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or sen vy OrColI I E 75 "rrr Univenity of Oregon Library Received oni 06-15-04 Spilyay tyioo. P.O, Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron Warm Springs, OR 97761 Return service requested U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents moo Coyote News, est, 1976 June 10, 2004 Vol. 29, No. 12 WWW I...I.U lllllll-.l.- .HI i -Il.lll.l.lll. ...Hill III ..-I. I.. .1 .1, Ml II. IIIII.IT I mi Ml II .III..WH v. 9 no. 12 n General Council meeting June 14 Seekseequa also gathering A General Council meeting has been scheduled for Monday, June 14 at the Agency I.onghouse. Dinner is at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7. General managers and directors of tribal departments will be on hand for the meeting. The agenda is open. This is a chance for tribal members to express their ideas . and concerns to the new Tribal Coun cil. The department managers and di rectors will be in attendance to help answer any questions or address con cerns. Seekseequa housing On Thursday evening of this week, June 10, the Seekseequa District will gather at the Agency Longhouse. Din ner is at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7. An agenda item for this meeting is housing. A 16-lot subdivision has been proposed for the Seekseequa District. The houses would be located around the district's fire station. Lots range in size from just under five acres to just over eight acres. Standards and best management practices listed under the Integrated Resources Management Plan of the Confederated Tribes will apply to this project. While the 16-lot project is a topic for discussion, housing in general for the district is also open for discussion. An idea to develop a wastewater treatment facility at Seekseequa is also an agenda item. Committee appointments Other items on the Council agenda for the month of June include a work shop on Tribal Council priorities; a BIA directive on criminal jurisdiction in In dian Country; legal issues regarding fel ons and guns; and a Warm Springs Forest' Products Industries workshop. The Council this month also is scheduled to make the tribal commit tee appointments. The deadline to sub mit an application for appointment to a committee passed earlier this week. The appointments are to be made on June 14, according to the Council agenda. A good number of interested people submitted their applications, ac cording to the Council office. There are eight committees that carry out a variety of functions for the Tribal Council and the Confederated Tribes. The Health and Welfare Commit tee serves as the advisory body to the Tribal Council in the area of health and welfare, including programs, funding and legislation. The Culture and Heritage Commit tee acts in an advisor)' and recommend ing role for the Culture and Heritage Program director. The Education Committee serves as an advisory body to Tribal Council in the development of education programs and opportunities for tribal members. The Fish and Wildlife Off-reservation Committee cooperates and nego tiates with affiliate organizations to in sure protection of treaty rights and development of sound management plans and programs. The Fish and Wildlife On-reserva-tion Committee serves to protect and manage fish and wildlife resources of the reservation for present and future generations. The Timber Committee serves as an advisory body to the Tribal Council on the management of forest resources. The Land-Use Planning Committee reviews and recommends to Tribal Council issues of the Comprehensive Plan, zoning and maximum utilization of land. The Range, Irrigation and Ag riculture Committee serves as an advi sory body to Tribal Council for devel opment of irrigation, agriculture land and range programs. State Champion Moody wins shot put competition at state By Dave McMechnn Spiyny Tymno Charienc Moody has. made a lot of people proud - her family and friends, the Simnasho community, the whole Confederated Tribes. Moody is among the very best high school girls track and field athletes. At the recent 2004 Oregon Track and Field Championships, Moody won first place in the shot nit competition. She threw the eight-pound. ball 38 feet, one inch and a quarter. The throw was im pressive because it was raining at the time. The class 4A-3A state track and field championships were held in Eugene. Several thousand people were in attendance, despite the rain. Moody, 16, just finished her jun ior year at Madras I ligh School. Be cause of her excellence in track and field events, Moody already is re ceiving letters of interest from col leges. Brown University and Port land State University have written her, and the coach of Western Or egon University in Monmouth has expressed an interest. She plans on attending college to study art, and one day wants to be an art teacher. Moody first started throwing the shot prt in the seventh grade, after a friend asked her if she wanted to join the school team. She now has manv track and v 1 1 i' - fr: 4 Charlene Moody field medals and ribbons won during competition. At Madras High School she has lettered in track three times, and in volleyball one time. Moody has won at districts twice Viow. Last year she finished fourth in the shot put at the state championships, and this year won first. Her personal record in the shot put was this 5'ear at districts, when she threw for 30 feet