Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 16, 2012
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Museum hosts unique art form class Resource team
B y D uran B o b b
Spilyay Tymoo
P a tric ia C lark, fro m
E te lie r 6000 S tu d io in
Bend, showed tribal mem
bers how to “print with the
sun” recently at the Mu
seum at Warm Springs.
Sun p rin tin g is also
known as heliographic art.
N u m e ro u s m edium s
can be used to create the
image.
“We’ve had one student
who worked with burlap,
dirt, and pieces o f card
board,” Clark said, “and it
created a stunning image.”
E m bossed, or raised,
images can be created on
both fabric and paper us
ing potassium ferricyanide
and ammonium citrate—
both safe chemicals.
“Years ago, they used
plates in m o th erb o ard s
that were covered with a
“You have to see
this to understand
how it works... ”
Duran Bobb/Spilyay
Jolene Estimo creating an image by “printing with the
sun.”
thin, gelatinous film,” Clark
said. “T hat’s the same mate-
rial we use today. The nega
tive image goes into the sun.
The image is then developed
under ordinary .water.”
Students w ho participated
in the first class session will
have the chance to travel to
Etelier 6000 to see their art
work as it is being printed.
“This way, the student will
participate in the entire pro
cess. You have to actually see
this to u n d erstan d how it
works.”
This is the first o f such
classes which will be of
fered at the M useum at
W arm Springs, arranged
by Carol Leone and Pat
Clark.
“ P erso n ally , I d o n ’t
mind if students just walk
right on in,” Clark said. “I’ll
b rin g th e m a terials to
teach people how to print
with the sun, if they just
bring their imaginations.”
I f in te r e s t in so lar
printing grows on the res
ervation, Clark said she
would be more than happy
to bring a press to Warm
Springs.
“T h e e n tire p ro c e ss
could be done on the spot,”
she says.
PAK
training
B y Y v o n n e Iverso n
Spilyay Tymoo
O v e r 50 tribal employees and
volunteers were working up
a sweat at the IHS Physical
Activity Kit training held May
3-4 at Kah-Nee-Ta
The Physical Activity Kit
(PAK) consists o f traditional
and c o n tem p o rary N ative
American ganies and dances
to emphasize active lifestyles
across all ages.
“M ost o f the games in this
p rin tin g o f the boo k s are
from the Southwest, but'w e'
are always looking for input
from all the tribes for future
books”, explains trainer Joe
Law, P ortland A rea H ealth
Prom otion Coordinator.
Law encourages everyone,
“ be active, move, get o ff the
couch. Just because we are
adults doesn’t mean we have
to quit playing.”
T h e R esource M anage
m ent Inter-disciplinary Team
approved the 2013 Metolius
T im b er Sale and the 2014
Pinhead Butte T im ber Sale
p ro ject assessm ents, along
with eight small project assess
ments.
The approvals came dur
ing a meeting held May 7 at
the Natural Resources build
ing-
Tim ber in these sales may
be available for harvest as
early as 2012, but logging will
probably occur periodically
over a 3-4 year period.
The proposed sales are lo
cated w ithin the M etolius,
Jefferson Creek, Whitewater,
and upper Warm Springs wa
tersheds on the Warm Springs
Reservation.
sources M anagem ent Plan
(IRMP) project assessm ent
process at the direction o f
Resource Management Inter-
Disciplinary Team.
T he sales will result in the
harvest o f tree species and
.sizes that can be m arketed
through W SFPI and those
im pacted by overstocking,
ro o t disease, dw arf m istle
toe, insects, stem decay, and
older commercially thinned
blocks.
A n estim ated 30 million
board feet o f tim ber will be
targeted on 3,917 acres in the
Metolius sale, and 38 million
board feet o f tim ber will be
targeted on, 2,045 acres in the
Pinhead Butte sale.
Supply to WSFPI
R M ID T also ap p ro v ed
small project assessments for
cam pus tree rem oval, two
homesite developments, a hy
drophone in Lake Billy Chi
nook, a Simnasho water tank,
a fuels reduction project in
the Metolius and Whitewater
watersheds, an unmanned air
craft test site, and a gasifica
tion plant near Madras.
