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December 26, 2012 Spílyay Tyrnoo, Wgrrn Springs, Oregon Pgge 6 49th Holiday basketball tournament this week T he Forty-N inth Annual W arm S prings All In d ia n M ens H o lid ay B ask etb all T o u rn a m e n t b eg in s th is Wednesday, Dec. 26. The tournam ent continues through Saturday, Dec. 29. The tournam ent will be in the W arm Springs C om m unity Center. The Holiday Tournament will feature 12 All In d ian Men’s teams. Awards include ten em broidered Pendleton wool jackets; runner up, em broidered jackets; third place, h ooded sw eatshirts; fourth place, crewnecks; fifth place awards. Also: M ost Valuable Player, Mister Hustle, 12 All T o u rn ey team , a n d team s p o r ts m a n s h ip . O p e n in g round games will begin this Wednesday, with four games on th e schedule. T he first game will begin at 4 p.m., fol lowed by games at 5:30,7 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday will have three games for session two: at 12 noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; and three session three games at: 6, 7:30 and 9 p.m. Session four games on Fri day begin at 1:30 p.m., fol lowed by a game at 3 p.m. For the kids T he Simnasho N ew Year’s Eve Celebration and Powwow is on N ew Year’s Eve at the Simnasho Longhouse. A potluck dinner will start at 6 p.m., followed by one Seven o f Washut, and then the traditional powwow with social dances and games. E v eryone is welcome! Club, offices closed for holiday T he W arm Springs Boys and Girls Club will be closed oil N ew Years Day. T he Boys and Girls Club will be closed on designated holidays, and inclement weather days. Regu lar club hours are weekdays after school from 3-5:30 p.m. T h e club is o p e n d u rin g spring, sum m er and w inter breaks from 8-5. M ost tribal offices will be closed for the N ew Year’s holiday on Tuesday, Jan. 1. CAT offers tax training, preparation Yvonne Iverson/Spityay News from Indian Country Low-water rivers offering up glimpse o f history L championship round begin ning at 6:30 p.m. (third place game); and the championship at 8 p.m. For more information con tact tournament director Aus tin G reene at 541-553-3244 (message/office); or at home 541-553-1953. New Years at Simnasho T he business office at the H ealth and Wellness Center organized a gift giv ing cam paign to benefit c h ild re n in fo s te r care through Child Protective Services. Two truck loads with 132 presents from the Angel Bear Tree were de livered to CPS last week. CPS staff are delivering presents through the week o f Christmas to all active foster care children. “The tree was a rousing success. Thank you every one so much, I know you all m ade som e g o o d Christmas's fabulous,” said Jerem iah Jo h n so n o f the business office. ST. LOU IS (AP) - From sunken steamboats to a mil lennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained riv ers *ofi th e nation’s midsection are offering a rare and fleet ing glimpse into years gone by. Lack o f rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, creating problem s for river commerce and rec reation and raising concerns about water supplies and hy dropow er if the drought per sists into next year, as many fear. B ut for the curious, the receding water is offering an occasional treasure trove o f history. An old steamboat is now visible on the Missouri River near St. Charles, Mo., and o th er old boats nestled on river bottom s are showing up elsewhere. A World War II minesweeper, once m oored along the Mississippi River as a museum at St. Louis before it was torn away by floodwa ters two decades ago, has be come visible — rusted but in tact. Perhaps m ost interesting, a rock containing w hat is be lieved to be an ancient map has emerged in the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri. The rock contains etchings believed to be up to 1,200 years old. It was n o t in the river a millennium ago, but the changing course o f the waterway now normally puts it under water - exposed only in period's o f ex trem e drought. Experts are wary o f giving a specific location out o f fear that looters will take a c h u n k o f th e ro c k o r scribble graffiti on it. “I t appears to be a map o f p re h isto ric In d ia n v il lages,” said Steve Dasovich, an anthropology professor at Lindenwood University in St. Charles. “W hat’s really fasci nating is that it shows village site s w e d o n ’t y et k n o w Session five on Friday, the semi-finals, will have games at 6 and then at 7:30 p.m. Finals day is scheduled for Saturday with two sessions. The fifth-place game is at 1:30 p.m ., and the fourth-place game at 3 p.m. The final session will be about.” Old boats are turning up in several locations, including sunken steamboats dating to the 19th century. • . T hat’s not surprising con sidering the volume o f steam b o at traffic th at once tra versed the Missouri and Mis sissippi rivers. Dasovich said it w asn’t uncom m on in the 1800s to have hundreds o f steamboats pass by St. Louis each day; given the fact that St. Louis was once among the world's busiest inland ports. The boats, sometimes lined up two miles deep and four boats wide in both directions, carried n ot only people from town to town but goods and supplies up and down the riv ers. Sinkings w ere com m on am ong the w ooden vessels, which often were poorly con structed. “T he average lifespan o f a steamboat on the Missouri R iver w as five y ears,” D asovich said. “They were m ade quickly. I f you could make one run from St- Louis to F ort Benton, M ont., and back, you’ve paid for your b o at and probably m ade a profit. A fter that, it’s almost like they didn’t care what hap pened.” W hat often happened, at least on the Missouri River, was the boat would strike an underwater tree that had been uprooted and become lodged in the river bottom , tearing a hole that would sink the ship. Dasovich estimated that the rem ain s o f 500 to 700 steamboats sit at the bottom o f the Missouri River, scat tered from its mouth in Mon tana to its convergence