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September 21, 2011
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
West H ills pathway project helps pedestrians Fall Cultural Classes
B y Duran Bobb
Spilyay Tymoo
A n yo n e who has ever walked
from West Hills, day or night,
knows how frightening it can
be.
The road is narrow and steep.
In the wintertime pedestrians
worry about ice and traffic. In
the summer, weeds taller than a
grown man can force pedestri
ans to walk inside the driving
lane.
An American Recovery Re
investment Act award has made
it possible to change this treach
erous trek, beginning in West
Hills and expanding to other
neighborhoods.
“Our ultimate goal is to fig
ure out how to better connect
all of the residential areas to the
central com m unity,” Lonnie
Macy said.
Warm Springs Ventures GM
Jeff Anspach said that the con
struction of pedestrian pathways
will begin in West Hills using
ARRA funds. Later, the tribes
will finish the rest of the paths
with tribal shares from the BIA.
To begin the netw ork of
paths, traffic counts were con
ducted.
“There’s a lot of foot traffic
coming down from West Hills,”
Macy said. “The route they
currendy travel is dangerous. In
some areas, they don’t even
Duran Bobb/Spilyay
Isaac Mitchell is a construction worker with the pathway project.
Before, he worked on the Trout Lake gravel project.
have a shoulder on the side of includes bus shelters for those
the road, and some routes have who utilize Warm Springs Tran
barriers. So this is being done sit.
m ainly for the protection of
“This is a fairly closed-in resi
people that are walking.”
dential community, and it’s one
The West Hills pathway will of the older neighborhoods on
be an asphalt trail which will the reservation. For a commu
provide a safe route for pedes nity this close to the administra
trians, wheelchairs, bikes and tion building and community
baby strollers. The plan also center, it should have a better
pathway.”
The plan is to have the West
Hills pathway completed by the
end of September.
From there, planners are
looking at the possibility of con
necting D ry Creek to Warm
Springs. “Or at least get a path
going to Miller Heights.”
Macy said his team is look
ing at existing trails and the pos
sibility of improvements.
“If you look on the west side
of the highway, there’s a path
people use. We could improve
that to accommodate bicycle
traffic and make it more enjoy
able for joggers.”
Other areas that are being
considered for im provem ent
include Greeley Heights and an
improved path to Community
Counseling.
“We don’t have ARRA funds
for those projects, but there are
other sources of funding avail
able.”
The improved paths on the
reservation will provide oppor
tunities for tribal members to
build healthy choices.
“So even if someone had a
car, they might choose to walk
instead. Or they might ride their
bike. We like to think we’re en
couraging that choice, because
Indian country has a high rate
of diabetes and obesity.”
The project currently em
ploys an average of six people.
Tribes receive grant money for law enforcement
The U.S. Attorney’s Office
in Portland says Oregon’s In
dian tribes will receive a $5.8
million grant to bolster public
safety on the nation’s reserva
tions.
The grant is part of $120
million in federal money some
150 American Indian tribes are
getting to share. The grants were
announced last week.
The Oregon tribes receiv
ing the federal money are the
Confederated Tribes o f Warm
Springs, Burns Paiute, Confed
erated Tribes of Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians;
the C onfederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians; the Confeder
that ten western Washington
American Indian tribes will split
an $11 million federal grant to
bolster their law enforcement
operations.
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan
said that the Justice Department
grant will go toward the purposes
stated in the Oregon tribal grant,
and also toward better training
and equipment.
The Washington tribes that
received the grant are Confed
erated Tribes of Chehalis; Hoh
T ribal B usiness Com m ittee;
Lummi Nation; Makah Indian
Tribe; N isqually Tribe; Port
G am ble S 'K lallam T ribe;
P uyallup T ribal C o un cil;
ated T rib es o f the G rand
R o n d e; the C o n fed erated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation; the Coquille In
dian Tribe, and the Klamath
Tribes.
The money will go toward
m etham phetam ine en fo rce
ment; alcohol and substance
abuse prevention; corrections
and correctional alternatives;
prevention of violence against
wom en; prevention o f elder
abuse; juvenile justice, and tribal
youth programs.
Washington tribes
Meanwhile, the U.S. Attorney’s
O ffice in Seattle announced
Skokom ish Indian T ribe;
Squaxin Islan d T ribe; and
Tulalip Tribes.
on Mondays, Tuesdays
The even ing C u ltural
Classes have started for the
fall.
The classes are held in the
basement of the Education
building from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
on Mondays and Tuesdays.
The Wasco language is the
focus of the Monday classes;
and the Paiute language is the
focus on Tuesdays. No Warm
Springs language teachers are
available for this series of
classes.
The classes are open to the
community, to tribal employ
ees, and to defendants with
the Tribal Court. Defendants
can use the classes as an al
ternative to sentencing. The
classes are provided by tribal
Parole and Probation, and the
Culture and Heritage Depart
ment.
The first hour of the class
is dedicated to the language
lesson. The last half-hour
covers tribal history, culture
and traditional beliefs.
“It was tribal practice,
whenever a person was in
tro u b le or in c ris is , the
people would surround that
person to offer support and
guide the troubled person to
be a positive part o f our
co m m u n ity,” said L eo na
Ike, director of Parole and
Probation.
The cu rren t series o f
classes is every week until
Nov. 1.
Cake decoration classes continue
The Warm Springs Recre
ation Department is presenting
the Art of Cake Decoration on
M ondays this month and in
October. The classes are from
5:30-7 p.m.
The agenda for the Sept. 26
class is: review, make decora
tions, cake preparation, decorate
a cake.
The agenda for the Oct. 3
class: review, make fondant,
color fondant, make fondant
decorations, and cover a cake
with fondant.
The final class is on Oct. 10,
and the agenda is: review, deco
rate Halloween cup cakes, re
ceive certificate of class partici
pation.
The classes are being taught
by cake decorator Yara Santos.
To sign up call Carol at 541 -
553-3243; or 541-460-0939.
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