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P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 RWSS i Patron 'AL society 7205 Postage nxSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 Coyote News, est. 1976 December 31, 2 0 0 9 Voi. 34, No. 27 5 0 cents Fish passage, IHS, settlement big news of 2009 By Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo As we prepare to say goodbye to the year 2009, and ring in 2010, a glance back at some o f the local news stories o f the past 12 m onths is in order. Briefly: Early in 2009, Sissiley Scott began her reign as Miss W arm Springs, and over the course o f the year she served as ambassador o f tribes at powwows across the N orthw est and beyond. In business news: Early in 2009, the N athans o f Nathans Business Services purchased the former Deschutes Cross ing Restaurant, now Eagle Crossing, and began an extensive remodeling. In 2009 the C onfederated Tribes and O regon State University marked their 50-year anniversary o f coopera tion and planning, dating back to the time o f the loss o f Celilo Falls. The past year saw the realignment o f Shitike C reek as it runs through W arm Springs. The Mid O regon Credit U nion and the tribes in 2009 came to a partner ship agreement, with the credit union establishing its presence at the tribal Credit Enterprise building. In 2009 Celilo Village saw m ajor restoration work and the completion o f the Celilo Restoration Project. A nd there were many other note worthy events. T he following is a re tion. The agreement created a seven-mem ber Joint Health Commission that over sees health care services, as provided by the tribes and IHS. T he com m ission consists o f the tribal secretary-treasurer and the health care director, and at-large positions. “I com m end the Tribal Council for getting us here,” secretary-treasurer Jody Calica said at the signing ceremony in May. view o f top news events o f the past year. Fish passage Several years ago, the tribes and Portland G eneral Electric began plan ning the construction o f a major fish- passage facility at Round Butte dam on the Deschutes River. The year 2009 saw a major setback for the project in the summer, and then a m ajor victory in early D ecember, as the first juvenile fish were captured at the facility. “T his is the beginning o f a new era,” said Jim M anion, m anager o f W arm Springs Pow er and W ater E n terprises. The new era will see migrating fish spawning above the Round Butte dams for the first time in decades. O peration o f this system reopens 226 upstream miles to salmon and steel head migration, which has been blocked since 1972. Cost o f the project is $108 million. The tribes are paying a third o f the cost, through revenue generated by Warm Springs Power and Water Enterprises. T he tribes and Portland G eneral Elec tric are co-owners and managers o f the dams, which are partly on the reserva tion. Tribes and IHS The Confederated Tribes and Indian Trust lawsuit settlement Spilyay file photo. Sissiley Scott was the reigning Miss Warm Springs of 2009 The tribes and the federal govern m ent settled a long-standing breach-of- trust lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed the government breached its trust duties in regard to m anagem ent o f non-m onetary tribal assets, and the settlement was for $68 million. Some o f the settlement money is earmarked for restoration projects, while the rest is for use at the discre tion o f the tribes. Oregon 150 H ealth Services had been in serious disagreem ent for a few years about health care on the reservation. The tribes had, filed a lawsuit against the HIS, and the m atter ended up in mediation before a federal judge. In 2009 the sides came to an agree m ent that is a landm ark in the way that health care is provided on the reserva T he C onfederated Tribes in. May hosted a two-day O regon 150 festival at Celilo and T he Dalles. The event— marking the state’s 150th anniversary— saw a great turnout o f tribal mem bers and guests. T he festival included a canoe arrival and salmon bake at Celilo Park, and a pow wow and parade at T he Dalles. Presidential P resid en t B arack O b am a and First Lady Michelle O bam a recently sent signed hohday greetings to the C o n fe d e ra te d T rib es o f W arm Springs. The tribes supported Pres. O bam a during the 2008 election. M ore recently, in early November, T rib a l C o u n c il C h a irm a n R on Suppah and other leaders from In dian Country m et with the President and top officials in Washington, D.C. Critical discussion topics included pubEc safety and housing, economic development, natural resources, edu cation, health and labor. In U nited States’ popular culture, stalking has devolved from being a crime to being a joke and com m on entertainment fodder: Loveable Loser talks about little else than an object o f affection. Loser sits out- ' side the person’s house all night, every night. Telephones incessantly. Sends cards, letters and presents. Even dedicates love songs to the object on the local radio station. The beloved one doesn’t want anything to do with Loser. Or only sees Loser as a friend. Suddenly, Loser does something noble or heroic, becomes a winner, and gets the attention of that person. The two get together, perhaps even live happily ever after. The End. IIM settlement A t thè end o f 2009, a proposed $3.4 billion settlement agreement was an nounced in the long-running class ac tion lawsuit, Cobell V. Salazar, which claims that the federal government mis managed individual Indians’ trust ac counts. Possibly as many as 2,000 mem bers o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs may qualify to participate in the settlement, and may receive some com pensation. 