Spilyay Tymoo, Wjrm Springs, Oregon
November 13, 2003
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Salmon carcasses can mean trouble
By D. "Bing" Bingham
Spilyoy Tymoo
Sometimes the best intentions
can go awry.
For years fishermen have
been catching salmon and steel
, head at Sherar's Bridge and the
Columbia River.
As they return home to the
reservation, they pause at Bea
ver Creek or Mill Creek -anwhere
on the Warm Springs
River system - and clean their
fish.
When the fishermen are fin
ished, they throw the carcass
into the water returning the nu
trients to reservation water.
Great idea, but there's a prob
lem. "It's a very good intention
that fishermen are trying to
put nutrients in our streams on
the reservation where we have
steelhead and salmon spawning,"
says Bob Spateholts, fish pro
duction biologist at Natural Re
sources. "But there are diseases from
fish outside the reservation
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Stretch of Shitike Creek on the reservation.
drainage that could be transmit- one or" the few hatcher' diseases
ted to our wild fish." that can get out into the wild
Whirling Disease parasite is population.
There's a worm that is
passed along to the juvenile fry.
When the fish is exposed to this
parasite it creates a deformity
in the skull and puts pressure
on their brain.
The fish becomes disoriented
and swims in circles; hence the
name Whirling Disease.
There are also other viral dis
eases and a bacterial kidney dis
ease which could be passed into
the system.
The situation is particularly
bad in Idaho on the Snake River.
"Whirling Disease hasn't
been identified in the Deschutes
River system," says Spateholts.
The tribes have set up block
ages in the Warm Springs River
system above the hatchery
where only native fish are
passed into tribal rivers.
Spateholts recommends that
fisherman use fish cleaning sta
tions on the Columbia River or
at Sherar's Bridge. If the clean
ing stations aren't available then
wrap the carcasses up and leave
them at the landfill.
Impact Aid focus of upcoming meetings
The Jefferson County School
' District 509-J Board of Direc
tors will meet in Warm Springs
on Monday, Nov. 24. The meet
ing will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
library of Warm Springs El
ementary School.
The primary agenda item is
Impact Aid funding.
The district receives approxi
mately $2.5 million in federal
Impact Aid funding. The school
district relies on property taxes,
which do not apply to reserva
tion land. Instead, Impact Aid
funding is provided to the dis
trict. The school district conducts
one Impact Aid meeting annu
ally in Warm Springs, as re
quired by school board policy.
The meeting is an opportu
nity for Native American par
ents and guardians to comment
and make recommendations re
garding the Impact Aid funds
for the district.
In preparation for the Nov.
24 school board meeting, a com
munity meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Fam
ily Resource Center conference
room in Warm Springs.
This meeting is a chance for
parents and guardians with In
dian students in the Jefferson
County school district to prepare
recommendations for the school
board.
Also, a joint Education Com
mittee meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at
the ECE Conference Room 2E,
to hear from members of the
Education Committee, Title VII,
and other individuals unable to
attend the meeting on Nov, 20.
The community and joint
meeting agendas will include a
review of past recommenda
tions and an open discussion of
current Jefferson County
school district strengths, and
areas for improvement. The
ideas will be used to prepare a
formal recommendation to the
school board.
The recommendations pre
pared from the two public meet
ings will be presented at the
Nov. 24 school district board
meeting.
Parents and guardians may
also prepare their own personal
recommendations and present
them in writing to the school
board on Nov. 24. Anyone wish
ing additional information can
call Julie Quaid, director of
Warm Springs Essential Educa
tion at 553-3241.
Anyone with a disability wish
ing to attend the Nov. 24 meet
ing is requested to contact the
509-J office by calling Cindy
Harris at 475-6192.
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Miller awarded for community spirit
RAPID CITY, South Dakota
- Adeline Miller is among the
five people who will receive a
2004 Community Spirit Award
from the First People's Fund.
The First People's Fund chose
five Native Americans from
across the nation who have
shown strong commitment to
sustaining the artistic and cul
tural traditions in their commu
nities. Miller, of Warm Springs,
works with fiber arts and weav
ing, beadwork, and traditional
songs.
The First People's Fund first
established this prestigious na
tional award in 1999 to recog
nize five artists who selflessly
teach their art to others.
The artists are nominated
first by members of their com
munities, and then an indepen
dent panel of American Indian
reviewers selects those who
Adeline Miller
most exemplify the idea of com
munity spirit.
What sets the Community
Spirit Awards apart from other
national awards is that the re
cipients are not selected based
on a long resume of art shows,
exhibitions and awards. Rather,
these artists are recognized be
cause of mentoring and teach
ing efforts.
"We believe that artists play
an important role in sustaining
Indian communities," said Lori
Pourier, executive director of
the First People's Fund.
