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September 23, 2020 - Vol. 45, No. 20September 23, 2020 - Vol. 45, No. 20September 23, 2020 - Vol. 45, No. 20September 23, 2020 - Vol. 45, No. 20September 23, 2020 - Vol. 45, No. 20September – Wanaq’i – Fall - Tiyam

In adherence to strict Covid-19and fire, health and safety proce-dures, the Museum At WarmSprings this week reopened to thepublic.

During the current wildfire situ-ation and until further notice, theConfederated Tribes of WarmSprings Tribal Council requires allmuseum visitors and staff to wearKN95 or N95 masks while in themuseum or on the museumgrounds.

The museum’s new exhibitiontitled, The Path of Resilience, is cur-rently on view through this Satur-day, September 26. Featured arebeautifully beaded objects, woven

Communityupdate

treasures, and various items se-lected from the museum’s perma-nent collection and archives depart-ment.

Throughout the Covid-19 pan-demic, the museum has been rou-tinely and thoroughly cleaned andsanitized. The museum has beenfollowing the guidelines for publicfacilities, as regularly updated andclosely monitored by the WarmSprings Covid-19 Response Team.

A number of other health pro-cedures have already been estab-lished at the museum during theCovid-19 pandemic, all designed tokeep the public and museum staffsafe and healthy.

Admittance to the museummain exhibition area is limited to10 people with no more than fivein the gallery at one time. Visita-tion to the Museum Gift Shop willbe limited to two people unless thevisitors are in one car or unit.

“This has been an extremelychallenging time for our museum’sstaff, and we are very much look-ing forward to once again openingour doors to the public,” said Eliza-beth A. Woody, museum executivedirector. “Our visitors can be as-sured that we are doing everythingpossible to ensure everyone has asafe and enjoyable time while theyare here.”

With all safety measures, museum reopens to the public

Time for the census is now

Somelessons ofLionshead

Dave McMechan

The massive Lionsheadfire—at nearly 200,000 acresburned—is unlike anything seenfor decades at least on the res-ervation.

For 40 years Robert Brunoehas worked in the fire suppres-sion and resource protectionfields for the tribes. “I’ve neverseen anything like it,” Mr.Brunoe was saying. He explains:

A perfect storm of weatherevents—prolonged drought, anda sudden highly unusual windevent—fueled the fire. Regard-ing the drought conditions:

At a recent meeting beforeTribal Council, Mr. Brunoe,Natural Resources general man-ager, held up an ordinary pieceof writing paper. “This paper,”he said, “contains more mois-ture than the average fuel on theforest floor.”

On the night of Sunday, Au-gust 16 a lightning storm passedover the region. That night—

at approximately 10:45 p.m., ac-cording to Incident Command—alightning strike happened in Lion’sHead Canyon on the reservation.

Summer lightning fires are com-mon on the reservation, and crewsoften contain them quickly throughthe high standard of wildland fireresponse. What happened next atLion’s Head, though, was very un-usual.

The wind in Central Oregon inthe summer should blow fromwest to east, and at a reasonablevelocity. Yet on September 9—as

the crews were working to manageLionshead and some smaller fires—the region experienced an east-westwind event.

“That is rare,” Mr. Brunoe said.And the wind gusts were at 50 milesper hour—with some reports ofgusting at 70 miles per hour. Spot-ting was happening two milesaway—also rare for the region.

The wind quickly pushed the firewest off the reservation, beyondMt. Jefferson, where Lionsheadmerged with the already massiveBeachie Creek fire.

The same August 16 light-ning storm ignited bothLionshead and Beachie Creek,with the Beachie Creek strikehappening about an hour afterLionshead, according to Inci-dent Command.

The reservation has beenfortunate in that no homeshave been lost; meanwhile inMarion County, Beachie Creekconsumed close to 500 struc-tures and killed at least eightpoeple.

Courtesy InciWeb

Fire crew containing the Lionshead blaze on the reservation.

The following article is fortribal member households whohave not yet completed the 2020Census. To those who have al-ready done so, you are to be com-mended. Otherwise, the following:

Like wearing a mask duringthe pandemic, completing the2020 United States Census is forthe common good.

The tribes do not want to beunder counted in the census forthe reason that the tribes do notwant to lose:

The tribes do not want tolose representation; nor do thetribes wish to lose tax payerdollars that otherwise will goelsewhere and for other pur-poses.

The solution is simple: Ev-ery tribal household should

complete the 2020 Census, or thetribes will lose valuable resources.And now the day is nearly uponus—September 30—to answer thecensus questions that take no morethan 10 minutes. And the censustakers by phone are very pleasantand easy to work with.

Failure to participate is not ac-ceptable, and the rewards are morethan justified. Otherwise, Who inthe future can complain? Whocould say, This or that projectshould have been done? Who canquestion anything—If we all do notcomplete this very simple task?

And it takes ten minutes. Weshould do this for ourselves andfor the tribes.

So far since the census began inMarch, the number of WarmSprings tribal households to com-plete the census is more—both

As of the start of this week, theWarm Springs Health and WellnessCenter had conducted or monitored3,100 Covid-19 tests among themembership.

Total negative cases was 2,786,with zero tests pending as of Mon-day. Total positive cases was at 339,with 292 positive tests from IHS,and 47 positive from other facili-ties. Twenty-two tests were invalid.

There have been 38 hospitaliza-tions with 37 discharged. There havenow been nine Covid-19 deathsamong the membership.

On the reservation as of Mon-day, there were 17 people with ac-tive Covid-19 receiving daily moni-toring by tribal Community Healthand IHS staff.

Please see VIRUS on 3

Congressapproves‘1865 treaty’nullification

Congress has passed a bill tonullify the ‘treaty of 1865’ with thematter now going to PresidentTrump for final signing into law.

Tribal Council and Governmen-tal Affairs director Louie Pitt haveadvocated for years that the 1865‘supplemental treaty’—also called‘the Huntington document’—beformally repealed by the federalgovernment. Gov. Kate Brown isin favor of the repeal. This yearRep. Greg Walden and Sen. JeffMerkley sponsored legislation torepeal the Huntington document.

‘The treaty of 1865’—a failedattempt to replace the Treaty of1855—has never been enforced bya federal court or agency, and thetribes have never recognized it asbinding.

The document, though, was rati-fied in 1867; so it has existed in atechnical sense.

Please see TREATY on 7

Warm Springs Community Health this week began theseasonal flu shot clinics on the reservation. The clinicswill be happening from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. every Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. Locations to be announced. Thiswill be the schedule at least through the end of October,weather and air quality permitting.

number and percentage-wise—thanduring the 2010 census.

However, there is still the needfor more households to completethe survey before September 30.You can begin by going to kwso.org

Or see the website:

my2020census.govIf you don’t have the ability to

do the census online, you can dothe questionnaire by phone. Call844-330-2020.

Full participation is importantfor a number of reasons. The fed-eral government has a trust respon-sibility to the tribes, for infrastruc-ture and other services. An accu-rate count of the reservation, andthe overall membership, guides theallocation of the infrastructure re-sources per tribe. The numbers canalso help guide internal tribal poli-cies, among many other benefits.

Part of the permanent exhibit at the museum.Courtesy MAWS

Page 2 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 23, 2020

September 8The meeting was called to

order at 9 a.m. by ChairmanRaymond Tsumpti Sr. Rollcall: Chief Delvis Heath,Chairman Raymond TsumptiSr., Lincoln Jay Suppah,Raymond (Captain) Moody,Anita Jackson (by phone),Wilson Wewa Jr. (by phone),Vice Chair BrigetteMcConville, and GlendonSmith. Minnie Yahtin, Re-corder.

Bureau of Indian Af-fairs update with Floy LoriAnderson, Superintendent.

Office of SpecialTrustee call with KevinMoore.

