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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 2, 2015
Resolution of Tribal Council
The Warm Springs Youth
Council last week met
with Tribal Council
(below), and then held a
two-day workshop at the
community center. One
of the featured guest
speakers was Jeri
Brunoe, of Brunoe
Training and Consulting
(right)
Warm Springs
Youth Council
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Whereas the War m
Springs Youth Council is an
organization of War m
Springs tribal member and
Native American youths
between the ages of 14
and 24 that was recently
formed for the purpose of
promoting the youths’
shared vision of speaking
with a positive voice for the
Warm Springs community,
empowering tribal member
youths through leadership
development and civic en-
gagement, and promoting
the involvement of tribal
member youths in the cul-
ture, spirituality and heri-
tage of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon;
and,
Whereas the War m
Springs Tribal Council, hav-
ing met with WSYC and
heard their presentation on
the vision, goals and objec-
tives of the organization, is
fully supportive of WSYC
and wishes to assist the or-
ganization in its efforts to
promote its vision and
achieve its goals; and,
Whereas the WSYC has
advised the Tribal Council
that the organization is seek-
ing to incorporate as a non-
profit organization under
Warm Spring tribal law and
to be certified as a tax ex-
empt organization under
Section 501(c)(3) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code, which
efforts the Tribal Council
fully supports and wishes to
assist in any way that it can;
now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Res-
ervation of Oregon, pursu-
ant to Article V, Section 1 (l)
and (u), of the Tribal Con-
stitution and By-Laws, that
the Tribal Council hereby
states its support for the
Warm Springs Youth Coun-
cil (WSYC) and for the
organization’s vision and
goals; and,
Be if further resolved
that the Tribal Council
hereby offers any support
that may be requested by
WSYC to assist the orga-
nization in furthering its
vision and achieving its
goals; and,
Be it further resolved
that the Tribal Council
wishes to congratulate the
tribal member youths who
have worked so diligently
and constructively in recent
months to move forward
with formation of WSYC
and the advancement of
the organization’s visions
and goals; and,
Be it further resolved
that the Tribal Council
wishes to express to the
youths involved in the for-
mation of WSYC that the
Council and the Warm
Springs community are
very proud and impressed
by your energy, hard work,
intelligence and maturity in
undertaking this very im-
portant task, and that your
actions
affir m
the
Council’s confidence that
the future of the Warm
Springs Nation is in very
good hands.
(Tribal Council resolu-
tion no. 12,053)
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
CRITFC featured at Fisheries Society conference
Indian Country was front
and center at the national
conference of the American
Fisheries Society, held in Port-
land last month.
Staff from the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Com-
mission and its member
tribes were featured through-
out the four-day event.
CRITFC and tribal staff
gave over 27 presentations,
displayed seven research
posters, and screened two
documentaries. CRITFC
was an integral part of the
conference’s development
and operations.
Yakama Nation tribal
leader Gerald Lewis provided
the conference’s invocation.
CRITFC executive direc-
tor Paul Lumley gave the ple-
nary session welcome ad-
dress to the more than 3,500
fishery professionals from all
over the world.
Staff presentations high-
lighted the diversity of their
work in genetics, harvest
management, cutting-edge
fisheries research, sturgeon
and lamprey biology, and cli-
Courtesy CRITFC
CRITFC executive director Paul Lumley (left), staff and guests at the American
Fisheries Society conference.
mate change, among other
topics.
CRITFC, along with sev-
eral other Columbia River
basin tribes and First Nations,
received the American Fish-
eries Society’s 2015 William
E. Ricker Resource Conser-
vation Award.
This award acknowledges
singular accomplishments or
long-term contributions that
advance aquatic resource
conservation at a national or
international level.
The AFS Past Presidents
Advisory Council recognized
tribal leadership and their
work in creating a common
vision for restoring ecosystem
function and resiliency to the
Columbia River Watershed.
During his plenary speech,
Lumley called upon scientists
to address climate change,
stating:
“When the tribes signed
the treaties of 1855 we didn’t
anticipate climate change. But
climate change is here. The
Oregon zoo honoring vultures in Sept.
