Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 23, 2015
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A Memorable Referendum
Community meeting
on Tesoro-Savage
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
The Election Board of the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs showed remarkable dedication during the
December 17 referendum. The election saw a record
turn-out of voters; and the Election Board team worked
over-time, skipping meals, and staying on the job from
early morning into election night. Board members
Beulah Tsumpti and Arlita Rhoan met with Tribal Council
after the referendum. With the increasing number of
tribal member voters, they said, the board may need
some help with future elections, and Council agreed.
Musician bringing home unique talent
M usical marvel Jeremy
Doney will perform in
March at the Welcome
Home Veterans event.
Jeremy, 26, is an
amazing pianist. He has
been blind since birth,
and has been playing
piano since he was 9.
He first began play-
ing while at the Oregon
School for the Blind.
When Jeremy’s natu-
ral talent became evi-
dent to the school staff,
they provided him with
formal lessons from
professional teachers.
Jeremy is the son of
Lenora Starr and Or-
lando Doney. He lived
Courtesy photo.
Jeremy Doney at keyboard
in Warm Springs until moving
to Salem.
His first public performance
was in 2001, at the Dis-
ability Employment
Awards Ceremony at the
State Capitol in Salem.
Over the past 15
years he has played
many concerts, including
at the Arlene Schnitzer
Hall in Portland.
The CD of Jeremy’s
piano music is In the
Garden.
If you are interested
in contacting Jeremy
about his performances,
or to obtain a CD of his
music, contact Susan
Guerin.
Or call Elizabeth
Reed Owens at 503-
428-8457.
Fitness winners
The November Fitness
Challenge was a great success.
This year the event was or-
ganized by the Community
Wellness Team and the Dia-
betes Prevention Program.
The team announced the
awards at the Dec. 11 lun-
cheon. The first-place winner
was Team Platypus from
Early Childhood Education.
Second place went to Fi-
nance from tribal administra-
tion. And third went to So-
cial Services. Everybody who
participates is a winner for
getting active and healthy.
“We thank you all for par-
ticipating—keep it up,” says
Montell Elliot, of Diabetes
Prevention.
Language award: teaching from k- through college
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Her
grandmothers
Madeline McInturff and
Gladys Thompson were flu-
ent speakers. Val heard native
speech from other elders in
the community as well,
Maryann Meanus, Beatrice
Scott, Adeline Miller and
Millie Colwash, for instance.
As a child Val would hear
the Kiksht words and
phrases—‘be careful,’ as an
example—and then later,
while studying the language,
she again came upon these
same words and phrases.
There are no longer any
fluent speakers of the Kiksht
language. But Culture and
Heritage has hundreds of
hours of the spoken language,
and there are teachers who
are dedicated to preserving
Kiksht.
They teach the language at
the Warm Springs Academy,
Madras High School, and at
Central Oregon Community
College. Among the three
schools, there are about 90
students of the language.
Baseball
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He was batting fourth or
fifth during the most recent
World Series tournament.
Andy is the adolescent af-
ter-care specialist and recov-
ery mentor at Community
Counseling. This is his sixth
On the Warm Springs Res-
ervation, the Numu language
has maybe one fluent speaker,
though there are speakers
among the Burns-Paiute.
The Ichishkeen language has
about 45 fluent speakers.
While away at school, Val
learned that many tribes in
the U.S. have no trace of their
languages. And this has helped
inspire her work at Culture
and Heritage.
Val first came to the Cul-
ture and Heritage Depart-
ment in 1996. She began as a
computer programmer, be-
came a teacher, and then lan-
guage coordinator. “But I
quickly found that I didn’t
have all the knowledge to
write successful grants,” Val
says.
So she went to Haskell
Indian Nations University in
Kansas, and then earned her
Master’s Degree in Global
Indigenous Language Studies
at the University of Kansas.
Val then came back to Warm
Springs, where she is director
of Culture and Heritage.
Shayleen Macy invites
the Warm Springs tribes
and community members
to join the fight against
“big oil” by attending the
Tesoro Savage Oil Termi-
nal hearing in Vancouver,
Wash.
The hearing will be on
January 5 at the Clark
County Event Center, at
the fairgrounds.
Shayleen is coordinat-
ing carpools to attend the
hearing.
She will host a commu-
nity meeting on Monday,
Dec. 28 starting at 6 p.m.,
at the community center
social hall. She explains the
points of discussion:
“The Tesoro Savage
Oil Terminal project, why
we are against it, how the
public hearing works,
what’s offensive about
the project to our treaty
rights, and the logistics of
travel for those who wish
to carpool.”
Shayleen adds, “Our
voices will have more of
an impact if we attend in
large numbers, and tell of-
ficials how this project di-
rectly affects our ability to
protect salmon habitat,
and by reminding them
that our treaty rights are
in opposition to the
Tesoro-Savage oil termi-
nal project’s interests.”
The Tesoro-Savage
project is proposed for the
Port of Vancouver.
The project would im-
port 360,000 barrels of
crude oil per day, to be
transported to refineries
on the West Coast.
“That’s more oil than
everyone in the entire
state of Oregon uses. To
be clear, this is not oil that
is needed for our con-
sumption in the Pacific
Northwest. Oregon and
Washington already have
our oil for consumer use
imported.”
New Year’s Eve at Simnasho
Simnasho will host a New
Year’s Eve Celebration and
Powwow, Thursday, Dec. 31,
at the Simnasho Longhouse.
Potluck dinner starts at 6
p.m, with Washat (one-seven),
and opening the floor.
The traditional powwow
and social dance, and games
start at 7:30 p.m.
Specials are a Mother and
Baby in Baby Board Recog-
nition; Men’s Round Bustle—
3 places; and Musical Bench
Championship of the World.
A Clown Dance Contest is at
11 p.m., with the cash prizes
for first-, second-, and third-
places.
Midnight—time to wel-
come the New Year, with song
and new foot prints around
the longhouse.
Everyone is welcome to
this family event, sponsored
by the members of the
Simnasho Community. For
more information contact
Captain, 541-553-7014.
Referendum
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The idea is so new that the
tribes will be making prece-
dents as the project goes
along. The federal response
will be a key question.
The tribes really are just
asking to be treated equally,
said Councilmen Reuben
Henry.
The people of the state of
Oregon voted to legalize
marijuana, and federal offi-
cials are respecting that deci-
sion, Councilman Scott
Moses said. Now the people
of the Confederated Tribes
have voted, and the same rule
should apply, he said.
Councilman Kahseuss
Jackson, and Councilwoman
Evaline Patt commended
Ventures, Election Board,
volunteers and tribal voters
for their participation in the
referendum.
A Birthday Wish...
year on the job. Before that
he worked at the Recreation
Department for 24 years.
For now he has some time
to think about making a run
at another Championship.
The 2016 season starts in
April.
We wish our daughter,
sister, auntie, cousin
Delberta Priscilia Williams
a Happy 14 th Birthday.
God has blessed us with
you, you’re special to us
all. Love,
Mom, Dad, Hilbert,
Har riet,
Raymond,
War ner Jr., your whole
fam bam.
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