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Spilyay Tymoo, W 31 m Springs, Oregon Page 5 August 17, 2006 Camp Sap-Si-Kwat educates children and their parents By Leslie M itts work: she specializes in grief work, suicide prevention, crisis and trauma work, and working with veterans. “I feel like I ’m training all these young people,” she said, and some of the participants are people in recovery. According to Herkshan, “I think it’s the greatest interven tion we can do— preparing for life with our children. Teaching them skills and traditions other than their video games.” A big part of the camp’s suc cess has revolved around work ing with families. Spilyay Tjmoo Camp Sap-Si-Kwat has been around for awhile, but this year some changes were made. For the first time, the annual children’s camp was open to families and adults. Char Herkshan is responsible for organizing the camp that took place August 7 through August 11 in Elmer Quinn Me morial Park. “This has been an ongoing camp here for many, many years,” she said. “This is the first year that we’ve called it a fam ily camp.” This year approximately 125 children and 80 adults attended the camp, though Flerkshan said the number often varied. Tribal C ourt sponsored this year’s camp. The camp is based on teach ing people about culture, and Herkshan said they spend the week doing a variety of activi ties. For girls, that involves activi ties like making moccasins and m edallions, or beading headbands or doing loom work. For boys, the activities range from making bows and arrows, to painting rocks and making Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Tymoo Girls demonstrate the beading they learned at camp. dream catchers. All of the kids go huckleberry picking, and Herkshan said it was one of their favorite activi ties— though sometimes a chal lenge to tran sp o rt so many people. “We were literally begging people with big vans,” Herkshan said with a laugh. “There’s a whole spiritual and traditional talk that we give out there about protecting the ber ries and the land,” Herksan said. “It’s an important thing to do.” “When the kids get their first picking they have to give it to an elder or a widow or an or phan,” she said. “That was a really wonderful day for us to do that.” Herkshan added, “Our basic foundation is our spirituality.” Because o f that, they spend time teaching children the mean ing behind bell ringing or prayers. When kids hear the bell ring ing, they always come running, Herkshan said with a laugh, be cause “Either we’re going to eat or they’re going to tell us some thing.” For Herkshan, the camp is a bigger part of what she does for CTS TIR ES W e now have financing ( OAC ) Come see us for your tires. Ge t the respect and service you deserve. Compare Great Prices, Great Service Falls fishery open to tribal members The 2006 fall Chinook fish- ery at Sherars Falls is open for the Warm Springs Tribal mem- bers. The fishery will remain open for subsistence fishing until a harvest cap of 600 wild adult chinook salmon is reached. The 2006 pre-season predic- tion indicates that a run o f Upriver Bright fall Chinook in the Columbia River mainstem is estimated to reach 249,100. Larry Holliday, fisheries har- vest manager, said “The fishery at Sherars Falls for fall Chinook and steelhead is pretty slow at this time.” According to Holliday, “Fish- eries staff have been monitor ing the Bonneville Dam fish counts and there is approxi mately 300 to 500 Chinook coming over the dam daily at this time.” However, Holliday said, “The fishery will possibly pick up in the next two to three weeks.” as many people as possible. Herkshan’s favorite part is seeing the children evolve over the week. “Sometimes when the kids come here they’re really appre hensive. They don’t know the kids here,” she said. “Then as you watch them through the weeks it is such a wonderful experience to see them become friends.” In the end, Herkshan said, “You know you make a differ ence. Everything you do here touches hearts.” This year the camp became family-based because of actions in prior years. Before, Herkshan said, par ents would come with their chil dren and wouldn’t know how to do things like make moccasins or other types of traditional or cultural activities. “They would feel uneasy or uncomfortable,” Herkshan said. “A lot of the families lost that knowledge.” This year parents have the opportunity to learn alongside their children, and Herkshan believes it is important to teach In recognition of traditional fishing, tribal fishing will not be allowed from Sunday at 12:00 a.m. until Monday at 6:00 a.m. Fishing will be allowed dur- ing the remaining six days per week for both scaffold and hook and line fishing. Pacific lamprey (eel) harvest- ing will'be allowed during the entire fall fishing season, The commercial sale of fish is not allowed, and the use of alcohol or drugs is prohibited, The Department of Natural Resources, Ranger Program and the police department will moni- tor the Sherars Falls area to en- sure that these regulations are not being violated. In addition, the Department of Natural Resources Fisheries staff will monitor the tribal har- vest and fish escapement over the Bonneville and the Dalles dams and fish escapement above Sherars Falls to determine if in- season harvest medications will Senior Picnic at the Cove The Senior Picnic will on Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Cove State Park. Come join the elders for a picnic and cruise the lake on patio boarts. Volunteers are needed to help with the picnic. The cooks will be starting at 9 a.m. For additional information call the Senior Building at 553- 3313. be necessary. Tribal Council approved and passed R esolution num ber 10648 for the fall Chinook fish ery, which opened on August 1. BFG, Pro-Comp, and many more 475-9111 We are proud that 90% of all our tires are produced in the U.S. of A. Next deadline to submit items for publication in the Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, August 25. Thank you. 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