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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
New water system to serve Academy
W ork is progressing on the
Monday, May 5
9 a.m. - BIA update
John Halliday, superin-
tendent.
10 - Office of Special
Trustee update with
Charles Jackson.
10:30 - Realty items
with Randy Scott/CTWS
Planning
1:30 p.m. - Legislative
update conference call.
Government affairs
update with Lewis Pitt Jr.
2:30 - Tribal attorney.
Funding matter
Monday, May 12
9 a.m. - Review min-
utes/resolutions of Tribal
Council with Jake
Suppah/S-T.
Tuesday-Wednesday,
May 13-14
Legislative Commis-
sion on Indian Services
hearing. Legislative Com-
mission on Indian Ser-
vices meeting. Salem.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
the tribes and the Turkish
officials are happy with the
dedication marker, Wells said.
The Turkish agency, called
TIKA, has also indicated a
willingness to fund a 50-foot
clock tower. This idea is still
being discussed.
Warm Springs
Construction workers
install water line.
Continued interest in foods processing plant
The tribes continue to
explore the idea of develop-
ing a traditional foods pro-
cessing plant, to be located
at the industrial park.
The main focus would be
the processing of fish—can-
ning, smoking, drying and
making frozen fillets.
The plant could also be
used for processing deer
meat, huckleberries and
choke cherries. A number
of funding entities have
shown an interest in helping.
Earlier this month, a
tribal delegation from Warm
Springs visited the Oneida
Nation, which operates a
food processing plant.
The Oneida sponsored
the travel for the War m
Springs delegation, which in-
cluded Fish and Wildlife
Committee member Bruce
Jim, Natural Resources
staff, and a Council represen-
Tribal Council agenda
(The following are up-
coming items on the
Tribal Council agenda.)
new water system that will
serve the K-8 Academy and
surrounding neighborhood.
The project includes
installation of a new
500,000-gallon tank, like the
one that already exists at the
construction site.
Warm Springs Construc-
tion crews were preparing the
site last week. The new tank
is expected to arrive soon,
possibly this week.
The school is set for
completion in mid July.
The Turkish Cooperation
and Coordination Agency, a
department of the Prime
Minister of Turkey, last year
made a generous donation of
$200,000 to the Confederated
Tribes.
The contribution is to help
with the new water system.
Tribal Council last week
discussed how the tribes will
acknowledge the donation.
Signage at the location of
the new water tank would be
appropriate, the Council
members said.
The question arose as a
planned visit from the
Turkish officials is coming up
this summer, said Travis
Wells, tribal engineer.
The point is to make sure
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tative. The Oneida at the
time were also hosting a
natural resources confer-
ence
Oneida leaders, who vis-
ited Warm Springs last year,
have mentioned an interest
in possibly helping fund a
Warm Springs processing
plant, Jim said.
The recent trip to the
Oneida Nation went well, he
said, despite a late-season
snow storm that made travel
difficult. During the confer-
ence, Jim paid tribute to Les
Brown, salmon marketing
specialist with the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Com-
mission.
A next step toward devel-
oping the food processing
plant is choosing a coordi-
nator, who can oversee the
grant-writing and funding as-
pects of the project.
Through a grant last year,
Fish and Wildlife and Natu-
ral Resources developed a
feasibility study and business
plan for a food processing
facility.
This initial plan envisions
an ambitious project that
would have four full-time
employees. There would be
a 2,000-square-foot process-
ing plant with two coolers; a
large freezer; a 1,000-square-
foot education room; plus an
acre or two of adjacent land
for future expansion. The
feasibility study and business
plan summarizes the situa-
tion:
“Traditional foods includ-
ing roots, berries, game and
salmon are an important part
of the tribes’ culture, diet,
and economy. Tribal mem-
bers harvest salmon and tra-
ditional foods for longhouse
ceremonies, tribal programs,
and subsistence.
“Currently, the ceremo-
nial salmon and game from
the existing freezer facility
are subject to quality prob-
lems including freezer burn,
spoilage, blood spots, bruis-
ing, meat separation, belly
burn and adulteration by
pests.
“The new facility is in-
tended to reduce waste and
spoilage, increase the utiliza-
tion of fish, generate in-
come, allow for new eco-
nomic opportunities for sev-
eral tribal businesses, and
provide employment for
tribal members. This facility
allows the opportunity to col-
laborate with other tribes and
tribal members with custom
processing services such as
canning, smoking, freezing,
and packaging.”
Thursday-Friday, May
15-16.
CRITFC Tribal meet-
ing; CRITFC housing
meeting.
Monday, May 19
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Early
Childhood Education/
Head Start/Early Head
Start in-kind training with
Elizabeth McDougall/
Patricia Trow
1:30 p.m. - ECE/Head
Start/Early Head Start
update with Kirstin
Hisatake
Tuesday, May 20
Enterprise updates.
Wednesday, May 21
Enterprise Updates
9 a.m. - Power and
Water Enterprise.
10 - Forest Products.
11 - Composite Prod-
ucts.
1:30 p.m. - Credit.
Wednesday and Thurs-
day, May 21 - 22.
CRITFC meeting,
Portland.
Tuesday, May 27
9 a.m. - Secretary-
Treasurer update Jake
Suppah.
10 - June agenda/
travel delegations/review
minutes with the S-T.
11 - Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m. - Legisla-
tive update conference
call.
3 p.m. Enrollments
with Lucille Suppach-
Samson/Vital Stats.
Wednesday and Thurs-
day, May 28 - 29.
CRITFC meeting
(U.S. V. Oregon).
(Note: All draft reso-
lutions must be sent to
the Secretary-Treasurer
by e-mail in Word form
two weeks prior to be-
ing taken into Council
for presentation. Copy
to lynn davis at the
mgmt office.
Jake.suppah@wstribes.org
ldavis@wstribes.org
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
At Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd.
Flutes by the
River in May
The Flutes by the River
Gathering will be held May
29-June 1 at the HeHe
Longhouse.
For more information
on the gathering, contact
Ko-Na Foster Kalama at
541-325-3797.
The Warm Springs
Boys and Girls Club
is open 3-5:30 af-
ter school and on
no school days
from 10-5.
The club is lo-
cated in the Vern
Jackson home. All
school age youth
can attend the
club. Stop by for an
application, the fee
is $25 for the
school year.
For information
call June at 541-
553-2323.
9 a.m. - Indian Head
Casino.
10 - Kah-Nee-Tah.
11 - High Lookee
Lodge.
1:30 p.m. - Telecom
3 - Ventures.
The Best Food in Town - No Foolin!