"Through their artistic cre
ations," said Pourier, "they help
the people to know who they
are, where they come from and
where they are going. Whether
these artists are producing items
for ceremonial, decorative or
utilitarian use, they are carrying
on the spirituality, lifcways, his
tories and traditions of their
tribes."
The 2004 recipients will each
receive a $5,000 award to help
them practice their art.
They will be presented with
their awards at a special cer
emony at the Journey Museum
in Rapid City, South Dakota on
December 4.
The ceremony is being held
in conjunction with an exhibit
entitled Deep Roots at the Sioux
Indian Museum, located in the
Journey Museum.
The Deep Roots exhibit fea
tures works of the 2001-2002
Community Spirit Award recipi
ents. Along with Miller, others
named to receive 2004 Commu
nity Spirit Awards are:
Ollie Napesni, Sicangu
Lakota, of St. Francis, South
Dakota, for his beadwork, quilt
ing and dolls.
Pete Peterson Sr., Skokomish,
of Hoodsport, Wash. He is a
Coast Salish carver, working
with bentwood boxes and masks.
I.yn Risling, YurokKaruk
I lupa, of McKinlcyville, Calif,
for her ceremonial regalia and
painting
Donald and Mary Sanipass,
Aroostook Band of Micmacs,
of Presque Isle, Maine, for
brown ash basketry.
Farming opportunity
available to members
The tribal Range and Ag
Department is taking bids
from tribal members for
lease of the Shoenhagan
property.
The property is about 200
acres of farm ground just off
the reservation on the grade
towards the Agency Plains.
There are 80 to 90 acres of
irrigated hay land and about
110 acres of irrigated pas
ture. The property has been op
erated by Pinky and Kelly
Beymer for the past 16 years.
There's one small house,
hay shed and irrigation, both
hand and wheel line, equip
ment available. There is no
haying equipment or tractors
as part of the package. The
pastures are broken up into
small parcels.
"We're recommending a
pivot on the north side of the
property," says Jason Smith
of Range and Ag.
The Range and Ag De-
Factors to be consid
ered in awarding the
lease will be the sie
of the bid, plus the
bidders experience.
partment would like to sign a
tribal member to a five year
lease with the possibility of a
longer lease. This notice will
be active for 30 days.
Factors to be considered
in awarding the lease will be
the size of the bid, plus the
bidder's experience.
"I'd hate to just give it to
somebody who has no farm
ing experience," said Smith.
Subleasing is available and
a yearling cattle operation
would be ideal. Tribal mem
bers would have additional
grazing opportunities on the
reservation.
Interested parties should
contact Smith at 553-2001.
Community Health Corner
Testing a good way
to combat diabetes
By Sara Lee Thomas
Public Health Nutritionist
High blood sugar is the
main cause of damage from
diabetes. We all need blood
sugar to live, but when it gets
out of balance and goes too
high it becomes a poison to
the body.
When blood sugar is too
high it starts to stick to things
it shouldn't - "sugar frosting"
them. So from high blood
sugar you can get sugar
frosted nerves, sugar-frosted
immune Cells and sugar frost
ing of the tiny blood vessels
In our eyes and kidneys.
This build-up of sugar
damages them and interferes
with their work. This is the
way that kidney damage, eye
damage and nerve damage
can happen when you have
diabetes, and why it's harder
to fight infection when your
blood sugars arc high.
Measuring how much
sugar is in your blood is a
practical way of seeing how
much sugar-frosting damage
is going on in your body.
A-one-C (A1C) is a lab test
that tells you what your aver
age blood sugar was the past
two to three months by mea
suring how sugar frosted your
blood is now.
A1C below 7 percent is
good, and means that your
average blood sugar was un
der 140 mgdl. Average blood
sugar decreases about 30
points for every 1 percent
decrease in A1C.
If you lower youif A1C by
.'1 ipercent then you. will do
crease your risk of 'diabetes
complications by 35 percent.
The A1C test should be re
peated every three months for
most people with diabetes.
The A1C test is especially
helpful because it tells how
well overall your blood sugar
is doing, because everyone
has days when his or her blood
sugar is too high.
The A1C test is like find
ing out your batting average
or your overall grade for a
term at school.
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Gathering for healing
There will be a gathering for
spiritual healing on Saturday,
Nov. 22 at the Agency
Longhouse.
The gathering begins at 8:30
a.m. The agenda includes regis
tration and continental break
fast, followed by Washat and
Shaker Church services.
Speakers include Thomas
Morning Owl of the Umatilla
tribe.
There will be discussion on
grief and trauma, sharing and
talking time in groups. And
Washing the Tears.
The agenda is subject to
modification.
For more information call
Char I lerkshan at 553-3205.
Lunch and dinner will be
served during this gathering.
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