As part of nature’s
cleanup crew, vultures are
famous for arriving “late to
the feast.” They drop onto a
carcass for choice leftovers
once the predators that dis-
patched the animal have va-
cated the scene.
It’s only fitting then that
festivities marking Interna-
tional Vulture Awareness Day
will be a couple weeks late
this year at the Oregon Zoo.
The official awareness day
falls on the first Saturday in
September, but the zoo’s vul-
ture celebration takes place
Sept. 18-19 this year.
On both days, the zoo will
showcase California condors,
turkey vultures and other
“master recyclers,” highlight-
ing the critical role vultures
play in ecosystems around
the world.
At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., visi-
tors can stop by the zoo’s
Condors of the Columbia
habitat for keeper talks and
up-close views of these col-
orful, charismatic and criti-
cally endangered birds.
Though native to the re-
gion, and commonly seen
here during the time of Lewis
and Clark, California condors
haven’t soared through
Northwest skies for more
than a century.
Volunteers will be on hand
throughout the day, provid-
ing information about these
enormous birds and the ac-
tions we can take to protect
them. For more information,
visit: oregonzoo.org/Con-
dors.
At 1 p.m. during the cel-
ebration days, another kind
of vulture will make a cameo
appearance at the zoo’s Fam-
ily Farm: Clyde, a turkey vul-
ture from the zoo’s popular
Wildlife Live program pre-
sented by Portland General
Electric.
Despite her name, Clyde
is a female. Hatched in 1985,
she was taken from the wild
and hand-raised by a man
who thought her nest had
been abandoned. (It is
against the law to raise na-
tive birds without a permit.)
When Clyde was released
back into the wild, it became
clear she had become too
habituated to humans: she
begged for food, chased dogs,
followed children and poked
holes in screen doors. She was
taken to the Audubon Soci-
ety of Portland and then
brought to the zoo.
From 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
guests can take part in vul-
ture games and activities on
the concert lawn.
Considered nature’s clean-
up crew, vultures play a vital
role in their environment,
feeding on carrion—dead
animals—that could other-
wise spread disease. Unfortu-
nately, vulture populations
have been in sharp decline
worldwide.
Committed to conserva-
tion, the zoo is currently
working to save endangered
California condors, Oregon
silverspot and Taylor’s
checkerspot butterflies, west-
ern pond turtles and Oregon
spotted frogs.
warming waters and dying
fish are an urgent matter and
we need your help.”
The American Fisheries
Society is the world’s oldest
and largest organization
dedicated to strengthening
the fisheries profession, ad-
vancing fisheries science,
and conserving fisheries re-
sources.
The August conference
was the 145 th national confer-
ence for the organization.
The Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Com-
mission is advertising
the following two full-
time positions:
Full-Time Lamprey
Biologist. This position is
part of CRITFC's Fishery
Science department,
and is located in Port-
land, Oregon. Primary
responsibilities of the
lamprey biologist posi-
tion are to facilitate and
expand genetics-based
analyses, to supplement
ongoing monitoring of
interior Columbia Basin
Pacific Lamprey popula-
tions conducted by the
four CRITFC member
tribes, and to evaluate
the success of tribal
lamprey translocation
and hatchery supple-
mentation projects in ar-
eas where populations
have been extirpated. A
Master’s degree in bio-
logical sciences or re-
lated field is required; or
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a Bachelor’s degree in the
biological sciences or re-
lated field is required plus a
minimum of three years of
relevant work experience.
The job announcement
closes on October 9, 2015.
For a full job description visit
our website at: http://
www.critfc.org/critfc-employ-
ment-opportunities/
Full-Time Genetics Labo-
ratory Technician. This po-
sition is part of CRITFC’s
Fishery Science Depart-
ment, but will be located with
the genetics group at the
Hagerman Fish Culture Ex-
periment
Station
in
Hagerman, ID. A Bachelor’s
degree in a field of science,
an Associate’s degree with
1 years’ experience, or 3
years’ experience in a re-
lated position. The job an-
nouncement closing date is
September 18, 2015. http://
www.critfc.org/critfc-employ-
ment-opportunities/
Call 541-
615-0555