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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 2009)
P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron C oyote News, est. 1976 February 12, 2009 Voi. 34, No. 4 50 cents Promising year for new Miss Warm Springs Asked about some o f the things she likes to do, Sisiley Scott says, “I like to make new friends, and I like to smile.” These days Sisiley, 20, has a lot to smile about. She has her job at the clinic, and many interesting hob bies and interests. She sews and does beadw ork, takes photographs, draws with pas tels, travels and attends rodeos. Last year, she attended a powwow nearly every w eekend, from large tribal powwows to smaller ones at com munity colleges. Sisiley is the new Miss W arm Springs, having won the pageant ear- Eer this m onth. She first gave the Miss W arm Springs Pageant a try three years ago, when she was 17. She was too young to w in the com petition, as Miss W arm Springs m ust be at least 18. “I did it for the experience,” she says. “T hen people encouraged me to try it again this year.” Sisiley tried, and w on the pageant. “I wanted to go out and reach for something, and not sit and let it pass me by,” she said. Sisiley was the 2004 Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow Queen, and the 2006 University o f Washington First Nations Powwow Queen. “Those were a lot o f fun,” she said. “I liked being with the royalty during the grand entries.” The experience inspired her to try for Miss Warm Springs. T he contestants were judged on their essays, pubEc speaking, and tra ditional and contem porary talents. F o r h e r co n te m p o ra ry talent, SisEey showed a pastel drawing she m ade o f AEcia Keys. For her traditional talent, SisEey showed a beaded top she just recendy finished. She has been beading and Selena Boise/Spilyay Sisiley Scott is crowned Miss Warm Springs at the recent pageant. sewing for several years. • “She showed me how to cut my first “I started beading w hen I was 1 2 ,1 pair o f moccasins, and make hair ties learned from m y auntie Rosie Tom,” and berets.” , she said. ArEta R hoan has also helped her with beading and sewing. W ith Ariita’s help, SisEey has now m ade 18 regaEa dresses. SisEey is a 2007 graduate o f Ma dras H igh School. H e r parents are D eb o rah and Toba Scott. H er m other works at the clinic, and her father makes cus tom knives. SisEey is the youngest o f five chE- dren. H er sisters are Shelby, JoA nne and Desirae, and her brother is Is rael. T hey Eve in the Seekseequa area. A t the W arm Springs H ealth and WeUness CEnic, SisEey works as a maternal chEd health assistant, help ing nurse Janet BisseE. . O n w eekends and v acatio n s, SisEey Ekes to travel w ith famEy to different places. For the past three years, she has gone to the Fort McDoweE Yavapia N ation poww ows, where she has placed in the powwows each o f those years. She has been to the Indian N a tional Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, and she’s been to powwows in Connecti cut and South Dakota, am ong many other places. SisEey wEl be busy this year trav- eEng as Miss W arm Springs, repre senting the tribes at powwows, ro deos and other events. This weekend she will participate in the Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow in Simnasho, and she’ll be at the H e a r t S m a rt D in n e r la te r th is m onth. In April SisEey wEl com pete for Miss Indian World at the pageant in Albuquerque, N ew Mexico. T he year 2009 prom ises to be a good one for som eone w ho Ekes to smEe and make new friends. — by Dave McMechan Fish passage facility nearly complete B y D ave M cMechan Spilyay Tymoo Tribal CouncE last week toured the new intake tower and fish passage fa- ciEty that is under construction at the Round Butte D am on the Deschutes River. T he faciEty includes a 273-foot taU underwater tower, and a fish coUection station. Successful operation o f this project will reo p en 226 upstream m iles to salmon and steeEiead migration, which has been blocked since 1972. Total cost o f the fish passage project is $108 milEon, including $83 milEon for construction. T he tribes are paying a third o f the cost, through revenue generated by W arm Springs Power and W ater E n terprises. “For the tribes to m aintain o ur way o f Efe, fish passage above the dam is critical,” said Tribal CouncE Chairm an R on Suppah, “F or th at reason this project is w orth the investm ent.” T h e tribes and P ortland G eneral Electric are co-owners and managers o f the dams, which are partly on the reservation. P G E and the tribes are developuig the fish passage faciEty as part o f the 50-year Pelton-Round Butte reEcensuig agreem ent, approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. T he plan is for the fish faciEty to be Dave