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rSCft O r C o ll E 75 . S68 Spilygy Tyroc U n i v e r s i t y o f O regon L i b r a r y R e c e iv e d ons 0 7 —12—07 S p il y a y t y i o o C oyote News, est. 1976 July 5, 2G07 ■■■ U S. Postage PRSRTSTD W arm Springs, OR 97761 Voi. 32, No. 14 W ÊÊtÊÊÊÊÊÊIK ItttÊtÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊK ÊÊÊÊÊÊK L ¡g§ I 50 cents Gathering fo r graduates Graduates gathered together at Curtis Leonard Satanus, ' Jo êAnn the annual celebration for members Scott, Sisiley Scott, Jacoba Smith, Ryan Smith Jr., Joyce Squiemphen, o f the class o f 2007 recently. • The Community Center gymna T erijo Squiemphen-Yazzie, Salena sium was packed with family mem Strong, Delsbn Suppah Jr., Dustin bers wishing to congratulate not only !% ppah, Gpdy Switzler, Orlando those-who graduated high school, but TsWee, Alyssia Thompson, Bobby graduates o f colleges, vocational, Thurby, Clinton' Tohet, Winona Tohet, Jenny Van Pelt, Erica Wewa, schools or GED recipients. The evfent was sponsored by the AJ Whiteplume, Joanna Williams,' Tribal Education Committee and the Sophia W illiams, O lea Yah tin, Yolanda Yallup, Cally Young, Latoya Johnson O ’Malley Committee.' Wendell Jim, general manager of Zacafias, Elsie Blaçkwolf, Ruby Brit education, delivered the welcome ad tany. dress, while Aurolyn Stwyer, wee- ... G E D recipients include: Ikie chairperson for Tribal Council de H eath, Cameron Lucero-Smith, Sasha M itchell, Brian Renfro, livered the keynote address. High school graduates include: Melanie Adams and Robert Givens. Graduates from a vocational, Shirelle Adams, Tyson Adams, Jose A lvarez Jr., SteVen A nderson, technical, or trade .school include: Rachelle Begay, Johnso n Bill, Sasha Jessi Fuentes,Otie Made, and Tilda Caldera, Nancy Charley, Reggie Wakey. G raduates from ^ tw o-year C lem ents, , A m anda Coffee^ .Leonardo.Guevas, Jonathan. Culpus higher education institution include:, Jr., Addie Estimo, Jaycelene Frank, Ashley Aguilar, Patrick Boyd, Bruce Sharmayne Frank, Dakota George, H ow topat, Lisa, Johnson, Allen Francis G onzales, Jan sen Mitchell, Cyrille Mitchell, Relda H arrih g to n , T ianna H erkshan, P eratrovich, G o rd o n Sqott Jr., Holona Jackson, Whitney Jackson, Robin Smith and Joseph Thompson. G raduates thorn a four-ÿear Jenna Johnson, Levi Kalama, Titus Kalama, Nicholas Katchia, Aldwin higher education institution include: Keo, Sheldon Leonard, Sheryl Lopez, Camille Clements, Raneva Dowty, Richard M cCbriville, T rum an Maria GodineS, Vesta Johnson,si Merrifield, Joshua Moody, Tamera Natalie Mitchejl, Shilo Shaw, Qreg Moody, Galen Northrup, Colt Pitt, Smith and Shawnetta Yahtin. Lucille Polk, Felesia Red D og, — Leslie Mitts Arm ondo Ribeiro, Whitley Ruiz, The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs on June 22-24 celebrated the 38th Annual Pi- Ume-Sha Treaty Days. The weekend of activities included the Traditional Parade (photo at right), and powwow royalty including Junior Miss Warm Springs Kiyana Yellowman (left in top photo) and Soraya ; Mendez (at right in top photo).' 0 8 r e pictures o f the Chinook return below average celebration are on pages 8 and 9.) Community garden growing steadily they have been working for ovena year ’ to identify methods of improving local communities. M uffin tins currently4ine„rtiiQ In addition, to the community gar windowsills of Sheikh Clements ’ Office den in Warm Springs, they are also at Community Counseling. buildipg one in Madras, supporting thé Tiny seedlings "are starting to grow garden in Metolius, and hoping to es under her dlhgeritcare as part o f a tablish a community garden in Culver much larger project: the community within the next year. garden ban g revived with the help of In Beamer’s opinion, community various community members. gardens are just the beginning o f a Clements is definitely not alonf in. much bigger project. her efforts. The garden features rows “Gardens not only build health, but o f plants being tended to by a number they also build community,” Beamer said. o f people throughout Warm Springs. While the garden is being funded this | • “ It started with n lot of work——from getting it plowed to making the rows,”' year with a grant from the Office o f Rural Health, it will be able to continue Clements said. ; The garden is being funded this year with funding from the Mt. View Hos with grant money through a program pital Foundation and will qualify for in Madras aimed at improving health. additional grant money in thé future; . Currently they are using grant money Beth- Ann Beamer, director o f the Community Health Improvement Part to update the water system. Until then, nership, with Mt. View Hospital, said