2 July 27, 2000
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyaytymoo
CRITFC and University
Idaho sign MOA on salmon
Museum begins summer classes for two age groups
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Salmon restoration through
partnership, research and education
are at the core of the landmark
agreement signed today between the
Columbia River treaty fishing tribes
(Yakama, Ncz Perce, Umatilla and
Warm Springs) and the University of
Idaho.
The Memorandum of Agreement
establishes a working relationship
between the University's Aquaculture
Research Institute and the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
(CRITFC) for purposes of research
and education in production,
supplementation, life history and
recovery of salmon, steelhead, and
native fishes of the Columbia Basin.
Collaborative efforts will
commence at the Hageran Fish
Culture Experiment Station (HFCES)
and other facilities of the University
and CRITFC associated with
education and fisheries research,
including fish culture, fish heakh,
genetics and fish production and
supplementation research.
"Our heats and spirits are
strengthened by this new beginning,"
said Virgil Hold Sr., Charperson , Nez
Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife
Committee. "This 'first-of-its-kind'
collaboration combines
necessary culture perspectives
with rigorous research to
achieve a sustainable resource
through biologically
dependable management of our
fisheries resource."
"Our people believe there is
a strong link between the
natural sciences and our
Creator's law, " said Randy
Settler, Yakama Nation
Councilman. "This joint
venture will combine them with
respect of both for the benefit
of our resources.
CRITFC and the University
of Idaho have collaborated on
a variety of projects over the
past three years. Today's MOA
acknowledges a growing record of
success and desire for additional
projects in the proposal stage.
"The joint expertise of the
University and tribal scientists at the
Hagerman facility will result in a
dynamic, solution-orient group that
will focus on salmon, sturgeon and
lamprey recovery," said Andre
Talbot, CRITFC Senior Scientist.
"This collaboration increases the
ability of the tribes to conduct
research, monitoring and evaluation
for their restoration programs while
providing opportunities for education
to Native Americans in the sciences."
Donald Sampson, CRITFC
Executive Director and Dr. Ernie
Brannon, Director of Aquaculture
Research Institute of the University
of Idaho signed the MOA at a
ceremony at Tamastslikt Cultural
Institute. Brian Pitcher, University of
Idaho Provost and Jerry Wallace,
University of Idaho Vice-President
had previously signed the MOA. The
ceremony was part of the CRITFC
annual retreat hosted but the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, in Mission,
Oregon.
"Gifts of Knowledge" Summer
Academy at The Museum at Warm
Springs begins in mid-July. Classes
are for two age groups, 7-13 and 14
and up. Four dif ferent areas are be
ing taught. These are looming,
carving, use of natural dyes and use
of raw hide. Students can come to
have fun learning, sharing and ex-
Sanding their knowledge and
ands-on experiences. All classes are
limited to twelve students, each on a
first come, first served basis. The
natural dyes and raw hide classes
require registration five days prior to
the classes in order to assure sufficient
supplies. For the Natural Dyes
classes, participants will be provided
a hankie to dye or they may bring a
white tee shirt of their own. Every
thing a student makes can be taken
home.
For ages 7-13 the schedule is:
Looming July 17-21 1-4 p.m.;
Carving (using soap) July 3 1 -August
4 1 -4 p.m. ; Natural dyes August 1 2 &
13 9-noon; Raw hide August 14-18
1-4 p.m.
For ages 1 4 & up the schedule is:
Looming July 17-21 5:30-8 p.m.;
Carving canoes July 31 -August 4
5:30-8:30p.m.; Natural dyes August
12 & 13 1-3 p.m.; Raw hide August
14-18 5:30-8 p.m.
Classes are $15 per person or all
four class sessions for $50 which is a
savings of $10. For a family of four
(brothers & sisters) the cost for all
four sessions is $150 with an addi-
Jefferson
County
Fair
begins
July 26
tional $15 per additional family
member.
This is a special, new opportunity
for summer activities. Classes fill up
quickly so call 553-3331 to reserve
your place.
