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SCft OrCo11 E 75 Acquisition Dept./Serials Knight Library 1299 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403-1205 tlJU U .S 68 v. 36 no. 16 A ugust 10 , £011 Coyote News, est. 1976 August 10, 2011 Voi. 36, No. 16 "I P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postai Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents August - Shatm Summer - Shatm - Æ ÊÊB ÊÊÊÊÊ^ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊiÊ^ÊK ÊÊM 1 Progress, jobs at casino site Fred Sanders is glad to be working, and each day as cars drive past on High way 26 the hard work is showing. Recently, the roof went up on the new temporary casino, as tribal mem bers went to work on a structure that is beginning to resemble the concep tual designs that were displayed. “Before getting this job, I worked on motorcycles,” Sanders said. “Now I work in general labor, on the job early every morning.” One of the hardest parts of work ing on the new Indian Head Casino is the heat. “The other day, it got up to 95 de grees,” Sanders said. “That gets tough. But we have a good boss, his name is Kirk. It’s his job to keep everybody on deadline.” There are different portions of con struction taking place at once. And each crew must meet their deadline for the work to continue. “I work a lot with Jeff Brisbois, so we have a good crew here,” Sanders said. “We’re getting a steady paycheck for hard work.” — By Duran Bobb Construction enterprise remodeling complete Remodeling of the Construction Enterprise portion in the old apparel factory was officially complete last week. The remodeling work con tinues with on the telecommunica tions portion of the building. All offices in Construction were completely demolished, and the re design was completed from scratch. “We started the rem o d el o f C onstructio n’s po rtion back in June,” said Ben Bisland, who works with Warm Springs Ventures on spe cial projects. Visitors to Construction will see the same guest services window, but beyond that there have been dra matic changes. “The end product has six offices, with workspaces for 13 people,” Bisland said. “There’s a conference room, a break room, a kitchen area.” Duran Bobb/Spilyay Fred Sanders, at the construction site, applied for his job through the Job Creations Department. S pilyay Tymoo The new Warm Springs library is now open on campus, in the Family Resource Building. “So far, we’ve issued about 150 li brary cards,” library coordinator Craig Graham said. Community members—which in cludes tribal members, residents and employees— who are ten years or older are able to apply for a library card. Children 10 to 14 need a parent’s consent in order to apply. Children under 10 must be supervised and may check out books under a parent’s card. William Rhoan, librarian, said card holders may check out up to ten books at a time and will have three weeks to read. “After that, they can apply for a two week extension,” he said. So far, Rhoan said, the most popu lar section at the library is the Native, American section. The library is accepting donations of books in good condition. “If you’ve read it once and loved it, someonie else might love it too,” said Graham. “Bring it by and know that your book will go to a good home and will be read and enjoyed by many.” Patrons have been surprised with the service in the library. “We function al most as a department now,” Graham said, “complete with a modern collec tion of books, Wi-Fi access which can be used on laptops, and eventually we will have our website opera tional.” Once the website is up and run ning, the comm unity will then be able to log in to see which titles are the m ost popular in Warm Springs. They will also be able to see new arrivals and read outlines on catalogued books. “O f course, we will be getting more titles,” said Graham. Because of budget restrictions, the library staff is selective in which books they acquire. See LIBRARY on page 5 Reservation farmers and ranchers who believe they may be claimants in the Keepseagle v. Vilsack settlement have until December 27 to file a claim. The case charges the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture with denying thou sands of Native American farmers and ranchers the same opportunity to ob tain farm loans that USDA routinely provided to white farmers. This caused the Natives to lose billions of dollars in credit, the lawsuit alleges. The case also brings to light USDA’s failure to maintain its civil rights office and, USDA’s failure to accept or inves tigate the many civil rights complaints filed by Native American farmers and ranchers. Hester Dillon, who is the area su- Inmates hosting powwow at Deer Ridge a p o sitiv e w ay,” said D an iel Lawrence. “If anyone wants to come and celebrate, they are more than welcome.” The Deer Ridge inmates are also hoping more people from the Warm Springs community, especially sweat lodge and cultural