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.
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