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Native
appreciation
Photo by Diva McMachan
Kelsey Haywahe and Attcitly Begay participated in Native
American Culture Appreciation Day at Jefferson County
Middle School last month. More photographs of the event
may be seen on Page 10 of this edition of the Spilyay
Tymoo.
V Training will he avail
able to all of those who
participate in the project.
V I icldwork in never
cany, hut most importantly,
the process of procuring in
surance, equipment main
tenance, submitting bids,
record keeping, and payroll
arc just some examples of
what will be learned.
I'I rom the ground up,
job title does not matter,
for everyone will he learn
ing the same items for him
or her to succeed.
The first Pilot Project
will focus on Environmen
tal Services. Construction
is the next likely Project.
r Community support
for this and other projects
like it in the future will be
greatly needed.
For information, call
Clay Pcnhollow at Natu
ral Resources, 553-2001.
Fires ...
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When there arc small children or pets in the
home, its important to keep an eye on them
around the decorations.
Many of the decorations use electricity,
which creates heat or open flame itself.
When decorating for the holiday do not:
overload outlets, run wires or extension cords
under carpet, burn candles unattended and al
low bulbs to touch any part of the tree.
When decorating for the holiday always shut
off lights when unattended, inspect wires for
damages, keep your tree well watered, trim the
trunk of your tree at least 2 inches, use a sturdy
stand and keep combustibles away from open
flame.
With these tips and information being fol
lowed there should be less hazardous accidents
during the holidays.
Spilyay Tymoo
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lnternComp. Planning
Fire Management tips
Did you know that the leading cause of Christmas tree fires and property
damage was a short circuit or ground fault? Cords and plugs were the leading
type of equipment involved in the ignition of a Christmas tree.
When decorating your Christmas tree use safety approved tree lights. Any
string of lights with worn, frayed, broken cords or loose bulb connections
should not be used. All lights should be in good condition. ... Never use elec
tric lights on a metal tree and never use candles to decorate a tree. Always
unplug Christmas tree lights before leaving home, or going to bed at night.
When purchasing a Christmas tree don't pick one with dropping needles or
that seems dry. Cut 1 inch off the trunk to help absorb water. Try to keep live
trees as moist as possible by giving them plenty of water daily. If you are going
to be purchasing an artificial tree, be sure it is labeled as fire-retardant.
Make sure the tree is at least three feet from any heat source and try to
position it near an oudet so the cords are not running long distances.
When the tree begins dropping a lot of needles, it's time to dispose of it.
Dried out trees are highly flammable and should not be left inside a home or
garage or placed against the house. Never burn a real tree in the fireplace!!!
Enjoy the holiday season, Fire Management would like to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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From "William Flnlay, Pioneer Wildlilt Photographer"
Condor named General would sit and spread wings in sun.
Condors ...
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Along with an altered habi
tat, the bird would face other
problems, said Pitt. For in
stance, the condor is skilled in
flight, but is awkward on the
ground, making it easy prey for
poachers.
And condors reproduce
slowly. For this reason the kill
ing of a single condor can be
devastating to a local popula
tion, said Pitt.
The condor, he said, is a
bird of cultural importance to
the Con
federated Tribes.
But other
habitat
projects -including
those for
fish, roots
and ber
ries - may
be of more
immediate
concern.
T h e
on carcasses that were already
dead.
Whatever the cause, con
dors went extinct in the Co
lumbia River Gorge several
years ago.
An exact time as to when
the birds disappeared is not
known.
Ken Smith, of Corbctt, said
he saw condors in the region
in the mid-1950s.
While traveling on the
Washington side of the Colum
bia, Smith saw nine of them
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Thunderbird, shown here on a beaded
cradleboard at the Museum at Warm Springs, is
thought to have been a condor.
condor is an example, he said, sitting on fence posts, and that
of a species that many people
did not even know existed in
the traditional lands of the
Confederated Tribes.
The condor has the appear
ance of a large buzzard. It has
a bald head, and dark plumage
on its body. Like buzzards, the
condors at the Columbia River
Gorge would migrate with the
seasons.
The condor is one of the
largest birds in the world. A"
related species of condor lives
in the Andes Mountains in
South America.
The California condor, the
species that once lived in Or
egon, came to the brink of ex
tinction in the 1970s and '80s.
In 1982 the population of
California condors in the wild
was just 22 birds.
Over the next five years,
biologists captured all of the
wild condors, and began a cap
tive breeding program.
In 1992, California condors
again were released into the
wild. Today, there are over 50
of the birds living in the wild.
The first eggs from wild Cali
fornia condors were reported
just this year.
The Lewis and Clark Jour
nals (1803-1807) mention that
condors were at the Columbia
River Gorge. An expedition
member shot one of the birds
for purposes of research and
documentation.
Over the next 100 to 150
years, the California condor at
the Columbia River Gorge was
driven to extinction.
People give various specific
reasons as to why this oc
curred, although the general
reason is that white settlers ar
rived in the area. Two accounts
are as follows:
The white settlers killed off
large populations of animals
that the condors had used for
food. And secondly:
The settlers would shoot
condors that were feeding on
dead livestock. The thought
was that the condors had killed
the livestock, while actually
tn condors were. fjavenging
was the last time he ever saw
condors.
. In legend the condor was a
bird of thunderstorms and
rain, said Rudy Clements. The
home of the condor, he said,
was the ocean. Storm clouds
came inland from the ocean.
The condor, because of its
association with rain, is asso
ciated with the Creator. The
" fain causes things to grow.
The condor was a way of
communication between the
Earth and the Creator. The
thunder and lightning were the
condor's communication from
the Creator above. f '
The thunder was a voice,
and the' lightning was caused
by flint held by the condor,
said Chief Wallulatum'! v
Likewise, the condor or
' Thunderbird could communi
cate from people on Earth to
the Creator.
"The Thunderbird was the
medium between the Earth
and the Creator," said Rudy
Clements. The belief, he said,
was held mainly among Wasco
people.
By all accounts the condor
was a bird to be feared. Cyrus
Katchia's story of the boy who
told a lie, and was carried off
by a condor is an example.
The association of the
Thunderbird with storms,
which can be frightening, is a
reason why the bird was to be
feared.
But there may be another,
more terrible reason why the
bird came to be feared.
This other horrible reason
could be rooted in events of
documented history, rather
than in Indian legend.
George Aguilar heard that
condors thrived along the Co
lumbia River during the de
cades when the smallpox epi
demics were killing whole vil
lages of the Indian people.
This happened during the
end of the 18th and the begin
ning of the 19th centuries.
There is a story that con
dors thrived at this time, said
Aguilar.