Mgy 2, 2012
Spilyay Tymoo, Wgrro Springs, Oregon
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• Inspiring Parents at KNT
Compromise sought in mascots use
SALEM (AP) - O ppo
nents o f a proposal to ban
the use o f Native Ameri
can names and images as
mascots for O regon high
sch o o ls are seek in g a
waiver to allow districts to
work out agreements with
local tribes.
The O regon Board o f
E ducation is considering a
rule th a t w ould strip state
funding from any school or
district that continues to use
a Native American mascot af
ter July 1, 2017.
The rule defines “mascot”
as any name, symbol or im
age that depicts or refers to
an American Indian tribe, in-
dividual, custom or tradi
tion. A vote is expected at
the bo ard ’s m eeting May
17. '
Rep. Sherriè Sprenger, a
Republican from Scio, pro
posed the waiver option,
saying it would bring “re
spectful dialogue within a
community.”
News from Indian Country
Feds closer to first tribal national park
7JJerl Lynn Brunoe (above) and Direlle Calica (below) were speakers at the conference.
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T h e W arm Springs Com-
3 'm unity C ounseling C enter
hosted the annual Parenting
Conference in April at Kah-
Nee-Ta.
When planning the confer
ence, “We wanted to bring in
speakers in the profession
who are tribal members,” ex
p l a i n e d Caroline Cruz, H u-
m an Services general m an-
® ager. A m ong the speakers
'^were Jeri Brunoe and Direlle
B ru n o e sp o k e o f h e r
grandm other’s influence on
her life, and o f the times in
her life when she relied on her
teachings.
“Your life is like a book
and you are the author,” en
couraged Brunoe, during the
first o f tw o k e y n o te a d
dresses, discussing positive
thinking.
D irelle Calica, attorney,
shared her experience with
the Canoe Journey, and a cul
Calica.
tural exchange with the Maori
people o f N ew Zealand.
W hen asked by the audi
ence about her form ula for
success, Calica replied, “Be
motivated, set goals, and ask
yourself, W h at am I going to
do today that will help me
accomplish that goal.’”
Nearly 100 parents,grand
parents and employees who
provide services to the com
munity were able to experi
ence
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)
— As the N ational Park Ser
vice and D epartm ent o f In
terior move closer to creat
ing the nation’s first national
park managed by an Ameri
can Indian tribe, new details
ab o u t w hat the park could
look like are being released,
including plans to establish a
free-roaming bison herd.
The National Park Service
and the Interior D epartm ent
on Thursday released the fi
nal versio n o f a plan th a t
would establish the first na
tional tribal park at the South
U nit o f B adlands N ational
Park, which is entirely within
the Pine Ridge Indian Reser
vation in South Dakota. Com
gress m ust still approve the
establishment o f the park, but
last w eek’s an n o u n cem en t
means the N ational Park Ser
vice and th e O glala Sioux
tribe can begin implementing
parts o f the plan and identi
fying w hat a tribal national
park looks like.
“As we seek to tell a more
inclusive story o f America, a
tribal national p ark w ould
help celebrate and honor the
h istory and culture o f the
Oglala Sioux people”’ Secre
ta ry o f th e I n f e ii'o r K e n
Salazar said in a statement.
The U.S. government’s War
Departm ent took what is now
the South U nit from the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation to
establish a practice bombing
range in the 1940s. It was re
turned to the Oglala Sioux
tribe in 1976 and has since
been co-m anaged w ith the
Park Service. T he tribe be
gan pushing for greater con
tro l o f th e u n it’s 133,300
acres about a decade ago, af
ter they disagreed w ith the
Park Service's plans for the
land.
The plan released Thurs
day recom m ends C ongress
create a new designation for
a tribal national park. D e
pending on Congressional ac
tion, it could be administered
several different ways, includ
ing as a unit o f NPS m an
aged by tribal members who
w ork as N PS employees or
by tribal members who work
for the tribe.
