Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
August 24, 2022 - Vol. 47, No. 18
August – Shatm – Summer - Shatm
PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
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Rodeo
Filmmaker documenting Commissary project
action ready
to buck
The Open Ranch Rodeo is
coming up soon at the newly
renovated Warm Springs Rodeo
Grounds. This will be the first
rodeo in Warm Springs in more
than three years.
JE Florendo, Alfredine Smith
and family, and the Ranch Rodeo
Club are presenting the event.
They spent the summer fixing
up the grounds, which have not
been used for rodeo since the sum-
mer of 2019.
The Ranch Rodeo—starting at
noon on Saturday, September 3—
will be a welcome return to the
more fun gatherings and activities
on the reservation.
The rodeo will include Ranch
bronc riding, Muley team roping,
barrel racing, bull riding,
breakaway, wild cow milking, two-
man wild horse race, ‘St. Paul
Style,’ the calf scramble (free)
and mini bulls. There is a 100-
percent payout, and prize buck-
les. Entry is open until 5 p.m. on
August 31. Admission is $10 per
vehicle.
The Florendo and Suppah fami-
lies are providing the livestock. The
show is presented not for profit,
instead as a community booster, so
the rodeo club is taking donations
to help with event. For entries call
541-771-0656. Or email:
dadsrodoerigl@gmail.com
Filmmaker LaRonn Katchia is
working on a project to capture
the tranformation of the Warm
Springs Commissary building.
Most recently, Mr. Katchia,
working with the Warm Springs
Community Action Team, re-
ceived a $72,500 grant for the
project from the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation.
The 2022 Creative Heights
grant provides funding for
Katchia to write, film and edit
the full-length documentary en-
titled A Bridge to the Future.
The documentary will capture
“the transformation of commu-
nity in the re-construction of the
125-year-old War m Springs
Commissary—a symbol of a
tribal community claiming a new
future,” Mr. Katchia said.
“With the Creative Heights
grant we will be able to tell our
story, transforming the oldest
building on the Warm Springs res-
ervation into a business incuba-
tor to help tribal entrepreneurs
thrive.
“It is important to help build our
economy within the reservation and
to document this journey through
an authentic indigenous lens.”
The contribution to the Com-
munity Action and to the Oregon
Community Foundation is part of
a $1 million investment in “vision-
ary Oregon arts and culture
projects.”
Many of this year’s Creative
Heights grantees are elevating cul-
tural voices, shining a light on little-
known history and launching sig-
nificant new structures for artists
to thrive.
This is a perfect description of
the tribes’ and Community Action
Team’s Commissary project itself.
The Commissary is the oldest
standing structure on the reserva-
tion, dating back 125 years. De-
cades ago, as the name suggests, the
building was used for BIA Com-
modities. In more recent time, tribal
Natural Resources used the struc-
ture for offices.
DOCUMENTARY continues on 7
Courtesy OCF
Director LaRonn Katchia and film crew; and (below) architectural
conception of the finished Commissary business incubator.
Spilyay
Commissary in April during move to current site by the highway.
Courtesy WSCAT
Airshow
taking off
The Airshow of the Cascades
Festival is this Friday and Saturday,
August 26-27 at the Madras Air-
port. All are invited, free entry for
veterans kids under 5. The orga-
nizers are asking Warm Springs
veterans to attend for tours of air-
craft, and perhaps to ride in one
(see page 4 for details).
The show this year will feature
the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunder-
bolt Team, and the U.S. Navy F-18
Growler Legacy Team.
The U.S. Army Golden Knights
Parachute Team will give a perfor-
mance; and there is free entrance
to the Erickson’s Aircraft Collec-
tion. Other features of the 2022
Airshow are the Les Schwab Clas-
sic Car Show, and the Pacific Power
Fireworks display on Friday night.
The band Precious Byrd will be
playing live on Friday evening, free
with entry. Precious Byrd has been
voted the number one party band
in Oregon multiple years running.
Saturday live music will be pro-
vided by another local favorite,
Sweet Red & The Hot Rod Billies.
And music for the Thursday kick-
off evening is by 56th Army Band
from Joint Base Ft.Lewis McChord
Airshow tickets are available
online: airshowofthecascades.com
School events coming up
Labor Day is coming up on
Monday, September 5, and the
first student day for the school
district 509-J will be Tuesday, Sep-
tember 6. During the school year,
the Warm Springs Academy bus
drop-off time will be 7:50 a.m. with
school start time at 8. School will
start on late days at 9:30. End of
school is 2:50 p.m. The Warm
Springs Academy Back to School
Barbecue is next Thursday, Sep-
tember 1 from 4 to 6 p.m.
This year, the school district is
also providing all necessary basic
supplies for students. School offi-
cials want to ease some of the costs
associated with sending your child
back to school. A list of the sup-
plies for all grades k-12 are found
on the district website:
jcsd.k12.or.us
Meanwhile at the high school,
the Buffs are Back Barbecues are
this week. The barbecues are from
5 to 7 p.m. this Wednesday and
Thursday, August 24-25. The
Wednesday barbecue is for in-com-
ing ninth-graders; and the Thurs-
day barbecue is for all students.
There will be hotdogs, chips and
water provided for everyone who
attends. Snow cones, popcorn and
other snacks can be purchased at
the student store. All proceeds will
go to the leadership group.
Also during the barbecue events,
staff will give a tour of the school
and show ninth-graders where their
classes will be, and the school will
give students their schedules. School
supplies will be provided to all high
school students.
All of the school activities, clubs
and sports groups will have tables
set up to showcase their group and
recruit new members. Students can
meet teachers and principals. Fami-
lies will be able to purchase year-
books.
Students who drive can get a
parking pass and a parking spot as-
signed. This is required for any-
one that plans to drive to school.
Passes are free and current proof
of insurance and a driver’s license
is required.
Students and families do not
need to attend the entire time.
They can stop by anytime during
the two hours. Come on down and
Go Buffs!
In other school news: The dis-
trict Future Farmers of America
program is doing an outstanding
job.
Six more students showed at the
county fair this year compared to
last year.
Middle school students com-
peted at the fair for the first time
in nearly a decade.