Four Chairs meeting –Chairman Tsumpti:

· Raymond, Delvis, BruceJim, Chairman, Fish andWildlife Off ReservationCommittee and RonaldSuppah, Chairman, Fish andWildlife On ReservationCommittee will attend themeeting at Wild Horse Ca-sino.

Indian Health Serviceupdate with HyllisDauphinais, chief executiveofficer, Warm Springs IHS,and Dr. Locker

Covid Team updatewith Hyllis Dauphinais,Danny Martinez of Emer-gency Management,Caroline Cruz, Health andHuman Services generalmanager, Carmen Smith,Public Safety general man-ager, Louie Pitt, Govern-mental Affairs directors, andSue Matters KWSO man-ager:

· By consensus, TribalCouncil accepted the team’srecommendation to remainat 50% organizational open-ing and will review informa-tion from the Holiday week-end later this week.

· Oregon Department ofTransportation Safety Corri-

dor update wtih RobertTownsend, area manager,and Abbey Driscoll, projectmanager:

· Motion by Delvisadopting Resolution No.12,719 that the Tribal Coun-cil hereby approves Amend-ment No. 1 to the HighwaySafety Corridor Agreement(Attachment A to the Reso-lution). The Secretary-Trea-surer is hereby authorizedto execute and signAmendment No. 1 to theHighway Safety CorridorAgreement on behalf ofthe Tribes. Second by Cap-tain. Question: 5/1/0,Anita/No, Chairman notvoting. Motion carried.

· Federal and state legis-lative update calls with Mat-thew Hill and Michael Ma-son.

· Tribal attorney updatewith Josh Newton, EllenGrover and Howard Arnett:

· Reviewed ongoing busi-ness.

· Motion by Captain ap-proving the Chairman tosign a letter to Lisa Gambee,County Clerk, Wasco CountyCourthouse requesting aBallot Drop Box atSimnasho. Second by Jay.Question: 6/0/0, Chairmannot voting. Motion carried.

Tribal attorney updatewith John Ogan:

· Reviewed ongoing busi-ness.

· Motion by Brigette toadjourn at 5:20 p.m.

Tribal Council summary

Each week the IndianHealth Service updatesits Covid-19 data for In-dian Country.

Most recently, the IHSdata shows that 45,598of its Covid-19 testsamong its service popu-lation have returned posi-tive.

That represents an in-crease of 0.88 percentfrom the 45,198 reportedthe previous week.

Altogether, 748,137IHS coronavirus testshave been administeredthrough mid September.

Overall, the most re-cent IHS covid testingnumbers show a low rateof increase, “reflecting ageneral slowdown ofcoronavirus activity re-ported by the IHS, withfewer tests being admin-istered and fewer positiveresults being reportedsince late July.”

Overall, almost 6.1percent of IHS corona-virus tests have returnedpositive, according to thedata. But the rate is farhigher in the IHS Phoe-nix Area, where 14.3 per-cent are positive.

Next is the NavajoArea, which serves thelargest reservation in theUnited States. But evenwith 13.5 percent of testsreturning positive, the rate

has fallen steadily over thelast couple of months, fol-lowing a noticeable declineas the region with the high-est rate.

The Tucson Area, whichcovers southern Arizona,shows a high positive rateof 8.6 percent. It recentlyovertook the Nashville Areaas the region with the thirdhighest rate within the IHSsystem. The Portland Area,though, also has a compara-bly high rate of 8 percent.

Still, the high rates in thePhoenix, Navajo and Tuc-son regions indicate a dispro-portionate toll of thecoronavirus among IHS pa-tients in the state of Arizona.

On the other end of thespectrum, aggressive effortsin the Alaska Area are turn-ing up very few cases. Outof 171,429 tests adminis-tered in Alaska, only 0.88percent have returned posi-tive, the data shows.

The Alaska Area also faroutnumbers every otherarea—including Navajo—in terms of tests adminis-tered. The Oklahoma City

Area remains in the sec-ond spot.

The data, however, isincomplete. While 100percent of facilities rundirectly by the IHS arereporting data, only 33percent of tribally man-aged facilities and 44 per-cent of urban Indian or-ganizations are doing thesame, the agency has toldIndianz.Com.

Based on the most re-cent data: The IHS ser-vice population across In-dian Country is2,562,290. So based onthat figure, 29.2 percentof American Indians andAlaska Natives have beentested for the coronavirussince the IHS began re-porting data in March.

The IHS user popula-tion, on the other hand,is a much smaller num-ber. As of 2019,1,662,834 American In-dians and Alaska Nativeshave lived within a ser-vice delivery area andhave received health careat an IHS or tribal facil-ity during the previousthree years. Based on theuser population, almost45 percent of NativeAmericans have beentested for the coronavirussince the IHS began re-porting this data inMarch.

IHS data update on Covid-19

The PortlandArea... has a

comparably highrate of 8 percent.

The last day to reg-ister to vote in Novem-ber 3 General Electionis Tuesday, October13 . You can registeronline at sos.oregon.gov.

Or see the site:jeffco.net/cc

And there is a link atkwso.org

Other dates to keep inmind: October 14: Thefirst day ballots aremailed out.

October 28: Last dayto mail return ballot.November 3: ElectionDay.

The ballot will includethe U.S. Presidential can-didates. On the Oregonballot will be one U.S. Sen-ate seat, in a race betweenSen. Jeff Merkley, Demo-

Last day to register is coming up

crat, incumbent; and Jo RaePerkins, Republican. Othercandidates: Gary Dye, Lib-ertarian. Ibrahim Taher, Pro-gressive-Pacific Green.

The Oregon Second Con-gressional District representsthe reservation.

The candidates on theNovember 3 ballot for thisposition are: Cliff Bentz, Re-publican. Alex Spenser,Democratic. Robert Werch,Libertarian.

In the state legislature, thereservation is part of Or-

egon Senate District 30,also covering much ofeastern Oregon.

The candidates onthe November 3 ballotare Carina Mil ler ofWarm Springs, Demo-crat; and Lynn Findley,of Vale, Republican.

The reservation is partof District 59 in the Or-egon House of Represen-tatives. The candidatesthis year are incumbentDaniel Bonham,Repbublican; and ArleneBurns, Democrat.

Candidates forJefferson County Com-mission are WayneFording, Republican; andKim Schmith, Demo-crat.

The FBI is offering a$10,000 reward for infor-mation leading to the ar-rest and conviction ofwhoever was responsiblefor a fatal arson fire May17 on the Warm SpringsReservation.

The FBI says the firekilled 77-year old Lamont

Brown. A second person inthe home suffered criticalinjuries, and a third residentescaped but not before be-ing seriously burned.

A fourth person escapedthrough a window and wasuninjured.

Anyone with informationcan call the Bend or Port-

Reward for fatal arson informationland FBI office. The Bendoffice number is 541-398-1202.

Or call the Warm SpringsPolice. The dispatch numberis 541-553-1171.

Information can also beleft on the FBI tips website:

tips.fbi.gov

Lionshead, other fires updateThe fight against the

Lionshead Fire is gettingmore help from the sky andon the ground. The firecontinues to burn 14 mileswest of Warm Springs.

Last weekend theweather finally providedsome relief. This allowedfirefighters to fly sections ofthe fire for the first time inseven days.

Having favorableweather has been extremelyhelpful in this regard. Heli-copters were able to accom-plish water bucket work andhelispots for future workwere identified, according toFire Management.

Containment ofLionshead was above 10percent. The fire has burned198,763 acres.

Resources from the Na-tional Guard to fight the firearrived last week. Thetroops, along with othercrews coming to combat the

fire, achieved more work onthe fire.

Good progress wasmade, including on the eastside of the fire on the res-ervation, which approachescontainment.

Evacuation notices werein effect for Sidwalter andMiller Flats areas.

Roads and trails near thefire were closed to the pub-lic Forest closures were inplace for Deschutes, Mt.

