Spilyay Tymoo, Wjrrn Springs, Oregon
April 3, 2005
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Sherar Falls opens
campground, parking lot
Only non-tribal members will pay fees
Starting with this year's fishing season, non-tribal fishermen will
be charged to use the Sherar Falls area on the Deschutes River.
The fishing season for non-tribal members starts on April 15.
In the past year, the tribes' have created a new site for non
members. Fees for non-tribal members will be $3 per day for day use and
$10 per night for camping. A $25 annual parking fee will also be
available.
"None of these fees will apply to tribal members," said Mike
Gauvin, Warm Springs fisheries harvest manager.
The campground, found on both sides of the river, will be
basic, providing restrooms and garbage cans.
Tribal members will be privy to tribal designated parking, al
though, they can still park anywhere, said Gauvin.
Non-tribal campers will have seven consecutive day limits. The
annual parking pass will only be available at the Natural Resources
Department. For camping and day use, a pay box will be provided.
The tribes' plans on hiring a camp host for the area.
Wapato to host powwow
: Tribal members are invited to attend the First Annual Educat
ing Our Future Powwow, set to happen at Wapato, Wash., on May
2-4.
The powwow will be in the Wapato High School Gym.
For information on vending and drumming, contact: Phillip
Burdeau, (509) 941-0579. Tina Trujillo, (509) 877-6171. Nadine Ike,
(509) 865-7156.
All drummers and dancers are welcome.
May rodeo in Redmond
! The Sixth Annual Senior Pro Rodeo will happen at the Deschutes
County Fairgrounds Expo Center on May 30-31. Action begins at
7 p.m. both nights.
A jackpot team roping will be on Thursday, May 29, at 6 p.m.,
and is open to anyone.
; An American 4-D barrel race will be held on Saturday, May 31
at noon, with sign-ups at 10 a.m., and open to anyone.
The Ride-N-Ropin Open four-man scramble golf tourna
ment will be on Sunday, June 1, at Eagle Crest Mid Iron Course,
and is open to anyone interested.
; There is also booth space available at the rodeo for crafters
and vendors. Vendor prices are $50 a day, or $75 for both days.
For entry information on any of these events, please con
tact rodeo organizer Doug White at 548-8076, or 419-4275.
Kah-Nee-Ta races April 12
The Warm Springs Recreation Department invites tribal members
to the Kah-Nee-Ta Mini Marathon, set for Saturday, April 12. The
race is held at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino.
The scheduled races are the 14.5 mile half-marathon, 10K run, 3
mile run, and the 1-mile fun runwalk.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at die Kah-Nee-Ta Village front
gate. The bus for the 14.5-mile run will leave the front gate at 8:30
a.ra The 14.5 mile run begins in Simnasho at 9 a.m. All other races
begin at 10 a.m. from the Kah-Nee-Ta Village front gate.
Separate male and female divisions with die following age catego
ries are available: 13 years and under, 14-18 years, 19-29 years, 30-39
years, 40-49 years, 50-59 years, and 60 years and over.
Awards will be given to the top three finalists for males and fe
males in all age categories.
A door prize raffle will be held after award presentations. Every
registered runner will be given a raffle ticket, and a pass for free entry
into the Kah-Nee-Ta Village pool.
Pre-registration prices, before April 12, are $12 with a t-shirt, and
$8 without a t-shirt.
Day-of-race registration prices are $15 with a t-shirt of your size,
and $8 without a t-shirt For more information, call 553-3243.
Fundraiser for good cause
A total of 30 women attended the past ten-week Victims of
Crime Services support group sessions. The average attendance
was eight women per session.
Of the overall 30 women who attended, approximately 12 will
be going to Seattle for a Native Conference on Healing.
There will be a fundraising for this event on Thursday, April 10.
Location will be announced over the radio.
The fundraiscsr will include an indoor sale of baked goods and
snakes.
Please support this cause; donations are gladly accepted and
appreciated. If you have any ciuestions call Sarah 553-2293.
The staff at Victims of Crime Services extends.
COCC offers GED classes
Graduation Equivalency Degree (GED) classes have begun this
term at the Central Oregon Community College Warm Springs
campus.
The classes arc held every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.
until noon.
If you have been interested in getting your GED, you should
consider taking these classes. Extra help and tutoring are available,
if needed. And there is a new computer resource available as a
study aid. If you need more information, call 553-1428, and ask
for Cody Ycagcr, director of Warm Springs COCC.
