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Seniors
honored
next week
, One of the most popular
annual events in Warm
Springs - Honor Seniors
Day - will be happening
next Friday, May 10.
Throughout the clay,
Warm Springs can expect to
see hundreds of people vis
iting and taking part in
Honor Seniors Day.
The event also is, of
course, a favorite time for
the local elders of the reser
vation. This year, Honor Seniors
Day is celebrating its twelfth
anniversary. The theme for
the day will be, "Our Flags
Fly Together."
This patriotic theme was
inspired by the tragic events
last year on September 11.
In all, between 900 and
1,200 people are expected to
attend Honor Seniors Day
in Warm Springs, said Elton
Greeley, director of the Se
niors Department.
A delegation from South
Dakota is expected to attend.
The event happens
throughout the day on May ,
10 at the Agency
Longhouse.
The day begins at 8 a.m.
with registration.
At 10 a.m. is the Early
Childhood Education Pow
wow, followed at 11:30 by
the posting of colors, invo
cation and welcoming.
Sack lunches in the after
noon are provided for free.
Special recognition,
awards, fun-time seniors'
games and unique entertain
ment are set to begin at 1
p.m.
The I Ionor Banquet is at
5 p.m.
Senior citizens will have
priority seating. From 10
a.m. through 3 p.m., there
will be a shuttle service to
The Museum at Warm
Springs.
Senior guests will have
free admission at the Mu
seum. For information on
Warm Springs Honor Se
niors Day, contact the Se
niors Department.
The phone number is
553-3313.
Education
powwow
is Friday
A powwow sponsored
by education groups is set
for this Friday, May 3, at
the Agency longhouse.
This event, promoting
respect for culture and en
hancement of education, is
being sponsored by the
Warm Springs Education
Committee, the Higher
Education Department,
Title IX, Johnson O'Malley
Committee, and the Alco
hol Prevention Program.
Supper will be at 6 p.m.,
and Grand Entry at 7 p.m.
There will be exhibition
dances and door prizes.
For information, contact
553-3311.
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Voting members of the
Confederated Tribes later this
month will decide the future
of the tribes' gaming enter
prise. The Tribal Council this
week set the date of May 21 for
a referendum on gaming ex
pansion. Most tribal members are
eager to vote on this issue, and
to move forward, said Rudy
Clements, gaming spokesman.
Michael Bobb of N8ive Styles
easy
The housing shortage on
the reservation is a compli
cated problem dating back
many years.
And there is no easy solu
tion to a problem of this mag
nitude, said Willy Fuentes,
Chief Operations Officer of
the Confederated Tribes.
"We're taking a comprehen
sive approach to the issue," said
Fuentes. 'These problems be
gan developing decades ago,
and they have never been ad
dressed." The reservation needs new
Museum to
The Museum at Warm
Springs next week will host the
Third Annual Native Ameri
can Art Fair. The fair will in
clude artists selling their
works, food booths, door
prizes, a tecpee village, and a
Native American art competi
tion. An Aztec dance group will
perform, as will the Quartz
Creek Dance Group.
Warm Springs artist Lillian
Pitt will be among the re
nowned artists on hand for the
art fair. Tribal Art Exhibit
award-winner Merle Kirk will
demonstrate her art during
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The Confederated Tribes
over the past few years have
been facing substantial budget
reductions.
The reductions will con
tinue until some new source of
revenue is in place, the tribal
leadership agrees.
Without a new source of
revenue, essential tribal govern
ment services will have to be
cut. Maintaining and expand
ing these services - including
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demonstrates a break-dance move. See story on page 2.
residences, including homes
and possibly multi-family
structures, said Fuentes.
At the same time the tribes
need a system that provides for
better maintenance of dwell
ings once they are built, he
said.
Construction of new dwell
ings would not only provide
much-needed new living space
for tribal members, but would
also help in developing a local
economy on the reservation,
said Fuentes.
The need for great improve
host art fair
both days of the fair.
The event will also include
a Mothers Day Poker Fun
Run-Walk.
