Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
June 25, 2014
Vol. 39, No. 13
June – Atixan – Summer - Shatm
Motorsports referendum on Tuesday
The tribes will hold a Gen-
eral Council meeting at 7 p.m.
on Monday, June 30 at the
Agency Longhouse. The topic
of discussion will be the
motorsports referendum. The
following day, Tuesday, July 1,
the membership will vote on
the referendum.
The motorsports project is
proposed as an economic de-
velopment project for the
tribes. The park, once in op-
eration, could generate $37
million in net annual revenue,
according to a preliminary es-
timate. The revenue would be
split between the tribes and its
development partner, based on
the percentage initially contrib-
uted by each party.
Tribal Council is pursuing
ways to replace enterprise rev-
enue that has fallen drastically
over the past several years.
None of the enterprises are
contributing significantly the
general fund, requiring unprec-
edented budget cuts.
For the motorsports devel-
opment, the tribes would con-
tribute land: The preferred site
Courtesy of Ventures
Conceptual graphic of the proposed development.
is 900 acres in the North Miller Flat
area. Lionshead Development,
based in Florida, is the motorsports
investment group that would like to
partner with the tribes.
This would be the only such
track serving the Northwest region
The park would take about five
years to build. During construc-
tion, the project would create an
estimated 425 jobs. Once in op-
eration, the park would employ
200 people.
As with the previous two in-
valid motorsports referendums
last year, a turnout of one-third
of eligible tribal member voters
is required for the July 1 vote to
be valid. There are about 3,200
eligible voters.
There will be a motorsports
information booth at Pi-Ume-
Sha this weekend, hosted by
Warm Springs Ventures. Jeff
Anspach, chief executive officer
of Ventures, put together an in-
formation sheet on the proposal,
addressing some comments he
has heard about the proposal.
The first statement is a mis-
conception or myth, followed by
the reality of the case:
Myth: This will be the same
as the Cascade Locks effort:
Spending millions and getting
nothing back.
Reality: We don’t have mil-
lions to spend anymore.
See REFERENDUM on 3
Council okays off-reservation elk season
Tribal Council last week directed
to the Fish and Wildlife Committee
to develop an off-reservation elk
hunting season.
Councilman Carlos Smith said
the off-reservation elk season is
needed to relieve some of the hunt-
ing pressure on-reservation.
For the past two years the tribes
have conducted off-reservation sea-
sons for deer, during the month of
October. Council agreed to adopt
a similar program this year for elk.
Natural Resources conducted an
elk survey on the reservation in
December, but the results were in-
conclusive. Wildlife biologist An-
drea Karoglanian said the Decem-
ber survey found only 82 elk, not
enough to make a population pro-
jection. The survey will be done
again this fall, she said.
Elk and deer populations on the
reservation have gone down in re-
cent years. The tribal member popu-
lation goes up every year, so there
are more hunters every year, lead-
ing to potential over-hunting.
For the deer seasons, the tribes
issued off-reservation permits that
hunters carried with state permits.
There is some disagreement be-
tween the tribes and the state as to
the permitting process for the off-
reservation tribal hunts. A similar
disagreement came up earlier this
year, in regard to fishing for smelt
off reservation.
For off-reservation hunting and
fishing rights, the tribes rely on
the Treaty of 1855, which is
higher legal authority than state
law.
Members have off-reserva-
tion rights on the Ceded Lands,
the large area of land the tribes
ceded during the Treaty of
1855. The hunting and fishing
rights are at all usual and accus-
tomed places across the Ceded
Lands, which is an estimated 10
million acres.
Gearing up for fall
UAV conference at KNT
The Association of Unmanned
Vehicle Systems International is get-
ting ready for the upcoming con-
ference at Kah-Nee-Ta.
The association’s Cascade Chap-
ter is accepting registration, and has
an agenda for the Oct. 1-2 confer-
ence and job fair.
The Association of Unmanned
Vehicle Systems International
(AUVSI) is the largest organization
devoted exclusively to advancing
the use of unmanned aerial systems
(UAS).
They chose to hold the regional
conference on the reservation,
which is an FAA approved testing
area for unmanned systems. The
second day of the conference will
feature a job fair featuring oppor-
tunities in the fast-growing UAS in-
dustry.
Here are some of the other
agenda items:
• Integrating UAS into the na-
tional airspace, presented by David
Morton from FAA Office of UAS
Integration.
• The role of technology in in-
tegrating UAS into the national air
space.
• The role of test ranges in de-
veloping the UAS industry.
• Privacy concerns and poten-
tial regulations affecting UAS.
• UAS for large scale precision
agriculture.
• What does Twenty-First Cen-
tury aerospace look like? (keynote
address.)
The second day of the confer-
ence will include:
See UAS on page 12
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Mild, sunny
weekend for
Pi-Ume-Sha
The latest forecast for this week-
end calls for perfect powwow
weather.
Highs are expected to be in the
mid- to high 70s, night-time lows
around 50. Skies will be partly
cloudy with no rain in the forecast.
Pi-Ume-Sha this year will feature
the first-ever Pro-Am Boxing show
at the Community Center. Warm
Springs Nation Boxing is hosting the
event, starting at 3 p.m. this Satur-
day, June 28.
There will be one Professional
welterweight fight, and one Pro
heavyweight bout, plus 15 amateur
matches featuring Warm Springs
and other Northwest fighters. (See
page 12 for details).
159 years ago
This year will be the Forty-Fifth
Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days,
starting Friday, June 27, and run-
ning through Sunday.
Pi-Ume-Sha this year has the in-
teresting theme of “the History of
the Whipman.”
The powwow commemorates the
signing of the Treaty of 1855,
signed 159 years ago this month.
The Fourteenth Annual Pi-Ume-
Sha Health Fair is this Wednesday,
June 25, at the Community Center,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This Thursday, June 26, will see
the opening of the new exhibit at
the Museum at Warm Springs. The
grand opening for the exhibit, Cel-
ebrating Native American Youth:
Todays Youth, Tomorrows Leaders,
is at 5:30.
The first Pi-Ume-Sha Grand
Entry will be this Friday evening,
June 27. The Traditional Dress Pa-
rade is on Saturday morning. Line-
up, at 10 a.m., in front of the old
elementary school, parade starting
at 11.
Grand Entries on Saturday are
at 1 and 7 p.m., and on Sunday at 2
p.m. Traditional dance contests are
through the weekend.
Stick games, more
Courtesy of bruce-mcfadden.com
Rafael Queahpama was among the riders representing the
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs at the Portland Rose
Festival Grand Floral Parade (more on pages 4 and 12).
The Warm Springs Recreation
Department will host the 2014 Pi-
Ume-Sha Run on Saturday, June 28,
starting at the community center.
Registration will start at 8 a.m., and
the run or walks start at 9.
The stick games are held at the
shelter by the powwow grounds. Pi-
Ume-Sha features softball, golf, the
rodeo and endurance race, a fun
run/walk, and more. The rodeo
begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday.
Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days began
in the late 1960s. While commemo-
rating the signing of the treaty, Pi-
Ume-Sha also traditionally honors
the veterans and service men and
women of the Armed Forces. If you
have questions, you call Cassie
Katchi at the clinic. (More on Pi-
Ume-Sha on pages 6 and 12.)