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Coyote News, est. 1976
March 28, 2018 - Vol. 43, No. 7
March – Wiyalppt – Spring - Wawaxam
PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Now serving at the Plateau Travel Plaza
The Confederated Tribes and In-
dian Head Casino hosted the soft
opening of the Plateau Travel Plaza
last week. There was an opening for
tribal members, and then the Travel
Plaza opened to the public.
The Grand Opening is set for
Friday, April 6. This will feature
many special events, from 10 a.m.
until early afternoon.
The Plateau opening was a wel-
come and exciting day for the many
who attended.
“I’m especially encouraged by the
staffing,” said Mavis Shaw, Gaming
Commission vice chairwoman. “We
have many tribal members on the
staff.” The food was very good as
well, Mrs. Shaw said. “I think this
will be great—I’ve already heard
many nice comments,” she said.
The diesel and gas prices are very
competitive, drawing many custom-
ers; as have the gaming room, res-
taurant and store. Long-haul trucks
were already stopping there on the
opening day.
Tribal members receive a 5-cent
fuel reduction at the Plateau.
There could also be in-store dis-
counts for members, as a system to
accomplish this is being worked out,
said Eric Angel, Travel Plaza gen-
eral manager.
Soon there will be the large sign
at the entranceway along the high-
way, as the details have been worked
out with ODOT, Mrs. Shaw said.
Cheryl Taylor photo
Tribal Council Chairman Austin
Greene (above, center)
addresses the opening
gathering, as Desirae Wallace,
shift supervisor, holds the
ribbon before the opening.
Some of the features: Fuel dis-
counts and reward points. Conve-
nient location at 215 Cherry Lane,
Jefferson County Industrial Park.
Self and full service fuel stations.
Seventy truck spots in a secure
lot. Laundry and shower facilities.
Home-style sit-down dining, and
grand & go selections. Fresh hot
coffee, and more.
And at left, new signage along
Highway 26 announces the
Travel Plaza is now open.
Members receive Cobell land buy-back offers
Landowners from the
Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs are seeing
nearly $3.7 million in offers
for their fractional land inter-
ests on the reservation.
The offers from the Land
Buy-Back Program for Tribal
Nations went out to 677 in-
dividuals, according to the lat-
est data.
Participation in the buy-
back is entirely voluntary. Inter-
ested sellers have until April 24 to
accept.
The buy-back program is an
opportunity for landowners to
consider fair market value offers
for their interests in fractionated
land.
The program is part of the
Cobell settlement, which set aside
nearly $2 billion—of the $3.4 bil-
lion total settlement—for tribes to
acquire fractionated interests on
reservations in Indian Country.
The goal is to remedy the frac-
tionation problem, stemming
from the previous policy of al-
lotments.
Through fractionation, parcels
become owned by a growing num-
ber of individuals, rendering them
unproductive.
The buy-back, administered by
the Department of the Interiors
in cooperations with tribes, is in-
tended to help promote tribal
self-determination.
This could be accomplished
as the tribal entity acquires the
fractionated interests, and can
then determine the best use of
the property.
Meanwhile, the War m
Springs Buy-Back program has
a new outreach specialist on
board (see page 4 for details).
Academy students illustrate new book of Ichishkín
T he
introduction to the new
book—Conversation in Ichishkín—
makes the observation:
“Today, in 2018, there are only
22 language speakers of Warm
Springs Ichishkín. By picking up
this book and flipping through to
view the beautiful artworks and lan-
guage in written form, you are help-
ing to build awareness of the dire
need to save our languages for gen-
erations to come.”
Conversations in Ichishkín—
dedicated to all who want to learn
the language—was published this
month, during March Literacy
Night at the Warm Springs Acad-
emy. The book is a project of
fourth-graders and their teachers at
the Academy, and the Warm
Springs Culture and Heritage De-
partment.
Students in three fourth-grade
In the process the fourth-grad-
ers learned the phrases—their
meaning and pronunciation:
‘My name is_____’ (‘Inmí
wanícht násh wá_____’) …
‘Who are you?’ (‘Shin nam wa?’)
… ‘Where are you? I am at
Warm Springs.’ (Mná nam wa?
ínash wa Warm Springspa.’)
And the conversations con-
tinue: ‘Mish nam wa? Ínash wa
Níix…’ ‘Mná nam wáta?’… .
(See Ichishkín on 5)
classes—Ms. Bluebird, Mrs. Nelle
and Mr. Marren’s classes—did all
of the artwork for the book. Arlita
Rhoan, Suzie Slockish and
Jefferson Greene translated the
phrases into the Native language.
Warm Springs Academy fourth-
graders with their copies of
Conversation in Ichishkín:
Ashlyn Wolfe, Jayda Allen,
Peyton Frank, Wallace Herkshan
and Daniel Jackson (back row l-
r); Yamilie Adams, Roxy Crowe-
Wallulatum Irenecia Smith-
Queahpama (back row l-r).
Pageant for
Lil’ Miss
Warm Springs
Warm Springs Recreation is get-
ting ready for the 2018 Lil’ Miss
Warm Springs Pageant, coming up
in April.
Meanwhile, Recreation is hosting
the Lil’ Miss Warm Springs programs
on Wednesday evenings at the Com-
munity Center Social Hall.
“The girls are really making
progress,” said Nor Sampson, of
Warm Springs Recreation.
They’re learning traditions of the
tribes, and cultural and unwritten
laws. They made tule mats a two
weeks ago, and last week learned to
make Wing dresses.
The program starts at 5:45 on
Wednesdays, and is open to the pub-
lic. Parents often take part, and are
encouraged to attend.
The Lil’ Miss Warm Springs Pag-
eant categories are:
Lil’ Miss Warm Springs, 9-11
years of age. Junior Miss Warm
Springs, 12-14 years of age. Senior
Miss Warm Springs, 15-17 years of
age.
The 2018 Lil’ Miss War m
Springs Pageant will be on Wednes-
day evening, April 25 at the Warm
Springs Community Center Social
Hall.
The current Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs are Lil’ Miss Warm Springs
Kiahna Allen, Junior Lil’ Miss Warm
Springs Gigi David, and Senior Lil’
Miss Warm Springs Coreena Stwyer.