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VOL 23 NO. 2
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Coyote News
In Brief
Miss Warm Springs
interviewed
Jocelyn Moses
expresses her opinion
and more in an
interview.
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A new feature begins
with this issue as
residents, employees
and others are asked to
express their opinion on
different topics.
Fifth annual
Children's Art show
opens
The Museum At Warm
Springs is featuring the
popular Children's Art
Show.
Girls give helping
hand during holidays
Local Girl Scouts and
Brownies got into the
holiday spirit,
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Language Lessons
Paiute and Sahaptin
language lessons are
offered.
6 and 7
OSU Education
Needs Assessment
summarized
Last summer, Oregon
State conducted an
education needs survey
among reservation
residents. A summary
notes the results.
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Lapwai wins holiday
tournament
The 39th annual Holiday
Basketball Tournament
featured fast action
among the nine teams.
9 and 10
Watch for signs in the
community
announcing
rescheduled district
and general council
meetings.
Spilyay Tymoo
is once again
selling
Date Logs.
$3.50 each or
3 for $10. Call
553-3274 to get
yours!
Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo is
Friday,
January 23, 1997
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Reservation under blanket of white stuff-
Someone must have sung "Let it snow" one too many times this winter.
Warm Springs, like much of the Northwest, was deluged with toe little bit
snow earlier this week. The white stuff began to fall Saturday, January 10, and
didn't let up until we were enveloped in an 18-inch thick blanket of white,
fluffy down.
The Confederated Tribes cancelled work on January 12 as roads were
questionable, at best. Work was delayed two hours on January 13 as a slow
melt began.
Drivers must continue to be cautious as icy conditions persist, especially in
the mornings. :
The forecast? More winter.
Traffic on US highway 26 was
Upcoming Deschutes Basin forum to define visions for the future
The Deschutes River Basin is an
especially pleasant and productive
place to live. For thousands of years
Native Americans have called this
Basin their home. The Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon have successfully
maintained their cultures and tradi
tions while developing productive
timber, tourist and hydroelectric en
terprises. Throughout this time the
natural resources of the Deschutes
Basin have remained central to the
Tribes' way of life.
During the last one hundred years
many changes have reshaped the
Basin. Most significant are the ac
tions that have altered the natural
flow of water. Benefits have accrued
from these changes to most of the
long-time residents and certainly to
the many newcomers and the seasonal
visitors. However, some changes
have been made at a high cost to
other natural resources, especially
fish and wildlife.
The pressures of our modern soci
ety are continuing to cause change,
requiring people within the Deschutes
Watershed to reassess and adapt. To
understand the dynamics of change,
more information is called tor,
stimulating waves of resource stud
ies and data gathering. Reams of in
formation sit on shelves and in files.
Natural resource planners from nu
merous and varied agencies have tried
to stay ahead of changing events,
resulting in at least 41 management
plans and environmental impact as
sessments attempting to provide fu
ture direction.
The Confederated Tribes are con
cerned about the absence of a unify ing
principle or conceptual framework
in the fish and wildlife resource re
search and planning efforts to date.
scientifically based unifying
methodology has yet to be applied
which allows natural resource man
agement decisions to be made that
are not only of the highest priority
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slow due to poor visibility during a heavy snow storm.
but can be implemented in the most
effective sequence. Actions taken
need to be accountable and sustain
able. The Confederated Tribes clearly
recognize that without such a holis
tic approach, critical decisions about
the future of natural resources in the
Basin will continue to be made
piecemeal in the absence of an agreed
to management framework.
The Confederated Tribes, there
fore, extend an invitation to you,
along with other persons who have a
passion for the Basin, to take part in
a two-day gathering to share your
visions and values with us regarding
the future of its wildlife habitat and
resources. The Confederated Tribes
called a similar meeting a year ago
that has successfully initiated work
on a fisheries management frame
work for the Basin. Some of you
were involved in the visions and val
ues gathering for fish, but for most of
you, this will be a new experience.
