resort
Although Green has been working
as cultural director for only a year,
she previously worked at Kah-Nce-Ta
between 1975 and 1981 in the
pantry and as a trainee in the Food
and Beverage department She smiles
saying, "I always said I would come
back." She enjoys the atmosphere of
the remote resort and is favorable to
increasing the knowledge of visitors
in the Indian culture.
Green continues to be called upon
in other capacities. Besides convey
ing cultural information to Kah-Nce-Ta
visi tors, Green occasionally serves
as a wellness consultant at confer
ences throughout the country. She
offers advice to conference partici
pants on ways to relieve stress.
Smoke management begins early this year
Due to unseasonable weather, the
Smoke Management Program for
agricultural field burning in Jefferson
County was set to begin July 20 this
year, instead of July 25, as specified
in the County Ordinance.
Although heavy snowfall, fol
lowed by unseasonable rains and cool
weather have delayed some planting,
the possibility of eccentric weather
patterns has led authorities to push
the beginning of smoke control ahead.
Safety against fire and smoke
hazards is the primary concern of
Smoke Management The program
started on a voluntary basis in 1981,
and under County authority in 1989.
Although the County ordinance
sets out the rules for field burning,
growers and local people finance and
manage the program.
In addition to set registration fees
of$10(10to40acrcs)and$20(more
than 40 acres), growers pay permit
fees of $5 per acre for burning the
residue from grass seed production
(largest crop in the area) and $1 per
acre for grain and other cropland
burns.
$4 of the grass permits goes into a
state fund for research on alterna
tives to field burning. $1 goes to a
fund for research on Jefferson County
field burning problems.
State authorities control the vasdy
greater acreage of field burning in
the Willamette Valley, but Jefferson
County growers retain control not
only because the amount of burning
is smaller, but because of differences
in weather conditions, types of crops
and population density.
Last year, only two valid com
plaints of smoke impact were re
ceived, and since the program started
11 years ago, the safety record is
essentially perfect
The essence of the program is
weather. Although growers must pre
register fields that they anticipate
burning, on the day they actually
wish to bum they must get permis
sion from Bobbie McConkey at the
Jefferson County Fire District
Each day an elaborate system of
weather data collection and analysis,
including an airplane flight and con
tacts with the US Weather Service in
Pendleton, precedes permission to
burn.
First, together with Earl Cordcs,
Fire Chief, JCFD 1, the safety fac
tor for the area as a whole and for
specific zones if predicted. Then the
direction, speed and dispersion of
smoke travel is predicted.
Due to a normal mid-day changes
in weather conditions, all fires must
be out by 2 p.m. and permits
reconfirmed according to forecasts
at the time.
Safety being the primary concern,
the program yields to the Fire Chiefs
recommendation when he feels that
burning should be limited or ceased.
Siletz tribe negotiating for Toledo mill
Immediately following the July
24 meeting of the Siletz Tribal Eco
nomic Development Commission,
STEDCO Executive Director, Mike
Dowsett announced that the Com
mission approved the purchase of the
Wheeler Mill in Toledo, Oregon,
following over one year of negotia
tions. Mr. Dowsett went on to explain
the history, conditions, and benefits
of this agreement.
The purchase price is $1,750,000
for land, improvements, equipment
and rolling stock with $875,000 be
ing paid up front as full payment for
all the improvements, sawmill
equipment and rolling stock (vehicles
and mobile equipment) on hand at
the mill which has an estimated worth
of $750,000-$900,000. STEDCO
would have until October 3 1, 1994 to
decide whether to buy the land under
a lease option agreement it will enter
into wi th the owner. Even if STEDCO
decides not to purchase the land, it
would have until January 31, 1995 to
remove and sell all improvements,
equipment and rolling stock. The
funds from the sale could be used to
complete the purchase of the land or
to recover STEDCO's original in
vestment The mill is located on 70 acres of
industrial zoned property along the
Yaquina River with a rail line run
ning through the property. Approxi
mately 50 acres of this parcel have
been used for the mill and mill related
activity, leaving 20 acres that can be
presently put to use in some other
capacity. The total assessed value of
the buildings and the property with
out the equipment or rolling stock is
$2.4 million.
Wheeler Mill closed in February
of this year. According to manager
Don Williams, when in full produc
tion, it employed 71 people on two
shifts and processed 8 million board
feet of Douglas Fir lumber per month.
Future production is planned to in
clude both softwoods (such as Dou
glas Fir) and hardwoods (such as
Alder and Maple) when the mill re-
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starts production.
During the time that the mill has
not been in production certain staff
have been kept on to oversee the
refurbishing and upgrading of the
mill and the equipment. Exhaustive
environmental studies have been
done on the site with the result being
a clean bill ot health, other than nor
mal clean-up typically associated
with the mill operations.
