2 June 15, 2000
WARM SPRINGS, OREGON
SPILYAY tymoo
Queen candidates seek support for the title
Pearl Jack
Hello, my name is Pearl Jack. My
. parents arc Tonia Hall and Percy
Jack, Jr. My grandparents arc Naomi
Jim of While Swan and Lorctta and
Richard Thompson of Salus, Wash
ington, and Percy Jack, Sr. of
Kupcrls, BC, Canada.
My hobbies arc sewing, playing
basketball, sol'tball, traveling to pow
wows, meeting new people. I also
like to fancy dance and jingle dance
at pow wows.
Tia Bean
Hello my name is Tia Bean. I'm
running for Miss Pi-Ume-Sha this sum
mer. I am 1 7 years old, and I am attend-
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Museum offers gift ideas for father's Day
Finding ways to surprise and honor
father on Father's Day can be made a
lot easier with a visit to the gift shop
at The Museum At Warm Springs.
, He won't expect a collectable antler
or obsidian knife so surprise him!
i Maybe he has wanted a beaded belt
buckle, bolo or key chain for a long
.. time and you just didn't know it. The
, shop carries sterling silver money
I clips, rings and bolos, too. Attractive
' vests and well designed tee-shirts
, remind Dad of you every time he
, wears them.
The selection of books, Pendleton
blankets, and huckleberry sweets is
Fundraising Breakfast
$5 per plate
1910 Shaker church
7a.m to 12 noon
June 24, 2000
call Laura 553-9004
Pat 553-1864 for more info.
In recognition of Senior Awareness Month
The Senior Program will have a
Senior Walk June 16
Beginning at the Community Center at 10:30 a.m. and
ending at the Longhouse where lunch will be served.
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Spilyay Tymoo 2000
ing Riverside Indian School in
Anadarko, Oklahoma. As a sophomore
in high school, my parents are
Rita(patches) Marchand and James
Bean. I have one sister and two broth
ers, Jamie Bailey, Phillip (Jake) Johns,
andTaw(TJ)Foltz.
My plans after high school include
attending Haskell University, in
Lawrence, KS. I'm planning on taking
some child development classes and
maybe some day be the next head di
rector of the Early Childhood Educa
tion Department.
My hobbies are playing basketball
and tennis. My favorite hobby is going
out to Pow-wows all over the place,
and participating in them whenever
possible.
I would like to take this time to
thank my mother, sister, and father for
helping me sell tickets for this pow
wow. Thank you for your time and
concern. You can purchase raffle tick
ets from either my mother or my sister.
Once again thank you foryour time.
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Teryl Florendo
Hello, my name is Teryl Florendo
and I am a candidate for the Junior
Miss Pi-Ume-Sha Queen. My parents
are Monica Wahnetah and J.E.
Florendo. My grandparents are Eileen
and Evans Spino, James Florendo,
and Kate Jackson. My great
grandparents are Adeline Miller and
the late Alice and James Florendo.
I have been dancing for many
years and enjoy it.
I thank all those who have
supported me by purchasing tickets
and I will see you all at Pi-Ume-Sha
Powwow June 23-25, 2000.
Good luck to all queen candidates.
unrivaled in Central Oregon. You'll
be especially delighted with the re
cently arrived sweet, a "Bear Claw"
of chocolate and cashew nuts, and
the stunning new campfire mugs in
"Huckleberry" purple, "Juniper"
green and "Buckskin" tan. The gift
shop staff will be glad to gift wrap
your purchases.
The Museum at Warm Springs
gift shop is open seven days a week,
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. located at 2189
Highway 26, just 15 minutes from
Madras and one hour from Mt. Hood,
the gift shop staff can reached at
541-553-3331.
Tymoo
Sidney Miller
Selena T. Boise
Bob Medina
Lenora Starr
Taw James TJ" Foltz
Tina Aguilar
weekly by the Confederated
offices are located in the
at 1 1 15 Wasco Street. Any
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Sadie Johnson
Hi! My name is Sadie Rence
Johnson (Sha pa sauwit). I am sell
ing tickets for Jr. Miss Pi-Ume-Sha.
My mother and father are Webb and
Liz Johnson, and my grandmother is
Roma David.
Thank you, Sadie.
No photo of Nathena
available at press time
Hello, my name is Nathena Jim.