with the Mississippi near St. Louis. T he n u m b er o f sunken steamboats on the Mississippi River is likely about the same, D aso v ich said. S team b o at traffic was far heavier on the Mississippi, but traffic there was and is less susceptible to river debris. Boiler explosions, lightning strikes and accid en ts also sunk many a steamboat. O ne o f th e g ra n d e r o n e s, th e Montana, turned up this fall on the Missouri River near St. C harles. The- elaborate steamer was as long as a foot ball field with lavish touches aimed at pleasing its mostly wealthy clientele. It w ent to its watery grave after striking a tree below the surface in 1884. T he US. C oast G uard and A rm y C orps o f Engineers urge sightseers to stay away fro m any shipw reck sites. Sandbars leading to them can be unstable and dangerous, and the rusted hulks can pose d an g ers fo r th o s e siftin g through them . Plus, taking anything from them is illegal. By law, su n k en ships and their goods belong to the state, where they went down. While unusual, it’s n ot un preced en ted for low w ater levels to reveal historic arti facts. Last year, an officer who patrols an E ast Texas lake d isco v ered a piece o f th e space shuttle Columbia, which b ro k e ap art and b u rn e d on The Warm Springs Com munity Action Team will pro vide free tax counseling and preparation for com m unity members. There are positions avail able for volunteers that will serve as greeters as well as tax preparers. Free 1RS training is o f Bowling: fered for volunteers. They will have tax appointm ents available, starting in February. People interested in volun teering for these positions can do so by either calling 541-553-3148 or by going to th eir'o ffice at 1136 Paiute Avenue on the campus. results tallied re-entry in 2003,. killing all (Continued from page 3) Senior Masters: F irst, seven astronauts aboard. And th e rem ain s o f a w o o d en Jerry Sampson; second, Joe steamer built 125 years ago N o riego, M ayw ood; th ird , recently were uncovered in a Floyd Evans, Reno; fourth, Michigan waterway because Virgile Lallashute, Toppenish. o f low levels in th e G reat Holiday Roll-Off: Lakes. Men’s A Division: First, But treasure hunters ex pecting to find Titanic-like Jo e LaClair; seond, A ustin souvenirs in rivers will likely Carl; th ird , Ray Shike Jr.; be disappointed if they risk fourth, Kalani Kepaa; fifth, Quincy Wallahee. exploring the lost boats. Men’s B Division: First, “It’s not like these wrecks are full o f b o ttles, dishes, Joe Noriego; second, Rodney things like that,” said Mark Adams; third, Alfred Estim o Wagner, an archaeologist at Jr.; fourth, B rad D onahue; Southern Illinois University- and fifth, Shannon Wallahee. C arbondale. “I f th ere was anything on there in the first place, the river current pretty much stripped things o u t o f these wrecks.” Such was the case with the USS Inaugural, a World War . (AP) - A form er judge has II minesweeper that for years served as a docked museum been appointed to oversee on the Mississippi River at St. distribution o f $1.5 billion to Louis. T he G reat F lood o f Native Americans in a gov 1993 rip p ed the Inaugural ernment setdement over mis from its m o oring near the managed land-trust royalties. U,S. D istrict Judge T h o Gateway Arch. It crashed into the Poplar Street bridge, and mas H ogan named Richard Levie as special master o f the then sank. In September, the rusted distribution now under way In a u g u ra l b ecam e v isib le in th e n early 17-year-old again, though now nothing class-action lawsuit filed by m ore than an empty, orange- Elouise Cobell o f Browning, rusted hulk lying on its side M ont, The $3.4 billion settlement n o t far from a south St. Louis was approved by H ogan and casino. Men’s C Division: First, A aron G reene; second, Joe Tuckta; third,. Rory Thomas; fourth, Delvis H eath; fifth, Gary Wood. Women’s A Division: First, Stacee Isaac;, second, Lana Leonard; third, Sharon Jo n e s ; fo u rth , S andra Danzuka; and fifth, Stephanie Luke. Women’s B Division: First, Cecilia Noriego; second, Jolene Switzler; third, Margie Tuckta; fourth, Deana Wash in g to n ; an d fifth , B irney Greene-Boise. Former judge overseeing Cobell disbursements became final last m onth when the Supreme C ourt declined to take up appeals. Levie is a form er District o f C o lu m b ia judge an d a m ediator and arbitrator for JAMS, formerly the Judicial A rb itratio n and M ediation Services. H e will be responsible for resolving disputes over eligi bility in the next ro u n d o f cash distributions, estimated to be at least $800 per per son. ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------- \ Owners marketing closed Indian school SANTA FE , N.M. (AP) A historic but shuttered In d ian s c h o o l o v e rlo o k in g n o rth ern Santa Fe is being marketed as a possible senior living facility. T h e c e n tu ry -o ld St. Catherine Indian School cam pus has been on the market at $4 million for about two w eeks. L istin g ag en t Jack Dettweiler says he has fielded serious inquiries. The property is in foreclo sure but Dettweiler tells the Santa Fe New Mexican the bank’s attorney gave him per mission toltry to sell the land. Dettweiler says he’s telling p o te n tia l buyers to fo rg et about trying for retail, indus trial or office uses because o f neighborhood opposition and traffic limits. Instead, he’s fo cusing on developers w ho ¡specialize in senior housing. Legal Aid Services of Oregon provides free as sistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases. Phone Legal Aid Services of Oregon to schedule an appointment to speak with an attor ney on the first Monday of the month (excluding Holidays) at the Warm Springs Community Ac tion Team building, 1136 Paiute Ave., Warm Springs. Call (541) 385-6944 on Monday, Tues day, and Thursday mornings between 10 a.m. and noon, or on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons be tween 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. k___________________________------------------------ i
