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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 2009)
Spilygy Tym oo, W arm Springs, O regon Page 7 January!, 2 0 0 9 “The trust fund was origi nally set up so minors would have funds available for their ed ucation,” said M adeline Queahpama-Spino, director of tribal Vital Statistics, the depart ment that manages the disburse ment of trust payments to the beneficiaries. June Hope for mill The Warm Springs Forest Products Industries mill could benefit from an agreement with a wood products firm that fo cuses on the Japanese lumber market. The company is Vanport In ternational, which would man age the operation of the WSFPI mill, according to an initial agreement between the com pany and the tribes. accompanying Ladies Auxiliary. “They were the first all In dian post and auxiliary in the nation,” Graham added. In fact, the Ladies Auxiliary members have log books dating back to the beginning o f the auxiliary in 1952 with lists of members who volunteered their time. Inmates escape Four inmates escaped earlier this m onth from the Warm Springs Jail. Three o f the inmates were taken back into custody within a short time. The fourth turned himself back in to custody after several days at large. The inmates escaped through the roof of the jail. Media center Budget discussion Tribal members had an op portunity to voice concerns re garding the 2009 budget to Tribal Council members during an Agency D istric t general council meeting this week. Tribal Council Vice Chair woman Aurolyn Stwyer spoke to the crow d g ath ered at the Agency Longhouse and said, “Nothing has been established as of yet.” While council members have heard numbers and input from the finance departm ent, she said, they were waiting to make final decisions until they heard concerns from tribal metiibers. Plans for the new tribal me dia center are moving forward. This month the tribes received a grant from the Meyer Memo rial T rust for $150,000. The funding is designated for the use ■ o f building the media center. spiiyay me photo. In addition to the latest grant, Election the new building is being funded At HeHe during the Huckleberry Feast, Rosalind Sampson, Alliayah Moran, Brittany Craig Tribal m em bers voted in in part by the Confederated and Felcianna Conner (from left) prepare eels. large numbers during the N o Tribes, and through a grant to The familiar faces can be vember 4 election. A total of Celilo Falls revealed short and longer term member KWSO from the Corporation New youth club Celilo Falls is the subject of for Public Broadcasting. The local Boys and Girls ship issues other than the whole seen on the sidelines during jun 543 residents in the W arm Club is closing and a new tribal sale adoption option that was ior varsity football games at the Springs area— or more than 56 the latest Oregon Yield Guide pro high school. Dubbed the “chain percent o f those eligible to gram on Oregon Public Broad Regarding huckleberries club will be opening in its place. presented. Many comments expressed a gang,” the group is responsible vote— cast their ballots in the casting. Huckleberries are not nearly need for the Tribal Council to fo r holding m arkers w here election. as abundant as they once were. For comparison, 34 percent assert an approach that balanced downs occur during the game. “When I go out now, I can’t That means they move along of Warm Springs area residents or tempered the provisions of even find any berries where we the Tribal Constitution and By- with the game, Coach Butch voted in the 2004 Presidential u sed to find th e m ,” said election, Laws with wisdom and respect David explained. Adeline Miller, tribal elder. Volunteers include Dawn for our traditional identity and Miller, speaking on the cul Disaster plan Sm ith, A rdis Sm ith, K evin Ladies Auxiliary values. tural panel at the huckleberry Gang problem Warm Springs has a plan in O n V e teran s D ay and Rodin, Alley David and Patrick Many felt that several aspects conference last week at Kah- Tribal Council heard a report throughout the year, a group of case a disaster occurs, and Fire Nee-Ta, said: from the Public Safety Branch o f the residency requirement Clark. local women do all that they can and Safety employees are mak “Sometimes I’ll have to buy regarding gangs that are active were important to protect and to support those involved with ing sure people in the commu preserve our unique and time- Trust fund berries because I want to have on the reservation. the military. nity are prepared. About 1,850 tribal member honored heritage, beliefs and some. We shouldn’t have to do Branch officials said the Po The local Ladies Auxiliary Fire and Safety presented the youth are enrolled as beneficia that, because we like picking our lice Department, with coopera teachings. Others commented that fed ries of the tribes’ minors trust has been active in Warm Springs Disaster Recovery Plan to vari own berries.” tion from other departments of ous departm ents throughout The U.S. Forest Service and the tribes, has made significant eral officials may have imposed fund. The trust fund this year is for over 50 years. Warm Springs this month. Both the VFW post and th e ' 50 years old, having been estab their own interpretation and the Warm Springs