Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 27, 2015
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Chemawa Graduates ~ 2015
Veronica Garate
Jarron Lopez
Mitchell Lira
My congratulations to all
the students that attended
Chemawa Indian School this
year, you the students are the
life blood of the Chemawa
Community. To the gradu-
ates, may this be the first step
in your educational develop-
ment; you control your future
and destiny.
Best Wishes and Best of
Luck in the future.
Skwilleelii, Cheryl Jo
Sutterlee Stinnett
Jalen Graybael
Chemawa students Veronica Garate, Rheianna Wolfe,
Mitchell Lira and Nalani Brisbois meet with Sen. Ted
Ferrioli.
At Haskell
University
Clara Selam just
graduated from Haskell
University, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree
in American Indian
Studies. Clara’s parents
are Ernest Selam and
Patricia Smiskon-
Minthiorn. Her aunt is
Loretta Selam-White,
and her sister is Wilda.
During her time at
Haskell, Clara made the
Dean’s List and the
President’s List.
Congratulations to
Clara, from proud father
Ernest.
From OSU Extension
As the new Warm Springs
OSU Extension agriculture
agent, it is a priority of mine
to continue offering classes
and clinics that have been of-
fered in the past.
In February we held a
Bangs vaccination clinic for
cattle, and in May we helped
the Range and Ag Depart-
ment, Fay Hurtado and the
OSU Veterinary School host
a horse castration clinic.
We scheduled a Coggins
test and vaccination clinic for
April 30, only to have to can-
cel, as the USDA veterinar-
ian was called away to help
with the avian flu outbreak
in the Midwest.
It had been my hope that
we could reschedule this clinic
for late May when the USDA
veterinarian returned. Unfor-
tunately, the USDA veterinar-
ian will be held indefinitely in
the Midwest to fight the avian
flu outbreak which has killed
over 3 million birds.
Despite my best efforts,
no other government or
OSU vets are available at this
time. Horse owners will need
to make arrangements for
their horses with private vet-
erinarians off-reservation.
Community Garden
On a more positive note,
I have been working with
Edmund Francis, and have
purchased and planted seven
fruit trees in the Community
Garden.
We look forward to har-
vesting fruit from these trees
in the next couple of years.
And I will continue to of-
fer gardening classes and
work with Edmund on the
Community Garden. If you
have any gardening or agri-
culture questions, please feel
free to call us so we can help
you out.
Check out the new Warm
Springs Agriculture Facebook
page for news and informa-
tion on classes and agriculture
in general. Enjoy this nice
spring weather and hope your
garden is healthy and produc-
tive.
Scott Duggan
Courtesy Cheryl Jo Sutterlee Stinnett
Chemawa student Nalani Brisbois meets with Gov. Kate Brown during Tribal
Government Day. On hand also were Louie Pitt, Warm Springs Governmental Affairs
director (left), and Councilman Kahseuss Jackson.
Grads Night
Out at
Simnasho
The Simnasho Grads
Night Out Powwow will
be at the Simnasho
Longhouse this Wednes-
day, May 27.
High School seniors
from Maupin as well as
other seniors and their
families are invited to
participate with a potluck
dinner.
Families are also
asked to contribute
prizes for the games.
If you have ques-
tions, Captain Moody
has answers. Just swing
by to see him at Three
Warriors Market.
Spayne Martinez has graduated from the Academy of
Art University. She focused on the Photography program
at the university.
Spayne is the daughter of Urbana Ross and Dan
Martinez of Warm Springs.
S ummer T raining to R evive I ndigenous V ision and E mpowerment
June camp
set for
Peter’s Pasture
Camp Naimuma
will be at Peter’s Pasture
next month. The camp
is set for June 18-22.
Camp is open to the
first 50 boys and 50
girls who will have just
completed grades fifth
through eighth.
Scholarships are
available. There will be
scholarship workshops
Monday, June 8 thru
Friday, June 12 fom 4-
6 p.m. at the Culture
and Heritage Building.
The STRIVE Camp at the Central Oregon Community Col-
lege campus in Bend is coming up July 10-12.
STRIVE is open to students in grades 8-12 (minimum GPA
of 2.0). The camp is FREE because of our generous spon-
sors – Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Culture and Heri-
tage, a Minority Pipeline Grant, and COCC Native American
Programs.
Pick up applications at Tribal Administration/Higher Educa-
tion - Carroll Dick. Or contact Gina Ricketts, COCC Native Ameri-
can Program Coordinator, 541-318-3782. Or email:
rricketts@cocc.edu
The deadline to submit an application is June 10.
Warm Springs
Seekseequa
4202
Holliday St.
Simnasho
Schoolie Flat
Call 541-
615-0555