Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 8, 2 0 0 9
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Woman, 2 men rescued from Columbia
K E N N E W IC K , Wash. (AP)
—Authorities say a woman, from
W arm Springs, and tw o m en
were rescued last week from the
Columbia River after their fish
ing boat capsized.
Benton County sheriffs Lt.
Joe Lusignan said that the three
residents apparently clung to
their capsized boat for about six
hours in the river near Crow
Butte.
All were suffering from hy
potherm ia.
Julie Tewee, 43, o f W arm
Springs; and Sky H ood Yallup,
33, and Lester B rent Spencer,
44, b o th o f Pendleton, were
T H E C H ILD R EN OF
I n d ia n c o u n t r y
NEED Y O U .
taken to G ood Shepherd H os
pital in H erm iston.
Authorities say the boat cap
sized Wednesday, Sept. 30, when
a fishing net got caught in the
m otor.
T h e y w e re re sc u e d early
Thursday m orning, Oct. 1.
Plan to protect Columbia steelhead
( A P ) - A N O A A plan to
restore habitat for Columbia
R iver steelhead in cen tral
O re g o n a n d W a s h in g to n
w ould cost close to $1 bil
lion over the next 25 to 50
years.
T he plan by the National
O ceanic and A tm o sp h eric
A dm in istratio n aim s fo r a
self-sustaining steelhead popu
lation by managing farm ing and
logging and preventing hatchery
fish from com peting with wild
fish.
T his is N O AA's fifth plan to
help salmon and steelhead p ro
tected un d er the E ndangered
Species Act.
T he prime habitat rivers in
c lu d e th e W alla W alla,
Yakima, John Day, Deschutes
and Klickitat.
N O A A spokesman Brian
G orm an says the plan p ro
vides a road m ap for how
agencies and landowners can
cooperate to im prove fish
habitat.
Savage Rapids dam removal in final stages
R O G U E RIVER (AP) - A
portion o f the Rogue River is
set to return to its free-flowing
state for the first time in almost
nine decades.
C o n s tr u c tio n crew s are
opening the radial gates at the
base o f what's left o f the Sav
age Rapids D am and starting to
drain the reservoir.
T he Federal Bureau o f Rec
lam ation says the action will al
low a new channel to be cut
down the river's n o rth side, al
lowing Rogue salmon to pass
freely at the Jackson-Josephine
county line for the first tim e
since 1921.
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H o w la k T ic h u m
D e lo r e s H a rr iso n G eorge “A yatu u la” , 1939-2009
Delores H arrison George
“Ayatuula” w ent to be with
the Creator August 17,2009
at the Seattle K indred H os
pital.
She was. b orn Decem ber
8’ 1939 in a teepee in Satus,
Wash. Delsie Sam was the
mid-wife. She was a m em ber
o f the Yakarna N ation.
Delores was an avid p ro
m oter o f her culture and tra
ditions. She was always will
ing to teach anyone w ho
wanted to learn. H er artwork
is on display at the Native
American Smithsonian Insti
tute in W ashington, D.C. She
was an extra in two movies:
O n e D eadly G ro u n d and
G eronim o. Steven Seagall
had adopted her as his sister.
D e lo re s w as th e lead
singer o f the family drum
group “Treaty o f 1855.” She
was also a certified teacher o f
the Yakarna language, C o
lumbia River dialect. D elores’
em ploym ent included: Wapato
Public Schools, Yakarna N ation
G eneral C ouncil in te rp rete r,
Yakarna Tribal School, Legends
Casino and the Language P ro
gram. She was also a co-owner
o f the Wapanish Trading Post.
D elores is survived by her
th ree sisters. In ez Sandoval,
M a rio n A lb e r t a n d V iv ian
(W oody) H a rriso n ; b ro th e rs
K e n n e th (T h eresa) H arvey,
G e n e H arv ey ; T h o m p s o n
(W anda) S am pson; h e r d ear
frie n d s
A tw ic e - (Sabe)
R edthunder, Carrie Schuster,
M ary K e ith , A rle e n H a ll,
Jo A n n e (T om ) S m ith , Ju d y
Patrick, R obert Taylor. H er chil
dren include six daughters—
Anna, Colleen (Mike), Arleen,
D eanna (Byron), K atherine and
K risty (David); th ree Sons—
Gary (Dulcie), Brian (Carla) and
Mario Hernandez. She also has
14 grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren. All the m edi
cine dancers and friends and
family o f the powwow trail.
D e lo re s is p re c e d e d in
death by her parents Allen
H a r r is o n
and
E lsie
Pistolhead, husband Leander
G e o rg e , d a u g h te r E s th e r
George, grandm other Annie
Billie and special aunt Louise
Billy, brothers Dixon, D ou
glas, O w en s a n d W ilfred
Yallup, sister E sther Minnick,
g r a n d c h ild r e n A lle n an d
Michelle George and num er
ous siblings w ho passed on
as infants.
T he family would like to
thank the surgeons, doctors
and nurses and support staff
and Y akim a Regional, the
Kindred Hospital, Toppenish
Regional and all the friends
and family w ho came to see
our triother at the hospital
and for the prayers.
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