Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
January 6, 2016
Vol. 41, No. 1
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Keeyana demonstrates traditional talent during pageant.
Keeyana is planning to attend the
University of Oregon after she
graduates from high school. She
plans to study linguistics.
Keeyana has been around the
Native languages for several years,
as her grandmother and other elder
relatives are speakers.
Keeyana is the fortieth Miss
Warm Springs, carrying on a tra-
dition that began in 1955, when
the tribes were celebrating the
One-Hundred Year Anniversary
of the Treaty of 1855.
After the inaugural year in
1955, the Miss Warm Springs
pageant was not held again until
1969. At that time, atwai Dor-
othy ‘Pebbles’ George was se-
lected as Miss Warm Springs.
Since then, the pageant has been
held annually with few excep-
tions.
Suzanne Slockish Mc-
Connville was Miss War m
Springs 2015, and presented the
title to Keeyana at the Decem-
ber 28 pageant.
Miss Warm Springs serves as
a cultural ambassador for the
Confederated Tribes, and is a
role model for the community.
She speaks at public functions
in the community, regionally and
nationally.
She attends local events like
the Lincoln’s Birthday Day and
Pi-Ume-Sha powwows, and par-
ticipates in Museum at Warm
Springs functions, other tribal
enterprise gatherings, as well as
regional and national confer-
ences. Many of the titleholders
compete annually in the Miss In-
dian World pageant.
(More on the pageant on page 5.)
Member comments needed on tribal logo
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Spring is in the process of
updating the tribal website, currently
found at:
www.warmsprings.com
Those working on the project
have also talked about the tribal
logo, and whether it should be up-
dated or changed.
The current tribal logo is used
on a variety of things including the
website, letterhead, business cards
and printed materials like reports.
In some cases, branches have
used the tribal logo on vehicles or
signage, and the logo is often in-
cluded on t-shirts for community
events.
Over the years, the logo quality
has decreased, and it is not used
uniformly throughout the organiza-
tion.
Through the process of devel-
oping the website, the tribal logo
files are being updated to address
these issues by providing uniform
files and electronic templates for
letterhead, business cards and
PowerPoint presentations, to name
a few.
The logo will also be included on
the new tribal website. Note that no
changes are being proposed to the
tribal flag.
In December, Tribal Council re-
viewed two updated logos. Option
2 (above) reflects modifications to
the original logo and a color change.
A third option was presented that
included three fisherman along the
Columbia River. Tribal Council re-
quested that this logo be changed
to reflect one fisherman, which is
now reflected in Option 3 (above
center).
Tribal Council requested that the
change to the tribal logo be taken
to the people for feedback. Option
1 (above at right) reflects the origi-
nal logo.
Tribal members are being asked
to review the three logos, and
choose the one they like the most.
The goal is to receive the feed back
by January 24.
Following that date, feedback will
be collated and presented to the
Tribal Council for a final decision.
To give your feedback online, go
ECR WSS
Postal Patron
U.S. Postage
PRSRT STD
Warm Springs, OR 97761
January – Wiyak’ik’ila – Winter - Anm
Miss Warm Springs 2016 Keeyana Yellowman
Being Miss Warm Springs
was something Keeyana
Yellowman had wanted to do
for some years. “I’ve always
looked up to the former Miss
Warm Springs, especially my
mom,” Keeyana was saying re-
cently.
Her mom is Merle Kirk, and
her dad is Virgil Yellowman.
Keeyana is a former Miss Jun-
ior Warm Springs, and Little
Miss Warm Springs.
The Pageant judges last week
at the Agency Longhouse chose
her to represent the tribes as
Miss Warm Springs 2016.
Keeyana, 18, is a senior at
Madras High School. She is a
co-founder, and now co-presi-
dent of the Warm Springs
Youth Council, advocating the
interests of young people in the
community.
The Council’s most recent
project was a toy drive that
brought in many Christmas pre-
sents for local families.
During the Miss War m
Springs Pageant, Keeyana per-
formed a hand drum song that
she had written. The song, in
the Ichishkeen language, “is
about having a good heart while
being around our children,”
Keeyana says.
“My grandma Mildred
Queampts helped me with the
translation.”
PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
to: bit.ly/1PGyTFd
If you need a paper version of
this form, or for further inquiries,
contact: alert@wstribes.org
The options
To be eligible to participate, you
must be 16 or over, a member of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, and submit your tribal ID
number and voting district. All sub-
missions will be verified.
Only one vote is allowable per
tribal member, and can be cast
online at the site above, or by pa-
per form. Paper forms are also
available at the management office
at the tribal administration building.
Please submit to the management
office by the posted deadline, Janu-
ary 24.
Here are the logo options and
descriptions:
Option 1 - The current tribal
logo contains three teepees, rep-
resenting the three tribes of the
Confederacy, the Warm Springs,
Wasco and Paiutes. Contained in
the teepees are blue lines, rep-
resenting water (or rivers) and
circles, representing the sun.
Option 2 - This logo is a
modified version of the origi-
nal logo that includes a new color
palette and modifications within
the teepee. This logo includes
“1855” as a reference to the
1855 Treaty with the Tribes of
Middle Oregon which created
the Warm Springs Indian Res-
ervation.
Option 3 - This is a newly
designed logo of a man fishing
along the Columbia River. The
logo connects the tribe to the
Columbia River and one of our
primary means of traditional
subsistence, fishing. This logo
includes “1855” as a reference
to the 1855 Treaty with the
Tribes of Middle Oregon which
created the Warm Springs In-
dian Reservation.
BIA update
on petition
to change
Constitution
Warm Springs BIA Agency Su-
perintendent John Halliday met with
Tribal Council this week, regarding
the petition calling for a vote on
tribal Constitutional amendments.
Mr. Halliday said he would for-
ward the petition signatures and pro-
posed Constitutional changes to the
BIA Regional office on Monday
afternoon, Jan. 4.
Regional Director Stan Speaks
would then make a decision on the
election by January 15. If Mr.
Speaks determines the petition is
valid, with enough signatures, then
the BIA would conduct an election
within 90 days from Jan. 15.
The petition calls for a number
of changes to the Tribal Constitu-
tion. Some of the proposed changes
are related, and would be voted on
together. Proposed changes that
stand alone would be subject to
separate ballots, Mr. Halliday said.
The idea, he said, is to avoid a
situation where the election results
create a contradiction.
The group that circulated the
petition last year submitted a total
of 1,290 signatures to the BIA. A
minimum of about 1,183 signatures
is necessary to call for the vote.
See PETITION on 2
Project update
Ventures,
Council
work on
next phase
Tribal Council and Warm Springs
Ventures are meeting this week to
discuss the next steps in the cannabis
production project.
One item on the agenda will be
development of regulations that the
tribes will implement in the opera-
tion of the facility.
This will demonstrate that the
tribes will meet or exceed state regu-
lations that apply to non-tribal grow-
ing operations, said Don Sampson,
Ventures chief executive officer.
State and federal officials “are
saying that if we can meet or ex-
ceed the state standards, then they
are prepared to work with us,” Mr.
Sampson said. “We intend to be
transparent, and to work closely
with the state and Department of
Justice.”
Along with a meeting with Tribal
Council, Ventures is also planning
in January to meet with officials
from the Department of Justice.
See PROJECT on 3