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2 September 14, 1995 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo Forestry Tour covers proposed timber sales The Umber tour on proposed tuturc sales went right on schedule and the presentations regarding each area were informative by the foresters who work in those units. The only negutive thing about the tour was the poor turn-out of tribal members on both days . The ones who were in attendance were employ ees who work in the Natural Resources, members of the limber committee, water and soil, range and agriculture wildlife, fish, game and the trainees who arc affiliated with the forestry. On the first day the caravan made its first stop in the Butte creek area where the condition of the timberstands were, the work that is being done there. There arc various ways for logging differcntarcas, and sometimes depends on the type of logging that has been applied in that area. There are the selective logging and the clear cut areas with some ovcrstory. The over story method has certain benefits as to the protection of the smaller trees and for natural reforestation. Road clo sures with in the area were discussed because of so much traffic in the area during the summer months creates problems in many ways. Fire danger, over hunting, too much un-necessary travel. The wild fires in the area would have plenty of access from the more usable roads with in the area. The sales in that area included deceased timber in certain areas, and also the commer cial thinning and the planting of small timber in the Butte Creek area. In five units of 1 to 5, there were 229 acres of seed trees with the expec tation volume of 4,909, (MBF). Also in the Butte Creek are in units 6-1 0 and 14-18, there were 846 acres of com mercial thinning and the intire volume shown was 9,260 (MBF). The Commercial thinning and group selection in unit 1 1 there was 86 acres with a volume of 763 (MBF), in unit 12, 66 acres 605 (MBF), and unit 4th Annual Women & Wellness Conference set Mark your calendars for the Fourth Annual Local Women & Wellness Conference, "The Circle Conti nues," October 5, 6, 7, 1995, at the Warm Springs Community Center. Visiting guest include: Liz Woody, tribal member, Stella Washines, Yakama, Washington, and Lisa Tiger from Muskogee, Oklahoma. Child care will be provided, for more information contact Cheryl Tom at 553-3225, Human Services Department. U .. L,im a.iMt m - -' - - - ' ..J The timber tour 's first stop in the Butte Creek area's proposed sale sight, as Forestry Personnel explain the conditions of the timber growth and the method of logging procedure. In this case there will be an overstory which will have natural re-generation. The two day tour covered a wide area of ground and various sites where 13, there was 115 acres with a volume of 1 , 1 76 (MBF). The total for the three unit was 267 acres with 2,537 MBF). The over all work in the area of seed trees, Commercial thinning and com mercial thinning and group selection of a total of 1 ,34 1 acres, the vol ume of 16,708 (MBF). One of the highlights of the tour was lunch which was the stop at Bear Springs Camp Grounds. The chipping site re vie w and discus sion was in the sky line area where Diamond Sales Inc. of Hubbard, Or egon entered into a demonstrative chip ping site preparation with the Confed erated Tribes. The agreement was that Diamond Sales Inc. skid the chip and chip the wood debris on the unit, they would pay the Tribes $13.35 per bone dry unit which is approximately 20 units of chips. In return the Tribes would pay $200 per acre to prep the units for planting. The original estimate of yield from the units was one load of chips per acre. In reality the yield was roughly one load per three acres. Since the start of opera tion on July 31, 1995, the project had numerous problems. The Contractor anticipated of moving 10 loads of chips per day . In the 1 9 day s of operation they chipped two units which yielded fifteen loads of chips. The lack of wood on the units was the major problem. The landing space was limited creat ing problems for maneuvering the trail ers which are 48-50 feet in length. The Contractor had no logging back ground and that created confusion and logisti cal problems. Diamond Sales decided it was unprofitable to continue the opera tion. The final day of the tour the group traveled highway 4 to the Shitike Area to review the TeninoTimbcrsalcMany areas are infected with Mistletoe, espe cially in the Doug Fir species, however Mistletoe is present in many other spe cies. In this area there is a lot of Cedar mixed in the timber stands. Every effort is being applied to eliminate these de ceased trees. Throughout the day dis cussion on all problems were presented by the various forestry personnel who Timber sale proposed On behalf of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Bureau of Indian All a Irs proposes a 1996 Umber harvest In the Tcnlnoprojcct area. The proposed sale Is located within the Seekseequa and bhitlke Watersheds on