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News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
Nov. 29, 2001 Vol. 26, No. 24
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Photo by Dave McMechan
Kristen Smith took on a Tootsie
Pop and danced at the ECE
Thanksgiving Powwow last
week. More photos, Page 4.
Water
standards
approved
Unlike any other tribes in the state,
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs has its own water quality stan- -dards.
Final approval of the standards -regulating
streams and lakes on the
reservation - happened in October,
following a lengthy negotiation pro
cess between the tribes and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
The event was commemorated at
a brief ceremony in which EPA rep
resentative Ron Kreizenbeck pre
sented Wasco Chief Nelson
Wallulatum with a letter of agree
ment. EPA approval of the tribes' water
quality standards is noteworthy for a
number of reasons.
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Trio of young women serve on Lincoln's Powwow court
This week we are featuring the
three young tribal members who are
the Senior Court of the Lincoln's
Birthday Powwow.
', The candidates are Maranda
Blueback, Winona Tohet and Matilda
Wallulatum. They are selling
Lincoln's Birthday Powwow raffle
;tickets, $1 a piece, or six for $5.
In the next issue of the Spilyay we
!will feature the Junior Court, Jolene
Charley and Ada Polk.
The powwow is Feb. 8, 9 and 10 at
the Simnasho Longhouse.
For more information, contact
Trudee Queahpama-Clements at 553
3274 (work) or 553-1245 (home), or
Anna Clements, 553-3290, Lincoln's
Birthday Powwow Committee for
2002-03.
Maranda Blueback
My name is Maranda Blueback,
and I am a proud Tribal Member of
the Confederated Tribes of Wrarm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
I am 11 years old and have two
brothers and one sister. They are
Kelly, Anthony and baby sister
Trianna Blueback.
My father is Kevin Blueback and
my mother is Leana Blueback. My
dad works for the fish hatchery and
my mom works for Voc Rehab De
partment. My grandparents are the late
Harold and Effie Culpus and the late
Seekseequa to; get
By Selena Boise
Spilyay Staff
An appropriation of $250,000 by
the Tribal Council will fund the con
struction of the Seekseequa fire hall.
The Fire and Safety Department
first expanded to Simnasho, now is
expanding to Seekseequa, and in the
future plans to build in the Sidwalter
area.
Plans for the Seekseequa fire hall
began in April 2001 and are now in
the final stages.
A question to be resolved soon is
the availability of water at the pro
posed Seekseequa fire hall site.
This week, Fire and Safety was
expected to learn the results of water
tests, which will determine the exact
Program helps kids with choices
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Staff
For the first part of the current
school year the number of student
suspensions at the Jefferson County
Middle School has been low com
pared to the number during the same
time last year.
Teachers and other school staff
agree that students who might other
wise cause discipline problems are
making better choices.
Teachers and staff also agree that
the middle school will continue to
show improvement in the area of stu
dent discipline through the rest of the
year and in years to come. The credit
for this improvement, they say, is due
to a program called "Stop and Think."
Parents of middle school students
may already be familiar with the pro
gram through talking with their chil
dren or with a teacher.
The main goal of the program is
to teach students the social skills nec
essary to succeed in school, said Butch
David, Warm Springs community li
aison for the middle school.
The goal is achieved by giving the
students the knowledge and ability to
make the right choices, and to be re
sponsible for their decisions, said
David.
Early in the year he was not con-
Maranda Blueback
Frederic & Evangeline Trimble.
I attend Jefferson County Middle
School, where I am in the sixth grade.
I enjoy cross country, basketball and
traveling to rodeos and pow-wows. I
would like to participate in future
parades, Native Clubs and one day
strive to be Miss Warm Springs.
I would like to represent the
Lincoln's Pow-wow, which is held the
second weekend in February. I will
be selling tickets for the raffle to be
held at the pow-wow in Simnasho,
and would like to ask you to purchase
raffle tickets from me.
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location of the new building.
"If we don't finii water, we are in
trouble," said Danny Martinez, Fire
and Safety Chief. If there is no water,
then another area at Seekseequa may
be considered, he said.
The proposed location is 11.5 acres
at the top of the hill near the turn
toward Indian Park. This includes two
lots, one for the fire hall and one for
the living quarters. Driving time and
weight distribution of the fire truck
were key factors in picking the site.
The projected cost for the build
ing is $158,000. This figure docs not
include the infrastructure. The living
quarters will be paid for by a HUD
grant.
The fire hall will be 39 by 66 square
Photo by Dave McMechan
Butch David was skeptical, but now values program.
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vinced that the Stop and Think pro
gram would work at the middle
school. "I was skeptical at first," said
David, "but now I see this is work
ing. The drop in the suspension rate,
he said, is one example of how the
program has brought positive change
at the middle school.
