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Letters to the editor
Native wills
The Native American Pro-
gram of Legal Aid Services
of Oregon—NAPOLS—is
offering free legal assistance
to Confederated Tribes
members in drafting a Last
Will and Testament. The ser-
vice is available now through
the end of May.
You can leave your con-
tact information by phone:
503-224-9483. Or email:
wills@lasoregon.org
For urgent matters and
end-of-life documents, please
call 541-966-1420.
Native American Pro-
gram of Legal Services of
Oregon is a non-profit law
office nationally recognized
for specializing in the protec-
tion of Indian rights. Since
1979, NAPOLS has pro-
vided this highest quality le-
gal advice and representation
in nearly every issue and field
of Indian Law.
Today, NAPOLS contin-
ues to provide high-quality
legal services to Indian tribes
and members with limited
income in the state of Or-
egon.
Tribal board
positions
The Tribal Council is
seeking to fill a number of
positions on boards of di-
rectors of the Confeder-
ated Tribes.
The deadline to apply
for a position is at 5 p.m.
this Friday, April 7.
If you would like to ap-
ply, please submit a letter
of interest and resume.
Drop off at the tribal ad-
ministration building, ad-
dressed to the Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO. Or by
mail send to: Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO, PO Box
455, War m Springs OR
97761.
Please sign a criminal
and credit background
check. For ms can be
emailed to you. Informa-
tion will be submitted con-
fidentially to the S-T/
CEO.
The following are sum-
maries of the positions:
The Telecom Board
of Directors: Two posi-
tions—Class II: non-mem-
bers.
Warm Springs Com-
posite Board of Direc-
tors: One position—Class
III: Tribal member.
Warm Springs Credit
Board of Directors: Two
positions—Class II: One
Class II director shall be a
tribal member, and one
shall be a non-member.
Warm Springs Power
and Water Enter prise
Board of Directors: One
position—Class I: Tribal
member.
War m Springs Ven-
tures—Economic De-
velopment Corpora-
tion—Board of Direc-
tors: Two positions: Class
I: One tribal member and
one non-member.
Elders day
with Chehalis
The Chehalis Tribe’s Third
Annual Elders Luncheon
gathering is coming up Thurs-
day, April 20, from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. The Luncheon will be
at the Lucky Eagle Casino in
Rochester, Washington. Any
questions, call Sam Boyd,
360-529-7839 or email:
sboyd@chehalistribe.org
Wishes...
Happy Birthday to
my Uncle Leroy Smith.
I love you, from Donna
Lou.
Happy Birthday to
my cousin Jack Shadley.
I love you, from Donna
Lou.
Birth
Elovie Emiko Hisatake
Gunner Fraser and Aliitasi
Hisatake of Madras are
pleased to announce the birth
of their daughter Elovie
Emiko Hisatake, born on
March 27, 2023.
Elovie joins sister Kiyomi
Hisatake, 2.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Harry
Hisatake of Warm Springs,
and Kirstin Nilles of Madras.
For moms
A Moms’ Talking Circle
provided by Papalaxsimisha
is this Wednesday, April 5 dur-
ing the noon hour at the Fam-
ily Resource Center. For ques-
tions, contact:
lorienscottt@gmail.com
mrsherkshan@gmail.com
Correction
In the previous edi-
tion, the Spilyay inad-
vertently stated that the
First Annual Pacific
Northwest Native Clas-
sics Bowling Tourna-
ment was sponsored by
the Warm Springs Rec-
reation Department.
The tournament was
actually hosted and spon-
sored by the War m
Springs Holiday Bowling
Tournament Commit-
tee, and the Spilyay
apologizes for the error.
Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo April 5, 2023
Thank You, Museum friends and supporters
A big, heartfelt Thank
Yo u ! to ever yone who
came to the Museum at
Warm Springs on Satur-
day, March 18 to take part
in our first-ever Museum
Clean-Up Day!
We counted more than
100 people who helped
spruce up the museum
grounds in preparation for
the spring and summer sea-
sons.
Special thanks also to
LaRonn Katchia and Brutis
Baez, who documented the
day with video. And thank
you to our board president
Jim Manion and board
member Bill Nicholson,
who were among those
On the clean-up crews at the first-ever event.
who attended.
This was the kick-off
event for the museum’s Thir-
tieth Anniversary. Special ex-
hibits and programs are
planned throughout 2023.
We hope to see all of you
at the museum this year!
Sunmiet Maben, act-
ing executive director
and operations manager,
the Museum at War m
Springs.
