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Digital Radio award
symptoms stop.
Disinfect commonly used
surfaces in the house. And
make sure you do not pre-
pare food for others while
you are sick.
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Great games, Tournament champions
Family, friends
Scott with the award from Digital Radio Tracker.
Digital Radio Tracker has recognized the recent
popularity of Scott ‘Blue Flamez’ Kalama for his single
Wash Away, released in December. Digital Radio
Tracker gathers information on more than 30 mil-
lion songs streaming on programs like iHeart, Sirius
XM, TuneIn and many others.
DigitalRadioTracker.com each week awards the top
150 songs—of the tens of millions of songs that are
streaming. Wash Away was among the top 150.
Scott works at Warm Springs Prevention. He won
a Nammy Award a few years ago for his music video
Rez Life. He was surprised this week when he re-
ceived the Digital Radio Tracker Award as one of
the top streaming songs this month. Find the song
wherever you stream your music.
MHS hoops
In order to maintain
Covid-19 compliance for to-
tal indoor capacities, specta-
tors for Madras High School
basketball are being reserved
for senior athletes only: Each
senior athlete can have two
spectators.
When spectators enter the
door, they will be asked the
name of their senior athlete,
and no more than two people
will be allowed to enter per
senior athlete.
Tickets will not be is-
sues; rather, each family
needs to decide who will
come represent their senior
athletes.
Staff are monitoring the
metrics closely in hopes that
the restricted number of
spectators can be lifted as
soon as possible. Madras
High School.
Norovirus
The Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center re-
ported recently that they had
seen a number of cases of
Norovirus, also known as a
stomach bug. The illness is
marked by symptoms includ-
ing nausea, vomiting and di-
arrhea.
The best way to prevent
the spread of germs is to do
good hand washing. You
should stay home if you are
sick, at least 48 hours after
New guide to Confluence sites
Just in time for what
will hopefully be a post-
quarantine summer, we
have a new printed guide
to show you the way to
the Confluence sites.
Our new map bro-
chure is years in the mak-
ing to help travelers find
culturally significant sites
along the Columbia River
system.
It includes QR codes
to connect your phone’s
camera with our digital li-
brary. In that way you can
hear stories and insights
directly from tribal elders
and leaders.
Thanks to the amaz-
ing Brian Boram of
RMB Vivid for making
this possible!
If you have provided
your address to us be-
fore, look for this printed
guide in your mailbox
soon. Or see:
confluenceproject.org
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
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I’m currently incarcerated
here in St. Helens, Oregon.
I want to send my love and
respect to my family, ex-
tended family and friends.
I’m saddened by the news of
the recent passing of my
uncle Eric Frank. Due to my
incarceration I was unable to
be there with family and at-
tend services and burial. I
can only smile and laugh re-
membering my Atwai Uncle
Eric.
Growing up one of the
most important things I
learned from my uncle was
to keep my sense of humor
about things no matter the
situation. It probably would
not be appropriate to express
in print some of my uncle’s
favorite expressions, which I
know family and friends
would understand. He is in a
better place now. Stuart A.
Smith Sr.
From Wildhorse
Wildhorse Resort and Ca-
sino announces the cancella-
tion of the 2021 Wildhorse
Dylan Heath, of Warm Springs, Derek Main, Warm Springs, Lester W(Yakama),
Realand RJ Russell, Montana and Warm Springs, Matthew Tre
McConville,Yakama, Melvin Tewee III, Warm Springs, Coach Melvin Tewee Sr.,
and Mathias McConville, Yakama (standing from left); and Michael Belgard,
Warm Springs, and All-Star Jordan Mitchell (front).
Our team Red Nation traveled to
Lapwai, Idaho for the recent Roc Your
Mocs 2021 High School Boys 11-12th
Tournament.
Red Nation played in a 16-team
Powwow, which had been
scheduled for July 2-4. The
annual outdoor event nor-
mally draws a crowd of 5,000
to 7,000.
A powwow is a time when
bracket. We played six games and had
four wins—And our boys won the
championship, 55-53!
Awesome job, Boys! Tanya Tewee
many tribes gather to cel-
ebrate cultural tradition, spiri-
tuality and competition. For
thousands of years, music
and dancing has been an es-
sential practice for tribes all
over North America.
The
most
recent
Wildhorse Powwow, in July
of 2019, marked the
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
of the event.