Middle school principal Pat Kelly
said, "We're still early in the school
year, but already there are obvious
changes. Now you don't see ten and
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Winona Tohet
Thank you very much and I would
like to invite you all to attend the 2002
Lincoln's Birthday Pow Wow to be
held in Simnasho, Oregon February
8, 9, 10, 2002.
Winona Tohet
My name is Winona Tohet. I am
1 1 years old, and I am in the eighth
grade.
My parents are Jimmy Tohet Sr.
and Melinda Tohet My grandparents
are Jacob Frank Sr. and Winona Stahi
Frank, and the late Caroline Tohet.
I attend Jefferson County Middle
School, and enjoy classes and the
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fire hall
feet and will include drive thru fire
station bays, meeting room, kitchen,
utility and bath. The possibility of
expansion is considered in the con
struction of this building. It can be
expanded in either direction.
The drive-thru bay will be two
doors to drive-thru and one door for
backing into. The drive-thru was
thought to be safer because of the
ability to see behind the ambulance
and fire truck while in reverse. If
meetings are being held during an
emergency, children may be present,
or the ambulance may be damaged.
The back-in bay is for fire manage
ment to park their engine during the
fire season.
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12 students lined up
waiting to see the
assistant principal
(for disciplinary
reasons)."
The middle
school "success
room" - where stu
dents who have got
ten into trouble arc
sent to study - is al
most empty these
days in comparison
with last year, said
Kelly.
He said that the
large majority of
students at Jeffer
son County Middle
School do not cause
discipline prob-
lems. For the small number of stu
dents who are at-risk of becoming dis
ciplinary problems, the Stop and
Think problem is proving successful,
Kelly and other school officials agree.
First in the state
Jefferson County Middle School is
the first in Oregon to adopt Stop and
Think. The program began about 15
years ago at a Florida middle school
that was experiencing disciplinary
problems.
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Matilda Wallulatum
friendships I've made throughout the
years.
I've learned not only academically
but sociably as well. Meeting new
people and rekindling old friendships
are w-hat I look forward to every year.
I enjoy participating in sports and
have played on the volleyball team
and intend to try out for the basket
ball team after the Christmas break.
I especially am looking forward to
that.
Horse riding is something I also
enjoy doing. Going riding and
horseracing is something I do every
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Enterprise
program
in works
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Staff
A plan is nearly complete for the
start of a new tribal business enter
prise, "Warm Springs Environmental
Services."
The program is expected to begin
operation next year.
Initially, while getting under way,
Environmental Services will employ
a supervisor, assistant supervisor, and
perhaps a couple more staff members,
said Mike Clements, director of the
Warm Springs Economic Develop
ment Department.
These job openings will be adver
tised, and any interested tribal mem
ber is encouraged to apply.
Eventually, during regular opera
tion, Environmental Services will
employ probably between six and 10
people, said Clements.
In the long-term, perhaps in five
years, the goal of Environmental Ser
vices is to generate $300,000 in rev
enue, and employ up to 30 people.
The plan is for the program even
tually to fund itself, through contract
work. To get started, though, the
project needs funding.
The Tribal Council has made avail
able $500,000 for start-up money for
Environmental Services and for a sec
ond jobs project.
The second program will be in
construction, and will become a fo
cus when Environmental Services is
up and running, said Clements.
Warm Springs Environmental Ser
vices will be involved in outdoors
kind of work, both on the reserva
tion and off. Activities will include
tree planting and marketing, seed or
chard maintenance, hand-line con
struction and fencing.
Currently on the reservation, as
well as on nearby public forestland,
these services are provided by non
tribal members.
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summer. My Tilla Jacob have race
horses I enjoy watching win at the
racetrack. I also have a lot of fun go
ing to and dancing on the Pow-Wow
Circuit.
Being on the Lincoln's Pow-Wow
Court will be so much fun at the fu
ture pow-wows.
I love listening to music both mod
ern and Indian songs. I also go to the
longhouse where I believe in the
Washut Religion.
Interested in buying some raffle
tickets for Lincoln's Pow Wow? See
Winona Tohet!
Matilda Wallulatum
Hil My name is Matilda
Wallulatum.
I am in the seventh grade, and I
am 13 years old. I am the daughter of
Fred Wallulatum Sr., and Olivia
Wallulatum. My father's parents are
Merris & Freda Wallulatum. My great
grand parents are Matilda and Louie
Mitchell. My mother's parents are
Lolita Greely and Oliver Kirk Sr. On
my mother's side my great grand
mother is Alice Scott.
My favorite sports are volleyball
& basketball. I am running for Miss
Lincoln's Pow Wow Queen and
would like you to help support me. I
will be around Warm Springs selling
raffle tickets.
Thank you,
Matilda Wallulatum
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