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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 2014)
Spilyay Tyrr « w y MS- v 0' March 5, 2014 Coyote News, est. 1976 Voi. 3S P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 SO ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents March - Wiyalppt - Winter-Anm Simnasho School move puts more focus on campus Powwow T his sum m er th e c u rre n t W arm S prings E le m e n ta ry School will become mostly va cant, w hen the staff moves to the Warm Springs K-8 Academy. The elementary school gym nasium, and the classrooms in the building adjacent to the gym, could be used for an alternative education program, The gym is relatively new. : The main part o f the elemen tary school, and the nearby trail ers will be empty. There is no plan yet as to what'will happen with these structures. There has been m ention o f using some o f the buildings for Fire and Safety, or for transitional housing. But these are just sug gestions. The buildings are owned by the Bureau o f Indian Affairs. The school district has been using the buildings by agreem ent. W ith some improvements,- the build ings could be p ut to good use. The Community Counseling Center is a good example o f this k in d o f p ro je c t, said D o n Courtney, director o f tribal Utili ties. The Community Counseling Center was remodeled and reno vated thro u g h a $1.6 m illion project a couple o f years ago. A n issue that needs to be ad dressed,Courtney said, is the in frastructure serving the entire in March tz-W W JB R E ' WARM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Dave McMechan/Spilyay The elementary school will be vacant after the move to W.S. Academy this summer. campus area. Some o f the pipes in the area aie decades old, and have failed, he said. Children’s Protec tive Services is moving mainly be cause o f an infrastructure problem. The tribes have been encourag ing the BIA to replace the pipe in frastructure at the campus, as part o f a Downtown Im provement Plan. New development, such as a store or other new business venture, can happen on the campus only after replacement o f the infrastructure. Thè BIA has the responsibility to remove the old campus buildings and infrastructure. This would be a first step toward future develop m e n t m aking new com m ercial buildings possible. A map in the m ost recent D ow n to w n P lan , co m p leted in 2012, shows the campus divided into three main areas: a primary local service area, a tourist area, and a tribal cel ebration pafk. T he local service area could in clu d e b u sin e sse s such as a Laundromat, pizza parlor, and sandw ich shop, as examples. The tourist area might include a restaurant, plant nursery, crafts, pottery store, etc. And the park would be for open space. The campus area from end to end includes about 9 acres o f land. Thè future o f this parcel is a long-standing matter that be comes m ore evident with each passing year. Find most anything at Red Skye pawn shop ^iou can find all kinds o f interest ing items while browsing through the Red Skye Pawn Shop at the Warm Springs Plaza. You will find everything from practical items such as tools and elec tronics, to a rare antique beaded bag. There are paintings in all price ranges, horse and powwow regalia, m odern beadwork, jewelry, powwow D V D s and buckskins. In the front display are a small kupn, a hide- sc ra p e r, a s to n e p e stle a n d a cornhusk bag. T here are curio items like a col lection o f G erm an-m ade N ative American Smurfs; the World’s Larg est Dream Catcher, and an animated singing deer head m ounted on the wall. “We h ad a signed Jaco b y Ellsbury baseball th at sold right away,” said shop ow ner Aurolyn Stwyer. The variety o f item s'is too nu merous to catalogue: Red Skye is really part gift shop and part m u seum. • Aurolyn started the shop in April o f last year: “Red Skye— N ative Woman Owned,” as the sign says.. O n April 1 she will celebrate the one- year anniversary. There will be a 15- percent discount during .the anniver sary. Since opening, “We’ve made over Open 24 hours Gaming - Entertainment - Dining Warm Springs, Oregon Dave McMechan/Spilyay Jenna Johnson talks with Aurolyn Stwyer and Romano Solis at Red Skye. 400 loans,” Aurolyn was saying re- cendy. These are loans to comm u nity members who' otherwise would have gône to Madras or elsewhere. A person has 30 days to redeem a pawned item at Red Skye. Aurolyn or her assistant Rom ann Solis will try to contact the person w hen the red em p tio n date is getting near. There is the option o f extending the loan m onth to m onth. Some o f the items are on con signment. The Red Skye consign m ent fee is a reasonable 15 percent. Aurolyn makes her sales from Red Skye, and also while traveling to powwows, honor elder days and other events in the West. She can tell by the event which items will m ost likely sell. See R E D S K Y E on page 8 T h e L in c o ln ’s P ow w ow at Simnasho is coming up this m onth, March 14-17. Usually, the powwow is held in February, but this year is an excep tion due to the weather. T he reservation was hit by a se rious snow storm during the week end o f Feb. 14-16, the original date o f the powwow this year. All o f the roads were impassable during that time, so the powwow was can celled. The Lincoln’s committee resched uled the event for the weekend o f March 14-17. O n that Friday at 5:30 p.m. will be the time for new and re-joiners; G rand Entry at 7:30. The Saturday G rand E ntry is at 1 p.m. T here will be a supper break, no evening grand entry. Sunday G rand E ntry is at 1:30 p.m. Specials: O ne m an hand drum contest. For inform ation contact Kyle Q ueahpama at 541-553-6908. Women’s All Around, sponsored by the G reene Family. For informa-i tion Contact Austin G reene at 541 -> 553.-1953. See P O W W O W on page 8 Progress on new CPS building T he survey work is done for the new Children’s Protective Services building. T he survey markers show where the building will be located, past the clinic and Early Childhood Educa tion Center, on the right-hand side o f the road. The progress on the project has been steady, although the process does tend to take some time, said R on Hager, CPS director.. The new building will be between 4,000 and 6,000 square feet, Hager said. For com parison the current CPS build-ing, by the E ducation building, is about 6,500 square fe e t T he infrastructure serving the current CPS building has n o t func- tioned properly for the past few years. E fforts to correct the prob lem , lo cated som ew here u n d e r ground near the building, have not been successful. A nother benefit o f moving to the new place will be its location near E C E and the clinic, Hager said. Among its services, CPS provides emergency shelter for up to 30 days for children from the age o f birth up to 18. The tribal court refers the children to CPS. There is room for up to 15 children at the group home. The average num ber o f children at the hom e is six. T here are about 130 children under CPS supervision.