From the desk of the W.S. Veterans Representative
New village in
Bend aims to pro-
vide shelter, aid to
homeless people
by Frankie Williams
Warm Springs Tribal
Veterans Representative
S
t. Vincent de Paul in
Bend is transforming an
empty lot behind its food
bank on Third Street into a
10-unit village for homeless
people in need of a tempo-
rary shelter.
Each unit will be about
100 square feet with a win-
dow, bed, small table and
chair. The struc-
tures will offer
homeless people a
stable location, said
Gary
Hewitt,
Bend’s St. Vincent
de Paul manager.
“It’s meant to be a first
step out of homelessness,”
Mr. Hewitt said.
“We simply want to help
somebody who is unhoused
for whatever reason.”
The nonprofit social ser-
vice agency was awarded a
$150,000 grant from the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development to start
construction on the home-
less village project. The lo-
cal agency hopes to raise at
least another $150,000 to
fully fund the project.
Construction is expected
to begin this month, and the
10 units could be completed
by the fall, Hewitt said.
A house next to the
empty lot will be
turned into a resource
center for the resi-
dents at the village.
The center will offer
internet access and a
space to meet with ad-
vocates and get referred to
Frankie Williams, W.S.
Veterans Representative
various programs in the re-
gion, Hewitt said.
Each resident will stay no
longer than 18 to 24
months.
The goal is for them to
build a rental history and
use the time at the village to
find permanent housing,
Hewitt said.
The 10-unit village is next
door to the Old Mill &
Suites Motel, which the Bend
City Council had considered
turning into a year-round
homeless shelter until the
city discovered significant
foundational and structural
issues on the property.
“This is a time when I
think a lot of progress could
be made if we use all of
those resources wisely,”
Cook said.
Still, the 10-unit village is
just one piece of a larger
puzzle, Cook said. The re-
gion needs to establish per-
manent shelters and housing
after people leave the vil-
lages, he said.
“We are not going to do
all of these things and solve
the problem tomorrow,”
Cook said. “It’s going to take
time.”
frankie.williams@wstribes.org
Phone 541-460-0605
Ways to relieve osteoarthritis, from W.S. Holistic Health
by Alicia Oberholzer
Physical Therapist
W.S. Holistic Health
Osteoarthritis is a com-
mon chronic condition that
can lead to joint pain, swell-
ing and stiffness. It occurs
when the cartilage that cov-
ers joint surfaces begins to
break down, reducing the
cushion between the bones.
This can lead to difficulties
with movement and de-
creased activity tolerance.
While some may worry
about movement making
their pain worse, research
has shown that exercise is the
most effective non-drug or
surgical option for reducing
symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Exercises that can help
with osteoarthritis:
Aquatics: Exercises in
the water go far beyond
swimming.
Other options include
walking against current, wa-
ter aerobics, strength training,
or balance. Several exercises
that are performed on land
can be modified for the pool.
The benefit of exercising
in water is that the force of
buoyancy reduces the pres-
sure of body weight on the
joints by making you feel
lighter. This allows individu-
als to have a better tolerance
to exercise with less pain.
Aerobic exercise: Aerobic
exercise helps to strengthen
the heart and lungs, control
weight gain, and improve en-
durance.
Individuals with osteoar-
thritis can benefit from aero-
bic exercises that have low
impact on the joints. Ex-
amples include riding a bike
or running on an elliptical
machine. These exercises
should be per-
formed 30 minutes
per day, five days per
week.
Strengthening:
Strength training is
an important com-
ponent of exercise programs
for individuals with osteoar-
thritis.
Strong muscles can help
to offload and support af-
fected joints. This helps to
reduce pain and improve tol-
erance to daily activities.
Strengthening exercises
should be performed at
least twice a week.
Range of motion: Stiff-
ness is a common complaint
associated with osteoarthri-
tis. This often happens when
the joint is in a single posi-
tion for a prolonged period
of time. An example would
be sitting at a desk for mul-
tiple hours through the work
day.
Gentle stretch-
ing and movement
exercises can help to
reduce discomfort,
improve flexibility,
and ease transitions
between lying down, sitting,
and standing.
If you have additional
questions about Osteoar-
thritis and the benefits of
exercise, feel free to contact
the Physical Therapy team
at Warm Springs Holistic
Health for more informa-
tion.
We are also accepting new
patients on a referral basis.
If you have further ques-
tions about stress management,
Please reach out to the Warm
Springs Holistic Health Physi-
cal Therapy team at 541-
777-2663. Or call to make
an appointment.