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Agency District Candidates
W is s y S m ith
C a r lo s C a lic a
N iix P achw ay In m i
Nymumai! First and fore
m ost I thank my creator
for the life I have been
given as well the blessings
o f life I have in my chil
dren. My name is Carlos
Calica and I have been
nominated to run for the
T w enty-S ixth
T rib al
Council. My family I come
from we have been lead
ers for our people both in
p o litics and in o u r
longhouses, with Washut,
W asliki, and ided icin e
Dance. I follow three o f
these four to the path o f
the Creator proudly.
A litde o f my family
background: My m other
atwai Gloria Mitchell, and
fa th e r C harles Jo d y
Calica. M aternal grand
parents are atwai A rthur
Tewee Mitchell, and atwai
Bernice Tohet Mitchell,
maternal great grandpar
en ts are atw ai L ouis
Mitchell' and atwai Meta
Tew ee, m a tern al g reat
grandparents atwai Alex
Tohet and atwai Blanche
T uckta T ohet; and my
paternal grandparents are
atwai Jo sep h Barncahia
C alica an d atw ai In ez
Sumpter Calica, paternal
great grandparents atwai
Fred Sumpter and atwai
Mary H enning Sumpter.
My ancestry goes back to
Tuckta, Moody, Sidwalter
bloodlines.
I have accepted the
n o m in atio n to ru n for
Tribal Council in hopes o f
m a k i n g . se v e ra l c h a n g e s
w ithin our reservation,
and the community. One
thing I can proudly say is
I have been o f continual
service and dedication to
m y p eo p le b e fo re th e
nom ination process has
commenced. I donate my
time to helping families in
the longhouse, in the com
munity with the elders and
the children. We coordi
nate and v olunteer for
many activities in the com
munities and events.
O ur people have been
hit with some real crucial
times as we were once a
wealthy tribe with prom
ising enterprises and rev
enues that gave us a fu
ture to look forward to.
As time went by we failed
to co n tin u e to p u rsu e
profitable ventures to con
tinue bringing the needed
revenues to our tribe and
organization. Population
has increased in the last
30 years, and we have
been facing downward de
cline in our ability to bring a
secure future for the people,
our children and future gen
erations-.
We have failed as commu
nity members to help others
and our own families with the
alcohol and drug abuse, do
mestic violence, elder abuse,
crimes against one another.
We don’t have much to offer
the children anymore, and
that should be our focus in
stead o f the adults running
the kids out o f the Commu
nity Center. T h at Center is
for the children First! Let it
be used on the weekends as
an open gym for basketball,
sports camps, drills, the so
cial hall for our kids that ex
press thru art and dance. Now
it is just there from 4-6 p.m.
for the kids, and they get
kicked o ff the court d u e'to
adult basketball.
The way we were raised as
older adults to the children
now is so different, and we
weren’t given a choice to not
follow, our culture and tradi
tions,: We were taught to g o
and participate and learn the
ways o f other religions and
now our children and fami
lies don’t follow or believe in
our unwritten laws (Tamanwit)
that we are to live by. I want
to gain the confidence o f the
people o f the Agency District
and the Community, and not
be nom inated by family or
depend on family to get a seat
on Council. I am oiie w ho is
not going to p ut false hopes
and promises to, the people
in order to get a vote.
In th e years so m any
p eo p le m ade p ro m ises o f
change and told us what we
wanted to hear on paper, and
I can say a few lived by their
word. But one voice will not
make change, and I hope the
tight leadership can be elected
to lead our people in a good
direction and secure future.
Family favoritism needs to be
set aside and we need to come
together and vote for people
who will put their people first.
Family will always be family
even if th ey are n o t voted
into Council, and I hate to
make that sound bad or
disrespect anyone w ith
my thoughts or actions.
But we are at a time when
we need individuals who
are willing to give their
heart and dedication to
their people. Look closely
and deliberately at the path
we are one, and then ask
o u rselv es th is crucial
question: Does this path
have a Heart, Body and
Spirit? I f it does, then it
is a g o o d p a th , if it
doesn’t, it is o f no use. In
our lives and in our songs
it talks about the heart,
body and spirit, as we all
are given, and the way we
live our lives is the same
way o f the songs we sing
and live by.
