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Member artists
The Museum at Warm
Springs will open the Tribal
Member Art Show in April,
showcasing the contempo-
rary and traditional artwork
on the membership.
Art can be submitted to
the museum through Friday,
April 14. Applications and
guidelines are available at
the museum. The Member
Art Show will open on April
20.
For additional informa-
tion please contact Natalia
Kirk at 541-553-3331 ext.
412.
Young at Art
The Museum at Warm
Springs will host the Young
at Art Fair during spring
break. Warm Springs tribal
youth are invited to create
and learn. Stations will in-
clude: Weaving root baskets,
pine needle basketry, drawing,
photography, painting, raw
hide work, and beading.
There will be traditional
Social Dancing taught
throughout the day. The
Young at Art Fair is coming
up on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, March 28-30,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Ages 10 and over. Lunch
will be provided each day.
Please contact Natalie Kirk
to sign up, 541-553-3331 ext.
412. The fair is limited to
the first 25 students per day.
This is made possible by
the Oregon Arts Commis-
sion.
At Council
The following are items on
the Tribal Council agenda for
the rest of the month of
March (subject to change at
Council discretion).
Wednesday, March 15
9 a.m. - Workers Compen-
sation Committee with
Danny Martinez and
Howard Arnett.
10 - Dual taxation issue
with Howie Arnett.
11 - Risk insurance/
storm damage with Brett
Whipple and Don Courtney.
1:30 p.m. - NASA Solar
Eclipse with David Kirk.
2:30 - Deschutes River
Alliance with C.Miller and
A.Littleleaf.
Friday, March 17 - Fish and
Wildlife workshop/Credit
Enterprise.
Monday, March 20
9-11 a.m. - ATNI Energy
and Natural Resources up-
date with Direlle Calica/
ATNI .
Changing Currents: Or-
egon Tribal Water Summit
with analyst and director.
1:30-3:30 p.m. - Every Stu-
dent Succeeds Act with April
Campbell, Oregon Depart-
ment of Education.
Wednesday, March 22 -
Acclimation Sites Tour
hosted by Yakama. Lamprey
Task Force meeting.
Thursday-Friday, March
23-24 - CRITFC meeting
hosted by Yakama.
Monday, March 27
9 a.m. - Secretary-Trea-
surer and COO updates with
Michele Stacona and Alyssa
Macy.
10 - April agenda/review
minutes with the S-T.
11 - Draft resolutions
with the S-T.
1:30 p.m. - Legislative up-
date calls.
3 - Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson/Vi-
tal Stats.
Tuesday, March 28.
9 a.m. - Minutes review
with S-T.
10 - Needs and savings/
capital with Alfred Estimo
and Dennis Johnson.
11 - February 2017 Finan-
cial with Alfred Estimo and
Dennis Johnson.
Wednesday - T hur sday,
March 29-30 - Energ y
workshop.
(Note: all draft resolutions
and ordinances, including any
attachments or exhibits, are
due by the first Friday of each
month by 5 p.m., by email for
review (Word form). No ex-
ceptions. Email to:
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
Iitems for futher consid-
eration: Economic develop-
ment tribal cluster; TERO
Ordinance update; War m
Springs Regulatory Commis-
sion; 1980 Census; Telecom
bylaws; Enterprise reports to
community.
To residents
A notice to all War m
Springs home owners and
tenants:
In order for the Sanitation
program to provide good and
timely service, it is necessary
that all driveways be clear of
low hanging trees, branches
and shrubbery.
By keeping your driveway
maintained it will allow the
sanitation trucks that are tall
and wide to be able to move
down them without being
damaged.
Low hanging trees and
uncut shrubs are breaking
off mirrors and causing other
damage to vehicles.
Sanitation is asking that all
trees and shrubbery be cut
back by March 17, to ensure
that you have continued ser-
vice. Thank you.
Warm Springs Sanita-
tion.
