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2Mav7, 1998 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo ' i " ' - . I I According to Chester Van Pelt of Housing, a ttotal of 225 vehicles were either donated or were picked up by the housing department during Spring clean up week. The vehicles were hauled to the impound yard from various parts of the Reservation. Later the vehicles will be crushed and hauled to Portland where they will be used as scrap iron. Various culture classes taught at Museum The Museum At Warm Springs will be giving Cultural Classes each month starting in March and running through November. Classes are lim ited, so sign up as soon as possible by calling The Museum At Warm Springs at (541)553-3331 and ask for Leana Blueback. Supply lists are available the last week in the month for the following month's class Babyboards-6 to 8 p.m.; by Tina Aguilar; $20; May 11, 12, 13, 14 & Indian Education Summit set The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation will host the 1998 Northwest Indian Education Summit on May 12-14, 1998 at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort at Warm Springs, Oregon. This year's Summit will focus on the need for Northwest Tribes, Indian communities and parents to unite on education issues. The agenda, which addresses items from early childhood Project to help spring Chinook Once again spring is a time for acclimating spring chinook and steel head in the Warm Springs ceded lands of the Hood River area. With help from several Warm Springs volun teers, the Hood River Production Program (HRPP) began the project in late March assembling two tem porary ponds and a gravity water supply line and a discharge line back to the West Fork of the Hood River. Since then the ponds have been home to 125,000 spring chinook smolts that were brought over from the Pelton Ladder near Round Butte Hatchery. The chinook will remain in the ponds until the first week of May when they will be released to begin their journey to the ocean. This project is intended to re-establish spring chinook in the Hood River system. The ponds allow the fish to imprint on Hood River water and hopefully, return as adults to spawn Chinook fishery On April 28, the Columbia River treaty tribes agreed to close the Zone 6 spring chinook fishery effective Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. This fishery will remain closed until fur ther notice. On April 23, the US v. Oregon Technical Advisory Com mittee had projected no change in the preseason forecast of 36,200 spring chinook. Spring chinook counts to date also indicate no change from the preseason forecast. Under the court ordered Columbia River Fish Man agement Plan, the tribal ceremonial and subsistence fisheries is limited to five percent of the spring chinook run or 1 ,8 1 0 fish. The Columbia River treaty tribes are signatory parties to the agreement along with state and federal parties. Projected ceremonial and subsistence harvest is expected Spilyay Tmoo Publisher: Sid Miller Editor: Donna Behrend ReporterPhotographer: Selena T. Boise ReporterPhotographer: Bob Medina ReporterPhotographer: T.J. Foltz Secretary: Tina Aguilar 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 (54 1) 553-1644 or 553-3274 - FAX NO. (54 1 ) 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within U.S. - $ 1 5.00 Outside U.S. or I st class in the U.S. - $25.00 Spilyay Tymoo 1998 15 (if needed) Log Cabin QuiIt-6 to 9 p.m.; by Eraina Palmer; June 1, 2 & 3, 1998 Birds Eye Quilt-9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; by Eraina Palmer; $20; June 14, 1998 Indian Squares-9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; by Eraina Palmer; $20; June 2 1 , 1 998 Star Quilt-9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; by Eraina Palmer; $20; June 28, 1998 Wingdress, Leggings & Mocca-sins-7 to 9 p.m.; by Arlita Rhoan $20; July 13, 20 & 27, 1998 through higher education, will include topics such as the Indian Education Policy, Welfare Reform, Native American Language Preservation, legislation, budgets, regulations, and legal issues. An array of Tribal leaders, educators, and federalstate officials are scheduled to speak at the summit. Conference registration is $ 1 00.00 which includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and a traditional in the West Fork Steelhead acclimation on the East Fork near Toll Bridge Park has taken on a new look compared to the first year in 1 996 when a fish acclimation pond was set up in the park. Accli mation now takes place in the East Fork Irrigation District "sand trap", just upstream from the park. This year the HRPP crew (Mike Lambert, Lillian Dick and Joe McCanna) placed Christmas trees in the pond to act as hiding cover for the young steelhead. Some steelhead smolts have already been released, but the pond is still holding the second group of 30,000 yearlings. Carol Brunoe, Irving Kishwalk and Brian Sutton are the fish caretakers at these two sites. If anyone is interested in seeing the project, please call Mick Jennings at the tribal office in The Dalles at 541-296-6866. closed to equal or exceed 1,810 fish by the end of the day on April 29. The tribes decided to close the spring chinook fishery to be consistent with the five percent catch limitation as described in the court ordered management plan. Commercial Sturgeon setline fishery The treaty Indian commercial stur geon setline fishery in John Day Res ervoir remains open and is not af fected by this closure of the spring chinook and ceremonial and subsis tence fishery. Catch rates indicate that the commercial sturgeon setline fishery will remain open until late May or early June. A Compact hear ing will be scheduled in the near future to consider the closing date of this fishery. Beadwork-6 to 8 p.m.; by Esther Kalama-Culpus; $20 (kits available for $10); 'August 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21, 1998 Cedar Root Basket-6 to 8 p.m.; by Antoinette Pampcricn; $30 (kits available for $15); September 8, 15, 22 & 29, 1998 Masks-6 to 8 p.m.; by Rose Diaz; $20; October 1,8, 15, 22 & 29, 1998 Ribbon Shirts-6 to 8:30 p.m. by Dora Goudy ; $20; November 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, 1998 for May 12-14 dinner, plus conference materials. Deadline for pre-registration is May 1 , 1 998. On-Site registration $ 1 05.00 and daily registration is $35.00. Elders and students: Early registration is $50.00 and on-site is $65.00. Daily registration is $35.00. For registration information and packet contact: Minnie Yahtin, PO Box C, Warm Springs, OR 97761; (541) 553-3257 (work). Sign up NOW for summer school It's time for Summer School reg istration. Parents interested in hav ing their high school students attend summer school need to contact Lynn Gassner, MHS Counselor, as soon as v. possible at 475-7265. Space is Urn- ited, therefore parents are encour- aeed to sign their student up as soon as possible. Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau (Spilyay asks "What's Up?") As a Tribal employee, do you feel that the Tribal salary Y Birney Greene Boise, "Definitely not. The employee of the lower and mid level of the organization could be compensated more. There are line employee positions that are key po sitions, that are stressful and high volume. The employees are not paid adequately for the work performance and expectations. The higher the grade level equals higher pay. The decision making positions supervise employees that prepare the finished products and do the leg work. There are job descriptions that require re evaluation and compensation." Linda Talifson, "I'm nui suffi ciently knowledge-No about the en tire Tribal salary structure, however in the public safety Jepartment all job descriptions arc compensated less than comparable departments throughout the state." A7'" i J Living Tradition 's program begins May 23 The Living Traditions programs begin Memorial Day and features different presenter each weekend. Live presentations of various traditions and crafts by members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm ; Springs are presented every weekend through Labor Day. The following is the schedule for this sumer:.- May 23-25 Rising Sun Dancers Reggie Winishut May 30-31 Masks Rosalind Sampson June 6-7 Traditional Outfits Arlita Rhoan June 13-14 Beadwork Helena Jackson June 20-21 Baby Boards Tina Aguilar July 3-5 Dry Creek Dancers Mary Ann Meanus July 11-12 Stick Games IHCMuseum July 18-19 RootbagsCorn husk Eraina Palmer July 25-26 Leather work Lyle Rhoan August 1-2 Heritage Importance Wilson VVewa Jr. August 8-9 Cedar Bark Basket Sara Scott August 15-16 Cedar root baskets Antoinette Pamprein August 22-23 Quilts Eraina Palmer August 29-30 Traditional Foods Neda Wesley September 5-7 Craft Fair Open The program began shortly after the Museum first opened in 1993 with a celebration of the Middle Oregon Treaty of 1 855 during Pi-Ume-Sha. Living Traditions presentations have continued since then wth a full schedule slated every summer. For more information on the Living Traditions program contact Leana Blueback at 553-333 1 . Indian Art Northwest begins May 22 in Portland Jim Boyd and Sherman Alexie will be performing together on Fri day, May 22, at the Portland Art Museum at 8:30 p.m. in connection with Indian Art Northwest, a four day celebration of cultural heritage taking place over the Memorial Day weekend with over 250 artists from the US and Canada. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and available at all Fastixx ticket outlets or the Indian Art Northwest office at (503) 230-7005. This event is spon sored by IAN, United Indian Stu dents for Higher Education, KINK FM 102 and Music Millennium. Poet, novelist and filmmaker Sherman Alexie is SpokaneCoeur d'Alene from Washington. He has authored the best selling novel In dian Killers and is currently working on the screen play which he will also direct. His other works include Res- ervation Blues, four books of poetry ana a collection or snon stories, i ne latter, titled The Loneranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, a cita- . j -' . , x y SP ,. Jamey Smith, "No I don't think it's fair. I think new employee's should start at an entry level and progress up the ladder. A new em ployee should not be given higher wages than employee's who have been on the job longer. For instance, there are some employee's who re ceive wages higher then others, but their production work is not up to standards. Employee's who come to work everyday and do productive work, seem to recieve below standard wages." Selena Boise, "No I don't feel it's fair! Because even though I have college credits in graphic arts and on the job training, and have been em ployed with the same department for the past 8 years, I still receive entry level wages." (J U i. i '.y v tion winner for the PENHemingway Award for Best Book of Fiction and the winner of the 1994 Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers Awards has just been made into a movie titled Smoke Signals. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Janu ary and won the Audience Award for Dramatic Film and the Filmmakers Trophy Award, will be distributed by Miramax in June. Alexie is also currently working on another book of poetry title The Man Who Loves Salmon. Singer, songwriter and producer Jim Boyd, from Inchelium, Wash ington, is a member of the Colville Tribe and owns Thunderwolf Pro ductions on the Colville Reserva tion. His music combines rock, folk,1 pop and blues with lyrics about In dian issues, both modern and tradi tional. He was included on the Honor the Earth two-disc benefit album with Bonnie Raitt, the Indigo Girls, John Trudell, Bruce Cockburn, Jane Siberry, Keith Secola and Wild Band . of Indians. His other albums include: Reservation Bound, Unit, Reserva tion Blues The Soundtrack and re cently released Fist Come, Last served. Jim also appears in and pro-; vides music for Sherman Alexie's new film Smoke Signals. Rez Bound members are Drummer Alfonso Kolb and Jerry Stensgar. "This will be a great event for: Portland," says concert coordinator Samantha Gilbert. "Their music and lyrics talk about real people, real; places and real feelings. These arej two voices that need to be herd by everyone." structure is fair? Leona Ike, "The salary structure is not fair for those line employee's who have critical job responsibilities. Two areas come to mind, those per sons employed by the Tribes who are responsible for adequate handling of the Tribes finances and those employee's responsible for the people's safety and well being. It is my opinion, that these line staff in particular, need strong support from their employer and adequate com pensation for their hard work and the dedication they give to the Tribes every day." Mackie Begay, "No! Because there are people with training credits and higher education degrees that do not earn a reasonable salary." Jf'u I A L
