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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 20, 2018
Netflix crew films episode at Eagle Crossing
Education hosting fairs
T he Eagle Crossing restau-
rant, owned and operated by
Brenda and Randy Nathan,
will be featured in an episode
of the hit Netflix series The
OA.
The film crew was on the
scene for two full days. The
first day they filmed inside
the restaurant, and outside
on the second day.
For the inside shots,
War m Springs residents
served as the extras.
Local residents also
helped serve as security in
the parking lot area of the
restaurant.
Creating some local em-
ployment was one of the
benefits of the project, said
Brenda Nathan.
The crew is also interested
in hosting a program teach-
ing young people about the
film industry, and inspiring
them to go into the profes-
sion. “They really want to
leave a mark here,” Brenda
said.
The Warm Springs
Education Branch is
hosting two Education
Fairs this month. There
will be help in applying
for a job, or completing
an application. The fairs
will have information on
pre-apprenticeship pro-
grams, Job Corps, the
IDA program, and sum-
mer camp.
The Education staff
will help you prepare for
college, register for Sum-
mer Bridge, apply or
complete your FAFSA
and Tribal Scholarship
applications.
The first of the fairs
is this Wednesday, June
20 from 1 to 6 p.m. at
the Education building,
1110 Wasco Street, first
floor training room. The
second fair will be at the
same time and place next
Wednesday, June 27.
Please bring the fol-
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
The Netflix crew at the
Eagle Crossing.
The filming at Eagle Cross-
ing almost didn’t happen, but
Randy Nathan facilitated the
land-use process, allowing the
project to go forward. Their
hope is that this could lead to
more interest in filming on
the reservation.
The OA Episode featuring
Warm Springs will air on
Netflix later this year.
Reunion:
Reservation fire season begins as blaze breaks out
War m Springs Fire
Management and the BIA
announced last week that
the reser vation is now
officially in the 2018 fire
season.
A short time after the
announcement, a fire broke
out on the edge of the
reservation, on BIA land by
Highway 26 past the
Deschutes River bridge
behind Rainbow Market.
This fire was human-
caused, by a campfire that
got out of control. The
person who made the fire
received burns, was pulled
to safety, and then
transported to the hospital
for treatment. Apparently,
he may have passed out next
to the fire, according to the
initial fire report.
Level 1
Regarding the declaration
of fire season: All
regulations governing timber
industry and other outdoor
activities are being enforced.
As fire danger and risk rise
or falls, further appropriate
regulations
will
be
implemented.
The initial declaration for
the reservation was Industrial
Fire Precaution Level 1: Fire
danger moderate.
Phase 2 Downtown
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Work continues this week on phase 2 of the downtown demolition and removal project. The BIA-fund project
is removing a number of unused and condemned buildings on campus and elsewhere in Warm Springs. Here,
the foundation concrete of the old Spilyay building is being broken up before being hauled away.
A thought about the Treaty of 1855, on this the
week of the One-Hundred and Sixty-Third Anniver-
sary:
‘I did not grant the Indians anything. They pos-
sessed the right to fish for thousands of years. The
Treaties of 1855 simply reserved to the Indians the
rights which they already possessed. They traded title
to most of the land in the Northwest in return of their
fishing rights. The tribes negotiated long and hard not
to be dispossessed of those rights.’
U.S. Federal Judge Robert Belloni,
U.S. v. Oregon, 1979.
Community
notes...
The deadline for the
War m Springs Tribal
Scholarship is July 1. Re-
quirements and application
are available online at:
warmsprings-nsn.gov
Click on ‘Services’ – ‘Edu-
cation’ then ‘Higher Educa-
tion.’
The Warm Springs Hous-
ing Authority is offering
scholarships for the sum-
mer program at the Boys
& Girls Club. This is for
low-income households, and
will cover the enrollment fee
for children who want to at-
tend this summer.
Complete the application
at the Housing office, Mon-
day through Friday, 8 a.m.
and 5 p.m.
a memorable ceremony
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They went to school there
all four years, from 1964-68.
After graduation they moved
back home. In 1969 Pebbles
became the second ever
Miss Warm Springs, the first
since 1950.
A few weeks ago, Tina
made a point of going back
to Chilocco: This was the
Fifty Year Anniversary of
the Class of 1968. She vis-
ited with many of her old
classmates, though the years
had taken some of them. “I
counted 17 classmates de-
ceased that I know of,” Tina
Lawsuit:
lowing: High school di-
ploma and high school
official transcripts, or
GED certificate. For
FAFSA: your parents and
your Social Security num-
bers, birth day, a federal
tax return, W2s and
driver’s license.
If you have them,
bring all college docu-
ments: Acceptance letter,
placement test scores,
etc. For more informa-
tion contact, in the Edu-
cation Branch:
Valerie Switzler, Edu-
cation manager. Deanie
Smith, director of Cul-
ture and Heritage, 541-
553-3290.
Jackie
Minson, director of Vo-
cational Rehabilitation,
541-553-4952. Melinda
Poitra, WIOA, 541-553-
3324. Carroll Dick,
Higher Education, 541-
553-3311.
was saying.
Her friend Pebbles had
passed away some years ago.
But their friend Alex was at
the 2018 Class Reunion. It
was his idea to have the bless-
ing ceremony at the Chilocco
Indian School Cemetery.
There are about 125
graves at the cemetery, from
infants to adults, the first
grave dating to 1884.
“My big brother Alex
wanted to have a blessing
over them,” Tina says, “be-
cause they didn’t get to home
as we did.”
tribes join as party
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“Although Congress has
plenary authority over
tribes, courts will not lightly
assume that Congress in fact
intends to undermine Indian
self-government.” And fi-
nally: “To abrogate tribal im-
munity, Congress must ‘un-
equivocally’ express that pur-
pose.”
In the citizen lawsuit pro-
vision of the Clean Water
Act, Congress listed the en-
tities that may be sued for
potential violation of the
act. These include “a city,
town, borough, county, par-
ish, district, association, or
other public body created by
or pursuant to state law….
or an Indian tribe or an au-
thorized Indian tribal orga-
nization….”
This shows clear and un-
equivocal Congressional in-
tent to allow a tribe to be
subject to jurisdiction under
the Clean Water Act citizen
suit provision, the judge
found. So the case can go
forward.
The Deschutes River Al-
liance alleges that operation
of the fish tower has re-
sulted in more than 1,000
violations of the Clean Wa-
ter Act, mainly regarding
downstream temperatures.
From the tribal perspec-
tive: The fish tower exists as
part of the effort to bring
salmon back to the tradi-
tional habitat above the
dams, said Councilman
Tsumpti. “We’re salmon
people. We have been since
time immemorial,” Mr.
Tsumpti said. “We’re not
trout people.”
So an aspect of the case
can be seen as advocates of
resident trout populations,
river guides, for instance;
versus the effort to restore
the upstream salmon, the
intent of the tribes.
And for the migrating
fish, the selective water with-
drawal tower is working, as
salmon have been returning
for some several years now,
said Bobby Brunoe, general
manager of the Branch of
Natural Resources.
Dave McMechan