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Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo August 30, 2017
Letters to the editor
For the Years of Service
Recovery Is a
Journey Walk
The Recovery Is a Jour-
ney Walk is coming up this
Friday, September 1. There
will be a prayer at 11:30
a.m., and the walk at 12:15.
This will be at the Warm
Springs Community Center,
hosted by the Health and
Promotion Prevention Initia-
tive (HAPPI), and Diabetes
Prevention.
The Recovery Is a Jour-
ney Walk is part of Septem-
ber is National Recovery
Month. For more informa-
tion on the walk, please call
Sarah at 541-615-0036; or
Montell at 541-553-5504.
Some of the themes:
The greatest gift to give
the people you love is your
recovery.
A path without obstacles
leads nowhere. You’ve got to
fight for your dream. And
today I am choosing seren-
ity.
The Recovery Is a Jour-
ney Walk will include prizes
and food.
Columbia
Indian Summer
The Columbia Gorge Dis-
covery Center at The Dalles
will present Columbia River
Indian Summer in September.
This free daytime event
will be on Saturday, Septem-
ber 9, featuring artisans, mu-
sicians and vendors from the
regional Native American
community.
The programming will in-
clude flute music by Foster
Kalama, tule mat making
demonstrations by Taaw-lee-
Winch, traditional Indian
games and drumming with
Jefferson Greene, a North-
west twined pouch workshop
by Pat Courtney Gold, and
local craft vendors.
A salmon lunch and In-
dian fry bread will be avail-
able for purchase on a first
come first served basis be-
ginning at 12 noon.
This is part of an ongo-
ing Indigenous Voices Project,
funded in part by grants
from Trust Management
Services, Oregon Historic
Trails Fund and Wy’East
Fund of Oregon Commu-
nity Foundation, and the
Oregon Folklife Network.
For more information call
541-296-8600 ext. 201. Or
go to:
gorgediscovery.org
The Columbia Gorge Dis-
covery Center and Museum
is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hands-on, multi-media ex-
hibits illuminate the cultural
and natural history of the
Gorge, including Ice Age
geology, Native American
culture, Lewis and Clark, the
Oregon Trail, trade, trans-
portation, renewable energy,
ecology, live raptor presen-
tations and more.
541-923-4358 ext. 106.
Scott Duggan, Warm Springs
OSU Extension, is also avail-
able to help producers. Scott
can be contacted at:
scott.duggan@oregonstate.edu
NIEA artwork
The Forty-Eighth Annual
National Indian Education
Association convention is
coming up October 4-7.
This year the conference will
be at the Caribe Royale in
Orlando, Florida.
The NIEA convention
theme this year is Building
Education Nations by Ampli-
fying Innovative Voices—rec-
ognizing the role educators
and communities play in
shaping the future leaders of
Native education.
NIEA is seeking Native
artists to provide the artwork
to illustrate the theme for
this year’s convention.
Within the scope of the
theme, we will recognize the
role educators and commu-
nities play in shaping the fu-
ture leaders of Native edu-
cation.
The selected artwork will
be featured in marketing
materials including website
banners, member announce-
ments, advertising, on-site
signage, and other related
marketing materials.
The winning artist will be
provided a complimentary
vendor booth space at the
2017 Trade Show. With the
artwork featured in the
convention’s marketing ma-
terials there will be broad ex-
posure of the winning sub-
mission
Submission guidelines:
All 2-D and 3-D artwork ac-
cepted. All submissions must
be in digital format, saved in
JPG file format at 300 dpi.
All submissions should in-
clude the title of the work,
the year of production, and
a brief description of the
piece that ties in the
convention’s theme.
All submissions and ques-
tions should be sent to
Miriam
Davis-
Rosenbaum at:
mdavisrosenbaum@niea.org
Livestock
assistance
The 2014 Farm Bill au-
thorized up to $20 million in
funding for emergency assis-
tance to livestock producers
that suffer losses due to fire.
This is a reminder to all
livestock producers that if
you have suffered livestock
or pasture losses due to fire,
please contact Christa at the
Central Oregon Farm Ser-
vice Agency.
Christa can be reached at
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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Warm Springs OSU Ex-
tension.
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
During eclipse
Kudos to the community
members, and a pat on the
back to those who worked
through the solar eclipse
weekend.
I am feeling very grateful
for the Warm Springs com-
munity, as things seemed to
go very well through the So-
lar Eclipse weekend from the
view of the Museum at
Warm Springs.
We were open Saturday,
Sunday and Monday with
the local vendors, arts and
crafts demonstrators, pow-
wow dancing, playing the
guitar, all at the museum.
We enjoyed a fairly good
amount of visitors through
the weekend. Some people
were from other countries,
other states that came
through the museum. It was
all good, very enjoyable for
all.
It was great that adminis-
tration pulled together to
make available camping
spaces, parking space for the
solar eclipse viewers. Great
to see the local people direct-
ing traffic, very helpful as we
didn’t have to sit and wait for
a long time just to get across
the street or to get on High-
way 26.
