Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
April 1, 2015
Vol. 40, No. 7
April – Hawit`an – Spring - Wawaxam
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Wild Horse Racing Champions Carlos Estrada, Koedy Florendo and Preston Stevens. They won the
top prize buckles at the recent PWHRA competition.
happens fast, and can be dangerous,
as the animals are wild. The action
happens in a rodeo arena with eight
teams competing against each other.
When the whistle blows the mug-
gers open the gates and the horses
fish restoration in the John Day, the
eastern edge of the Ceded Lands.
Over the past several years, many
agencies and districts have been in-
volved in hundreds of John Day
restoration projects.
But in the basin, the tribes are
involved, to some degree or an-
other, in all of them. By way of
analogy: “The tribes are like the
quarterback, with their hand on the
ball on every play,” said Scott Turo,
Natural Resources fish biologist.
‘Quiet Strength’ opens soon
at Museum at Warm Springs
Travis Bobb is a unique tal-
ent, his artwork reflecting the
culture and humor of the
people of the Warm Springs
Reservation.
A showing of some of his
best pieces is coming up at the
Museum at Warm Springs. The
show, Quiet Strength, opens next
Thursday, April 9.
Travis’ paintings and draw-
ings are a creative and funny re-
flection of the life and charac-
ter of the reservation.
Among his other endeavors,
Travis is the long-time cartoon-
ist for the Spilyay Tymoo.
He created the colorful coy-
ote with war bonnet that is the
logo of this publication.
The coyote appears in many
of Travis’ other drawings as
well.
In these works the coyote
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come running and bucking out of
the chutes.
The shankman has to stop his
team’s animal. The shankman holds
the horse in a position so the mug-
ger can move up the shank and grab
the horse by the halter.
The next moment the rider
gets the saddle on the horse and
secures it by the quick cinch.
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Strategic milestone for John Day fish restoration
The John Day River is the third
longest free-flowing river in the
Lower 48, and there is no fish hatch-
ery on this river, so all of the fish
are wild.
This means the John Day is ideal
for fish restoration, said Brian
Cochran, restoration ecologist with
the Branch of Natural Resources.
“If we can’t restore fish here, then
where?” he says.
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs take the lead role in
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Wild Horse Race Country
T he Warm Springs Reservation is
Wild Horse Race Country. A re-
cent example:
Two generations of War m
Springs horse racers each won
Championships at the March com-
petition of the Professional Wild
Horse Racers Association.
The Jason Smith Team won the
over 18 division. This was to be
expected, as the Jason Smith Team
is best Wild Horse Racing team in
the nation, and has been for several
years.
The winner of the 13-18 year
division was the newly-formed
Florendo Team of Warm Springs,
with team members Preston
Stevens, Koedy Florendo and Carlos
Estrada.
A Professional Wild Horse Race
Team consists of three people,
called the shankman, the mugger
and the rider. The equipment used
is a lead shank, halter and saddle.
All of the positions are equally
difficult and physical. On the
Florendo Team, Koedy is the
shankman, Carlos is the mugger, and
Preston the rider.
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character can often be found in
some humorous situation, usually
involving his infatuation with beau-
tiful women.
Travis’ drawings never cease to
amaze. They are funny and insight-
ful, at times topical to a particular
holiday or current event. In some
of the pieces you might recognize
some local person that you know.
Travis’ show at the museum will
feature color paintings plus pen-
and-ink drawings, said Natalie
Kirk, museum curator.
Quiet Strength opens with a re-
ception on April 9 at 4 p.m., and
runs through June 7.
Following the Travis Bobb ex-
hibit will be the 2015 main exhibit
at the museum. This will be: Royal
Legacy—Honoring the Miss Warm
Springs of Our Past and Present.
Dave McMechan
The tribes own restoration lands
along the river. They started with
Pine Creek Ranch near Clarno in
1998. Then came the Oxbow Ranch
on the Middle Fork in 2001; and
the Forrest Ranch parcels in 2002.
These conservation areas are
now models of land management
for salmon habitat recovery. The
tribes work with the Bonneville
Power Administration on these and
other mitigation projects in the John
Day.
Natural Resources is nearly
finished with the document—the
John Day River Watershed Res-
toration Strateg y—that will
guide, and help fund the future
restoration work in the John Day.
The 95-page strategy—two-
years in the making—is ready for
review by the Fish and Wildlife
Committee, and then will go to
Tribal Council for final review
and approval.
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One of the business ideas is to
develop mountain bike trails on the
reservation, and then rent mountain
bikes to visitors.
Another idea is to raise and mar-
ket organic beef. And another idea
is to sell ‘Tiny Houses.’
These are some of the ideas
from the War m Springs
Indianpreneurship class. In the cur-
rent class there are eight to 10 stu-
dents who will be graduating this
week. They have been developing
their ideas over the past several
weeks with the Indianpreneurship
class.
They meet at the Credit Enter-
prise. Lead teacher is Aurolyn
Stwyer, owner of the Red Skye
Trading Post, vice-chair of the
Jefferson County Chamber of
Commerce, and co-author of the
Indianpreneurship curriculum and
text book.
The business ideas of the cur-
rent class are excellent, Stwyer says.
The mountain bike idea is a good
example. Kah-Nee-Ta Village has
mountain bike rentals, but this could
also work at other locations on the
reservation.
Cycling is very popular, as shown
by the more than 2,000 riders who
passed through the reservation dur-
ing Cycle Oregon, Stwyer said.
“That had a major economic
impact on several businesses in the
region,” she said. The Tiny House
and organic beer ideas are also ex-
cellent, Stwyer said.
The Indianpreneurship gradua-
tion is this Thursday, April 2, at the
Credit Enterprise. All are invited to
stop by around 6 p.m. to congratu-
late the graduates, and to learn more
about the program.
Indianpreneurship is a part of
ONABEN—Our Native American
Business Network.
For information on the next se-
ries of classes, call the War m
Springs Community Action at 541-
553-3148; or Tribal Credit at 541-
553-3201.
Feast at Celilo
The Salmon Feast at Celilo Vil-
lage is coming up Friday-Sunday,
April 10-12. Powwows on Friday
and Saturday, and the Feast is on
Sunday.