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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
DMJ Cattle hosting
Regional Finals Rodeo
The 2017 Western States
Regional Finals Rodeo is com-
ing, and the host this year is the
DMJ Cattle Company of
Warm Springs. The Regional
Finals this year will be at the
Jefferson County Fairgrounds
rodeo arena in Madras.
The first performance will
be Saturday, September 30;
and the second performance
on Sunday, October 1. For
entr y infor mation contact
Cheryl Tom at 514-460-1354.
Call-ins September 12; call-
backs on September 19. You
can also reach Cheryl at:
cherylgtom@hotmail.com
Rodeo events include bare-
back, bull riding and junior bull
riding, saddle bronc, calf rop-
ing, steer wrestling, ladies
breakaway, junior and senior
breakaway roping, barrel and
junior barrel racing, team rop-
ing, senior team roping, mutton
busting and cow milking.
There will be a barbecue Sat-
urday after the rodeo. Stalls are
available, please request when
entering. Showers available.
Eclipse of the Ring
Warm Springs Nation
Boxing hosted the Eclipse
of the Ring boxing
tournament on the Saturday
of eclipse weekend. There
were fights in all age groups
and weight classes, and
women boxers. This was an
outdoor tournament by the
VFW Hall.
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Sixty-Eighth Paulina Rodeo
The Sixty-Eighth Annual Paulina
Amateur Rodeo is this Saturday
and Sunday, September 2 and 3,
starting at 12:30 p.m. each day.
Events include bull riding,
saddle bronc riding, bareback
riding, ranch bronc riding, calf rop-
ing, breakaway roping and women’s
barrels.
Some other featured events:
Wild cow milking (limited to 10
teams); steer riding, 12-15 years,
Sunday, $15 entry.
Kids barrel racing, 9 and under
on Saturday; 10-14 on Sunday; $10
entry. Calf riding, 7-12 on Satur-
day (limited to 10 entries). Sheep
riding, 6 and under, 55 weight limit.
Animal scramble, 8 and under on
Saturday, and 9-12 on Sunday. \
For rodeo infor mation call
Deanne Bain at 541-410-6629, call
or text. Or call the Paulina Rodeo
Club at 541-233-6727.
Rodeo dance is Saturday night.
Barbecue on Saturday. Camping
space available at rodeo grounds.
No electric hookups.
August 30, 2017
Off-reservation hunting regs
Tribal Council approved this
season’s off-reservation hunting
regulations, as recommended by
the Branch of Natural Resources.
Please come by the Natural Re-
sources office to pick up your off-
reservation tags, guidelines and
regulations packet.
Updated hunting information is
also available on the fishing and
hunting hotline at 541-553-2000.
Please take advantage of off-
reservation ceded land hunting
tags. These opportunities reduce
hunting pressure on the reserva-
tion, which may help improve wild-
life populations.
Please make sure off-reserva-
tion hunting takes place on public
(unclaimed) lands. It is the hunt-
ers’ responsibility to know where
they are hunting, where they are
allowed to hunt, what weapons
they are allowed to use and what
the bag limit is. For questions re-
garding hunting, please contact the
Natural Resources Department at
541-553-2001.
Each tribal hunter may possess
two tags for each hunt at a time,
and may be issued additional tags
only after previously issued tags are
filled and reported.
Off-reservation hunting is des-
ignated for public (unclaimed)
lands. Illegally harvesting wildlife
on the reservation using ceded land
tags or harvesting the wrong sex
can have great long-term negative
impacts to the tribes’ wildlife popu-
lations.
Overharvesting wildlife and il-
legally harvesting females reduces
wildlife population numbers for
multiple generations. Please help
protect the tribes’ wildlife resources
by reporting poaching violations to
541-553-2033 or 541-553-1171.
There is mandatory reporting
of all hunter harvest.
Failure to report harvest results
for off-reservation ceded land and
reservation hunts will result in a
loss of hunting privileges for sub-
sequent tags.
