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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 2012)
Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon Words of Wisdom Diabetes prevention begins with youth (Jeri Ko lien of the I H S Warm Springs Diabetes Pro gram recently asked Paye Waheneka for her thoughts about diabetes and its preven tion. The following is her re sponse:) W e should make our youth more aware of ex ercise, w hat foods are good, about chewing more and having smaller por tions. It is important to learn ' to read labels. ECE would be a good place to learn this. Physical exercise is very important, the old fashion Faye Waheneka way like jumping rope and hop scotch, instead of ma chines to walk or ride a bike. O utdoors is the best with fresh air. In boarding school we played line games like ‘Red Rover Red Rover Send John Right Over.’ Learn breathing exercise. Breathe right when walking, inhale and exhale. Posture when walking is very impor tant. V ideo games have made the kids too lazy, they need physical games. When I was growing up my grandmother taught us that the day began when the sun came up and we would rest w hen the sun w ent down. As soon as I was old enough; I did chores every day before I could play. My duties were to rake the wood pile, carry water, bring in kitchen wood, and clean the barn. There were days of the week we did certain jobs. Thursday was the day to clean the car; another day was to cut grass. We used to clean along the highway by our house. Being physically active and eating right would do a lot to prevent diabetes. You do not have to be fat to get diabetes. A lot o f the time diabetes is caused by stress: Stress at school, at work especially and at home. Deer Ridge inmates host 2nd Powwow The Native American inm ates at D eer Ridge state correctional facility near Madras held their Second Annual Powwow earlier this month. Oregon tribes repre sented at the powwow in cluded the Nez Perce, Kla m ath, M odoc, G rand Ronde, Burns-Paiute, and Siletz. At the powwow this year there were no Warm Springs tribal member in mates. The tribes did do nate salmon for the pow wow. Also, one inmate, from another tribe, was married Dave McMechan/Spilyay into the Warm Springs tribe. About 27 inmates and guests (pictured) attended the pow wow this year at Deer Ridge. River tribes announce Measure 81 opposition The Columbia River treaty fishing tribes announced their opposition to Oregon Ballot Measure 81. Resolutions passed by the governing bodies o f the W arm Springs, Yakama, U m atilla and N ez Perce tribes cite the measure’s lack o f emphasis on rebuilding abundant, sustainable salmon populations. “Ballot Measure 81 does not save fish or fishing com munities,” said N. Kathryn Brigham, chairwoman of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), “All it does is reshuffle who gets to catch the fish in the Low er C olum bia,” Brigham said. “I t doesn’t change how many fish can be caught, and it doesn’t help re build salmon runs.” Tribal, state and federal co-managers, she said, care fully balance sport; commer cial and tribal fisheries with successful restoration efforts that are rebuilding upriver salmon runs. “We have fought over fish eries allocations in the past,” Brigham said, “and fighting over who gets to catch the fish doesn’t help build the neces sary partnerships we need to restore and protect salmon.” She said, “This ballot mea sure is just an allocation fight in the lower river, but it also distracts from the goal of de- Tribes cite lack o f emphasis on re building abundant, sustainable salmon populations... veloping healthy and sustain able salm on populations throughout the Columbia River Basin,” For over thirty years, the tribes have been working to put fish back in the rivers and protect the watersheds where fish live. They developed management plans that have been conserving and improv ing tens of thousands of acres of salmon habitat, and using hatcheries as wild salmon nurseries that are designed to improve juvenile survival and increase returns of naturally spawning salmon to healthy habitat over time. These cooperative efforts are working, Brigham said. As examples: • Wild spring chinook salmon are returning to re -. stored ecosystem s in the U m atilla, Walla Walla, Yakima, and Klickitat basins. • Coho in the Wenatchee, Yakama, Clqarwater and Umatilla rivers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho are now abundant due to the tribes’, efforts. Page 7 September 19, 2012 • In the Snake River ba sin, the fall run of chinook has been brought back from the brink o f extinction. In 1990, only 78 wild fall chinook crossed Lower G ranite D am . Last year, more than 10,000 wild fall chinook passed that dam, “While we still have a lot of work to do, it is clear from the data that salmon mns are rebuilding in the Columbia River Basin,” said Brigham. “We all need to be working together to rebuild abun dance. That is the only way we will truly be successful.” The tribes’ fisheries co management authority is pro- tected u n d er the treaties signed in 1855 that reserved the right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places. The U.S, Supreme Court has confirmed these rights in seven separate cases spanning more than 100 years. Bingo Friday at Diabetes Program The Warm Springs Diabe tes Prevention Program will host Bingo this Friday, Sept. 21 at noon. Come by the program of fice, on Warm Springs Street across from the Presbyterian Church on Campus, for a quick game. There will also be a healthy lunch. Feel free to bring a co worker or two. For more in formation call 541-553-7718. Please note, prizes and screening are for people 18 years and older. Java Jump Start in W.S. The Warm Springs Area Chamber of Commerce in vites you to stop by for cof fee at T he Warm Springs Museum this Thursday, Sept. 20, from 8-9 a.m. There will be a brief pre sentation by the museum staff, followed by great con versation w ith your local neighbors. The Warm Springs Area of Commerce next regular meet ing will be in October at 1136 Piaute Avenue. For further details check the next Spilyay. Youth, fam ily center hosting powwow The N ative A m erican Youth and Family Center in P o rtlan d will h o st the Neerchokikoo Powwow on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21- 22. The center is located at 5135 N.E. Columbia Blvd. The .powwow honors veter ans and volunteers. Gourd Dance will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, There will be a mural unveiling at 6:30 p.m. Grand entry is at 7 p.m. Gourd Dance starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with grand entries at 1 and 7 p.m. Vol unteers will be honored at 5 p.m. Veterans will be honored at 7:30 p.m. Vendors coordi nator is Theresa Smith, 503- 288-8177 ext. 221. For more information, see NAYA on Facebook, or call 503-288-8177. Or go to: nayapdx.org. California tribal group wants rules for off-reservation casinos The California Tribal Busi ness Alliance, a group that represents three tribes, is call ing for “strict guidelines” for future off-reservation casino projects. T he business alliance (CTBA) opposes' an off-res- ervation casino for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono In dians. The group claims the project will only benefit a Las Vegas developer. “This is no longer about tribes being self-sufficient on their own terms and on their own land. This is about inves tors trying to make money off a profitable industry on their terms;” CTBA Chair woman LesEe'Lohse said in a press release. L ohse said Gov. Jerry Brown (D) should work with tribes to develop guidehnes that include “distance limita tions” on new casinos. The press release didn’t specify a num ber— the N o rth Fork gaming site is about 36 miles from its headquarters. CTBA’s members include the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians. R ather than go through the land-into-trust process that the N orth Fork Rancheria foUowed, the tribe opened an off-reservation casino on land that was ac quired under an act of Con gress. The San Pablo Lyttolr Ca sino is nearly 60 rpiles from the tribe’s office. A n o th er m em ber; the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, opened a casino on land in connection with an act of Congress that restored the tribe to federal recognition. 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