Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 27, 2017
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Great food, tribal history at Coyote’s Eatery
C oyote’s
Eatery is now
open at its new location by
the building that was the
former information and gift
shop.
It’s just off Highway 26
before the Deschutes River
‘Chief Ducsahi’ (Mark
Meacham) Bridge.
Jasmine-Sheylenne
Caldera is the owner and
cook at Coyote’s Eatery.
She moved the custom-made
eatery—built by her grand-
father, the author George
Aguilar Sr.—to the new lo-
cation a few weeks ago, from
the previous site across from
the Warm Spring Market.
At the new location, cus-
tomer seating is available in
the former gift shop build-
ing. The clean restrooms are
available for customer con-
venience.
Unique tribal display
Mr. Aguilar, tribal histo-
rian, describes some of the
customer-friendly features
at Coyote’s Eatery:
The information building
interior décor will be of the
local Native American flare,
consisting of the Columbia
River petroglyphs, photos of
known treaty signers of the
1855 Treaty, and so forth.
Photos of the1858 mi-
grated people of the Colum-
bia River will also be dis-
quire known copied photos.
“In the event there is a
change in use of the build-
ing, it is our desire to leave
the photos as a part of the
building structure,” Mr.
Aguilar said.
Local made Indian
crafts and art works will
also be available for sale.
On the menu
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Jasmine-Sheylenne Caldera and Stanley Meanus now
serving at Coyote’s Eatery.
played, with historical cap-
tions of the individuals.
A computer monitor is
on a wall for future Power
Point slide photos on ethno-
botany. There will be cap-
tions on each photo with in-
formation on nutritional val-
ues, use of the barks, and
other pertinent uses of each
plant. “In all, there are 64
photos of our people of the
river,” Mr. Aguilar says.
Another feature that will
be in the building: Power
Point photos and slide show
of the salmon fishery from
1864 to 1957. These in-
clude the Celilo Falls fish-
ery, Cascade Rapids and
Five Rapids, and surround-
ing landscape.
Power Point photos of
the old River People of the
Columbia include historical
captions of each individual,
and the time of the activity.
These Power Point pre-
sentations were used and
prepared by Mr. Aguilar for
use during his tour of the
Pacific Northwest universi-
ties, museums, public librar-
ies, and Native American
events.
There will be a space spe-
cifically reserved for photos
of veterans of War m
Springs. Attempted arrange-
ments are being made to ac-
The Coyote’s Eater y
menu consists of a Native
and American diversity of
burgers, prepared to the
customer’s request.
There are beef hot dogs,
fresh cut french fries, In-
dian tacos, Indian burgers,
salmon pouch, frybread, flat
bread (tortilla), and home
cooked beans.
Coyote’s Eatery uses
Canola oil, as it is higher in
Omega 3s.
Burgers are freshly
formed daily with an 80-20
hamburger. Family and
large orders for frybread
and flat bread are welcome:
No amount of bread is too
high.
“Our biggest order yet
is 600 frybread,” Jasmine
says. “We can do special or-
ders for birthdays and other
events.”
Special orders of home
canned spring run chinook
salmon or fresh hamburger
lucameen will be available
for those who love this type
of cuisine.
There will be daily home-
made specials and soups:
Pasta, a variety of rice
dishes, meatloaf, various
casseroles, and an occasional
customized prepared steak
dinner cooked to the
customer’s preference.
Self-ser vice salads to
your own liking are all you
can eat. Jasmine mentions
some of the other menu
features:
For the lac-ovo vegetar-
ian diet, our Native Ameri-
can taco qualifies 100-per-
cent vegetable related, be-
cause the frybread is cooked
with the healthy canola
Omega 3 oil and smothered
with home cooked beans
and various vegetables.
Jasmine is a World
Championship Frybread
winner.
Coyote’s Eatery uses only
non-canned food in all
preparation.
Condiments: Sea salt will
be used in all our home pre-
pared foods. Sea salt is a
necessary element for a
healthy body. Commonly
purchased iodized salts,
available at super markets
or sitting on the table of
your favorite restaurant,
have synthetic chemicals
added to them. The artifi-
cially manufactured salt only
mimics sea salt.