two inches. For training she runs and lifts weights. She also practices throwing the 12-pound ball that the boys use. "You try to make yourself strong," she said. Besides the shot put, she also throws the discus and the javeline. With the discus you need speed to make a long throw, while with the shot put the em phasis is more on pure strength, she explained. She likes the shot put and other track and field events, "because it's an indi vidual sport. You don't have to rely on a team," she said. Taking first place at the state cham pionships was an especially meaningful accomplishment for Moody. Her grandfather, atwai Enos Herkshan, passed away last year. Moody had promised her pusha before his passing that she would win at state. So making the accomplishment had a special meaning. Moody lives in Simnasho with her father and mother, Captain and Winona, and three brothers and one sister. Her family of course is very proud of Charlene for her accomplish ments in track. But Captain says they keep everything in perspetive. Sports are great, he said, but studying and school work are the main emphasis for the children. Captain said that he and Winona en joy traveling with their daughter to the many competitions during the school year. '.' 1 : 1 You get to know the families of the other athletes, and they've gotten to be good friends with some of the other the small community of Simnasho everyone is proud of Charienc. And in a way the whole community has become a champion. parents. "You sec them enough times during the year that you get to be friends," said Captain. And the track and field competitions can be exciting, such as at districts this year when Charlene set her personal shot put record. The championships at Eugene were rainy but still exciting. It rained so hard that puddles formed quickly in the ar eas of the track where the athletes were competing. Because of the water the athletes throwing the shot put had to stay far ther back from the line than usual, to make sure they didn't lose their foot ing and go over the line. "It was frustrating," said Captain. "She didn't have her best day," he said of his daughter. She did, however, have the best day among the girls who were throwing the shot put. After she won the event, Charlene was interviewed by reporters from sev eral newspapers. In the small community of Simnasho everyone is prqud of Charlene. And in a way the whole com munity has become a champion. Pi-Ume-Sha is just a couple weeks away Powwow preparation will begin soon at the Warm Springs Commu nity Center grounds, as Pi-Ume-Sha is now just two weeks away. The preparation work will include setting up the bleachers and the lights, the MC booth, the vendor booths, the parking area, the teepees, etc. Pi-Ume-Sha requires a lot of plan ning and preparation, with as many as 50 volunteers helping out. In ad dition to the volunteers, all of the Warm Springs Utility Department, Police, and Fire and Safety are in volved. Through the volunteer work, Pi-Ume-Sha remains a free event for visitors, with no charge for admission or parking. Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days has many meanings. For one, the powwow each year honors veterans. The first Pi-Umc-Sha Powwow happened in 1969, dur ing the Vietnam War, when many tribal members were serving tours of duty. Pi-Ume-Sha honors veterans, but the powwow is also a celebration of tribal sovereignty. The powwow each year is held in late June, this year on June 25-27. The Treaty of 1865 was signed June 25 of that year. Pi-Ume-Sha week marks the 135th year of the signing of the treaty. Pi-Ume-Sha this year is marking its 35,h Anniversary. The Pi-Ume-Sha Powwow has grown each year since it first started. The powwow draws some of the top championship dancers and drummers in the U.S. and Canada. Visitors come u y z- If1 1 1 A 'li 1 I .i l l ' IVm a v . i v I . - dmmmmmm tt ' ' " iLnl, ... Bmg BmghanVSpdyay I Jake Frank, 4, helped represent the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs at the recent Collage of Culture. from as far away as Germany and Ja pan to witness the spectacle. Pi-Ume-Sha weekend also involves a popular softball tournament and en durance race, a golf tournament and boxing matches and rodeo. The stick game competitors are active through out the entire weekend. The Pi-Ume-Sha Parade is at 1 1 a.m. on Saturday of the powwow weekend. Grand Entry on Friday is at 7 p.m., on Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and on Sun day at 2 p.m. Highway work to improve Pelton grade A highway improvement project will correct the sharp turn on the Highway 26 Pelton grade between Warm Springs and Madras. The construction work began last week and is expected to be complete in three months. Cost of the project is $1.3 million, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. During construction, motorists will be shifted into temporary lanes around the project. There may be traffic delays at times of up to 20 minutes. The project will realign the curve for a stretch of about half a mile. Motorists are advised to use caution and reduce their speeds. Traffic fines double in the construc tion area. The purpose of the, curve realign ment is improvement of road condi tions and driver safety, according to ODOT. The construction area is toward the bottom of the grade. The sharpness of the existing curve will be reduced by realigning the road wav to the east.