Hood and Willamette Na-tional Forests.

StatewideLionshead was one of 10

large wildfires that wereburning this week in Or-egon. The number wasdown from a high of 17 ear-lier in September.

In all across the state,close 2,300 homes havebeen destroyed this summerby the wildfires.

Dave McMechan

Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 23, 2020 Page 3

Health carecontactnumbers

At the Warm SpringsHealth and Wellness Cen-ter they ask that you callahead if you plan on goingthere.

For a regular appoint-ment call 541-553-2610.

The IHS Covid-19Nurse Triage Hotline is541-553-5512.

Outside of IHS regularhours you can call the Reg-istered Nurse Health Ad-vice Hotline at 1-866-470-2015.

For all other businesscall 541-553-1196.

September 15The meeting was called to or-

der at 9:02 a.m. by ChairmanRaymond Tsumpti Sr. Roll call:Chief Delvis Heath, ChairmanRaymond Tsumpti Sr., Vice ChairBrigette McConville, Raymond(Captain) Moody, Lincoln JaySuppah, Anita Jackson, GlendonSmith, Wilson Wewa Jr. MinnieYahtin, Recorder.

Fire update with RobertBrunoe, Natural ResourcesBranch general manager; TreyLeonard, Fire Management fireofficer; and Noel Livingston, In-cident Commander.

Warm Springs Police De-partment Patrol update withWilliam Elliot, Chief of WarmSprings Police.

Budget overview with MicheleStacona, Secretary-Treasurer;Alfred Estimo Jr., Finance direc-

tor; and Dennis Johnson, Control-ler.

2021 budget presentations:· Opening statements with the

Secretary-Treasurer.· Human Resources with

Cheryl Tom, department director.· Governmental Affairs (call

back to review 10 percent reduc-tion) with Louie Pitt, departmentdirector.

Union Pacific RailroadCompany mediation letter withJosh Newton, tribal attorney:

· Motion by Captain approv-ing Chairman Tsumpti to sign theletter to the Wasco County Boardof Commissioners, c/o KristenCampbell. Second by Jay. Vote 7-0, Chairman not voting. Motion

Tribal Council summary carried.

2021 Budget presentationscontinue:

· Finance Department with–Alfred Estimo Jr., director.

· Administrative Services withthe Secretary-Treasurer.

· High Lookee Lodge (call backfor introduction of new director).

· Community Assistance with theSecretary-Treasurer.

CARES Act funding with theSecretary-Treasurer:

· Motion by Glendon approvingthe CARES Act funding, with anaddition to be noted on the Resolu-tion. Second by Anita. Vote is unani-mous, Chairman not voting. Motioncarries.

Motion by Captain to adjourn at3:35 p.m.

The Associate Curator of Education: Indigenous Studiesis a new position at the High Desert Museum in Bend. The job isfull-time with an annual salary of $45,000. The position summaryis as follows:

The Associate Curator of Education: Indigenous Studies isresponsible for the design, implementation and assessment of avariety of in-person and virtual educational programs focusingon an exploration of the High Desert’s Indigenous history sincetime immemorial.

Well-qualified individuals must be energetic, innovative, reflec-tive, flexible, resourceful, enthusiastic, and with an entrepreneur-ial attitude to create and present exciting programs for broad au-diences with an emphasis on pre-K through 12 students and teach-ers. Qualifications include:

A bachelors degree in a field appropriate for the position, sucheducation, Indigenous-Native American studies, environmental sci-ences, anthropology, history, etc.

Deep knowledge about Indigenous ways of knowing. Have apassion for and commitment to teaching and learning about theHigh Desert’s Indigenous history since time immemorial.

A minimum of two years’ experience teaching students in gradespre-K-12 in formal or informal settings.

Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in teaching andclassroom management of children of all ages. Working knowl-edge of developing and implementing informal education pro-grams. Understanding of, and commitment to, justice, equity, in-clusion, accessibility and diversity practices. The position requiressome evenings and weekends, working inside and outside, andhandling live animals.

Responsibilities and tasks: Collaborate with museum staff andregional partners to develop, lead and assess in person and virtuallearning experiences for Pre-K-12 students and teachers focusingon an in-depth exploration of the High Desert’s Indigenous his-tory since time immemorial.

Please send resume and cover letter to the High Desert Mu-seum, attention Human Resources.

jobs@highdesertmuseum.orghighdesertmuseum.org/job-opportunitiesThe High Desert Museum is an equal opportunity employer.

All applicants will be considered for employment without atten-tion to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden-tity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Employment opportunityRecent demographics showing where people have contractedthe Covid-19 virus. Other graphs on this page, at right andbelow, also show the most recent available data.

Courtesy Warm Springs Community Health.

(Continued from page 1) As of Monday, there were six

people on the reservation who werebeing monitored for having closecontact with a person or personswith the virus.

Last week and into this week, thesmoke hampered the health servicebroader surveillance testing.

Meanwhile, current hospitaliza-tion among the membership wasone, a person not on a ventilator.

The Warm Springs Covid-19 Re-sponse Team reminds all to keepup the good work in lessening thespread of the pandemic disease. In-dividuals must remember to maskup—It makes all the difference.

The latest data shows that socialdistancing should be at least six feet,and more whenever possible.

Avoid gatherings, stay awayfrom hot spots, educate your youngones about the dangers of Covid-19. Monitor your own health incase Covid-19 symptoms develop.These include cough, sore throat,shortness of breath, fever, some-times chills.

If you experience any of thesesymptoms, call the clinic, 541-553-1196, and talk to a provider. Fol-low instructions of the provider tobetter protect yourself, family andcommunity. Stay home, stay safe.

Virus: Data details incidence of contagion

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Letters to the editor

About census inIndian Country

Running Strong forAmerican Indian Youth andBilly Mills have deliveredmore than 2,020 signaturesto Senate leadership to rein-state the census deadline ex-tension.

Mr. Mills is an Olympictrack medalist, and spokes-person for Running Strongfor American Indian Youth.Mr. Mills, Oglala-Lakota,commented:

Young people withHeart of Oregon,AmeriCorps, their ThriftStore in Madras thismonth prepared 150emergency hygiene pack-ets for distribution. Theyworked with supportfrom First InterstateBank.

The packets supportthe Warm Springs com-munity, which has beenchallenged by ongoingwater issues that are fur-ther exacerbated by fireand Covid-19 restrictions.

The community ser-vice effort was scheduledto coincide with First In-terstate Bank Third An-nual Volunteer Day, withbank volunteers helping atHeart of Oregon andother organizationsthroughout the region.

In the past, First Inter-state Bank volunteershave assisted Heart ofOregon with its own pro-

grams, but since communityservice is woven into manyHeart of Oregon programsthis was a natural way tocome together in the serviceof a greater need.

With Heart of Oregon’sMadras Thrift Store cur-rently closed due to Covid-19, volunteers were able touse the retail space to sortand stuff the packets con-

taining 12 essentials such ashand sanitizer, shampoo,and toothbrushes.

The packets were dis-tributed through the Con-federated Tribes of WarmSprings GROW program toits residents.

Heart of Oregon ex-tends gratitude to the busi-nesses who contributedfunds, in-kind items, and

During crises, young volunteers help provide items to members

Friends, familyTo all my relations and goodfriends back home,

I send all my love andprayers in this time of need,and hope you are all well andgood. I also want to wishmy baby girl a very HappyBirthday, and pray she hasmany more to come. Let herknow that her dad loves heralways.

I have been praying hardfor all our people back home,and those living elsewherethat we all get through thisepidemic safely. I pray forthose back home that wehave the strength and deter-mination of mind, body andsoul to keep moving for-ward. I wish you all the bestand that I miss you all so verymuch. And if you feel likewriting, please feel free to doso. So take care and Godbless. Leon Tenorio, no.690004, 11540 NE InvernessDr., Portland OR 97220.

