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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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