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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
MHS Buffalo
hoops
upcoming
There are three weeks left
in the 2019-20 Madras High
School basketball regular
season.
The boys varsity team had
a 30-point victory in Janu-
ary over Corbett, with the
score of Madras 72 –
Corbett 44. This was the
opening game of the Tri-Val-
ley Conference series.
The boys are away this
Friday at Molalla, then at
home on Tuesday, February
4 against Estacade; then
away at Corbett, February 7;
and hosting North Marion
on Friday, February 14.
Madras team statistics
from the Corbett game:
Jayson Smith/Spilay
Strong defense against Corbett from
sophomore guard Isaiah Cochran.
Community notes...
It’s Literacy Activity
N i g h t a t t h e Wa r m
Springs Academy from 5
to 7 p.m. on Thursday,
February 6.
War m Springs Nation
Little League spring confer-
ences will also be at the
Academy on February 6,
from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy Eagles girls basket-
ball is in action Thursday,
January 30.
They continue their road
trip at the Crook County
Middle School with tip off
at 3:45 p.m.
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy Eagles wrestling team is
Youth crafts day at Simnasho
A Youth Arts and
Craft Day is happening
this Friday, January 31 at
the Simnasho Longhouse,
starting at 9 a.m.
This event is free and
provides youth with the
taking on Hines Middle
school this Friday, January
31 with matches starting at
Act to improve fishing sites
Lone Pine—tribal fishing
site along the Columbia River
where about three dozen
families live year-round—will
see much-needed mainte-
nance and sanitation services.
The improved follow federal
legislation recently signed
into law.
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff
Merkley and U.S. Congress-
man Earl Blumenauer
authored the bill that in 2019
passed the House, and then
unanimously passed in the
U.S. Senate. President
Trump then signed the bill—
the Columbia River In-Lieu
and Treaty Fish Access Sites
Improvement Act.
Along with the Lone Pine
site, 30 more Columbia River
tribal fishing sites are in-
cluded for improvement in
the act.
The law makes it possible
to allocate money to fix up
the sites, which have fallen
into disrepair, as the federal
government initially underes-
timated how many people
would use them. As back-
ground:
Beginning in the 1930s,
the construction of the
three lower Columbia River
dams displaced members
of the four Columbia River
Treaty tribes: The Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs, Yakama Nation, the
Umatilla, and Nez Perce
Tribe.
The 31 traditional fish-
ing sites and villages were
created for those tribes, be-
cause they have a treaty-
protected right to fish along
the Columbia River in their
usual and accustomed
places.
While the Oregon legis-
lators wrote the bill, much
of the credit is going to
New Mexico Rep. Deb
Haaland, one of the first
two Native American
women to be elected to
Congress.
Congresswoman
Peace and Dignity Journey
The 2020 Peace and Dig-
nity Journey is starting in
three months. On April 14
spiritual runners carrying
sacred staffs will begin the
journey in Chickaloon,
Alaska while Southern run-
ners start at the tip of South
America.
After eight months the
runners of the North and
South will meet on Decem-
ber 14 in the middle of the
earth, Quito, Ecuador.
Peace and Dignity Jour-
neys have been held every
four years since 1992, with
the purpose of fulfilling an
ancient prophecy of the
Eagle and the Condor com-
ing together.
This joining represents
the unification of indigenous
people from the North and
South after centuries of
colonization. The 2020 jour-
ney has its own special
prayer for Sacred Fire. Past
journeys prayed for water,
sacred sites, elders, and
seeds.
A few core runners are
still needed who will make
the commitment to do all or
most of the run. For more
infor mation contact Al
Gonzalez in California. His
email is:
atl@peaceanddignity.org
Or Anobel Gutierrez at:
pdjyolotli_2008@yahoo.com
Those who want only to
run a day or so are encour-
aged to join the run as the
journey passes your territory.
Contact local coordina-
tors or Mel Huey at:
mel97402@gmail.com
If the run is not passing
through your community a
tributary run to feed into the
main run can be organized
as was done in past years.
Peace and Dignity is
scheduled to reach Portland
on June 2. The route then
goes to Grand Ronde on
June 3, somewhere near
Corvallis June 4, Eugene
June 5, Reedsport June 6,
Coos Bay June 7, Gold
Beach June 8, and then en-
ter California at Smith River
Rancheria on June 9.
Donnie Bagley, 23. Dapri
Miller, 20. Derreck Main,
7. Isaiah Cochran, 7. Jesse
McDonald, 6. Jordan
Mitchell, 5. Mason Strong,
4. Alex Smith-Morales, 2.
Junior varsity boys
games follow the same
schedule, with earlier game
times; though the JV Buf-
falo boys have a game
scheduled at Sisters on on
Wednesday, February 5.
The Madras varsity girls
are home this Friday, Janu-
ary 31 against Molalla.
Game time is 7 p.m. The
girls are then away at
Escada; and home against
Corbett on February 7.
The girls had a winning
record—seven wins and
five loses—going into a
game against North Marion
last Friday.
Haaland successfully called
for the bill to be voted on
without debate in the House.
Jeremy Wolf, Umatilla,
chair of the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commis-
sion, was pleased with the
progress of this long-stand-
ing project.
“I am grateful to the staff
at the Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission, and
each member tribe for their
tireless work in preserving
and recovering our treaty
rights along the Columbia
River and its tributaries,” Mr.
Wolf said.
“And of course, our
Northwest delegation—spe-
cifically Senator Merkley
and
Representative
Blumenauer who spear-
headed the bill—are to be
commended for fulfilling this
promise to replace our
flooded village sites. We
have worked closely over the
past two decades to get the
job done.”
opportunity to let their cre-
ativity out while learning
about tribal programs and
resources.
For More information
you can contact Charlene
at 541-615-0037.
noon. The matches are be-
ing held at the Burns High
School.
January 29, 2020
Little League sign-ups
Warm Springs National
Little League is taking regis-
tration for T-Ball, Baseball
and Softball. Avoid the $10
late fee by registering before
March 1.
Practice sessions are
starting soon. For informa-
tion contact Edmund
Francis, president, 541-325-
3856. Or email:
in@wsnll.org
Check out the Facebook
page at WSNLL. Prices are
as follows:
T-Ball, $20. Baseball
and softball minors, $30.
Baseball and softball ma-
jors, $40.
Baseball and softball jun-
iors, $50. Baseball and soft-
ball seniors, $60.