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VOL. 19 NO. 10
P.O. BOX 870, WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761
MAY 13, 1994
Keepers gather at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort to discuss repatriation
Monday, May 2-5, 1994 "The
Keepers of the Treasures" held
their annual conference at Kah-Nee-Ta
Lodge. There were 185
people from all over the United
States registered for this
national conference also
numerous tribal members.
The Keepers of the Treasures
is an inter-tribal organization
that was founded in 1991 for the
purpose of supporting and
assisting the preservation,
maintenance and revitalization
of the cultural lifeways of
American Indians, Alaska
Natives and Native Hawaiians.
On November 23, 1990,
President George Bush signed
into law important human rights
legislation: the Native American
Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act ("NAGPRA").
This legislation culminates
decades of struggle by Native
American tribal governments
and people to protect against
grave desecration, to repatriate
thousands of dead relatives or
ancestors, and to retrieve stolen
or improperly acquired religious
and cultural property back to
Native owners. NAGPRA is a
complex law that sets out -
detailed procedures and legal
standards governing the
repatriation of human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects,
and objects of cultural
patrimony, and provides for the
protection and ownership of materials
unearthed on federal and tribal lands.
In many ways, NAGPRA is historic,
landmark legislation for Native
Americans. It represents fundamental
changes in basic social attitudes toward
Native peoples by the museum and
scientific communities and the public at
large.
NAGPRA is, first and foremost,
human rights legislation. It is designed
to address the flagrant violation of the
"civil rights of America's first citizens."
As stated by Senator Daniel Inouye
October 26, 1990.
On Sunday, May 2, Keepers of the
Treasures held a reception and toured
the Museum at Warm Springs and
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children's dance performance.
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Over 150 people from all over the United States registered for the conference.
The Owl Dance was part of the dance performance by ECE children.
Food handlers class scheduled
A food handlers certification class will be held
Thursday, May 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Warm Springs
Health and Wellness Center. Class will be held in Pod
A, conference room 17.
Preregistration for the class is required by noon on
the day of the class. Preregister by calling 553-3601 or
553-4943.
Participants must be on time. Anyone over 15 minutes
late will not be certified. Participants will be tested. A
score of 70 percent or better is required to pass the test.
Children's art show to open tonight
The Changing Exhibit Gallery at
The Museum at Warm Springs will
host the first Community Children's
Art Show from May 12 through June
10. The show will feature the works
of Warm Springs community artists,
from pre-school through high school
age and, like the Tribal Member Art
Show, will be an annual event at The
Museum.
Exhibits Coordinator Roxanne
Casey enlisted the help of art
instructors from the Early Childhood
Education Center (ECE), Warm
Springs Elementary, Buff
Elementary, Madras Jr. High School
and Madras HighSchoolto encourage
participation in the show. Entries
from the ECE and the elementary
school are expected to be class
projects, while entries from the junior
nigh and high school classes will be
individual entries.
Casey anticipates a wide variety
of artwork in the show, including
paintings, fabricart, basketry,
weaving and sculpture. The Museum
will host an opening reception May
12 from 7 to 9 p.m. All tribal members
and tribal employees are invited to
attend.
The current show in the Changing
Exhibit Gallery , "Artists Respond: A
People in Peril", closed May 6.
Following the Children's Art Show
will be "Native America: Reflecting
Contemporary Realities", from June
16 to September 9.
Collage highlights cultural diversity of area
Collage of Culture, a major will launch and breakfast
cultural'event soars into kicks off the day-long event
Madras Saturday, May 21. at the Madras Jr. High School
This is a celebration of grounds. Entertainment kicks
cultural diversity in Jefferson off at 9 a.m.M with the
County and Central Oregon. Community Band, followed
The Collage of Culture by other entertainment. Art
will be an enjoyable annual and vendor booths and stage
event that showcases various entertainment start at 10 a.m.;
cultures of Central Oregon
through transcultural modes
of music, dance, art, games
and stories, providing a
unique environment for all
ages and ethnic groups.
At 7 a.m., hot-air balloons
food and beverage vendors
open at noon.
