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Coyote News
In Brief
Committee members
needed
If you're interested in
assisting the Tribe by
serving on a committee,
now is the time to get
your resume in.
Spilyay I'nawa
mish'kaau
Question: How can
Spilyay better serve the
community? '
Church raising
Members of the Full
Gospel church, with
assistance from the
Confederated Tribes and
many volunteers, are
constructing a new, ,
building.. , -"
Youth on their way to
DC . - .
'Three local students,: ,:
their siblings and one set
of parents are DC-bound
come, vlun&fl,
Forstry Footnotes
begins
BIA Forest Manager
Bodie Shaw begins a
new series to help
inform the public how
the Reservation forest is
managed.
Language Lessons r
Sahaptin and Wasco
language lessons are
offered. :
6 and 7
Resolutions offered
Council has passed
many resolutions since
the beginning of the
year.
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Story unfolds
A family grows beyond
the anger and violence
associated with drug
abuse.
Ball game schedules
offered
T-Ball, Softball and
Baseball schedules will
keep kids and their
parents hopping this
season. t
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Have a safe
and sane
Memorial Day
weekend
Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo Is
Friday,
May 29, 1993
Seniors rejoice
4
Visitor entertained on the harmonica.
Catching up on the latest.
University of Oregon Library
Received on: 05-27-98
Spilyay tymoo.
Funding choices explored
Discussions have occurred be
tween 509-J School district officials
and Warm Springs officials on con
structing a new elementary school on
the Reservation. Residents of
Jefferson County and Warm Springs
face explosive growth in the next few
years, and the growth is going to sig
nificantly impact 509-J School Dis
trict. School board chairman Jim
Manion said a building site commit
tee, formed at the request of school
district leadership, identified three
needed new schools some time ago.
The three were the Madras Middle
School, which has since been con
structed, a new Warm Springs el
ementary school and a new Madras
elementary school.
The Warm Springs school is pro
jected to be constructed in the next
three to five years. Plans call for the
new Madras elementary school to
come on line in five to seven years.
Manion said this could present fund
ing challenges since the district usu
ally asks voters to approve new taxes
to pay for these types of projects.
The Warm Springs school presents
a unique dilemma for the school dis
trict since the school will be on the
Reservation. Even though the district
has received Impact Aid for many
years because of the Indian student
population, the Impact Aid dollars
received by the district are earmarked
for school services only. Impact Aid
dollars for construction have never
been available to the district. An un
answered question that has been dis
cussed by the school district and Tribal
Council is would district tax payers
be willing to pay extra taxes for a
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Local king and queen,
Buckland.
school built on the Reservation?
There are many other questions sur
rounding construction of a school in
Warm Springs. Aside from funding
concerns, other issues to be consid
ered include infrastructure, location,
roads, architecture, etc.
In December 1997, a committee
representing members of the school
district and the Tribe met to discuss
those questions. Tribal attorney
Howard Arnett and Ed Sites, an at
torney representing the school dis
trict, began working to develop an
agreement outlining how the tribes
and school district would work to
gether on funding the new school in
Warm Springs.
Early last month the work group
charged with exploring options for
the new school met with Tribal Coun
cil. Wendell Jim, General Manager
of the Education Branch, told Tribal
Council that he thought there were
other options besides the tribe pay
ing for one half the cost of the new
school. He mentioned a school dis
trict bond election, a tribal bond is
sue repaid by school district lease
payments, as well as other possibili
ties. Following the meeting, Tribal
Council sent a letter to the 509-J
School District addressing the possi
bility of the District asking Jclferson
County voters to approve a bond
levy. Previously, in a meeting be
tween Tribal Council and represen
tatives of the school district, 509-J
School District officials offered to
furnish half of the construction costs
(approximately $3.5 million) for the
project if the Confederated Tribes
and the BIA would provide the rest.
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Address Correction Requested
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throughout their day
Wilford Jim and Margaret
for new school in Warm Springs
Because of numerous consider
ations involved in the issue, Manion
said the school board would request
a workshop with Tribal Council and
Warm Springs education personnel.
"There are so many factors that play
a part in the dynamics of getting this
project completed," Manion said,
"before we go any further, we need
1999 returns projected to be poorer....
Spring Chinook return near
The return of spring chinook
salmon is projected to be a near record
low throughout the Columbia River
and its tributaries, including the
Deschutes River. An estimated
36,200 spring chinook salmon are
expected to return to tributaries above
Bonneville Dam. The management
goal for spring chinook salmon at
Bonneville Dam, however, is
1115,000. Based on the projected
upriver return, treaty Indian fishers
are allowed to harvest five-percent
of the upriver run or 1,810 chinook
salmon. Through April 29, the four
treaty tribes combined had harvested
2,1 10 chinook salmon or 5.8 percent
of the run. The run size as counted at
Bonneville Dam is still projected to
be at or very near the preseason pro
jection of 36.200. Therefore, effec
tive April 29, the tribes took action to
close all ceremonial and subsistence
harvest on the Columbia River until
further notice.
The wild spring chinook salmon
return to the Deschutes River is pro
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What a profile!
to determine what they are and how
they may impact use in the future."
Manion mentioned that Chief Del vis
Heath made a profound statement
when the board met with Council the
first time. Heath commented, "The
time to fight over our kids is past.. ..it
is time now to fight for our Idds."
With the population increasing at
jected to be 350. This compares with
an escapement goal for the Warm
Springs River of 1,300. Therefore,
spring chinook returns will be 73
percent below the escapement goal
for the Warm Springs River.
Extremely poor returns of hatch
ery spring chinook salmon to Round
Butte Hatchery are also anticipated.
The hatchery is expected to be 400 or
more fish below broodstock needs.
Juveniles from Round Butte are re
leased in the Deschutes and Hood
rivers.
Tribal fishing at Sherars Falls was
closed because of the projected ex
tremely poor return of spring chinook
salmon to the Deschutes River. Re
turns above Warm Springs National
Fish Hatchery indicate that the wild
spring chinook salmon run size may
likely be smaller than the preseason
projection of 350. Through May 15,
only 24 wild and nine hatchery spring
chinook salmon have arrived at the
hatchery weir. On average, 25-percent
of the w ild return has passed the
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Bulk Rate Permit No. 2
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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a rapid rate in the 509-J School Dis
trict, and a percentage of that growth
being retired people, it is necessary
for district and tribal officials to reach
agreement on the challenges facing
them in building a new school before
the burden becomes any greater.
record low
hatchery by this date. An estimated
31 wild chinook salmon were har
vested by tribal fishers at Sherars
Falls prior to the fishery being closed
by Tribal Council Resolution No.
9527. This may equate to 10-percent
to 30-percent of the wild spring
chinook salmon return.
Looking into 1999, poorerreturns
are expected than in 1998. This is the
result of so few spawners in 1994 and
1995, the two lowest returns on
record.
Some tributaries to the Columbia
are still open for fishing. This in
cludes the Willamette River. To fish
on the Willamette River and other
rivers outside of the ceded area, tribal
members can pick up a fishing tag for
free at the Fish and Wildlife Depart
ment. Fishers must carry their tribal
ID and the fishing tag and fish within
the state 1 imits, currently one chinook
per day. For additional information
on run sizes and fishing opportuni
ties, contact the Fish and Wildlife
Department at 553-3233.