The art fair will happen
from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Sat
urday and Sunday, May 1 1 and
12. Admission is by donation.
The Altec dancers arc
scheduled to perform at 11
a.m.
The
on both days of the fair.
Quarti Creek Dance
Group will perform at 2 p.m.
on both days.
The Museum at Warm
Springs invites everyone for a
weekend of entertainment,
fun, food, games and prizes.
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education and job training,
police and fire protection, and
community infrastructure -are
primary reasons why tribal
officials have proposed an ex
pansion of the gaming enter
prise. A main reason why the
tribal leadership is looking to
ward the Gorge for expansion
is the potential to make a con
siderable profit for the, tribes.
'l'iSee VOTE on page 3
Dave McMechanSpllyay
ment of the tribal economy
is one reason why Fuentes
is making housing a prior
ity. An overall goal, he said,
is to keep tribal money on
the reservation.
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Sunny weather over the weekend was greatly appreciated
by participants and spectators of the Root Feast Rodeo.
More rodeo pictures on page 6.
Tribal events
at Columbia
The coming weeks will
see three district meetings
and one general council
meeting on the gaming ref
erendum. These meetings
will be in addition to up
coming home-base meetings
on gaming expansion.
With tribal members
hearing a great deal about
their properties at the
Gorge, the tribes are orga
nizing an opportunity for
the membership to learn
more about these properties
first-hand.
The date for the Gorge
Police seek information
on Senior Center break-in
Three youths, two of them
still not locatcdare suspected
of breaking into the Warm
Springs Senior Center, vandal
izing property and stealing sev
eral items from the building.
Police are asking for assis
tance in locating the two sus
pects who have not yet been
found. These individuals may
-be living off thtftcscmwwi;
' The three suspects gained
entry into the Senior Center
by breaking in through a side
window.
They scattered papers
around the office, painted graf
fiti on a door and damaged
other doors. The suspects stole
a computer and a printer that
had been donated to the Senior
Center.
They stole a small television
set and VCR, a police scanner,
a public announcement sys
tem, plus other items.
The incident happened the
night of April 16 or early in
the morning on April 17.
Senior Center staff mem
bers discovered the vandalism
and theft upon their arrival for
work in the morning on April
17.
Anyone with information
as to the whereabouts of the
planned
River Gorge
gathering has been set tenta
tively for May 18. The loca
tion will possibly be in
Hood River, along the wa
terfront. Confirmation of
the time and place will hap
pen in the near future.
The Gorge event will in
clude a tour of the tribal
properties both at Hood
River and at Cascade Locks.
There will be a salmon feast,
blessing of the tribal prop
erties, and an ancestral me
morial ceremony.
See EVENTS on page 3
The youths suspected
of the crime are associ
ated with a gang.
suspects is encouraged to call
Warm Springs Police Dispatch
at 553-1171 or 553-1172. The
information may be reported
j anonymously.
Elton Greeley, director of
the Warm Springs Seniors De
partment, and Police Chief
Don Courtney discussed the
recent break-in with tribal el
ders at a seniors meal last week
at the center. Greeley said that
the youths suspected of the
crime are associated with a
gang. Courtney said he would
like to involve seniors in the
effort to prevent gang activity
on the reservation. For in
stance, young people accused
of crimes may be brought be
fore an Elders Court
Elders serving on the court
would consider how best to
address particular cases of ju
venile crime and delinquency,
said Courtney.
Also, he said, parents need
to know that disciplining a
child for wrong behavior is not
against the law. Discipline of a
child is not the same as child
abuse, he said.
If a parent is unwilling or
unable to discipline the child,
then they can contact a
whipman, said Courtney.
Shnnasho
ro deo May 18
Rodeo fans on the reserva
tion will be happy to hear that
another rodeo event is coming
up.
The Simnasho community
will be hosting rodeo next
Saturday, May 18.
This rodeo will happen at
the newly built arena, located
by the school area in
Simnasho.
The community members
worked together to develop the
new rodeo grounds. The Range
and Agriculture Department
supplied some equipment for
this project. Because the
grounds arc new, the rodeo on
May 18 will include blessing
ceremony.
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