Can drive to help senior trip
Tribal member students who arc seniors at Madras I ligh School
are raising money to travel to Disney Land in California. The stu
dents are asking for donations of returnable empty cans.
Anyone with extra cans can contribute by dropping the cans
off at I lousing, or by calling Caroline Johnson at 553-3250.
Eleven students will be making the trip. Any support would be
greatly appreciated.
Donor volunteers
after reading
newspaper article
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
Priscilla Yazzie received a
phone call a few weeks ago and
heard the good news.
The organ transplant coordi
nator at Oregon Health and
Science University told Yazzie
that a Pordand man wanted to
donate a kidney.
Yazzie had been on the wait
ing list for a kidney.
"I was very happy," Yazzie
said. "I was thinking that
miracles do happen."
The man who came forward
to donate his kidney does not
want publicity, said Yazzie.
She has spoken to him sev
eral times since receiving the call
from the transplant coordinator.
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Priscilla Yazzie
Terry - learned of Yazzie's
medical condition through an
article in The Oregonian.
The article appeared about
six weeks ago, and Terry, a nurse
in Portland, came forward a
short time later.
Terry has gone through all
the necessary medical tests, and
is a viable kidney donor.
Priscilla will be undergoing
the kidney transplant operation
on June 24 at Oregon Health
and Science University.
The Yazzie family - Priscilla,
husband Edison and children
Teri Jo and Amanda - have
been hard at work raising
money for the operation for
several months.
Others in the community
have also been helping out.
Most recently, community
members have organized a ben
efit golf scramble on Yazzie's
behalf.
The event, a four-man
scramble, will be at Kah-Nee-Ta
on Saturday, April 26.
There is a $50 entry fee, with
proceeds going toward the ben
efit of Ms. Yazzie.
The benefit is being organized
by Butch David, Hobo Patt,
Janell Smith and the Yazzie fam
ily Time slots for the golf teams
are from 9 a.m. till about 10:30
or 11 a.m.
Butch David said that he and
the other organizers are cur
rently trying to find sponsors for
benefit. Donations will help pay
prize money to the golfers. Prize
categories will include long putt,
long drive, etc.
Meanwhile, the Yazzie fam
ily members continue to make
and sell braided key-chains.
Money from these sales is help
ing with the expenses related to
the operation.
For information on the key
chains, call the Yazzie residence
at 553-5817.
There have been other com
munity fund-raisers as well, such
as Indian taco sales.
Priscilla's mother Rita
Squiemphen is also holding a
benefit raffle for Priscilla.
For information on the raffle
tickets, call 553-1783.
Others in Iraq
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"I'm just waiting to see if
she's safe. I'm keeping her in
my prayers everyday," said
Reed.
Other tribal members, like
Hester L. Scott, are also serv
ing overseas in the current
Middle Eastern crisis.
Scott is a Madras High
graduate, and joined the Navy
in October of 2001.
Is one of your family
members serving overseas in
the current Iraqi crisis?
Please contact the Spilyay at
(541) 553-3274, so our staff
can feature any additional tribal
members in the next issue.
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Hester L. Scott
Casino: Ideas sought
Youth' Workers need employment
The Youth Development
Program is again requesting
worksites throughout the tribal
organizations for youth employ
ment this summer.
Any department that is inter
ested in participating in this pro
gram should contact Verleen
Kalama, administrator of the
or Darlene Trimble, Youth De
velopment Program office assis
tant. The number is 553-3324.
The department head should
fill out a request for youth sum
mer slots, plus job description
forms. The requests should be
turned in to the Workforce De
velopment Department as soon
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The architects have devel
oped a list of the areas of the
casino development that could
reflect the culture and traditions
of the tribes. For the landscape
and grounds around the casino,
for instance, the list includes:
Pathways and trails, roads
and approaches. Views, interpre
tative opportunities, and land
scaping elements such as plants
and water features. Lighting,
sculptures, landforms and col
ors. Any of these elements could
incorporate some element that
symbolizes or represents some
aspect of tribal culture, history
and tradition.
For the actual casino build:
ings, the architect's list includes
the following:
Entrances and orientation,
lobbies, gaming areas, perfor
mance areas, assembly and con
ference rooms. Shops, galleries,
museums, views to and from the
buildings, dining areas and res
taurants, Some of the cultural ele
ments that could be included in
the design are:
Significance of salmon, ce
dar, etc. Natural vegetation and
animals. Tribal artwork and
crafts. Traditional building
forms, and the appropriate ex
pression of tribal history and
culture.
