Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Or-egon
November- 22, 2 0 0 7
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Tribes, state meet at summit
The Confederated Tribes o f
W arm Springs recendy hosted
the G overnm ent to G overn-
m e n t S um m it. T he' su m m it
brings, together officials o f the
Qr§gon,
the state’s
fe<3emly recognized tribes.
This is a great opportunity
the ninn '
tr ^ e ^ d f Oregon,; establishing; a
reMtiphship, • and workings
d ila ta te ” said Axirolwi Stwyer^
T ||b $ i Council vice cnmrwomànsj
of' tf%. Confederated Tribes o f
^X§hi$l^ring5. ;
^ ^ y v 'K ulO iigpski was On
h ^ d representing the state; and
: ori- behalf the tribes were tribal
c ip r s arid their staff
E £ |^ o o f th e o p e tribes were
h ^ d f w ith C P\f Creek Band p f
Umpqua unable to attend. Thp
: sum m it, this year marking its
; tenth anniversary, yxr&s: held at
K ah-N eetTa : High. D esert Re- ,
sort and Casino.
During bis' comments, G0w-
Kulphgòskf addressedthè issue
o f the Confederated Tribès b f ‘
Warm Springs’ plan to develop
a casin o a t C ascade L ocks.
Ktilongoski has supported the
tribes ;for several years, and has
ap p ro v ed a gam ing com pact
with the tribes for a casino at
Cascade Locks.
- jj A t die: suriimit, Kulongoski
said die issuè'is a difficult one,
but* thàt his decision tó support
I die tribes is the right ónè fo r the
' sdite, the commuriity-'pf Cascade
■Locks, arid th e tribes. H e also
Photo courtesy of Will Robbins
Tribal Council vice chairwoman Aurolyn Stwyer met with Gov.
Ted kulongoski at the recent Government to Government
Summit at Kah-Nee-Ta.
expressed his b e lie f th a t th é
project eventually will happen.
i ? H e discussed sta te health
care and economic development
issues; emphasizing the state’s
relationship with the tribes is o f
vital im portance in the many
facets o f sta te g o v ern an ce.
“A nd there is no state that has a
bettyr State-to-tribal relationship
than Oregon,” he said.
Gov. K u longoski also ad
dressed the issue o f w ater in
eastern Oregon. H e proposed
the idea o f building large water
storage areas in eastern Oregon
t6 help protect fish and farms,
arid to guard against the poten-
ti^l o f lower snowpacks in the
future due tqfglobal warming.
Kulongoski said he intends to
ask lawmakers in February to
approve spending on a feasibil
ity study o f storing water above
an d b elo w g ro u n d in th e
Umatilla Basin.
Participating in the G overn
m ent to G overnm ent Summit
this year were hundreds o f state
and tribal officials.
Tribal leaders said the sum
m it is essential in keeping the
lines o f com m unication opgh
betwefen th e trib e s an d th e
state.
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Army engineers to lure salmon-eating terns from river
v-i (AP) - A ?cafrQt.-and-stick
p ro ject to cut the num ber o f
safriion-gobbling terns on an is-
f^ M S b isf^ R ii^ e t' i§^fet^td;%fegB^,
•Slffiftfists; ffidm the Ariity CofjSs
o f Engineers say.'"'*' ! ¡4 sg *
W ork will b egin w ith the,
building o f an island designed:
to a ttract m igrating C aspian
terns at Fefn Ridge Lake near
E ugene' O re., w here a small
traps jent group o f terns has been
Spotted, corps wjldjifc, biqlogist
Geoffrey L. Dorsey .said Thurs-
it «&j$§Le purpose is. to reduce the
loss o f salmon and steelhead,
especially from 13 endangered
Si
or threatened runs, to terns that three sites in the San Francisco
flock to E ast Sand. Island be Bay a re ^ 5
tw een C hinook and A storia,
To draw attention to the new
dusdhfcyfeotig fishfread our ^bi d&difig
,<fekM^fitisth -plAri/tt)
q&Sfcai1*" gm vhb id Oi*
-d^ploy ?decdyj 'terns; sound' The
“v O ver 'the past decade th e! is m & m m through a sbiiftd sys
land has becomb hbm e to w hat tem and 1 assure plenty o f food
is believed to be the world’s larg in the form p f bass, tiafp and
est colony o f Caspian terns, about. goldfish.
"§>;000 birds that eat about 5 mil
lion juvenile salmon annually.
The corps’ project includes
Chronic pain group
elim in atio n o f a b o u t th ree-
meeting in D ec.
fourths o f the, tern habitat on
the island while creating twice
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as m uch nesting potential at a
p ort G roup is not meeting
wildlife refuge near Port Ange
this m onth, and will re
les, at Fern Ridge and two other
sume meetings on the third
in lan d O reg o n lakes,, and at
Wednesday in December,,
Dec. 19. For m ote infor
mation, call 553-2134.- ,
The Chronip Pain Sup
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portunity for
tor anyone who
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25 years ago this week
1 C hief o f the Warm Springs
tribe,'Apaos Simtustus, died sud
denly o f a heart attack Tuesday,
N ovem ber 16? at the Simnasho
Longhouse. Fjtis death has left
Wgrm Springs and neighboring
Ipdiaty cpncm^unitie;Sj ip spook
and mourning- In hpnor o f his
tnempry; flags o n the reserva
tion, were flown at half m ast,;
. ^D u rin g the hours and days
Kay Baker, superinten
dent Òf the Jefferson County
School District SOSî-J.'will
be in Warm Springs twice
each month to meet with
parents or other community
m em b ers regarding the
school system. Baker will
foflowing his death, Amos was
reinenibered for his seeiningly
n ever-ending sm ile, pleasant
m anner and his sense o f humor.
H e always had a kind w ord and
through his quiet wisdom and
concern he led his people with
strength.
. W ord o f Amos’ death trav
eled quickly and all were deeply
saddened by the news.
be in the tribal administra
tion building, conference
room 2, on the first Tues
day of every month from 11
a.m .-12:30 p.m.; and then
on the third Tuesday of each
month, from 8 :3 0 -1 1 :3 0
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