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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 2014)
r P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron January 22, 2014 C oy o ie News, est. 1976 Vol. 39, No. 2 Jan u ary- Wiyak’ik’ila-W in ter-A n m Repair work nearly done at Kah-Nee-Ta Work is nearly complete on a $ 1.5 million repair project at Kah-Nee- Ta Resort. Last summer, a fire started in the kitchen area. T he flames caused some damage, but water from the emergency sprinklers also was a problem. In the lodge the floor had to be replaced, as it was damaged by the water. Insurance is covering the cost o f the repairs, said Carlos Smith, Kah- Nee-Ta general manager. The resort is open, as the repair w ork is nearing completion. A recent addition to the Kah- Nee-Ta Resort Gift Shop is a gourmet coffee stand. The stand is proving to be very popular with the guests, said gift shop manager Amanda Smith (at right by coffee stand). Dave McMechan/Spilyay Carbon sequestration a potential project Tribal Council has been review ing the possibility o f the tribes en tering the carbon sequestration mar ket, The hope is that this could pro vide a new source o f revenue— possibly a Very good source— to the tribes. Carbon sequestration is the p ro cess o f capturing and storing atm o spheric carbon dioxide, a green house gas. Certain forestry practices can be a m ethod o f capturing and Storing carbon dioxide, and the res ervation includes extensive forest land. The N atural Resources Branch and legal staff have been studying the carbon sequestration market, and have made three presentations on the subject to Tribal Council. “I think this could be a very good project for the tribes,” said Bobby B runoe, general m anager o f the N atural Resources Branch. For tribal purposes, the state o f California is the location o f the car bon sequestration market. This is a new market, and is still developing. > Em issions trading, o r “cap and trade” regulations took effect in California in 2013. By regulation there is a cap On the am ount o f greenhouse gases, th at a com pany in California can em it during the year. There is flexibility in the regula tion in that a company can exceed the cap limit by obtaining an allow ance or an offset. By purchasing an allowance, a company can exceed the emissions cap by a specified amount^ said W arm Springs Ventures chief ex ecutive officer Jeff Anspach, rep resenting the Ged Visions enterprise at a recent Tribal Council meeting. G eo Visions is involved in the project, as an enterprise could fa cilitate the marketing process, said Bobby Brunoe. Along with the allowance, a com pany might exceed the emissions cap through an offset. An offset means the company demonstrates that, through its ini- tiatiri^'ST'a'mount o f carbon is be ing captured and stored that other wise would have gone into the at mosphere. By managing the forest to p ro m ote added tree growth, additional carbon is being captured and stored, said Brunoe. This added grow th, above the base line o f growth, could be marketed as an offset. The N atural Resources Branch this year is developing a potential forestry plan for the market. Ac tual sales o f the offsets could hap pen next year, Brunoe said. To enter this market, the land m an ag e r m u s t h ave a large am ount o f forested land. Public lands do not qualify. Only large private landowners, or tribes with large forested reservations, would qualify. | An initiatstudy o f carbon se q u estratio n o ffsets show ed a “high potential” on the Warm Springs Reservation. T h ere are m any q uestions about this subject, and the an swers will become clear during the year, as N atural Resources con ducts its studies, Brunoe said. j Dave McM echan Success through tradition at Salmon K ing Fisheries Salmon King Fisheries is unique: It is the only Native owned and op erated business that markets salmon th at is Native caught. Brigette Scott and fiance Sean McConville catch the salmon and steelhead at the Columbia River. They take the fish to a cannery in Portland, and then m arket them fro m th e ir sh o p at th e W arm Springs Plaza, located next door to the casino. Brigette opened the shop two years ago. “We opened on the same day the casino opened,” Brigette says. Salmon Kings Fisheries will host a two-year anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 8. T here will be Native flute players on hand, and a discount on some o f the store items. T he community is invited to stop by for the anniversary. The main product is the fish, sold Dave McMechan/Spilyay Sean McConville and Brigette Scott at Salmon King Fisheries. in cans or vacuum-sealed. The m ost popular item,is the smoked salmon, Brigette says. There are five differ ent kinds o f canned fish at Salmon King Fisheries. T he store also has beading sup INDIAN HEAD e V . 1 L plies for sale, and som e regalia an d artw o rk by local artists. T he shop is o pen from noon till 6 p.m., W ednesday through Sunday. The location by the casino is great for business, Brigette says. There is a steady flow o f traffic past the shop, she said. She has sold items to clients from all over the world. Just re cently she sold two vests and shipped them to Sweden. She has shipped salmon to people in N ew Zealand, Austra lia, Canada and many places in the U.S. She has shipped canned salm o n , a n d v a c u u m sealed salmon packed in dry ice. ’ You can visit the website at: salmonkingfisheries.com O r go to Facebook and type in “salmon king fisheries,” U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents Council backs Veterans Highway Tribal Council endorsed the des ignation o f Highway 26 on the res ervation as a Tribal Veterans Me morial Highway. Veterans Jody Calica and Charles Tailfearhers— representing V FW Elliot Palmer Post 4217, and Ameri can Legion Eugene A. “Cougar” - G reene Post 47:—made the présen tation to Tribal Council. The Council was unanimous in its support o f the proposal. “You have our support all the way,” said Council Chairman Eugene Austin G reene Jr. The level o f service by veterans o f the Confederated Tribes is not - widely known o ff the reservation, said C harles T ailfeathers, C om m a n d e r o f th e W arm S p rin g s American Legion Post. T he m em o rial highway would help correct this, he said. A t least 499 W arm Springs veterans are listed as having served with honor, dedication and selfless conviction, said Jody Calica. The current tribal list shows 97 veterans o f Early O regon Wars; fourteen veterans o f World War I; 114 veterans o f World War II; 97 veterans o f the Korean War; 107 veterans o f the Vietnam War; and 70 veterans of the present Global War on Terror. Thirty-five miles o f Highway 26 are located on the reservation. This part o f the highway is not currently Otherwise named or dedicated. Dedi cation o f the highway as a Tribal Veterans Memorial Highway .would require no changes to maps or the highway name. See VETERANS on page 6 Some success with insurance sign-ups A bout 700 tribal members have signed up for health insurance since the start o f the Cover O regon cam paign. There are still an estimated 1,400 com m unity m em bers w ho wpuld qualify for coverage through the Affordable H ealth Care Act. ■ People have been using paper forms to rign up for insurance, as the Cover O regon website has been experiencing problems. In Warm Springs there are people at the In dian Health Services clinic who can help individuals with the paperwork. There are also trained assistors at the H ealth Resource C enter and Library, located in the Family Re source Center. Tribal members w ho sign up for health insurance will have m ore choices for their health-care needs. Having members who are covered by insurance will also help the tribes with billing, said Caroline Cruz, gem eral m anager p f the H ealth and H um an Services Branch.
