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Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Mnwy 6,2005
Spring chinook harvest making
By Brian Murtemen
Spiyaj Tjmoo
The harvest of spring Chi
nook salmon has been making
a comeback on the lower forks
of the Hood River in recent
years.
The fish, a traditional staple
food of people native to the
Columbia River Basin, will be
available to Warm Springs tribal
members in fisheries below
Powerdale Dam and Punchbowl
Falls this spring, beginning in
April and during its peak season
in May.
"We want to get the word out,
since it's only been two or three
seasons (the fisheries) have been
open to tribal folks,"Jim Gidley,
Hatchery Manager for the
Parkdale Fish Hatchery, the
hatchery operated by the Con
federated Tribes of Warm
Lapwai wins Warm Springs tourney
Competition returns
after 2-year absence
After a two-year absence, the
45,h Warm Springs Men's Bas
ketball Tournament reminded
local basketball fans what they'd
missed, with a pair of nail-biter
finishes in Saturday's final games.
Lapwai, Idaho, won the
three-day tournament with a
100-98 win over Chiloquin in
the championship game.
Earlier, Chiloquin had beaten
the Blackhawks, a team that in
cluded some players from
Warm Springs, 96-91, to give the
Blackhawks third place in the
seven-team tournament at the
Community Wellness Center.
Besides the Blackhawks, the
tournament included two teams
from Warm Springs. The North
End Express lost during
Thursday's opening round and
eventually went 1-2. The War
Scouts team went 0-2.
Longtime tournament direc
tor Satch Miller said six teams
opted not to play in the tourna
ment, but that players from the
teams that did come thanked
Forestry seeking bids
for gopher control
The Warm Springs Forestry
Department is continuing a
sealed bid procedure for the
Forest Development-Gopher
Control program.
Warm Springs tribal mem
bers interested in bidding are
encouraged to contact
Robinson T. Mitchell at the
Forestry Department. Poten
tial bidders are asked to pro
vide an updated insurance
policy upon applying, though
Tribe will take part in events marking
anniversary of Lewis and Clark
ASTORIA (AP) - The Chi- presence," said Chinook Tribal
nook Indian Tribe says it will
take part in the Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial commemoration
but on its own terms and not
with another tribe they consider
an illegitimate rival.
The Chinooks plan several
events during the November
2005 "Signature Event" that
will showcase its history and
culture. "Our plan is definitely
to participate and have a strong
Treaty
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The Umatilla and Yakama
nations will also have blankets
commemorating their treaties.
The Museum at Warm Springs
this year will also have an ex
hibit, called Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow, regarding the
Treaty of 1855.
There are many interesting
historical aspects of the treaty
that will be examined in later
Springs along with the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild-
life and funded by Bonneville
Power Administration.
Typically, the spring Chinook
harvest usually begins in May
or June, Gidley said
"We're continuing to work on
increasing the numbers of
salmon and put the fish (num
bers) where they need to be,"
Mike Gauvin, Fisheries Harvest
Manager for the Warm Springs
Tribes, said.
The fisheries below
Powerdale Dam and Punchbowl
Falls were re-opened in 2001
and 2002, and fishing was ex
clusively available to tribal mem
bers. The lower forks of the
Hood have since become popu
lar to sport fishers, as well.
Gauvin said the tribal fish
and wildlife officials have what
him for putting on the tourna
ment for the first time since
2002.
Players from each of the top
three teams received jackets,
handed out by Tournament Se
nior Queen Sallie Polk-Adams
and Junior Queen Rhyan Smith.
In the championship game,
Lapwai, which went unbeaten in
four games, led by as many 16
points in the first half and had
to withstand a strong Chiloquin
rally in the fourth period.
Lapwai, from the Nez Perce
tribe, couldn't claim the win until
center Buck Jones rebounded
Jon Takes Enemy's intentionally
missed free throw with three
seconds left
Takes Enemy, who scored all
of his 14 points in the second
half, hit his first free throw to
make it 100-98, the closest
Chiloquin had been since the first
quarter, and threw it hard off
the front of the rim to try and
get his own rebound and put up
a potential game-tying shot.
A Chiloquin victory would
have forced a second game im
mediately following, starting af
this is not required.
To apply or for more in
formation, contact Project
coordinator Robinson T.
Mitchell at Forestry Depart
ment - Forest Development:
Gopher Control at (541) 553
2416, ext. 247, or by mail at
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs Forestry De
partment, Attn: Robinson T.
Mitchell, P.O. Box 1239,
Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Council Chairman Gary
Johnson.
He said possible events in
clude a canoe paddle, drumming
circle and dinner during the of
ficial "Destination: The Pacific"
Bicentennial commemoration
Nov. 11-15.
Earlier this year, the tribe
announced it would not take
part if the Clatsop-Nehalem
tribe did.
editions of the Spilyay Tymoo.
While the history is of interest,
the treaty remains the vital docu
ment for the tribes. "The chal
lenge is to get the government
and all its subsidiaries to live up
to the treaty," said Louie Pitt.
Without the treaty, it is pos
sible the tribes could have lost
their culture, said Pitt So one
of the main things about the
treaty, he said, "is that we're still
here."
are known as escapement goals
to help determine future fish
production and to help manage
for consistent fish runs.
"It has been getting better
since 2000," he said, after a sub
par period in the mid-1990s. Fish
habitat has improved through
out the Columbia Rive Basin,
as well as in tributaries like the
Hood River.
Gauvin said fisheries will
each have different regulations
to protect the native runs of
fish. The restrictions will be de
termined within the next six
weeks, well before the season
starts in April.
A combination of factors
threatened the Chinook harvest
in the Hood River, including
heavy rain and runoff from
snowmelt, silt, and even pesti
cides from upstream farms.
ter 10 p.m. Saturday.
For Lapwai, which won de
spite not making a field goal in
the last six and a half minutes
of the game, forward Greg Jose
led with 32 points, and guard
Jack Yearout had 24. Tourna
ment MVP Bryson Bronson, a
guard, had 18, while Jones had
15.
Lapwai, which hit 30 of 43
free throws, went 13-of-22 at
the line in the fourth period.
Forward Scott Riddle scored
30 to lead Chiloquin, which fin
ished 4-2 in the tournament, in
cluding two losses to Lapwai.
Forward Steve Watah added 24
points, while Takes Enemy and
Gene Sutterlick each had 14
points.
While Bronson was MVP,
teammates Jose and Jones were
all-tournament selections, as
were Riddle and Watah from
Chiloquin, David White from
the Columbia River Connection,
Jermaine Wolfe and Michael
Jackson from Blackhawks, and
Jorge Maria and Floyd Frank
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The spring Chinook like to
go up the west fork of the
I lood River, as it's the most pris-
tine of the three forks of the
Hood, not prone to Hooding or
silt
Gauvin said the number of
jack salmon, or precocious
three-year-olds, arc gauged to
help determine the number of
returning spring Chinook
salmon for the following season.
Chinook salmon reach matu
rity, and return to spawn, at four
to five years, this, after a migra
tion, from the freshwater in
which they hatch to the ocean
waters they gain maturity to their
journey back where they started.
The fish die once they return
and the females lay their eggs.
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Reshawn Holliday is
excelling in mathematics
at Warm Springs lit
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and Accelerated Math,
Res b awn is doing an
outstanding job, said
Kevin Rodin, school
improvement specialist.
Reshawn, age 9, is in
the third grade at the
elementary school. He
said his favorite subject
is math, but he also
likes reading. He has 40
points in Accelerated
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