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Pzge 6 January 1, 2009 Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Orego-n A look back at the year 2008 Youth conference March Casino hearings The proposed Bridge of the Gods Casino drew mostly sup portive comments at the public hearings this month. F or instance, N early 40 people testified at the hearing in front o f a crowd of more than 200 people at K ah-N ee-Ta. Tribal Council Chairman Ron Suppah spoke o f support for the casino that he has seen com ing from various outlets, includ ing G o v ern o r K ulongoski. Suppah also said he believes the casino is necessary due to recent econofhic problems. “I cannot overstate the sig nificance of this project to our tribes’ future,” Suppah said. At another gorge casino hear ings, members of the Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs spoke o f the need for the project. “Our people are in poverty, even while they work,” said T ribal C ouncilm an A ustin Greene, during the hearing at H ood River. “There are .too m any sub-stan d ard hom es housing multiple families. There are health problem s without adequate care.” Ron Suppah, chairman of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes, signed the Columbia 2008, during the ceremony last week at Horsethief Park. V The upcoming golf season wiU see a number of changes at the K ah-N ee-T a G o lf Course. Some of the changes are to the area around the club house and putting green. There is a new fountain nearby, for in stance, which Eghts up at night. Construction workers are also budding a new snack bar by the pro shop. There is a new PGA head golf professional at Kah-Nee- Ta, Ryan Davis. And a new teaching pro, Austin Maki, who also tours professionally. Big new slide Youth conference plan K ah-N ee-Ta is hoping to slide in some new business with an addition to the Village Pool. They recently completed con struction on a new water slide, and hosted a grand opening for the shde on April 5, in addition to a prior opening of the shde for tribal members. Plans are in fuE swing for the upcoming N orthwest Indian Youth Conference in Warm Springs. The event will take place from May 27 through May 31, and features the theme “The ancestors will be our strength for the future.” Calica joins firm Tribal member Direlle Calica has joined the law offices of Schaff & Clark-Deschene, a firm that specializes in Indian law throughout the West. 'TT School budget cuts Nearly 11 percent of the 509- J school district budget will be cut for the 2008-09 year, accord ing to the proposal made by the superintendent to the budget committee. •'* May The Fish Accords D ecades o f divisiveness over salmon recovery in the Columbia River basin ended for tribes and federal agencies. The Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs, along with three other tribes, federal agencies and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, signed the his toric agreement on Friday, May 2, at Columbia HiUs State Park. “These fish accords respect the sovereignty o f the tribes,” said Ron Suppah, Tribal CouncE Chairman o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs. “They break from the history o f fed eral agencies developing a plan themselves, then telling the tribes what they would or could pro vide for salmon.” The earEer approach did not work, said Suppah: “Misunder standings, hard feelings and liti gation are what we produced.” The foundation o f the new agreement, he said, is respect among sovereigns, and respect for the expertise and authority of the tribes. The Columbia River Basin Fish Accords are a 10-year agree ment, focusing tribal and federal resources on im proving fish habitat instead o f on costly and prolonged Etigation. The agreement commits fed M a tím Sale eral agencies to provide tribes with $900 miUion over ten years to spend toward salmon recov ery. In exchange, the tribes are dropping out of a lawsuit chal lenging dam operations. Strict attendance policy M iddle school and high school students with a history o f repeated absences m ight have seen a surprise in their driveway recently: a school bus. It’s part of a new attendance program that aims to stop the problem o f repeated absences by sending Eaisons to the houses Shouts o f “Native pride!” rang out in the community cen ter gymnasium last week, as Clayton Small spoke to the crowd at the Northwest Indian Youth Conference. “You have to —in your heart o f hearts— always be proud to be an Indian,” Smad told the youth attending the conference. He encouraged them to voice their pride by standing in the bleachers and yelling it out. Small was one o f various speakers at the Northwest In dian Youth Conference, held in Warm Springs last week. As the keynote speaker dur ing the final day of the confer ence, SmaE gave a presentation to the youth caEed “Step Up— We Need Your Voices.” “ That’s the responsibdity of every young leader in this house— you have to step up; you have to find your voice,” SmaE said. He spoke o f the chaEenges Native youth are faced with throughout their Eves, and of his own chaEenges growing up sur Spilyay file photo. rounded by violence and alco- River Fish Accords in May hoEsm. From learning Native crafts to learning about health and so of students who show up on the cial issues, youth attended work shops throughout the four-day absent Est too often. concert aimed to enlighten them Composite lands big con and give them a chance to inter act with youth from other tribes. tract The conference also featured Warm Springs Composite Products has won the Contract a hip-hop dance, basketbaE tour to supply fire-resistant compo nament, 5K run or walk, round nents that will be used in the dance, art show, fashion show taEest budding in the world, the and ended with a powwow on Burj Dubai in the Middle East. Friday night. Local youth, coordinated by Composite Products wdl supply fire-rated components for archi Jaylyn Suppah, organized the tectural doors and frames to be event and held weekly planning used in the $4 bidion Burj Dubai meetings' for Several m onths skyscraper, located in Burj, prior to the concert. United Arab Emirates. COME GET ALL SHOOK UP AT KAH’ NEETA! 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