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June 12, 2003 Vol. 28, No. 12
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By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
The Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days
celebration is just around the
corner. The powwow this year
is the weekend of June 27-29.
The weekend of powwow
activity will mark the 34th An
nual Pi-Ume-Sha celebration in
Warm Springs.
While the powwow organiz
ers are preparing for the week
end, the Pi-Ume-Sha Court can
didates are busy selling raffle
tickets.
The candidates wanted to
make the following statements.
By Nathena Jim:
Greetings to all my friends,
family and visitors. I am 10 years
old. My tribal affiliation is Warm
Springs and Yakama. My par
ents are Tonia Hall of Warm
Springs, and the late Nathan Jim
Jr. of Yakama.
My paternal grandparents
are Ella Jane and the late Nathan
"8 Ball" Jim Sr. of Warm
Springs. My maternal grandpar
ents are Naomi Polk of White
Swan, Wash.
I enjoy going to powwows,
traveling, root digging, huckle
berry picking, most of all danc-
Gallery
opens at
Kah-Nee-Ta
Hundreds of guests
atteneded the weekend
opening reception of the
art gallery at Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert Resort and
Casino.
The gallery features
works by tribal member art
ists. Some of those whose
work is exhibited include
Pat Courtney Gold, Lillian
Pitt, Roxanne Chinook, Ri
chard Rowe, Willie Stacona,
Aurel Stinson, Reba
Johnson, Charles Littleleaf,
Natalie Kirk, Winona Gar
rison and Apolonia S.
Santos.
hook in the next Spilyay
for a featurt on the new gallery.
Partners form tribal business venture
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs tribal member
Aurolyn Stwyer-Watlamat and
her business partner Natalie
Charley, of the Quinalt Tribe,
have developed a new business
venture.
They plan to market the soft
ware services of Cort Direc
tions, a Bend-based company
recently purchased by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
Stwyer-Watlamat and Char
Icy, through their company Red
Skye, are planning to market the
Cort Directions services in In
dian Country.
Cort Directions, founded in
1975, provides software to medium-
and large-sized organiza
tions that face complex payroll
and human resource tasks.
Current clients are from di
verse sectors of society. They
include Harvard University,
Hoeing, the Denver Broncos
and Tribune Publishing.
Stwyer-Watlamat said that the
services of Cort Directions are
also well suited for use by tribal
Sha to mark its 34th year
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By Roshanda Clements
Poitra:
Hello tribal members. I am
Tribes: dam
Columbia Basin treaty fish
ing tribes say they are encour
aged that four Northwest gov
ernors are pushing for more ac
countability by the Bonneville
Power Administration.
But the tribes believe the
governors have retreated from
a comprehensive fish recovery
effort.
Tribal representatives are
concerned that governors Ted
Kulongoski of Oregon, Dirk
Kempthorne of Idaho, Gary
Locke of Washington and Judy
Mart2 of Montana, in a letter
to Pres. Bush, are rejecting the
alternative of breaching lower
Snake River dams. For this rea
son the tribes believe the letter
is "polarizing and divisive."
The letter, which included a
series of recommendations for
federal agencies, was released
organizations and enterprises.
One long-time client of Cort
Directions, for instance, has
been the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs.
Because of the potential for
Cort Directions to serve other
tribes, Stwyer-Watlamat and
Charley approached Cort Direc
tions with the idea of represent
ing the company in Indian Coun
try. "We are highly impressed
with Cort's software and what it
can do for tribes and their en
terprises," said Stwyer-Watlamat.
"We've established a good work
ing relationship with Cort's man
agement team. They're profes
sional and very receptive to the
Native world."
Stwyer-Watlamat is no
stranger to business ventures.
She has a master's degree in
business administration, She was
the first manager of Indian
I lead Casino, the first woman
tribal member to run an enter
prise of the Confederated
Tribes.
She grew up in Warm Springs,
and currently lives and works in
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Nathena Jim are candidates for
7 years old and I am running
for Pi-Ume-Sha Junior Court. I
am in the first grade at Warm
Springs Elementary School.
breaching is
recently at the Idaho State Capi
tol in Boise. -
"I'm glad the governors sup
port the tribes' efforts to require
Bonneville to meet its trust re
sponsibilities and fulfill its obli
gations to fish and wildlife re
covery projects in the basin,"
said Olney Pan Jr., newly hired
executive director of the Colum
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish Com
mission. "But rejecting dam breaching
as an option is irresponsible, es
pecially when BPA insists it will
cut funds," said Patt.
He added, "I would like to
know the science that supports
such a stance. There's plenty of
evidence that supports taking
out these dams."
