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arm Springs, OR 97761
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Crews keep busy with blaze Waterfalls 2 Gearing up
O ver 500 fire fighters and sup
port crew personnel are deployed
in response to the Waterfalls 2 fire.
T he blaze has b u rn ed across
m ore than 6,000 acres on the res
ervation. T he fire is located 3.5
miles northeast o f the sum mit o f
Mt. Jefferson, about 22 miles west
o f Warm Springs.
Windy conditions and rough ter
rain made Waterfalls 2 a problem
for responders.
“The fire was pushed by ridge-
top w inds o f 20 m iles-p er-h o u r
from the southwest, which started
spot fires as far as a mile away,”
Ross Williams, incident commander,
said earlier this week.
“Because o f the intense fire be
havior, planned burnout operations
were delayed while crews and equip
m ent retreated to safety zones,” he
said.
The response team is using two
airplanes and four helicopters to
make water drops.
As o f earlier this week, there
were 13 crews, 21 engines, five doz
ers, and 16 w ater tenders assigned
to Waterfalls 2. T here was as yet
no containment o f the fire on Tues
day m orning o f this week.
The fire started during a light
ning storm on A ugust 4. Water
falls 2 was am ong a num ber o f
fires that broke out in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
In Washington state, 70 homes
were destroyed. In Idaho, one fire
fighter was killed by a falling tree-
In O regon, Gov. K itzhaber de
clared a state o f emergency due
to volatile w eather conditions.
E xtrem e heat in m id A ugust,
and the w ind, helped create the
d a n g e ro u s co n d itio n s . Som e
good news is th at high tem pera
tu r e s in th e a f t e r n o o n are
cooler this week, in the m id- to
low-80s. T h ere was even som e
rain.
W aterfalls 2 is in the vicinity
o f P e te rs P a s tu re , re q u irin g
C am p N aim u m a to m o v e to
H eH e (see page 2). T he Pacific
Coast Trail and Olallie Lake Sce
nic area were closed, along with
G ibson Lake and other trails.
Photo courtèsy
Ríce, Forest Manager/BNR/CTWS.
Renso Rodriguez, of Warm
Springs Fire Management, was
among the many emergency
responders to the Waterfalls 2
fire on the reservation.
Prevention Gamp envisions brighter future
By Dave McMechan
Spilyay By moo
Y o u n g p e o p le are asked, to-it nag
ine a b etter community. What:
would they w ant to see, and what
w ould they like to eliminate?
Things they like: powwows,;
rodeos, baseball, jobs, hunting
and fishing, the longhouse, ar
cades, to name a few.
Things they don’t like: trash,
drugs, racism, graffiti, gangs, cer
tain people such as drug dealers,
poverty, among other things.
The exercise is called “Mak
ing and Ideal Community,” ex
plains Michael Martinez, Warm
Springs prevention coordinator.
T h e sug g estio n s fro m th e
young people will be presented tq
the Tribal Councils and preven
tion program s o f the tribes o f
O regon, Martinez said.
T he suggestions, he said, “are
incorporated into our programs,
so this is n ot just a theory. The
ideas are put to use.”
Sixty N stive youth from across
Oregon gathered last week for the
Prevention Camp at HeHe.
The young people— ages 13 to
18—-were from different tribes
in the state: Some came from the
Portland area, Umatilla, Burns-
P a iu te , a n d W arm S p rin g s,
among others.
Suicide prevention was the
overall them e o f the gathering.
Suicide am ong Native youth is a
tragedy that all tribes are aware
of, and all are trying to eliminate
it from reservations and other
Indian communities. ‘
The HeHe Prevention Camp teepees by the Warm Springs River; and
(below) the youth meet in small groups to come up with their visions
for a better a community.
School is starting a few days later
than usual this year for students in
the Jefferson County School D is1-
trict 509-J.
T he district is n o t cutting the
num ber o f school days, but is in
stead holding the in-service training
days at the beginning o f the year.
In previous years, the district held
the in-service days throughout the
school year.
In previous years, students re-
turned to school on the Wednesday
or Thursday following L abor Day
Monday.
This year, the students will b®
returning to school at the start o f
the week following the week o f Me?
morial Day.
Some dates to keep in mind:
T h e W arm S prings B a c k to
S c h o o l Yard Sale is set for this Sat
urday, August 25 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
at the Community Center. T he sale
is presented by W arm Springs Rec
reation. C ontact Carol for m ore in
form ation, 541-553-3243.
T h e W arm S prings B a c k to.
S c h o o l B a rb ecu e is at 4 p.m. on
Thursday, Sept. 6 at the campus.
Please see SCHOOL on page 8
Counselors and youth at the
cam p discussed m any topics,
such as A ID S prevention and
' substance abuse prevention. An
overall theme, though, was the
p rev en tio n o f suicide am ong
Native youth. It has been known
for some time that youth suicide
in American Indian communities
is an epidemic.
Suicide has been the second-
leading cause o f death among the
youth.
Native communities have the
highest rate o f suicide for males
and females, ages 10 to 24, o f
any racial group, according to-the
Indian H ealth Service. T here are
many factors— b oth present and
historic—-that lead to this high
rate o f suicide. Reservations, for
instance, experience higher rates
o f p o v e rty an d s u b s ta n d a rd
housing. This can lead to higher
rates o f substance abuse.
A nother factor is generational
trauma, involving the legacy o f
boarding schools, which weak
ened parental influence; and dis
location from native lands, un
derm ining tribal unity and re
moving many safeguards against
suicide that Native cultures might
otherwise provide.
Some tribes, such as W arm
Springs, have developed their own
prevention programs. O utreach
and listening to youth are key pre
vention methods.
T he camp at H eH e last week
was a step tow ard making a b et
ter com m unity w here the trag
edy o f youth suicide is elimi
nated.
Dave-McMechan/Spilyay
for new
school year
Museum seeking
member artwork
T he M useum at Warm Spring's
is preparing for the N ineteenth A n
nual W arm Springs Tribal M ember
A rt Exhibit. This exhibit is sched
uled to start on Oct. 11, and runs
through Jan. 6.
T he m useum is inviting tribal
artists to participate. Item s subm it
ted can be traditional o r contem po
rary, and will be displayed in the
museum Changing Exhibits Gallery.
This year, the m useum will pub
lish a catalog showing the w ork Of
W arm Springs artists.
T he artists w ho plan on entering
their art in the exhibit are encour
aged to subm it an artist biography
along with images. Professional pho
tographer and graphic artist Thomas
O sborne will be at the m useum this
Wednesday and Thursday, August 22
and 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tq
take images for the catalog.
T he catalog is m ade possible
through an award from the Native
A rts and Cultures Foundation.
T he m useum will select a tradi
tional and contem porary w ork for
the Judges Choice Award along with
four H onorable M ention awards. 6
The m useum recognizes the pa
tience and talents o f artists by se
lecting awards each year by an out
side visual arts judge. I f you would
like your art to be judged for the
exhibit, please subm it your w ork on
or before the deadline. T he dead
line to subm it art is Friday, Sept. 21
at 5 p.m. I f you have any questions;
please contact N atalie M oody at
541-553-3331 ext. 412.
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