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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
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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
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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.