H ow many o f our in
cumbents in each district
follow or even participate
in our Culture and Tradi
tions? O ne thing I always
say is w e a re rich in Cul
ture only if qnly all o f our
leadership and m em ber
ship would come and be
lieve in our Religion that
has been given to us by
the one above w ho has
given us life. I am o f ser
vice to children, elders,
community on a daily ba
sis and am proud to say I
am Warm Springs, Wasco
and Paiute. Leadership
needs to be by example
and the T ribal C ouncil
and Management need to
m ake th e n eed ed cuts
from the Top Down! As
tribal attorneys and hiring
staff attorneys o f which
we have qualified m em
bers to. serve in that ca
pacity. Areas outside the
reservation have opened
up n u m ero u s business
ventures which we could
have done and brought
jobs to W arm Springs.
F aceb o o k o p en ed data
center #7 , and Apple pur
chased land to operate a
d ata c e n te r, all in
Prineville. We could have
done the same on lease,
provided jobs and partial
ownership in those com
panies. We could have a
travel center to accommo
date trucks and numerous
travelers th at pass th ru
our reservation, selling gas
at a true rate instead o f
the gouging prices we pay.
I f your actions inspire
o th ers to dream m ore,
learn m ore, do more, and
becom e m ore, then you
are a leader.
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percent Tribal Members. For
employment status, I believe
in practicing seniority. I also
plan to maintain these prac
tices.
Tribal Council’s prim ary
duty is to ensure all o f the
trib e’s assets are protected
and maintained. At the same
time, Council has an obliga
tio n to ensure in p u t from
tribal membership is included
in the decision-making pro
cess. My first goal will be to
ensure all m atters are dealt
with according to the consti
tution and by-laws. Next, tar
get issues that subsist within
the reservation which include:
travel (is travel necessary, fea
sible, cost-effective?), tribal
spending $25,000-plus shall
be handled by popular refer
endum, enforcement o f 8363
tribal m em ber preference,
cultural preservation, sensible,
effective protection o f our
n a tu ra l re so u rc e s, ex
panded housing for tribal
members, animal control,
job creation and the list
continues,
My family has a history
o f leadership w ithin the
tribe. My father, A lfred
S m ith Sr., se rv e d as
Wasco Chief, at the same
time was head o f hunting
and fishing (see W asco
M eeting M inutes dated
O ctober 13,1988), served
as Tribal C ourt Judge for
th e T rib al C o u rt, and
served on the N inth Tribal
Council. My sister, late
Rita Squiemphen, served
on T rib a l C o u n cil fo r
seven term s. M ore re
cently, my brother Alfred
S m ith Jr. o b ta in e d th e
W asco C h ieftain sh ip .
Alfred also operates a suc
cessful business, i
H ard w ork, com m on
sense, honesty, business
sense and experience and
being fair are qualities I
bring to the table. I en
courage all tribal members
21 years, and older to ex
ercise your right to vote.
Let your voice be heard.
The talking is done. I ’m
ready to do something—
take action. Are you ready
for change? Vote Wissie
Smith for Twenty-Sixth
Tribal Council!
T h an k you fo r your
time. Respectfully,
W is sie S m ith .
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My n am e is W issie
Robert Smith. I am hon
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run for the Twenty-Sixth
Tribal Council. I am en
ro lle d
W a sco /W arm
Springs an d my In d ian
name is Xuptawit. My par
ents were the late Alfred
and Lucinda (Scott) Smith.
My was the late Patricia
S tn ith , w h o p a sse d in
1990. My ch ild ren are:
A ld red in e, Ava an d
Glendon Smith and grand
children: Kecia and Koedy
Florendo.
In 1967, I began work
in the w oods u n d er the
supervision o f my brother,
late R ussell S m ith , o f
R ussell Sm ith Logging.
