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Coyote News, est. 1976
September 26, 2018 - Vol. 43, No. 20
September – Wanaq’i ~ Fall - Tiyam
PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Experiencing the Treaty of 1855
F or the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs—in relation to the
United States and all other sover-
eign governments—the Treaty of
1855 is the foundation document.
The treaty is seen all around us:
In the reservation itself, and with
gathering, fishing and hunting rights
on the Ceded Lands.
The binding legal aspects of the
document are vital to this day, in-
voked in many tribal actions, both
governmentally and by individual
members. While vital and alive,
the Treaty has an historical ele-
ment, also endlessly fascinating:
Who signed the Treaty, and
how? Where? And under what
circumstances?... You can judge
for yourself at the Museum at
Warm Springs, as the tribes and
museum this fall host the Treaty
Conference (see page 5).
Six pages of the original Treaty
will be on display at the Museum
at Warm Springs from October
2 through November 3. This is
the first of several exhibitions and
public programs happening as the
museum celebrates its Twenty-
Fifth Anniversary.
For some broad historical con-
text: In 1855 the President of
the United States was Franklin
Pierce, known for his inability to
address slavery, leaving that to
Abraham Lincoln.
Meanwhile an issue in the Pa-
cific Northwest was the growing
wave of non-Indian settlers, bring-
ing devastating illness, and land dis-
putes. In the language of the day,
the question for the U.S. govern-
ment was, “How to deal with the
Indian problem?”
See TREATY on 5
Photographic image (right) of
the first signing page of the
Treaty of 1855.
Courtesy: National Archives, Washington,
D.C (NAID 299798).
Museum board names new executive director
T he Museum at Warm Springs
Board of Directors has appointed
Elizabeth Woody as executive di-
rector. Ms. Woody will succeed
Carol Leone, who has ably served
the museum since 2002, and is
retiring at the end of November.
Ms. Woody will begin her post
on December 1. She has a long
history with the Museum at
Warm Springs, starting in 1993.
In that year Ms. Woody was
one of the Warm Springs tribal citi-
zens who accompanied a team of
tribal museum professionals to
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In Santa Fe they met with re-
nowned Chiricahua Apache artist,
the late Allan Houser. This was
still during the planning phase of
the museum, which would open the
following year.
Most recently, Ms. Woody has
been serving as a project manager
for the Museum at War m
Springs Twenty-Fifth Anniver-
sary events, fundraising and as
a development consultant.
Ms. Woody is a member of
the Confederated Tribes of
War m Springs. She is of
Yakama Nation descent, ‘born
for’ the Tódích’íinii (Bitter Wa-
ter clan) of the Navajo Nation.
Elizabeth Woody
See MUSEUM on 7
Native theme movies featured at film festival
T he iconic film Smoke Signals was
the first feature written, directed,
co-produced and acted by Ameri-
can Indians.
Smoke Signals—with a visit
from the actor Adam Beach—will
be among the eight movies featured
in October at the BendFilm screen-
ing at the Madras High School Per-
forming Arts Center.
And along with Smoke Signals
several of the films at the Per-
forming Arts Center festival cel-
ebrate the Native American expe-
rience and culture.
“Smoke Signals was a
groundbreaking film when it pre-
miered at the Sundance Film Fes-
tival 20 years ago,” said Todd
Looby, director of BendFilm. “And
the timeless story still resonates
strongly with independent film fans
across the world.
“We look forward to hosting
Adam Beach, and hearing him re-
flect on how the film has impacted
his life and influenced his illustri-
ous career.”
Mr. Beach will join audiences
live for a question and answer dis-
cussion about the film, his acting
career, and founding the Adam
Beach Film Institute to mentor
young Native American filmmak-
ers.
The 2018 BendFilm festival at
the Madras Performing Arts Cen-
ter will be October 11-14. Here
are summaries of the feature films
coming up at the center:
The Blessing , directed by
Hunter Robert Baker, Jordan Fein.
A Central Oregon premiere.
The actor Adam Beach (left) will
be at the film festival.
The story: A Navajo coal miner
raising his secretive daughter on his
own struggles with his part in the
irreversible destruction of their sa-
cred mountain.
Dawnland , directed by
Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-
Cudlip. An Oregon premiere.
A story of stolen children
and cultural survival: Inside the
first truth and reconciliation
commission for Native Ameri-
cans.
Dirt McComber: Last
of the Mohicans , directed
by Joanne Storkan and Ryan
White. West Coast premiere.
The story: In Kahnawake
Mohawk Territory, rough-and-
tumble Dirt McComber
struggles to support his large
modern family as the last mem-
ber of his community to main-
tain a traditional Mohawk live-
lihood.
Tribal Council this week is sched-
uled to post the proposed 2019
tribal budget. Council was sched-
uled to meet this Wednesday, Sep-
tember 26 on the matter.
The district meetings would fol-
low in October, concluding with a
General Council meeting.
The budget mailing to the mem-
bership will go out soon.
Tribal Management and Finance
earlier this month presented a bal-
anced budget proposal to Tribal
Council. Branches, departments and
enterprises gave their presentations,
finishing up earlier this week.
Another item on the Tribal
Council agenda this week was a
meeting with the Kah-Nee-Ta
Board of Directors, regarding a
future course for the resort. For
now there is only security and main-
tenance crews at Kah-Nee-Ta,
though partnership-investor propos-
als may still be weighed in the fu-
ture.
A meeting with the 509-J school
district superintendent, and a casino
equity agreement were also on this
week’s Council agenda.
See BENDFILM on 7
Celebration at SkiBowl
Miss Warm Springs 2018 Thyreicia Simtustus (left) arrives on
horseback at SkiBowl West, where the Confederated Tribes and
SkiBowl hosted the Eighth Annual Tribal Celebration Day, last
weekend. The day included tribal dance performances.
Sue Matters photos/KWSO
Council
posting
budget
proposal
Agency main
water break
disrupts service
Last week a 14-inch water main
broke in the Agency service area.
Residences and offices experi-
enced low pressure, and then no
pressure for a couple of days.
Some tribal buildings on the cam-
pus were affected, as was the Com-
munity Center, in addition to the
residences.
Temporary restroom facilities
were used by some offices, as the
Utilities crew worked to repair the
break. By last Friday the situation
was resolved.
“Thank you to the Public Utili-
ties staff for your work in repair-
ing the broken water main line,” said
Alyssa Macy, chief operations of-
ficer.