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C oyote News, est. 1976
January 29, 2009
P.0. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Branch Matthew
1200 SW Park Ave.
Voi. 34, No. 3
(after print deadline). T he input from
the forum will be in the next Spilyay.
T he goal o f the M apGuide project
is to have 150 remarkable stories asso
ciated with locations from throughout
a region bounded by Mt. Rainier to the
north and Crater Lake to the south, and
stretching from Highway 97 west to In
terstate 5.
All nom inations, even those n o t se
lected by National Geographic for the
M apGuide, will be considered for in
clusion on a.parallel Central Cascades
G eotourism website:
wwwcentralcascades.com.
Places of special interest
T h e kinds o f m ap p o in ts being
sought are those that reveal the essence
o f the Central Cascades, the people,
experiences, sites and attractions that
sets this region apart from any other
place on the globe.
N om inations m ight include, for ex
ample, a one-of-a-kind nature trail, a
waterfall, a geological form ation, a lo
cally-owned and operated restaurant, an
annual cultural event, a local heritage
U.S. Postage
PRSRTSTD
Warm Springs, OR 97761
50 cents
Tourism map project seeks sites of interest
W arm Springs has been selected to
participate in a geotourism pilot project
with the National Geographic Society.
T hrough this project, nom inations
are now being solicited for a Central
Cascades m ap guide.
T he goal is for the tribes and N a
tional Geographic, along w ith Travel
Oregon and Washington State Tourism,
to develop a two-state storytelling map,
o r M apGuide, o f the Central Cascades
region.
Input from Warm Springs residents
is key to the d e v elo p m en t o f the
M apGuide.
Toward this end, nom inations for
the Central Cascades’ unique and note
w orthy natural, recreational, historical
and cultural gems are being solicited
from the tribal public at large.
A n online nom ination submission
form is available at the website:
www.thecentralcascades.com.
N o m in a tio n s w ill be a c c e p te d
through the end o f business o n March
29.
The tribes and Travel Oregon hosted
a comm unity forum earlier this week
ECRWSS
Postal Patron
Portland OR 97205
m useum, a farm that offers tours, a
bird watching spot, and more.
According to a 2002 study by N a
tional Geographic Traveler magazine
and the Travel Industry Association o f
America, m ore than 55 million adults
in th e ;U.S. c o u ld be d e sc rib e d as
“geotourists,” traveling to enjoy the dis
tinctive character o f places, and will
ing to help sustain and enhance those
qualities for future visitors.
These travelers control m ore than
half the household incom e o f all U.S.
travelers.
N ational G eographic M apG uides
have been developed in a handful o f
other regions with excellent results. They
successfully attract geotourists to an
area while protecting and enhancing the
intrinsic qualities o f a place.
T he project is being directed by
National Geographic Society’s Center
for Sustainable Destinations w ith the
Central Cascades Advisory Committee.
T he Central Cascades Project Advi
sory Committee is a coalition o f Travel
O regon, W ashington State Tourism,
Sustainable Travel International, Rural
Development Initiatives, Sustainable
N orthw est, the U.S. Forest Service,
and the Bureau o f Land Manage
ment.
T he National Geographic Soci
ety is one o f the world’s largest non
profit scientific and educational o r
ganizations. Founded in 1888 to “in
crease and diffuse geographic knowl
edge,” the Society today works to
inspire people to care about the
planet. I t reaches m ore than 350
m illio n p e o p le w o rld w id e each
m onth through its official journal,
National Geographic, and four other
magazines including National G eo
graphic Traveler; N ational G e o
graphic Channel; television docu
m entaries; radio program s; films;
books; videos and DVDs; maps; and
interactive media. N ational G eo
graphic has funded m ore than 8,000
scientific research projects and sup
ports an education program com
bating geographic illiteracy. For more
in f o r m a tio n ,
v isit
nationalgeographic. com.
Conference
focuses on
drug abuse
prevention
T he C onfederated Tribes o f W arm
Springs in February will host the Third
Annual All Tribes United Conference.
T he all-day conference, to be held
at K ah-N ee-T a R esort Feb. 26, will
focus on youth and threat o f illegal
drugs.
Speakers include R on Mullins, law
enforcem ent specialist on m eth aware
ness; and David Parnell, motivational
speaker on m eth prevention.
Pre-registration is required. There is
n o registration fee.
For more information contact Wayne
Miller, W arm Springs m eth am p h et
amine prevention coordinator, at 553-
3462, O r email: wmiller@wstribes.org.
T he conference is sp o n so red by
th e C om m unity H e alth E d u c a tio n
Team , tribal p rosecu tio n and the p o
lice d e p a rtm e n t, th e C o m m u n ity
C oun selin g C en ter, and C hildrens
Protective Services.
