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Cedar Basket features Native creations
The Cedar Basket G ift
Shop at Indian H ead Ca
sino sells jewelry made ex
clusively by tribal m em
bers.
The shop now has 90
tribal m em ber v end o rs,
said Janell Smith, gift ser
vices manager.
The gift shop purchases
the beaded and other jew
elry, or sells the items on
consignment, Smith said.
The shop has three full
tim e em ployees: Leneya
Smith, Tiyanna Tuckta and
J e n n ife r H in tsa la . T h e
shop is open, 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday through Sat
urday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Sundays.
B e sid e s th e N a tiv e
American beadwork, jew
e lry a n d h u c k le b e rry
p ro d u c ts, th e shop has
item s like t-sh irts, hats
and o th e r Indian H ead
mem orabilia. ?
$ S .
The shop also has flutes
by Charles Littlelèàf.
This m onth the Indian
H ead water botdes are on
Spilyay
Cedar baskets, and jewelry by tribal members at gift shop.
sale.
I f you h av é an In d ia n
Head Players Club Card, you
gete a 10-percent discount on
certain C edar B asket m er
chandise.
You can reach the shop
at 541-460-7734. Also see:
Indianheadgaming.com
A u g u s t 22, 2012
Chief back at work
W arm S prings C h ie f
Delvis “Bullneck” H eath was
back at work this week, fol
lowing a medical emergency
that happened last week.
N ot only was Chief H eath
back on Tribal Council on
Monday and Tuesday, he was
able to go back to the Tygh
Valley Rodeo over the week
end.
“H e wanted to watch his
grandkids and horses,” said
his g ra n d d a u g h te r L illian
H eath, w ho w orks at Vital
Statistics.
As things tu rn ed out at
Tygh Valley, the C hief’s horse'
Mr. Bequero won the rodeo
M em orial Race.
Chief H eath was at Tygh
Valley on Thursday o f last
week when he experienced a
heart problem. H e was taken
to The Dalles, and then flown
to the hospital in Portland for
treatm ent.
Two days later he was back
at Tygh Valley for the rodeo.
The doctor told him that was
okay as long as he took it easy
with no heavy lifting.
“H e is very thankful and
glad to be h ere,” said his
w ife Shirley. “H e is lucky
in that he has stayed active
w ith golf, walking the holes»
and carrying the clubs,” she
said.'
A nd he Wanted to get back
to work, she said. “The doc
tor said no heavy lifting. He
told the doctor, ‘A ll I have to
do is sit on my butt,’”'Shirley
said.
D uring the brief time he
was in the hospital at P ort
land,, C hief H eath was sur
prised to see some unexpected
v is ito rs, in c lu d in g B odie
Shaw, BIA deputy regional
director fo r T rust Services;
and form er Oregon Gov. Vic
Atiyeh, who has been friends
with Chief H eath for many
years.
“H e was very happy to see
them,” Shirley said-
Weavers Gathering
Tribes open 2012 fall commercial fishery
The Warm Springs, Nez
Perce, Umatilla and Yakama
tribes o p en ed , the first o f
three commercial gillhet fish
ing periods for the 2012 fall
commercial season this week.
D u rin g th e fall fishery,
tribal fishers will harvest ap
proximately 160,000 fish or
an e stim a te d 2 m illio n
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pounds. The tribal sales allow
the public to purchase salmon,
steelhead and coho direcdy
from tribal fishers.
Fisheries biologists esti
m ate th a t 500,000 u priver
fall c h in o o k an d 364,000
summer steelhead will enter
the Columbia River. Many o f
the fall chinook returning to
the Columbia River are the
direct result o f tribal resto
ration efforts, joint state-tribal
programs and several tribal-
federal partnerships.
H a rv e s t m an ag ers w ill
m onitor the runs on a con
tinual basis and adjust the har
vest levels and fishing peri
ods accordingly.
“The fall fisheries is often
considered the backbone to
the tribal fishery because it
provides an im portant eco
nomic resource to the tribal
c o m m u n itie s a n d th e ir
families,”, said Paul Lumley,
executive director o f the Co
lu m b ia R iver In te r-T rib a l
Fish Commission.
“T he tribes’ pride them
selves on their ability to share
the tradition o f the tribal fish
ery. We work hard to rebuild
these fisheries so that every
one can benefit from healthy
and sustainable salm on re
turns.”
The tribal fishery offers an
ample supply o f fish for the
public through over-the-bank
sales. C om m on sales loca
tions include: Marine Park in
Cascade Locks, Lone Pine in
The Dalles, N orth Bonneville
- one mile east o f Bonneville
Dam, and Columbia Point in
Washington’s Tri-Cities area.
• Sales from tribal fishers
generally run from 10 a.m. to
dusk.
• Price is determ ined at
the point o f sale.
• M ost sales are cash only.
• Buyers should request a
receipt.
• Tribal fishers can advise
on topics including fish fresh
ness and preparation.
The public is urged to call
the salm on m arketing p ro
gram at (888) 289-1855 be
fore heading up the river to
find out where the day’s catch
is being sold. More inform a
tion is available on the salmon
marketing website:
critic, o rg / har ve s t
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resta u ra n t
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Natalie Moody (front) and Merle Kirk (standing) were
teachers at the first Weaver’s Teaching Weavers
Basketry Workshop sponsored by Northwest Indian
College. Kelli Palmer, volunteer local coordinator,
helped to find teachers and worked with Kah-Nee-Ta
to host the event. The workshop will travel .to new
locations with funding from a three-year grant.
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