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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
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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.
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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
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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.