These sales will be imple
m ented to capture volum e
available through the current
planning period, and to sup
ply desirable tim ber and pre
serve jobs at Warm Springs
F orest P roducts Industries
(WSFPI).
The sales were developed
u n d e r th e In te g ra te d Re-
Campus trees, other
projects
For individuals who work with youth
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay photos
The training was organized
by th e T rib al .C om m unity
H e a lth P ro g ram . M ike
H olyan w ho is th e Y outh
Wellness Coordinator, says,
“I t is o u r responsibility as
adults to lead by example and
be physically active and have
good nutrition,” and hopes
that everyone takes the m a
terial and uses it in the com
munity.
Representatives from Sev
eral d e p a rtm e n ts , H ig h
L o o k ee, E arly C h ild h o o d
Education and Fire Manage
Mussels suck out o f
the water most o f the
plankton that’s
needed to sustain fish
such as salmon...
diseases they face in native
w aters,- th e m u ssels have
thrived and reproduced expo
nentially.
T h ey cling to surfaces,
causing significant damage to
w ater systems, navigational
locks and o ther infrastruc
ture.
They also can out-compete
native species and change the
ecosystem.
Mussels suck o u t o f the
water m ost o f the plankton
that’s needed to sustain fish
such as salm on, steelhead,
trout and other desirable spe
cies, depositing the waste on
the b o tto m , w here it feeds
m ostly bacteria, said M ark
Sytsma, a professor o f envi
ronm ental sciences and the
d irecto r o f th e C enter for
Lakes and Reservoirs at Port-
land State University.
O th e r co n seq u en ces o f
th e clea rer w a te r in clu d e
w e e d a n d alg ae g ro w th .
E v en going b a refo o t on a
bank o r beach is im possible
w ith piles o f sharp, jagged
s h e lls o f d e a d m u s s e ls ,
■ Sytsma said.
S tate o fficia ls fear
they’ll take hold in O r
egon rivers, and the Leg
islature in 2009 created $5
invasive species boat per
mits. to fu n d a c o o rd i
n a te d e ffo rt to en su re
nonnative organize don’t
en ter O reg o n on boats
co m in g fro m in fe c te d
waters. A three-year-old
“ C lean L a u n c h L aw ”
makes it illegal to launch
any boat with any aquatic
species clinging to the ex
terio r, in cluding native
weeds.
Last year, the Legisla
ture v o te d last year to
make invasive species in
spections mandatory for
all vessels, from Yachts to
Canoes. Violators face a
$142 ticket.
Four road signs along
Interstate 5 warn drivers
e n te rin g O re g o n fro m
California th at all boats
m ust be inspected.
Wally Pasnik o f Cen
, tral Point and E d Seto o f
M ed fo rd saw th e signs
F rid ay a fte rn o o n and
w ere u n su re at first
whether they were subject
to the inspections.
“We w ere figuring it
was just boats from out
o f state,” Seto said.
A tw o-day train in g fo r
people who work with youth
is set for later this m onth at
the Jefferson C ounty F air
grounds.
The Essential Elements o f
Positive Youth Development
P ro g ram s -training will be
from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on
W ednesday and T hursday,
May 30-31.
T he goal o f the essential
elements program is to help
Physical Activity Kit participants at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Invasive mussels found on Oregon boats
(AP); — Ju st days into
O regon’s first season o f
m andatory b o at inspec
tions, D epartm ent o f Fish
and Wildlife officials have
already d isco v ered tw o
w atercraft carrying inva
sive mussels.
Last year, when the pro
gram was voluntary, in
spectors found six boats all
season with quagga or ze
bra mussels, w hich have
already invaded the Great
Lakes and other American
Waterways and caused mil
lions o f dollars o f dam
ages.
Inspectors in Ashland
found a boat last week in
fected with quagga m us
sels picked up from Lake
Havasu in Arizona. ■
It was scheduled to be
decontam inated in P o rt
land on Monday.
C rew s in La G ran d e
discovered zebra mussels
on a b o at from Saginaw
Bay, Mich.
