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June 26, 2013 Spilyay Tymoo, \N ^ ìtd Springs, Oregon Pdge 12 Restoration Workers The Natural Resources restoration crews are back on the job. They will be working through the summer and into the fall, repairing fences, protecting riparian areas, and doing other restoration work on the reservation. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Museum honoring artist's life, work Opening this Thursday T h e M useum at W arm Springs this year is celebrat ing its Twentieth Anniversary. The museum first opened in March o f 1993. The main summer exhibit at the museum will feature the life and w ork o f A polonia Susana Santos. The summer show will be “Indigenous Elements: The Life and A rt o f A polonia Susana Santos.” T h e ex h ib it opens this Thursday, June 27, with the opening reception from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Apolonia passed in 2006. She was an artist, activist, art and cultural liaison and indig enous warrior. S u san a’s p a in tin g s an d serigraphs often contain the dram atic and diverse land scape and sky o f the high desert. Snowstorms and the ele ments o f wind, water, sun and m oon appear with vigor. H er artistic in te rp re ta tio n o f Salmon, coyote and big horn sheep express how strongly Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days she was connected to her homelands. ; Interpretation o f Native w om en and m en in tradition dress always has a contem porary flair. Though small in stature, she stood large in life, as she painted, sculpted and created stratégies to ward social change for N a tive youth. Joel Moffett west Indians. M offett lives on the Nez Perce Reservation in Lapwai, Idaho with his family. He has threq children, the youngest born just two months ago. T h ey enjo y fish in g th ro u g h o u t the N ez Perce homeland, from the Colum bia River to its upper tribu taries in the wilds o f Idaho and Oregon. “I am h o n o red to have been selected to chair the Columbia River I nt.er-Tribal F ish C o m m issio n ,” said M offett. “Protecting salmon—-the very heart o f the cultures o f th e N ez P e rc e , U m atilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama tribes— is a great responsibil ity. Add in protecting lamprey, tribal treaty rights, and the very water itself and we have plenty o f work to do. “Together, I believe the m em ber tribes o f CRITFC have the unique skills, drive, and expertise to accomplish this.” M offett will assume the chairm a.nship at th e nex t commission meeting on July 25. . H e will chair the first com mission meeting at the new CRITEC offices, which are m oving on July 1 after 22 years at its present location. He succeeds N. Kathryn “K at” Brigham (Umatilla), who served as CRITEC chair woman for the p ast year. Strong leadership and ad vocacy o f tribal treaty fish ing rights and tribal fishery p ro g ram s m ark ed C h a ir woman Brigham’s tenure. She testified before mem bers o f Congress on the suc cess o f the tribal efforts to rebuild salmon populations, advocated for the need to use hatcheries as a tool to rebuild naturally spaw ning salm on populations, fought for the Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days USA Boxing will be held on Saturday, June of Pi-Ume-Sha in the Warm Springs Community Center Sports Gym. Bouts will start at 3:30 - Hosted by Warm Springs Na- tion Boxing LBC. Youth baseball tourney Fish commission names Moffett as new chairman Leaders from the Warm Springs, U m atilla, Yakama and N ez Perce tribes unani mously selected N ez Perce T rib al C o u n cilm an Jo el M offett to lead the Colum bia River Inter-T ribal Fish Commission as its new chair man. M offett is the vice chair man o f the N ez Perce tribe executive committee, the gov erning body o f the Nez Perce Tribe. This will be the second time that M offett has served as C R IT F C ’s ch airm an . M offett is recognized for his commitment to achieving con sensus and for his creative so lutions and ideas. He is also known for his ability to distill complex issues and inform ation into easily understood explanations. H e has serv ed o n his tribe’s executive com m ittee since 2006. Prior to his ser vice as the vice chairm an, M offett served as, the trea surer. H e also represents N orth west tribes on the Tribal-In terior Budget Council, and on the Executive Board o f the Affiliated Tribes o f N orth- USA Boxing trib al treaty fish in g rig h t through the U S v. Oregon p ro cess, and elevated the region’s awareness o f toxics in the Columbia River Basin’s waterways. “It has been a privilege to carry our messages and edu cate everyone from members o f Congress to our own tribal children about our efforts to restore fish populations,” said Brigham. “The region still has work to do if we are going to real ize healthy and sustainable fish returns and I look for w ard to being part o f that process.; I also look forward to working with Joel, who is well inform ed on the many issues facing Columbia Basin fish populations. This knowl edge will serve him well in his role as our new chairman.” The other CRITFC offic ers elected were Bruce Jim o f Warm Springs, vice chairman; Gerald Lewis (Yakama), sec retary , an d N. K a th ry n Brigham (Umatilla), treasurer. The election o f CRITFC o fficers takes place every Ju n e w ith the seats rotated am o n g th e fo u r m e m b e r tribes. A Warm Springs youth baseball team is raising money for their trip to the Native American Baseball In v itatio n al tourney in P h o en ix this July, For m o re in fo rm a tio n call 541-553-4971. Hood to Coast July raffle The H oot to Coast Team is hosting a raffle to help with expenses o f the 2013 Efood. to Coast Relay. The raffle drawing will b;e on Thursday, July 4 (need not be present to win). Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. See the following to get your tick ets: L eslie D avis, M onica Sam pson, Jordan Leonard, Lisa Dubisar, Carolyn Beaver, Ina Schuster, Gary Sampson I I I , J e f f A n sp ach , D o n Courtney, Adam Haas, Jason Smardowit,Joe McCanna and Val Squiemphen. Raffle item s include: an Tpad, fuzzy blanet, Pendleton mug, Pendleton coin purse, gift baskets^ many gift cards, photo sitting, one night stay at Inn at Cross Keys, earrings, P endleton vest, and o th er donated items. 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