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December 24-, 2013
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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
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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
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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)