Wishes...A ver y Happy Birthday,

Ch i e f . Fr om Donna andBubba.

Happy B i r t hda y t oLeona Tenorio, Love, Dad.

time to this effort:Dollar General, First

Interstate Bank, GroceryOutlet, Inn at Cross Keys,Mid Oregon Credit Union,Safeway, and Quality Inn,as well as our generous in-dividual donors.

Heart of OregonCorps is a nonprofit orga-nization invested in inspir-ing and empoweringchange in the lives of Cen-tral Oregon youth throughjobs, education, and stew-ardship. Their program-ming creates pathways outof poverty while stimulat-ing regional economicgrowth. They apply a ‘work-earn-learn’ model that in-vests in local young people,m a n y o f w h o m c o m efromdisadvantaged back-grounds, to prepare themfor the workforceand to en-courage their self-suffi-ciency. For more informa-tion or to apply, visit:heartoforegon.org

Courtesy HOC

Volunteers at the Thrift Store prepare care packages

For weeks theLionshead fire on the res-ervation and beyond wasamong the largest firesburning in the West. Anda dozen or more fires inOregon were destroyinghundreds of homes andkilling several people, withsome still missing.

There are many waysthe more fortunate of uscan help fire evacuees andthose helping to fightthese blazes.

A great place to startis with the Warm SpringsRed Cross. You can reachout to: marge.sohappy@wstribes.orgrose.alarcon@wstribes.org

Here are some otherideas:

· Donate to the 2020Community Rebuilding

Fund, established by Gov.Kate Brown. Both long-term and immediate relieffund portals are availableat oregoncf.org

· Sign up to volunteer atthe Oregon Office ofEmergency Management.The website is:

at oregonrecovers.org.communityos.org

· Donate or volunteerwith the Salvation ArmyCascades’ Division Emer-gency Disaster Services at:cascade.salvationarmy.org/cascade2/oregon-wildfire-response

Ways to help during the wildfires

Firefighters, masked for Covid-19 safety,on the Lionshead fire, the reservation.

Courtesy Emergency Incident Command

Constructioncareers

October is Careers inConstruction Month. TheWarm Springs CommunityAction Team wishes to makeinterested community mem-bers aware of constructioneducation opportunities, pre-sented on-line by Build-Or-egon.

The webinar series—opento anyone—is a chance tolearn about opportunities inthe construction industryfrom local contractors; hearfrom real-life apprentices;and go behind the scene forvirtual tours of jobsites.

To learn more visit:build-oregon.com/ca-

reers-construction-month.Also for more info or

questions, please contactAaron Bouchane ataaronb@agc-oregon.org

Schedule of eventsOctober 6 will be Indus-

try Day, focusing on com-mercial construction compa-nies. Learn about the workthey perform and employ-ment opportunities; and ex-perience a work day. Thereare four different opportu-nities, each focusing on a dif-ferent type of constructioncompany.

There is no pre-registra-tion required. To join, go tolink site you would like tojoin on the date and timelisted.October 6

9:30 to 10 a.m. Nate

LessonsIn the beginning the Cre-

ator set all the animals in line,to see what they would do forthe new people—human be-ings. With that there becamelaws governing the people onhow to take care of the re-sources given to them.

This was the first part ofthe testimony given to and bya medicine man at a medicinedance we called Wumpni. Hewas a Nez Perce man, his wifea Yakama woman. I remem-ber this time. I was 7 yearsold, 1952 (at grandpaCharley’s place).

He started singing his songto get under power to seethings and interpret them tothe people. His power was thebald eagle (Kum a mul). Ashe sang we danced in a circle,but different than washat. Asthe song ended his wife camearound to each of the danc-ers and gave them a gift. I gota breast plate from that.

Then he sat down on achair and an interpreter cameout to echo his words. It waslike this, “My people, I see atime in far days from now,the people will be given a sign,then they will gather food tolast five years.”

The first sign is theyounger generation will rebelagainst their parents, not lis-tening to what is told to them,disrespecting the laws setdown by elders.

The second sign will bepeople from the south willcome, learning our languageand our songs. We have to bevery strong during this time,because there will be no foodanywhere, that they will eatpeople. So our people willhave to band together and bestrong against these people.

The third sign will besalmon, deer, berries goingaway. Air will be different,water will be low.

The fourth sign is a diseasewill come destroying manypeople, all peoples, so readyyourselves.

The fifth sign is the finalsign. This land will be on fire,and the white man will havea hard time.

I may have been veryyoung but I remember it.

Them days people wouldcome from all over, Yakima,Rock Creek, Celilo, Umatillaand Idaho. That time wewent for seven days andmany gifts were hung up,many things were said, manypeople were worked on bythe medicine people.

That man’s name wasAlec Pinkham, whose wifewas Elsie (close relation tomy grandmother). I didn’twant to take up your timeduring the meeting so I putit on paper. Thank you foryour ears.

Ky-um-a-luc, BruceJim Sr.

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The census is one of themost valuable tools forchange and representation inIndian Country. Our NativeAmerican communities de-serve to be counted andheard.

In early August the U.S.Census Bureau announcedtheir decision to move the2020 Census reporting dateup to September 30, citingcosts and logistical difficultydue to the coronavirus pan-demic.

However, Native VoicesNetwork projects the newdeadline could mean up to$1 billion in lost federal fund-ing for Indian Country an-nually, as well as even morelosses due to non-federalgrants and other program-ming opportunities whichrely on census data to deter-mine funding levels.

Covid-19 obviously hin-dered the census countevents in Indian Country,said Cheryl Kary, director ofSacred Pipe Resource Cen-ter, a center for NativeAmerican support inMandan.

Sacred Pipe ResourceCenter is a program partnerof Running Strong forAmerican Indian Youth, andone of the many non-profitorganizations involved ingrassroots tribal communitycounting efforts. We are ableto provide information, how-ever, in preparation for self-

response events later thismonth and in October.

Running Strong forAmerican Indian Youthworks to help Native Ameri-can communities meet theirimmediate critical needs. Tolearn more about the orga-nization programs visit theRunning Strong site at:indianyouth.org

School mealsJefferson County School

Distirct 509-J Food Serviceoffers meals weekdays toyouth 18 years and youngerfor the duration of Compre-hensive Distance Learning.The free breakfast and lunchis being provided grab and gostyle. Meals are served 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the WarmSprings Academy bus drop-off area. Drop off locationsin Warm Springs:

Wolfe Point from 6:30-6:45 a.m. Tenino Apart-ments at Elk Loop andKalama Lane from 6:50-7:05. Upper Dry Creek atthe north end of TommieStreet 7-7:15. Kah-Nee-TaHamlets 7-7:15 Trailer Courtat Little Oitz and Kuckup7:15-7:30. Crestview andSunnyside Drives inSunnyside from 7:30-7:45.Simnasho 7:45-8 a.m. By theGreeley Heights CommunityBuilding 7:45-8. Poosh andWest Hills Drive in West Hills

8:05-8:30. The Sidwalter FireHall 8:30-8:45. TheSeekseequa fire hall 8:30-8:45.

Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 23, 2020 Page 5

Warm Springs Healthand Wellness Center diabe-tes classes—for people withdiabetes and family mem-bers—are coming up in asafe and virtual format inOctober.

The diabetes educationclasses will be online, so youcan participate from thecomfort of your home. Theclasses will be Wednesdaysat noon.

Class one, October 7:Topics are, What is diabe-tes? And blood sugar moni-toring.

Class two will be on Oc-

tober 14, the topics being:What does diabetes effect?And keys to control.

Class three, October 21,will cover: Nutrition andhealthy eating.

Class four, October 28:Diabetes medicine today;and Standards of Care toStay Healthy.

Please register by calling541-553-2351. You will besent an email to join.

