2Mav7, 1998
Warm Springs, Oregon
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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
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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."
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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-
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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."
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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."
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