Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 13, 2016
Whitney Jackson
(signing in) was among
the Warm Springs
people who arrived on
Monday evening for the
Cascade Locks City
Council meeting.
The matter at the city
council was a Hood
River County proposal,
Measure 14-55, that
would block water
bottling operations in the
county.
The company Nestlé has
proposed developing a
water bottling plant at
Cascade Locks, using
water from Oxbow
Springs, a publicly
owned water source.
Opponents say the
water plant would harm
natural resources such
as fisheries, while
opponents say the
project would create
jobs and not significantly
impact the resources.
Controlled burn on rez to
demonstrate UAS program
Courtesy photo
Author in W.S. on Friday
The Thirteenth Annual
Jefferson County Commu-
nity Read is featuring the
book Shaped by the Land,
Stories of the rural Ameri-
can West as told in the Dusty
Dog Cafe.
The book is by local au-
thor, D. ‘Bing’ Bingham.
The author will be giv-
ing presentations about his
book around Central Or-
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egon.
This Friday, April 15,
Bingham will be at the
Warm Springs Library at
5:30 p.m.
All are welcome. He will
also do a book signing on
Saturday, April 16 at the
Jefferson County Library
Rodriguez Annex, and a pre-
sentation at 8 p.m.
Graduates banquet in June
The War m Springs
Graduation Banquet for
the Class of 2016 is com-
ing up in June.
The banquet is set for
Friday, June 10, at the
Agency Longhouse.
School district 509-J
and Wasco High School
diplomas go to Carroll
Dick at the Higher Edu-
cation building.
For information call
541-553-3311. Or you
can email her a copy:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org
Higher education,
VOC tech, AA, certifi-
cates, BA, MA, boarding
school and other high
school diplomas go to
Becky Picard at the
Tribal Council office. Or
email:
becky.picard@wstribes.org
was interested in visiting with
key tribal community repre-
sentatives.
The goal is to obtain a com-
munity perspective of the
projects and training pro-
grams at Warm Springs.
The Center for Health
Communities delegation in-
cludes Dr. Bill Lambert, Dr.
Stephanie Craig Rushing, and
Michelle Singer.
Ms. Singer (Navajo) is the
project manager of Native
STAND—Students Together
Against Negative Decisions.
Dr. Craig-Rushing is direc-
tor of the Northwest Tribal
Epidemiology Center, and
also project director of
STAND.
Also on hand was Tracey
Hardy of the Center for Dis-
ease Control.
During the visit to Warm
Springs, the OHSU delega-
tion were planning to visit
Health and Human Services
offices, the Community
Counseling Center, Health
and Wellness Center and Pre-
vention.
The Warm Springs Eagle
Academy, and Museum at
Warm Springs were also on
the list of sites.
The Center for Health
Communities is located within
the OHSU-Portland State
University School of Public
Health at OHSU in Portland.
critical, real-time decisions,
while also safely monitor-
ing the fire overnight, said
Aurolyn Stwyer, director
of the Eagle Tech Sys-
tems program.
She and Ventures have
been working with federal
agencies to explore UAS
use in wildland fire-fight.
The interested agencies
include the Department
of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife, U.S. Forest
Service, Oregon Forest
Service, Bureau of Land
Management, FEMA, Na-
tional Park Service, and
the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration.
If you are interested in
learning more about the
upcoming controlled burn
project, you can reach
Stwyer at 541-553-3565.
Or email:
aurolyn.stwyer@wstribes.org
Other contacts are Trey
Leonard at Fire Manage-
ment. Email:
trey.leonard@ctwsbnr.org
Or Brad Donahue,
Brad Donahue, Fuels
Crew Manager. Email:
brad.donahue@ctwsbnr.org
Rethinking Columbus:
OHSU community health visit to Warm Springs
The Center for Healthy
Communities at the Oregon
Health Sciences University
made a site visit to Warm
Springs this week.
The OHSU Center for
Healthy Communities is com-
mitted to addressing the
health promotion and chronic
disease prevention needs of
American Indians, Alaska
Natives, and other under-
served communities.
They accomplish this
through community-based
participatory research, and
through training, dissemina-
tion and evaluation activities.
They visited War m
Springs on Tuesday of this
week, with the Center for
Community Health project
officer from the Atlanta-
based Center for Disease
Control.
The OHSU Center for
Healthy Communities has a
research project, and training
programs that includes the
Warm Springs Reservation.
The Center for Disease
Control (CDC) representative
Eagle Tech Systems is
planning a controlled
burn on the reservation.
This activity will be in
conjunction with the
tribes’ Unmanned Aerial
Systems program.
An exact date for the
controlled burn-UAS
project is not yet set, and
will be based on the pre-
vailing weather condi-
tions. But a target date
will be set probably dur-
ing the month of May.
Eagle Tech Systems is
a subsidiary of Warm
Springs Ventures, the
economic development
enterprise of the Confed-
erated Tribes.
For the controlled
burn, Warm Springs Fire
Management will con-
duct training for “aerial
ignition” with the fire
crews. This will be fol-
lowed by an unmanned
aerial vehicle flight to
demonstrate how un-
manned aerial systems
can help combat wildfires.
Unmanned aerial sys-
tems (UAS) can provide
the bird’s-eye view
firefighters need to make
The center is supported by
a cooperative agreement from
the CDC and Prevention Re-
search Centers (PRCs) pro-
gram. Funded since 2004, the
Center for Healthy Commu-
nities is one of 26 CDC-
funded PRCs nationwide.
Play the Game:
Intercultural Awareness
The Next 500 Years.
~ Central Oregon Community College ~
Madras Campus ~ Monday, April 25
12 noon-1 p.m. ~ Community Room
~ Lunch will be served ~
Join us in a presentation and discussion,
as we re-evaluate the social consequences of
the Europeans’ arrival into North America, and
whether or not we should honor Columbus with
a national holiday.
Facilitated by Gina Ricketts, Native Ameri-
can Program Coordinator at COCC.
Questions? Please call 541-318-3782.
Central Oregon Community College
~ Madras Campus ~
Monday, May 2, 12-1:30, Room 116,
Lunch will be served.
Enjoy a fun, interactive game that will
help us think about cultural differences
and how they influence our ability to be
successful.
Facilitated by Courtney Snead, Director
of Let’s Talk Diversity Coalition.
4202
Holliday St.
Call 541-
615-0555