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Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon Page 10 M ay 29, 2013 Columbia Hills State Park is a Gorge wonder D A L L E S P O R T , W ash. (AP) — It’s hard to overstate the grandeur o f the Colum bia River Gorge, and Colum bia Hills State Park takes in a sw eeping m ountainside o f that grandeur, plus a riverside trove o f cultural artifacts that may be unm atch ed in the Northwest. For an experience nothing like w hat you might find at crowded parks such as D e ception Pass, drive up wind ing, graveled Dalles Mountain Road here and search out the o n e -ro o m p io n e e r h u t -3 “cabin” is too grand a term — built by Henry Brune, a G er m an w ar h e ro fro m th e F ra n c o -P ru ssia n W ar o f 1870. Stand alone at his doorway — you might be the only per son for miles around — and lo o k d ow n o n c o u n tless graduated slopes and plateaus o f windblown grassland and high d esert. B uilt by lava flows and scoured by ancient floods, the land is crinkled from time and erosion, prob ably much like the lined face o f Brune himself were he still around to take it in. In April and May, cheer ful yellow flow ers o f arrowleaf balsamroot waggle in the breezes next to purple lupine am ong the grasses. Pockets o f gnarled oaks and O sage orange, p lan ted by early Settlers, line gulches. O n a clear day, M o u n t H ood rises like a shark fin to Viola Kalama, 90, told stories o f the Gorge’s mostfamous petroglyph, Tsagaglalal, or “She Who Watches.” th e so u th w est, across the Columbia River. I f you hike from the park’s upper bound ary two miles up a gated road to th e to p o f 3 ,2 0 0 -fo o t Stacker Butte, you get an eye ful o f H ood, M ount Adams, M o u n t R ain ier, M o u n t Jefferson and more in “a 360- degree view th a t w ill ju st knock your socks off,” says Ranger Andy Kallinen, who runs this 3,338-acre park in south-central Washington. W h a t m akes it a gem Upland grandeur aside, the cultural artifacts docum ent ing Native American life on the river’s shore, along with history related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, put this park on our Seattle Times “state park gems” list. For hundreds o f years the riverbank here was the site o f the native Wishram people’s main village, called Nix lui dix, or “The Trading Place.” Situ ated betw een famed Celilo Falls and narrow river chan nels just downstream, it was an ideal place to catch salmon, a ttra c tin g trib e s ■ fro m throughout the Pacific N orth west to fish and trade. Explorers Lewis and Clark stayed at the village on both legs o f their journey, w est ward in 1805 and returning east the following spring. They wrote o f it as the first place in the N orthw est they found “large and comodious (sic)” native homes built o f wood 3 Ghinookan-style lodges. The lower park and camp gro u n d around H o rséth ief Lake is “intimate and com fortable, and a beautiful spot with a lot o f history,” camp ground h o st Andy Forrest, from Kirkland, said as he and his wife, Julie, warmed them selves by a campfire on a cool sp rin g m o rn in g . “We like American history, and we’ve been interested in Lewis and Clark for a number o f years.” “A nd you can see- a part o f the O reg o n Trail from here,” added Julie, pointing across the Columbia to a di agonal line in the canyon wall, where remnants o f a wagon path still lead dow n to the water a detour route used when a creek was too high on the main trail. W hat you w o n ’t find ev ery w h e re N ix lui dix, along w ith Celilo Fallsj was buried un der w ater from T he Dalles D am in 1957, but many arti facts remain, including ancient rock paintings (pictographs) and carvings (petroglyphs), sands o f years ago. She Who Watches some rescued fiom the flood ing and brought to the park for outside display and others in their original rock cliffs over looking the village site. O n my visit, a group o f O re g o n S tate P ark s sta ff toured the park and was lucky to meet near the river’s edge w ith V iola K alam a, 90, a Warm Springs tribal member who grew up in Nix lui dix. She told stories o f the Gorge’s m o st fam ous p etro g ly p h , Tsagaglalal, o r “ She W ho Watches,” a large, wide-eyed face with a knowing grin that can still be clearly seen in a basalt wall overlooking the Columbia. “W e’d play and ru n all along those cliffs and there were petroglyphs all along. We’d try to hide but that face would keep watching us! The face lady was' the ruler o f the land,” Kalama said. “This was a beautiful place and a w on derful country. I cried the year the water started going UP-” Today, to p ro te c t “ She W ho Watches” from vandal ism, the park trail accessing the area is open only during free guided tours, conducted at 10 a.m. every Friday and Saturday, April to October, by reservation only (509-767- 1159; call well in advance o f a planned visit, as tours are limited to 25 people and usu ally fill). O ther rescued rock paint ings and carvings are open to viewing daily. They include rem arkable representations o f big -eared ow ls, sharp- fanged coyotes, deer, sun and other natural wonders o f im portance to people who first lived here hundreds and thou Not to be missed Stories vary as to how] H orsethief Lake and neigh-1 boring H orsethief Butte got; their names. Some say rob bers swooped down from the butte to stop westbound trains carrying horses bound for the! Klondike in the 1890s. O th ers suggest that dam builders in the 