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1 *j P.0. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 68 gust EC R W SS Postal Patron Coyote News, est. 1976 August 3, 2006 Voi. 31, No. 16 t mm 50 cents ■M BB Congressional action a victory for the tribes Legislation that would block Indian tribes from building casinos off their reservations contains a grandfather clause that could help the Confeder ated Tribes o f Warm Springs in their proposal for a casino in the Columbia River Gorge. The House Resources Committee, which includes US. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., last week approved a bill by committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Calif., aimed at halting further de velopment o f off-reservation gambling. uCen Smith, chairman o f the tribes’ T he bill, which passed ^7-9, would eliminate an exception to the Indian gaming committee, said the Pombo bill Gaming Regulatory A tt that allows is fak*_The tribes, Smith said, have tribes to build off-reservation with the ,lpenf-several years, and millions o f approval o f the Interior secretary and dollars in developing the Cascade Locks the state’s governor. proposal, and during that time, the tribes But tribes that submitted applications w ere following the Indian Gaming by last M arch 7, including War pi Regulatory Act.. Springs, would be allowed to proceed . To amend the afct now and disa|loh^ under a grandfather clause. The Con the Cascade Locks plan from moving federated Tribes have proposed build ahead would be unfair, Smith said. “I’ye ing a casino on industrial land in Cas felt very strongly that we needed to have the grandfather clause,” he said. cade Locks in the gorge. • U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 Smith said he appreciates the work the tribes’ gaming teattvhas done during the legislative process. The team worked will w ith Rep. Walden and his staff, he said. The Pombo bill in the House, and the Senate bill dealing with Indian gaming, sponsored by Sen. McCain, now both contain the grandfather clause recognizing the Confederated Tribes situation in regard, to the Cas cade Locks plan. ( The A P helped with i^is fifty,f Eagle- Tech beginning to take off B y M artn Cohn for the Spilyay Tym oo Eagle-Tech Systems has encountered its share o f setbacks, ranging from a temporary work stoppage on the new C om m unity Technology C enter to slo w e r-th a n -h o p e d -fo r fin an cial progress. But with a solid business plan and two recent grants under its belt from the Kellogg Foundation and the U.S. Departm ent o f Agriculture, the W arm ; Springs Ventures information technology subsidiary feels confident ©frits direction and ability to thrive. Eagle-Tech already holds its own fi nancially through information technol ogy (IT) contracts with the Confeder ated Tribes, but its sights are ket on expansion. “There are lots of opportunities out there,” says Lloyd Phillips, Eagle-Tech general manager. “We’re behind where we wanted to be at this point, b u t it’s almost phenomenal when we look at the p o s sibilitie's. and tw e are making progress— painfully slow sometimes, but definitely progress. V Tech center to offer services Photo courtesy of Norm a Miller Members of Team Oregon, representing the tribes of the-state, $t the North American Indigenous Games. Athletes of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs ate' at "tight, ^ e e p a g e s 6 a n il 7 fo r ih o re oh tile N o rth A m erican. In d ig e n o u s G am es. 509-J board approves new small high school B y L eslie M itts '* Spilyay. Tyfnoo Students; will be hitting the books again this fall— but for some,' it will be different this year. The schoolboardrecetidy approved funding to Support a new small high school program. Julie Lafayette, program director, said the school will open next fall. At first, 60 students (30 freshman and 30 sophomores) will attend the school in p a rt o f W est Side E lem entary. From there, they hope t f build up the school,to have as many is . 320 students within 4 years.’ ; ' In addition to support from the school board, Lafayëjste said, ?We re ceived a 410,000grapt from the Gates foundation. They afe funding innova tive approaches fo éducation.” The school has been in the works for a year now, and Lafayette said the point is to focus on individualized learning. , “The w hole prem ise behind the school is to provide a high sChòol tbat will meet the specific needs o f our stu dents,” she said. According to Lafayette, “The whole philosophy behind it is reaching one student at a time by personalizing edu cation.” ; ' “Every student will have an indi vidual leaning plan, so it’s unique in that "way,” she added. The school will not use the stan dard grading system— instead .they will be following the Oregon State standards o f assessment and