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Coyote News
In Brief
Police officials tell of
difficulties
Three police officers
relate the difficulties they
face when trying to
enforce local laws.
Youth witness
Three local youth
traveled Honolulu,
Atlanta and LA to
witness with King's Kids.
Kids express
feelings
Summer youth workers
expressed their thoughts
recently in a survey
distributed by the
Program.
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No disability with
this guy
A 20-year-old tribal
member, who's been
deaf since he was five
months bid, does hot let
his disability prevent him :
from achievments.
Canadians visit
An entourage of
Kamloops tribal leaders
recently visited Warm
Springs.
Lessons presented
Learning Sahaptin and
Wasco is made easier.
This issue features a
Paiute lullaby.
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Fire destroys homes, wreaks havoc on Reservation
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Olney Patt's home, at the head of Indian Head Canyon, was the first to be destroyed by the Simnasho Fire. A huge fire whirl enveloped the home after a strike
team had totally foamed the area to keep the home from burning. For more fire information, see the special insert included in this issue.
Sports news moved
There was plenty of
sports action over the
last couple of weeks so
Spilyay added an extra
page.
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Living with disaster
The American Red
Cross provided
information for families
who are dealing with the
recent fire.
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Four-page special
FIRE!! is a special four
page insert dedicated
solely to the Simnasho
Fire.
EXTRA
Dca&'ine for the next
Cpl'.yay Tymoo is
Fridsy,
August 23, 1905
Gold's basketry in exhibit at Maryhill
Maryhill Museum of Art will
feature new baskets by Native
American artist Pat Courtney
Gold in an exhibit titled "Wasco
Legacy". The exhibit opened Au
gust 1 7 and will continue through
September 15. A closing recep
tion will be held Saturday, Sep
tember 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the
Museum board room. This is the
sixth exhibit in the museum's 1996
Contemporary Northwest Artists
Series.
Gold reflected on her past re
cently in a letter to Spilyay.
"I am Wasco Indian born and
raised on the Warm Springs Res
ervation, Oregon. When I was a
child growing up on the Reserva
tion, the nearest museum my
family visited was Maryhill Mu
seum, along the Columbia River.
At that time, most museums were
west of the Cascade Mountains in
the big cities.
"It was a three-hour drive and
I have fond memories of these
trips. The view of the Columbia
River was beautiful, and I loved
the gorgeous Peacock feathers.
These birds graced the Maryhill
grounds with their proud struts
and eerie screams.
"On of the neat things about
Maryhill Museum at the time, was
the free admission to Indians. The
free admission made me feel spe
cial, since there was a lot of
prejudice against Indians. Cur
rently there is an admission fee.
"Mom showed us kids the In
dian baskets. Maryhill still has one
of the finest collections in the
Northwest. Mom was proud as
she pointed out the Wasco Sally
Bags. I was awed by the designs.
"No on in our family had a
Sally Bag, and I never knew any
one who made them. I thought
that I'd only see them in muse
ums. "In my child's mind, I never
imagined that I would, one day,
be reviving this art. And never in
my wildest dreams would I have
thought that I would have an ex
hibit at this special Maryhill Mu
seum." Maryhill Museum of Art over
looks the Columbia River Gorge.
It is 100 miles east of Portland on
Washington Scenic Route 14 and
open daily, including holidays,
form 9 am. to 5 p.m. Cafe Maryhill
serves gourmet coffees, European
and Americanbeverages, deli food
and special desserts. A gift shop
features a wide variety of unique
arts gifts and memorabilia.
August 22 in Fort Hall....
Salmon Corp graduation set
The Earth Conservation Corps'
Salmon Corps program will gradu
ate 65 Salmon Corps members at
Fort Hall, Idaho, Thursday, August
22 at 4 p.m. This is the second annual
graduation for the program. The
Salmon Corps program is a part
nership among the ECC,
AmeriCorps, the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, the
Department of Energy, The
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the Nez
Perce Tribe, The Yakama Indian
Nation, the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs and the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Res
ervation. The Salmon Corps members are
AmeriCorps volunteers over the age
of 18 who receive a weekly stipend
while in service and will receive a
$4,725 educational grant upon com
pleting 1,700 hours of community
service.
Through important on-the-ground
habitat restoration, Salmon Corps
members restore salmon habitat,
watershed reforestation, fence off and
revegetate stream beds, establish
native plan nurseries, screen irriga
tion canals and other labor intensive
activities on or near the partnering
tribes and nearby communities.
Salmon Corps is a program of the
Earth Conservation Corps, a non
profit environmental organization
that is dedicated to restoring the
nation's two most at-risk natural re
sources the environment and the
youth.
Simnasho well redrilled
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Well deepened by 150 feet.
One month has passed since Well
3 went dry at Simnasho. Simnasho
has three wells where Beaver Creek
and Coyote Creek converge. Leonard
Zindah. of the Water Treatment Plant,
said the well was in full operation as
of August 13.
The well was redrilled and
deepened by 150 feet. It is now 470
feet in depth. Zindah said, "I don't
know how much it will produce or
how long it will last." The well also
needed to be cased to ensure it w ill
not cave in.
With the hot weather a lot of water
was being used. The wells just
couldn't keep up with the increased
demand.
There was an announcement on
the radio and a letter mailed to
residents of Simnasho to conserve
water. Zindah would like to
encourage Simnasho residents to
continue conserv ation efforts. It has
helped, especially since the Simnasho
Fire burned through the area".