The Museum at Warm Springs,
2189 Highway 26 is open in the
summer from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For
information on admission fees, ex
hibits and other programs call
553-3331 and ask for Leana
Blucback.
Constuction to
begin
The Warm Springs Tribal Con
structions Department would like
to announce construction will begin
working on three bridges starting
the week of June 26-30, 2000. Con
struction will take place at the
Thompson Bridge, Peter's Pasture
and Potter's Pond. Road closures
will remain in effect at the locations
mentioned until August 3 1 , 2000. If
anyone has any questions, please
call the Construction Department at
553-3207.
This notice is to inform the Public that the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs will install gates with locks
on the road to Look-out towers.
The installation of gates with locks is due to
frequent vandalism at the Towers off seasons;
and the expense involve to repair damages.
The BIA Facilities Management Shop will issue
keys to those who need them. We appreciate
your co-operation on this matter.
If you have any questions please contact Don
Robertson, Facilities Manager at (541) 553-2400.
On Patrol
Jam Fest begins August 26, 2000
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 formore information
in the Spilyay Tymoo news.
by Don Courtney, Bob Medina
Citizens Police Academy
The Warm Springs Police De
partment is proud to recognize our
first participants of the first class in
the year 2000 of the Warm Springs -Citizens
Police Academy 0001.
Participants included: Iris
Smith, Viola Govenor, Janis
Gunshows, Waldon Winishut,
Perthina White, Lillian Galindo, and
Dan Brisbois. Congratulations to you
all. Formal presentations will be made
on August 1 1 , 2000 between 2:00 PM
and 6:30 PM at the police department
open house.
Those interested in the next
class should contact Community Po
licing at 553-2283 or 553-2273.
Crime Stoppers Hotline:
If you see it, hear about it,
know about it, and it's important.
Please Call 553-2202.
Seatbelt Report:
Officers are continuing to step
up seatbelt enforcement efforts as we
enter into month 3 since the new leg
islation was enacted here on the res
ervation. For the most part, residents
are being cooperative with our en
forcement action.
Community Policing Re
port: Beginning on Monday, July 24,
2000, officers from the Warm Springs
Community Oriented Policing Ser
vices, will go door to door in the com
munity. Officers will offer commu
nity members the engraving or pho
tos of their valuable items. Officers
will also offer information on crime
prevention, how to secure their homes
better, and also promote the new seat
belt law.
! Officers hope to start in the
Senior Citizens area and end in the
community of Simnasho. Other areas
include Sidwalter, Wolfpoint,
Sunnyside, Seekseequa, Kah-Nee-Ta,
the Culpus and Moody ranch.
The week of July 1 0, Commu
nity Oriented Policing spent time vis
iting with community members. On
July 11, officer Medina and Cadet
Lydel Suppah, went door to door,
dropping off brochures, offering our
services, and just visiting with com
munity members who were at home
on. July 6, Lt. Miller, and officer
Medina visited with Dana Smith at
KWSO Radio Station, and began re
cording PSA's promoting the services
offered by Community Oriented Po
licing. On July 20, officer Chris
Elliott, Cadets James Wolfe III, and
Lydel Suppah, attended the Celilo
Elders Picnic. Officer Graham and
Medina are working closely with GIS
to help improve house numbered ad
dresses. Officers have already expe
rienced that many address numbers
have been placed on the wrong
houses.
Community Policing is asking
all community members for their co
operation on this important project for
better and more adequate services to
our communities.
The month of July, has been
rather busy for the Warm Springs
Community Oriented Policing ser
vices. We will also have a booth at
the Jefferson County Fair, July 26-
29. On August 1 1, 2000, from 2pm
until 6:30pm, everyone is welcome
to attend an open house sponsored by
the Warm Springs Police Department.
Come and meet the Police Depart
ment personnel. We will be offering
free hamburgers, hotdogs, and re
freshments. The goals for The Warm
Springs Community Oriented Polic
ing Services are to gain the trust, and
cooperation of our community mem
bers to improve communication. We
want to work closely with the com
munity, especially with our youth. We
want to make Warm Springs a safe
place to live. Presently and for future
generations to come.