fOcus- ingr oH ihe academic needs o f each student But it isn’t all about the books. . “The second key factor in thé school is emphasis ip building rela tionships with the students,” Lafayette said. A S ee SCHOOL on 11 Eagle-Tech’s recent advances occur along two different but closely related paths, both o f which have won fund- , ing support. The. first patlustretches towards the ‘tech center arid its goal Of offering free high-speed internet access, computer training, and a limited array o f business services to tribal members. A $67,000 Kellogg grant, awarded through the Rural Development Initia- . five and the Connecting Oregon for Rural Entrepreneurship (CORE) pro gram, will help Eagle-Tech complete the center and begin funding its operation. ‘‘W inning that grant is especially im portant in light of/'the tribal adminis- tration cutbacks that cjpsdd the small . business center,” says Ventures Chief financial officer Jeff Anspach. “Once Eagle-Tech gets the new center up and running they’ll be able to fill part o f the gap left by that shutdown.” S ee EAGLE-TECH on 14 After preparing many great meals, cook Ruby Reed is retiring B y L eslie M itts Spilyay Tymoo H er hands are w hat show it the m ost— the years o f preparation, the ability to cook with the precision and timeliness o f a sijtfgeoh:, ■?,. With wrinkles to yduch for hours o f labor, it’s ’obvious that there is one i thing Ruby Reed has always been ac customed to: hard Work. ■ “I ’ve worked all my life,” Reed said. “I’ve never had a childhood or teenage life.” Now, however, Reed has earned a; well-deserved test.- After 17 years o f working at the senior program,. Reed retired June 29. Tears and laughter mixed whenjto- wOrkers and friends gathered to honor Ruby Reed at a luncheon served in her honor. Fellow cooks spoke Tof the knowl edge she has passed down. “ I ’m g oing to m iss h er in th e kitchen,” Cherilyn Starr said. “I just want to thank Ruby for teaching me what I know.” E lton Greeley presented Reed with a Pendleton blanket, and spoke to the crowd about his penchant for the food Reed prepared. Ruby Reed accepts a gift during her retirement party. “I ’m one o f those who really likes Ruby’s cooking,” he said. “In fact, I think because o f Ruby’s cooking I’m starting to’ get overweight.” Greeley also spoke o f Reed’s viva cious attitude, and joked, “Once we get her to start talking we can’t get her to quit” - Though tiny in stature, Reed displays a sense o f hum or that is anything but. While at first Reed seems shy, it doesn’t take long before a twinkling smile lights up her face. V Reed speaks o f her future plans with a gleeful smile. “Oh, I’m going to rest,” she said. “Myhouse nefeds painting, my whole, entire home needs attention.” “I may get into my beadwork,” Reed added, or devote her time to making Miller, for causing her to make the move from cleaning to the kitchen. shawls.. . “O ne day she asked, ‘W hat do you Does she miss working yet? “No, no,” Reed said with a laugh. like doing?’’’ Reed explained. When Reed didn’t start out as a cook, how Reed told her that her favorite thing to ever., She can ratde(o f a list o f jobs do was cook, s]be moved her into thé she’s held: bus girl, factory Worker’ ev^n kitchen. ^s an LPN while studying to become Though she doesn’t know exactly why she enjoys cooking so much, Reed an RN. During her teenage years, Reed got said it’s just something she grew up with. her first job as a housekeeper for mo ' “I’ve always liked-doing that,” she tels. t said. “My grandmother always cooked She irioved on to work in San Fran or helped to cook in the long houses cisco for 28 years at hotels like the St. and so did my mother.” ,,, It was especially enjoyable while Francis and the Hilton. But it never really seemed like such working with the senior program, Reed hard work, Reed said, because “I en Said, because o f the people she got to joyed what I was doing.^- interact with. O ne thing it taught her was a strong “You really get acquainted with a lot work ethic. “I was taught never to be o f our peOple,” Reed said. late, never to-’take a day off, I don’t She can’t pick a favorite dish to pre think I ever missed a day even, all those pare (“They’re all good,” Reed said) but : years,” she said. Odds are she can prepare them with She eventually left San Francisco to skill. move to Warm Springs, w here she Still, when she thinks o f the upcom •worked at Kah-Nee-Ta for many years ing years, Reed can’t pinpoint exactly as the head o f housekeeping. w hat,it is she’ll be spending her time Heir love o f cooking wasn’t fully doing developed until years later, when she According to Reed, “I ’ve never got was working as a housekeeper for the ten around to w hat I was doing, so senior program. maybe now that I’m retired I can get R eed credits h er bo ss, A deline around to it.”