Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
In p u t s o u g h t fo r w a te rs h e d a ss e s s m e n t
Chief to be honored
at Potlatch Gala
Warm Springs Chief
Delvis Heath Sr. will be
presented with the 2012
Fran James Cultural Pres
ervation Award at the
Tenth Annual Potlatch
Fund Gala to be held at
the Tulalip Casino and
Resort in November.
T he Potlatch Fund
cites Chief Heath’s dedi
cation to the tribal com
munity as a reason for the
honor.
• “Chief Heath grew up
in a traditional family,
practicing the Washut re
ligion on a daily basis,” the
award statement reads.
“H e travelled the
mountains gathering tradi
tional foods according to
season...”
Later, “the boarding
school experience was a
period in his life when he
did not speak the tribal
language. After a lecture
from his mother in the lan
guage, he was able to be
gin the healing process...
“W itnessing the im
pacts o f many broken
prom ises to the tribal
people, Chief Delvis has
sought to strengthen tribal
com munities in his on
Tribal Council.”
Funds Native arts
Proceeds from the Pot
latch Fund Gala directly
support Northwest Indian
Country in the form of
technical assistance and
grants to Native artists,
Native non-profit corpo
rations, and tribes.
Native Americans re-
The Branch o f Natural
Resources has begun the pro
cess of assessing the condi
tions o f the reservation’s
watersheds.
T he w atershed assess
ments are the first step to
wards developing watershed-
based restoration plans and
restoration priorities for the
greatest benefit to tribal re
sources.
The process will continue
over the next couple years.
A watershed is a ridgetop
to ridgetop area of land that
drains into a single body of
water. For example, all the
land where water drains off
eventually into Beaver Creek
is the Beaver Creek Water
shed.
Tribal members are invited
to provide valuable and per
tinent information on histori
cal conditions and changes the
conditions of the streams in
Chief Heath
ceive less than one half of
one percent o f philan
thropic dollars in the
United States, yet these
communities experience
disproportionately high
rates of poverty, unem
ployment, and disease.
Potlatch Fund formed
in 2002 by Tribal organi
zations and funders to ad
dress this disparity, devel
oping and empowering
N ative leadership and
making the best use of
tribal resources.
For more information
about Gala ticket infor
mation, or the Potlatch
Fund, you can call 206-
624-6076; or visit:
www.potlatchfund.org
The Potlatch Gala on
N ovem ber 3, honoring
Chief Heath, will begin at
5 p.m. with a networking
reception and silent auc
tion, featuring Native art
and artists, and continue
with a dinner and program
from 7 p.m.
the Beaver Creek Watershed,
including significant events,
major issues and concerns,
and recommendations for wa
tershed improvement, includ
ing habitat and water quality.
The Beaver Creek Water
shed encompasses the entire
drainage area o f Beaver
Creek and its tributaries, to
taling an area o f approxi
mately, 77,603 acres.
The main-stem of Beaver
Creek runs approximately 25.
miles southeasterly from the
northwestern corner of the
reservation to the confluence
of the Warm Springs River
betw een T he Island and
Schoolie Flat.
The major tributaries of
Beaver Creek include Cedar
Swamp Creek, Wilson Creek,
Beaver Butte Creek, Indian
Creek, Butte Creek, Coyote
Creek and Quartz Creek.
The watershed is located
in. the northwestern Comer of-
the reservation almost entirely
within the reservation bound
ary, with a small area of the
upper portions o f Beayer
Creek and Indian Creek
headwaters under the owner
ship and management of the
Mt; Hood National Forest.
If you have interesting sto
ries and information to share
with the assessment team, or
w ould like to learn more
about the process, please con
tact Jamie Sheahan, Hydrolo
gist, of the Tribal Environ
mental Office at 541-552-
2028. Oremail:
J amie, sheahan@wsttibes.org
Future assessm ents
The w atershed assess
ments are scheduled to be
completed in the following
order: Beaver Creek, Upper
Warm Springs River, Mill
Creek, Shitike Creek,
W h ite w a te r/J e ffe rs o n
Creeks, Mutton Mountains,
and Seekseequa Creek.
To assess the watersheds,
a team o f staff m em bers
from each o f the N atural
Resources departments is ana
lyzing data on forest health,
fish habitat, water quality and
more from tribal inventories,
historical information, and
monitoring programs to best
state the current condition of
the watersheds.
