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Spílya Táimu, Warm Springs, Oregon
Showing ‘Reservation Dogs’ at MHS
Actors, local
filmmakers to
visit Academy
BendFilm will show three
episodes of Reservation Dogs
at the Madras Performing
Arts Center on Friday, Oc-
tober 7 as part of this year’s
BendFilm Festival.
Reservation Dogs follows
the exploits of four Indig-
enous teenagers in rural
Oklahoma who steal, rob and
save in order to get to the
exotic, mysterious and far-
away land of California.
To succeed, they will have
to save enough money, out-
maneuver the methheads at
the junkyard on the edge of
town and survive a turf war
against a much tougher rival
gang.
This first-of-its-kind cre-
ative team tells a story that
resonates with them and their
lived experiences—and in-
vites audiences into a surpris-
ingly familiar and funny
world.
The Reservation Dogs pre-
sentation will be attended by
actors Gar y Far mer and
Tatanka Means, both who
appear in the show.
‘Reservation Dogs’ showing Friday, October 7 at MHS.
Tatanka Means is an
award-winning actor, moti-
vational speaker and stand-
up comedian from Chinle,
Arizona. He represents the
Navajo, Lakota, Dakota and
Omaha Nations. His most
recent film is Killers of The
Flower Moon, directed by the
legendary Martin Scorsese
and is set to be released in
the fall of 2022. He can also
be seen in the new season
of Reservation Dogs and in
the upcoming movie Hori-
zon by Kevin Costner.
Tatanka performs stand-
up comedy throughout In-
dian Country spreading
laughter and messages of in-
spiration to all ages. Tatanka
was recently named Enter-
tainer of The Year by the
National Indian Gaming As-
sociation. He is proud to be
an alcohol and drug-free so-
ber performer. He also won
Outstanding Actor in a Lead-
ing Role in Once Upon a
River, which won Best Di-
recting at the 2019 BendFilm
Festival.
Gary Farmer is an actor
and musician, born on the Six
Nations along the Grand
River, Ohsweken, Ontario.
He is widely recognized
as a pioneer in the develop-
ment of Indigenous media
in Canada and was the
founding director of an ur-
ban Indian radio network,
Aboriginal Voices Radio Net-
work.
Gary has been nominated
for three Independent Spirit
Awards for Best Supporting
Male in the films Powwow
Highway, Dead Man, and
Smoke Signals. Recent cred-
its include series regular on
Resident Alien and Reserva-
tion Dogs. Gary’s blues band,
Gary Far mer and the
Troublemakers, will release
their sixth album this fall.
Earlier in the day the ac-
tors will be doing presenta-
tions at the Warm Springs
Academy along with local film
makers LaRonn Katchia and
Bruitis Baez.
For schedule and ticket
information, log on to the
Bend Film Festival website:
bendfilmfestival2022eventive.
org
2 bills to strengthen sacred sites protection
The U.S. House Natural
Resources Committee held its
first hearing on two bills de-
signed to strengthen tribal co-
management of public lands
and allow tribes to weigh in
on cultural sites protection.
The Tribal Cultural Areas
Protection Act and Advanc-
ing Tribal Parity on Public
Lands Act, introduced by
Representative Raúl Grijalva,
have broad support from
tribes, Native organizations,
and environmental groups.
“These bills address a sig-
nificant gap in sacred sites
protection,” said Judith
LeBlanc (Caddo), executive
director of Native Organiz-
ers Alliance.
“Too often the fate of our
most sacred places where we
hold ceremonies, gather food
and medicines, and get our
drinking water, is controlled
by whoever is in the White
House. These bills codify the
protections,”
“When tribes are not en-
gaged in the planning and
management of our ances-
tral lands,” said LeBlanc,
“and when we do not have
the ability to consent to their
protection, development, or
care, we are left to defend
them through the court sys-
tems or direct action like at
Standing Rock.”
Among other provisions,
the Tribal Cultural Areas Pro-
September 21, 2022
Tribal enterprise
board positions
The Tribal Council seeks to fill the following posi-
tions on the boards of directors of the Confederated
Tribes enter prises:
The Telco Board of Directors—Three open po-
sitions: Two tribal members for Class I; and one tribal
member for Class III.
Warm Springs Power and Water Enterprise
Board of Directors—Two Class III positions, one
member and one non-member.
Warm Springs Composite Board of Direc-
tors—One Class I position, tribal member or non-
member. Two Class II positions, tribal member and non-
member. One Class III position, non-member.
Warm Springs Tribal Employment Rights Of-
fice Commission (TERO)—Five positions: Two 1-
year terms; and three 2-year terms.Warm Springs
Economic Development—Ventures—Board of
Directors: One Class III tribal member, and one Class
III non-member.
Warm Springs Housing Authority—Two posi-
tions.
Water Board: Two positions.
Letter of interest and resume interested applicants
should be submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday, Septem-
ber 30, 2022. Drop off at the tribal administration
building addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer/CEO.
Or send by mail:
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO, PO Box 455, Warm
Springs, OR 97761.
Please sign a criminal and credit background check.
Forms can be emailed or mail to you. If you mail in,
the forms will be mailed to you once your letter/
resume is received. Information will be submitted con-
fidentially to the S-T/CEO.