I'm a candidate for Jr. Queen Pi-Ume-Sha
to be held on the weekend
of June 23-25, 2000.
My parents are Tonia Hall and the
late Nathan Jim, Jr. My grandparents
are Ella Jim and the late Nathan "8
ball" Jim, Sr. of Warm Springs and
Naomi Polk of White Swan,
Washington.
I live in Warm Springs, Oregon
and going into second grade at the
Warm Springs Elementary School.
I'm seven years old.
I like to travel to powwows so I
can jingle or traditional dance. I like
to make new friends, draw and color
pictures, read, ride bikes.
I'm Yakama, Warm Springs,
Wasco descent. I'd like to thank you
for the support of buy ing raffle tickets
from me. I'll be selling them until Pi-Ume-Sha.
Other senior candidate not
pictured is
Blanche Mitchell
Jam Fest set
To tribal member artists and
vendors,
You are invited to participate in
the 1st Annual Jam Fest 2000. Jam
Fest is designed to share your talent
and skills with the community by
expressing your talent through the
arts. We encourage you to participate
with other tribal members on this fun
and unique day.
Showcase your skills through
various forms of traditional and
contemporary dance, music and
drama as well as fine Arts and Crafts.
Share the feeling of accomplishment
displaying your completed, finely
detailed beadwork; or by demon
strating your skills in making your
crafts.
By joining other tribal members,
you will give the community youth
and other adults a chance to realize
they too can be creative. The day we
have selected for you to showcase
your talent is August 26th. Spaces
will be designated for craft vendors,
craft demonstrations and a schedule
arranged groups doing performance
exhibitions.
There are limited food vendor
spaces available you must be signed
up by June 30th. For more informa
tion about Jam Fest 2000, or to reg
ister your booth or vendor space,
contact the Community Health
Education Team at 553-4922. As time
approaches look for more information
in the Spilyay Tymoo news.
Natural Resources offers information on snout removal
This issue of taking the snouts of
hatchery spring chinook salmon has
been the recent topic of many con
versations. It is necessary for the
tribal membership to understand the
reasoning and importance of col
lecting this information.
Hatchery produced spring chinook
salmon that originate from Warm
Springs National Fish Hatchery or
from Round Butte Hatchery have a
coded wire tag injected into their
nasal tissue or snout. The coded wire
tag is a piece of metal that is 10 mm
long and is the thickness of a human
hair. A coded wire tags has a series of
notches on it, and is specific to each
hatchery. The series of notches (code)
is similar to a fingerprint. It tells
fishery managers where hatchery the
fish originated from and what con
ditions the fish have been exposed to
in the specific hatchery. These
conditions include rearing strategies,
release strategies, food type, and any
other variables that have been
modified to increase production of
the hatchery reared fish. Information
collected from the snouts provides
information on age structure of the
hatchery spring chinook salmon that
are caught and contribute to tribal
fisheries. Knowing the proportion of
three year olds, four year olds, and
and five year olds helps tribal bi
Voc Rehab
extends
boundaries
The Warm Springs Vocational
Rehabilitation (WSVR) program is
now serving Federally Enrolled
Native Americans with Disabilities
who reside off the Reservation
boundary within a 65 miles radius to
include the following cities: Madras,
Sisters, Redmond, Prineville, and
Bend. The program exists to help
individuals with Disabilities obtain,
maintain, or become promoted in
employment.
To qualify for program services,
applicant must be 17 years-of-age
with legal guardian or at least 18
years-of-age, and:
1. Be a member of a Federally
Recognized Indian Tribe.
2. Reside on or within a 65 mile
radius from the Warm Springs Indian
- Reservation,
3. Have a physical or mental
disability that can be diagnosed by a
professional; and
4. That disability must result in a
substantial impediment to
employment.
To learn more about the program:
E-mail: tdsahmebendnet.com
Write: WSVR, P.O. Box C, Warm
Springs, OR 97761
Stop by: WSVR, 42 1 7-A Holliday
Street, Industrial Park (on way to
Kahnceta), Warm Springs
Call: (541)553-4952
FAX: (541)553-3367
You may attend an hour-long
Orientation on Friday at 10:00 a.m.
Orientations are held every Friday
except Holidays at the VR office in
Warm Springs.