Mini lobster: Prepara-
tions are being made to har-
vest and sell pristine moun-
tain water cleaned Lake Billy
Chinook live crawfish for
the year of 2018.
The crawfish menu for
next year will be: Crawfish
tail salads, fried rice craw-
fish tails, and of course a
huge crawfish boil for our
local people, the off roaders
and Portland-ites.
Coyote’s Eatery is also
looking at a having a live
crawfish retail outlet, featur-
ing the cleanest crawfish
from Lake Billy Chinook.
The upper arm of Lake Billy
Chinook—Metolius
River—is pristine: There are
no pesticides or any agricul-
tural chemicals contaminat-
ing the fishery.
Coyote’s will offer a de-
livery service for a fee to the
Warm Springs area.
Bundled fragranced juni-
per camp fire wood is also
available.
Business hours at
Coyote’s Eatery are 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m., Wednesday to Sun-
day. Closed Mondays and
Tuesdays. To place an order,
you can reach Jasmine on
her cell phone 541-460-
8580; or at 541-553-2989.
P3 plan for
Warm Springs
Council seeks to fill TERO,
Housing, Credit board seats
“The earliest investments
yield
the
greatest
returns…”
This is the approach for
the development of the
War m Springs Pre-K-
Third Grade plan.
In the Central Oregon
region the Pre-K-Third—
or P3 Initiative—is
administered through the
High Desert ESD.
Each school district in
the region has the option
to develop a plan that is
specifically designed to
meet the needs of the
particular school. Warm
Springs is currently
developing its own plan.
Shana
Radford,
Community
Health
Liaison with the Warm
Springs Health and
Human Services, has been
working with the Kendra
Coates, director of the
High Desert P3 Initiative.
They held a community
gathering last week at the
Museum at Warm Springs,
gathering ideas for specific
Tribal Council is looking
to fill the following positions
in the tribal organization:
Warm Springs Tribal
Employment Rights Of-
fice (TERO) Commission
Board of Directors:
Terms expires January of
2018. Any Native American
18 or older who works or re-
sides on the reservation may
apply for this position.
Please submit signed let-
ters of interest and resume
to: Emily Yazzie, PO Box
1299, Warm Springs, OR
97761. You may also call
541-553-3257 or -3258.
Email:
emily.yazzie@wstribes.org
Please submit no later
than October 18.
All applicants are required
to pass a criminal back-
ground and credit check.
This information is kept
strictly confidential with the
Secretary-Treasurer.
Warm Springs Hous-
ing Authority Board of
Commissioners (two posi-
tions):
Courtesy Kendra Coates
Arlita Rhoan and Shana Radford work on ideas for the
Warm Springs PreK-3 plan. At left, the suggestion board.
plan provisions for the Warm
Springs Early Childhood
Education Center and the
early grades at the Warm
Springs Academy.
Cultural standards were a
point of emphasis among
those who commented:
These standards include the
teaching of tribal history and
culture, and sustaining the
Native languages of the
Confederated Tribes. Warm
Springs and the High Desert
ESD will continue to develop
the plan — probably in the end
a 1-page document — over
the coming months.
The Housing Authority
develops policies and proce-
dures relating to tribal hous-
ing, giving direction to the
Housing manager and de-
partment, making recom-
mendations to the Tribal
Council regarding housing
matters.
The Housing Authority
works to remedy unsafe or
unsanitary housing condi-
tions; alleviate the acute
shortage of decent, safe and
sanitary dwellings for fami-
lies of low income on the
reservation; and providing
employment opportunities.
Letter of interest and
resume’ of applicants no
later October 13. Please
send to Emily Yazzie (ad-
dress and conditions as stated
above).
Warm Springs Tribal
Credit Board of Directors
(non-member position,
ter m expires Januar y
2020). Letter of interest and
resume to Emily (address,
conditions as above). Apply
by October 13.