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r Spilyay Tym P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 OREGON HISTOR'CAL SOCIETY » P2ORÏLAND, O R ^ 05 A ugu st 21/ 2013 Coyote News, est. 1976 V o l. 38,1 A u g u s t- Shatm - Slimmer- Shatm School work nearing next phase Construction work on the Warm Springs k-8 school is progressing at a good pace, and is a slightly ahead o f schedule, said Rick M olitor, school district superintendent. The leveling work at the 22-acre site is nearly done, and the water and electrical pipes are now on site. The foundation and footing work is scheduled to start by the end o f S e p te m b e r o r early O c to b e r, Molitor said. “We arfe on schedule to open in the fall o f 2014,” he said. Meanwhile, a ground-breaking is scheduled for this week at the site o f the new Madras High School football stadium, athletic complex, and perform ing arts center. The ground-breaking at the stadium site is scheduled for 10 a.m. this T hurs day, August 22. A t the W arm Springs k-8 site, about 25 workers are on hand, in cluding a num ber o f tribal m em bers. To learn about employment opportunities at the site, call Job Cre- school building itself will be lo cated beyond the parking area toward Tenino Road. S chool d istrict "voters ap proved the Warm Springs school, ■ and the new athletic complex and perform ing arts center, in the spring o f 2012. Tribal member voters approved the $20 million k-8 project th at summer. The tribes are sharing the cost o f the building, and acquired a $6.8 mil lion loan g uaranty from the USDA for funding. School start Sept. 9 Dave McMechan/Spilyay The water lines arrived on the site last week. ation and D evelopment at 541-553- 3324. W ith the levelling w ork nearly done, the outline o f the new school is coming into view. The athletic field will be located on the large flat area along Chuk- kar Road. T he roadw ay into the parking lot is visible next to the con s tru c tio n m an ag e r trailer. T h e The, first day o f school for students in grades 1 through 6, and grade 9 at the high school is Monday, Sept. 9. S tudents in grades 7 and 8 at the m iddle school, and 10 through 12 at the high school, start on Tuesday, September 10. Kindergarten stu dents Start the week o f Sept. 7. — Dave McMechan Tribes’ Willamette Valley project approved The Confederate Tribes o f the W arm Springs is pleased to an nounce the acquisition o f a 277- acre property, the Red Hills Con se rv a tio n A rea, th ro u g h th e Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Pro gram. The Bonneville Power Adminis tration provides' funds, as mitigation for loss o f wildlife habitat from, in undated acre’s from the construc tion o f federal dam s w ithin the Willamette Valley. In 2010 the BPA and the State o f Oregon signed a landmark agree m ent to jointly protect Willamette Basin wildlife habitat through cre ation o f the W illam ette Wildlife. Mitigation program. They developed a m em orandum o f understanding ,(MOU) in 2012 that included involvement by Con fe d e ra te d T rib es o f th e W arm Springs, the Siletz Indians and G rand Ronde tribes, the City o f E u gene, Mètro, non-governmental or ganizations like the N ature C on servancy, and other interested par- ties. This collaborative public p ro cess led to-a developm ent o f crite ria to determ ine pro p erties th at would best benefit from this con servation strategy through land ac quisition or establishment o f a con servation easement. This is similar to thé agreement that was developed for the purchase o f the Pine Creek C onservation Area in the Jo h n Day Basin. In 2012 th e C o n fe d e ra te d T rib es’ B ran ch o f N a tu ra l R e sources identified the Red Hills property located within Yamhill County, in the Willamette Valley, as a property that m et the devel oped M O U conservation strat egy for mitigation*lands. Through the review process as outlined in the MOA, the Con federated Tribes presented this proposal in 2 0 1 3 . T h e p r o p o s a l was ranked num ber one out o f W * fóri ecological values and funding. Please see RED HILLS on 8 ECRWSS °ostal Patron ,S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents 9-1-1 matter at Council O n the reservation, when you call 9-1-1 from a ground line, the call goes directly to W arm Springs dis patch. W hen you call 9-1-1 from a cell phone, the call first goes to an off- reservation dispatch center, such as at Condon or Bend. The call is then routed to the Warm Springs dispatch center, adding som e time to the emergency response. The question ’o f dispatch, and fire and safety response time, came up earlier this week at Tribal C oun cil. Charlotte Herkshan requested the subject be on the Tribal Council* agenda. * Mrs. H erkshan lost her hom e to a fire in July. With the hom e w ent all o f herbeadw ork and beads, fam ily photographs, and personal items o f loved ones. “I lost everything,” Charlotte said, The fire response time, she said, was over 20 minutes. Stan Suenaga, Public Safety G en eral Manager, said there have been some issues at dispatch that are b e ing worked out through training and other means. “We’re reviewing tapes, and making sure all policies are be ing followed,” he said. Charlotte* and C ouncilw om an Evaline P att said the emergency re sponse time has* been an issue at . least since the early 1980s. “A nd nothing has changed,’.’ C harlotte said. Public Safety-needs to improve the emergency response process, said C ouncil C h airm an A u stin Greene, “so w e can avoid further loss o f homes.” See 9-1 -1 on 12 New museum feature points out little-known aspects T h e audio tour guide greets the visitors as they approach the m u seum, saying: The Museum at. Warm Springs shares the beauty of the culture, tradi tions and history of the Confederated Tribes of IPhm Springs... Trom the inside of the museum to the outside, the museum tells a wonderful story... of water we placed the stream at the ■ beginning of your visit... important part of Native culture and ceremonies. A b o vef the entrance is the word Twanat carved in granite. In the Warm Springs language Twanat means to fo l low, such as to follow traditions and culture. ' The brass'door handles on the en trance doors resemble,the feather bustle on men’s regalia. A s you tour the mu seum grounds, see i f you can fin d more places where the feather bustle shape is used.. . . Blue floor tiles continue the im age o f the stream into the museum, through the building and continu ing outside again to the central pa tio area. But before entering the building, the tour guide continues her narra tion: The audio narration is provided through the visitors’ smart phones, I-phones or cell phones. The tour guide is Debbie Stacona, museum development officer. Native music provides the back ground, as D ebbie continues the tour: The fascinating brickwork around the building walls is an actual huckle berry basket design, a basket we have in our collection. Our elders said, “N o t all things are perfect, ’ so when making artwork, beadwork or basketry, they intention ally placed a wrong color in the design. Tvery detail of the museum build In the brickwork of the building, there ing has a story. The ¡architects worked is an intended flaw in the design— some closely with the tribal community to tell where. See i f you can fin d that brick out of place,.. our story through design. The first feature you see is the creek, leading you up the walkway to the Finding the out-of-place brick is museum, as water is essential to all liv-: very difficult; D eb finally nbticed it ing things. Because of the importance after working at the m useum for six f: Dave McMechan/Spilyay The brickwork of the museum walls Is in the design of a huckleberry basket that the museum has in its collection. Somewhere on the building (not in this picture), one brick in the design is intentionally out of place. years. Some other segments from the tour narrative, still before en tering the building: 1 (I The circular lava rock waill at the entrance to the museum resembles a drum. Drums have been and remain an The visitors will access, the audio tbur on their phones at five stops around the museum. D eb worked with the OnCell service in creating the audio tour. “ We can’t have tour guides for every group o f visitors,” she said. “OnCell is one way o f sharing all these added stories o f the museum with the visitors.” The project was made possible through a grant from the Portland General Electric Fund. See MUSEUM on 7 «