Zone 6 tribal fishery
tection Act would:
Establish a national Tribal
Cultural Areas System that
consists of sites on public
lands that are culturally sig-
nificant to tribes; direct land
management agencies to
identify potential tribal cul-
tural areas; and empower
tribes to engage in co-man-
agement of public lands
through cooperative man-
agement agreements with
federal agencies.
The Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
and its four member tribes
announced a fall season tribal
fishery. The fisher y is open
from the present to 6 p.m.
this Thursday, September 22.
Gear is set and drift gillnets
with 8-inch minimum mesh
size restriction.
Allowable sales are salmon
(any species), steelhead, shad,
yellow perch, bass walleye,
catfish and carp. The fish
may be sold or retained for
subsistence. Fish landed dur-
ing the open periods are al-
lowed to be sold after the
period concludes. Sturgeon
may not be sold, but sturgeon
from 38 to 54 inches fork
length in the Bonneville pool,
and sturgeon from 43 to 54
inches fork length in The
Dalles and John Day pools
may be kept for subsistence
purposes. Closed areas are
the standard sanctuaries appli-
cable to gillnet gear. The Spring
Creek Hatchery sanctuary will
be a 150-foot radius around
the hatchery ladder.
the team work in keeping the
positive momentum going
with the children, youth,
adults and elders that partici-
pated.
The participants traveled
from out of state, from the
cities and locally, This was
awesome. The participants
truly were blessed by the
Ikuitan/Kusi. The Equine
White clay Holistic Wellness
program is volunteer and
the Kusi/Ikuitan continues
to Heal Hearts with Good
Medicine.
This was a honor having
the Spirit of Giving Com-
mittee be so open-minded to
implementing Equine White
Clay Holistic Wellness pro-
gram to present at the Spirit
of Giving Conference.
Thank you all for imple-
menting the wonderful team
work, and keeping the posi-
tive stamina flowing. This is
what makes a healthy village
and healthier tribes, families
and positive energy.
Qshxemgemxatgait
anchaika God, enshgich-
wamitam,
God Bless All of You.
Mona Cochran, Bonita
L e o n a r d , M ab l e Ja c k -
son, and Dr. Spence J.
Huckleberries in some areas Spirit of Giving
are getting harder to find
Huckleberries are highly
sought after, but the coveted
mountain fruit was difficult
to find across much of
northern Idaho and eastern
Washington this year.
Pickers were able to lo-
cate some productive plants
and patches, but they fre-
quently encountered healthy
bushes that had few berries
or none at all.
“In general terms, this is
not a very good year,” said
Wayne Kasworm, a grizzly
bear biologist for the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
who tracks huckleberry pro-
duction in the Selkirk, Cabi-
net and Yaak mountain
ranges.
With a changing climate,
scientists like him increas-
ingly are tracking huckleber-
ries that are an important
food source for grizzly bears
and other wildlife and cov-
eted by people as well. Na-
tive Americans have har-
vested huckleberries for
thousands of years and con-
tinue to do so today.
Janet Prevey, USGS sci-
entist, has studied how the
plant may respond to climate
change. It could be dramatic.
The plants may become less
prevalent at some lower el-
evation and drier sites. That
could mean huckleberries re-
cede from some of the
plant’s southern range and
advance in northern latitudes.
Prevey found huckleberry
habitat, under some carbon
emission scenarios, may be
reduced by 5 percent to 40
percent in the Northwest and
that it could expand 5 percent
to 60 percent in northern
British Columbia, Canada.
Similarly the timing of
flowering and fruit could
change.
She found flowering may
move up 23 to 50 days on
the calendar and fruiting
could advance 24 to 52 days.
Situation with bears
Hungry bears are getting
desperate in Montana. Why?
Hungry black bears are
flooding neighborhoods, the
university campus and even
downtown streets in Missoula,
Montana.
Regional wildlife experts say
the animals are looking for
food, thanks to a dearth of
berries in the nearby hills and
mountains. And that’s causing
trouble: “We’ve had more
break-ins into homes, going
through screens, in the last five
to six days than I have ever
seen at one time in the last 27
years,” said James Jonkel, Mon-
tana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Region 2 bear manager.
The Warm Springs OSU Extension Service will host
the fall Fruit Loop Tour on Thursday, September 29,
free to join. They will depart from the Education
Building at 8 a.m. to visit several orchards along the
Hood River Fruit Loop and return at 5 p.m. If you’d like
to attend, RSVP by calling 541-553-3238 or
messaging the Warm Springs Extension Service
Facebook Page. You can also join in your own vehicle.
It’ukdi kadux,
I would like to take this
time and express my grati-
tude to Craig Smith,
Jeremiah Lone wolfe, Jeremy
Killsfirst, Jue Culps, Leander
Smith Sr., and Natural Re-
sources manager Austin
smith Jr. for setting up the
livestock panels, enabling the
Equine White Clay Holistic
Wellness program to present
at the Spirit of Giving Con-
ference that took place at
HeHe.
The Spirit of Giving Con-
ference is coordinated by
Janice Smith and Commit-
tee, as the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs is
the host annually.
I would like to extend my
gratitude and appreciation to
Bonita Leonard, Mable Jack-
son and Dr. John Spence for