the Warm Springs Reservation. (please see the management area map). rrom 1.223 to 598 acres, depending on which alternative Is chosen, are proposed for harvest utilizing a variety of logging methods. The sale would yield from 3.9 to 16.2 million board feet MMBF) of timber depending on which alternative Is chosen. Upon completion of this proposed activity, open road densities would be reduced to 4 miles or less per section. This would be accomplished by either ripping or blocking existing roads. An Important reason for undertaking this timber sale Is to improve forest health Another alternative, alternative B, was analyzed and because It failed to meet management oblectlves. This Is the first of three assessments for 1996 sales. The packet Is available for public viewing and comments. If you have anything good or bad to say, or if you have any suggestions as to how It should be done call Theron Johnson at 553-2416. Comment period ends September 14, 1995 work in these areas. They were there to 8th AlinUa DOWWOW Set TOf Oct. P7-PP pmauu.t.aa.iuy.uu.i.iiiaaiHiiu R(. Mi, rnI,lnik . explain the best ways to work on each situation. It would be great if tribal members would take interest and take these tours in the future on the proposed sales. The Forestry Personnel did a fine job with their presentations of each unit they were enveloped with. Sex offender treatment workshop scheduled for Oct. 2, 3 The Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network, Youthworks and J Bar J Youth Services presents: Multi-Cultural issues in sex offender treatment -walking in two worlds, October 2, 3, 1995 at the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort in Warm Springs, Oregon. Topics to include: Deviant fantasy and arousal disclosure and reduction and cognitive distortionsrelapse. The Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network was founded a decade ago with commitment to prevention of sexual abuse through professional training, support, technical assistance, and legislative action. The OASOTN has established a tradition of highest quality training at a reasonable cost in a relaxed recreational setting in partnership with J Bar J Youth Services and Youthworks, Inc. This conference is not exception. Our training features nationally know experts in the field of child sexual abuse. Please join us for this advanced workshop with practical treatment application. Kah-Nee-Ta Resort - everything under the sun. Centrally located, a two hour drive from Portland. Nationally renowned resort with golf, pool, spa, and the new gaming center. It's a great get-away. Guest speakers include: Michael D. Sullivan, M.S.W. Director, South Central Treatment Associates, Billings, Montana. Practice Continued on page 8 Powwow is scheduled for October 27, 28, 29, 1995 at Celilo, OR, "Wyampum," 12 miles east of The Dalles, OR on 1-84. There will be dance categories in Men's, Women's, teen boys and girls, junior boys and girls, and tiny tots. Using the point system. First grand entry is 8:00 p.m. Friday night, Saturday at 1:00 and 7:00 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. There will be a Halloween Mask Clown dance contest, Drum contest (using point system), Men's Old Style round bustle contest, Warbonnet special, Open hoop dance contest, teen boys traditional, co-ed team dance contest, women's traditional open and a junior girls all-around. Food concessions limited. Cost is $275 for the full weekend. Arts and crafts $35 a day, plus donation. Contact Gloria Jim for information at (509) 848-3461. Drummers may contact Thomas Morning Owl at (509) 773-3409. For more information about powwow contact Rod Begay at (503) 296 8816, Begay Residence at (503) 298 1559, or Tina Antone at (509) 773 4020. The Mid-Columbia River Powwow Committee is not responsible for theft, accidents, damages, or short funded travelers. No alcohol or drugs allowed. "Women on the Healing Path" conference set for Sept. 25-27 Kirkpatrick her novel "A sweetness to the Soul" "Like the slow rising of the river after an early snow melt in the mountains, he seeped into my life, unhurried, almost without notice, until the strength and breadth of him covered everything that had once been familiar, made it different, new over old. It was the summer after the tragedy. I date everything from that time but isn't that how it is with catastrophes sometimes? And I guess, for me, that's when it all began." In A Sweetness to the Soul, Jane Herbert Sherar steps out of the past to tell the story of this remarkable frontier couple who lived and loved along an isolated Oregon River. Their lives were deeply touched by Warm Springs, Wasco and Paiute Indians who summered at the Deschutes River falls and made the Sherar dreams possible. Based on the lives of this Oregon couple, A Sweetness to the Soul shares a story of strength, flexibility and faith, necessary companions on life's journey whether 150 years ago or today. As in Kirkpatrick's first book, Homestead, this book recalls the importance of dreaming and the