leaders and lan guage speakers, can visit during the regular visiting days. They explain it this way: Drugs and alcohol can lead to prison; but once there and away from these in fluences, tradition and culture be come most important. Donations of powwow and song DVDs and CDs are also more than welcome. By Dave McMechan S pilyay Tymoo N e x t month, Native American in mates at the Deer Ridge Correc tional Facility will host a powwow in an outdoor area at the facility. This will be the first powwow hosted by the inmates at Deer Ridge. T here are five inm ates from W arm Springs currently serving time at the minimum-security state prison. Another 30 or so are Native Americans from other tribes. Total inmate population at Deer Ridge is 760. The inmates have been working for the past several months on mak ing gifts to give away during the pow wow. They have hand-drums, jew elry, drawings, beadwork and other item s for the giveaway. T h ey’ve raised funding for the event by host ing Indian taco sales in the prison. At the powwow there will be tra ditional drumming and dancing, a salmon bake and barbecue. The inmates are planning the pow wow for Friday, Sept. 23. The time will be from about 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The inmates are inviting Warm Springs com m unity members to Dave McMechan/Spilyay Inmates—Clarence Bryant, Daniel Lawrence, Stuart Smith, Clifford Arthur and Floyd Tewee— have been making gifts to give away at the powwow. come and share in event. Dancers, drummers, elders, spiritual leaders and all others are welcome. A person can attend if he or she has not been incarcerated and charged with a crime in the past five years. Anyone wishing more information on how to attend the Deer Ridge pow wow, call the facility at 541-325-5999. Chaplain Tim Woods is a contact per son. He can be reached by email at: tim.n.woods@doc.state.or.us The deadline to request permission from Deer Ridge to attend the pow wow is two and a half weeks before the Sept. 23 powwow date. Up to 250 guests can attend. “This will be a way for us to celebrate life in ------------ By Duran Bobb Local growers meet with attorney in Keepseagle case By Duran Bobb Warm Springs Library now open Upon completion, the project will bring Warm Springs Ventures and the Construction Enterprises to gether in the same suite. “Right now, we have six people that work under Ventures,” Bisland said. “There are 27 under Construc tion.” Currently, Construction is coor dinating with Utilities on the comple tion of the Warm Springs Telecom munications Co. portion o f the building. The teleco, the tribes’ newest enterprise, will employ 19 people. The enterprise received $5.3 mil lion last year— half by grant and half as a loan— from the U.S. De partment of Agriculture and Rural Development, Some general information Deer Ridge is a men’s prison with 644 minimum security beds and 1,223 medium security beds. The minimum security facility began re ceiving inmates in 2007. The me dium security facility is not yet in operation. The prison, on 200 acres, cost $190 million to construct. Planning for the project began about 15 years ago. An inmate wishes to conclude this article with a say: “Live for to morrow, because yesterday is gone and today is almost over.” pervising attorney, is urging claimants to complete their paperwork sooner rather than later. Dillon and her staff met with Warm Springs tribal members recently to an swer questions and help them with the process. “The Keepseagle case was brought forward by a law firm in Washington D.C.,” Dillon said, “It was filed on be half of Native American farmers and ranchers who, between 1981 and 1999 tried to obtain a loan or servicing o f a loan from the USDA and complained either written or orally about discrimi nation in farm loan programs.” So far there are 30 tribal members on the reservation who have requested more information. “We’re here today from 9 to 5, and I imagine that there’s more people out there who need this information.” See GROWERS on page 5 Museum Huckleberry Feast Saturday The Annual Huckleberry Harvest Dinner and Auction is at the Museum at Warm Springs this Saturday, August 13. All contributions go to the cultural and educational services offered by the museum. Local artists can showcase their art at the Harvest auction. In other mu seum news: Living Traditions The ancient livelihoods of the Warm Springs people have continued to sur vive in many ways, and the museum is appreciative o f the arts, works and teachings of the local community. In this spirit the museum is continuing the Living Traditions program on weekends throughout the summer season. Here are the upcoming programs: C ed ar b ark w e av in g by V io la Kalama, August 13-14. D rum m akin g by E m erso n Squiemphen, August 20-21. Cedar root baskets from museum collections, August 27-28. First Foods and family heirlooms by Darlene Foster, Sept. 3-4. All workshops are from 1-5 p.m.