The classes are in collabo-ration with the CommunityHealth Nutrition Depart-ment and the Diabetes Pro-gram.

W.S. virtual diabetesclasses in October

by Alicia OberholzerPhysical Therapist

W.S. Holistic Health

W.S. Holistic Health 10 tips for better sleep

To the tribal community,Here are 10 tips for gettinga good night’s sleep:

· Establish a night timeroutine that includes yourfavorite relaxing activities tohelp wind down. This couldinclude a bath, reading,watching tv, journaling, andcrocheting.

· Try to wake up at thesame time daily, even onweekends. This helps set thebody’s natural clock and pro-motes consistent patterns ofsleep.

· Listen to your body andgo to sleep when you are

tired.If you find yourself lay-

ing in bed restlessly for over20 minutes, it may be bestto go into a different roomand perform a relaxing ac-tivity such as reading,journaling, or listening tomusic until you feel sleepy.

· Turn off all electronicsat least two hours beforebedtime.

Staring at bright screensand exposure to blue lightlate in the evening can re-duce the production of me-latonin, a hormone thathelps regulate our sleep-wake cycles.

· Create a comfortableenvironment. You can useheavy curtains, black outblinds, or a fabric eye mask

to increase darkness. A coolerenvironment is also ideal, withcurrent research suggestingan optimal sleeping tempera-ture between 60 and 75 de-grees.

· Avoid stimulants late inthe evening. This includescaffeine, nicotine, and alco-hol.

Even though alcohol canbring on sleep, after a fewhours it acts as a stimulant

and decreases the overallquality of restorative sleep.

· Exercise daily, as this hasbeen shown to reduce insom-nia and improve deep sleep.

· Try to avoid stressful oremotionally charging conver-sations, media, or work justbefore bed.

These activities can causerelease of the hormone cor-tisol, which increases alertnessand may keep you awake.

· Save your bed as a spe-cial place for sleep. It is bestto find a different space forwork, school, games, and daytime activities.

· Eat a lighter dinner, pref-erably earlier in the evening.

Choose foods that digesteasily to avoid discomfortduring the night.

Lupe J. Samuels, greatgranddaughter of ChiefBilly Chinook, passedaway at her home inWarm springs on July 22,2020 at the age of 90years old. She was bornat her home in WolfordCanyon on November17, 1929.

Due to limited avail-ability to the outsideworld, her parents werenot able to register herbirth until November 19,1929. Therefore (a noteof her humor) whenevershe was asked for herdate of birth (at everydoctor’s appointment shewould go into a long ex-planation that she hadtwo birthdays, where atthe end of the explana-tion she would always say,Just choose one.)

Lupe’s parents wereManuel Garcia andJeanette Brunoe Garcia,and she was one of sevenchildren. She was raisedon the reservation withher siblings who pre-ceded her in death.

Her father becamethe first sheriff of WarmSprings. During her ado-lescent years, hermother, other relatives,and her brothers and sis-ters commuted to the

Portland area to work in theberry fields, and to Celilofalls to help prepare fish.

As a teenager she wasasked to join Dan Macy’s AllIndian Band as a singer. Shehad a melodic voice andeveryone loved to hear heraccompany the dance band.Later the family relocated toPortland, where her fatherworked for the railroad.

In 1950 she marriedWalter Langnese Jr. and hadthree children, WalterLangnese III “Spud”,Roxanne Langnese Chi-nook, and Pamela LangneseLouis. Both daughters pre-ceded her in death.

They lived in Portland,where she worked for Or-egon Chainsaw and thenKay Springs, making mat-tresses.

Lupe was very adventur-ous and a risk taker in thosedays. She didn’t drive, sowhen she missed her familyin Warm Springs (100 milesaway) she would call a cab,use her son’s French hornas collateral and take thefamily German shepherdfor protection. When shearrived the cost would becovered by the family mem-bers eager to see her.

After Walter LangneseJr.’s passing, she relocated toKamiah, Idaho, where she

met and married RobertSamuels, a Nez Perce Na-tive. They had one son,Daniel Samuels, born Sep-tember 3, 1973.

Lupe longed to return toher birth place, so in 1978they returned to WarmSprings, where Robertworked for Warm SpringsForest Products Industries,and Lupe worked at theBurger Inn along Highway26, where the Shell stationis currently located.

Robert also preceded herin death. He passed away athome on January 3, 2015,surrounded by family mem-bers.

Lupe was a very talentedand artistic woman, whichshe passed on to her twodaughters, both artists intheir own right.

She used to embroider pillcases; you always knew whatyou were getting for Christ-mas.

She drew charcoal por-traits, and dabbled in paint-ing. Where she excelled wasin her beadwork. She en-tered many of her beadedbags in tribal art shows atthe Museum at WarmSprings, and was able to sellthem for hundreds of dol-lars. She perfected her ownbeading style. She beaded inthe old Wasco style of con-touring. She became knownfor her style among otherprominent bead workers.People would comment,Oh, that is Lupe Samuel’s

bead work.Prior to Robert’s death

they traveled with the WarmSprings Senior Citizens tothe Northwest tribal casinosin Washington, Oregon andIdaho. They loved going toIdaho so they could visitRobert’s family, and shewould enjoy some gamblingentertainment.

She continued to travelwith the seniors afterRobert’s death, and reallygot excited when they wouldgo on bead buying trips.

When Warm Springsbuilt their casino, she be-came an avid gambler, do-nating money on a regularbasis—She would want youto think she also came outahead most of the time. Inher later years she said shejust wanted to “peoplewatch” more than gamble.

She met many peoplefrom around the CentralOregon area as well aspeople from other parts ofthe country. People weredrawn to her because of herquick wit, classy, stylishdress and her many, many,many hats. She was also amember of the local RedHat Society.

Lupe was a beautifulwoman who never lookedher age. People were alwaysamazed when she told themhow old she was, and thenhad to add her unique birthstory to get a chuckle.

Lupe was a great storyteller. She was very versed

and proud of her family.She was always willing toshare stories of her child-hood, and her bothers’and sisters’, whether good,bad or sad, knowing fromwhence she came.

She was also veryopinionated and wasn’tafraid to speak her mind,giving her opinion right,wrong or otherwise. Itwas always comical whenyou just responded, Okay,whatever you say, just soyou could move on to an-other topic.

Lupe loved her grand-children and shoppedthroughout the year forbirthday and Christmasgifts for them. She wouldstash them away to thepoint of misplacing themonly to find them severalyears later, still thinkingof whom they were for,but not remembering thechild was three yearsolder now, and wonderingwhy they looked at herfunny when they openedthem, looking at their par-ents responding, Really?Thus there was a lot ofpresent trading in thefamily.

Lupe is survived byher two sons, eight grand-children, six great-grand-children, and many niecesand nephews. We missyou mom, grandma, greatgrandma and auntie. Restin peace.

A local event celebrationgthe National Day ofRepentence is coming up atSahalee Park in Madras thisSaturday, September 26 at 6p.m.

What is God requiring forhealing America? 2Chronicles 7:14:

“If my people (Christians)who are called by my name,will humble themselves andpray and seek my face andturn from their wicked ways,then I will hear fromHeaven, and I will forgivetheir sin and will heal theirland.”

Repent—Change mindand life—To put God backin first place. Please join usSeptember 26 in the parkfor a time of worship andrepentance prayer for self,family and nation. View ‘TheReturn’ on Youtube byJonathan Cahn. Event spon-sored by Madras House ofPrayer. Please bring chairsand blankets to sit on.

Urbana Manion andVal Fuiava, MadrasHouse of Prayer.

Lupe J. Samuels ~ 1929-2020

Howlak Tichum Repentenceevent

Tribal employees areback at work; however,offices remain closed towalk-in traffic. If you havebusiness to conduct,you should call for an ap-pointment. Check thekwso.org calendar forcontact information.