Patt pointed to a report re
leased last year by RAND, an
independent research institution,
Washington. She is also study
ing for her PhD. She is a mom
with three sons, ages 16, 17 and
22.
Despite the busy schedule,
she and her friend Natalie Char
ley, through their company Red
Skye, are eager to begin their
work with Cort Directions.
"Red Skye will represent only
top-notch, quality products and
we can tell this one's a winner
for tribes," said Charley.
"For example," she said, "the
payroll system is easy to use and
it handles complex payroll issues
with ease."
Charley, like Stwyer
Watlamat, has extensive business
background.
She has a bachelor's degree
in business administration, and
has held positions of marketing
director of the Quinalt Beach
Resort and Casino, and general
manager of Quinalt Pride Sea
food. As part of their new job
working with Cort Directions,
Charley and Stwyer-Watlamat
will travel quite a bit.
See RED SKY on page 7
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the Pi-Ume-Sha Junior Court.
My teacher is Mrs.
Comingore. I have three sisters
and one brother, Janie, Laura,
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an option
"There's plenty of
evidence that supports
taking out these dams. "
Olney Patt Jr.
which found that breaching
dams, while diversifying the
Northwest's electricity mix
through increased conservation
and renewable energy use, would
have little impact on the
economy.
In fact, according to the re
port, salmon recovery would
provide a net economic benefit
for the region. According to the
Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife, their state ranks
first in the Northwest, and
eighth in the nation, in spending
by sport fishers.
See FISHERIES on page 7
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Computer center
plan gets boost
' A U.S. Department of Ag
riculture grant for $695,832
will help transport the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs into the digital age of
telecommunications. The re
cently awarded grant will en
able the tribes to bring broad
band telecommunications ac
cess onto the reservation via
a microwave link from Quan
tum Communication's point
of presence in Madras.
Once the broadband signal
reaches the reservation it will
be distributed via fiber optic
cable to key tribal agencies.
Broadband Internet access
will also be made available to
tribal residents and businesses
via a fiber optics cable or
through a fixed, point to
multi-point, wireless system.
Tribes to conduct
alternative census
By Shannon Keaveny
Spilyay Tymoo
A census core group, con
sisting of a representative
from most departments on
the reservation, met for the
third time last week in Warm
Springs to discuss plans for
a tribal census.
The first step will be a
challenge to the most recent
US. census.
The tribal census, a two
year project funded by fed
eral grant money, begins this
summer. Winning the chal
lenge with an accurate demo
graphic profile of the reser
vation population could pro
vide millions of dollars more
to programs like Housing
and Urban Development and
Indian Health Services. In the
immediate future the project
will provide over 20 tempo
rary positions for tribal mem
bers. The tribal census will pro
vide information regarding
population, poverty, housing,
income levels, and other fac
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A key element of the project
is the creation of a Telecommu
nications Community Center.
The center will house 24 desk
top computer stations connected
to high speed Internet.
The center will be open seven
days a week and will be free to
community members for the
first two years of operation.
Plans are to locate the facility
next to the Warm Springs
Wellness Center.
"We believe this grant will
allow our community to enjoy a
level of telecommunication ca
pability that is rare in Indian
Country," said Secretary-Treasurer
Charles Jackson. "The
impact will be far-reaching, from
adding new jobs, to enhancing
tribal enterprises, to giving tribal
See COMPUTERS on 10
ets of the community and fami
lies as a whole. The purpose of
a tribal census is also to provide
information to the chief opera
tions officer, secretary-treasurer,
Tribal Council, general manag
ers, so decisions can be made
with valid data.
" The tribes believe the U.S.
census is inaccurate, especially
in regards to the amount of
available housing. The U.S. Cen
sus Bureau has admitted the last
census undercut Oregon's popu
lation by 63,000, according to
an Associated Press report.
At the recent local meeting
Rick Anderson, owner of Tribal
Data Resources, presented his
company's computer program
that the tribes plan to utilize to
record accurate census figures.
Anderson's services will help
provide the valid data necessary
to challenge the U.S. census.
"This program will give us the
means to tell the government,
we don't think you did a good
job and here's why," explained
Anderson.
See CENSUS on page 10
Museum
celebration
Delvina Heath (left)
enjoyed the recent
Tenth Anniversary
celebration of the
Museum at Warm
Springs.
Delvina was among the
tribal members who
took part in a Horse
Parade at the museum
on the morning of the
anniversary event.
The Horse Parade was
followed by a Veterans
ceremony, and formal
recognition of everyone
who has helped in the
development of the
museum.
Honored guests
Included the architect
and builder, Tribal
Council and other tribal
leaders, museum board
members, and former
Govi Vic Atiyeh.
More on the museum
anniversary on page 5.
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