Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 3, 2002
After graduation Sampson planning on college
Editors note: This if an
oritur in a series of articles on tribal
members who art seniors at Ma
dras High School.
Madras I Iigh School senior
Rebecca Lee Sampson
"Becky," is of Paiute,
Vakama, Clallum and
Puyallup affiliation, and the
daughter of Carolyn "Girlie"
Johnson.
I ler grandparents are the
late Ellen 1 lenryjohnson and
the late Floyd Dewey Johnson.
Her ten brothers and sisters
are Alex Tufti, Gerald Tufti,
Brian Renfro, Paulette Henry,
Vernon Sampson, Kristina
Sampson, Gerald Sampson,
V. x. . -J
Rebecca "Becky" Sampson
Jr., Jarod Sampson, Noreen
Sampson, and Betty Jo Stephens.
Though she doesn't play high
school sports, she does like to
play softball.
Her after school activity is
going to work at the early child
hood education center.
She villi miss her friends and
teachers after she graduates, but
she will make new friends and
have new teachers when she at
tends community college. She
plans to continue to work and
attend school and eventually at
tend a university.
Ten years from now she sees
herself as a doctor or a nurse
for the Warm Springs commu
nity, or a teacher or secretary.
She concludes with this ad
vice for remaining underclass
men, "Stay in school, do your
work, don't slack off all the
time, and have a good school
year!"
Favorite teacher:
"All the teachers are
my favorites. Why?
Because they are all
nice people to know."
Favorite class:
"Calligraphy. I learned
how to write in different
styles."
Favorite actress: My
nieces Jocene Tufti,
Keverly Tufti and Ellen
Sampson.
Favorite song: This
Little Light of Mine,
sung by my mom."
Most embarrassing
moment: "I got
pantsed at the middle
school."
Tribes selected for environmental award
By Bill Rhoades
Spilyay Tymoo
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs have been se
lected as a recipient of the De
partment of the Interior's En
vironmental Achievement
Award for 2002. The award is
presented for outstanding envi
ronmental achievements and
stewardship.
The Confederated Tribes was
selected for this year's award
because of ongoing efforts to
enhance salmon and steelhead
populations in the Deschutes
basin. An Interior memo specifi
cally points to tribal efforts in
conserving wild populations of
spring chinook salmon and steel
head in the Warm Springs River
and Shitike Creek.
"With the U.S. Fish and Wild
life Service and the State of
Oregon, members of the Warm
Springs tribes have worked on
a variety of projects to monitor
salmon life history, including
spawning, escapement, egg and
juvenile production, harvest and
adult returns for more than 25
years," states an Interior memo.
Salmon have been a vital
component of the tribal culture
for thousands of years. Unfor
tunately, a variety of impacts
have eliminated or reduced
naturally spawning stocks
throughout the Columbia basin.
A downward trend for spring
chinook was reversed in 2000
and 2001, as record returns en
tered the Columbia en route to
spawning grounds on tributar
ies such as the Warm Springs
River and Shitike Creek. Efforts
put forth by the tribes' Natural
Resources staff and the US. Fish
and Wildlife Service are recog
nized as a contributor to this
recent success story.
"The dedicated efforts of
the Warm Springs tribes were
instrumental in producing this
result," states the Interior memo.
"Due to this success, the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs have come to be recog
nized throughout the Columbia
River basin as leaders in the
conservation and management
of salmon and steelhead ..."
The Environmental Achieve
ment Award will be presented
to the Confederated Tribes on
Oct. 17 at the Main Interior
Building in Washington, D.C.
Planting program completed in Warm Springs
The largest tree planting pro
gram in the Pacific Northwest
this year was recently completed
on the Warm Springs Reserva
tion. The hard working crews
planted 2,200 logged-over acres
in addition to 2,500 acres of the
Simnasho Fire area and 1,275
acres of the Jefferson Fire area.
The planting effort, which
was completed in late March,
included up to eight crews with
inspectors coming from all de
partments in the Forestry
Branch. Conifer seedlings from
seven different nurseries in Or
egon supplied the planters with
a representative group of five
major tree species. Between two
and five species were planted at
each location.
Multiple species were selected
for each site to provide diver
sity and to mimic stands that
would have been present histori
cally. The new stands should be
well adapted to the local climate,
and will eventually create habi
tat for a wide variety of wild
life, as well as a future source
of wood products.
One interesting aspect of this
year's plantings is an ongoing
study being conducted in coop
eration with Oregon State Uni
versity. Controlled release fer
tilizers were placed near the
seedlings to determine what lev
els of nitrogen, phosphrous and
potassium will improve the
growth of ponderosa pine, Dou
glas fir, noble fir and western
white pine for the climate and
soils found on the reservation.
The fertilizers release nutri
ents over a five-year period and
results have been encouraging
for off-reservation sites in the
Coast Range and on the west
side of the Cascade Mountains.