Please be honest with your
hunter reporting. If you are issued
a tag, you have the right to hunt
and harvest an animal. Harvest
and hunting information is impor-
tant for the wildlife department in
determining wildlife population
sizes, herd compositions and hunt-
ing pressure.
This information also helps us
determine where there are and are
not animals, which helps focus our
habitat restoration efforts on the
reservation.
Your continued support and
participation with hunter reporting
are greatly appreciated. Thank you
for your participation!
The Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs Branch of
Natural Resources Wildlife
Department.
2017 off-reservation deer
season
The deer hunts will take place
on Warm Springs ceded lands and
other lands identified on the 2017
Hunt Area (see map available at
Natural Resources). Tribal mem-
bers must carry their tribal ID, valid
hunting tags and present to law en-
forcement officials when requested
while hunting off-reservation.
The information for each of the
following categories is presented in
this order: Hunt, sex, weapons use,
season start, season end, number
of tags, season bag limit.
General Buck Season: Buck
only, rifle, bow or muzzleloader;
August 26 - Oct. 29. Two tags per
tribal member. No season limit.
Ceremonial Deer Season: Ei-
ther sex, rifle, bow or muzzleloader;
August 26 – Oct. 31. Two tags per
tribal member. No season limit.
Metolius unit mule deer spe-
cial regulations: This is a legal
weapon restriction. Before and af-
ter the dates below, any lawful
weapon may be used while hunting
deer in the Metolius Unit.
Metolius buck muzzleloader,
Buck only, muzzleloader only; Oct.
21 - 31. Two tags per tribal mem-
ber. Only two bucks per hunter.
Metolius Unit archery: B u c k
only, bow only, Nov. 1 - 30. Two
tags per tribal member. Only two
bucks per hunter.
Murderers Creek Unit, State
Wildlife Area: The Philip W.
Schneider Wildlife Area (PWSWA)
is comprised of both state and fed-
eral lands. The unclaimed federal
lands of the PWSWA are open for
tribal hunting consistent with tribal
regulation. The state lands of
PWSWA are only open for tribal
hunting when there is a state sea-
son authorizing hunting of the same
species in the PWSWA. All other
areas of the Murderers Creek hunt
unit fall under regular tribal season
regulations and guidelines.
PWSWA State WMA Hunt:
Buck only; bow/rifle (archery
equipment only); Aug. 26 – Sept.
24 (Rifle Only) Sept. 30 - Oct. 11,
2017. Two tags per tribal member.
No season limit.
White River Unit, State Wild-
life Area Hunt: The White River
Wildlife Area will be open to Warm
Springs tribal hunting of mule deer
during all authorized ODFW big
game seasons. In addition, Tribal
mule deer hunting may occur for
up to five days during the break
between statewide general archery
season and the normal start of the
annual rifle deer season.
White River State WMA
Hunt: Buck only; rifle, bow or
muzzleloader; Sept. 25 - 29. Two
tags per tribal member. No season
limit.
The off-reser vation hunt
area is on federally managed
lands. Private land hunting is
subject to all state hunting
laws and requirements.
2017 off-reservation elk
season
The elk hunts will take place on
the Warm Springs off-reservation
hunt area (map available at BNR).
Tribal members must carry their
tribal ID, valid hunting tags and
present to law enforcement offi-
cials when requested while hunt-
ing off the reservation.
Legal Weapons: Centerfire Rifle
(.24
caliber
or
larger),
Muzzleloader (.50 caliber or larger
open or peep sights and open igni-
tion) and Archery (50 lb. or greater
recurve, long, or compound bow).
Information for each of the fol-
lowing categories is presented in or-
der: Hunt, sex, weapon use, sea-
son start, season end, number of
tags and season bag limit.
Off-Rez Archery Elk: Either
sex, bow only; Aug. 26 – Sept 29.
Two tags per tribal member. No
season limit.
