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“I r‘ / December 24-, 2013 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Good start for story-telling project A b o u t 140 p e o p le a t te n d e d th e C anoe Fam ily dinner and story-telling last w eek. M any o f th o se on hand were youth, said Jolene Estimo Pitt, tribal Health and H um an Services com m uni cations and community plan ned i “Everyone pitched in to make this a successful event,” said Estimo-Pitt, who orga nized the dinner and activi ties. A fter d in n er th e N C hi Wanapum Canoe Family, led by Jefferson Greene, gave a presentation on their recent journey and projects. N ext was an introduction to the story-telling project. The focus o f this is commu nity health. Sponsors are the Sue Matters/KWSO Head cook Myra J. Orange with event participants. Oregon Health Authority, the state O ffice o f Equity and Inclusion, and the Confeder ated Tribes o f Warm Springs. The goal is to determine how best to meet health needs o f th e trib a l com m unity. Some areas o f service see a disparity in results between tribal and non-tribal commu nities. The goal o f the story telling project is to determine ways o f eliminating the dis parity. A full story-telling session will be scheduled in January o f February. The story-telling project “will help us better respond to the significant health dis parities experienced by Native American and American In dian communities that are il lustrated in the State o f E q u ity R e p o rt,” said T ricia Tillman, director o f the state Office o f Equity and Inclu sion. For more information on this p ro je c t call ,541-615- 0141. • Lamprey film premiere in Warm Springs on Jan. 13 The film The L ost Fish will p rem iere in W arm Springs at the community center at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13. Admission will free. This half-hour film is produced jointly by the C olum bia R iver In te r- Tribal Fish Commission and F resh w aters Illu s trated. The film explores the importance o f lamprey to th e C olum bia P lateau tribes, how the decline of the lamprey has affected tribal cultural practices, and w hat the tribes are doing to make sure these a n c ie n t fish re tu rn to th e ir native rivers and streams. Following the screening will be a short question and answer period with tribal scientists working on lam prey resto ratio n projects. Regarding the film and restoration work, Fresh water Illustrated states: “O n e o f th e Pacific N orthwest’s oldest fish is disappearing, and along with it the sacred place it h o ld s am o n g m any A m erican Indian tribes. F o r a species th a t has squeezed through most of the earth’s great extinc tions, the sharp declines in Pacific Lamprey popula tions are a signal o f how severely we have changed river ecosystems.” See ' the w ebsite thelostfish.org for more information. 2013 Year in Review (Here is the second part of a look hack at some of the memo rable news events of the past year on the reservation.) April ■ The Confederated Tribes and school district 509-J con tinued the planning phase for the Warm Springs K-8 Academy. The current plan calls for construction to be gin in early summer, with the com pletion target date o f Jqly 2014. There had been some de lay in tribes’ securing fund ing from th e U SDA. T he tribes had to demonstrate a Secondary source o f repay ment, which this m onth they were able to accomplish. In fither news: In A p ril th e p ro p o s e d m otorsports p ro je c t was fnoving forward toward a ref erendum. | The preliminary plans were sponse to the development. The problem at hand is the prevalence o f horses roam ing across rangeland, much of w hich is, tribal reservation land. “Tribes participating in our o rg an izatio n occupy tru st lands o f nearly 20 m illion acres,’! said Ja s o n S m ith, P resid en t o f the N atio n al T rib al H o rse C o alitio n . Smith, o f the Warm Springs N atural Resources Branch, made the statement in a April letter to Secretary o f the Ag riculture. presented at several commu nity meetings at each o f the longhouses, and at other gath erings. L and-U se and th e N atu ral R esources B ranch have been involved through the process. The project is now at a point where further consideration would justify a referendum o f the member ship, set for May. Elsewhere: The Culture and Heritage D epartm ent in April hosted a visit from the University of Oregon Ichishkiin class. The U o f O group spent a day an d h a lf in W arm Springs, focusing mainly on the Culture and Heritage Lan guage P rogram . T hey o b served the language immer sion program at Culture and Heritage. The immersion class is called A u tn i Ich ish k iin Sapsikwat (Our Sacred Lan guage S chool) an d m eets from 8 a.m. till noon * on week- days. In o th e r new s th is month: Ruby Reed and Harrison Davis at 2013 Honor Seniors Day. vices presented plans to move to a new CPS building that will be located by the clinic. CPS has been putting money aside for several years with the goal o f developing a new facility. The current building is served, by the campus in frastructure, which is old and in need o f replacement. And this: Children’s Protective Ser- Enjoy 50% OFF Your First Nail Service for the month of December! * „ .-A ¿'«■S8BSBW GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE PURCHASE A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE AND RECEIVE A $10 GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOURSELF FROM OPAL DAY SPA! OPAL DAY SPA 162 SW 5th S t, Madras, OR 97741 ‘Più CALL: 541.475.4677 • TEXT: 541.475.4682 www.opaldayspa.com • EMAIL: beauty@ opaldayspa.com The issue o f overpopula tion o f unclaimed horses is complex and contentious. This fact is demonstrated by a recent development within the U.S. D epartm ent o f Ag riculture, and th e ’ tribal re May T h e S en io r P ro g ram hosted the annual Honor Se niors Day in May. This year, H arrison Davis was named Senior o f the Year. Mr- Davis is a veteran of World War II. He served in Germany during the war. H e stayed in the m ilitary, and then served in K orea in the 1950s. Mr. Davis now lives with his friend and care-giver Ruby Reed. Also iti May: The Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council met for the first time last week, and made some significant changes in tribal management. The Council named a new S ecretary-T reasurer and a new C hief O perations O f ficer. T h e new C ouncil n am ed C ouncilm an E ugene A ustin' G reen Jr. as Chair man. H e takes over the chair manship from Buck Smith, who did not run for Council re-election this year. (Continued on page 6)
