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Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Setback for fish passage as conduit breaks
juvenile fish trying to migrate down
stream this spring and summer.
The tribes have released salmon
and steelhead into tributaries about
the dam, as a step toward re-estab
lishing the run. Those fish will have
to be caught in traps as they migrate
down the Metolius, and then trucked
aro u n d the dam s, said B obby
Brunoe, manager o f tribal Natural
Resources.
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Tribal and PG E officials remain
committed to fish passage at the Round
Butte dam, despite a recent setback.
The problem happened on April 11,
as a large piece of the passage facil
ity-—a conduit measuring 40 feet and
weighing 573,000 pounds— broke
apart.
After the engineers determine why
the conduit broke, the piece will have
to be replaced or repaired.
Jim Manion, manager o f Warm
Springs Power and Water Enterprises,
estimates the delay in completing the
project could be between four to 10
months.
Until the setback, the plan had been
for the facility to be in operation by
this summer.
“This is a temporary setback,” said
Relicensing requirem ent
Part of the tower, supported by buoys, floated to the surface of the lake,
while the bottom part sunk to the bottom.
Manion, “and we remain confident in
this technology for fish restoration.”
The delay is unfortunate, he said,
“but this will have a relatively modest
impact on the overall project.” . ¡y,
A more immediate impact will be to
The Confederated Tribes and
PG E are co-owners and operators
o f the Pelton-Round Butte hydro
facilities.
They began work on the fish pas
sage project in 2007, after agreeing
to build the $110 million structure
as part of their federal relicensing
agreement.
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Honorary Pages to experience lawmaking firsthand
Eleven youth from the tribal com
munity will see first-hand how state laws
are made.
The students will visit the Oregon
the same hours as a regular school day.
Doris Teeney Miller, special projects
coordinator for the tribes, organized
the activity.
The idea, she said, came up during
the Gathering of Western Tribes—
Oregon 150 celebration in January.
Gov. Kulongoski, Oregon Secretary
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On the first day they will learn about
tribal and state government relations.
During the second day, the students
will serve as Honorary Pages of the
state House o f Representatives, and
experience Tribal Government Day at
the Capitol.
As Honorary Pages, the students will
participate directly in the operation of
the legislature.
The pages perform various office-
type duties for the lawmakers. They
may have a chance to serve on the floor
o f the House during a session. They
also take a history tour o f the state
Capitol building.
officials were on hand for the gather
ing.
Miller said that Chief Joe Moses
and two of their granddaughters were
talking with Secretary of State Brown,
who suggested the two girls look into
the Honorary Pages program and serve
as pages.
Miller followed up on the idea, and
wanted to include other students. She
talked to secretary-treasurer Jody
Calica, who supported thp suggestion,
as the project supports the Tribal Coun
cil goal of education and youth devel
opment.
Miller then asked Cyrille Mitchell,
tribal youth coordinator, to be the chap
eron, and Mitchell agreed.
T he H ono rary Page program ,
Mitchell said, helps the students learn
about the function and structure of the
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H onorary Pages
The purpose o f the Honorary Page
program is education, and the pages are
on duty from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
They will see the raising
of the nine flags of the
federally recognised tribes
of Oregon, and visit the
tribal information booths
in the Galleria of the
Capitol building.
state government.
The students are asked to fill out a
questionnaire before their trip to Sa
lem; so they have an idea of the kind
o f things they will learn about. Ques
tions include:
What are the three branches o f gov
ernment? What is the primary purpose
of the legislature? List three exclusive
powers o f the national government.
List three executive powers of the state
government. Define checks and bal
ances.
dents from Warm Springs will be
wearing special ribbon tops made
for the occasion.
The Honorary Pages program is
open to students ages 12-18.
From the tribal community the
following youth who will be serving
as Honorary Pages in May:
S eventh-grader Elyse Bagley.
Eighth-graders Kassandra Warner,
K atrin a G reene and Rodney
Mitchell. Ninth-graders Abby Scott,
Rosey Suppah and Bobby Ahem.
Eleventh-graders Marissa Ahem and
Matthew Sconawah. And Twelfth-
graders Emerson Culps Jr. and Julia
Begay.
