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Coyote news
in brief
Warm Springs side of
Metollus closed
Safety and natural
resource damage
concerns resulted
recently In a Tribal
Council resolution closlna
the Warm Springs side of
the Metoiius River.
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Population growth
causing housing
shortage
Although federal and
tribal funds are used for
home construction, the
pace at which homes are
needed surpasses their
availability.
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Public meetings review
rural housing
possibilities
A shortage of houses for
families of Warm Springs
is being discussed at
public meetings called by
Seekseequa Tribal
Council representatives.
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Huckleberry Feast held
at He He Longhouse
Huckleberry Feast
ceremonies were held
August 8 at He He
Longhouse.
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Summer Recreation
Program ends
Activities centered at the
Community Center
through the Summer
Recreation Program
recently came to a close.
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Huckleberry Feast
Rodeo brings out
young cowboys
Results of the
Huckleberry Feast Rodeo
show involvement of
many young people.
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Wise practices
important to horse
health
Sensible nutrition is as
crucial to horse health as
is strict sanitation and
disease protection.
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Deadline for the next
Issue of Spilyay Tymoo
Is August 27,1993
District schools
begin classes
August 31
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Warm Springs
Warm Springs fisheries issues re
ceived attention at a Northwest Power
Planning Council meeting held Au
gust 1 1 and 12 in Hood River. Tribal
natural resource representatives pre
sented summaries of current activi
ties centered on increasing fish
populations and expressed concerns
about declining salmon runs.
Five projects were reviewed be
fore Council members. The decline
of Deschutes River Fall Chinook is
of major concern to the Warm Springs
Tribe. It has resulted in severe re
strictions on the tribal subsistence
fishery at Sherar's Falls over the last
three seasons. Current escapement
levels for fall chinook are far below
the objective set in the Deschutes
Sub-basin plan of 10,000 to 12,000
This year's annual Timber Tour will be held on September 2-3,
1993. All interested tribal members are invited and encouraged to
attend. Lunches will be provided. The following is the agenda of
stops and discussion topics:
1993 Proposed Timber Tour Agenda
September 2
9:00 a.m. Depart Tribal Administration Building
Quartz Underburn discussion of project and future
proposals
Abbot Timber Sale 1 994 timber sale including discussion
on the Clackamas Meadow Plan
12:00 Lunch at Clackamas Meadow
Wilson Creek Timber Sale 1993 timber sale including
review of a new perspective unit
Rocky Powerline spruce budworm impact discussion of
mortality and salvage plan
4:00 Return to Tribal Administration Building
September 3
9:00 Depart Tribal Administration Building
Gopher Trapping inspection and discussion of gopher
trapping program
Road closures inspection and discussion of road clo
sure program
Triple Creek Timber Sale inspection of active logging
operation
1 2:00 Lunch at Peters Pasture
Noisy Creek Timber Sale 1994 timber sale review
Culvert and Road Maintenance Crew review examples
of work completed by crew
4:00 Return to Tribal Administration Building
For more information contact Forestry at 553-2416
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from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
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fisheries projects reviewed at
fish at the mouth of the Deschutes
River.
Tribal representatives expressed
a need to determine why this run has
suddenly declined and emphasized
the necessity for efforts to arrive at
solutions. The Tribe wants support
for an intcr-agency effort to address
the decline of the Deschutes River
fallchinookrun.particularly the stock
originating above Shcrars Falls. A
multi-agency technical work force
including the Warm Springs Tribe,
Columbia River Intertribe Fish
Commission, Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife and the Bureau of
Land Management is currently look
ing at the problem.
In the area of wildlife mitigation,
the Warm Springs Tribe is part of a
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coalition of tribes and agencies in
Oregon working toward a settlement
of Bonneville Power Administration's
Soilwater representative needed
The Jefferson County Soil and
Water Conservation District is
seeking directors to serve on the
District Board. These voluntary po
sitions require interested candidates
to own or manage 10 acres of land
within one of the two designated
zones in the county.
Candidates must be a registered
voter (Jefferson County) and be 18
years of age.
The zones for which positions are
available:
Zone 3- Boundaries are
Willowdale ( North, Paxton Lane
Community Health
After discussions about develop-
ing an educational group, the Human
Services Branch formed a Commu
nity Health Education Team (CHET)
in February 1993. The Community
Health Education Team is comprised
of three tribal member employee's.
They are CorinnaSohappy-HolIiday,
Carolyn Wewa, and Anita Davis. The
group is currently supervised by
Public Health Educator, Henry
Walden.
