Spilyay Tymoo, W^rm Springs, Oregon
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January 4, 2007
M ore News of 2006
(Continued from the previous
Spilyay Tymoo.)
October
A new after-school cultural
group will soon allow female stu
dents to learn more about their
culture. Tim ur G aston , title
seven teacher at Madras High
School, is bringing together stu
dents and Warm Springs com
munity members in order to
help girls learn about beadwork,
dancing and more. T he first
step, she said, is to hold an in
formational meeting and allow
the group to choose a name. In
other news:
Settlem ent o f part o f the
trust case brought by the tribes
against the federal government
has reduced the need for some
tribal government budget cuts
over the next few years. There
is still a need, though, for some
reductions, mainly because o f
a drop in timber revenue to the
tribes. Also in October:
Tribal Council met in a one-
and-a-half-day workshop session
in October to discuss the recent
membership survey and how
the Council and tribal adminis
tration can do a better job o f
improving life on the reserva
tion. And this:
The Tribal Council o f the
Confederated Tribes by a ma
jority vote endorsed Gov. Ted
Kulongoski in the upcoming
election for Oregon governor.
Kulongoski, Democrat, is facing
Ron Saxton, Republican, in the
Nov. 7 election. The endorse
ment apparently was a first for
the Tribal Council, said Louie
Pitt, director o f tribal Govern
ment Affairs. And in other news:
Community members agree
that J eff Sanders is an excellent
citizen, and now he’s getting
even more recognition for his
involvement. In October Sand
ers received the 2006 “Commu
nity Champion Award” from the
Jefferson County Chamber o f
C om m erce at the C ham ber
Awards Banquet.
And in O c to b e r 2 0 0 6 ,
former renowned thoroughbred
jo ck ey and son o f the late
Warm Springs C hief Nathan
Heath died in Warm Springs.
Martinez “Peanuts” Heath died
o f natural causes. Heath was
born in Simnasho, on the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation,
May 4, 1945.
November
The Nov. 7 election was fa
vorable to the Confederated
Tribes in regard to the Bridge
o f the Gods Casino at Cascade
Locks. The local election for city
council at Cascade Locks, for
instance, appeared likely to re
sult in a council membership
that is unanimous in support o f
the Bridge o f the Gods Casino,
said M argie T u ck ta, casino
project manager. Also, the re
cen t
e le ctio n
of
Gov.
Kulongoski was good news for
the tribes. Kulongoski was en
dorsed by the Tribal Council, as
he has been a supporter o f the
Bridge o f the Gods project. In
other November news:
Tribal leaders testified at the
sen ten cin g hearing o f a
Redmond man who was con
victed o f attempting to sell Na
tive American remains. The man
found and dug up the remains
over 10 years ago on public land
near Crooked River Ranch. He
kept the remains “in storage,”
and then tried to sell them to an
undercover informant in 2004.
He was arrested and charged
with violation o f the Archaeo
logical Resources Protection
Act. At the hearing last week in
federal court in Eugene, he was
sentenced to 2 V 2 years in prison
for trafficking in an American
Indian skeleton. He was also or
dered to pay $20,000 in restitu
tion to the Confederated Tribes
o f Warm Springs. “I was happy
that he got prison time instead
o f just restitution,” said Roberta
Kirk, coordinator o f the Native
Am erican Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act. Elsewhere:
The Warm Springs Holiday
Bowling Tournament this year
marked its 30-year anniversary.
This year, Anna Clements, her
granddaughter Shayla and great-
grandson Jake sponsored the
Holiday Bowling Singles and
Doubles Championship in lov
ing memory o f Rudy Clements,
Trudee Clements and Becky
Quinn.
December
George W. Aguilar Sr. won a
2006 Oregon Book Award for
“When the River Ran Wild! In
dian Traditions on the Mid-Co
lumbia and Warm Springs Res
ervation.”
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George Aguilar
At the awards ceremony in
Portland Aguilar won the Sarah
W innemucca Award for Cre
ative N onfiction. Aguilar has
lived on the Warm Springs Res
erv ation fo r 70 years and
worked as a fisherman, carpen
ter, mechanic and at numerous
other jobs. His book is both a
memoir and a detailed cultural
history o f the Mid-Columbia
tribes. Am ong other talents,
Aguilar is an ethnobotanist. The
2006 Oregon Book Award is
dedicated, Aguilar has said, “To
those who were, to those who
are, and to those who are to
come.” In other news:
Representatives from the fu
ture Willow Creek Community
High School held an informa
tional meeting for the Warm
Springs community. The meet
ing aimed to inform community
members about the new high
school set to open in Septem
ber. Elsewhere:
B O ISE , Idaho — People gath
ered at the National Interagency
Fire Center in Boise, Idaho for
a ceremony honoring wildland
firefighters killed in the line o f
duty. The ceremony included
recognition o f American Indian
Heritage M onth and the role
played by Native Americans in
Wildland Firefighting. Warm
Springs Chief Delvis Heath was
among the Native people who
contributed to the program.
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