The current goal of gaming
officials and the architects is to
hear tribal member ideas on any
and all of these items.
, The ideas will then b used
in developing the actual archi
tectural design of the new casino.
Youth Development Program, as possible.
Little League, T-Ball starting
Litde League teams began practice on April 14. T-Ball
practice this week, and their team rosters and practice will
first scheduled game is April be posted at the Community
14. T-Ball teams will begin Center on April 11.
Spring chinook fishing regulations set
The Warm Springs Natural
Resources Department expects
a return of about 1,000 wild
spring chinook salmon to the
Deschutes River this year.
The following information
describes the 2003 harvest regu
lations for the spring chinook
salmon subsistence fishery at
Sherar Falls. It applies to tradi
tional tribal fishermen.
The regulations passed by
Tribal Council, ensures that
spring chinook production con
tinues to provide fish for har
vest to tribal members. The
regulations are as follows:In rec
ognition of the traditional tribal
methods of fishing, fishing
from scaffolds using hoop nets
and set nets will be allowed
seven days per week to June 15.
All steelhead must be released
and returned to the river un
harmed.
The provisions of Warm
Springs Tribal Code (WSTC)
340.310 will be enforced, re
quiring that set nets and hoop
nets be attended continuously.
Harvest for wild spring
chinook salmon will not be al
lowed for the 2003 season, due
to low returns.
All adult wild spring chinook
must be released and returned
to the river unharmed. Fishing
will remain open for hatchery
spring chinook salmon.
An unrestricted subsistence
fishery is allowed for hatchery
spring chinook salmon.
The Department of Natural
Resources is responsible for
monitoring the fishery.
One pole per person and a
single hook only will be permit
ted for hook and line fishing.
Intentional snagging of fish
is prohibited. Any fish that is
snagged incidentally and is in
viable condition must be re
turned to the river unharmed.
The Natural Resources De
partment and the police depart
ment will closely monitor the
Sherars Falls fishery and strictly
enforce the regulation requiring
the release of unmarked steel
head by hook and line
fishermen.Pursuant to WSTC
340.310, the use of alcohol and
drugs is prohibited.
Pursuant to Warm Springs
Tribal Ordinance 68, section
490.500 and 490.510, the sale
of fish caught for subsistence
purposes is prohibited. Commer
cial sale of fish is not allowed.
Monitoring of the tribal har
vest, fish escapement over the
Bonneville and the Dalles Dam,
and fish returns to Warm
Springs National Fish Hatchery
and Round Butte Hatchery will
be used to determine if in sea
son harvest modifications will be
necessary.
The information was taken
from Tribal Resolution 10267.
If you have questions, please
call the Natural Resources De
partment at 553-2002.For infor
mation about specific fishing
sites for tribal members, call the
fishing information hotline at
553-2000 for the latest news.
Story idea?
Call Spilw Two
553-3274 ,
Handgame tourney at Reno
The Curtis "Timbo" Cypher
Memorial Handgame Tourna
ment is set for Easter weekend,
April 18-20, at the Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony, Reno, Nev.
First-place winner receives
$5,000 cash plus jackets.
Second-place receives $3,000
cash and sweaters.
Third-place: $1,000 cash and
sweaters.
This is a true double elimi
nation tournament. Nevada
rules apply.
No kick stick. $175 entry fee
per team, two to five players per
team, no refunds. Registration
opens at 1 1 a.m. Saturday, April
19, and closes at 2 p.m. sharp
that same day. Bring your own
chairs.
Open games all weekend
long. Colony gym will open for
handgame at 6 p.m. on Friday,
April 1 8, and will close at 1 1 p.m.
on Sunday, April 20,
Deep pit barbecue served 6
p.m., Saturday, April 19.
No dnigs or alcohol. Reno
Sparks Indian Colony is a dry
reservation,
For more information call
Ruth Cypher, (775) 425-1823,
or Lois Kane, (775) 329-6114,
or Erick Mason, (760) 872-1823.
Learn healthy cooking
Interested in learning how to make good food that is
good for you? If so, then please come to Healthy Cooking
classes, held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.
The classes begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center's demonstration kitchen.
April's classes will be on stir frying. May's classes will be
on how to cook when you have food allergies.
Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information
call Sara or Laura at 553-2460.
The following are comments by people who have come
to healthy cooking class: "This class is always very interest
ing and fun."
"Food was nutritious and delicious. Company around the
table was enjoyable."
"I'm sorry that 1 didn't know about this class sooner."
"Thank you for making my kids feel welcome. They do
cook at home."