The goal is to produce healthier
and faster growing trees at a cost
of approximately one penny per
tree. Test sites being monitored
through this special project are
located in the Jefferson Fire
area and the Long Willow Tim
ber Sale area.
Next season the crews will
plant another 4,000 acres' in the
Simnasho Fire' area with two-year-old
conifer seedlings and
bitterbrush seedlings currendy
being grown by the U.S. Forest
Service from seed collected by
local high school students.
Spilysy
Tymoo
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Family holds fundraiser raffle
The Squiemphen family will
be selling raffle tickets to raise
money for ,Priscilla's kidney
transplant until the drawing is
held at the end of the month.
The tickets are 51 each and you
need not be present to win.
Items on the raffle list are:
Quarter horse colt, Vi cord of
wood, 1 gallon huckleberries,
microwave, western pillow set,
1 gallon dried corn, 2 boxes
shells (cowry), black Stetson hat,
lead ropehalter, western cookie
jar, beaded cap, head stall, 1 year
subscription Spilyay Tymoo,
Huckleberry jam, white
Pendleton shawl (long fringe),
horse bucket (filled with various
items), Hawaiian painting, Ha
waiian coffee, gift basket from
the Museum At Warm Springs,
framed pictures, $100 cash, $50
cash, $25 cash, ribbon shirt,
Pendleton blanket, DVD player,
and many other items.
Tickets can be purchased by
any of these family members:
Rita Squiemphen, Earlynne
Squiemphen, Gladys
Squiemphen, C.R. Begay, Gin
ger Smith, Heather Crow
Martinez, Barbara Jim, Jodcl
Johnson, Monica Leonard, and
Val Squiemphen. Tickets will be
sold until the drawing, Oct. 31.
Calendar
Ghosts and goblins of the ghoulish kind will gather in the
Education Room of The Museum at Warm Springs on Friday,
Oct. 11, which is a no-school day. The gathering is from 10
a.m. till 3 p.m.
Parents and children are invited to come and have fun by
creating your own Halloween bag. Decorate it with your
favorite character. Material will be provided. Class fee is $1 .
Principle centered parenting class. Topic: Helping kids help
themselves. At the Family Resource Center, Wednesday
evenings 6-8 p.m., through Nov. 6.
Diabetes education classes are being offered at the
Diabetes breakfast gatherings every second and fourth
Tuesday of each month. The education classes will follow a
series of diabetes topics. The Oct. 8 topic is, "Basics of
eating and food and BG." The Oct. 22 meeting will be,
"Planning meals and stocking the cupboard." Breakfast and
education classes start at 8:30 a.m.
Are you seeking that special collector's item, gift or tasteful
food? Come to The Museum at Warm Springs' First Annual
Holiday Bazaar. The museum's lobby, hallways and
education room will be filled with the fanfare of holiday
community and Native American arts and craft items, food
and beverages.
The event is set for November 30, from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Warm Springs community members will have artistic
handmade items on display.
Healthy Cooking Class: "The class is very good and my
kids enjoy it." Class participant. If you want to learn how to
make good food that is good for you then come to Healthy
Cooking Class on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Warm
Springs Health and Wellness Center's demonstration
kitchen. October's classes will be on October 9, 1 6 and 23.
Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information call
Sara or Laura at 553-2460.
Traditional dancer
Dave McMechanSpilyay
Keno Tuckta performs a traditional dance at the Lake Billy
Chinook Day event, which included a clean-up of the lake
shore on and off the reservation. The Confederated Tribes
are one of the three main sponsors, along with Portland
General Electric and Oregon Parks and Recreation, of Lake
Billy Chinook Day. More pictures are on page 5.
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Shaniah Climer is a second grade
student at Warm Springs Elementary
School. She played on the Thrifty Drug T
ball team, she likes to color, read, or be
read to, and she loves school.
Her teacher this year is Mrs. David
and her favorite subjects are reading,
music and RE.
Shaniah was chosen because of her
"Excellence In Education" when she was
a first grade student. She displays a
positive attitude and she will succeed as
a second grade student and in her future
school years. "Great job Shaniah!"
Shaniah hopes to be an artist and she
says she wants to go to school forever.
Each month an outstanding student is selected by S09-J tribal liaisons to appear In this
ad. Students are selected on the basis of outstanding performance at school.
25 Years ago
in Spilyay
Tymoo
Columbia River Indian
fishery closed
The good faith of Indian
treaty fishermen is being tested
by the recent decision of the
Columbia River Fishery Com
pact agencies to close down the
Indian fishery above Bonneville
Dam.
Due to a fall chinook salmon
run that fell far below the esti
mates, Indian commercial fish
ermen were asked September
20 to remove their nets for the
remainder of the season. At the
same time the non-Indian fish
cry between the 1-5 bridge and
Bonneville was closed but the
lower river gillnetters were given
the go-ahead to fish below the
1-5 brudgc until November 4.
Many fishermen are inclined
to feel that the fish allocation
agreement is not working in
their interest.