Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon
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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
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