Visions and values, often called
goals, will evolve during group dis
cussions within a forum of the
watershed's wildlife community
Discussions will develop around the
following five considerations:
Cultures Beliefs, behaviors, and
ways of life
livelihoods Now and for seven
generations
Participation Everyone having an
equal voice
Commonalities What can be ac
complished working together
Choices There is always more than
one way
This two-day session will be the
first step in a year-long series of
events utilizing a methodology for
developing a science based concep
tual framework that will allow com
munity goals to be implemented into
accountable and sustainable actions.
This is a first in watershed manage
ment The method is called Ecosys
tem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT)
and will be explained further during
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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1 the Deschutes Watershed Forum.
The Visions and Values Gather
ing will be facilitated in Open Space,
a process that is oriented to begin
with the community and work up,
not starting with the regulators at the
top and working down. Open Space
is a process similar to traditional tribal
council encampments and pioneer
town halls. It is distinguished by
having no prior agenda. In the open
ing hour, the participants, also known
as stakeholders, collectively create
an agenda that represents their pas
sions (critical issues) for which they
are willing to take responsibility . The
author of each agenda will be re
sponsible for leading a breakout
session around that issue and report
back in writing to the full group.
There will be a full gathering the
final day to review the commonali
ties around each agenda issue and
allow for a prioritization of goals to
guide the EDT technical workshops
to follow. The product from the Open
Space process will be an inventory of
concerns, hopes, and expectations
rather than a forced consensus. Open
Space is a self-organizing way of
facilitating communication and ac
tion, and bringing out the inherent
creativity and leadership in a diver
sity otpeople. Open Space is a highly
participatory process.
The Tribes welcome your in
volvement with others in the Basin
community by bringing passions for
the future of the wildlife habitat and
resources. The visions and values
you bring will apply basin-wide. The
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, February 3 and 4, 1998
Where: Kah-Nee-Ta, Warm Springs Reservation
What: The theme: Deschutes Basin Wildlife
Defining Visions for the Future
Who: All those in the Basin community who hold a
passion for the above theme.
How: By facilitators trained and experienced in Open
Space from The Watershed Forum Foundation
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Fire and Safety gets assistance clearing away snow from emergency
vehicle's garage doors.
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Leo Hellon digs his car out of two
Tribes look forward to using the rel
evant portions of this Basin work in
their Pelton Relicensing application
knowing that it reflects the desire of
the Basin community now and for
seven generations.
If you are unable to attend this
session but have a vision, a value or
an issue that you would like to see
addressed concerning the future of
wildlife within the Deschutes Basin,
feel free to contact Heather Shaw or
Bob Rose at (541) 553-1046 so that
your input can be included in the
discussions.
You will be individually contacted
by the TWFF to discuss expectations
and how they will be met. The Con
federated Tribes are pleased to share
our visions and values for the
Deschutes Basin with you and then
work together in crafting local solu
tions for a healthy watershed and
strong economies into the future.
As the tribes will be providing
refreshments, two lunches and one
dinner, it will be important for those
wishing to participate to contact The
Deschutes Watershed Forum before
January 23 to make reservations. For
this forum to be successful, we would
like to stress the importance for all of
the participants to attend the confer
ence for both days.
A block of rooms have been set
aside at Kah-Nee-Ta at a special rate.
To reserve your room call Kah-Nee-Ta
directly by January 23. 1998 at 1-800-554-4786.
Please tell them you
are attending the Deschutes Water
shed Forum
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Donations need to
be in writing
Indian Head Casino donations
committee mission statement is "The
Donations Committee is oriented to
ward donation assistance in the fol
lowing areas: Health, Education,
Welfare and Safety with an empha
sis on tribal member youth and se
nior citizens."
The Donations Committee at In
dian Head Casino asks that all dona
tion requests for 1998 be in writing
and submitted to us as soon as pos
sible. By getting your donation re
quests in early, it will allow us to
give full consideration to your re
quest. Indian Head Casino has a lim
ited donations budget and is dedi
cated to donations within the local
community.
Please mail or fax your donation
requests to: Indian Head Casino; CI
O Donations Committee; PO Box
1240;WarmSprings,OR97761 Fax
number 541-553-61 19.
Due to the volume of telephone
calls regarding donation requests,
Indian Head Casino cannot accept
donation requests over the telephone.
All donation requests will be re
viewed and all requesters will re
ceive a letter stating if the request
was approved or denied. Thank you.
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