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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 2013)
A u g u s t 7, 2013 Spilydy T ym o o , W grm Springs, O regon Pgge 6 Tribes open fish facility At the Fair The Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs, with co operation from the Oregon D e p a rtm e n t o f F is h and Wildlife and funding from the BPA, located, designed and constructed a juvenile spring Chinook salmon and adult trapping facility on the West Fork H ood River near Parkdale. The facility will improve the introduction o f spring Chinook and provide salmon for harvest. ' O n the first day o f o p eration, on July T, the $4.5 million facility immediately had fish enter the gates, and has since been trapping and processing fish nearly every day. The goal is to identify vi able brood stock and collect data. The fisheries workers at th e facility take scale samples, DNA,,mark the fish and read the electronic tag. O ver 100 fish have bee cap tu red during the first month o f operation. The pre vious fish ladder constructed in the 1980’s fell into disre pair and didn’t allow passage o f juveniles. The facility also serves as a perm anent juvenile accli m ation site. The tribes re lease about 150,000 spring C hinook salm on in to the H ood River each spring, Canoes arrive fo r Quinault celebration Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Tymoo. Warm Springs youth Trecee Reese and Byron Pattwere busy with 4-H activities during the Jefferson County Fair. Trecee (above) received a showmanship ribbon during the swine showing. She also received First In Show in the rabbit showing. Byron also participated in the swine showing. Funding for Celilo art project T he Confluence Project w ill receive capital funds fro m state an d fed eral sources to continue site work at Celilo Park, and to com plete artwork at Chief Tim o thy P ark n ear C lark sto n , Wash. To complete the final two o f six C onfluence P roject sites, both Oregon and Wash ington states approved capi tal funds in recendy passed statefibu$lgets: $1.5 million from the state o f O regon, and $747,000 from the state o f Washington. In addition, Western Fed eral Highways will administer recently approved federal transportation grant funds for key site improvements at Celilo Park, bringing the $8.1 m illio n Celilo Park project to 50 percent o f its funding tar get:. Nearing completion o f its public land restoration and public art installation goals, the Confluence Project is in the final years o f its capital cam paign, cu lm in atin g in $38.17 million raised since achieving non-profit status in 2002. Maya Linn is the designer o f the Confluence Project. She is known also for her de sign o f the Vietnam War Me morial in Washington, D.C. • The state o f Oregon has allo cated $1.5 m illio n in bonded lottery funds to build Maya Lin’s designed ‘Celilo A rc’ at Celilo Park, a U.S. Arm y C orps o f Engineers recreational property across from Celilo Village. Funds will be available in 2015 to meet the anticipated sx i-m o n th c o n s tru c tio n timeline. Critical site work at Celilo Park has been funded in part through federal transporta tion funds, including safety im p ro v em en ts to th e rail crossing at th e p ark ’s en trance, redesigned parking lot, updated restroom facili ties, and new interpretive fea tures. I Com bined state, federal, and private funds for Maya Lin’s Celilo A rc’ and Celilo Park exceed 50 percent o f the project’s $8.1 million budget. The Confluence Project is ap p ro ach in g area fo u n d a tions and com m unity sup porters to cap o ff the capital campaign. Jane Jacobsen, executive director o f the Confluence Project, shares “We are h o n o red to gain th e su p p o rt fro m b o th O re g o n an d Washington, as well as fund ing from federal tran sp o r ta tio n so u rces fo r Celilo Park. These funds allow us to continue our work in six sites along th e C olum bia River and bring positive at tention to the great Pacific Northwest.” C o n trib u tio n s to th e Confluence Project may be made online at: confluenceproject.org. About the project T he Confluence Project employs place-based art as the lens through w hich to explore confluences o f cul ture, environm ent, and re gional heritage o f the Colum bia River and its tributaries. The project is a collabo ra tiv e e ff o rt o f P acific N orthw est Tribes. The tribes, acclaimed art ist Maya Lin, and local com munities from O regon and Washington are working to g e th e r to reclaim p u b lic spaces o f cultural, physical, and ecological significance to the Columbia River Basin. The goal is accomplished through public art installa tions, environmental restora tion, and educational p ro gramming. Four o f the six planned sites featuring art by Maya Lin have been completed. In 2010, these sites served over 1.7 million visitors at Cape D isappointm ent at Ilwaco, W ash.; V an co u v er L and Bridge, V ancouver, Wahs.; Sandy R iver D e lta at Troutdale; and Sacajawea at Clarkston, Wash. Chief Timothy and Celilo Parks will be com plete in 2014 and 2015 respectively. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n a b o u t th e C o n flu en ce Project, please contact execu tive director Jane Jacobsen at: jane@confluenceproject.org O r call 360.693.0123. Courtesy photo/Tribal Journeys. Canoes near Quinault. attle. Canoes have been vis iting tribal points along Puget Sound and the coast this sum m er on this year's Paddle to Quinault. (More on the .Canoe Camily in the n e x t Spilyay.) . Judge blocks planned horse slaughter : (AP) — A federal judge on last week temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Iowa to s ta rt slau g h terin g horses this week week. U.S. D is tric t ■ Ju d g e Christina Armijo issued > a restraining order in a law suit brought by The H u m ane S ociety o f th e U nited States and other groups in case th at has sparked an emotional na tional debate about how best to deal with the tens o f th o u s a n d s o f u n w anted and abandoned horsesacross the country. A rm ijo issu ed a re straining order and sched uled another hearing for this week in the lawsuit. T h e m o v e sto p s w h at would have been the re sumption o f horse slaugh ters for the first time in seven years in the US; T he groups co n ten d the D epartm ent o f Agri culture failed to do the p ro p e r e n v iro n m e n ta l studies before issuing per mits that allowed compa nies in Iow a an d N ew M exico to o p en h o rse slaughterhouses. The com- On the Warm Springs ISesrevation, the un claimed horse population is estimated at between 5,000 and 7,000. panies had said they wanted to open as soon as Monday o f this week. The horse m eat would be exported for hum an co n sumption and for use as zoo and other animal food. Valley M eat Co. o f Roswell, N.M., has been at the fore o f the fight, push ing for more than a year for perm ission to convert its cattle p la n t into, a h o rse slaughterhouse. The D epartm ent o f Ag riculture in June gave the com pany the go-ahead to begin slaughtering horses. U SDA officials said they were legally obligated to is sue the permits, even though the O bam a adm inistration opposes horse slaughter and is seeking to reinstate a con gressional ban that was lifted .in 2011. A nother perm it was ap proved a few days later for Responsible T ransporta; tion in Sigourney, Iowa. The move has divided horse rescue and animal welfare groups, ranchers, p o litic ia n s and In d ia n tribes about w hat is the m ost ¡humane way/todeal with the country’s horse overpopulation. Some Native American tribes, including the Warm Springs, Yakama and N a vajo nations, are among those who are pushing to let the companies open. They say the exploding horse populations on their reservations are trampling and overgrazing range- lands, decimating forage resources for cattle and causing widespread envi ronmental damage. O n the Warm Springs R e sre v a tio n , th e u n claimed horse population is estim ated at betw een 5,000 and 7,000. O n the ■Yakama reservation, the estimate is at 17,000. The N av ajp N a tio n , th e nation’s largest Indian res ervation, estimates there are 75,000 horses on its land, many o f which are dehydrated and starving. N.A. Affairs begins implementing initiative CRITFC seeking library technician Job Summary/Primary Responsibil ity: The Library Technician assists with providing library services fo r both CRITFC and the fishery management com m unity in the Colum bia Basin through the StreamNet Project. The po sition requires experience with comput ers, and an interest in organizing and maintaining information resources. The Library staff is team-oriented. Each staff member has assigned du ties and is allowed the freedom to com- TAHOLAH, Wash. - The N ’C hi W anapum C an o e Family o f Warm Springs was among the 70 canoes from 60 Indian tribes that arrived last w eek at at P o in t Grenville. The landing site is on the Quinault Indian Reservation a b o u t 20 m iles n o rth o f Ocean Shores. A n estim a te d 12,000 people were on hand to see the mass landing at the an nual tribal canoe event. The Quinault tribe hosted the visitors for several days o f celebrations. - T he first such event in 1989 was the Paddle to Se- plete those duties. As a team, the Li brary staff members work together to gather and organize information to support the scientific research into the natural resources of the Columbia River basin and Pacific Northwest.Visit our website for a full job description, and the application directions on how to apply, http://www.crltfc.org/critfc-em- ployment-opportunities/ Closing date August 16,2013 Secretary o f the Interior Sally Jewell last week con vened the inaugural meeting o f the White House Council on Native American Affairs. This event launched Presi dent Obama’s national policy initiative to m ake federal agencies w o rk m o re collaboratively an d effec tively w ith federally recog nized tribes to advance their vital economic and social pri orities. “Today’s meeting under scores P resid en t O b am a’s commitment to build effec tive partnerships with Ameri can Indian and Alaska N a tive communities and make the federal governmént work more efficiently to find solu tions to the challenges facing Indian Country,” said Jewell. “I am honored to play a role in the President’s initia tive to maximize federal ef forts to support the tribes as they tackle pressing issues, such as educational achieve m ent and economic develop m ent. T he federal govern ment’s unique trust relation ship with tribes as well as the nation’s legal and treaty obli gations call, for a priority ef fort to prom ote prosperous and resilient communities.” Last week’s discussions fo cused on initial efforts to implement Pres. Obama’s ex ecutive order that established the White House Council on Native American Affairs. Joining Secretary Jewell at the W hite H ouse m eeting were Senior Advisor to the P re s id e n t V alerie J a r re tt, White House Domestic Policy Director Cecilia Muñoz, Ag ric u ltu re S ecretary T om .Vilsack, Labor Secretary T ho mas Perez, H ealth and H u m an S ervices S ecretary Kathleen Sebelius, Transpor ta tio n S ecretary A n th o n y Foxx, and Education Secre tary Arne Duncan. J I
