Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
October 10, 2018 - Vol. 43, No. 21
October – Anwicht’ash – Fall - Tiyam
District meetings on 2019 budget
Tribal Council posted the 2019
proposed budget and has now
scheduled three district meetings
on the proposal: The Simnasho
District will be first, meeting the
evening of Wednesday, October
17 at the Simnasho Longhouse.
Next will be the Agency District
on Monday, October 29 at the
Agency Longhouse.
Seekseequa will meet the fol-
lowing evening, Tuesday, October
30 at the Seekseequa Fire Hall.
For all three meetings dinner is at
6 and the meeting at 7.
In November the membership
and Tribal Council will host a Gen-
eral Council meeting, before Coun-
cil approves a final budget for next
year.
In September, Management
and Finance presented a balanced
budget proposal to Tribal Coun-
cil, who then heard the presenta-
tions from enterprises, branches
and departments.
The 2019 budget proposal re-
flects the priorities and objectives
set out by the Twenty-Seventh
Tribal Council in its 2016 Procla-
mation. Priorities include:
“The Tribal Council shall annu-
ally develop, review and approve
a balanced tribal budget for
each fiscal year in order to pro-
mote and maintain the financial
sustainability and integrity of the
Tribe.” Other priorities:
Education, enterprise ac-
countability, health care, protec-
tion of assets, Our People, in-
frastructure, economic develop-
ment, employment, housing,
community safety.
Museum
readies for
Treaty event
T he Museum at Warm Springs
is busy preparing for the upcom-
ing Treaty Conference, Friday
through Sunday, October 26-28.
The conference will include
speakers who are experts in the
field. As of earlier this week,
there were still some spaces avail-
able for tribal members to re-
ser ve a reser vation free of
charge.
Otherwise, the Treaty Confer-
ence—People of the River, People of
the Salmon: Then, Now and Tomor-
row (Wana Thlama-Nusuxmí
Tanánma: E-Wah’-Cha’-Nye)—will
be open to the general public.
Registration is required. The
registration fee includes three
meals on each day of the con-
ference.
In preparing for the confer-
ence, the museum has borrowed
five of the original pages of the
Treaty of 1855 between the
Middle Tribes of Oregon and the
United States government.
Museum director Carol
Leone explained the year-long
process of bringing the treaty to
the museum for display through
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Celebrating its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, the Museum at Warm Springs Changing Exhibits room
focuses on the history of the Confederated Tribes.
November 3.
Sen. Ron Wyden and the High
Desert Museum were partners in
the effort, Ms. Leone said.
The display case containing the
five pages is climate controlled, and
each page is contained within a
special protective sleeve.
There is no photography al-
lowed of the pages, because of
the risk of a camera flash acci-
dentally going off.
The treaty was flown from the
National Archives in Washington,
D.C., in first-class because of the
size of the transport package, and
for its safety, Ms. Leone said.
There is a guard on duty be-
side the treaty at all hours of the
day at the museum, and the
guards also monitor the display
during the night. A digital video
security camera is recording 24-
hours a day above the treaty.
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Film
festival
this week
Bend Film will present feature
movies at the Madras Performing
Arts Center this Friday through Sun-
day, October 12-14. Filmmakers
will be present for the films.
Meanwhile earlier in the week,
this Wednesday evening, October
10, Smoke Signals actor Adam
Beach will be at Warm Springs Acad-
emy open house.
For the films at the Performing
Arts Center: Transportation will be
provided from Warm Springs to the
center on Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober 12-13.
Free admission bracelets will be
given out on the bus, and KWSO
will also have bracelets available
for anyone interested in attending.
Listen to 91.9 FM for details
about the bus and film schedule.
Friday evening’s first film is
Smoke Signals, marking it’s Twenti-
eth Anniversary. Adam Beach and
other film makers will be on hand.
Before the showing of Smoke
Signals at 5:30 on Friday, you can
enjoy the film Blood Sky by Warm
Springs tribal member LaRonn
Katchia. The story of Blood Sky:
A deadly outbreak has quickly
spread across the city of Portland
as three survivors make their way
to an infested laboratory in hopes
of containing it.
Mr. Katchia made this film in 48
hours for Portland’s 48 Hour Film
Project, 2018. Some other movies
coming up this weekend at the Per-
forming Arts Center:
The Blessing . Oregon pre-
miere. The story: A Navajo coal
miner raising his secretive daughter
on his own struggles with his part
in the irreversible destruction of
their sacred mountain.
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School district honors students’ achievements
The Jefferson County School
District board of directors started
their Tuesday evening session with
a tour of the Museum at Warm
Springs, the highlights being the
Treaty of 1855 display, and the
outstanding Memory of the Land
tribal history exhibit.
Board members said that all of
the classes in the 509-J district
should at some point visit the mu-
seum for the learning experience.
During the school board tour
of the museum, Val Switzler, di-
rector of Culture and Heritage,
answered questions about the tribal
history and the Language program.
The Kiksht language of the
Wasco people has seen its last el-
der speakers pass away in recent
years, Ms. Switzler said.
Ichishkeen of the Warm Springs
people has 32 speakers. As recently
as 15 years ago, Kiksht was in a
similar situation, but has now lost
its elder speakers.
She was asked why the Native
languages remain of vital impor-
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Academy students who excelled in the math or literacy, or both, in state testing.
tance to the tribes. “Our languages
hold our songs and our prayers,” Ms.
Switzler said. “It’s who we are, our
way of life, and we cannot let that
die.”
The tribes have worked with the
school district to bring the languages
lessons into the regular district cur-
riculum, a rare circumstance in the
nation. Passing on the languages
to the young people gives them an
understanding of who they are,
and where they come from, Ms.
Switzler said.
After the museum tour the
school board met at the Academy
for a regular session. The meeting
opened with the Student Spotlight
recognition. This week’s Spotlight
honored many students from
Warm Springs—both Academy
and high school students—who
made a great showing on recent
statewide testing. District superin-
tendent Ken Parshall explained the
accomplishment:
The statewide test is the most
difficult such test so far given to
students, Mr. Parshall said. State-
wide, less than half of the students
score at level 3. The Warm Springs
students featured during the Spot-
light presentation scored at 4 in ei-
ther mathematics or literacy, and in
some cases both. At the Warm
Springs Academy the students are:
Armando Becerra Jr., Sebastian
Bisland, John Buffalo Ball Jr.,
Audriyona Gilbert, Ramon Greene,
Caroline Hintsatake, Azure
Hoptowit, Zoe Kollen, Ambrose
Napyer Smith, Edward Siers, Davin
Slockish, Riyah Stacona, Kylen
Stevens, LaRhia Stevens, Dustin
Tanewasha, Sirita Wallulatum
VanPelt, Isaiah VanPelt and Gavin
Williams.
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