Just want to thank all the
vendors who came here, not
only to the museum but to
the campus area to provide
some of our culture, danc-
ing, and good food to eat.
Great huckleberry pies and
fry bread.
I compliment all the tal-
ented people who shared
their native talent in beading,
weaving and art work. You
took the time to share with
Cassie Katchia, Janice Clements and Councilwoman Val Switzler during the
award presentation at Tribal Council.
J anice
Clements has
been a tribal community
health advocate for many
years. She has brought
dedication and valuable
experience to the tribal
Health and Welfare Com-
mittee, addressing with
care the matters at hand.
Her contribution to
tribal community health
was recognized recently
with an Award for Excel-
lence for Years of Ser-
vice, given by the IHS
Portland Area Office of
Direct Service and Con-
tracting. Janice accepted
the award last week at
Tribal Council, as pre-
sented by Councilwoman
Val Switzler.
Janice has worked for
the tribes in the health
field longer than most
anyone. She recalled how
years ago, as she was getting
started in the field, a prior-
ity in tribal health was dia-
betes.
At the time, she said, it
was a little understood dis-
ease on the reservation.
She studied its causes and
effects, “it was a learning
process,” Janice said.
The tribes then received
a diabetes grant, a pilot
project, the first of its kind
in Indian Country. And to-
day the tribes and IHS have
among the best diabetes pre-
vention and treatment pro-
grams. Maintaining funding
for this is essential to the
community, Janice says.
On a family level, she
said, it’s especially important
for members to be tested
regularly for diabetes. The
consequences of the dis-
ease are many, from kid-
ney and heart problems,
to high blood pressure,
to name just some of
ailments.
You can see the ex-
tent of diabetes in In-
dian Country—and the
effort to address the
problem—by the num-
ber of residents who are
on dialysis, Janice said.
When presented with
the Award for Excel-
lence, she thanked the
Portland Area IHS and
the Tribal Council.
“I never expected
this,” she said. Of her
years on the Health and
Welfare Committee,
“I’ve learned as much
I could, and always
tried to do my best.”
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Marge Kalama demonstrates beadworking at the museum eclipse weekend.
the community and with visi-
tors. Thank you all for com-
ing together. Thank you all.
Thank you who worked, put
in a lot of time to make this
place more organized, more
enjoyable. Was great to wit-
ness the solar eclipse and
tribal members top it off
with the war hoops! It was a
good weekend in the com-
munity.
(Except for the break-ins
and thievery, that's another
story!)
Evaline Patt, Museum
at Warm Springs.
Seconded by Brigette. Ques-
tion; 6/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
· Warm Springs Power
and Water Enter prise
board:
Motion by Carina adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,362,
appointing
Gerald
Henrikson, term ending 01/
01/18 to the Warm Springs
Power and Water Enterprise
board. Seconded by Brigette.
Question; 6/0/0, Chairman
not voting. Motion carried.
· Ventures:
Motion by Raymond
adopting Resolution No.
12,363, appointing Douglas
Williams Jr., to the Warm
Springs Ventures board,
term ending 12/31/17. Sec-
onded by Carina. Question;
6/0/0, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· War m Springs
Telecom:
Motion by Raymond
adopting Resolution No.
12,364, appointing James
Halliday and Gerald
Danzuka, terms ending 12/
31/18; Todd Stum and Sue
Matters, terms ending 12/
31/19; and Lonny Macy,
term ending 12/31/20 to
the Telecom board. Sec-
onded by Carina. Question;
5/0/1, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
4. Other business:
Motion by Raymond ap-
pointing Carina to the work-
ing group for Bill 1070. Sec-
onded by Brigette. Ques-
tion; 5/0/1, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
5. Kah-Nee-Ta update.
6. Telecom update. Ex-
ecutive Session (3:08-3:25).
7. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 3:29 p.m.
Summary of Tribal Council
The following is a summary
of the Tribal Council meet-
ing of August 8, 2017:
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Vice Chairman Charles
Calica, Ronald Suppah,
Raymond Tsumpti, Carina
Miller
and
Brigette
McConville. Recorders,
Minnie Yahtin in the morn-
ing, and Phoebe Joe, after-
noon.
2. Warm Springs Regula-
tory Authority
· Motion by Ronald
adopting Resolution No.
12,359, approving the pro-
posed hours and compensa-
tion for the Gaming Regula-
tory Authority commission-
ers, as set in this resolution.
Seconded by Carina. Ques-
tion; 6/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
· Motion by Raymond
adopting Resolution No.
12,360,
appointing
Josephine Johnson the ex-
ecutive director for the
War m Springs Gaming
Commission, effective upon
the date of the completion
of the personnel action
form concluding her trans-
fer from internal auditor.
Seconded by Ronald. Ques-
tion; 6/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
3. Board appointments.
· Credit Enterprise
board: Will be re-advertised
for a non-tribal member po-
sition.
· Warm Springs Com-
posite Board:
Motion by Carina adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,361,
appointing Sytje Williams,
term ending 12/31/18, and
Don Sohappy, term ending
12/31/19 to the War m
Springs Composite board.