Police Open House:
The Tribal Police Department
will hold an open house BBQ for our
community on August 1 1, 2000 be
tween 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM. With
the budgeting process before us, stop
by, come visit with us and feel free to
ask lots of questions about your po
lice department. Who knows, we
might even see if we can get McGruff
out of the dog house.
We do plan on recognizing our
Citizen Police Academy participants,;
several community members who
continue to promote public or com
munity safety, and some middle
school students.
Treaty fishing tribes say states' salmon harvest suit is 'all grab, no give'
The Bite of Central Oregon
What makes Central Oregon a
great place to live, work and dine?
Experience the best Central Oregon
has to offer at The Bite of Central
Oregon, Saturday, September 9,
1 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Sunriver
Village. Proceeds from the event
benefit the March of Dimes and
programs aimed at giving Central
Oregon babies a healthier start.
An exciting outdoor party is
planned for the first even Bite of
Central Oregon featuring a blend
of food, drinks, entertainment, great
shopping and more. Local restau
rants and merchants will showcase
their products, including generous
food tasting, and a beer and wine
garden.
Watch for The Bite of Central
Oregon memorabilia buttons goin;
on sale August 1, for $5 each. Witl
a button, you will receive free sam
ples from food vendors. There will
no admission charge at the event.
For more information, call 1-800-811-0805.
The March of Dimes is a non
profit organization whose mission is
to improve the health of babies by
preventing birth defects and infant
morality. Founded in 1938, the
March of Dimes funds programs of
research, education, community ser
vice and advocacy that save bab les.
Together, we save babies.
Seeking stories from veterans
The publisher of the popular
Chicken Soup for the Soul book se
ries is seeking submissions from
veterans for a new book Chicken
Soup for the Veteran's Soul.
Stories from all wars and branches
of services are welcome. Topic ideas
include heroism, camaraderie,
laughter, sense of duty and reunions.
Submissions should be a true story
that has a moment or event that can
bring awareness to readers. Submis
sions as long as 1,200 words will be
accepted and money will be offered
for selected stories. Deadlines for
submissions is August 1, 2000. The
book is scheduled for release August
13.2001.
For submission, guidelines or to
view samples can or call
888-387-6373.
Portland, Oregon - The Colum
bia River treaty fishing tribes say that
the legal challenge by Washington
and Oregon on the National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMSD) process
for providing ESA coverage to fish
eries is a direct attack on well-established
case law, tribal treaty rights and
the federaltribal trust relationship.
The tribes further condemn the states'
action as legal maneuvering to in
crease state harvest, at tribal cost,
while dodging commitments to re
build runs.
Prompted by the states' lawsuit,
the tribes filed a joint motion to ex
tend the 1999 Management Agree
ment for Upper Columbia River Fall
Chinook, Steelhead and Coho
through the 2000 season. This pro
posal combines a voluntary reduction
from a full tribal harvest with produc
tion initiatives designed to rebuild
upriverruns. If the agreement is ex
tended, state and tribal fisheries in
2000 would be the same or greater
than last year due to increases in run
size.
Parties to the joint tribal motion
are the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confed
erated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon and the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
Their rights to salmon harvest are re
served under their 1 855 treaties with
the United States.
"This spring the tribes put forth
biologically and legally sound harvest
plans, combined with essential
salmon production actions, that pro
vided for Indian and non-Indian har
vests as well as stock rebuilding," said
don Sampson, Executive Director of
the Columbia River Tribal Fish Com
mission. "However, the states have
resisted our production plans and of
fers to share our portion of the har
vest have been refused."
Well-settled federal law holds
that treaty tribes have the right to
catch up to fifty percent of the
harvestable portion of salmon des
tined to pass their usual and accus
tomed places. The United States Su
preme Court has upheld treaty fish
ing case law on several occasions.
Courts have also ruled that the fed
eral government and its agencies have
a trust obligation to ensure tribal
rights and resources are protected.