McMechan/Spilyay Tribal Council, management, PGË and Corps of Engineers officials last week toured the intake tower and fish passage facility that is under construction at the Round Butte dam. fuEy operational by A pril 15, said Jim M anion, m anager o f W arm Springs Power and W ater Enterprises. T he goal o f the project is to create a dow nstream current in Lake BEly Chinook behind R ound Butte Dam. T he dam was buEt just below the area where the Deschutes River merges w ith the C ro o k ed River, and th e n merges w ith the MetoEus River. U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 Since construction o f the dam, the current on the surface o f the reservoir travels dow n the Deschutes and then up the colder MetoEus. MeanwhEe, cold water from the MetoEus is drawn into the power-generatihg turbines near the b ottom o f the reservoir and dam. T he result has been the loss o f di rection for juvenEe fish that would oth erwise migrate downstream, eventuaEy to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. T he 273-foot tall selective w ater withdrawal tow er and fish coEection station are designed to correct this problem. T he tow er wEl create a downstream current on the surface o f the reservoir, rather than on the bottom . T he juvenEe migrating fish wEl be drawn into a coEection faciEty, floating on top o f the selective w ater intake tower. T he fish wEl be sorted and then transported by truck dow nstream o f the dam. In the long term , biologists predict that at least 96 percent o f the juvenEe fish coEected at the w ater withdrawal tower will be safely transported dow n stream o f the project. Also, the tower’s draw o f w arm er w ater o f f the surface o f Lake BEly Chinook wEl keep the reservoir cooler in the summer, creating a healthier en vironm ent for fish. T he w ater tem perature o f the lower Deschutes should remain as cool as, or cooler than the pre-dam temperature. Since construction o f the dam, the tem perature o f the lower D eschutes has at times exceeded the pre-dam tem perature, w hich is unhealthy for fish. AE o f this wEl be accompEshed whEe maintaining the pow er generating ca pacity at the dam. A n estimated 20 new jobs wEl be created w hen the project is fuEy opera tional, said Chad K roft o f PG E . Powwow this weekend at Simnasho Simnasho wiE host the 2009 Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow this Friday through Sunday, Feb. 13-15 at the Longhouse. T his year m arks th e T hirty-S ec o n d A nnual L incoln’s B irthday Pow w ow . N ewcom ers and re-joiners are in vited to the longhouse this Friday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. G rand entry at 7:30 p.m. Saturday grand entry is at 1 p.m. There wEl be a supper break, b u t no Saturday evening grand entry. Sunday grand entry is at 1:30 p.m. C ontest in aE categories. Specials include: D rum contest. For inform ation con tact Mackie Begay at 553-9230. Junior girls open contest (8-12 years) for the outgoing princess. C ontact Joy Ramirez at 777-9220. O ne-m an hand drum. C ontact Kyle Q ueahpam a 553-6908. O pen chicken d ance/round bustle (to be announced). C ontact Mackie Begay at 553-9230. Vendors, contact Sandra G reene- Sam pson 553-6619. Lodging is avaEable at K ah-N ee-Ta Resort, 1-800-554-4SUN. M ention you are coming to Lincoln’s Powwow for special rate, limited rooms. Controversy may lead to resignation of advisory committee T he representative o f the C onfed erated Tribes on the Jefferson County E c o n o m ic D e v e lo p m e n t A dvisory Com mittee is planning to resign from the committee. T he com m ittee advises E conom ic D e v e lo p m e n t o f C e n tra l O re g o n (E D C O ), and its program Jefferson County Econom ic D evelopm ent. E D C O prom otes business develop m e n t in Je ffe rs o n , D e sc h u te s and C rook counties. Jefferson County Econom ic D evel opm ent, fo rm ed by agreem ent b e tween E D C O and the county board o f comm issioners, focuses on Jefferson County business developm ent, includ ing W arm Springs. T he tribes are am ong the funding partners o f Jefferson County Econom ic Development. Ray Potter, the tribes’ chief finan cial officer, represents the tribes o n the Jefferson County Econom ic D evelop m ent Advisory Committee. Potter said he is planning to resign from the com m ittee due to a disagree m ent w ith E D C O and the Jefferson County Board o f Commissioners. T he disagreement concerns the hir ing by E D C O and the board o f com m issioners o f the Jefferso n C ounty Econom ic D evelopm ent executive di rector, M adras area resident Wayne Pearson. P earson was hired in D ecem ber. Potter jn d others on the advisory com m ittee subsequently determ ined that su ffic ie n t diligence w as lacking in checking the accuracy o f Pearson’s job appEcation resume, said Potter.