Eric Brunnetnann, super
in ten d en t o f the Badlands
National Park, said one goal
is to create a free-roaming,
economically viable herd o f
bison at the park as part o f
the Park Service’s plan to es
tablish arid sustain at least
three wild bison herds in the
central arid westerri U nited
S tates o v e r th e n e x t 100
years.
“We have tried for many
years to put buffalo into the
South Unit, but because the
parcels are so small, you can’t
really succeed,” Brunnemann
said.
H e said officials are w ork
ing w ith non-governm ental
organizations to test and study
the viability o f piecing to
gether parcels to allow for a
free-roaming herd in the area
and working with donors for
ftinding.
“N o one wants to go down
the path o f a good idea if it’s
going to unravel,” he said.
‘W e need to have the science
and th e econom ics at the
table, hand in hand.”
The plan calls for the Park
S ervice arid O glala Sioux
tribe to enhance the wildlife
habitat and im prove roads
and trails for visitors in the
park.
A t least 95 percent o f the
facilities for visitor use and
park management are located
in thé N orth Unit, which is
connected to Interstate 90
and draws more than 900,000
visitors annually. T he South
U nit draws around 9,500 visi
tors, according to the National
Park Service.
Tribal group gets ancestral land in Mendocino
SA N F R A N C IS C O
(AP) - A N orthern Cali
fornia N ative A m erican
group is getting its ances
tral land back.
San F ran cisco -b ased
Save th e R ed w o o d s
L eague an n o u n ced this
week that it had donated
160 acres in northwestern
Mendocino County to the
InterTribal Sinkyone Wil
derness Council. The do
nation was m ade in ex
change for a conservation
easement that will prevent
the land from being devel
oped.
T his is th e first time
th a t th e R e d w o o d s
Driver accidentally takes down fiber line
Last Friday afternoon, a
J W arm Springs garbage truck
: pulled dow n fiber lines from
; telephone poles on Holly-
w ood in fro n t o f DMJ Au-
< tom otive.
Police immediately moved
:! in to shut dow n the “four-
( corners” intersection, stop-
: p ing traffic headed south.
I T h e tru ck driver, w ho re
ported the incident, was un-
' harm ed.
The power supply to DMJ
1 was uninterrupted, as Public
'i Utilities determined that the
line which was pulled down
by the truck was, in fact, a
fiber line.
Police n o te d th a t th ere
were no sparks coming from
the line, but there was smoke.
A resident in Elliot Heights
JVreported that a line outside
r their residence had becom e
loose.
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assistance to low-
income Oregonians in
many civil cases. Speak
with an attorney during
drop-in hours 1 to 4 p.m.
on the first Monday of the
month at the Warm
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Action Team building,
1136 Paiute Ave, Warm
Springs. Or call 385-
6944.
cance to Native Americans.
It is believed to have served
as a tribal meeting place for
hundreds o f years.
“O ur ancestors’ spirits now
are dancing in the wind and
th e trees know irig th a t
M other E arth will be saved
there and protected,” Priscilla
H unter, the chairwoman and
co-founder o f the InterTribal
council, said.
The council represents 10
federally recognized tribes
with ties to the region.
It aims to restore Native
American stewardship over
the area and has previously
established a 3,800-acre wil
derness there.
Duran Bobb/Spilyay
Everett Windyboy watches as James Melvin calls for help.
PP&L was contacted im
mediately, and a sh o rt time
later police reported a code
4 (okay), and began working
on lifting the fiber line to al
low the flow o f traffic to re-
sume. There was no damage
to any o f the pow er poles,
though Internet to some was
interrupted.
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League has en tered in to a
c o n s e r v a tio n a g re e m e n t
w ith a trib a l g ro u p , said
R uskin H artley, executive
d irecto r o f Save the R ed
w oods League.
“(The council’s) focus on
the traditional, cultural use of
the land and our focus on its
natural values are in align
m ent here,” Hartley said.
The land that was trans
fe rre d — a fo re st-rim m e d
meadow known as the Four
C o rn e rs th a t lies n e x t to
Sinkyone W ilderness State
Park — includes the headwa
te r o f th e M atto le R iver,
hom e to coho salmon.
It holds particular signifi-
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