"the federal government in
cluding NMFS, is obligated to stand
firm on the treaty fishing rights case
law," states Olney Patt Jr., Warm
Springs Tribal Chairman. "The fact
that the states are attacking this fun
damental law rather then the root of
the problem is very disturbing."
In recent years the tribes have
offered to share a portion of their
treaty harvest with the states in ex
change for state commitments to re
build runs - a gesture putting added
pressure on already hard hit tribal
fisheries but considered a sacrifice for
long term rebuilding efforts. Cur
rently, tribal fishers are harvesting
less then their legal share of coho and
steelhead.
"The states have turned away
from their duties to corn-manage
salmon runs with tribal governments,
" said Randy Settler, Yakama Nation
Councilman. "They are looking for
more harvest, at the expense of tribal
fisheries, without meeting their obli
gations to rebuild. They continue to
club salmon as they stonewall tribal
artificial propagation and supplemen
tation recommendations. The states'
lack of meaningful commitments or
strategies puts all fisheries at risk.
The tribes cite several successes
in restoring runs through supplemen
tation, including the Umatilla and
Yakima Rivers, as well as a history
of appealing to the courts to halt the
state destruction of salmon returning
to the Imnaha, Grande Ronde and
other tributaries. The tribes seek to
ensure that salmon runs are rebuilt for
all salmon fishers.
The tribes insist that manage
ment and conservation measures be
allocated throughout the "H's" (hy
dro, habitat, hatchery and harvest).
"The states of Oregon and
Washington should put their efforts
into real problems: dams, habitat pro
tection and reform f their hatchery
programs," said James Hold, Nez
Perce Tribal Executive committee.
"It is unacceptable to expect tribal
fisheries to bear the states burden.
Out tribes will continue to work to
restore critical habitat, correct main
stream passage problems including
Lower Snake River dam breaching,
as well as advocate for appropriate
hatchery practices to put fish back in
the rivers."
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Editor
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Spilyay Tymoo 2000
Museum
seeks
artifacts
The Museum At Warm Springs
collections Accession Committee
will meet August 1 and November
13 to consider artifacts for the per
manent collection. Tribal members
may bring their materials for con
sideration by July 25 for the August
meeting and by November 7 for the
November meeting.
The materials that receive the
highest priority for the permanent
collections at the time are: Corn husk
bags, corn husk hairties and barrettes,
mini-corn husk necklaces, corn husk
side purses, cedar root basket ear
rings, old shawls and old blankets,
bone and dentallium chokers, needle
bags, beaded floral dresses and vests,
proposal sticks, side purses with belts,
wampum, pine needle baskets, top
quality, finely made beaded medal
lions and watch bands and
mini-basket necklaces and earrings.
For the archive, the Museum is also
seeking photos from the late 1800s
through 1950 and historical docu
ments. If you have any questions, call
Mary Ellen or Beulah at the Museum,
553-3331.
Wild fire and vehicle safety tips
Fire Season is now well under way, all
your hazard reduction should be done.
Remember all the tings you can do to
protect your home form a wildfire. Have a
green belt surrounding your residence, at
least 30 feet wide and keep it cut short
Keep woodpiles and cars clear of
structures. Trim all tree branches up 5-6
feet. If there is a fire burning out of
control in the area, remember to remain
calm stay inside your residence until told
to evacuate, shut down all utilities which
may draw air from the outside and if there
is time and the fire is not too close, your
could set out your sprinklers.
Now that the seatbelt law is in affect I and
to commend everyone who are enjoying
the safely of being buckled up and urge
everyone else to get in the habit of
buckling up every time your get it in your
cars. One thing that I am seeing a lot of is
pick-up trucks driving around with
passengers in the back, I know its summer
and everyone likes to stay cool. Most
people say well I'm careful when I have
passengers in the back, everyone needs
to realize what would happen if another
out of control vehicle hit them. Even a
low speed impact is enough to send
passengers flying form the back of the
vehicle unprotected.
Information provided by the Warm Springs Fire & Safely