Off-Rez First Season Elk:
Antlerless elk and spikes only; Rifle,
bow or muzzleloader; Sept. 30 -
Oct. 13. Two tags per tribal mem-
ber. No season limit.
Off-Rez Second Season Elk:
Bull elk only; Rifle, bow or
muzzleloader; Oct. 14 - Nov. 30.
Two tags per tribal member. No
season limit.
Off-Rez Third Season Elk:
Antlerless elk and spikes only; Rifle,
bow or muzzleloader; Dec. 1, 2017
- Jan. 31, 2018. Two tags per tribal
member. No season limit.
Murderers Creek Unit, State
Wildlife Area: (Same restrictions
as with deer season, above.)
PWSWA Elk Hunts:
Antlerless elk; Rifle, bow or
muzzleloader; Nov. 18 - 26. Two
tag per tribal member. No season
limit.
Either sex: Rifle, bow or
muzzleloader; Nov. 4 - 12. Two tag
per tribal member. No season limit.
(Regulations continue on 7)
Tribes open fall commercial fall fishery season at Columbia
The first significant commercial
fall fishing season opened earlier
this month. The public can pur-
chase salmon from Indian fishers
along the Columbia River. Other
common sale locations include:
Marine Park at Cascade Locks,
North Bonneville (one mile east of
Bonneville Dam on the Washing-
ton shore), Koberg (east of Hood
River), and Celilo Village.
Closely monitored throughout
the season, the Columbia River fall
tribal fishery is adjusted as the run
progresses to ensure that the fish-
ery remains within the harvest lim-
its.
The limits were established un-
der the U.S. v. Oregon fisheries man-
agement agreement. The agreement
aims to protect, rebuild, and en-
hance upper Columbia River fish
runs.
Indian and non-Indian harvest
guidelines outlined in the manage-
ment agreement help to ensure
sustainability of the resource.
“The tribes played a major role
in rebuilding fall chinook to
harvestable populations and are
now putting these salmon on the
market through a carefully man-
aged and sustainable fishery,” said
Jaime A. Pinkham, executive di-
rector of the Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission.
“Our commitment to the
salmon has made the tribes lead-
ers in regional salmon recovery
efforts and we are dedicated to
use the best available science in
the management of all our fish-
eries practices.”
The tribal fishery is protected
under treaties with the federal gov-
ernment signed in 1855, when the
Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla,
and Nez Perce tribes reserved
their rights to ceremonial, subsis-
tence and commercial fishing at
all usual and accustomed fishing
places in the Columbia river ba-
sin.
“Salmon is fundamental to the
culture and identity of all the
tribes in this region, and have
played a significant role in the re-
gional economy for thousands of
years,” said Pinkham.
“By enjoying sustainably har-
vested Indian-caught salmon, ev-
eryone has the chance to be a part
of this ancient tradition.”
Visit CRITFC’s salmon market-
ing website: critfc.org/harvest
Or call the salmon marketing
program at 888-289-1855. You can
find up-to-date information on sale
locations, availability, and purchas-
ing tips.
Seasons open
Courtesy CRITFC
Fresh-caught fish for sale on the Columbia River.
Current season open until 6
p.m., Friday, September 1.
The next season opens 6 a.m.,
Monday, September 4; and closes
6 p.m., Friday, September 8.
The open area is all of Zone 6.
Allowed gear is set nets and
driftnets with an 8” minimum mesh
size.
Allowed sales are salmon, steel-
head, shad, yellow perch, bass, wall-
eye, catfish and carp.
Sturgeon may not be sold. Le-
gal-size sturgeon between 38 and
54 inches fork length in the
Bonneville Pool and sturgeon be-
tween 43 and 54 inches fork length
in The Dalles and John Day pools
and may be kept for subsistence
use. Standard river mouth and dam
closed areas applicable to gillnets
are in effect including the Spring
Creek National Fish Hatchery sanc-
tuary. Fish may be sold after the
period ends if caught during the
open period.