On Patrol-
Warm Springs Police Department-
Simnasho
Thank you to all the personfs who
attended the grand opening of the
Simnasho office. About a dozen
community members came
to the office to see how it
looked and eat some ham
burgers and hot dogs. A very
special thanks to Joe
Tornbom for cooking, Cliff
Billings for the Bar-B-Cue
and Chuck McKay for help
ing with some of the mainte
nance. One of the projects I had
started working on a couple
of years ago was restoring
some of the fence around the
Simnasho community. The
Elders of the community like
? Jo plant flowers during the
spring months however the
horses and cows would come
in and eat them as soon as they were
planted.
The Simnasho Community is des
ignated as a "Livestock Excluded"
area, however it was difficult to en
force because of the fences that were
down.
If you happen to be driving
Salmon Corps receives President's Service Award
The Earth Conservation Corps
(ECC) Salmon Corps program has
been chosen as one of the 19 recipi
ents of the 2000 President's Service
Award.
"We are honored to be recognized
by the President for the services we
provide to the people, salmon, and
environment in the Pacific North
west." said Charles F. Sams. III.
Northwest Director. "Our Native
American youth continue to carry on
their tradition as environmental
stewards."
The President's Service Award
was created in 1982 to honor out
standing individuals and organiza
tions engaged in volunteer service
directed at solving critical social
problems and to call public attention
to the contribution made by the
nation's 100 million volunteers. It is
the most prestigious Presidential
recognition ever given for volunteer
ologist to improve predictions of fu
ture run sizes. These predictions help
. to develop harvest management plans
to maximize tribal harvest.
Why is the coded wire injected
into the snout of these fish? When
the fish is injected with the coded
wire tag it is still a fingerling and
very small. To reduce handling stress
and because of the snouts tissue re
tention, it is placed in the snout. If the
coded wire were placed in the fin of
a fingerling, the fish is going to grow
a tremendous amount before return
ing in four years. The coded wire tag
would migrate around in the growing
tissue of the fin and could either fall
out or may be lost during an encounter
with a predator or in fishing nets. By
placing the coded wire tag in the
snout you are ensuring the recovery
of the tag because it is placed deep in
the snout tissue. The method of col
lecting the tag requires the removal
of the snout from the fish. The coded
wire tag is extracted from the snout
and the code is read off of the tag.
This information is entered in to a
database and utilized to make
hatchery and fishery management
decisions.
Researchers have found, using
coded wire tag recoveries from fall
chinook that were coded wire tagged
31st Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Powwow
Warm Springs, OR, June 23, 24, 25, 2000 ' i
Home of the
Individual & Team Dance Championship
Over $18,000 in contest pay out
Registration books open
Friday, June 23
7-1 1 year old boys and girls
open dance contest
Kussa Round Dance and 01
Warriors War Dance
Boys and Girls, 12-16 years,
1st-5th place awards
Open Women and Men Team
Dance, 3 per team, 1 st-4th
awards
Men War Dance, Fancy Dance
Grass Dance, 17 years & older,
1 st-5th place awards
Women War Dance, Fancy
Dance, Jingle Dance, 17 years
& older, 1 st-5th place awards
Grand Entry:
Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
For powwow information call
at his cell 541-410-8826.
For vendor information call Cassie Katchia at 541-553-2128.
No alcohol beverages or drugs allowed. Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty
Days committee is not responsible for damages, injuries or
thefts.
through and see someone cutting the
fence please call the Simnasho office
at 553-2263. The gates should be
closed at all times as well, as to
prevent the livestock from coming
into the community or
getting onto the high
ways. Fish and Game
News: Recently I wrote
an article about two
non-members who were
cited by Larry "Bubba"
Holliday and Lester
Poitra for not having a
fishing permit on Lake
Billy Chinook. Those
two persons, Gerald
Jones and Dale Tomas
of Portland, plead guilty
to "on Reservation fish
ing by a non-member"
and were sentenced to a
$50.00 fine each by the
Warm Springs Tribal Court.
During the last few weekends'
officers from the game division pa
trolled the Deschuttes River via raft.
No violators were found however
the presence of police on the river
alone, especially on the raft, sent a
message to any potential violators
community service.