Geographic Information
Systems and water quality
and stream flow monitoring
data along with ongoing data
collection projects:
Watershed/Stream Chan
nel Stability A ssessm ent
(Tribal Environmental O f
fice), the Stream Channel In
ventory (Fisheries), the
Rangeland (Range and Ag).
Howlak Tichum
Fred H ennen Beymer Jr., 1924-2012
Fred Hennen Beymer
Jr. passed away on June 22,
2012 at the Oregon Vet
erans Ijjome at The Dalles.
He was 88.
Fred was born on Feb.
10, 1924 at Portland. He
moved with his parents,
Fred and Mabie Beymer,
to Klamath Falls, where
they m anaged a hotel.
While attending Henley
High School, he met his
future wife, Particia Elaine
Short.
Fred graduated from
high school in 1942; and
as a World War II was un
Friday is last day to submit
artwork forjudging in exhibit
This Friday, Septi 21, is the
last day to submit items for
judging in the Museum at
Warm Springs’ Nineteenth
Annual Tribal Member Art
Exhibit
Traditional or contempo
rary items may be submitted
before 5 p.m. on Friday.
For sale and show pur
poses only, items may be sub-
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September 19, 2012
mitted up until 5 p.m. on Oc
tober 5.
Contact Natalie Moody at
the museum for more infor
mation. The number is 541-
553-3331, This exhibit is
scheduled to start on Oct. 11,
and runs through Jan. 6.
The next deadline to sub
mit items f o r publication in
the Spilyay is Friday, Sept.
28. Thank y o u !
for their bravery in the war.
Fred participated in the land
ing and securing of Iwo Jima.
Like most returning sol
diers, he never spoke much
of that horrifying experience.
But he often said there are
no atheists in the fox holes.
der-w ay, h e a n d fo u r o f When Japan finally surren
his buddies joined the U.S. dered, Fred was One o f the
Marine Corps. He went to first U.S. soldiers to occupy
Camp Pendleton at San Japan.
Diego for paratroop train
He was very proud of his
ing.
service w ith the M arine
After service in New Corps. One of his regrets was
Zealand and New Guinea, that he had not become a
he and the 5th Division of member of the Marine Corps
the Marines were sent to Band. He was a talented trom
the Big Island in Hawaii to bone player.
train for assault on the
Before going to the Pa
strategic island o f Iwo cific, Fred’s high school sweet
Jima.
heart, Patricia, her parents
There is a monument and Fred’s parents met in San
on the P arker Ranch Diego, where Fred and Pat
where they trained, thank were m arried on Feb. 19,
ing membets o f the 5th 1944. While Fred Was away,
Division of the Marines his first child, Michael Fred,
major part of Fred’s life.
In 1963, he loaded up
his horses and family and
moved them to Sisters,
where he worked for a
rancher, while Pat taught
school.
They lived at Sisters for
a while and then discov
ered
nearby
Camp
S herm an w here they
bought an A-frame restau
rant and sold home-made
french fries, ice cream and
ham burgers during the
summer season.
Fred found a carpenter
and together they put up
an outdoor stable-so he
instrum ental in founding - the
Klamath Falls Junior Rodeo. •could put his children to
Fred was always a show work guiding trail rides.
man. Photos from that time The family also took tour
show him pictured as a cheer ists in to the M ount
leader in high school and as a Jefferson Wilderness on
performer in musicals with pack trips w here Fred
Fred and Pat’s friends as they would heat up his large grill
put on shotd to raise money and fry up a feast.
to build the Mount Laki Pres
He was a man of many
byterian Church. They also talents. O ne o f Starla’s
sang in the choir at the memories of Fred’s cook
church. •
ing was him laughing out
Fred and his father were loud as he watched his chil
in the K lam ath County dren at the counter crying
Sheriff’s Posse. One of their as they tried to eat his “on
events was to ride from Kla ion” pancakes.
math to Lakeview every.year
See HOWLAK TICHUM on 10
for the rodeo. Horses were a
Was born. W hen the war
ended Fred returned to his
family at Klamath Falls.
He and Pat purchased a
house and acreage from Pat’s
father and proceeded to raise
potatoes and children. Their’
son Mike’s birth was followed
by the birth of Starla Sue,
Bill Patrick, Becky Jo and
Kelly Lee.
Fred taught his children
the fine arts of baling hay,
driving hay trucks, and riding
horses. H e drove them
around Oregon, Washington
and Idaho where they com
peted in junior rodeos. He was
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