E Coosh EEWA: The way it is Letters to the editor Powwow lost and found The Pi-Ume-Sha Commit- tee has some lost-and-found items from the powwow weekend. The items are: A Samsung cell phone. An LG cell phone. One large beaded barrette (blue, gold and orange beads). A plastic bead necklace (green, blue and white beads). A black zippered shoulder purse. One grey shell braid tie with red and silver beads in the center. Louise Katchia has the items at her office at Forestry. You can reach her at 541- 460-0224. Thank you. The committee. Education conference at HeHe Longhouse The Northwest Youth Edu- cation Conference is coming up Friday through Sunday, September 1-3 at the HeHe Longhouse. Camp setup will be on Fri- day, September 1. There will be Native American Church Prayer Services the Friday and Saturday nights of the conference. The event is open to everyone. Drug and alcohol free event. Contacts are Chico Holliday, 541-460- 2707. Ralph Harvey, 509- 901-2281. Elaine Harvey, 509-261-2360. If you are in- terested in volunteering, you can also call Paulette at Vic- tims of Crime Services, 541- 553-2293. Volunteers, and side dishes also, are welcome. Legal services A great opportunity is coming up in Warm Springs for people who are in need of assistance with legal mat- ters. Assistance will be avail- able for wills and estate plan- ning, tenant rights, employee rights, protection from do- mestic violence, public ben- efits, homeless rights and expungement of a convic- tion. The free legal assistance clinics will be conducted by the Native American Pro- gram Legal Aid Services of Oregon (NAPOLS), and Le- gal Aid Services of Oregon. NAPOLS is a non-profit law firm that offers free civil le- gal services in specialized areas to income eligible tribal members. The Central Oregon Re- gion Office for Legal Aid Services of Oregon offers free civil legal services for low-income people of Warm Springs, Jefferson County, Deschutes and Crook coun- ties. The legal services dates will be August 30, September 27 and October 25 at the Warm Springs Community Action Team office, 1136 Paiute Avenue. All clinics will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may make an ap- pointment by emailing: wills@lasoregon.org Or email: laurenguicheteau@lasoregon. org You may also call 971- 703-7110 or 541-668-8352 (note: these lines cannot ac- cept texts). Walk-ins are welcome but may need to wait. Other times for in-person visits are available but must be arranged in advance (see the flyer on page 7). Penny Carnival A Penny Carnival is com- ing up August 31 at the Warm Springs Youth Center Gym. The carnival is hosted by War m Springs HAPPI— Health and Promotion Pre- vention Initiative—Preven- tion and After-Care. There will be food and games, crafts and music. For booth information contact Warm Springs Prevention at 541-610-0036. The carnival will be from 6 to 8 p.m. New Aquatic Center board Campaign stop at Celilo The All Our Relations Snake River Campaign is coming up in September and October, including a stop at Celilo Park. The cam- paign invites you to help sup- port treaty rights in the Co- lumbia River basin, and the health of the Salish bio-re- gion by bearing witness to the urgency of breaching without further delay the Lower Snake River dams. The two-week, indig- enous-led campaign has been organized to offer you the opportunity at this critical time to stand up and make your voice heard for the salmon and the First Nations Salmon People, the Salish Sea and resident killer whales, and all our re- lations into the Seventh Generation. The stop by Celilo will be on Tuesday, September 26. JOM funds for students Summer applications for Johnson O’Malley are open, with a deadline date for a 2023 summer application on Friday, August 18. The awards are for extra-curricu- lar activities for Jefferson County and Wasco County School District students. Please complete the Johnson O’Malley enroll- ment application; complete the JOM survey; complete the request for financial as- sistance; and attach support documents such as flyers, rosters, schedules, receipts, etc. Submit applications to Higher Education in the Edu- cation building, 1110 Wasco Street. For information call 541-553-3311. Or email: carrol.dick@wstribes.org Or to: itwin2430@gmail.com The award amounts are $150 per student in grades k- through fifth; $200 per student for grades six through eight; and $300 per student for grades nine through twelve. Listening session in W.S. Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs. The NeighborImpact board of directors is holding listening sessions with differ- ent communities and partners to gather input for their new two-year strategic plan. The plan will take effect in Janu- ary of next year. The Warm Springs com- munity NeighborImpact listening session will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tues- d ay, A u g u s t 1 5 a t t h e Community Wellness Cen- ter social hall. Or you can join by Zoom. Questions that the board is asking are in re- gard to how best to serve the people of the reserva- tion. If you require accommo- dation for the meeting, please contact 541-548-2380; or email: reception@neighborimpact. org Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Free haircuts Courtesy MAC The new board of directors of the Madras Aquatic Center recently took office. Board member Jillisa Smith (at center) is pictured here at the MAC with follow board members Kate Zemke, Jean McCloskey, Lindsay Foster-Drago and Jinnell Lewis (from left, not pictured Deanna Seibold, board chair). Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521 E-Mail: david.mcmechan@wstribes.org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $20.00 Free haircuts for se- niors are available at High Lookee Lodge on Fridays. The hours are 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. Please note, available only to seniors. Page 4 Spilyay Tymoo August 9, 2023 Great time visiting the University of Oregon First of all we would like to thank the commu- nity of Warm Springs for supporting our bake sale and donating to our trip for the University of Oregon girls basketball camp. We would to also like to thank Warm Springs Power and Water Enterprises for their donation. We did our best to rep- resent our community in a good way, and we left a great impression on our camp leaders. We all worked hard, kept good attitudes, and learned a lot. The girls attended the three-day camp while our littles did a one day camp. After, we explored and got to check out the Univer- sity of Oregon, and it was great to see what a univer- sity looked like. We made awesome memories and are looking forward to next year. Again, thank you commu- nity and families for help- ing us get there. The particpants were Shaylynn Brisbois, Leona Norwest, Aiyana Suppah, Sharmiah Brisbois, Winola Brisbois and Rayline Anderson-Smith. Jaycelene Brisbois Courtesy Jaycelene Brisbois Students at the camp: Aiyana Suppah, Sharmiah Brisbois, Winola Brisbois and Rayline Anderson- Smith (top picture, from left); and Aiyana Suppah, Rayline Anderson-Smith, Shaylynn Brisbois, Winola Brisbois, Sharmiah Brisbois Leona Norwest (below, clockwise from upper left). Paid internship for Native emerging artist-educator For a second year, the Confluence project is looking for an energetic and collabo- rative Indigenous emerging artist and educator to work with our small and dedicated staff. The work involves help- ing deliver educational pro- gramming and produce cul- turally relevant art for one year. We’re looking for some- one with a cultural connec- tion to the Indigenous tribes of the Columbia River sys- tem in Oregon, Washington or Idaho. This is an hourly paid in- ternship position for 30 hours per week at $25 per hour. Confluence is an equal op- portunity employer, and we strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. For more infor mation about Confluence, please visit our website: confluenceproject.org To apply, please email us a cover letter, resume and list of references with the words ‘Indigenous emerging artist/ educator’ in the subject line. We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them. The position will re- main open until September 1. This paid internship is sup- ported through a generous grant from The Roundhouse Foundation. Thank you! Confluence is a commu- nity-supported nonprofit with the mission to connect people to the history, living cultures and ecology of the Colum- bia River system through In- digenous voices. We work through five completed pub- lic art landscapes, educa- tional programs and com- munity gatherings in collabo- ration with northwest tribes. New for water at CRITFC CRITFC photo Elaine Harvey of the CRITFC division. The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Com- mission is excited that Elaine Harvey, of the Yakama tribe, has joined the team to lead the Wa- tershed Department. Elaine is respected for both her professional and educational accom- plishments, as well as her dedication in the longhouse communities to the culture of the Columbia River Plateau people. Prior to taking on her new role, Elaine served as the environmental co- ordinator for Yakama Nation Fisheries. Elaine’s work and ex- perience makes her uniquely prepared to combine traditional wis- dom and knowledge with Western science in the efforts to save salmon and the rivers where they live.