Each member brings to the team
skills, talents, and experiences that
will contribute creative recommen
dations, and program plans that will
be implemented into the community.
Realizing the need for outreach,
the Team plans on involving each
major CommunityDistrict on the
reservation in at least one health re
lated activity orevent during the year.
By doing this, the Community Health
Education Team plans to reach out to
thccommuniiicstocncouragc people
to think about their individual health.
The Team's main goal is to create
health awareness through health
campaigns, hands-on workshops, and
active involvement to encourage
people to become interested in their
personal health and the community's
health. The community is encour
aged to look forward to determine
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wildlife mitigation obligations. Ihe
Tribe supports a settlement based on
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(West), Hay Creek (East), and Grizzly
(South). The term for this will expire
in 1996.
Zone 1- Warm Springs
Reservation (Jefferson County por
tion only), the term for this position
will expire in 1996.
If you are interested and qualify
for either zone, please call the
Jefferson County Soil and Water
Conservation District at 475-3144.
Additional information will be pro
vided upon request or you may call
for an appointment to discuss either
position.
Education Team ready to unfold plans
how to sustain the health of many their time has been spent developing
more gencrauons ot tnoai memoers
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tocome.PartoftheTeam'sobjcctive
will be to participate in organiza
tional and community activities
dealing with health issues.
What is Community Health
Education's function in Warm
Springs? It offers the people of our
reservation an opportunity to talk
with each other, and to understand
how behaviors can be considered
healthy or unhealthy. It also makes
health information available so
people become aware of community
and individual health issues. Com
munity Health Education is a pro
gram that reflects a genuine concern
for the health and wellness of the
people.
Thccommunity Health Education
Team feels it is time to bring back
ways to help ourselves by seeking
answers from within our own reser
vation and from our own people. Too
often in the past, methods brought to
the community have met with little
or no success. Using the resources of
our own people to help determine the
road to health and wellness is one
tool that will be used by the current
Community Health Education Team.
Since the team first came together
in February of this year, much of
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AUGUST 20, 1993
Enrollment
requirements to
be discussed
Enrollment and adoption require
ments have been the subject of many
conversations over the past year or
so. Tribal members are questioning
blood quantum, residency issues, dual
enrollment and other concerns which
will eventually affect tribal mem
bership. The tribal vital statistics depart
ment circulated questionnaires con
cerning enrollment. Over 150 tribal
members responded to the various
questions. From the completed
questionnaires, vital statistics was
able to ascertain, to some degree,
what it is that people would like to
see in an updated version of the en
rollment ordinance. A preliminary
version of the ordinance has been
prepared and will be discussed at an
August 31 general council meeting
at the Agency Longhouse.
Following the questionnaire re
sults. 1. Were you aware that "resi
dency" has been a part of automatic
enrollments since the Tribal Consti
tution and By-Laws were ratified in
1938? Yes 95; No-65
2. What would your interpreta
tion of the term "maintains a resi
dence"? Living on the Reservation 67
Living on the Reservation (in
cluding ceded area) 10
Living near (including ceded,
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No "positives"
among youth
workers
Young adults, aged 14 to 18, ap
plying for work through the tribal
Summer Work Program, like all other
prospective job applicants, were re
quired to complete pre-employment
drug testing. Testing results revealed
that not one students failed the test
ing. And, like all other employees,
the youth workers were required to
participate in the random drug test
ing. Again, not one of the 84 students
working under the Youth Work
Program failed the testing.
These testing results show a
marked improvement since 1990,
when testing of youth workers be
gan. In 1990, 12.7 percent of those
tested were positive; in 1991, 7.9
percent were posiuve; in 1992, 3.7
percent were positive.
a community health education plan.
This 3-year Health Education Plan
was completed in July. In addition to
developing program plans and is
sues, each mcmberofthc team spends
time studying basic concepts of edu
cational process, community organi
zation and skill building.
The program plan will be imple
mented in mid-August 1993. The
Community Health Education Team
will begin their first campaign to
bring about individual awareness by
introducing the topic of HIVAIDS
awareness. It is expected that within
one year the Community Health
Education Team will have in place a
Health Newsletter, which will be
distributed to members of the Warm
Springs Reservation. With many
ideas, projects, and campaigns within
the Health Education Plan, the Team
will be kept very busy over the next
three years implementing the plan.
For more information about how
the Community Health Education
Team can be of assistance to your
department, or if you want to know
more about what the team can do,
please contact Henry at Ext. 32 15, or
Corinna, Carolyn and Anita at Ext.
3292; or come by and visit.