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r Spilygy Tymoo Coyote News, est. 1976 June 12, 2013 June - Atixan - Spring - Wawaxam Celebration at school site Friday The tribes passed a major mile stone last week on the road toward building a new Warm Springs school. By action o f the Tribal Council, the tribes last Wednesday signed the formal documents w ith the, USDA providing the necessary funds for school construction. The USDA agreed to provide a long-term loan on favorable terms to the tribes. This allows the tribes to seek the interim funding from a bank, allowing construction to be gin this month. “ T ô'com m em orate the historic occasion, the tribes will host a cel ebration at the site this Friday, June 14, starting at 2:30 p.m. Tammye Trevino, Administra to r fo r thè USDA H ousing and Com m unity Facilities Program, is invited to attend from Washington, D.C. Federal lawmakers are also invited to join the tribal and school district officials for the ceremonies, along with OPB, K TV Z, The Bul letin and other media. Pam Swires, from the USDA of fice in Redmond, last Wednesday, presented the terms and conditions Voi. 38, No. 12 o f the USDA loan. A fter re viewing the terms, Tribal Coun cil voted unanimously in favor ,of approval, giving C ouncil C h a irm a n E u g e n e A u stin Greene Sr. signing authority on the Letter o f Intent (see page 8). Swires explained the fairly complicated process o f USDA lending, whereby the agency sets aside the funding in an account, giving assurance to banks that a loan to the tribes is guaranteed to be repaid. See SCHOOL on page 8 Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Jayda Allen, Daiquan Winishut and Redsky Waheneka (from left) were among the students who took part in the ECE graduation ceremonies at the Agency Longhouse. T h e second volume in the N orth Example of rare photograph to appear in E nduring Spirit. Northwest Photography Series, Wild iieauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867 1957. This book was published some years ago. Laursen will also show slides o f the photos that have been collected for Enduring Spirit. He is asking for help in identify ing people in the pictures, “as well as aid in our understanding o f the material culture depicted in some o f them,” Laursen said. H e explained th at photography in the N orthw est begins in 1867, when photographers began taking the first good quality landscape pic tures in the region. T he era covered in 1T7Z7 Peauty ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents July referendum on motorsports project Tribal Council last week decided to p ut the m otorsports referendum to a second vote o f the members. T h e first re fe re n d u m narrow ly missed the minimum one-third voter turnout. Council voted 6-0 in favor o f the resolution calling for a re-vote (see page 8). The referendum will be on Tuesday, July 9. In the first m otorsports referen- • dum the absentee ballots were con fusing. This may have been a factor in why the election failed, .missing the minimum by 68 ballots. A n o th er reason w hy C ouncil members would like to see a re-vote is to get a clear message from the m em bership, as the m otorsports project could be a major long-term benefit to the tribes. Discussion at Council last week focused at times on the need for some long-term revenue and jobs s o lu tio n fo r th e C o n fe d e ra te d Tribes. T h e trib es an d m em b ersh ip spend $79 million a year o ff the reservation, mostly in Madras, said Councilman Carlos Smith. The m otorsports developm ent would allow for infrastructure and adjacent business development, fi nally allowing the tribes to keep the local m oney on the reservation, Smith said. C ouncilm an Scott Moses said the Confederated Tribes o f ,Warm Springs w ere once considered a leading and progressive tribe. “But we haven’t done anything lately,” he Historic photograph presentation in W.S. west Photography Series will be o f great interest to members o f the C o nfederated T ribes o f W arm Springs. The book is tided Enduring Spirit: Photographs o f Northwest Native Americans, 1857-1907. The photographs have been col lected from various archives, said Jo h n Laursen, o f the N orthw est Photography Archive, a non-profit group dedicated to the cultural heri tage o f the Northwest. Many o f these p h o to g rap h s have never been published, and the names and backgrounds o f th e people in the photos are u n known. Laursen will be in Warm Springs on Tuesday, June 25, to present photographs that will appear in En- duririgSpirit. Laursén is hoping that tribal members will be able to iden tify the people and places in the photographs. O n June 25, Laursen will be at the Family Resource Cen ter from 1 to 5 p.m. P art o f the slide, presentation will be on the first book in the P.0. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ends in 1957, with completion o f The Dalles dam, which brought pro- fo u n d change to th e C olum bia G orge and the region. T h e p h o to g ra p h s o f N ativ e Americans in Enduring Spirit were taken between 1857 and 1907. For this book Laursen and N orth west Photography Archive have col lected many rare and unpublished photographs. Many o f these exist as a single, fragile print. T he people in the pictures are o ften anonym ous, as the photos w ere being m ade for the person taking the picture rather than the subject, Laursen said. “We’re try ing to re-attach nam es and w hat ever o th e r in fo rm a tio n we can find,” he said. F or the presentation in W arm Springs he will bring the pictures that are from the plateau area. The author o f Enduring Spirit is Megan K. Friedel, archivist and assistant professor o f library science at the University o f Alaska A nchor age. Sse PHOTOGRAPHS on page 2 said. “I think the m otorsports park could p u t us back on the map. We would have jobs, revenue and bet ter overall m arketing o f W arm Springs.” Councilman Kahseuss Jackson said the tribes need sòme long-term vision for future financial viability, and the m otorsports park could fit that vision. The developm ent phase o f the park would create 425 jobs, accord ing to estimates. O peration would mean another 200 new jobs. The fa cility would require service busi nesses such as hotels and a travel center, creating another 225 esti mated indirect jobs, according to a study o f the project. P assag e o f th e re fe re n d u m would allow the tribes to continue negotiating toward a potential deal to develop the park. Councilman Orvie Danzuka said the project looks good. H e asked, though, w hether Miller Flat is the only suitable location, as he heard some concerns about the 1,000-acre proposed development site, specifi cally regarding roof gathering. Ventures chief executive officer Je ff Anspach said the site was iden tified with input from thè Natural Resources Branch. From a business, and marketing point o f view, the proposed loca tio n is a g o o d o n e , said J o h n Halliday, BIA Warm Springs Agency Superintendent?''’ “ ■ Sèe REFERENDUM on page 8 General Council meetings There are G eneral Coun cil m eetings scheduled for T uesday, J u n e 18 an d W ednesday, June 19 at the Agency Longhouse. O n June 18 the discussion will focus on a Cascade Locks update, W arm Springs Forest P roducts Industries, W arm S prings C red it an d W arm Springs Telecom. O n June 19, there will be updates from the following enterprises: W arm Springs Power and Water Enterprises, Indian H ead Casino, K ah- N e e -T a R e s o rt a n d S pa, Warm Springs Ventures, and Composite Products. Dinners begin at 6 p.m. and the meetings at 7. T h èse G en eral C ouncil m eetings w ere called by the Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council to give the m em bership in form ation on tribal finance m atters before the start o f th e 2014 b u d g et p lanning process.
