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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
MHS Graduation
Resolution of Tribal Council
Indian Child
Welfare Act
Patti Tanewasha/Spilyay
Poncho Medina and the rest of the Madras High School Class of 2014 received
their diplomas at the commencement ceremony last Saturday.
Fond farewell at Warm Springs Elementary
by Sue Matters
KWSO
Long time Warm Springs
Elementary School teacher
Vicki Moore is retiring as a
full-time teacher this year.
Ms. Moore grew up in
Dayville, so when she moved
to Warm Springs in 1984 she
was already used to living in
a small rural community.
Over the years, Ms. Moore
says, technology has changed
in the classroom, and that’s
been a little bit of a learning
curve for teachers.
The past few years she has
really enjoyed working to-
gether with other teachers in
her same grade level. These
teaching teams join together
weekly to review and refine
curriculum, come up with
strategies and lend each other
support and ideas.
Ms. Moore has lived
longer in Warm Springs than
anywhere else in her life. She
has really enjoyed her time on
Birth
Takoda Frank Hatathli
Terence Gene Hatathli
and Shayla Francine Smith of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
son Takoda Frank Hatathli,
born on June 6, 2014.
Takoda joins brother
Trevyn, age 21 months.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Rose Dele
and Thomas Hatathli, of Ariz.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Shirley
Eder of Montana, and
Frank Smith of Warm
Springs.
Deer Ridge
planning
powwow
The annual Deer
Ridge Correctional In-
stitution Powwow is
coming up August.
Drummers and danc-
ers welcome.
Background
checks must be com-
pleted for all who
would like to attend.
Contact Tim Woods
to find out more: 541-
325-5617.
June 11, 2014
Whereas the Indian
Child Welfare Act
(ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §
1903(4), defines an “In-
dian child” as “any un-
married person who is
under age eighteen and is
either (a) a member of
an Indian tribe or (b) is
eligible for membership
in an Indian tribe and is
the biological child of a
member of an Indian
tribe”; and,
Whereas the Tribal
Council is aware that
some state courts have
questioned whether chil-
dren who are not eligible
for automatic enrollment
under Article III, Section
2, of the Tribal Consti-
tution and By-Laws, and
War m Springs Tribal
Code (WSTC) 120.300,
but who are eligible for
enrollment by adoption
under Article III, Section
3, of the Tribal Consti-
tution and WSTC
120.800, are “eligible for
membership” in the Tribe
under ICWA if they don’t
currently meet all of the
requirements for adop-
tion; and,
Whereas the Tribe has
the exclusive authority to de-
termine who is eligible for
membership in the Tribe,
and the Tribal Council views
children who meet the blood
quantum and descendent re-
quirements for enrollment
by adoption as eligible for
enrollment under ICWA be-
cause the child may one day
become a member of the
Tribe if the child meets the
other requirements for en-
rollment by adoption; and,
Whereas the Tribal
Council believes it is neces-
sary to add a provision to the
Warm Springs Tribal Code
to make it clear that the
Tribe views these children as
eligible for enrollment under
ICWA; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reser-
vation of Oregon, pursuant
to Article III and Article V,
Section 1(l) and (u), of the
Tribal Constitution and By-
Laws, that the Tribal Coun-
cil hereby amends WSTC
360.500 as follows (amend-
ment represented by addi-
tional underlined text):
Applicability of Indian
Child Welfare Act. The pro-
visions of the Indian
Child Welfare Act, 25
U.S.C. § 1901, et seq., ap-
ply to certain state court
child custody proceedings
involving juveniles who
are enrolled or eligible for
enrollment in the Warm
Springs Tribes. A juvenile
who has the blood quan-
tum necessary for auto-
matic enrollment or en-
rollment by adoption un-
der Article III of the
Warm Springs Constitu-
tion (as amended) and
who has a biological par-
ent who is enrolled in the
Warm Springs Tribes is
eligible for enrollment for
the purposes of the ap-
plication of the Indian
Child Welfare Act. Under
the jurisdictional provi-
sions of the Indian Child
Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §
1911, the Warm Springs
Tribes may intervene in
or seek to transfer juris-
diction of applicable state
court child custody pro-
ceedings; and,
Be it further resolved
by the Tribal Council that
the amendment to WSTC
360.500 set forth above
are effective immediately.
(Resolution no. 11,866)
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Teacher Vicki Moore
teacher row, and her connec-
tion to the Warm Springs
families and kids and the
community. “This will always
feel like home,” she says.
Although this will be the
first fall in 30 years that she
won’t be working full time,
she does look forward getting
some classroom time in as a
substitute at the new K-8
Academy.
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