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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 5, 2018
Member Art Show
Doll by Sandra Danzuka, Honorable Mention Award.
2018 Tribal Member Art Show
Grand Opening is at 5:30 p.m. this
Thursday, December 6 at the Museum
at Warm Springs.
Quilt by Mane Knight ~ Judges Choice Award - Contemporary.
Photos courtesy the Museum at Warm Springs
Year in Review ~ 2018 ~
February
In a disturbing development, the
Agency Longhouse has been con-
taminated by methamphetamine. As
a result, the longhouse will be closed
at least into March.
Executive Management closed
the longhouse after at least two ar-
eas inside the building tested posi-
tive for the presence of meth resi-
due. Additional areas were tested,
including kitchen area, and results
were positive.
The level of contamination in-
dicates that the person or people
had been using the drug in the
longhouse for some time. Cost of
clean-up is expected to exceed
$100,000. Elsewhere this month:
Tribal Council and the Branch
of Natural Resources met for a
two-day summit with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, discussing the
condition and future of the
Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery.
There are fundamental ques-
tions facing the hatchery, as well as
significant recent improvements to
the facility.
The facility is on the Warm
Springs River a few miles from
Kah-Nee-Ta. Because of the loca-
tion, water temperature at the
hatchery is an ongoing issue.
The temperature issue has come
to the forefront in recent years: In
2014 the summer heat required
emergency removal of fish to a
cooler facility, as the water tempera-
ture in the Warm Springs River at
the hatchery site reached the mid
70s.
The following year the fish were
moved in order to allow workers
to upgrade and expand the cooling
system at the hatchery.
Then last year the work involved
a major electrical system expansion.
Another recent improvement at the
facility is the development of lam-
prey passage. In other news from
February:
Both the Madras White Buffa-
los varsity boys and girls basket-
ball teams have post-season games
in the next few days.
March
These are busy days at the Pla-
teau Travel Plaza—busy and ex-
citing as the 70 employees are get-
ting ready for the opening.
The employees are running
through all facets of the opera-
tion—from the kitchen and dining
area, to the convenience store, fuel
stations, gaming area, security, main-
tenance and more. Grand Opening
is set for March. Elsewhere:
The Warm Springs baseball
fields are in need of extensive
renovation. And once this work is
done, the new fields will need on-
going maintenance. Young players,
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and adult softball teams, require
this amenity here in Warm Springs.
Tribal executive management
and community development an-
nounced a detailed plan that would
accomplish the goal, bringing the
fields up to a highest quality stan-
dard.
As the health of tribal youth is
a community priority, the Tribal
Council by resolution this month
endorsed the plan.
The endorsement allows man-
agement and community develop-
ment—with Warm Springs Recre-
ation as project sponsor—to pur-
sue the necessary funding for the
work, which will extensive.
One immediate source of fund-
ing—one prompting the recent
Council resolution—could be the
Oregon Parks and Recreation.
The Parks and Recreation grant
would be in addition to the tribal
match, and other potential sources.
The Council resolution states
the need for action to restore the
fields, noting: “The existing 41-
year-old ball fields complex is due
for extensive renovation and re-
development…” In other March
2018 news:
Twenty-five years ago this month
the tribes celebrated the opening of
the Museum at Warm Springs.
That spring saw the realization of a
vision—a museum preserving and
honoring the tribal history, culture
and traditions—first conceived in
the 1960s.
Some ensuing milestones were
Tribal Council approval of the char-
ter, and membership approval of
the referendum.
To celebrate these first 25
years—the Silver Anniversary—the
Museum at Warm Springs is host-
ing a powwow, and the opening of
a new exhibit.
The new exhibit is Twanat—Cel-
ebrate Our Legacy.
There are commemorative gifts,
door prizes and refreshments. Miss
Warm Springs was be on hand.
The new exhibit is a celebration
of the tribal culture and the mu-
seum. Items on display are rarely
seen items from the Museum at
Warm Springs Permanent Collec-
tion.
(Review continues in the next Spilyay.)