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on the reservation during the past year.)
January
Because of the December fire that destroyed
the Warm Springs Elementary School gymnasium,
school officials announced that construction of
a new elementary school may happen sooner than
once thought.
Plans for the new elementary school have been
delayed due to budget restrictions. But the dis
trict could receive over $1.2 million from fire
insurance. This could go toward building the new
school. In other news:
It was a rare if not unique scene. Tribal lead
ers singing traditional songs in a Deschutes County
! courtroom.
The ceremony concluded the court hearing,
which itself marked a conclusion to more than
20 years of government negotiation. The court
proceeding was in regard to the Confederated
Tribes water rights agreement, finalized and made
binding by the judge upon other water-right hold
ers in the basin. Elsewhere:
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino
was pleased to announce the creation of an art
exhibition gallery space. And this:
Warm Springs Elementary School principal
Dawn Smith was recommended for the National
Distinguished Principal Award.
Meanwhile, tribal leaders were paying close at
tention to a Jefferson County Commission sug
gestion that a public utility district acquire owner
ship of part of the Pelton-Round Butte hydro
electric facilities.
"We are definitely going to watch this closely,
and we'll be very interested in seeing how they
might acquire the asset," said Jim Manion, gen
eral manager of Warm Springs Power Enterprises.
And finally in January:
Tilda Walsey, 22, was named Miss Warm
Springs 2003. The pageant was held at the Agency
Longhouse.
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This sad news happened in 2003:
He was a family man and a hero. That is how
people who knew Derek Flowers remembered
him.
"He gave his life trying to save his daughter,"
said Alvis Smith Jr., who worked with Derek at
Warm Springs Construction. "He was a hero."
Mr. Flowers and his 3-year-old daughter
Tanmya passed away Jan. 31. That day they were
on a fishing trip along the Deschutes, when a
tragic accident claimed their lives.
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February
Fresh in the ring, newly elected Gov.
Kulongoski pledged support to the Affiliated
Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI). Kulongoski
made the pledge during a speech at the ATNI
winter conference, held in Portland.
His speech largely centered on tribes' rights as
sovereign nations, and his comments earned him
a standing ovation. "The tribes do have special
rights. They are sovereign nations," said
Kulongoski.
"I deeply care about undoing well-documented
and forced concessions on tribes," he added. In
other news:
Northwest Indian tribes called for a full audit
of the Bonneville Power Administration's fish and
wildlife program. The tribes also demanded that
the BPA honor its financial commitment to salmon
recovery. These actions also came during the
ATNI winter conference.
Elsewhere:
Warm Springs Elementary School has made
great progress at increasing attendance, but the
same is not true of tribal member student atten
dance at Jefferson County Middle School, school
officials announced.
"Students miss school for different reasons,
but in too many cases I think some kids just don't
want to come to school," said Butch David,
middle school community liaison for Warm
Springs. Warm Springs students have an average
daily attendance rate of about 86 percent, said
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middle school principal Steve Johnson.
Warm Springs Power Enterprises was study
ing the possibility of developing wind power gen
eration facilities.
M In' Febrbary'wirid test towers" were'set'iip at
various locations on the reservation. The Island
near Simnasho was one of the test sites.
March
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was mak
ing plans for a $10.5 million redevelopment of
Celilo Village. The village, located near The Dalles
Dam, is home to between 50 and 100 people.
The residents mainly are members of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Yakama
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Celilo Village was developed by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers in the 1940s and '50s, he
original residents were people living ,in, t,he) area
that was Munched ,byi construction of .The Dalles
Dam. Also in the news during March: , ,
The man convicted of the 1987 murder, of
tribal member Margaret Lorraine Still andi her
friend Gabriel S. Ramos was sentenced recendy
to 15 years to life in prison for the crimes. Daniel
H. Castillo, 34, had earlier confessed to the mur
ders, which happened on a ranch in Sutter County,
Calif. The sentencing of Castillo brought a sense
of closure to the case for family and friends of
Ms. Castillo, said Warm Springs Fire and Safety
Chief Dan Martinez, who is Ms. Still's brothejt
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In gaming news: The Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde made a proposal to develop a ca
sino in the city of Portland. This proposal is of
obvious interest to members of the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs, who are planning
to develop a casino at the Columbia River Gorge,
less than an hour from Portland.
Tribal Council Chairman Olney Patt Jr. said
; the following in regard to the Grand Ronde pro
! posal to develop a casino in Pordand:
j "It is a policy of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs not to comment on other
tribes' efforts to provide economic develop
ment and to become economically self-secure.
So we are avoiding public criticism, and sup
porj other tribes in their economic efforts to
meet the needs of their tribal members." Patt
added, though, that an important point must be
emphasized in regard to the recent Grand Ronde
casino proposal.
, "The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Portland casino proposal," said Patt, "will end
forever any practical, philosophical or legal ob
jection to the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs moving forward to locate our casino at
the Gorge."
In other gaming news:
I i What should the new casino at the Columbia
i Gore look like? What should the landscaping
! around the casino look like? What should be the
name of the new casino?
j Tribal members no doubt have opinions on
J these issues, and they are being asked to share
'their views.
i During the coming weeks, tribal gaming offi
i cials and the casino architects will be talking with
) tribal members about the design of the Gorge
casino. A central question in the design process is
j how, and to what extent, the culture and history
of the Confederated Tribes will be reflected in
! the casino architecture and landscape.