Page 6 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 23, 2020

In the Tribal Court of the ConfederatedTribes of Warm Springs

Note: All proceedings areheld at the Tribal Court of theConfederated Tribes of WarmSprings.

CTWS, Petitioner, vsKATIE SMITH, RE-SPONDENT; case no.DO98-09. TO: KATIESMITH:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a AS-SISTED GUARDIAN-SHIP REVIEW has beenfiled with the Warm SpringsTribal Court. By this noticeyou are summoned to ap-pear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 12th

day of OCTOBER, 2020@ 11:00 AM

IN THE MATTEROF: AARON JOSEPHSTRONG , DOB: 11/09/2010. Case No. DO48-20.VANESSA F. KNIGHT-CRANE, Petitioner:

The above individual hasfiled a Petition with thisCourt to change said namefrom AARON JOSEPHSTRONG to AARON JO-SEPH KNIGHT. A hearingon this matter has been setfor 10:00 AM on the 5th dayof NOVEMBER, 2020, atthe Warm Springs TribalCourt. Any person who mayshow cause why this Petitionshould not be granted mustfile such objection in writingon or before 22nd day ofOCTOBER, 2020.

IN THE MATTEROF: ROMA VENUSSTRONG DOB: 09/10/2013; Case No. DO47-20.VANESSA F. KNIGHT-CRANE, Petitioner.

The above individual hasfiled a Petition with thisCourt to change said namefrom ROMA VENUSSTRONG to ROMA VE-NUS KNIGHT. A hearingon this matter has been setfor 10:00 AM on the 5th dayof NOVEMBER, 2020, atthe Warm Springs TribalCourt. Any person who mayshow cause why this Petitionshould not be granted mustfile such objection in writingon or before 22nd day ofOCTOBER, 2020.

CTWS, Petitioner, vsTERRINE RABBIE, RE-SPONDENT; Case No.JV2-11. TO: TERRINERABBIE, JAYDEANGILBERT, RON &EUGENIA HAGER:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a AS-SISTED GUARDIAN-SHIP REVIEW has beenfiled with the Warm SpringsTribal Court. By this noticeyou are summoned to ap-pear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 22ND

day of OCTOBER, 2020@ 9:00 AM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsJENNY BIRD, RE-SPONDENT; Case No.JV148-08. TO: JENNYBIRD, AARON KEELE:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a AS-SISTED GUARDIAN-SHIP has been filed with theWarm Springs Tribal Court.By this notice you are sum-

moned to appear in this mat-ter at a hearing scheduled forthe 14th day of OCTOBER,2020 @ 3:00 PM

DESIREE R. ALLEN,Petitioner, vs CARI ANNSTORMBRINGER, RE-SPONDENT; Case No.DO163-19. TO:DESIREE ALLEN,CARI ANNS T O R M B R I N G E R ,S H A R DSTORMBRINGER:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that an ADOP-TION has been filed withthe Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing sched-uled for the 28th day ofOCTOBER, 2020 @ 10:00AM

G O N Z A L OARTHUR, Petitioner, vsJESSIE KALAMA, ROSSKALAMA SR., RESPON-DENT; Case No. JV113-14. TO: GONZALOARTHUR, MONICAFRANK, JESSIEKALAMA, ROSSKALAMA SR.:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a CON-SERVATOR GUARDIAN-SHIP has been filed with theWarm Springs Tribal Court.By this notice you are sum-moned to appear in this mat-ter at a hearing scheduled forthe 20TH day of OCTO-BER, 2020 @ 3:00 PM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsG E R A L D I N ESWITZLER, RESPON-DENT; Case No. JV15-11.TO: LAURAS W I T Z L E R ,G E R A L D I N ESWITZLER:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a AS-SISTED GUARDIAN-SHIP REVIEW has beenfiled with the Warm SpringsTribal Court. By this noticeyou are summoned to ap-pear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 26TH

day of OCTOBER, 2020@ 2:00 PM

EDNA GONZALES,Petitioner, vs CHANDAROBINSON, Respon-dent; Case No. DO57,58-17. TO: CHANDAROBINSON, CODYMILLER, EDNAGONZALES:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a CON-SERVATOR GUARDIAN-SHIP has been scheduledwith the Warm SpringsTribal Court. By this noticeyou are summoned to ap-pear in this matter at a hear-ing scheduled for the 15th

day of October 2020 @4:00 PM

CTWS, Petitioner, vsL O R E E NSTORMBRINGER, Re-spondent; Case No. JV55-18. TO: LOREENSTORMBRINGER, CPS,JV PROS:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that an AS-SISTED GUARDIAN-SHIP has been scheduled

with the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduledfor the 12th day of NO-VEMBER, 2020 @ 3:30PM

CTWS, PETITIONER,vs VIRGINIAMCKINLEY, RESPON-DENT; CASE NO. JV72-17, JV73-17. TO: VIRGINAMCKINLEY, ANDREWSMITH SR:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that a SUPER-VISED PROBATION RE-VIEW/ ASSISTEDGUARDIANSHIP has beenscheduled with the WarmSprings Tribal Court. By thisnotice you are summoned toappear in this matter at ahearing scheduled for the21ST day of October, 2020@ 2:00 PM

TIFFANY HUNT, Pe-titioner, vs TANAYAHUNT , Respondent;Case No DO91-20. TO:TIFFANY HUNT,TANAYA HUNT, BLAKEW E A S E L H E A D ,SYLVANIA RUSSELL-BRISBOIS:

YOU ARE HEREBYNOTIFIED that A CON-SERVATOR GUARDIAN-SHIP has been scheduled withthe Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduledfor the 29TH day of OCTO-BER, 2020 @ 3:00 PM

Confederated Tribes ofWarm Springs, Petitioner, vsJimmy Koppenhafer, Re-spondent; Case No. CV3-07.TO: Jimmy Koppenhafer:

YOU ARE HEREBY NO-TIFIED that a Show CauseHearing has been scheduledwith the Warm Springs TribalCourt. By this notice you aresummoned to appear in thismatter at a hearing scheduledfor SEPTEMBER 29, 2020at 1:00 pm

PROBATEIn the matter of the state

of Norman Nathan, W.S.,U/A, deceased. Estate no.2012-PR12. To SusanNathan Smolinski and ReneeKrstovich: You are herebynotified that an informal pro-bate hearing is scheduled forOctober 16, 2020 at 1:30p.m.

In the matter of the es-tate of Hazel L. Seyler,W.S., U/A, deceased. Es-tate no. 937-14-99. ToCharles Nathan and SaraEvans: You are hereby noti-fied that an informal probatehearing is scheduled for Oc-tober 16, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

This opinion article wassubmitted to The PortlandTribute by RaymondTsumpti, chair of the Con-federated Tribes of WarmSprings; Delores Pigsley,chair of the ConfederatedTribes o f Si l e tz ; N.Kathryn Brigham, chair ofthe Confederated Tribes ofUmati l la ; and DelanoSaluskin, chair of the Con-federated Tribes and Bandsof Yakama Nation:

In a recent article—‘Willamette Falls Trustapologizes for harmingtribes’—there was amischaracterization ofthe tribal history and re-lationships to the Falls ofthe Confederated Tribesof Warm Springs, SiletzIndians, the Umatilla andYakama Nation.

The article inadvert-ently advanced a falsenarrative that the GrandRonde Tribe is the onlytribe with historic, culturaland legal interests inWillamette Falls, and thatother tribes only visitedwith their permissionand sufferance.

This could not be fur-ther from the truth. Manydifferent Indian bandsand tribes stewarded andmade use of the Falls forthousands of years, in-cluding the ancestors ofour four tribal nations.Willamette Falls was anIndian gathering place,similar to Celilo Falls.Our tribes met there toharvest, trade, visit andeven intermarry.