“I ’m glad w e fo u n d
them,” said Rick Boatner,
departm ent invasive spe
cies coordinator. “It shows
the program ’s working.”
Invasive mussels were
brought to U.S. waterways
in the ballast water o f com
mercial ships.
F ree o f p red ato rs or
approves projects
m en t w ere trained to lead
their own physical activities
and will be using what they
learned by volunteering at the
Community Center.
teachers, employers o f youth
workers, youth development
professionals and adult vol
u n teers- w h o w o rk w ith
schooLage youth.
The training is relevant for
educators and teachers, youth
developm ent professionals,
classroom volunteers, youth
sport coaches, church youth
group volunteers, youth m en
tors, and employers o f youth
workers. The program will
help in understanding the im
portance o f exposing youth
to opportunities and experi
ences that are focused on the
social, emotional and physi
cal elem ents necessary for
positive development.
There is a $10 registration
fee. For registration or fur
ther information go to:
extension.oregonstate.edu/
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Caregivers: difficult task, many rewards
(Continued from page 1)
For Abraham , there was
n o p ro cess. “I t was ju st
something that I knew I had
to do. I t’s an endless job.
E ven in the m iddle o f the
night, dad needs something.
It’s my duty to get it for him.
It really does my heart good,
though, when I see dad laugh
ing. H e seems like his old self
again.”
“It is a traditional thing,”
Arlita R hoan said. “In the
past, families did for them
selves. We didn’t have all the
services that they have in the
o rg a n iz a tio n today. T h e
hom e’was everything for the
family, rig h t dow n to th e
youngest child to the oldest
people. W hen there’s a bunch
o f them gathered together,
th e w o rd changes to nakt
kwaninsha.”
To b e c o m e a fo rm a l
caregiver for an elder, one
must complete the application
p ro cess w ith D H S. T hey
m ust then complete a crimi
nal background check.
“We assign them a p ro
vider number, which would
follow them as long as they
were within the two year re
certification,” L ofting said.
“T here is a one-time manda
tory orientation. A fter that,
there are several other classes
that are offered to them free
o f charge.”
A nother program, private
pay, is arranged between the
| The hours start at
three in the morning
and they don’t stop
until around nine at
night. That’s seven
days a week. ’
careg iv er an d th e elder.
“That’s where the person who
is receiving the services will
pay out of his own pocket,”
she said. ‘W e have at least one
that I can think o f in Warm
Springs under that program.”
There can be very difficult
th in g s to h an d le fo r th e
careg iv er, L o ftin g said:
‘W e’ve had a few homecare
workers who have called us
in tears, saying they just came
to the apartm ent and found
th at an elder passed in the
night. T hose are difficult
times for them .”
LRaye knows the feeling.
“E ventually, we h ad to
place dad in a nursing home,
which broke my heart... The
nurses said he would ask for
a couple o f us every day, so
I learned fast to always go
and visit, never make excuses
ab o u t why I couldn’t. I t ’s
hard, but if it’s possible I ’ve
learn ed n o t to cry around
them. Elders are easily con
fused and they will catch the
emotion.”
“I was a felon,” Abraham
H u n t admits. “I was charged
for possession o f a controlled
substance.” Life is better now,
he says, because he is taking
care o f his father, instead of
worrying about him and feel
ing his dad might be suffer
ing. “I cook, clean, w ash,
make sure he gets to his ap
pointments. For me the hours
start at three in the m orning
and they d o n ’t sto p u n til
around nine at night. T hat’s
seven days a week.”
“Remember,” LRaye adds.
“Even when som eone is tak
ing care o f an elder, they have
their own Eyes. O thers can
pitch in and give these people
a break every m onth or so,
even if it’s for a weekend or
a night. They need breaks
from their job, just like any
body else,”
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(Continued from page 1)
Terry Courtney said he is
against this practice at the
hatchery.
Secretary-treasurer Jody
Calica said these issues will
be pursued with the Fish and
Wildlife Committee and staff,
and then brought to Tribal
Council for discussion.
A point that may be pur
sued, he said, is the relation
ship b e tw e e n th e W arm
Springs National Fish H atch
ery, managed by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and the
tribes.