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Spilyay Tym
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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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
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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:
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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
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