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P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Tyrr OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ì July 24, 2013 Coyote News, est. 1976 1230 SW PARK AVE. PORTLAND, OR 97205 Voi. 38, ino . 13 July - Pat’ak-Pt’akni - Summer- Shatm Tribal repatriation to ancestral land B y Roberta Kirk Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation A ct Coordinator Repatriation of 272 Memaloose Island, Wasco and Wishxatn ancestral remains The Confederated Tribes o f the Warm Springs in 2010 made a Native American Graves Pro tection and R epatriation A ct claim to the Peabody Museum o f N atural History, located in N ew Haven, Conn. The claim was for the return o f 272 individual ancestral re mains and funerary objects that originated from the Memaloose Is la n d s, T h e D alles, W asco County, Oregon. A Notice of Inventory Comple tion and Notice of Intent to Repa triate were published in the Fed eral Register on March 29,2013, which recognized the Confeder ated Tribes o f W arm Springs and the Yakama N ation as the recognized claimant tribes. , This repatriation was a com bined Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act claim with the Yakama Nation, as Wasco and Wishxam descen dants are now enrolled at Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation. B oth the Wasco and' Wishxam used the burial islands. Courtesy of Roberta Kirk Members gather for the repatriation and reinterment. Background In 2005 a report, Eatrogenic Mo lar Borings in 18th and Early 19‘h Cen tury Native. American Dentitions, was pubhshed in the American Journal o f Physical Anthropology. The ar ticle mentioned a dental study that w as c o n d u c te d o n W asco an d Wishxam ancestral human remains. In 2006 a site visit was co n ducted by thé Confederated Tribes o f W arm S prings C u ltu ral R e so u rces staff. F ro m th e re , we started consultation with the A n thropology Division, Peabody Mu seum o f N atural History. We found that there were many ancestral remains that were at the Peabody Yale M useum that origi nated from The Dalles area. W hen we asked for further docum enta tion, we asked them for anything from Memaloose and any similar spelling and eventually the num ber rose to 272 individuals th at had come from the Memaloose Islands and The Dalles in the 1870s. • These ancestral remains all cra nium s and m o st o f w hich w ere m odified o r flattened had been stored in boxes in a room for over 140 years. T h e cla im These ancestral remains and funerary o bjects re p re se n t a shared group identity that can be reasonably traced to the Confed erated Tribes o f Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation. O ur people lived and died on both sides o f the Columbia River and used the area o f The Dalles as a village site, camping area and cemetery. This land is also within the Ceded Lands o f the Confed erated Tribes o f Warm Springs. See REPATRIATION on 12 Crews work on Sunnyside Turnoff fire A bout 350 firefighters continue working on the 23,000-acre fire. As o f Tuesday afternoon, no structures had been destroyed, said L uther Clements, assistant fire management officer o f operations for the depart ment. O ne firefighter injured his knee, Clements said. The Simnasho-Hot Springs Road was closed from Warm Springs Road to U.S. 26. T he fire started about 9 a.m. Saturday, July on Sim nasho-H ot Springs Road, Clements said. Fire C hief D an M artinez said a discarded cigarette appears to have been the initial cause o f the blaze. K ah-N ee-T a had to be co m pletely evacuated, as the fire burned around the resort area. The lodge had already been evacuated as the result o f a kitchen fire at Kah-Nee- Ta (see page 3). Phone lines were down at vari ous offices and residences around the reservation, and power was out for a time. The casino had to close for a time as the machines were n ot working coirectly, due to disruption o f the server. Charley Canyon residents were evacuated for some time. Crews from federal agencies, nearby counties and private com panies joined W arm Springs Fire Sue Matters photos. Flames from the Sunnyside Turnoff fire approach the lodge at Kah-Nee-Ta. M anagement and Fire and Safety in the response. O ne helicopter was on scene. Fire camp was set up at the rodeo ’g rounds, i Containm ent o f the fire Was es timated at 25 percent on Tuesday m orning o f this week. The fire at the time was south o f the M utton Mountains, no rth east o f U pper D ry Creek road, and north and w est o f the Deschutes Rivet. Highway 3 was closed to public travel at milepost 15 (heading south from Simnasho) and near milepost 6.5 (north o f U.S. Highway 26 out o f Warm Springs). Evacuations rem ained in place for the K ah-N ee-T a R esort and Charley Canyon areas. Firefighters were working night and day shifts. O regon Interagency In c id e n t M an ag em en t T eam 4, w o rk in g fo r th e C o n fe d e ra te d Tribes o f W arm Springs, took over command o f the fire at 6 p.m. Tues day evening. Team 4 Incident Com m ander, Brian Watts comm ended initial and extended attack resources for their safe and hard work. Watts attrib uted the protection o f the facilities at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and homes throughout the fires’ path to “ag gressive firefighting.” ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents Hunting matter at Council W hen hunting season opens the tribal N atural R esources B ranch plans to issue hunting perm its for m em b ers to use o n th e C eded Lands. The tribes will also have their own hunting season regulations for 2013, separate from the state o f O regon regulations. This will be the second year in a row that the tribes issue their own regulations, said Bobby Brunoe, gen eral manager o f tribal N atural Re sources. Brunoe recently updated Tribal Council on the Ceded Lands hunting season. H e said that last year was the first time in at least 30 years that the Confederated Tribes had hunt ing regulations different from the state regulations. Last year the tribal deer season in some Ceded Lands units, for in stance, was longer than the state season by a few days, he said. Some state officials w ere n o t happy to see the tribes enforcing separate Ceded Lands hunting regu lations, he said. See CEDED LANDS on 6 Change at clinic in August T he Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center is transitioning out o f hospital care, effective August 15. The reason for this transition is to im prove access, scheduling, and the overall care at the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center. For many years the H ealth and Wellness C enter m edical doctors have provided 24-7 hospital care at St. Charles Madras H ospital, As o f August 15, this will no longer be provided. The Warm Springs physicians will be able to focus on outpatient care at the W arm Springs Clinic. Physi cians in Madras will provide the care for all patients w ho are admitted to the St. Charles Madras Hospital. T he W arm Springs clinic staff wants to assure tribal members that this change will n o t adversely im pact care received at the clinic. In fact, access to care received at the W arm Springs clinic should im prove. “The Health and Wellness Cen ter wants to continue to be your primary medical home, and to meet your outpatient needs,” said Carol Prevost, Health and Wellness Cen ter chief executive officer. See CLINIC on 8 ■■■