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW on page 6 By Terri Harber occur during a relationship or after it ends. It can also happen when there is no relationship — only an unreal connection the stalker wants to beEeve exists. Both, however, try to control the victim by stalking. T he people do ing the stalking are unpredictable and should be considered danger ous. T h eir behavior m ust be re ported to law enforcement, warned Stinson and others w ho w ork with crime victims. It’s behavior that can graduate to physical violence against the vic tim. N ational statistics only add to the im portance o f this message: 3 o ut o f 4 w om en w ho are kiEed by their intimate partner were stalked at some point before the final crime against the victim occurred, accord ing to the N ational C enter for the V ictim s o f Crime. A W arm Springs m an w ho died try ing to save his young son from a house fire was recognized eariier this m onth by the Carnegie H ero Fund. FamEy members stiE m ourn the man and son — both o f w hom died in the fire — and are appreciative th at the man’s heroism is being acknowledged w ith a m edal o f h o n o r, said D an Martinez, the tribe’s fire and safety di rector. “T hey are a Ettle overw helm ed,” Martinez said. R olando C am puzano Sr., 26, es caped from a house fire on Jan. 14 in the 1800 block o f KaEsh Street, along with his wife E dna and aE five chEdren in the home. O r so he thought StiE inside was Ettle Rolando Jr., age 4. T he father resisted poEce attempts to keep him outside once he realized the boy hadn’t gotten out. So the m an broke away from emergency person nel and managed to reenter the burn ing house to try to save the boy. It was too unsafe for firefighters to stop the m an once he m ade it back in side. Father and son were found dead o f smoke inhalation after the fire was extinguished, Martinez said. “T he flames were too overwhelm ing,” Martinez explained. T h e fire was caused accidentally, because o f a stove som ehow coming open. E dna and Rolondo had two chEdren together, Rolondo Jr., 4, and Esminda, age 6. See STALKING AWARENESS on 8 See HEROIC ACT on 8 Dave McMechan/Spilyay Stalking isn’t a joke, especially to the victim By Terri Harber T he tribes gave full support to a proposed state law to declare the Me tolius River basin an Area o f Critical State Concern. T he designation, also supported by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, would prohibit large-scale developm ent projects, such as destination resorts in the basin. D evelopm ent interests opposed the Critical State C oncern designation, but the law passed the O regon Senate and the House, narrowly, and was signed into law in July. Spilyay Tymoo At right, Theresa Van Pelt, Tribal Council office manager, shows the holiday greeting card from the President and Mrs. Obama. Spilyay Tymoo Metolius protection Father’s heroic act recognized by Carnegie greetings Awareness month is January Nearly 100 tribal m em bers rode and Walked in the parade. For its uniqueness, and because o f the success o f the gathering, the event was am ong the m ost m em orable o f 2009. Not in the script This is n o t the case in real Efe— es pecially fo r In d ian w om en. N ative American w om en are twice as likely to be stalking victims than w om en o f aE other races across the U.S., a rate o f nearly 17 percent com pared to 8 per cent, according to the national Violence Against W omen Survey. E xperts can only speculate about why N ative American women are more likely to be victimized this way. But what is known: Many stalkers are trying to make a twisted fantasy become a real ity and see their persistence as a show o f their love, a victim’s advocate said. Aurel Stinson, victims’ advocate for Victims o f Crime Services in W arm Springs, said a Contributing factor might be that Indian girls are taught from an early age always to be nice to others. “In o ur culture, w om en aren’t sup posed to be assertive,” Stinson said. “A stalker is looking for a sign o f hope ... a smile, a look. By clear and be firm Related article: Civil legal help for victims continues, page 7. w hen you say no.” She’s n o t saying it’s the victim’s fault; she’s saying immediate directness some times shuts down people prone to stalk ing behavior. T he constant w orry and fear that com es from being repeatedly m oni tored, pestered and pursued can make the victim physicaUy iE. Stinson herself was a stalking victim at one point in her Efe. T he episodes made her feel sick. “H e would n o t take no for an an swer, to the point w here it was affect ing my health,” she remembered. The basics N o t aE stalking victims are women. M en can be targeted as weE, Stinson said. T h ere are tw o types o f stalkers: D om estic partners and others. It can