The Indians who were

signatories to the ratified1855 Treaty of Kalapuyawere removed to the SiletzReservation and the GrandRonde reservations. Indiansat the Falls who came fromthe east were removed toseveral reservations, butpreserved in three other rati-fied 1855 treaties their rightsto continue to fish at allusual and accustomed fish-ing places, however distantfrom those reservations. Al-though our ancestors camefrom many places, we arenow identified by the reser-vations they were moved to:Warm Springs, Siletz,Umatilla, Yakama andGrand Ronde.

The Treaty Tribes worktogether on issues of mu-tual interest on theWillamette River and atWillamette Falls specifically.Recent examples include thecleanup of the PortlandHarbor Superfund site,Portland General ElectricFERC licensing processesand the Willamette FallsLocks Commission.

Even more recently, Con-gress recognized the inter-ests of these tribes, not justGrande Ronde, in protect-ing salmon and restoring eco-logical balance to theWillamette River in andaround Willamette Falls.

The Grand Ronde Tribe’sstrategy of exclusion of ourTribes insults the history ofour Tribes, especially afterour Tribes banded together,at their request, to supportthe Grand Ronde Tribe’s re-establishment in 1986through Congress.

We stood with the Grand

Ronde Tribe in its timeof critical need. Sadley,not long after correctinga historic injustice to theGrand Ronde people,they chose to disprespectour effort through a sig-nificantly funded mediacampaign designed toremove our histories atthe Falls.

Your editors shouldhave done additional in-vestigation when theGrand Ronde Tribe de-clared its intent to ex-clude other tribes, claim-ing that “other tribal”representation on theWillamette Falls TrustBoard would somehow‘undermine’ GrandRonde. This claim standsfar from the truth. Ourcollective efforts havealways made us strongerin the protection ofnatural resources.

Conversely, theWillamette Falls TrustBoard strives to under-stand the complex natureof Willamette Falls andare interested in inclusionand collaboration toshare the full story.

Our past, as well asour future, are united byWillamette Falls.

The Willamette Fallsshould be protected forthe natural and culturalresources it possesses,our shared history it rep-resents, and should berestored and enjoyed byall rather than subject tocommercial develop-ment for any one entity’sgain.

Opinion

Mischaracterization of history of Falls

Every October duringDomestic Violence Aware-ness Month, advocates andcommunities across IndianCountry rally together tohonor survivors of domes-tic violence and supportabuse prevention.

In 2020, StrongHeartsNative Helpline once againcalls on advocates, triballeaders, reservation and ur-ban Indian community mem-bers, service providers andNative organizations to sup-port the movement to pre-vent and end domestic vio-lence, which disproportion-ately affects millions ofNatives every year.

Violence against Indig-enous peoples began withEuropean contact and hascontinued to this day, add-ing up to more than 500years of abuse. Domestic

by Liz Hill, Red Lake OjibweStrongHearts Native Helpline

violence, which continues asa tool of colonization, rep-resents a lack of respect forNative peoples.

Native women and menin the United States experi-ence domestic violence atalarming rates, with morethan four in five Nativeshaving experienced someform of violence in theirlifetime and more than halfexperiencing physical vio-

Awareness Month sheds light on survirorslence by an intimate partnerin the past year.

For one-on-one advo-cacy, see:strongheartshelpline.org

Or call 1-844-7NATIVE(762-8483).

Domestic violence hasmany faces: physical, sexual,emotional, cultural, financialand digital. It doesn’t discrimi-nate and includes violenceagainst children, elders,LGBTQ2S individuals.There is also a strong con-nection between domesticviolence and thousands ofMissing and Murdered In-digenous women.

Native nations in theLower 48 and Alaska Na-tive Villages continually gounderfunded for life savingdomestic violence services.Now in its fourth year ofoperation, StrongHeartshas received more than9,103 phone cal ls andonline chats.

Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon September 23, 2020 Page 7

Steelhead numbers are upthis year, but don’t call it arebound. At least not yet.

Dam counts and passiveintegrated transponder, orPIT, tag analysis indicate fishreturning to the Snake Riverthis fall and next spring willpost their best return inmore than three years.

Through last week, morethan 81,400 steelhead hadbeen counted at BonnevilleDam. That is ahead of the55,800 counted at this timelast year and better than thereturns of about 66,600 in2018 and 77,400 in 2017.

But some context is re-quired. Steelhead returnshave been abysmally poorthe past three years. Whilethe run is showing improve-ment in 2020, its projectedperformance still falls well

below the 10-year averageof about 173,000. Morecontext: The 10-year aver-age has been shrinking be-cause of the recent poor re-turn years replacing morerobust years in the data set.Just four years ago it was270,000.

“The last three years arethe worst three years sincewe have seen since collect-ing PIT tag data,” said JoeDuPont, regional fisheries

Analysis: Columbia steelhead numbers up

Health impact of Lionshead was the smoke

manager for the Idaho De-partment of Fish and Gameat Lewiston. There also issome promising news for fallchinook and coho. DuPont

said it appears the fallchinook run may exceed ex-pectations “but we are notsure if the run is early or justabove forecast.”

by Alicia OberholzerPhysical Therapist

W.S. Holistic Health

Holistic Health tips for dealing with pain

The human body comesequipped with a living alarmsystem composed of 45 milesof interconnected nerves.The nerves are constantlyalert and buzzing with elec-tricity, armed to keep us safe.

When an injury occurs,such as touching a hot stove,the alarm system is tripped.The nervous system fires amessage that travels fromyour hand, to your spinalcord, up to your brain tellingyou to move your hand im-mediately. Pain is not a badthing, as it is normal and nec-essary to keep us safe.

Immediately following aninjury, the human alarm sys-tem is on high alert. This ex-tra sensitivity, commonly feltas lingering pain, should ide-ally diminish over time. How-ever, research has indicatedthat in 25 percent of indi-

viduals, the alarm systemdoes not return to it’s pre-vious resting level. Instead,the nerves remain extra sen-sitive. If the pain lasts formore than three months, itis termed as chronic.

For individuals withchronic pain, activities andexperiences that used to bewell tolerated begin to causepain. Research has shownthat pain thresholds can befurther affected by factorssuch as life stress, extremetemperatures, poor sleep, orillness.

Example: Sally broke herwrist when she slipped andfell on the ice. Her x-rayshowed good healing within

months. Six years later, Sallycontinues to experience wristpain, especially when it iscold outside. When she ischilly, even small movementsor light chores are painful.In this case, even though thefracture has healed, hernerves are still sensitive.

Her nervous system con-tinues to be on high alertfrom the trauma of her oldinjury. It now takes lessstimulus to trigger the alarmsystem and send a “danger”signal through the nervoussystem for the brain to in-terpret as pain.

Chronic pain is unique, in-dividual, and very real. It canbe exhausting, frustrating,and life changing. The goodnews is that new research in-dicates that there is hope fordesensitizing sensitive ner-vous systems. Encouragingresults have been found us-ing pain management pro-grams composed of gradedmovement progressions,aerobic exercise, sleep hy-

giene, nutrition, meditation,acupuncture, and manualtherapy.

If you are struggling withchronic pain, Warm SpringsHolistic Health is here tohelp. If you are interested inlearning new strategies tohelp improve your activitytolerance and quality of life,ask your medical doctor ifa referral is appropriate foryou.

Warmly, The team atWarm Springs HolisticHealth

If you have further ques-tions, feel free to contact aphysical therapist at WarmSprings Holistic Health formore information.

Warm Springs Hol i s t i cHealth is open 8 a.m. to 5p.m., Monday through Fri-day. Appointments are re-quired. Call 541-777-2663to learn more. The center, aprogram of Managed Care,is located on campus next tothe courthouse.

The Purple Air Sensoroutside the Branch ofNatural Resourcesbuilding. The device isabout the size of asoftball. A second sensoris outside the clinic.