The group will travel by bus to
Salem on May 13. Tribal Govern
ment Day at the Capitol is the fol
lowing day.
The students will see the raising
o f the nine flags o f the federally
recognized tribes of Oregon, and
visit the tribal information booths
in the Galleria of the Capitol build
ing.
Tribal G o vernm ent Day
There is a dress code the pages have
to follow while on duty. The 11 stu-
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Canoes,
parade,
powwow
set for May
The Dalles is the right area for the
Confederated Tribes to host their Or
egon 150 tribute, said tribal elder
Adeline Miller. For one thing, she said,
“The Dalles area is where our treaty
was signed in 1855.”
Miller and others on the tribes’ O r
egon 150 committee have been plan
ning for several weeks how the tribes
best could mark the occasion of the
Oregon’s 150th anniversary o f state
hood.
“We’re inviting other tribes to join
us,” Miller said. The Klamath, Burns-
Paiute, Coeur d’Alene, Yakama, Lapwai
and some coastal tribes are invited, she
said. State and local officials, and the
public are invited as well.
The event is set for Friday and Sat
urday, May 15-16. Some activities—
the arrival o f the canoes from the
Columbia River, and a salmon bake—
will be at the park by Celilo.
Other activities such as the horse
parade and powwow will be at The
Dalles. The powwow will be at the fair
grounds at The Dalles.
Some other special activities include
a Warbonnet and Patlupa Honoring
dances.
The Warbonnet, Miller said, honors
veterans of wars. “The Warbonnet has
always meant a lot because it is actually
earned,” she said.
The Patlupa is the women’s woven
hat.
“I asked an elder once why do we
wear the Padupa,” said Miller. “I was
told they were actually worn by the
wives o f leaders, and women who
played an important part in- the com
munity in the areas o f roots, berries,
the salmon, even memorials.”
Rodeo this
weekend
The Warm Springs Rodeo Associa
tion présentes the Root Feast Rodeo
Kids Rodeo and ‘Open’ Jackpot Ro
deo this Saturday and Sunday, April 25-
26.
The kids rodeo starts at 11 a.m. on
Saturday at the Warm Springs rodeo
grounds. All youth ages 0 to 17 years
are welcome.
The Open Jackpot Rodeo starts at
noon on Sunday.
Tribes, OSU
renew 50-year
partnership
For 50 years now, the Confeder
ated Tribes o f Warm Springs and
O regon State U niversity have
worked together on education and
planning projects on the reserva
tion.
The partnership began, explained
T ribal C ouncil C hairm an Ron
Suppah, “when the federal govern
ment built The Dalles Dam on the
Columbia River. Celilo Falls was a
major fishing area, and when they
closed the gates on The Dalles, we
lost that fishing site, and the tribes
demanded compensation for that.”
Leaders o f the Confederated
Tribes at the time realized the need
for long-term economic planning to
help the future generations of the
tribes.
Toward that goal, the tribes used
some o f the dam compensation
money to develop an economic plan.
They commissioned Oregon State
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Saturday events:
Mutton busting (6 years and under),
calf riding (7-12 years), cow riding (13-
17), barrel racing (6 and under, 7-12,
and 13-17).
Flag race (divisions same as for bar
rels), dummy roping (6 years and un
der), horseless roping (12 and under),
breakaway roping (17 and under), calf
scramble (12 and under), stick horse
race (5 and under).
Wild colt race, two divisions: 12 and
under, 13-17 years.
Sunday events
Photo by Scobel Wiggins of the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Tribal Councilwoman Bernice Mitchell and other tribal representatives renewed the long-standing memorandum
of understanding at Oregon State University
College, now Oregon State University,
to develop the plan.
The tribes and Oregon State devel
oped a comprehensive plan and study
of the tribal resources. The plan was a
milestone in the modem history o f the
tribes, and has helped to guide the
Tribal Councils since the 1950s.
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Buckin horse riding, bareback,
saddle bronc or wild ride.
Cow riding, calf roping, ladies and
boys (15 and under) breakaway rop
ing; team roping.
Ribbon roping, open barrel racing,
junior barrel racing (13 years and un
der). Wild horse race-open. Wild colt
race (12 and under, 13-17).
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