August 27, 20 0 9
Spilyay Tymoo, W^rm Springs, Oregon
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Busy summer for youth workers
T
he Summer Youth workers
o f th e N a tu ra l R eso u rces
B ranch to o k on a variety o f
p ro je c ts o v e r th e p a st few
months.
They w ent huckleberry pick
ing and then delivered the ber
ries to elders living at H igh
Loojcee Lodge.
T h ey fix ed fen cin g an d
picked up trash on the reserva
tion, and planted willow and al
der trees along Shitike Creek.
They helped collect fish at
the Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery, and visited the Park
Dale hatchery as well.
T h e students traveled the
possible Palomar pipeline route
on the reservation, and also
toured the N orth Unit Irrigation
District.
They helped out at the Se
niors Picnic last m onth at the
Cove, and cleaned up Indian
Park.
They harvested tule reeds at
the Re-regulating dam reservoir,
made tule mats, and prepared
reeds for use by the Cultural Re
sources Department.
With tracking devices they lo
cated big horn sheep in the M ut
ton M ountains. They cleaned
water troughs for livestock and
wildlife, among other projects.
The students, supervised by
L ana L e o n a rd , are A n to n e
M oody, L e o n a rd A m erican
Horse, Tyrell Smith, Cheyenne
Wahnetah, Victoria Spino and
Joella Smith. Clay Penhollow of
Natural Resources also helped
w ith th e b ra n c h ’s S um m er
Youth project.
This week is the students’ last
week o f Summer Youth work,
as school is starting soon.
The students were great to
work with, and had a produc
tive an d fu n su m m er, said
Leonard, w ho during the school
year is the tribal liaison at Ma
dras High School.
Pictures by
Pana Leonard
Tracking the location o f big horn sheep in the M utton M ountains.
The youth w orkers w e nt on a field trip picking huckleberries.
The students then gave the berries to elders at High Lookee
Lodge.
Spino and Cheyenne W ahnetah (Joella Sm ith not
pictured).
Break tim e during huckleberry picking.
One project w as to rebuild a rock fencing post. Below is the dem olished post; and above, the rebuilt post.
Fish hatchery field trip.
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