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Coyote News, est. 1976
June 7, 2007
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Warm Springs, OR 97761
Voi. 32, No. 12
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Congratulations,
Graduates
There are 48 tribal members in
the Madras. High School Class o f -
.2007. Several other tribal members
are graduáting from other high
schools, colleges, and post-graduate
schools.
The graduation ceremonies at
j Madras High School begin at 3 p.m.
on Saturday, June 9. •
The tribal member graduation
banquet for high school, college and
ECE graduates is set for Wednes­
day, June 20 at the Warm Springs
Community Center.
The banquet this year will also
honor three tribal members who
have recently earned post gradu­
ate degrees.
(See pages 8 and 9 fo r more on the
g r a d u a tes j
Leslie Mitts/Spllyay
Tribal members of the Madras High School Class of 2007
Council hears improvement plans
erit initiatives^ hone of the presenters
were asking for, Council action on spe­
cific recommendations.
‘But that didn’t stop Council from
(groups w orking to im prove the
Warm Springs tribal government and getting straight to work. ,The group’¡ojf
economy went before Tribal Council leaders listened attentively to back­
recently to give outlines of their projects ' ground reports oh governance and ad­
ministration, but it was economic strat­
and the status of each one. ’
“The purpose .of -today’s meeting,” egy that really sparked
As presented, thatiStrategy centers
CHntJaçks,.meeting facilitaor, explained
in liis introduction, “is to give the around so-called “Plan B” projects for
Twéhty-Fourlh Council an overview of land use and occupancy;! (“Use and
what the Twenty-Third Council com­ occupancy” means dedicating certain
missioned. It will be up to you to make reservation lands through- leases fo r
i these projects your own, tp the extent use in resorts or housing develop­
ments.). v
you wish to do so.”
Economic analysis has shown that
The presentations dealt with gover­
nance issues tackled by the Twenty- after “Plan A,” i.e. the Bridge q f the
Third Council* the administrative re­ G ods -Casino, use an d o ccupancy
structuring plan developed under that projects hold the most-.promjse for
Council but not yet adopted, and pros­ bringing in large revenues. Moreover,
pects for economic development on the unlike the casino, such, projects would
involve tremendous growth in on-res-
reservation.
As general overviews o f the differ- ervation jo b !1 l' <
B y M aren Cohn
Warm Springs Ventures
“We’ve been talking about this for a
lo ng tim e,” 'said one o f the chiefs
•f5We’re in a crisis, we’re' already there,
fwe’re cutting millions o f dollars every
year. When ate we going to move on
Plan B?*"*1'
Several Council members addressed
the need tq act, and act quickly, to im-
pypYC conditions for the membership.
“We heed something as ¿oon ¿s' pos­
sible,”' said one member. “And building
something on the reservation is going
to be a lot easier than off the reserva­
tion.”
\ Discussion focused on the tribes’
valuable resource base, including some
o f the best land in Central Oregon and
perhaps the best water rights in the
nation.
“J see a lo t of opportunity for this
tribe,” said Ken Smith. “We’re hurting
for money, hurting for jobs.”
See COUNCIL on 13
No funding for proposed
Willow Creek high school
The 509-J School District Bud­
get Comriüttee voted unanimously
td-adopt a proposed budget on May
31 and present it to the board of
directors in a meeting this month.
v The proposed budget does not
allot fuitds.for the Willow- Greek
Community High, School; the alter­
native high school that had been
scheduled to opep next year with 60
new students.
In terim su p erin ten d en t K ay
Baker told the board members and
crowd of concerned students and
family members that she does hear
an agreement in the community that
th e a lte rn a tiv e h igh sch o o l is
needed.
“What I doh’t find is the funding
source that’s there,” Baker added,
With the funding for WCCHS as
w ell as other expen ditures, the
school district would have faced a
budget shortfall o f $1.8 million.
One student asked the board
members why the school board had
agreed to fund the school and then
later had to reject their funding.
Chairm an Steve Eafiriesf' slid ,
“That’s really a question hot for this
budget committee but for the board
o f directors.” That board will be
meeting in June, he added.
The budget also includes several
elim inated teaching positions o f
teachers that have retired or resigned.
