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University of Oregon Librai Received on s 10-20-94 Spilyay tymoo. P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Requested U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Swings, OR 97761 Spilyay Tymoo '' (Coyote News) TffiW' r.v. SERIALS DEPARTMENT KNIGHT DEPT. 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OR EUGENE, OR 97403 1 . 'rr,-wv '"f .;.te ; o VP- Si v ..... 7220 OR. COLL. rr: E 14' "94 , !' ''7 ' V-.-. . A VOL. 19 NO. 21 Coyote News In Brief Women and wellness The fourth annual Women's Wellness conference was held October 5-8 at the Warm Springs Community Center. Page 2 Seniors look to future Two local high school students look forward iu luiuro in iioiu ui business. Page 2 Employee remembered Unbelievably, it's been a year since Marsha Shour7W u9 killoH in a car accident. Spilyay offers a few words and photos by her and of her. Page 3 Hackle Hackers donate funds Fishermen and golfers, this group of men has made a monetary donation to the tribe for the past nine years for youth activities. Page 5 Check batteries Wh6n the time changes on October 30, be sure to change -.1 io uaucnco hi iuui smoke detectors. Page 5 Oregon Indian Open draws big field It was an international crowd at the 1 4th annual tournament sponsored by Levi Bobb. Page 6 Cut the cost of costumes Inexpensive costumes can save you money nil le holn i ovhihi JIU? iioip jrwu ovi MUll your creative flair. Page 7 Spilyay has some COOL looking caps for sale. The red, wNte and blue caps feature embroidered lettering and a handsome Spilyay. These top quality caps are Just $10 each. Visit the office and pick yours up today! -2 -V .TV Proposed budget posted If it's October, it must be budget time. Tribal Council worked all of September to prepare the proposed 1993 operating budget. Unlike past years, the 1995 budget proposal shows minimum and maximum bud gets, each dependent upon the allow able annual cut and the omission or addition of a "wish list", including initiatives which total over $6 mil lion. According to the proposal, total anticipated revenues will be either $26.6 million or $30.6 million, de pending on the annual allowable cut. Total proposed expenditures, de- pending on approval, range between $26.1 million and $33.4 million. These two figures include a $4.4 mil lion in per capita payments to enrolled tribal members. Of particular interest are the ini tiatives, which may be considered for referendum next vear. Potential referendum projects include an Is land Water System, Seekseequa Subdivision water system, Deschutes Water Plant modification, commer cial corridor utilities, waste water treatment facility, Sidwalter water storage tank and the addition of one acre cell to the Simnasho lagoon. Also considered are a records center buildinpandthreemodularunits,one Continued on page 2 Dioxin levels Survey results released recently to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveal that Columbia River Indians consume more fish than most Americans and conse quently may be exposed to higher levels ot waterbome toxins such as dioxins. The fish consumption survey of tribal members was conducted by the Portland based Columbia River Inter-Tribal fish Commission oh be half of the four Columbia River tribes. This report is the most scien tifically sound, interview-based fish consumption survey recently done for a minority group. The survey documents that tribal members consume fish at an average rate of 581.7 grams (2.1 ounces) per day, or approximately nine times the estimated national fish consumption rate of 6.5 grams (.23 grams) per day. The tribes, CRITFC and the UFA began their investigation offish con sumption in 1990 and 1991 in re sponse to concerns that tribal mem bers catching and consuming Co lumbia River fish for ceremonial and subsistence purposes might be at increased risk to adverse health ef Begin the healing walk Together, we face many difficult times. As the tribes begin to f efonc fnrwxrA tt Wnmp a hpalthipr community, we also begin to see the benefits that will children. Looking down the road to the future is sometimes scary. But, together we can begin the walk. Making changes means taking a risk. The sensitive areas that affect our lives will begin to surface as we strive to become a healthier Indian nation. On October 26 and 27, a conference, "Family Strengths and Cnirttiiaiitv Hafhorinff IV" will be held at the Aeencv T Um .01 T t.nll Vts cnari Mmn fnr riiir nonnlp fn (rather ATMi speak to the concerns surrounding tnrougn suiciae. RtxMctratinn betnns at 8 a.m. ning at 9 a.m. Lunch and dinner cost AcrpnH Um inrludp: Trauma: Family, friends and commu- nity;AuxingOurMiek;CcfinguHthSuicMaimnking?WalM Forward After Loss; Our Belief Systems: What to do, and why we do ir. vaiuuuingour loauoeuep; Heqnngsuu. riiyoiuiniwi what does it mean? Rites of Passage, Growth; Cleansing, Lighting Up, Prayer; Washing our Tears and Healing Dances. A special time has been set aside to acknowledge our firefighters, emergency medical staff and police staff and drum groups. Please, won't you begin the community healing walk with ii Tt i a Kme to rather and talk. A time to share, a time to beein hoalino imimw Tntn us and hrine someone with vou whom ' - '-y , P.O. BOX 870, WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 1'. ; 'ri! ' it r ' - V " t'-". A, - 'Mi ; . .If.. , f:"" ' ? I - W ' 1, u . V, 1 V 1 Bmy Chinook 30ih anniverJay celebration was held Saturday, October 8 at the Cove State Park with Pierson Mitchell conducting opening prayer and ceremonies. may be higher fects from exposure to toxins, such as dioxins, furans and other organo chlorine chemicals that accumulate in fish tissue. The EPA has identified ingestion of contaminated fish as the main route of human exposure to waterbome toxins. Federal and state regulatory agencies use the estimated