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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Maupin to host world-renowned performer
K evin Locke will perform in
Maupin on Friday, May 13.
Locke—Indian
name
Tokeya Inajin, meaning The
First to Arise— is known
throughout the world as a vi-
sionary Hoop Dancer.
He is respected as the pre-
eminent player of the indig-
enous Northern Plains flute, and
is a traditional storyteller, cul-
tural ambassador, recording art-
ist and educator.
He will perform at a school
assembly at South Wasco
County School District at 9:30
a.m. on May 13. He will give a
flute performance at the South-
ern Wasco County Library at 1
p.m.; and then will give a com-
munity perfor mance at the
Southern Wasco County High
School gym at 7 p.m.
These are free events, spon-
sored by the Southern Wasco
County Library, and made pos-
sible by grants from the Wasco
County Cultural Tr ust and
ArtPlace America/Libraries of
Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Locke’s concerts and pre-
sentations at performing arts
centers, festivals, schools, uni-
versities, conferences, state and
national parks, monuments and
historic sites, powwows and res-
ervations number in the hun-
dreds annually.
He is a dance and musical
hero and role model for youth
around the world. His special
Job at CRITFC
The Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commis-
sion is advertising for a
Library Assistant. De-
partment: Fisheries Sci-
ence. Closing Date: May
Federal provision to
extend UAS test sites
The U.S. Senate has approved a
provision to extend the life of the
unmanned aircraft systems test site
program through 2022.
The provision, co-sponsored by
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, was
included in a larger FAA bill.
The provision would extend
Congressional authorization for the
test sites from 2017 until 2022,
providing much-needed certainty to
Oregon’s test sites in Warm Springs,
Pendleton and Tillamook.
“This Oregon industry stands
ready to soar even higher, creating
jobs and boosting the economy
statewide with commercial uses that
include mountain top rescue and
agricultural applications,” Wyden
said. “This legislation ensures a solid
flight path for that growth over the
next several years.”
“We are so pleased with the
strong support that the Oregon test
ranges have received from Sena-
tor Wyden,’’ said Chuck Allen, ex-
Hoop Dancer Kevin Locke.
April 27, 2016
ecutive director of SOAR Oregon,
the statewide group focused on de-
veloping the UAS industry in Or-
egon.
SOAR has been working with the
Warm Springs Ventures Eagle Tech
enterprise, focusing on developing
the Warm Springs UAS program.
“His efforts, and those of his
colleagues, have gone a long way to
significantly improve those aspects
of the reauthorization bill that will
affect the ranges. These improve-
ments will allow the Oregon ranges
to continue to develop business,
grow jobs and attract customers
from outside the state.”
In addition to Oregon’s three
FAA-approved test ranges in
Pendleton, Tillamook and Warm
Springs, the state has numerous in-
novative UAS companies in opera-
tion statewide, and the FAA has
chosen Oregon State University as
a Center of Excellence for UAS.
Courtesy photo.
joy is working with children on the
reservations to ensure the survival
and growth of indigenous culture.
Mr. Locke is acknowledged to
be the pivotal force in the now
powerful revival of the indigenous
flute tradition which teetered on the
brink of extinction just 20 years
ago.
In 1990, Mr. Locke was re-
ceived a National Heritage Fel-
lowship by the National Endow-
ment for the Arts, recognizing
him as a Master Traditional Art-
ist who has contributed to the
shaping of artistic traditions and
to preserving the cultural diver-
sity of the United States.
31, 2016. Classification:
Part-Time (0.75 FTE or
approx. 32 hrs/wk). Salary/
Wage: $28,163 - $36,607
(Equivalent to CRITFC
Grade 4). Location: Port-
land, Oregon.
Visit our website at
www.CRITFC.org
Send
application.
cover letter, and resume
to: CRITFC; attn Human
Resources; 700 NE
Multnomah, Suite 1200;
Portland, OR 97232.
Thank you for support during 26th Tribal Council
Carbon sequestra- Right, as a self-
tion project that will relegated process.
return money to the
· Opened up be-
Confederated Tribes
low Bonneville
in 2016.
subsistence fish-
· Passed the Can- er y for tribal
nabis project that members.
will create jobs and
· Fought against
return money back
to the Confederated Nestle in Cascade
Locks.
Tribes in 2017.
Thank
you
Warm Springs for
supporting me in
Council these past
three years. It was
a true privilege to
represent you all
and stand up for
our Treaty rights.
I am thankful
that many things
were
accom-
plished. Here are
a few that come to
mind but not all
of them.
· Voted to stop
spending on the
Cascade Locks Ca- Tribal Council min- each vote for the
utes, a first in years. record.
sino project.
· Set up Council
· Passed bal-
anced Tribal bud- Travel by delega-
gets for the first tion.
time in decades.
· Recorded how
· Approved the each Tribal Council
T w e n t y - S i x t h member voted on
· Saved some
money for the next
Council to use, leav-
ing the finances bet-
ter off than we
found them.
· Approved the
·
Passed the
TERO ordinance
that will provide
jobs to War m
Springs through
construction.
· Fought against
coal and oil
trains/ports on
the Columbia.
These would pose
a great risk to our
tribe.
· Provided a vote
for Warm Springs to
I wish the next
consider an adop- Council the best
tion. (0ver 162 of luck. Sover-
people.)
eignty is what
Sovereignty does!
· Secured off
Reservation hunt-
Carlos Smith
ing, an 1855 Treaty