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$90 Million in Recovery Act funds to bolster
water services in Indian Country and create jobs
Births
Kasamira Pasigo Johnson
Rhett Johnson and Michaela
Camas Alire o f Madras are
pleased to announce the birth of
their daughter Kasamira Pasigo
Johnson, born on July 2,2009.
Grandparents on the father’s
side are Clarence Jefferson and
Shana Jo h n so n o f Warm
Springs.
G ra n d p aren ts on the
mother’s side are Michael Alire
Sr. and Eugenia Alire of Madras.
G re at g ran d p aren ts are
D elford Johnson and Marita
Johnson of Warm Springs.
Pafael Fidel Orti%
Rafael A dan O rtiz and
Loreen Grace Stormbringer of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth o f their son
Rafael Fidel Ortiz, born on July
2, 2009.
Grandparents on the father’s
side are Deanna Lynn Lamebear
o f Warm Springs, and Daniel
Ortiz Arroya o f Mexico.
G ran d p aren ts on the
m o th e r’s side are Tyree
Stormbringer and Cecilia Ann
Winishut of Warm Springs.
Great grandparents on the
mother’s side are Virginia and
Jameson Mitchell, and Patrick
and Carm Mitchell, all of Warm
Springs.
A n n a Elizabeth Gano
James D. Gano and Terri A.
Gano o f Madras are pleased to
announce the birth o f their
daughter Anna Elizabeth Gano,
born on June 30, 2009.
Anna joins brother David, 3,
and sisters Amberly, 12, Jaimee,
10, and Abigail, 1.
Grandparents on the father’s
side are Robert Gano o f New
port, and Don and Annette Fet
ter o f Portland.
G ran d p aren ts on the
mother’s side are James Waley
and Marjorie Waley o f New
port.
Elizabeth A n n Ellis
G lenn A nthony Ellis and
M ary E lizab eth Ellis o f
Wilsonville are pleased to an
nounce the birth of their daugh
ter Elizabeth Ann Ellis, born on
July 3, 2009.
Elizabeth joins brother Larry,
who will be 2 on September 20.
Grandparents on the father’s
side are Larry and Brinda Ellis
o f Roseville, Calif.
G ra n d p aren ts on the
mother’s side are Jim and Carol
Yeager o f Canby.
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The U.S. Environmental Pro
tection Agency and the U.S. De
partment of Health and Human
Service’s Indian Health Service
announced $90 million in funds
from the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act o f 2009
for improved access to vital
drinking water and wastewater
services in the American Indian
and Alaska Native communities.
The funds will be invested in
“shovel ready” infrastructure
projects designed to better pro
tect human and environmental
health in Indian Country and to
create jobs.
“This investment is win-win.
Addressing long-standing water
issues in tribal communities is
also going to bring in new jobs
and new opportunities, helping
them get through the economic
downturn and build a lasting
foundation for prosperity,” said
EPA administrator Lisa P. Jack-
son.
“EPA is committed to work
ing with our tribal partners on
solutions that benefit our envi
ronment, our health, and our
economy.”
“This generous Recovery Act
funding will make communities
in In d ian C o u n try safer,
U.S. Census. T he water and
wastewater infrastructure pro
grams are a significant effort to
improve tribal access to safe and
adequate drinking and wastewa
ter facilities. For example, a
project to benefit the Tule River
Tribe in Porterville, Calif., will
replace failing septic systems,
which threaten public health and
the environment, with a com
munity wastewater system. The
White Mountain Apache Tribe
in Whiteriver, Ariz., will benefit
from an efficient surface water
treatment facility which will pro
vide the quality o f drinking wa
ter needed to protect the health
o f resid en ts in over 2,000
homes.
President Obama signed the
American Recovery and Rein
vestment Act of 2009 on Feb.
17, 2009, and has directed that
the Recovery A ct be imple
m ented w ith unprecedented
transparency and accountability.
To th a t end, the A m erican
people can see how every dollar
is being invested at recovery.gov.
More information about all
the EPA Recovery Act water
efforts:
http ://wwwepa.gov/ water/
eparecovery/.
healthier and stronger,’’.Health
and Human Services secretary
Kathleen Sebelius said.
“Everyone should have safe
drinking water and sanitation
facilities and we’re committed to
improving the quality o f life in
Indian Country.”
Continuing a tradition span
ning 20 years, EPA and IHS’
com bined effort to improve
water services in Indian Coun
try contributed to their identifi
cation o f 95 wastewater and 64
drinking water priority projects
to be completed by IHS’ Sani
tation Facilities Construction
Program through EPA Recov
ery Act funds.
The projects exceed the Re
covery Act requirement that 20
percent o f the funds be used for
green infrastructure, water and
energy efficiency improvements
and other environmentally inno
vative projects.
According to 2007 data from
the IHS, approximately 10 per
cent of tribal homes do not have
safe drinking w ater a n d /o r
wastewater disposal facilities
compared with 0.6 percent of
non-native homes in the United
States that lack such infrastruc
ture as measured in 2005 by the
Yakama Nation restoring fish run
SALM ON LA SAC,
Wash. (AP) - The Yakama
Nation Indian Tribe released
sockeye salmon into a lake on
the east slope o f the Cas
cades Tuesday, marking yet
another effo rt by Pacific
Northwest tribes to restore
fish in areas where they have
long been extinct.
A ceremony that included
native song, dance and a
prayer for the future o f the
fish ended with the release of
100 sockeye salmon into Cle
Elum Lake in Central Wash
ington. Biologists plan to re
lease 1,000 fish in the com
ing weeks in hopes of restor
ing sockeye to the headwaters
tion councilwoman and trea
surer o f the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commis
sion,
rem em bers
h er
grandmother's stories about
drying salmon to get through
the winter.
“We’d have bundles and
bundles o f it put away for
winter,” Andy said, recalling
the
telling
of
her
grandm other's stories. “All
she would put away was the
blueback.”
State and federal officials
praised the Yakamas' efforts,
saying sockeye restoration
wouldn't have been possible
without the tribe.
of the Yakima River basin.
Phil Rigdon, deputy director
of the Yakama Nation's Natu
ral R esources D ep artm en t,
called Tuesday's event "a n im
portant milestone into what we
are trying to achieve as a tribe."
A lso know n as the
“blueback,” sockeye salmon are
revered by Pacific Northwest
tribes. Juvenile salmon migrate
to the ocean for about two years,
then ^return upriver to spend
several months in a lake before
spawning in mountain creeks
and rivers. They were eradicated
in central Washington rivers
when the rivers were dammed,
barring fish passage.
Fidelia Andy, a Yakama Na
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