Confederated progress over the past year in Fire Chief Dan Martinez said Ladies Auxiliary began in 1952 definition on our identity in a lished in 1958. Tribes organized the conference, trying to address the problem. In that year the tribes entered after a VFW member in Bend they have been working on the which focused on ways to re T he problem still exists, way that disrupted and divided the minors trust agreement with approached Arlene Graham’s plan since 1997. While certain store huckleberries. though, and is a threat to tribal our traditional kinship ties. portions of the plan are confi The; Twenty-Fourth Tribal U.S. B ank, w h ich is still th e parents, G raham said. ypptli,, They expressed interest in dential due to security reasons, Council installed a four part so trustee o f the fund. In the first year o f the pro founding a VFW post in Warm Martinez said, they felt it was lution: adopting the 1960 base Kiksht conference The Kiksht language became roll in addition to the 1940 base gram there were 791 youth en Springs and soon started the important to share what they VFW Elliot Palmer Post and can with the community. a subject on many people’s roll; recognizing traditional af rolled as beneficiaries. filiation; codifying the enroll minds with an event at HeHe recently. The Language P ro ment process, and moving for Mill fire response Fire crews worked to contain gram hosted a conference for ward with an amended list of a fire that began on the Warm those involved with the preser candidates for adoption based Springs reservation on July 10. vation o f Kiksht. The confer upon a clos,e application of resi Named the Mill Fire, the blaze ence was possible through a dency. T hese enactm ents w ould burned over 3,000 acres and de grant. I n ’ o th e r news this then be applied to the list of 184 stroyed one tribal guest home month: A career in medical pharma applications currently on the and an outbuilding. The fire also closed Highway ceuticals has led one tribal adoption list. 26 for several hours, and spread member all over the world be across tribal land to federal and fore returning to Central O r New Kah-Nee-Ta manager The new general manager at egon. Marcella (Brunoe) Barta private lands nearby. was always interested in phar Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Re maceuticals. She started work sort and Casino is definitely fa Condor update A special recovery biologist ing at the Health and Wellness miliar with the gaming industry. He works behind a desk in from the Oregon Zoo was in Center 16 years ago, when she was 16. Barta is the daughter of his new job at Kah-Nee-Ta, but Central Oregon. Harry Taylor started his exten Biologist David Moen vis Garland and Suzan Brunoe. sive career in gaming behind a After graduating from Ma ited the region and the reserva tion, as part o f the on-going dras High School in 1994 Barta dealer’s table in a Las Vegas ca program to re-instroduce Cali joined the Youth With The Mis sino. Taylor recently began work as sion (YWTM), and traveled to fornia condors to Oregon. the general manager at Kah- China, New Zealand, the Cook The Confederated Tribes Nee-Ta after moving to Central Islands and Hawaii. o f W arm S prings, W asco Oregon from California. Chief Nelson Wallulatum in Taylor has spent a combined particular, have been support total of 24 years in the gaming ers o f the Oregon Z oo con industry at a variety of casinos. dor program. Moen was in Central Oregon Lost children found examining potential condor Warm Springs Fire and Safety Adoption election habitat in the region. and the Police Department con The birds would build nests T h e T w enty-T hird and Twenty-Fourth Tribal Councils ducted a successful search for in cliff caves, such as ones found along the Deschutes, said conducted a series o f work three children who were lost shops, along with district, Gen overnight recently in the woods. Moen. The 12-year-old girl and two eral Council and family meet Teachers visit Europe ings to decide a prudent course 7-year-old boys were camping For two women working of action to resolve the enroll with their parents in the Trout with the language program, pre ment and adoption concerns Lake area when they became serving the Kiksht language in based upon the issue and inter- lost. volved traveling all the way to esti o f the tribal membership. Europe recently. The most recent adoption Pam Cardenas, a Language proposal drew very significant P ro g ram apprentice, and criticism and complaint based Nariyo Kono, a form er em upon the size and character of the list o f candidates and elec ployee o f the Language Pro gram still involved in the efforts tion process. A love o f football has in The membership seemed to to preserve Kiksht, traveled to Wed.-Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. spired several community mem insist that Tribal Council assert London for 10 days to complete training in documentation of a more thoughtful and mean bers to volunteer their time this 175 SE 5th S t, Madras, OR 97741, ph. 475-3745 ingful approach to resolve both fan. endangered languages. November August December BARGAIN HUNTERS Jewelry & Loan Best prices anywhere! 90-DAY LOANS State Licensed Pawnbroker Best rates, longest terms Musical Instruments Electronics •Knives *DVD’s October OPEN