they’re planting close to existing sprin B y L eslie M itts Spiiy-aj Tjmoo Fifty years after the inundation of Celilo Falls, the Museum at Warm Springs opened an exhibit featuring memories through photographs (example at right), objects and videos. Terry Courtney Jr. built a scaffold and provided nets featured throughout the exhibit. Petitions and letters from ChiefTommy Thompson, a longtime protestor of the dam that obliterated Celilo Falls, are also displayed along with photographs of how people once lived at Celilo Falls. The exhibit will run through September 9. klers.and have volunteers willing to help withtivatering. “There’s a lot o f effort info moving the sprinklers around,” Clements said. Fellow garden enthusiasts unite ev ery Friday from., 10530 a.m. ‘until 2:30 p.m., with lunch being provided either by Community Counseling or CHET— but often they stay but as late as 5 p.m. to get more \york done, Clements said. The garden—which they are calling the Tenino Garden-—features a wide variety o f plants so far. This year they planted com, toma toes, peppers, cantaloupe, carrots, let tuce, pumpkins, beans, pea pods, and strawberries. Children involved with the Boys and Girls Club have even planted some flowers. But that’s just the beginning, as far as Clements is concerned. The produce will be given away, she said. See GARDEN on 70 ' (AP) — As predicted, the return of adult spring chinoók salmon through BonneviBe Dam was below the 10-year- average but well above its historic low. The official counting season ended Ju n e'22, and fishery officials say the total should be about 80,800. The count'bf juvénile — or “jack” — salmon was up, boding well for future runs. . The 10-year average for adult spring, chinooks is about 175,000. In 2006 the count was 126,158. The record low of . 12,780 was tallied in 1995. , The “ocean index predictor” from.' the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed that almost all ecosystem indices measured ' in 2005 also pointed to low returns in ■2007. “We’ve seen wide fluctuations1 in adult returns over the past 30 years,” said John G. Williams, a research fish ery biologist with theN OAA Fisheries Service, 1 v t * «I “That’s .to be expected when the changeable ocean, where salmon spend most o f their lives, has such a power ful influence on adult survival.” . Lie said data on survival o f juve- niles through the dams on the Snake and Cqlümbla rivers is encouraging, He said it is about twicé ks high as itwks in the 1976s. NCMA Fisheries said survival of juvenile spring chinook through the hy dropower dams in the Columbia Basin in 2006 was the highest measured in ;30 years. By increasing juvenile survival to the ocean, scientists say, adult returns are likely to improve “over- the long term. Jack returns are generally considered a good predictor o f adult -returns the following year, y Since the 1970s, installation o f tur bine intake screens, reduction o f harm ful atmospheric gas in the waters be low the dams and improved water flows and spill during the spring migra tion have meant better conditions for the young fish. Judge puts BPA on notice (AP) - A federal judge has put the The problem occurred April 3 when Bonneville Power Administration on - the BPA, in a Series of faulty calcula notice that salmon conservation-comes; tions days earlier,, had sold power coni- before regional power needs after learn panies more electricity than it could ing that the BPA miscalculated energy draw from hydroelectric dams along the demand and had to. risk killing pro Columbia'%and Snake rivers. And tected salmon in April. Bonneville marketers- Couldn't buy U.S. District Judge James Redden, enough back to cover the shortfall. . who is overseeing a landmark case bal M anagers were'-faced w ith two ancing fish and hydroelectricity, learned choice?: Adjust dam turbines to boost what happened by an anonymous phone power, thrashmg and possibly killing message. federally protected salmon heading He was upset, having already lost downriver to the ocean; or cut o ff patience with repeated fédéral failures power people needed during a cold to meet his requirements to address the stiap. damage dams dò to salmon. Bonneville kept the power flowing. “Apparently, BPA’s sales commit “U nder the circpmsfances here, ments to customers always trump its. threatened and endangered species obligation to protect” Endangered Spe I must come before power generation,” cies Act-listed species, Redden wrote Redden wrote, ordering that from now in a stern order. “This was a marketing on dams be operated with full salmon error and ESA-listed fish paid the price. safeguards and that he be notified of This, the law does not permit.” any deviations.