Restoration award for lamprey advocate
Laurie Porter of the Co-
lumbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission won the
2023 Oregon Chapter of
American Fisheries Society
Award of Merit for her work
in lamprey.
The Fisheries Society
Award of Merit is presented
to recipients who make ma-
jor contributions to fisheries
or the society and go above
and beyond their normal job
requirements over one or
more years.
Ms. Porter, a member of
the Lac Courte Oreilles Band
of Lake Superior Ojibwe,
leads CRITFC’s lamprey
program.
She was honored with the
award after the Fisheries
Society saw “evidence of
creativity, cooperation and
results” in her work.
“Everything is inter-re-
lated, and we approach our
efforts through a whole eco-
system-based approach,”
Laurie says.
“Together, with unified
voices, we can meet the
challenges and protect and
restore Pacific lamprey so
that they will thrive into the
future and for the next
seven generations and be-
Courtesy CRITFC
Laurie Porter and friends collecting lamprey.
yond.”
The Pacific lamprey,
which is the focus of Ms.
Porter’s work at CRITFC,
is an anadromous fish na-
tive to the Columbia Ba-
sin.
The ancient fish has re-
cently been the focus of an
exhibit at the Oregon Zoo
and is gaining the attention
in the Pacific Northwest,
however, it is not a new spe-
cies to the Native peoples
of the region.
The Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, Yakama
Nation, Nez Perce Tribe,
and Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation have been harvest-
ing this animal as one of
their First Foods since time
immemorial.
With treaty-reser ved
rights to these fish, these
four CRITFC member
tribes continue to harvest
them annually at traditional
fishing grounds where they
return in sufficient numbers,
most notably Willamette
Falls.
Porter recognized the
importance of the Pacific
lamprey to the Columbia
Basin as a whole in her re-
sponse to receiving the an-
nual award.
She attributes the same
holistic approach of all
working towards Pacific
lamprey restoration for the
success of the program.
Embracing your ability to solve life problems
Note: This is the second
in a series of articles, by Dr.
Shilo Tippett and posted by
KWSO, r egarding Suicide
Prevention.
Facing problems can be
very daunting. Many people
try to avoid this through
workaholism, substance
abuse, and other maladaptive
ways of coping.
You can learn how to solve
problems in your life. A posi-
tive problem-solving lens
means you choose to look at
your problems with an opti-
mistic viewpoint. Such as, “I
can handle what comes my
way” and “I know I can find
an answer to this.”
Problems are a normal
part of everyday life and
learning to embrace, welcome,
and conquer them is a big
step in mastering solving
problems.
Some problems seem big-
ger than we can handle, re-
member to call on a friend,
family member or even
therapist to help!
MAC Recreation District starts work on a 10-year Master Plan
by Courtney Snead
Executive director,
Madras Aquatic Center
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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The Madras Aquatic
Center Recreation District
has been working to keep
its head above water (pun
intended) for many years
and is finally in a position
to start thinking about set-
ting the course for our fu-
ture.
Thanks to the gener-
ous support of the Bean
Foundation, the Madras
Aquatic Center Recreation
D i s t r i c t — M AC R D — i s
working with the Univer-
sity of Oregon’s Institute
for Policy Research and
Engagement to develop a
master plan.
For those of you who
find governmental planning
boring—and let’s be honest,
time consuming—you are
not alone.
But as much as we would
like to forge ahead with our
own board and staff obser-
vations and priorities, we
want to make sure that the
communities we serve have
a chance to provide direc-
tion for the future.
In addition, to get grant
funding to support future
goals, it is critical that we
have an up-to-date master
plan that explores coordina-
tion between recreation pro-
viders within the district, sus-
tainable funding, facility
maintenance, construction
and use, as well as services
and programming.
The part we are most ex-
cited about is getting your
feedback and input.
Starting in May, we’ll de-
ploy a community-wide
(online and printed) survey,
followed by User and Stake-
holder Workgroups (June/
July), a Visioning Workshop
(July), and tabling at the
Madras Aquatic Center and
at community events across
Jefferson County through-
out the summer.
Staff and consultants
hope to have a draft Mas-
ter Plan ready for review in
October 2023.
A webpage on the project
will contain up-to-date infor-
mation on engagement op-
portunities. Check out:
macrecdistrict.com/master-
plan
Check the site regularly to
see status updates, leave com-
ments, and learn how you can
become involved.
For more information,
contact Courtney Snead,
MACRD executive director,
at:
executivedirector@macrec
district.com
Or call 541-475-4253; or
join us for a board of direc-
tors meeting on the third
Monday of each month.
Meeting agenda and times are
on our website at:
macrecdistrict.com/gover-
nance