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Coyote News, est. 1976
August 6, 2014
Vol. 39, No. 16
August – Shatm – Summer - Shatm
Photo courtesy of N’Chi Wanapum Canoe Family
Canoe families arrive at Bella Bella, British Columbia, greeted by the Heiltsuk Nation.
ers,” Jazmine said. She found two
eagle feathers. The family also saw
blue whales during the journey.
The Warm Springs Canoe Fam-
ily this year partnered with the
Nisqually family, sharing a canoe.
There were 14 pullers for Warm
Springs, and 25 for Nisqually. The
families camped out along the way.
This trip was much longer than pre-
vious journeys, taking about a
month to complete.
This journey included crossing
the U.S.-Canadian border, requiring
each of the members to have a
tribal identification card and birth
certificate, or a passport.
N’Chi Wanapum first joined the
tribal Canoe Journey in 2010,
when they paddled from Celilo
to Neah Bay on the Olympic
Peninsula. This journey took a
week, and was an inspiration for
the family to continue the ex-
perience.
See CANOE JOURNEY on 6
T he Hot Summer Nights Powwow
this year in Simnasho turned out to
be one to remember. That evening
the skies opened up, changing
Only a few customers of the
Warm Springs water system pay for
the water they use.
These customers include the en-
terprises and local businesses. The
Warm Springs K-8 Academy will be
the newest paying customer on the
system.
Most of the water users—the
residential customers—pay no fee
for water. This results is large wast-
ing of domestic water, because there
is no consequence for over-use.
A recent study shows that the
average connection on the Warm
Springs domestic water system uses
many times more water than an
average household: A typical house-
hold in the U.S. uses about 5,000
gallons of water a month; while the
average in Warm Springs is 39,400
gallons.
The tribes spend close to $1 mil-
lion each year on the water and
sewer systems. The money comes
from the general fund.
The paying customers bring in
about $150,000; so there is a net
expenditure each year from the gen-
eral fund of about $850,000 for the
operation of the water/sewer sys-
tems.
Thunder and lightning arrived
with an incredible frequency,
flashing all around on every ho-
rizon. Several strikes came very
close to us, yet I knew I had to
try to get a photograph.
The team working on the carbon
sequestration project is making
steady progress. They received ap-
proval last week from Tribal Coun-
cil to move on to the next phase of
the plan.
This could lead to the actual
marketing of carbon sequestration
credits by this time next year.
There is a potential for signifi-
cant revenue from the sale of the
credits. And with this comes the
need to plan carefully as to how this
future revenue might be allocated,
said Councilman Orvie Danzuka.
Carbon sequestration is a new
market, not only for the tribes but
for everyone. So there are questions
that can only be answered through
experience and over time. Mean-
while, care and attention to detail
are needed in all aspects of the pro-
gram, from implementation to even-
tual use of revenue, Danzuka said.
Councilman Danzuka works in
the Natural Resources Branch, and
is a member of the team working
on carbon sequestration. “I think
this could be a benefit to the tribes,”
he said. “I look at it as a win-win
situation.” There would revenue,
plus benefits to the reservation for-
est land, he said.
See SIMNASHO on page 10
See CARBON PROJECT on 5
Gary Randall Photography
warm with a soft breeze. But shortly
thereafter the weather took a turn
in the opposite direction.
Dark blue grey clouds came in
and consumed the encampment.
Then came the wind, rain and hail
one-inch in diameter.
50 cents
Carbon
project
progress
Photographer Gary Randall captured this photo on the July evening of the Simnasho Hot Summer Nights Powwow.
everyone’s plans.
As a guest of Charles and Vicky
Littleleaf, my girlfriend Darlene and
I were honored with the use of their
tipi for shelter during the event.
The weather was promising while
Charles and I erected the lodge,
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See WATER on 7
Summer Night in Simnasho
by Gary Randall
ECR WSS
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Ways to
improve
water use
Canoe Journey to Bella Bella
The Warm Springs Canoe
Family made an historic journey
this summer.
The N’chi Wanapum family
traveled to Bella Bella, British
Columbia this July.
The Paddle to Bella Bella was
the Fifth Annual, and longest of
the Canoe Journeys for the
Warm Springs family.
“It’s a great learning experi-
ence,” Jazmine Ike Lopez was
saying recently. “You learn the
old ways of your own tribe, and
the ways of other tribes. You
learn to work together as a fam-
ily and a community.”
Jazmine will be a senior this
year at Madras High School.
She traveled this summer with
the Canoe Family, reporting
along the way for KWSO, where
she is working this summer.
This was Jazmine’s fourth
time traveling with the Canoe
Family. One of her favorite
memories from this journey is
of the eagles and other wildlife
around Bella Bella.
She saw more than 30 eagles
in one spot. “There’s even an
island there, Eagle Island, where
you can go and look for feath-
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