According to Chief Financial Of­
ficer Dan Chamness, “The key is
that we -re-work the school district
between now and when we re-work
the budget next year.”’ ,,
N8TV Adventures offers river boarding, kayaking
B y L e slie M itts
■ Spilyrpj fym oo J
Few business people-have the op­
portunity to spend a summer experi­
encing the thrill d f the outdoors full
tithe.
But for Randy N athan and Brenda
Williams, this summer will be the first
o f what they hope will be many sum­
mers they can spend doing just that.
Nathan and Williams started their
new business, N8TV Adventures-, at the
beginning of May. v
This summer they’ll offer guided
kayaking tours as well as guided river
boarding trips.
In addition to supplementing their
work with Nathan’s Business Services,
it’s a general love of adventure and the
outdoors that prompted the two to start
lip the new business.
Since they spend the winter in an
office w orking on taV preparation,
bookkeeping and payrolls, Williams
said* it benefits them to spend their
summers pursuing the new business.
“We have the two extremes,” Will­
iam s explained— going from office
work to outdoor recreation.
“This is a great balance for us to be
outdoori during the summer,” Williams
said. “It is so peaceful and calm. You
feel like you’re in heaven when you’re
in the water.”
‘‘They don’t have very many guides
around,”- N athan said. W hile river
u
boarding is extremely popular in Eu­
rope and .other areas, he added, it’s only
become big in the United States in the
past feV&years.
”
But the ability to. travel down the
river with your face at that level, Nathan
Brenda W illiam s
said, makes it much more extreme than
other water sports.
It’s something that Williams em­
braced wholeheartedly after trying it the water .through the calmer sport of
for the firs t time. | ;i
kayaking, but are still able to spend time
- Ip her opinion, it’s'a sport that dif­ on the water.
fers completely from kayaking. .
“They still get the adventure,” Will­
: * “Kayaking is calm and serene,” she iams explained.
said.1
In the future, Nathan hopes they
submittedphiio
i As fo r river hoarding, W illiam s- can use their river boarding skills and
added, ‘Y ou get this whole sense of train to complete swift water rescues.
the force o f nature.”
W orking w ith search and rescue
ing tours with maximum safety and as f ! “You’re thrilled and excited and teams, they will then be able to offer
little environmental impact j.s possible. scared at the same time,” she said.
their services when needed, Nathari
InNathan’s opinion, “Being soelbse said. '
They also hope to introduce the rela­
tively new sport of river boarding lo­ and low to the Water--—it’s just huge.”
According tp Williams, “It’s, a way
cally.
Waves look a lot bigger at face level o f us also giving to the community.”
“River boarding is getting on what than they do Otherwise, he added.
Kayaking tours w ill be launching
looks like half a surfboard with handles
“T hey’re not little,” »Nathan ex­ from Indian Park. All tour participants
and going down the rapids,” Williams- plained. “They re 10 times bigger than w ill be equipped with proper safety
said.
yotrcan imagine seeing them from the equipment, Nathan added. For river
N athan and W illiam s': o rigin ally road. It’s exhilarating to get that water boarding that includes a wet suit and a
learned about river boarding during the splashing in your face.”
hetoict
Oregon River Games event. A fter
In fact, it’s that reason that led them
While river boarding is a full-day trip,
meeting an experienced guide, Nathan to offer both kayaking tours as well as they also offer half-day kayaking tours.
said, he agreed to demonstrate the sport river boarding tours.
See N8TV ADVENTURES on 13
and train them.
That way, people are able to enjoy
We’re notjust looking
fo r tourists. It’s a good
way fo r local people to
get out on the water.
Randy Nathan on the river.
Plus, if’s n ota bad way to spend their
time. ;
“ItVreal rough,” Williams joked.
Their enjoyment of outdoor recre­
ation has also led them to corisitjer-ex­
panding their fledgling business. $ *
“We’re actually going to try tp ex­
pand into all different kinds of recre­
ation,” Nathan added.
Eventually, Nathan added, their goal
is to lead ATV tours and perhaps even
dbg sled fours in the winter— but that’s
something that would requite working
with land use committees, he added.
In general, their goals include lead­
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