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Page 2 New fish commission director visits B y D ave M cM echan Spilyay Tymoo Paul Lumley, the new execu tive director o f the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commis sion, m et last week with Tribal Council. L um ley, m e m b e r o f th e Yakama N ation, told Council that he had worked at CRITFC before. H e worked for 17 years in C RITFC fisheries harvest managem ent, and over those years helped w ork on 12 dif ferent court cases. Five years ago he took a job in Washington, D.C., working with the National American In dian H ousing Council. Last year, J.P. Patt resigned as CRITFC executive director, and Lumley applied for the po sition. T he fish com m ission board hired him earlier this year. CRITFC is a coalition o f the W arm S p rings, Y akam a, Umatilla and Nez Perce tribes. The tribes form ed the commis sion in 1977. CRITFC provides scientific expertise and tribal unity in the service o f salmon and fisheries protection. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Paul Lumley (left) and Off-Reservation Fish and Wildlife vice- chairman Leslie Bill meet with Tribal Council. An order o f business at Tribal Council last week was CRITFC funding. T h e B IA p ro v id es funding, and the contract with the bureau should be renewed by th e en d o f th e year, said Lumley. T h e O ff-R eserv atio n Fish and Wildlife Committee recom m ended approving the agree m en t, and w ith som e added w ording at the suggestion o f Pictograph site recognized B EN D (AP) — An Ameri can Indian spiritual site in the Millican Valley in Central O r egon has been listed on the N a tio n a l R eg ister o f H isto ric Places. A rch eo lo g ists and o th ers hope the recognition will cut down on vandalism. Pictographs painted mostly in red, some that may date back to 1500 B.C., have b een chipped, shot at and covered with chalk. C o n fe d e ra te d T rib es o f Warm Springs’ Tribal Council man Wilson Wewa has visited the site a num ber o f times. Even before the more recent vandalism, Wewa said, the site was badly looted in the 1920s and ‘30s. The looters dug down about four feet, removing many items, he said. B u rn s P aiu te trib a l eld er Minerva Soucie said her parents in the 1950s often stopped at the site to show their children the pictographs, many painted by N orthern Paiute people. “It was a place (where) people come and look for direction, or to be used maybe in a spiritual quest process for their lives,” Soucie said. Two decades later, she saw that change. “I liked going there until I w ent one time and it was van dalized,” Soucie said. “It looked like there were panels trying to be chipped off, and that to me was a desecration o f our teach ings or our spiritual way o f life.” T he site was listed on the N ational Register o f H istoric Places in mid-July. Paiute Indians — w ho are now associated with the Confeder ated Tribes o f W arm Springs, the Burns Paiute Tribe and the Klam ath Tribes — continue to use the site. Cara Kazer, an architectural historian in the State H istoric Preservation O ffice, said O r egon has about 33,000 known archaeological sites, b u t only between 120 and 130 o f those are listed on the National Reg ister o f Historic Places. O regon has a total o f 1,902 listings on the register. The newly registered site is on private property. The State Historic Preserva tion Office redacted large sec tions o f the draft nom ination form before releasing it, citing the need to keep the location secret. T he picto g rap h s probably date from 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1900, “when access to the site by the Paiute becam e limited due to their removal to reser vations and further intrusions by Euroamerican setders,” accord ing to the nomination form. People w ho stopped at the area might have been hunting, trading or traveling to N orthern Paiute gatherings. People also considered it a powerful spiri tual site. The latest paintings at the site were probably created by N orth ern Paiute people who moved into Central O regon within the last 1,000 years, according to the n o m in atio n form . Faded pigm ent u nderneath som e of, those could come from earlier paintings and suggests people used the area earlier. Images include hum an and animal stick figures, lizards, tally m arks an d ab stract paintings such as grids, zigzags, chevrons and ladder figures. Since the 1920s, visitors out lined the images with chalk to make them more visible for pic tures. T he chalk was offensive to American Indians w ho use the site, according to the nom i nation form. I n 1988, members o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs restored the pic tographs by removing the chalk with water and brushes. Auto Repair Secretary-Treasurer Jody Calica, Tribal Council voted to approve. The added language was to clarify th a t B IA fu n d in g o f C R IT F C did n o t relieve the agency o f its trust responsibil ity to the tribes, said Calica. Lumley then updated Coun cil on various activities going on at CRITFC. A treaty between C anada and the U.S., for in stance, is coming up for renewal, Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 The Warm Springs Indian Rodeo Association Finals Ro deo is this Saturday and Sun day, Sept. 12-13, at Tygh Ridge. Rodeo starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sun day. All eight standard events. 880 S. Adams Dr., Madras, OR For entry call (541) 325-9087.- The rodeo wil be two go- rounds. The sudden death will be determ ined on the aver age. The year end will also be determined at the end o f the regionals. Community events calendar The Women of Wellness will have their Ninth Anni versary celebration lunch Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Health and Wellness Center. Enhanced Fitness class starts at 10:45 a.m. on Fri day, Sept. 11 at the Senior Center. At noon there will be a body flex class at the community center. School starts this Wednesday, Sept. 9 for 509-J stu dents in grades 1 -9. School for grades 10-12 starts Thurs day, Sept. 10. The Place for Kids Club school year pro gram starts this Wednesday as well. th e Recreation Department Back To School Yard Sale is Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Commu nity Center lawn. Set up time is between 8 and 10 a.m. Recreation has more information at 553-3243. The Warm Springs Music Project will meet on Thurs day, Sept. 10 and Sept. 24 at the Family Resource Cen ter. From 5 til 9. Anyone interested in music is invited to attend. For more information, call Richard Macy at 553- 1241. The Warm Springs Shaker Church will host the Or egon State Convention 2009 at the church this Friday- Sunday, Sept. 25-27. Supper on Friday is at 5 p.m. Ser vices start at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 business meeting starts at 10 a.m. Sunday services begin at 10 a.m. Club working on science projects T he Jefferson C ounty 4-H Science, Engineering and Tech nology (SET) Club invites stu dents in grades 8-12 to be part o f the Club for Seniors. A n o th er SE T club invites younger students to participate. SET for Seniors Starting this m onth, the 4-H SET for Seniors will include projects with robots, electrical current, renewable energy, rock ets and other science, engineer ing and technology projects. Call Heidi at the Extension O ffice for m ore inform ation, 475-3808 or em ail heidi.badger@oregonstate.edu. The first meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Library Annex in Madras. Younger students Jefferson County 4-H SET is also available to students ages 9-14. The first meeting o f this club will also be at 5:30 on Sept. 15 at the lib rary Annex in Madras. 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C R ITFC c an n o t o p erate the plant, he said, because the com mission is non-profit. The board could consist o f tribal officials from each o f the fo u r C R IT F C trib e s, said Lumley. The fish processing plant has a great potential to be a profit able tribal enterprise, providing good jobs, he said. W hat’s needed, Lumley said, is a business plan o f operation. H e then updated Council o f the status o f law enforcem ent at the Columbia. CRITFC for a time had a strong law enforce m ent presence there, b u t the program has been cut back, and the situation needs to be ad dressed. “I believe we need safe and clean places to fish,” said Lumley. R egion al F in als R o d eo th is w eek en d 5 4 1 - 4 7 5 - 6 1 4 0 Fax: 475-2677 September 10, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon By Danner #42260 8' "SAVE" O N HUNTER'S FAVORITE WORK BOOTS RED WING 10C PER P O U N D O FF Your total w eight on any Red Wing, Wolverine, Danner, Justin W ork Lacer o r boots in o ur stock. 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