Adoption Election
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Tasha Breanna Elliot
Age: 11
l CTWS Blood: 532
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Scarlett Gene Gillespie
Hello, my name is Lawrence
Macy and 1 am writing this letter
in behalf of my 4-year-old cousin
Scarlett Gene Gillespie, Gene to
friends and family, who has ap
plied for adoption into the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Gene is being raised by my fam
ily and is living with us in our
home in the Tenino Valley. Gene
i has become a close family mcm-
bcr to us and is treated and loved
i as a son and brother. Gene also has
i a close relationship with his
i mother Rae Jean Gillespie, as well
J as many other relatives living in
Warm Springs.
! Gene's immediate family goes
from his mother Rae Jean Gillespie
I to his( grandparents Dclores
j "Dolly" Garcia and Don Gillespie,
j His great grandparents were
Jeanette Brunoe and Manuel
Garcia. His great great grandpar
j ents were Emma Parker and Cain
Brunoe, and his great great great
j grandparents were Billy Chinook
and Annie Holliquilla.
i Gene has many things that he
Alexa Christel Amelia
- Leonard
J My name is Alexa Christel
J Amelia Leonard.
I am 7 years old. My mother is
Stacey Charis Leonard, enrolled
; member of the Warm Springs
Confederated Tribes, as is my ma
j ternal grandfather, Uren Jones
t Leonard Jr.
s' I have spent most of my life liv
ing in Warm Springs attending the
Daycare and Head Start at the
' . Dear Tribal Members,
)r: Alexa Christel Amelia
Leonard, dob 32594, was born
premature to Stacey Charis
Leonard. Alexa was placed in
( Yakama Providence Hospital for
four months after her birth due
" to her prematurity. On her
release, Alexa and her mother
moved back to Warm Springs.
( During the next two years,
Alexa lived in Warm Springs
.with my daughter and myself.
When Alexa was two, she was
enrolled in the Infant Care
, Center at Early Childhood. She
then transitioned to Head Start
3-year-old in 1997. She contin
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Indian Blood: 532
Descendant: Richard Hliot and
Michelle, TM; Irene and Raymond
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Scarlett Gene Gillespie and Lawrence Macy
likes to do, singing and dancing are
his favorites, and he has an amaz
ing musical talent that started the
moment he came to live with our
family. He continues to amaze
family and friends with his out
going personality and energy. As a
Warm Springs Early Childhood
center. I attended Warm Springs
Elementary in Kindergarten and
First grade.
My maternal great-grandmother
was Mildred Smith Tyler
(Wasco) and maternal great-grandfather
was Uren Jones Leonard Sr.,
(Warm Springs). I love living in
Warm Springs and would like to
have your vote to become an en
rolled member of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
ued to go to school at Head Start
until 1998. Alexa attended
kindergarten at Warm Springs
Elementary in 1999-2000. It was
at that time she moved with her
mother to Union Gap, Wash., to
attend the first grade until
December 2000.
. . . They will be staying in
Warm Springs, where I live.
During Alexa's first four years
of life, Stacey has been in and out
of her life. It was during this
time that she moved with her
mother, but not for more than a
few months at a time. The last
three years, there has been more
permanency to Alexa and her
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Allottee Descendant, Fred
Smith Years resident: 3 12
boy I had the privilege of being
adopted into the Tribes, and have
made it my home. I would hope
that Gene, "Scarlett Gene
Gillespie," would receive the same
privilege and be able to make
Warm Springs his home.
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Alexa Christel-Amelia Leonard
mother's relationship. Her step
father has been a seasonal worker
and Alexa would join him and
her mother longer and longer
each time. She loves Warm
Springs and during kindergarten
was learning the Wasco language,
which seemed to come easy for
her.
I would like to request that
you consider Alexa's application
for the next adoption into the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation.
Sincerely,
Gwen Leonard
Maternal Grandmother of
Alexa Christel Amelia Leonard
Courtney
A. Ilcndemon
I am 7 years
old. I am 716
Wan-o, Jcnuz
and Navajo. My
father is Kduard
Henderson and
my paternal
grandparent are
Carol (St.
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Cochran and
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Courtney
II r n i c
Henderson. My great grandmother is Madeline
Mclnrurff.
Since my dad is military we have lived away
from the reservation, lint visit regularly.
My father is a captain in the National Guard
and completing a Masters degree at Portland State
University in health administration.
Upon completing of my father's education,
we plan on returning back to Warm Springs.
I am pround of my heritage and will be hon
ored to be a tribal member. I would be loyal to
the tribe and use my future education and skills
to build a future for my people.
Johnny Holliday Sr.