In 2000, more than 3,000 nomi
nations were submitted and reviewed
in four activity areas: human needs,
environment, education, and public
safety. The awards ceremony will
take place on Tuesday, June 13, 2000
at the Old Executive Office Building
in Washington DC. Award winners
will be presented sterling silver me
dallions and certificates signed by
the President.
Salmon Corps began in 1994 with
the goal of energizing Native
American young adults (18-25 years
old) to repair the disappearing salmon
habitats of the Columbia RiverBasin.
This approach fulfills ECC's mis
sion of reclaiming two of the
country 's most threatened resources:
the environment and our disadvan
taged young people.
Salmon Corps is a unique partner
ship between five Tribal Nations, the
during the 1977 through 1979 broods,
that 74 of lower Deschutes River
fall chinook harvest occurred out
side of the Deschutes River. Ocean
fisheries accounted for 64 of the
total harvest and Columbia River
fishers accounted for 10 of the to
tal harvest. The Pacific Marine
Fisheries Council, the group that
regulates ocean fisheries in United
States costal waters, has greatly re
duced the ocean chinook salmon
harvest. Because of this reduction,
Deschutes River fall chinook are
harvested at lower rates in the ocean,
than in the past. This leaves more
fish in the river for Tribal harvest.
This is one example that shows the
importance of collecting snouts of
the fish and how fishery managers
and biologists utilized the data.
Coded wire tag implants have been
occurring in Columbia River basin
hatcheries since the 1 974. All four of
the treaty tribes (Warm Springs,
Yakama, Nez Perce, and Umatilla)
have provided snouts from their
Columbia River hatchery spring
chinook ceremonial harvest. Some
tribal fishermen at Sherars Falls
voluntarily provide their snouts to
tribal and state fish monitors. To date
over 200 snouts have been provided
from the tribal and hook and line and
f
Isaac Mitchell, Committee Chair
that we are out there.
Some of the community members
have asked in the past about whether
or not the Fish and Game division
from the police Department is ever
really out there. The reply to that
answer is most likely. A few things
to take into consideration is that the
police department currently only has
four people to cover 650,000 acres of
land, two huge lakes, ceded lands,
Sherars Bridge and parts of the Co
lumbia River. Sometimes we pur
posely are not seen on such occasions
as saturations, decoy operations, etc.
Usually the potential violators won't
commit the crime if we are known to
be in an area so we go "stealth" sort
of speak.
We do appreciate any information
that you may have as to any viola
tions that have occurred or are cur
rently happening. Be safe and have
fun at Pi-Ume-Sha!
Simnasho Office: 553-2263
Agency Hotline: 553-2202 Natural
Resources Hunting and Fishing In
formation Line: 553-2000
Sergeant Gregory A. Stinson
Simnasho-Fish and Game Enforce
ment City of Portland, AmeriCorps, the
U.S. Department of Energy, the Co
lumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission and various corpora
tions, i
Since its inception, Salmon Corps
members have successfully built over
395 miles of riparian fencing,
outplanted tens of thousands of na
tive trees and vegetation, released
over 7.5 million salmon and resident
fish within the Columbia River Ba
sin (160,000 square miles), assisted
over 25,000 people within five flood
zones during flash flood and other
high water events, and worked with
over 3,000 students in environmen
tal education, reading, and math.
The President's Service Awards
program is cosponsored by the Points
of Light Foundation, a nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization and the Cor
poration for National Service.
platform fishermen. Sport anglers are
required by law to give their snouts
to fish monitors. Over 1300 snouts
have been collected from sport an
glers at Sherars Falls this season.
Tribal Council supports the col
lection of the information gathered
from the coded wire tags. The council
has passed and is enforcing Tribal
Council Resolution 6231, which
states that the Natural Resources
Department is responsible for
implementing the ceremonial fishery
on the Columbia River. According to
the resolution the Natural Resources
Department is to submit relevant
harvest data to state and federal
agencies and shall maintain all ap
propriate records required for tribal
fishery management.
The Natural Resources Depart
ment understands that collecting
snouts takes away some of the natural
beauty of the fish and that the heads
are a food source for tribal members.
The Natural Resources staff also
understands and is sensitive towards
the religious importance of spring
chinook salmon. The Natural Re
sources Staff would like to discuss
these issues with concerned indi
viduals and encourage any tribal
member to call the office at 553-2002
if you have any further questions.5