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Spilyay Tymoo November 6, 2019
Letters to the editor
Youth survey
We R Native is making a
monumental push to enroll
1,500 American Indian teens
and young adults nation-
wide—15-24 years old—to
participate in a study that will
evaluate the impact of our
text messaging service.
For more information see:
npaihb.org/brave/
Best,
Michelle Singer, Na-
vajo, Healthy Native Youth
Project Manager, Northwest
Tribal Epidemiology Center,
Northwest Portland Area
Indian Health Board. Email:
msinger@npaihb.org
For health
The Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center will host
the Lunch and Learn this
Thursday, November 7. The
lunch is free, and the topic
of discussion will be blood
pressure care and prevention.
You will learn the signs and
symptoms of high blood
pressure; how to work with
your physician to get a proper
diagnosis; the benefits of
self-monitoring, and treat-
ment options.
The guest presenter will be
Dr. Mark Backus, graduate
of Duke University Medical
School. Dr. Backus has been
in practice for over 20 years.
His practice is at Cascade
Internal Medicine in Bend.
Dr. Backus was named a
National Blood Pressure
Control Champion by the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Million
Hearts Campaign.
To students
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs tribal schol-
arship guidelines require all
students to submit Free Ap-
plication for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA), and at least
five other scholarships. In
the guidelines, see page 3:
“Federal Financial Assis-
tance/Other Scholarships to
supplement the Tribal Schol-
arship.”
Apply for FAFSA by
March 1. If your eligible for
the Pell grant, you may be
eligible for the Oregon Op-
portunity State need grants.
Their deadline is June 1.
Send you questions to:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org
Or call Higher Education
at 541-553-3311.
Nature
A year and a half ago—
following months of careful
planning—the U.S. Forest
Service and Deschutes
National Forest conducted
a prescribed burn on the
grounds of the High
Desert Museum. More
than a year later, visitors
can see nature rebounding
as wild strawberries, rab-
bitbrush and manzanita
grow anew.
How did a seemingly
destructive event such as
fire support new growth
and biodiversity? A new
exhibit at the museum—
Nature’s Resilience—high-
lights the valuable role of
ecological disturbances.
The original exhibit opens
on Saturday, November
23.
Nature’s Resilience will fea-
ture large-format photog-
raphy illustrating the di-
chotomy of devastation
and new life. It will high-
light a variety of high
desert habitats, including
the pine forests, riparian
ecosystems and sagebrush
steppe.
The ecological health
of various landscapes re-
lies on fire, floods and
pine beetle outbreaks.
The heat of a wildfire
opens the seeds of native
plants such as manzanita.
Wildfires create snags—
standing dead trees—that
offer valuable wildlife
habitat. From the ruins,
new life is born.
Nature’s Resilience will
also address the unin-
tended consequences of
humans actively increasing
some disturbances and
suppressing others. For in-
stance, after generations
of fire suppression and
overgrazing, the spread of
native juniper trees can be
seen throughout the re-
gion. After channelizing
rivers to prevent flooding,
floodplain species depen-
dent on the river can ex-
perience significant im-
pacts.
The exhibit features the
work of photographers
Bruce Block, David Bahr,
Ashley Duffus, Paul
Glasser and others.
Shelter
Due to the recent dip in
temperatures, a temporary
warming shelter has been
opened at the former Youth
Center in Warm Springs, fhe
former elementary school,
where the Boys and Girls
Club was located. The club
is now at the Academy.
The shelter at the youth
center gym will be open from
7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The hours
could change, depending on
circumstances.
Capacity for the shelter is
estimated at 13 people. Each
person wanting to utilize the
shelter will be screened be-
fore being admitted.
School supplies
Students in need of school
supplies can pick some up at
the Warm Springs Library at
the Family Resource Center.
Basic supplies are available to
students during the library’s
regular business hours.
Candidate
Oregon State Senator
Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, an-
nounced last week that he
will be running for the Re-
publican nomination to the
Oregon Second Congres-
sional District, which in-
cludes the reservation. The
seat is currently held by
Congressman Greg Walden,
a long-time friend of the
tribes, who has decided not
to seek re-election.
Sen. Bentz this year was
co-sponsor of law providing
close to $8 million for im-
provements to the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs water system.
Announcing his run for
the U.S. House, Sen. Bentz
said, “Congressman Walden
has done, and is still doing a
great job as Oregon’s only
Republican Congressman. It
was a surprise to learn that
he has decided not to run
again.”
The Oregon Primary will
be in May of next year.
Some of the Fire Management team, past and present.
O
n behalf of the
Wildland Firefighter Me-
morial Committee, we
want to thank the follow-
ing individuals and busi-
nesses who contributed
to the memorial and
helped make the event a
success:
Warm Springs Com-
posite Products. Health
and Human Services.
Bonafide. Savagethread.
Warm Springs Fire Use
Module. DMJ Auto-
motive.
Medina’s
Coffeee.
Madras Erickson’s
Acupuncture
There will be a free Acu-
puncture session on
Wednesday, November 13
at the Community Center
Aerobics room. The session
will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m.
Courtesy
Sentry. Peg g y Gomez.
Natalia Kirk. Inez Jones.
Tommy Fuentes. Lucille
Suppah. War m Springs
Power and Water Enter-
prises. Indian Head Casino.
Warm Springs Engine Crew.
The Warm Springs Hotshot
Crew, and Warm Springs
Fire Management.