Courtesy Tim Outman/WSBNR

For a time last week muchof the West, including thereservation, had the mostunhealthy air quality onearth. The conditions arebetter now, though the recentBranch of Natural Re-sources Air Quality Reportwas still evaluating the res-ervation air as ‘unhealthy.’

Tim Outman, air qualityspecialist with the Branch ofNatural Resources, has beenmonitoring the reservationair on a daily basis since2008. “I’ve never seen any-thing like that,” Mr. Outmansaid of last week’s blanketof smoke.

The bad air—during theheight of the Lionsheadblaze—was unique not onlyin the density of the smoke,but also in the number ofdays that the conditions per-sisted.

“During a fire, we mightsee that—in the unhealthyrange—for a day or two,”Outman said.

The Lionshead extremeconditions last days. As a re-

sult, the organization had toclose for a day and half, pluslate start days, including intoearly this week.

Last week the smokelevel brought a rating of“very unhealthy.” This isdefined as, “Health warningsof emergency conditions.The entire population ismore likely to be affected.”

The definition of “un-healthy air quality”—regis-tered earlier this week—is:“Everyone may begin to ex-perience health effects;members of sensitivegroups may experiencemore serious health effects.”The very worst air, “Haz-ardous,” is: “Health alert:Everyone may experiencemore serious health effects.”

In response to the condi-tions, the Branch of Natu-ral Resources received from

the Environmental Protec-tion Agency two ‘Purple AirSensors.’ These are now lo-cated at the Natural Re-sources building, and at theclinic. The plan is also toplace one at Simnasho.

The current air qualitydata from the sensors canbe accessed at any time onthe Internet. These are thesites:

Indian Health Servicessenor:w w w. p u r p l e a i r . c o m /map?opt=1/m/i/mAQI/a 1 0 /cC4&select=59961#12.19/44.72248/-121.25415

Branch of Natural Re-sources:w w w. p u r p l e a i r . c o m /map?opt=1/m/i/mAQI/a10/cC4#12.19/44.75178/-121.23597

(Continued from page 1)A summary statement of

the proposed repeal law con-tains this brief summary:

The Indians of the WarmSprings Reser vation neitherc omp l i e d w i t h t h e 1865treaty nor understood its pro-visions.

Affidavits taken by theU.S. Department of Justicefrom Warm Springs Indians

pre s ent a t bo th the 1855and 1865 t r ea ty s i gn ingsshow th e y unde r s t ood th elater treaty simply to providea pass sys tem for Indiansleaving the reservation to ex-er c i se the ir o f f -r eser vat ionrights.

Additionally, the UnitedStates, the other party to the1865 treaty, has consistentlyignored the 1865 agreement

and has on numerous occa-sions over the past 154 yearsenacted legislation affirmingthe Tribes’ 1855 off-reser-vation treaty rights.

It appears that no federalgovernment agency has evera s s e r t e d t ha t t h e 1865treaty was enforceable or hadany legal effect.

The Treaty of 1855 cre-

ated the Warm Springs Res-ervation while recognizingthe tribal right to hunt, fishand gather at usual and ac-customed places and on “un-claimed lands” within andbeyond the 11-thousandsquare miles of the CededLands. This is the only foun-dation document of themodern era ConfederatedTribes.

Treaty: Tribes never agreed to ‘1865’ document

A zone 6 tribal fish-ery is open through 6p.m. this Friday, Septem-ber 25. Allowed gear isset and drift gillnets withan 8-inch mesh size re-striction.

Allowable sales aresalmon (any species),steelhead, shad, yellowperch, bass, walleye, cat-fish and carp. Fish manysold or retained for sub-sistence. Fish landedduring the open periodsare allowed to be soldafter the period con-cludes.

Sturgeon many notbe sold, but sturgeonfrom 38 to 54 inchesfork length in theBonneville pool, andsturgeon from 43 to 54inches fork length in TheDalles and John Daypools may be kept forsubsistence only.

Closed areas: Theriver mouth and damare closed areas appli-cable to gillnets. TheSpring Creek hatchery

Fishery through Fridaysanctuary will be reducedto 150 feet around thehatchery ladder.

Covid-19 guidelines:Please review the SafeFishers, Safe Fisheriesguidelines to help preventthe spread of the virusand protect the vulner-able members of thetribal community. See:

Critfc.org/safe-fish-ers-safe-fisheries

There will be a Com-pact hearing to consideradditional fishing thisThursday, September 24at 10 a.m. The zone 6platform, and hook andline fishery regulationsremain unchanged.

If you have law en-forcement or safety con-cerns please contact Co-lumbia River Inter-TribalEnforcement in HoodRiver at: 1-800-487-3474or 541-386-6363. Forinformation on market-ing tribal caught fish, con-tact Buck Jones, SalmonMarketing Specialist at503-238-0667.

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs hasadopted the off-reservation hunting seasons andregulations. Current off-reservation seasons are:

Pronghorn antelope: Now through October 31.Archery, deer and elk: Through October 2.Off reservation buck and deer, rifle: Through

October 31.Early elk, cow and spike: Through October 16.Bull elk: October 17 through November 30.Late elk, cow and spike: December 1 through

January 31, 2021.Bighorn sheep hunts: Through November 30.John Day Canyon mule deer buck: November 1

through November 29.John Day Middle Fork white-tail hunt: October

3 through November 30. For assistance you canemail: wildlife.tags@ctwsbnr.org

Or call 541-553-2001 during business hours.

Off reservation hunting

Earlier this month,Jefferson County SchoolDistrict 509-J was the proudrecipient of a donation fromIntel Corporation of FutureSkills kits.

The kits are designed tohelp students strengthentheir technology and essen-tial skills, and build their con-fidence and capacity for in-novation, complex problem-solving and persistence.

Intel donated 600 FutureSkills Activity Kits, alongwith 150 goodie bags to stu-dents in Jefferson County.The kits came in four dif-ferent STEM/Design think-ing-based activities:

Paper Circuits – Createinteractive art using coppertap, LEDs and a coin cell bat-tery to build a flat paper cir-cuit to bring your art to life.

Slime – Create and testbasic slime recipes and thenconcoct a new slime creationof your own design.

Scribble Bot – Create asimple robot that can au-tonomously scribble or drawon paper.

Lunar Lander – Usingonly the materials listed, de-sign and build a device thatwill keep an “astronaut” safewhen dropped from variousheights.

“We have been very for-tunate to be the recipient of

Intel’s kindness and generos-ity in helping to prepare ourstudents for their futurethrough hands-on learningthat incorporates both socialemotional and technical skillsthrough creative and funproject-based learning,” saidMelinda Boyle, director ofcurriculum and instructionfor the school district.

The kits will be availableto Jefferson County SchoolDistrict students once in-per-son classes resume.

Jefferson County SchoolDistrict 509-J was also re-cently named one of sevenschool districts in Oregonthat will receive grants nextmonth to support students atTitle I schools with laptops,internet connectivity, andLEGO Education learningsolutions as part of the Cre-ative Learning Connectionsgrant program.

Intel ‘Future Skills’donation to schools

First-grader WyattBennett, building lunarlanders.

Courtesy Shannon Ahern/509-J

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A reservationburn ban is ineffect due to ex-treme fire dan-ger conditions.

It is critical totake precau-tions to helpprotect people,property andresources.

All outsideagricultural andr e s i d e n t i a lburning is notallowed.

The Oregon State Boardof Education unanimouslyapproved the “All StudentsBelong” rule. The new tem-porary rule—the first of itskind in the nation—bans theuse of Confederate flags,

swastikas or nooses in allOregon schools.

Bend Republican StateRepresentative Cheri Heltsays she will move to codifythe “All Students Belong”rule into state law in the

2021 legislative session. Shesays the “All Students Be-long” rule sends a messageto Indigenous and people ofcolor Oregon won’t tolerateracism, white supremacy orhate.

State adopts ‘All Students Belong’