Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
June 8, 2016
Vol. 41, No. 12
June – Atixan – Spring - Wawaxam
NASA rocket science at Academy
The last day of school this year
at the Warm Springs Academy will
be a unique one.
In the afternoon this Thursday,
June 9, a team from a NASA youth
education and outreach program in
Washington will launch a rocket
from a field by the Academy.
The rocket launch demonstration
will be at the conclusion of a series
of science and math exercises for
middle school students.
This is a partnership project
among the school, NASA, Oregon
Health Sciences University, OMSI
and the University of Washington.
Warm Springs Ventures also helped
with some planning facilitation.
This past spring school principal
Ken Parshall and middle school sci-
ence teacher Paul Harris met with
Juan Carlos Chavez, associate direc-
tor of the Washington Space Grant
Consortium.
A goal of the consortium,
Chavez said, is to encourage under-
represented youth to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM). A way to help
achieve this is with a show-case
event such as the rocket launch, he
said.
The program has been success-
ful at other schools in sparking the
interest in STEM curriculum
among younger students, Chavez
added.
The NASA consortium provides
resources and expert staff to facili-
tate the project. An initial part of
the Thursday program will involve
archery, and work with model rock-
ets, concluding with the launch of
the actual rocket.
The archery and other projects
introduce some of the concepts that
also apply to rocket science. Calcu-
lating the trajectory of an arrow, for
instance, involves the same math
principals that apply to rockets.
The rocket launch is scheduled
for about 3:30 p.m. this Thursday.
Madras High School seniors
graduated on Saturday, June
4. Coming up on Friday
evening, June 10, is the
tribes’ Graduates’ Banquet at
the Agency Longhouse.
Meanwhile this week, Gavin
Begay (picture at right) won
the Play It Forward Award at
the Oregon Sports Awards
(see page 2) .
nativeFAX a new Warm Springs Venture
New sign
arrives for
casino
A large and colorful new
sign arrived this week for
the entrance area of
Indian Head Casino.
A crew on Tuesday was
setting up the latest
addition to the casino
marketing.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
ECR WSS
Postal Patron
U.S. Postage
PRSRT STD
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Adoption
election
candidates
The tribal adoption elec-
tion is coming up on Mon-
day, June 13.
This edition of the
Spilyay includes statements
from and pictures of some
of the adoption candidates.
Some of the information
was submitted to Vital Sta-
tistics, who then provided
the infor mation to the
Spilyay. In some cases the
most recent statements are
from a few years ago. These
are included here with the
idea being to present as
much information as pos-
sible for the candidates.
To the candidates: If
there is a statement or pic-
ture that was overlooked, the
Spilyay apologizes for the
oversight, and wishes the
best to all the candidates.
The election polling
booths will be open from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday.
The polling place is at the
community center aerobics
room.
W.S. Agency
Superintendent
takes Navajo job
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
nativeFAX is a new and upcom-
ing project of Warm Springs Ven-
tures. Ventures is partnering with
Tigard-based FaxBack Fax Solu-
tions on the new business enterprise.
The technology uses the Internet
to send faxes, including faxes to e-
mail. This eliminates the need for a
dedicated fax line.
FaxBack is the manufacturer of
the adapter that connects to the fax
machine. The tribes are the mar-
keting body. The item is called
nativeFAX: A Warm Springs Ven-
PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
ture.
The target market includes gov-
ernment agencies, including law en-
forcement, and private businesses.
Documents sent with nativeFAX
cannot be altered, which is part of
the appeal of the service, said
Aurolyn Stwyer, business and mar-
keting director at Ventures. The fax
can be sent to multiple e-mails.
These features can be important
to law enforcement, medical groups,
car dealerships, universities, the
military, among other groups, Ms.
Stwyer said. A study shows the po-
tential market for the product is
large, at $3 billion, she said.
UAV update
In other news at Ventures, the
tribes are getting ready to begin the
re-model project at Kah-Nee-Ta.
This is funded through a state in-
frastructure grant, and will include
the extension of fiber to the resort.
This will provide Kah-Nee-Ta
with high-speed Internet. The re-
modeled lower floor area of the
resort will be the training and
meeting facilities for the Center
for Excellence in Wildland Fire
Fighting, using the unmanned
aerial vehicles technology.
Last month, Stwyer attended
the Association of Unmanned
Vehicle Systems International
conference in New Orleans,
where 800 participants were on
hand from around the world.
This was a chance to show-case
the UAV services the tribes are
developing on the reservation.
The Warm Springs Agency BIA
superintendent said this week he is
leaving for the position of deputy
director of the BIA Navajo region.
Superintendnet John Halliday has
been the Warm Springs superinten-
dent for the past four years. Mr.
Halliday has family and friends on
the Warm Springs Reservation, but
the position with the Navajo region
is an opportunity that is hard to pass
up, he said.
The Navajo Nation has more
than 300,000 members, and the
largest Indian tribal land-base:
27,425 square miles in parts of Ari-
zona, Utah and New Mexico.
Tribal Council Chairman Austin
Greene Jr. said the tribes will miss
Halliday and the work he has done
on complex issues. But at the same
time, Chairman Greene said, “You
have to do what is best for you.”
Outdoor Market
free BBQ kickoff
The Warm Springs Outdoor
Market kicks off this Friday, June
10, with a free barbecue. The mar-
ket begins at 10 a.m., and barbecu-
ing at noon.
This year the market will be tak-
ing place outside the Reuse It Store.
Come by for your free burgers and
to check out the market. There will
be vendors of produce, arts and
crafts, and more. The market is a
project of the Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team.