national fish consumption rate of 6.5 grams per day when developing human health based water quality criteria and standards for toxins. Those stan dards are then used to issue permits to industrial polluters. Today, the entire Columbia River in Oregon, all 309 miles; all of the Snake River in Washington and the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam to the Oregon-Washington bor der violate the water quality criteria for dioxin. Dioxin is a highly toxic chemical produced as a by-product by chlorine using pulp and paper mills, from burning of waste by hospital and municipal incinerators and other industrial polluters. "In light of this tribal survey and in light of US EPA's recent conclu sions on the toxicity of dioxin and related compounds, we have reason to believe that the health of tribal come to our people and our the losses we've experienced dailv with presentations begin will be provided daily at no O - 4 pm iiiiw acre .... & L PI IV" HIJ ilS ' - among Indian people members is not being adequately protected by existing federal and state policies," said Ted Strong, CRITFC Executive Director. "We urge the EPA and the two states to launch an immediate region-wide re-evaluation of the dioxin and other human health based water quality criteria and standards based on the fish consumption rate of 6.5 gpd. "In addition, we urge an investi gation of the industrial permits is sued under those criteria and stan dards for possible violations of President Clinton's Executive Order Fall Chinook to go back to Snake River Basin An important first step in the re covery of the salmon population above Lower Granite Dam is almost a reality: "We've finally made some headway in putting fall chinook back in the SnakeRiver," said Ted Strong, executive director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC). The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has agreed with the four tribes Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakama and Warm Springs, that the progeny of the fall chinook now being trapped at Lower Granite Dam will be released back above the dam into the natural habitat. This summer, NMFS and the tribes were in disagreement over how to return enough endangered fall chinook to spawning grounds in the Snake River Basin. NMFS wanted only to restrict tribal fisheries. The tribes recommended altering dam operations and letting the hatchery fall chinook return to spawning grounds rather than trapping them at the dam. The dispute ended in federal district court when Judge Malcom Marsh made a ruling that allowed tribal fishing to proceed. The judge also urged NMFS and the tribes to AbuseNeglect training set Everyone is welcome to attend the Child Abuse and Neglect Training being held October 20-2 1 , 1 994, 8:00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. Lunch is on your own. ...'... N't a on Environmental Justice and the Civil Rights Act," he said. CRITFC, the tribes and EPA are beginning a multi-agency effort to determine levels of toxic contami nants in fish and sediment samples collected in the vicinity of tribal fish eries. Strong said that CRITFC and the tribes plan to work with EPA and other federal and state agencies to determine the adequacy of existing water quality criteria for toxins and to continue assessing tribal mem bers' exposure to the toxins. The fish consumption survey was funded by the EPA's office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation. work on an agreement about the trapping and use of hatchery fall chinook. "This is what you call the begin ning of a real recovery plan," said Doug Dompier, CRITFC biologist. In 1990, NMFS began trapping fall chinook at Lower Granite Dam where the chinook were sorted and the ge netically "impure" hatchery fish killed. "Even though these fish crossed eightdams to get to the Snake River, the state and feds didn't want any hatchery fish that weren't purely Snake River stocks to spawn with the other," said Dompier. Over the years state and federal Continued on page 8 Annual Show coming Oct. 15 Warm Springs 7th Annual Arts & Crafts Show will be held at the Warm Springs Community Center, October 15, 1994 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Crafts, artwork, beadwork, shawls, pillows and many other items will be on display for sale by Warm Springs Tribal and community people. No admission and plenty of parking space is available to the public. For more information, call Carol Allison at the Warm Springs Community Center at (503) 553-3243. J . " - OCTOBER 14, 1994 9:00M W .;Cn w;; : FZ 543 5 ATE PAH . Youth receives whipping; traditional law followed The Warm Springs Tribal Law and Order Code, part 2 of 201.015 states, "When necessary, the Court shall apply the laws of traditional custom and usage as is generally accepted by the Tribes. Where there is doubt as to custom or traditional laws, the Court shall obtain the advice of at least two impartial tribal elders who are familiar with the custom and usages." That traditional law was utilized last month when a 17-year-old tribal member youth was whipped in mid September by a designated traditional whipman. The whipping was wit nessed by several people, including the presiding judge, an elder, juvenile coordinator, and the youth's parents, siblings and grandmother. The youth received five whips with a belt. Identity of the youth, whipman and elder were not released. Whippings, say juvenile coordi nator Daisy Ike, will be used as a "last resort." The youth in this case was a habitual runaway and was in volved in the juvenile court system for over two years for numerous in fractions. "We've been wrestling with this case for over two years," said assistant juvenile coordinator Charles Tailfeathers. "We were sur prised at the ruling." The youth's parents appealed the judge's decision. Continued on page 2 you feel wifl oeneht rrom trus gatnenng.