When put into production the pur
chase of this mill will tie in to another
Tribal enterprise, the Independence
Box Company, which was purchased
earlier this year. It will provide
STEDCO with a means to add value
to tribally owned timber, provide
"family wage" employment oppor
tunities for tribal members and in
crease economic activity in the sur
rounding community.
It will take time to set the wheels
in motion to open the mill for op
eration. STEDCO will make further
announcements regarding any deci
sion to commence production and
the development of a hiring process.
Learn to market
Do you need help selling your
product? The Small Business Center
is sponsoring a workshop on mar
keting your products and services
August 17, 1993, at the Old Boys
Dorm (training room 1 upstairs)
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Topics to
be covered in this workshop include:
Sales Presentations.
Constructing Sales Letters
Advertising Strategies
Developing Client Lists
Locating Potential Cus
tomers For additional information or to
sign up please call The Small Busi
ness Center at 553-3593.
Scholarship
deadline October 1
The deadline date to file Tribal
Scholarship application for Winter
94 Term is October 1, 1993. Anyone
having questions may call (503) 553
33 1 1 for more information. Scholar
ship packets may be picked up at the
Education Services Program secre
tary desk.
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Jim Noteboom, gives a rundown on the Lower Deschutes River Management plan, and also explains the total
amount of land the Tribes own along the River, during the memorial dinner at Sherars Bridge, A ugust 23, 1993.
There was a good turn-out of Tribal members at the dinner which will be an annual event.
Memorial dinner at Sherars reflects on past
When people drive through
Sherars Bridge, all can be seen arc
empty fishing scaffolds where once
flourished with fishermen in the past.
The echoes of the good times at the
falls are fading away, with just the
memories that are slowly dying away
also.
On July 23, 1993, the Fish Com
mittee headed a Memorial dinner
commemorating the past of the days
when salmon and eels were plenti
ful, also in memory of all those who
fished at the Falls and have now
passed on.
Prior to any event the Seven Drum
Religion was observed as the drums
echoed through thccanyonalong with
the falls of the river where each song
that was sung gave the message of
the past and for the future of our
culture. This was a very serious
occasion for many elder tribal mem
bers who were present for the dinner.
Kirby Heath, Member of the Fish
Committee, made the opening re
marks stating that there was no set
agenda for the occasion. He went on
to say that the elders taught him to
respect the Resource and make the
best use of them. To the days when
there were a lot of fishermen at the
falls, it was said that there were camps
all over the place below the bridge
and on the cast side of the river.
The main dish was salmon, of
course, cooked by the open fire, and
with all the trimmings made it a din
ner to remember. There were several
who made talks reflecting to the past
at the site. Charles Calica, Director
of the Natural Resources of the Con
federated Tribes, spoke both as a
fishermen and an employee. He re
called the days of camping and fish
ing at Sherars Bridge with the whole
family brought back some fond
memories. Calica went on to say he
hated to sec the, No fishing at S hcrars
Bridge because there is no fish in the
river. The fish runs arc diminishing
rapidly and we must find ways to
restore them. Dams on the Rivers
cause problems and destruction of
small fish going to and from the
Ocean. One of the biggest problems
today is people. The use of jet boats
on the river, the floating of all those
rafts where hundreds of people float
down each day doing great harm to
the fish runs. Its fun to the public but
destruction to the fish runs in the
river. There must be a way to curb all
those rafters on the river to make it
safe for the fish runs. These are just
some of the problems that cause harm
to the fish runs on the Deschutes
river.
There is a task force working on
the management of the lower portion
of the Deschutes River, maybe they
will come up with some solution to
restore all the fish runs in the river
once again. The memorial Dinner
was well taken by everyone in atten
dance and the plan is to have another
one next year.
Senior citizens enjoy Celilo Elders Picnic
"Celilo was once a greatgathcring place of the people,"
explains Warm Springs senior specialist Adeline Miller.
"The seniors grew up there a lot," so holding an annual
picnic at Celilo Park to remember those times is appropri
ate. The Third Annual Tribal Elders Picnic brought tribal
members together from Yakima, Goldendale, Umatilla,
Warm Springs and even Lapwai, Idaho. Announcements
were sent to many senior centers. Many younger tribal
members also attended the picnic.
Each of the senior centers contributed particular food
items which fed the approximately 200 in attendance.
Remembrance talksabout Celilo were given during dinner
and entertaining group games followed.
Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers
also attended the picnic, talking to seniors and learning
about Celilo prior to dam construction. They came from
Seattle, Portland and Spokane.
According to Miller, the annual picnic will continue
with next year's scheduled around Julv 21.
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guests at the picnic.
Ursula Little and Wesley Charley pass the bottle as
unwuaers cneerea the teams.
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A salmon dinner was served to the many guests who came together for the remembrances of Celilo and the good
icvmpanj.