Juniper Cove Bar &
Grill. Warm Springs Com-
munity Center. Terry
Stradely. Angela Sampson.
Star Horse Singers. Tyler
Anderson. Jason and
Charice Begay. And the
cooks and everybody who
assisted in preparing the
meal.
There were a lot of
people that helped make
this memorial a great suc-
cess. We apologize if we
forgot anyone that may
have contributed.
Thank you to the
community members
and visitors that were
able to attend and show
support for the Warm
Springs Firefighter Me-
morial.
The Firefighter
Memorial Commit-
tee.
Provided by an experi-
enced, licensed acupunctur-
ist.
form in honor of Veterans
this Thursday, November 7.
The concert will be at the high
school Performing Arts Cen-
ter at 7 p.m. Reserved seat-
ing for veterans. Ten dollar
donations, or food contribu-
tion.
Veterans Concert
The Madras High School
Music Department will per-
Howlak Tichum
In loving memory ~ Tracy D. Fuentes ~ 1980-2019
Tracy D. Fuentes, born
on June 11, 1980, of
Warm Springs, was taken
from the world on Sep-
tember 5, 2019. He was
39.
Tracy loved anything
that had to do with the
wood. He was an avid
gunman who loved to
shoot his guns. He also
loved hunting, camping
and the occasional fish-
ing. We can definitely re-
member his love for
ATVS.
He was the type of
person who could always
bring your spirits up no mat-
ter the situation, always be-
ing the jockester.
Tracy is survived by his
children, his twins Isabelle
and Evalyn, Tylasha,
Kalyssa, Fontain, and one
son, Trayvon.
Tracy will be greatly
missed by his mother
Meleah Miller and his fa-
ther Tony Fuentes. His
siblings Antone, Angelo
Sluggo Fuentes, Jade,
Carlos, Toni, Rianna,
Pamela and all family and
friends.
He will always be re-
membered by all who
held him close in their
hearts.
‘Parralel Lives’ reading with Ed Edmo and Lani Roberts
Birth
Merlin Yellowtail Jr. and
Alicia Pedraza of Warm
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
daughter Carla Mae Yellow-
tail, born on October 23,
2019.
Carla joins four brothers
and one sister.
Grandparent on the
father’s side is Merlin Yel-
lowtail Sr. of Lodgegrass,
Montana.
Grandparent on the
mother’s side is Richard
Tohet of Warm Springs.
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C
onfluence will host a
reading from the book See-
ing Color : Indigenous People
and Racialized Ethnic Mi-
norities in Oregon.
The reading will be at
The Dalles High School au-
ditorium this Sunday, No-
vember 10. Doors open at
3 p.m.
Ed
Edmo
is
a
Shoshone-Bannock poet,
storyteller and educator.
He will join Dr. Lani Rob-
erts, retired professor of
Philosophy, as they read
excerpts from their chap-
ter, Celilo Falls: Parallel Lives
Along N’chi-Wana.
They will and share child-
hood memories of growing
up in The Dalles in the
1950’s, but from distinctly
separate backgrounds.
Mr. Edmo lived at the
fishing village at Celilo Falls
until its inundation in March
1957. Lani grew up six miles
away, just outside The
Dalles, a descendant of an
early settler family.
Although they grew up in
the same area and are the
same age, they lived parallel
lives because of the differ-
ences in their ethnic heritage.
During their childhoods,
signs in the windows of busi-
nesses read, ‘No dogs or In-
dians allowed.’
Their juxtaposed stories
give a full picture of rural
Oregon and the separate ex-
periences they had along the
N’chi-Wana River.
There is no charge for
admission. Visit the
Confluence Community
Calendar at:
confluenceproject.org
Or call 360-693-0123, to
register.
About the speakers
Internationally acclaimed
poet, storyteller, actor and
clay artist, Ed Edmo uses
puppets to tell Indian leg-
ends to children and
adults—helping people learn
to laugh again.
Since 1981, Ed has trav-
eled to colleges, pre-schools,
trade shows, pow-wows, and
more as a Native consult-
ant. In 1984, Ed earned top
prize at the Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center
One Act Play Festival for his
play, Through Coyote’s Eyes:
A Visit with Ed Edmo. In
addition to co-authoring
Celilo Falls: Parallel Lives
Along N’Che Wana—See-
ing Color : Indigenous Peoples
and Radicalized Ethnic Mi-
norities in Oregon, he is also
the author of A Nation
Within.
Lani Roberts, Philosophy
major of the University of
Oregon, was a faculty mem-
ber in the Philosophy De-
partment at Oregon State
University from spring 1989
through spring 2011.
She has now retired and
moved east of the Cascades,
back home to the Columbia
Gorge where her family
settled in the 1860s.
During her time in the
OSU Philosophy Depart-
ment, Professor Roberts di-
rected the Graduate pro-
gram, coordinated the Ap-
plied Ethics Certificate, and
directed the Peace Studies
Program.
She was a founding mem-
ber of Faculty and Staff for
Peace and Justice at OSU,
and a member of Associa-
tion of Faculty for the Ad-
vancement of People of
Color.
About Confluence
The
mission
of
Confluence is to connect
people with the history, liv-
ing cultures and ecology of
the Columbia River system
through Indigenous voices.
Confluence is a commu-
nity-supported nonprofit that
works through six art land-
scapes, educational programs
and community gatherings in
collaboration with northwest
tribes, communities and art-
ist Maya Lin.