Hello,
My name is Johnny Holliday Sr.
I am 29 years old. I am trying to
get adopted into the Confederated
Tribes. I have two children who are
enrolled members, Lauren Toy a
Anne Holliday, who is 7 years old,
and Johnny Tremayne Holliday,
who is 2 years old.
I have all the requirements
needed to be adopted in. But I am
lacking one thing and that is the
tribal members votes.
All of my family is here. So if 1
can get voted into the tribes I will
be at home with my family. My
grandfather is Milton Holliday;
my grandmother is Bucky Anne
Holliday, who have raised me and
my brothers most of our lives. So
I encourage you to go down and
Monica Rose Kirk
Monica Rose Kirk
Nixpachwai,
My name is Monica Rose
Kirk. I am a proud descendant of
Warm Springs. My father is
Anthony (Tony Kirk) Littleleaf.
My Ulla is Lolita Greeley and
my Pushas are Melvin, Elton and
Hamilton Greeley. I have 732
Warm Springs, Wasco, and my
dad's father was Jack Littleleaf, a
CanadianBlackfoot, so I am also
V Pikuni.
Being accepted by the people
of the Warm Springs Reservation
has always been my number one
desire. A place to raise my
children and truly belong is
important to my family and me.
The right to fish is a wish for I
feel naturally in my blood so
having fishing rights is im
mensely important to me. 1 have
fished for Sacred Salmon and
gone eeling with my dad.
We also love to go to the river,
fish for trout and fry them up. I
learned how to gather some roots
and huckleberries for the winter.
We have so much fun camping in
the mountains during Huckle
berry season and I love to hear
my Ulla Ixlita's so many old
stories.
I respect the longhousc and
enjoyed helping there, ("rafting
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Cameron ).
I Iendernon.
I am 6 yean old, 1
am 7 1 ft Wasco, Jentcx
and Navajo. My
mother is Tammy
l .lliott and my mater
nal grandmother is
l .verett Flliott. My fa
ther is F.dward
Henderson and my
paternal grandparents
are Carol (St.
Honderson
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Johnny Holliday Sr.
vote for me and the rest of the ap
plicants. Thank you for your time
and efforts, Johnny Holliday Sr.
and family and friends
dreamcatchers, beading and
attending powwows is something
my children and me enjoy doing
together. I know many of you
have not seen much of me the
past few years but my mother is
very ill and I feel it is up to me
(not some nursing home) to take
care of her as long as she needs it.
We nearly lost her on her last
two operations.
The last operation they said
she wasn't going to make it. I
have been on the rolls since I was
one-year-old and being accepted
as an adopted tribal member
would complete my lifelong
dream.
Respectfully yours, tribal
descendant,
Monica Rose Kirk
Austin Ryan Blake
Age: 4
CTWS Blood: 116
Indian Blood: 532
Descendant: Ann Seyler
TM, Kimbcrly Binder Mo,
CccilAradonna Seyler
GrPar
Allottee descendant:
Adeline Brunoe
Years resident: 4
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Cameron Henderson
(icrmainc) Cochran
and Frnie Henderson. My great-grandmother is
Madeline Mdnturff.
Since my dad is military we have lived away from
the reservation, but we visit regularly since this is our
home. My father is a captain in the National Guard.
I le is completing an MS degree. My mother is com
pleting her MS degree. When my parents complete their
degrees we plan to return to our home in Warm Springs.
W hen I am home visiting I enjoy hunting and fish
ing. I want to Ik able to continue to hunt and fish with
full rights as a tribal member. I am proud of my heri
tage and will be honored to be a confederated tribal
menilnT. I will be loyal to this trilc and use my educa
tion and skills to build a future for my people.
Maria Olivia Holliday
Maria Olivia Holliday
Age: 24
CTWS Blood: 316
Indian Blood: 716
Descendant: Beatrice Holliday
Lopez, TM; Milton and Bucky
Holliday,' GrPa - 1
' Allottee Descendant:' Behjamlm
Holliday
Years resident: 20
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Lonnie Alan Jack
Age: 29
CTWS Blood: 18
Indian Blood: 1132
Descendant: McKinlcy and
Minnie Wesley, TM's; Mary
Jack, Mo; Irene Williams
Brunoe, GrMo.
Allottee descendant: Ea-eah
Sr.
Years resident: 13 years.
Vernon Sk'ytus Jack
son Smith
Age: 5
CTWS Blood: 316
Indian Blood: 67128
Descendant: Anita Jackson,
TM; Carmen Smith, Fa;
Vernon and Louise Jackson,
GrPa.
Allottee descendant: Charlie
Jackson.
Years resident: 5
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