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August – Shatm – Summer - Shatm
Tribal Council hears
Kah-Nee-Ta options
T he N’Chi Wanapum Canoe
Family joined 119 other tribal
canoes at the landing of the
Power Paddle to Puyallup.
The Puyallup tribe greeted
the canoes at the landing site in
late July, followed by days of
songs, feasts and cultural re-
vival.
This year market the first
time in 20 years the Puyallup
hosted the Canoe Journey land-
ing. The 120-canoe landing was
in the Medicine Creek Territory
of Puget Sound.
The N’Chi Wanapum Canoe
Family began nine years ago,
when the tribes acquired the 36-
foot canoe.
The Canoe Family made
their first Journey the following
year. The summer Paddle be-
gan in 1989 with just four ca-
noes.
Photo courtesy Deb Stacona/MAWS
Hot Shots helping with Long Hollow fire
ing containment.
This fire required the evacuation
of residents living along the
Deschutes River, and destroyed an
historic railroad home dating back
to the early 1900s. The smoky haze
over the reservation this week was
coming mainly from this blaze.
Before joining the teams fight-
ing the Long Hollow fire, the Warm
Springs Hot Shots were in South-
Effort to save historic
homes on Deschutes River
On tribal property across the
Deschutes River from the reser-
vation are a pair of houses of ar-
chitectural and historic interest.
These are the Wilson homes, built
in the mid 1940s.
Robert Wilson operated the mill
in the early years of the enterprise.
He commissioned the construction
of the houses, at the time located
on private property. Robert Wil-
son lived in one of the houses, and
his brother Charles in the other.
The significance of these struc-
tures is the architect: The Wilsons
commissioned Pietro Belluschi to
design the buildings.
Belluschi was an Italian archi-
tect who moved to Portland after
the First World War. He became a
leader in the Modern Movement
in architecture during the mid
Twentieth Century. The Wilson
homes are prime examples of this
style.
Belluschi designed these single-
story flat-roofed buildings about
the time he designed the renowned
Commonwealth Building in Port-
land, one of the first glass box tow-
ers ever built.
Clearly, the Wilson homes are
of historic and architectural signifi-
cance. Unfortunately, the buildings
are in need of improvement and
renovation. The Robert Wilson
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August 1, 2018 - Vol. 43, No. 16
Power Pull
to Puyallup
So far this summer, as of this
week at least, the reservation has
avoided the kinds of catastrophic
fires that are burning in other parts
of the Northwest, and especially
in northern California.
The Warm Springs Hot Shots
this week are helping with the Long
Hollow fire near Dufur in Wasco
County. This fire was about 35,000
acres earlier this week, approach-
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house in particular is in poor con-
dition, with a leaky roof.
Chief operations officer Alyssa
Macy, and Branch of Natural Re-
sources general manager Bobby
Brunoe have been in contact with
the Oregon State Historic Preser-
vation Office, hoping to find a
means to save the Wilson homes.
Portland architect Peter Meijer has
also been talking with the Historic
Preservation Office about the
structures.
Jason Allen is an Historic Pres-
ervation Specialist with the Oregon
Historic Preservation Office. Mr.
Allen said his office is prepared to
help nominate the Wilson homes
as Historic Buildings.
As the buildings are on tribal
trust land, the Historic Preserva-
tion Office would prepare the
nomination and forward the infor-
mation to the tribes, who could then
submit the nomination to the Na-
tional Park Service.
Listing the buildings as Historic
would not in itself generate reno-
vation funding, though listing would
open the way to securing the needed
funding. The most urgent work
would be the roof of the Robert
Wilson house. Being flat, the roof
has been susceptible to damage due
to snow and rain.
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ern Oregon helping with fires
that were burning in that area.
South of the Oregon bor-
der, around Redding in Shasta
County, California, is
the100,000-acre Carr fire that
has killed several people with
more still missing. Tens of
thousands of people had to
evacuate, and more than 700
homes were destroyed.
Tribal Council this week met
with the Kah-Nee-Ta board of di-
rectors and management, regard-
ing the near and long-term future
of the resort.
The board presented various
options to Tribal Council, includ-
ing a partial shut-down of the re-
sort, a full closure, or transfer to
an outside party.
The dilemma is that closure of
the lodge would still require an an-
nual expenditure by the tribes of
several hundred thousand dollars.
The expenditure would be required
as the power would have to stay
on at the resort, despite its being
closed; and there would be need
for security and ongoing mainte-
nance, for instance.
As of earlier this week, there still
had been no commitment from an
outside party, said Jim Manion,
board chairman.
The hope is to bring in an out-
side investor-management partner.
The company AV Northwest con-
tinues working to find the neces-
sary funding to take over Kah-Nee-
Ta management, said Jim Manion,
board director.
Meanwhile, other parties have
expressed some interest in partici-
pating with the tribes—in various
ways—regarding the resort, Mr.
Manion said.
There are 170 employees this
summer at Kah-Nee-Ta, and the
potential loss of these jobs is a
major concern among tribal lead-
ers. On the other hand, the resort
has not operated at a profit, or
break-even financial level for the
past several years. In some other
recent Council news:
Timber, carbon
The Warm Springs Timber LLC
is experiencing a good year, as the
market is good for the product.
The expected dividend to the tribes
at this point appears to be more
than initially budgeted, said Secre-
tary-Treasurer Michele Stacona.
During the timber discussion,
Chief JR Smith said the dividend
could have been even more if the
sales had happened earlier in the
year.
Instead of beginning in June,
sales could have started in April,
Chief Smith said. The delay was
apparently the result of the coor-
dination among the parties: Forestry
and the Timber LLC. Elsewhere:
The tribes received good news
about the carbon sequestration
funding. The carbon project, in-
volving Natural Resources-For-
estry and carbon-offset credits to
a California petroleum company,
was initiated by Ventures and Tribal
Council a few years ago.
The compensation to the tribes
has been delayed for more than a
year, but word is that the payment
will forthcoming possibly this
month, Ms. Stacona said.
FFA Livestock at County Fair
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Shain and Wessley Beymer show their prize market steers at the Jefferson County Fair.
W essley and Shain Beymer
showed market steers for the
sixth year at the Jefferson
County Fair.
They raised these steers at
the 120-acre family farm on the
reservation, where they have
over 30 head of livestock.
Their parents are Waylon and
Tiffiney Beymer.
Shain and Wessley both go to
Madras High School. Wessley is 18,
and Shain 15. They are members
of the Madras FFA. After high
school Wessley is planning to go to
diesel mechanic school in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Their black angus market steers
at this year’s fair weighed in at
1,315 pounds, and 1,234
pounds.
Wessley and Shain raised
them on cracked corn, grain
and grasses. They wish to thank
the community supporters this
year, and those from the previ-
ous fairs.