Conference agenda
The agenda o f the conference, called
“D rug Endangered Children,” is as fol
lows:
8:30 a.m. Registration. 9 a.m. Prayer.
9:10-10 a.m. R on Mullins speaker,
on the subject o f clan labs.
10-10:15 a.m. Break. 10:15-11 a.m.
R on Mullins, subject o f cild abuse in
N ational
Pie D ay
celebration
vestigations.
11 a.m .-N oon, Mullins on the role
o f CPS.
N o o n to 1 p.m. Lunch. 1—2 p.m.
Mullins on psychosocial issues.
2- 2:15 p.m . B reak. 2:20-3 p.m .
Mullins on prosecutions, prescription
drug abuse, clan lab hazards, medical
protocols.
3- 5 p.m. — David Parnell, speaker,
subject o f m ethamphetam ine. 5 p.m.
Closing and survey, giveaway.
Filberto Sanchez and
Damon Garcia prepared for
a pie eating contest as part
of a recent celebration at
Early Childhood Education.
In honor of National Pie Day
on January 23, ECE hosted
the contest and involved
students and parents in the
festivities.
One parent per classroom
was nominated to represent
the classroom in the pie
eating contest.
Aldo Garcia won the contest
by eating the most pies in
a 30-second time frame.
Leslie Mitts/Spilyay
House fire takes lives of father and son
B y D a ve M cM ech an
Spilyay Tymoo
A house fire on Jan. 14 took the lives
o f a young child and his father, w ho
died trying to save his son. T he cause
o f the fire may have been a woodstove,
according to the investigation into this
tragic event.
Rolando Lopez Sr., 26, and Rolando
Lopez Jr., 4, died in the West Hills house
fire. M r. L o p e z ’s w ife , E d n a
Campuzano, escaped w ithout injury.
Four other children, w ho had been
in protective care since N ew Years Day,
were at the house at the time o f the
fire. They were n o t injured.
T he fire began late at night on Jan.
14, said R obert Barshofsky, inform a
tion officer w ith W arm Springs Fire
and Safety.
B oth Mr. L opez and Cam puzano
initially escaped from the house with
out injury, said Barshofsky.
However, Mr. Lopez realized their
child was still inside the burning house.
H e broke away from officers w ho were
trying to keep him safe outside. H e ran
back into the house, w here Mr. Lopez
and the child perished.
Four people have passed away in
West Hills structure fires in the past
seven m onths. In May o f last year, the
liv es o f M a riel L y d ia F ra n k an d
Chesley Yahtinjr. were taken in a struc
ture fire.
T he fire o n Jan. 14 happened began
at about 11 p.m., at 1815 Kalish St. T he
house, tribally-owned, was new, with an
estim ated value o f $180,000.
Apparently, one o f the children at
the house awoke to the sound o f the
sm oke alarm a n d a le rte d Mr. and
Lopez and Campuzano. A t first they
tried to put the fire out with water from
the sink, b ut were unable to extinguish
the flames.
W arm S prings P olice, F ire and
Safety, and Jefferson C ounty em er
gency personnel responded. O ver 20
fire fighters and several fire rigs were
on the scene.
W hen the flames were extinguished,
and the sm oke ventilated from the
structure, fire fighters found the body
o f Mr. Lopez at the door o f his son’s
bedroom.
T he child, deceased, was found on
the floor o f the bedroom , according
to Fire and Safety.
T he four children w ho escaped
unhurt had been in protective care
since N ew Years. Until then, they
had been living with their m other
H a n n a h C ro w e , a n d J u lia n
Wallulatum, w ho was the father o f
the youngest child.
O n N e w Y ears, C ro w e a n d
Wallulatum were found dead in their
M adras apartm ent. Police d e te r
m ined th at W allulatum had shot
crow to death and then killed him
self.
The children were taken into pro
tective custody, and were then stay
ing with Mr. Lopez and Campuzano
at the residence at 1815 K alish
Street in W est Hills.
Museum
hosting
youth
exhibit
T he Sixteenth Annual Tribal Youth
A rt Exhibit opens this week at the M u
seum at W arm Springs.
T he exhibit opening cerem ony is
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Jan.
29 at the museum.
T he Tribal Youth A rt Exhibit, on
display in the Changing Exhibit Gallery,
this year is sponsored by W arm Springs
Com posite Products.
A them e o f the exhibit this year is
“T he A rt o f C erem ony: Regalia o f
Native O regon.”
T he Native O regno regalia them e
will be further explored by the m useum
through an exhibit, to be displayed in
June.
O th e r upcom ing m useum events
include the H o n o r D inner in April, the
Chief Delvis H eath G o lf Tournam ent
in May, and the Huckleberry H arvest
in August.
F or m ore inform ation please call
Natalie M oody at the m useum , 553-
3331.