sweetness to the soul that comes from desires realized. A Sweetness to the Soul is the beginning of a dream catcher series that celebrates the joy of shared effort, the capacity of the human spirit to grow and change, the importance of a driving passion and the healing strength of love. Parenting Adolcescents Where: Community Counseling Center When: October 5-26, 1995 Time: 6 to 7 p.m. ontact: Marcella HallLorraine Roberts for further information 553-3205 D Mini fundraiser powwow scheduled An estimated 250 Native American women from around the Pacific Northwest will gather here September 25-27 to learn about and celebrate healthy lifestyles in a conference hosted by the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority's Community Health Services. The theme for the conference, "Women on the Healing Path," describes the work Native women can do to pursue their own journey of wellness and healing. It also reflects a key purpose of this conference-to bring the concepts of wellness and healthy choices to local Native women who may not be able to afford to attend national wellness conferences, said Janis Givan, Director of Community Health Services and conference organizer. "Many of us who work in the helping professions are already in the 'stream of information' with regard to recovery and wellness issues," said Ms. Givan, a member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Nation and a Registered Nurse. "We may have had opportunities to attend wellness conferences in other parts of the country." "But we know there are a lot of local, grassroots Native women who aren't working, who may not have made healthy choices in their lives or relationships, who can benefit greatly from this information, and we want to make this experience accessible to them." The conference, set forTacoma's LaQuinta Inn, will feature nationally recognized keynote speakers Cecelia Fire Thunder (Oglala Sioux), a training specialist for the South Dakota Dept. of Health in the maternal and child health section; Bea Shawanda (Odawa Pottowattomi) a trainer and educator whose focus is youth leadership training in life-skills development; and Billy Rogers (Kiowa), Director of Health Promotion Programs at University of Oklahoma. Other presenters include representatives from a number local and Northwest Indian tribes and organizations. Conference topics will include Native spirituality; humor for healthy living; aging gracefully; inner strength; image enhancement; wellnessgoal setting; boarding school survivors; stress management; and traditional Indian foods. The event will also include a 60's style dance, entertainment, and wellness activities to include sweatlodge ceremonies, walks and aerobics. "Besides providing information for Native women just beginning to learn about wellness and healing issues, the event will have much to offer those who may have already begun their own wellness work, as well as those with a lot of experience and knowledge," Ms. Givan said. "Personal wellness includes taking daily care of our spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health," she said. "Wellness is vital to all women since we are all caregivers in our personal lives, as mothers, daughters, sisters - and many of us in our professional lives as well. We need to learn how to rejuvenate ourselves and avoid burnout." The cost of the conference is $95 per person if registration is postmarked by September 1, 1995, or $135 after September 1. For more information, please contact Stephanie Mackey at (206) 593-0 1 07, or by Fax at (206) 272-6138. A mini powwow will be held September 30 as a fundraiser for the Thanksgiving Mini Powwow. The mini powwow will be held at the Elmer Quinn Memorial Park from noon until dark. Days activities will include: dancing and games for the kids, cake walks, plenty of food concessions. All drumming groups are invited to participate. Any girls interested in running for the Thanksgiving Mini Powwow Queen are encouraged to come and participate. A mini raffle is being held also, raffle items are: Cut bead eagle bag, lil girls shell dress, shawl, yarn bag, and many other miscellaneous items. For more information contact Manny Jim at P.O. Box 1 129, Warm Springs, OR 9776 1 , (503) 553-1 086 (no collect calls please). Columbia River Tribes, BPA form pact to save salmon Spilyay Tymoo Publisher: Sid Miller Editor: Donna Behrend ReporterPhotographer: Saphronia Katchia ReporterPhotographer: Selena T.Boise ReporterPhotographer: Bob Medina Secretary: TinaAguilar Founded in March 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement of the Old Girl's Dorm at 1 1 15 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (503) 553-1644 or 553-3274 - FAX No. 