Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Needed power work
September 22, 2021
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~ Member Art Show in October ~
A look back at the
winners from the 2019
Show: Curahee—Copper
Juniper Tree: Mixed
media, shells, beads,
concrete base, fur.
Winner, Judges Choice
Award—Contemporary
Category (left). Artist:
Marlanea Wagner,
Waunanuba. The
Imulak—Cut beaded
medallion. The artist is
Clarissa Picard—Winner,
Judges Choice Award
Traditional Category (below).
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Pacific Power and Light crews have installed new
equipment at strategic locations on several existing power
poles in the Warm Springs Agency Area. The work is to
isolate specific areas in order to reduce the number of
customers impacted by a power outage. The installations
were in response to several long power outages earlier this
year. These were due in part to damaged equipment.
PP&L also intends to replace failed equipment next year.
T
he Tribal Member Art Show opens soon
at the Museum at Warm Springs. Contact the
museum at 541-553-3331 this week for
information about submitting your artwork.
The tribal firefighting exhibit—Into the
Fray—will be wrapping up this Saturday,
September 25, if you would like to see this
show.
The Member Art Show will open on
October 8, a Friday. Masking and distancing
are required at the museum, open Tuesday
through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed
Sundays, Mondays and holidays. (See page 8 for
details on submitting to the Member Art Show.)
Covid 19 in
Indian Country
The Indian Health Service had
conducted a total of 2,798,572
Covid-19 tests among IHS eligible
individuals, as of earlier this week.
Of the total: 226,953 have come
back positive across Indian Coun-
try, representing an increase of al-
most 1.5 percent from the previ-
ous week.
Based on the cumulative percent
positive, the highest rates have been
seen in five IHS areas. Two of them
include the state of Arizona. An-
other measure is the seven-day roll-
ing average for positivity. By this
measure, showing the most recent
trends, 11 areas of the total 12 IHS
areas, are seeing higher covid rates.
The Portland Area was fifth high-
est. The results are: The Oklahoma
City Area (15.6 percent). Bemidji Area
(12.4). Nashville Area (11.9). Califor-
nia Area (11.8). Portland Area (11.6).
Great Plains Area (11.5). Phoenix
Area (10.6). Navajo Area (6.0). Bill-
ings Area (6.9). Alaska Area (5.5).
Tucson Area (5.1).
CTWS Covid-19 Response Team
The chart above shows the Covid-19 cases among the tribal
community by the week, as of September 15. Total covid cases
among the community, including the 22 on September 15, was
at 963 since the pandemic and testing began last year.