House fire
In early January 2017 at
4 a.m. on a Sunday morn-
ing, and with knee-deep
snow, we had a freak fire in
my grandson Wesley’s bed-
room. We were very lucky
that Wes woke up in time to
get everyone out of the
house.
I am, however, saddened
of the news that floated
through the grapevine. I did
not receive megabucks from
our tribes’ fire and disaster
fund, as malicious words
were spread. According to
the Fire Department there
was no damage. Fortunately,
I have full coverage on my
house, but the settlement
takes time.
I would like to take this
time to thank Don and Lola
Sohappy for their donation
of beautiful clothing for me
and my grandchildren, and
the Tribal Council for a
check for $500. That
should satisfy those enquir-
ing minds. Credit treated me
with utter respect and help.
I would never wish this
to happen to anybody, and I
was very fortunate to pay
and pay for my home insur-
ance, and I encourage oth-
ers to do so. With due re-
spect,
Neda Wesley and
children, T heo, Wes,
Eliza, Lexi and Soraya.
Birth
Elvis Charles Sampson
Vernon P. Sampson and
Davina L. Lucei of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son
Elvis Charles Sampson, born
on February 28, 2017.
Elvis joins brothers
Raymond, 11, and Jrues, 2;
and sister Ellen, 17.
Grandmother on the
father’s side is the late
Carolyn J. Johnson of
Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Flora
“Fawn”
Frank
of
Pendleton, and David E.
Lucei of Yakama.
Important vote
The election in May is an
important one for the Warm
Springs community, as three
positions are up for election
Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo March 15, 2017
Student Profile
New career path opens at COCC
T onia Medina is a
mom, grandmother and
a very independent per-
son.
She has also found
time to attend Central
Oregon Community Col-
lege, and is working to-
ward her Associate of
Arts Oregon Transfer
(AAOT) degree. Her
degree will be in either
Business Administration
or Criminal Justice.
Years ago, when she
still lived in Texas, Tonia
started taking some legal
aid type courses. But life
intervened and she got
married. And when she
became a mom she had
to put her dreams on
hold.
Two life-changing
events happened that in-
spired her to return to
college. One, she was di-
agnosed with cancer, and
second, she had her first
grandchild.
It was then she
thought, “What kind of
life do I want to pass on
on the Jefferson County 509-
J school board.
To register to vote in Or-
egon, you must be a U.S. citi-
zen, an Oregon resident, and
at least 17 years old. Online
registration requires a current
Oregon drivers license or
state ID card.
Registering to vote in Or-
egon is quick and simple.
Oregonians can register:
· Online using the My
Vote. portal at DMV.org.
· By mail using a voter reg-
istration form.
· In person at the county
elections office.
The deadline to register is
21 days before Election Day.
So April 25 will be the last
day to register to vote for the
May 16 election.
Oregon votes by mail, and
ballots will need to be re-
turned to the county clerk’s
office, or placed in an offi-
cial ballot drop box, by 8 p.m.
on Tuesday May 16.
A Wish...
Happy birthday to both
father and son. I hope and
wish both father Floyd Frank
Sr. and oldest son Floyd Jr.
will be blessed, and have a
wonderful birthday in March.
You have both lived for many
years now, and hope you will
be happy for many more.
Happy Birthday!
Evette Patt , 6 8 9 W
th
13 Ave, apt. 1, Eugene OR
97402
to my children and now to
my first grandchild?”
Tonia like to develop her
own business as a notary
public or tax interpreter, as
she is also bi-lingual. And she
would like work with low-
income families.
In the long-ter m she
would like to develop a fam-
ily business where all four
of her daughters and her
son can work. In this way
she would leave a long-last-
ing legacy for her family.
Another idea is to work for
the government as an FBI
Coho return
The Nez Perce Tribe and
the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife took a his-
toric step last week with the
reintroduction of coho
salmon to northeast Oregon’s
Wallowa Valley.
The event was the release
of a half million coho smolts
into the Lostine River, mark-
ing the first time that coho
have been in this basin in 31
years.