April
' 1 !In response to the Gorge casino questions
'Asked in March, many tribal members expressed
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' -,,' "A l casino at the Columbia 'Gorge1 would pro-
vide the Confederated Tribes with much more
'than just a new source of much-needed revenue.
"-Instead, the new casino also is an opportunity
' for the tribes to celebrate the Indian culture, and
: to show some of the history of the tribes.
' ' The casino would not only be a profitable busi
ness venture, but also a project of educational,
historical and artistic importance.
' - "The salmon and river culture is a main ex
pression the people want to see in the design of
the1 facility," said gaming official Rudy Clements,
who has been meeting with tribal members about
the design of the Gorge casino.
; "They want to be able to hear the rushing wa
ter, to see the salmon, the falls and rapids, the
scaffolds and fishermen, the poles and nets," said
Clements. "They want to see the role of the
women in taking care of the fish, how the women
dressed, how the fish were cared for, and the
spiritual significance that goes along with the river
and salmon culture." In other news:
There would be no new school bus purchases
next year, and no new textbooks. Summer school
programs would be cut, and the district may adopt
a "pay to play" school sports program.
. i i These are some of the cost-cutting ideas be
ing considered by the Jefferson County School
District 509-J board, during the 2003-04 budget
process. Elsewhere:
Tribal Councilman Olney Patt Jr.
... decided to take the job of executive
director of the Columbia Paver Inter
Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC).
,,; Paul Young was named the Bureau of Indian
Affairs Warm Springs Agency superintendent.
Young and his wife moved to Warm Springs
just this month. He met with Tribal Council, and
spent an afternoon getting to know many of the
48 BIA employees who work on the Warm
Springs Reservation.
The Warm Springs Agency was two years with-
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Springs and the Burns Pauite reservations.
After disappearing for several years the Root
Feast Rodeo has been making a strong comeback
on the rodeo circuit. "This was one of the best
.ipdeos we've seen in Warm Springs," said Delford
Johnson, president of the Warm Springs Rodeo
Association. The association sponsored the Root
Ffast Rodeo the last weekend of the month. "We
hjd close to 200 contestants, and some of the
finest contestants in the world," said Johnson.
May
Tribal Councilman Olney Patt Jr. decided to
take the job of executive director of the Colum
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
(CRITFC).
Patt has served as Tribal Council chairman.
He served in that position for five years. In other
news:
It was an honor not only for the individual,
Dawn Smith, but also for the tribes as a whole.
The award said a lot about Smith, but also about
the Warm Springs Elementary School teachers
and staff, the students and parents. Smith, princi
pal of the school, recently was named the Na
tional Distinguished Principal for the state of
Oregon. In other news:
The lives of four local youths were featured
in a new documentary, called Growing Up Native.
The youths featured in the 60-minute documen
tary are Ashley Aguilar, Jerrod Kalama, Armina
Moody and Lydell Suppah.
,'; Meanwhile, a federal judge has invalidated a
decision by the National Marine Fisheries Ser
vice on how to restore and protect salmon in the
Columbia River basin. This was a victory for those
who want improved management of fisheries in
the basin. And this:
Workers at the Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery are busy, as spring chinook salmon are
migrating upstream. Elsewhere:
This summer fish technician Joel Santos and
biologist Jennifer Graham are busy collecting in
formation about eels in over 47 locations in the
Deschutes River sub-basin.
The effort is part of a three-year collabora
tion between the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and the Bonneville Power Administration
to assess what types of eels exist in the Deschutes
River sub-basin, their distribution and abundance
levels.
The project is being funded by the BPA. The
study is the first of its kind on the reservation.
June
, The Iuseum at Warm Springs celebrated its
Tenth Year Anniversary, with a Horse Parade
followed by a Veterans ceremony, and formal rec
ognition of everyone who has helped in the de
velopment of the museum.
A census core group, consisting of a represen
tative from most departments on the reserva
tion, met in Warm Springs to discuss plans for a
tribal census. The first step will be a challenge to
the most recent U.S. census. In other news:
A U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for
$695,832 will help transport the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs into the digital age of
telecommunications. The grant will enable the
tribes to bring broadband telecommunications ac
cess onto the reservation. And this:
Warm Springs tribal member Aurolyn Stwyer
Wadamat and her business partner Natalie Char
ley, of the Quinalt Tribe, developed a new busi
ness venture.
They plan to market the software services of
Cort Directions, a Bend-based company recently
purchased by the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs. Stwyer-Watlamat and Charley, through
their company Red Skye, are planning to market
the Cort Directions services in Indian Country.
In other news: Work began on a road project
that will replace the Shitike Creek overflow bridge,
which is structurally unsound. Road crews will be
at work into August. The $532,000 project is be
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July
Warm Springs fire fighters were kept very busy
during the Fourth of July, the time of year when
human caused fires are at their highest. There
were a total of 33 fires on the reservation on
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open in June. Squiemphen was the first runner
up in the 2001 election. In sporting news:
Owens Mares was named 2003 Native Ameri
can All American East Defensive Player of the
Year at the East vs. West national football game
in Lawrence, Kansas. He received a trophy simi
lar to the award he won in 2002, as this is his
second year playing in the national all-star game
for the east. Elsewhere:
The four treaty fishing tribes of the Columbia
River this month held their first commercial gillnet
fishery for summer chinook salmon since 1965.
The basin has seen the second-largest summer
chinook run in 43 years, according to the Colum
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The Columbia River Compact, representing
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ers from the Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla
and Nez Perce tribes, opened the commercial
gillnet fishery for summer chinook July 14-16.
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