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.
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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.
The acquisition was manda
tory so the tribe did not need
to go through the same fed
eral review process as the
North Fork Rancheria and it
did not require state approval
either.
The Rolling Hills Casino is
only about 10 miles from the
tribe’s office.
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