It is a great honor to be
able to witness the first steps
in reintroducing coho
salmon, ‘kállay’ as they are
known to the Nez Perce
people, back to an area where
they have been absent for far
too long.
Our tribe has worked to-
wards this day for nearly
three decades and it is won-
derful to see the fruits of
that labor.
In the late 1800s, an esti-
mated twenty thousand adult
coho that returned to the
Columbia River were pro-
duced in the Grande Ronde/
Wallowa river basin.
Poorly designed hatchery
programs, habitat changes
within the basin, construction
of mainstem dams, and
overfishing depleted coho
returns.
The Nez Perce and Or-
egon re-introduction project
is designed to provide mea-
surable harvest for treaty
and non-treaty fisheries along
the Columbia River, re-estab-
lish natural production of
linguistic interpreter.
College is showing
Tonia that she can build a
financially secure future
for herself and her fam-
ily. College is also a confi-
dence builder, turning her
into a life-long learner and
showing her that she has
what it takes to succeed.
“My kids are im-
pressed,” Tonia says.
“They are all proud of me
and now they are all talk-
ing about going to college.”
Her advice to others
thinking about going? “It’s
a good investment in
yourself. You get to learn
new technology, and you
get a better paying job
when you’re done.”
Also, find yourself
some mentors: “Mabel
Jackson, Shai Saunders,
Carrie McCormick and
Gina Ricketts come to her
mind,” she says.
It all seems to be fall-
ing in place for Tonia. And
in a few years, expect to
see her busy with her new
career!
coho in the Wallowa and
Lostine rivers, and encourage
the natural recolonization of
coho into the Grande Ronde
River and its tributaries.
The re-introduction is the
latest in a series of tribal
projects that have reintro-
duced coho throughout the
Columbia River Basin.
Prior efforts include the
Yakama Nation’s upper Co-
lumbia coho reintroduction
program, and the Nez Perce
Tribe’s coho reintroduction
program on the Clearwater
River in Idaho. Both of these
programs have successfully
rebuilt naturally spawning
coho populations and both
rivers now support treaty and
non-treaty coho fisheries.
The Nez Perce Tribe’s
planning for this reintroduc-
tion began in 1988 with fund-
ing from Bonneville Power
Administration. Implementa-
tion of this program was de-
veloped through the U.S. v.
Oregon Management Agree-
m e n t and funded by the
Mitchell Act and Pacific
Coastal Salmon Recovery
Fund.
The juvenile coho were
reared at the Cascade Hatch-
ery near Bonneville Dam and
transported to the Lostine
River for release.
The first adult coho from
this release are anticipated to
return to the Lostine River in
the fall of 2018.
Mary Jane Miles, Chair
of the Nez Perce Tribal Ex-
ecutive Committee.
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Diabetes program offers healthy message about oils and fats
Dietary fat can be classi-
fied into four groups: Satu-
rated, monounsaturated,
polyunsaturated and trans-
fat.
Each type of fat behaves
differently inside the body.
Saturated and trans fats con-
tribute to the risk of cardio-
vascular diseases.
Monounsaturated and
polyunsaturated fats both
tend to lower low-density li-
poproteins (LDL) blood
cholesterol when they re-
place saturated fats in your
diet.
Oils are fats that are liq-
uid at room temperature,
like cooking oil. Oils come
from many different plants
and from fish.
Oils are not a food group,
but they do provide essen-
tial nutrients.
Most oils are high in
monounsaturated or polyun-
saturated fats, and low in
saturated fats.
Solid fats are fats that
are solid at room tempera-
ture.
Solid fats come from ani-
mals and can be made from
vegetable oils through a pro-
cess called hydrogenation.
Some common fats are:
butter, milk fat, stick mar-
garine, shortening, and par-
tially hydrogenated oil.
You can make your diet
healthier by choosing leaner
cuts of meat and switching
to reduced-fat milk, yogurt
and cheese.
Replace butter with olive
oil or margarine.
Skip that fried fast food
and opt for a sandwich or
wrap made with lean meat
and a salad instead.
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