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within US. $9.00Outside U.S. - $15.00 SpilyayTymoo 1995 Time marches on and the people wonder where it went and or what has occurred within the short span of one year. Many things could have happened, should have happened, did not happen, or something else happened or occurred in its place. In order to better put i n perspective what I am referring to, I would like to go back a few years and relate what occurred at that time. The "state of condition" of many natural resources, especially the fishery resources, were recognized by many people. At that time the people who were concerned tried to get the attention of the decision makers to change or modify their management practices to better protect all natural resources. Pacts, agreements and coalitions were formed and signed to combat the management practices that impacted natural resources. One agreement that comes to mind is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Columbia River tribes and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Mr. Don Hodel, BPA administrator, at that time recognized that the BPA and the tribes should form a pact to work toward saving the salmon. Mr. Hodel stated that he found out that BPA was paying the Corps of Engineers over $ 1 9 million dollars to do research. What was needed was actions to save the salmon. We would work out a cost- sharing plan for fishery projects. Cost sharing also demonstrated that the tribes have an interest in saving a resource, the salmon of the Columbia River. All the details were finalized and the MOU was signed by the four tribal chairmen and BPA in the year 1976. A subsequent MOU was signed shortly after the one between the tribes and BPA. The second MOU included the four Columbia River tribes, BPA, and the Pacific Northwest Regional Commission, which was the governors from the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. This MOU was basically the same as the original one signed by the four tribes and BPA. Early in 1975 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game retained a consulting firm to prepare an independent analysis of Alaska's salmon fishery and the department's related activities. The results of their efforts was a two-part report titled "Alaska Salmon Study." The first and most important of the two parts, subtitled "Management Study," covered management actions related to Alaska's salmon fishery and responded to the basic questions of 1 )Why have Alaskan salmon runs declined? and 2) What should the state do to improve the resource? The second part of the report, subtitled "Facilities Review," responds to the questions of 1) Are Alaska's present fish-propagation facilities adequate to perform as intended? and 2) Are they appropriate to the state's needs? Each of the state's 20 hatcheries were inventoried and documented in the report. From the report, an Alaska Fisheries Plan was developed at the direction of the governor of Alaska. The goal was to help form a foundation for improved salmon resources and fishery for Alaska in the future. Almost 20 years ago the formation of the Columbia River Alliance (which is not the same group as today's Columbia River Alliance) occurred with many fishery groups in the mixture of charter members. This group was to work toward saving the salmon resources by opposing actions that were detrimental to the continued existence of the resources. One bit of action was the stopping of gravel removal from the Columbia River to be shipped down river for use in cement. Another was the stoppage of water withdrawal for irrigation in an area know as Horse Heaven. Did we really stop this project or was it only temporary? After much thought on the issue of restoring salmon from the brink of extinction and or preventing other stocks from going the way of the condor and other species, I have come to the conclusion that selfishness, greed and the protection of individual power over others are the main reasons for the slow progress in restoration efforts. Granted, there are many people who do not feel this way and think only about nature as part of our environment that needs and requires protection. These people don't feel that the natural resources should be over-exploited for the sake of a dollar. I bring up these points in the hope that our most important and valuable assets do not become liabilities in the future. Development of fish restoration must be for the good of the resource and not the individual or groups who are working on them. You must believe like the Indian people that respect is earned and not given due to a name, title or job. Recognition of individual or group effort comes through time. Many years have been spent by groups of people trying to save the salmon. This will probably go on for years until the people responsible for the decline do something about it. The longer we wait, the higher the cost of restoration. .? It must be understood that man can adapt to a changing environment much better and more quickly than other animals. Too fast a change within the environment of most animals can lead to their extinction. That is one reason we must put the needs of the resources as a priority before the needs of man. This article is reprinted at the request of Louis Pitt, Director of Government Affairs. It was written the annual report