T hen
1969-1980,
I
worked for the late Zane
Jackson, w ho served on
Tribal Council and oper
ated an independent log
ging business. In 1981 fo
p re s e n t, .1 sta rte d my
owned as an independent
logging contractor. Over
the years my business has
expanded to road ripping,
snow plowing, wild land fire
rehab, road building, cul
vert work, and brush pil
ing. This expansion has also
led to sub-contracting with
the following tribal mem
b er logging com panies:
Brunoe Logging, Tom Cat
Logging and Alfred Smith
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J o n a th a n S m ith
H ello , my n am e is
Jonathan. W. Smith and I
am a nom inee for Tribal
Council in the Agency D is
trict. I am the son o f Janice
S m ith
an d
W illiam
L eonard, although I was
raised b y my grandparents
Milan Smith Sr. and Eliza
beth David. I would like to
thank Mary Tohet for her
nomination and I, am hon
ored and privileged to be
considered for the office.
E x cep t fo r th e th ree
years working for the O r
egon D epartm ent o f Fish
and Wildlife, I have lived
my entire life here on the
W arm Springs R eserva
tion. During my time here
I have worked and occu
pied a variety o f capacities
for our tribal government,
I have learned a lot about
our tribal department per
sonnel and the people who
manage them.
H aving been hired as
blue collar worker, to be
ing an assistant manager for
a S6 million fisheries facil
ity, I have witnessed a lot
6 f good things and positive
developments in the Tribal
Natural Resources D epart
ment. From digging a ditch
in the production plant to
supervising the entire wet
side at Warm Springs Com
posite Products, I have wit
nessed th e com pany go
from the brink o f closing
its doors indefinitely, to
curren tly bein g a w orld
class fire-p ro o f m aterial
producer for some o f the
world’s largest skyscrapers.
W orking as a Forestry
Technician who was trained
in engineering, pre-sales,
sales, to being hired in the
terrible economic condi
tion that could possibly
result in the tribe taking a
slow downward plunge to
w ards a neg ativ e e c o
nomic and social disposi
tion, if we continue on our
current path. Some people
think things are okay and
the systeni is fine the way
it is---- 1 am n o t one o f
w oods as a k n o t bum per,
equipm ent operator, sawyer
in my younger years as a log
ger. Then being hired to clean
th e b o iler, o p e ra te heavy
equipment, clean and operate
stationary machinery at Warm
Springs Forest Products In
dustries, to then starting ma
jor changes in business opera
tions, enterprise direction and
management many years later
as a board o f directors mem
ber. From working as a Ford
Family Foundation Leader
ship Program student to be
ing Chairman o f the On-Res
ervation Fish and W ildlife
Committee, I have seen the
good and bad o f our politi
cal system and also the threats
to our Treaty sovereignty, and
culture.
I will not list all the things
I have completed in my short
fife that I believe may help
our tribe to continue to be
prosperous, self-sustaining,
self-efficient, sovereign, and
economically viable force in
the .coming century, but I do
w ant to please ask for your
consideration and support to
represent you as an Agency
District Tribal Council Mem
ber.
The stakes couldn’t be any
higher right now. We have a
these people!
I f we w ork together,
we can solve a lot o f these
issues. We need people
w ho can lead by example,
focus direction, develop
plans, navigate the politi
cal environm ent, and to
build a political coalition
to m ake pure the plans
are completed for the ben
efit o f th e peo p le as a
whole. We need someone
w ho has d em o n strated
they can do all this and can
also com m unicate w ith
our local community to be
engaged along every phase
o f the planning process.
N ow is the tim e we
start thinking o f the fu
tu re, o u r children, and
their children. It’s time we
start thinking about how
we should be taking care
o f one another and stew
ards o f the land we uti
lize for future generations.
It’s time to enhance and
protect our reserved ab
original rights as a tribe.
I believe we can do it.
We are the Confederated
Tribes o f Warm Springs
and we can do anything
we set o u r m in d s to.
Please vote for Jo n a th a n
W. S m ith in the Agency
D istrict and we can get
busy.