Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, November 01, 2023, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPage 3 Spilyay Tymoo November 1 At the Member Art Show At the time of this printing earlier this week, a meeting was set to discuss the Wasco Chief- tainship. The meeting was set for this Thursday, November 2 at the Agency Longhouse, dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting to follow. The Chieftainship is a lifetime position, and a chief is a voting member of the Tribal Council The Judges Choice Award— Contemporary award-winning Self Reflection (right), created by Charlene Dimmick using pencil-and-marker. for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The Wasco Chief represents the Agency District. The Chief position has been va- cant since the passing of Chief Alfred Smith Jr. in September of 2022. There is information about the process at: kwso.org/2022/11/wasco-chief- process/ Round Dance to Remember in December An Honorable Mention goes to the side purse made with bead and leather, Big Brother (below) by Marjorie Kalama. The December to Remember Round Dance is coming up Fri- day and Saturday, December 1 and 2 at the Warm Springs Acad- emy. Friday evening starts at 5:30 with a pipe ceremony and And an Honorable Mention goes to the wearable art creation of fiber, beads and shell buttons, Midnight Messenger (below right) by BK Courtney. feast before the Round Dance. Saturday evening starts with a spa- ghetti feed. Specials planned are the Christmas Sweater contest, War Hoop contest, best ribbon skirt and shirt. ~ Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary at new location! ~ Photos courtesy MAWS FERC approves pipeline expansion A federal commission has ap- proved a pipeline project that would increase the flow of Canadian natu- ral gas through the Pacific North- west and California. The approval comes despite opposition from tribes—including the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs—state at- torneys general, governors and members of Congress. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted to authorize the project, called GTN Xpress, that is anticipated to allow the company TC Energy to increase the volume of the fracked gas by about 150 million cubic feet per day through the existing pipeline.The project is expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 3.47 million metric tons of carbon di- oxide annually for the next three decades, according to reports. The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, representing the four treaty tribes of the Columbia River, says FERC did not engage in reasonable consultation with the tribes. The fish commission wrote that the project “is in direct con- flict with tribal goals in reducing reliance on fossil fuels.” The pipe- line, and a proposed gas compres- sor expansion, are near the Warm Springs Reservation. The FERC approval also comes as states are passing climate legisla- tion placing utilities and the state’s largest emitting businesses on a fast track to become carbon free. Or- egon Sen. Jeff Merkley has been a vocal opponent of the project. Points of opposition are the pr oject’s conf lict with West Coast climate laws, a potential rise in energy costs for consumers, as well as TC Energy’s safety record and FERC’s lack of consultation with tribes before a final decision. TC Energ y also owns the Keystone Pipeline System. A pipeline failure last winter released more than 580,000 gallons of crude oil into a river in Kansas. Meeting on Wasco Chieftainship Path of the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion; with the site of the proposed compressor expansion site near the reservation.