Countrified, a hot, local
country band, hits the stage at
noon. Other music groups
include Los Mariachis de
Guanajuato; jazz guitarist
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Red Thunder win perform during the Collage of Culture event in Madras as
wea as at the Community Center.
Dan Balmer, Bluegrass group
Kentucky Rose, Salsa music
by Caliente. The day of
music is capped with Red
Thunder, a native American
group out of Taos, New
Mexico that is working its
way into national recognition
Dance groups will punctuate
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Red Thunder to
perform at
Community Center
Red Thunder Native American
Band will be in Warm Springs on
May 22, 1 994 as part of the Jefferson
County Collage of Culture. They will
be performing at a free workshop
and concert at the Warm Springs
Community Center trom I to4 p.m
All Warm Springs students and their
parents are invited to attend this al
cohol and drug free workshopcon
cert
Immediately following the work
shopconcert, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the
picnic grounds, there will be a pot
luck. All people are welcome to at
tend. You must bring your own plates.
utensils and soft dnnks as well as a
main dish or salad to share to feed
benween 10 to 15 people or more.
This will conclude the Jefferson
County Collage of Culture event For
more information contact E valine
Pau at 553-3468.
Tribal Council closes
Deschutes chinook fishery
Returns of spring Chinook salmon
to the Columbia River are expected
to be very low this year. The
projecuon for this year's return of
upriver spring Chinook salmon,
salmon originating from hatchery and
natural production areas above
Bonneville Dam, is 49,000 adults,
compared with a return of 110,000
last year. That estimate was reduced
even further late last month, as
officials estimated that only 29,000
adult spring Chinook would make
their way upriver. Spring Chinook
salmon reluming to the Deschutes
River are considered a segment of
the upriver spring Chinook salmon
run.
An estimated 968 wild spring
Chinook salmon returned to the
mouth of the Deschutes River in
1993. Thirty-nine percent, or 378 of
these fish, were harvested in
recreational and tribal fisheries at
Sherars Falls. Only 538 wild spring
Chinook salmon returned to
spawning grounds in the Warm
Springs River. A spawning
escapement of 1,200 wild fish is
needed for optimum production in
the Warm Springs River and its
tributaries Beaver and Mill creeks.
A considerable reduction in
returns of wild fish to tne Deschutes
River in 1994 is also anticipated.
Only 500 wild spring Chinook salmon
are expected to return to the mouth of
the Deschutes River in 1994. This
year's return could be the lowest on
record since annual estimates of run
sizes began in 1977. harvest rates of
wild spring Chinook salmon at
Sherars Falls have averaged 38
percent over the last five years. If the
harvest rate in 1 994 remained at recent
levels, approximately 300 fish, out
of a necessary 1,200 would return to
spawning grounds.
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Meters help
monitor water
usage
Earlier this year, residents of
Greeley Heights received notices
from Public Utilities that water me ters
would be installed at each home site
in the subdivision. Ed Manion, project
inspector, said a total of 89 meters
have already been installed in the
area. All homes built after 1993 will
require the meters.
As part of the water system up
grade, grants have been received from
Oregon Economic Development, IHS
and the Tribe contributed to the
project as well. Grant conditions
stipulated that the meters be installed.
The $389,500 was to have been com
pleted at the end of April.
Purpose of installing the meters is
to increase awareness of how much
water homeowners are using. There
will be no charge for water.
Coyote News In Brief
New program to help protect natural resources
The new Ranger Program will help enhance and protect
natural resorces on the reservation. Oliver Kirk will
coordinate the program for three months.
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Museum wins Muse Award
The Museum at Warm Springs took second place in the
prestegious Muse Awards for the eight-minute video that
introduces the exhibit to visitors.
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What's on the radio?
KWSO, 91.9 FM, programming guide details daily
programs for listeners.
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Listening Conference draws leaders
Hundreds of tribal and government representatives
Gathered in the Southwest to discuss issues facing
American Indian tribes throughout the United States.
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Spring clean-up a success
Organizers of the spring clean-up project are pleased with
the results of the annual event.
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Relay record broken
The "Used to Bee's", of Milwaukie, broke the former time
record of the 58-mile race with a time of 5 hours, 35
minutes and 26 seconds.
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