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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
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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
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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.