1950s thought the area! looked like a setting for a; Hollywood western and be queathed the name. In any case, they are two; o f the park’s primary recre ational features. T h e 90-acre H o rse th ie f Lake is an im poundment of: the dam-raised river, cut off; 'by a ra ilro a d causeway,! though small culverts provide an outlet. Fishing and boat-] ing are attractions, with pedal boats and other rentals in; summer months. O n weekends, Portland- area rock climbers flock to; th e 5 0 0 -fo o t w alls o f H orsethief Butte. A recently built parking area off High way 14 serves as trailhead for an easy walk that skirts dra matic basalt spires and offers on-high views o f the broad river an d p assin g barges. Som e trails enable a scramble/boulder hop to the top. Beware o f rattlesnakes, poison oak, ticks and occa- sional high winds. The next deadline to submit items for publication in the Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, June 7. Thank you! Spilyay Tym oo Classifiecjs Tribal jobs See Amelia Tewee in the personnel depa rtm e nt to submit an application, or call 541-553-3262. View full de scriptions and apply online at www.ctws.org. Day Care Administra tor. Salary Range $34,000. Yr. To $40,000. Yr. Jon Smith 553-3228. C/oses 5/ 31. Head Start - Education Disabilities Coordinator. S a la ry R ange DOE Kirstin Hisatake 553-3242. Early Childhood Spe cial Education Teacher. S a la ry Range DOE. Kirstin Hisatake 553-3242. Henrikson 553-2001. Head Start Home Visi tor. Salary Range $22,026. Yr. Kirstin Hisatake 553- 3242. Fire Management Se nior Fire Fighter (Asst. E.O.) (2) Full Time. Salary Range $11.95 Hr. Jabbar Davis 553-1146. Fire Management Se nior Fire Fighter (Asst. E.O.) (2) Seasonal. Salary Range 11.95 Hr. Jabbar Davis 553-1146. Community Health Ser v ic e s - C o m m u n ity Health Nurse. Salary Range $50,506. Yr. To $60,281. Yr. Tammy Wilson 553-2459. Community Health Ser vices - M edical Social Worker. Salary Range $40,731. Yr. To $55,393. Yr. Tammy Wilson 553-2459. C h ild re n ’s Protective Services - CPS Special ist. Salary Range $26,707. Yr. E liz a b e th HisatakeDeece Suppah 553-3209. Closes 6/7. Hood River Fisheries Biologist. Salary Range $38,000. Yr. To $47,000. Yr. Chris Brun 541-352-3548. Closes 6/7. C o n s e rv a tio n E n forcement Ranger. In the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Mid Oregon Federal Credit Union, Petitioner, vs. Alfred Wolfe, Respon dent; Case No. CCO2-13. TO: Alfred Wolfe: YOU ARE H EREBY N O T IF IE D that a Petition to Recover D ebt o f Enforce or Foreclose a Right Secured by a Security In te re st has been filed w ith the W arm Springs Tribal Court. By this notice you are summoned to appear in this m atter at a hearing scheduled for 28th Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Peti tioner, vs. Leanne Teeman, Respondent; Case No. CR148-11. TO: Leanne Teeman: YOU A R E H EREBY N O T IF IE D that a SHOW C A U S E /F A IL U R E T O PAY H e a rin g h as b een scheduled w ith the W arm Springs Tribal Court. By this notice you are sum moned to appear in this m atter at a h ea rin g sch e d u le d fo r day of June 2013 @ 9:00 am, at the W arm Springs JUNE 19, 2013, AT 10:30 A.M. at the Warm Springs Tribal Court. Tribal Court. Salary Range $25,000. Yr. To $35,000. Yr. Doug Calvin I Larry Holliday 553-2043 or 553-2040. Watershed Crew Tech nician (5). Salary Range $11.00 Hr. To $13.00 Hr. J a m ie Sheahan 553-2028. Range/Forestry/Wild life R e s to ra tio n C rew Technician Limited Dura tion. Salary Range $13,00 Hr. To $15.00 Hr. J e rry R ange/Forestry/W ild life R e s to ra tio n C rew Boss - Limited Duration. Salary Range $11.00 Hr. To 11.50 Hr.Jerry Henrikson 553-2001. R ange/Forestry/W ild life R e s to ra tio n C re w Driver Limited Duration. Salary Range $10.50 Hr. To $11.00 Hr. J e rry Henrikson 553-1002. R ange/Forestry/W ild life R e s to ra tio n C rew Member - limited duration. Salary Range $10.00 Hr. To $ 1 0 .5 0 Hr. Je rry Henrikson 553-2001. Corrections Officer. Salary Range $25,235. Yr. To $33,651. Yr. Lt. P riscilla W hittenburg 553-3272. High L oo kee Lodge Bus Driver. Salary Range $10.00 Hr! To $12.00 Hr. Lawrence Macy 553-1182. LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OREGON Central Oregon Regional Office 1029 NW 14th Street, Buite 100, Bend, OR 97701 IN WARM SPRINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 1 s’r MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 1 PM - 4 PM Community Action Team Building T A S H A Y L A ANDREWS, Petitioner, vs. MICHAEL TEEMAN, Respondent; Case No. DO42-13. TO: MICHAEL TEEMAN: YOU ARE HEREBY N O T IF IE D that a P E T I T IO N fo r C O N SE R V A T O R and / o r G U A R D IA N has been filed with the Warm Springs Tribal Court. By this notice you are sum moned to appear in this mat ter at a hearing scheduled for the 1 st day of JULY, 2013 @ 9:00 am, at th e Warm Springs Tribal Court. 1136 Paiute Avenue CALL TO SCHEUDLE YOUR APPOINTMENT (541)385-6944 Monday, 10am-12pm Tuesday, 10 am -12 pm and lpm-3pm Thursday,TO am -12 pm and lpm-3pm Providing free legal assistance to low-income Oregonians in many civil cases: Protection Orders; Family Law in Domestic Violence cases; Civil legal assistance related to Domestic Violence; Sexual Assault, Stalking and Dating Violence; Evictions and Housing Complaints; Public Benefits Denials (SNAP, TANF); Medicaid Medicare, etc.; Foreclosure Advice and Defense; Consumer Fraud and Unfair Practices; Employment Problems and Wage Claims.
