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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 30, 2016
Simnasho District candidates
Orthelia Patt
Fir of all is to thank
the Education Commit-
tee for bring forth the
partnership project be-
tween the Tribe and state
agencies. Especially the
state agency meeting with
the school board on the
high drop-out rate, sus-
pensions and expulsions.
Thankful the partner-
ship will make efforts to
include our Indian lan-
guages, and possibly in-
clude more meaningful
classes for Native Ameri-
can students.
Charles ‘Jody’ Calica
We need to seek fed-
eral grant funds for more
reservation-wide employ-
ment and training projects
for both women and men.
With the continued bud-
get reduction there has to
be cost-cutting accom-
plished without interrupt-
ing the public service de-
partments such as the
Warm Springs Police De-
partment, Water Manage-
ment, Utilities and Fire
and Safety departments.
Orthelia Patt
I volunteered to serve
our country, from 1965 to
1968, as a U.S. Navy com-
bat veteran during the Viet
Nam War.
While tragic, it was an
excellent lesson in witness-
ing personal sacrifices for
a greater good.
I was also grateful to
serve as the BIA superin-
tendent at the Northern
Idaho Agency, working with
the Nez Perce, Coeur
D’Alene and Kootenai
tribes, until I was asked to
return to serve as the sec-
retary-treasurer of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
My career has been dedi-
cated to education, ensuring
the health, safety and wel-
fare of our community, our
youth, and our natural re-
sources, while respecting
our traditional and spiri-
tual values and the pres-
ervation of tribal sover-
eignty.
I faithfully served our
people and our reserva-
tion for 37 years, starting
in 1976 until retiring in
2014.
If there is a need or
an opportunity that I
might further serve our
people and our commu-
nity, let that be the will of
the Creator and a vote of
our people.
Charles Jody Calica
Raymond Tsumpti Sr.
I want to thank Janice
Clements for the nomina-
tion to be the district’s rep-
resentative. Also, thank
you to Neda Wesley for
the second.
Every three years, the
three districts offer their
best candidates to repre-
sent them. I have had the
honor to sit with the best
minds and most respected
representatives that the
tribes have to offer. We
often came together and
made some difficult deci-
sions on behalf of the
tribes, and more impor-
tantly for the generations
yet to come.
Our important docu-
ments, such as the 1855
Treaty, the Constitution
and By-laws, Corporate
Charter and the Declara-
tion of Sovereignty, have
played a large part in com-
ing to good decisions, in
protecting the future and
our sovereignty.
I have stated this term
has been a challenging ef-
fort, by that I mean there
was total disrespect to our
major documents and to
other members of Tribal
Council. This disrespectful
attitude demonstrated a pure
lack of knowing and under-
standing of traditional val-
ues and the foresight to look
out for future generations,
as past representatives had
done.
There was a term spoken
in a tone that I have not
heard in 50 or 55 years, that
would be “north-ender.” It
sug gests that “north-
enders” are less than equal
to the rest of the member-
ship. I for one am proud
to be a north-ender.
It’s a shame that a
handful of people would
resort to outside campaign
smear tactics. They forget
that we are a tight-knit
community. The only
people they hurt are them-
selves and their family
members, whom I feel
sorry for.
We all know who these
people are. They’re hoping
that I respond to their
childish school-yard bully-
ing tactics.
Whatever the outcome
of the election, I want to
thank my district for their
confidence to be their rep-
resentative for seven
terms.
To that I wish all the
good, mature-minded can-
didates well in their goal to
be a representative of the
tribes.
Respectfully,
Raymond C. Tsumpti
Sr.
Priscilla Frank
My name is Priscilla
Frank, enrolled member
with the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
I have lived on the res-
ervation all my life. My
parents were Delbert
Frank Sr. and Celia
McKinley Frank, both
enrolled members of
War m Springs. I have
three sons (one daughter
is deceased), ten grand-
children, and ten great
grandchildren.
I am now a retired em-
ployee from the Warm
Springs departments and
enterprises, where I spent
many years of enjoyable
employment, a few as
manager, supervisor or in
a key position.
After retirement ten
years ago, I went on to
serve the tribes on the
Warm Springs Casino and
Resort Enterprise (three
terms), the Warm Springs
Housing Commission,
Land Use Committee, and
Culture and Heritage
Committee. My commit-
ment and ambition have
always been to be a stra-
tegic team player of a dy-
namic working body of
the tribes—good decision-
making does prove to be
fruitful for the tribes.
I have lived among a
few Warm Springs Tribal
Council people of past
years, who were visionaries.
My foundation of strong,
firm values and work ethics
developed from models in
tribal decision-making, Isaac
McKinley (Ida McKinely
household), Delbert Frank Sr.,
Jacob Frank Sr., Olney Patt
Sr., Harold Culpus, and many
more leaders of this tribe.
My vision is to become
an active and committed par-
ticipant among my tribal
membership, for youth, par-
ents and elders. The core of
strong support is our tribal
members with many valu-
able ideas directed at suc-
cessful results, ownership
and involvement, with a firm
focus on long-term positive
results.
We are now in a very chal-
lenging position, nationally,
regionally, and tribally. There
are many perspectives to be
taken into account.
My focus is contribut-
ing to progressively move
forward. Education,
knowledge and experience
have been mileposts of
successful results for the
tribes.
Tribal members of
Warm Springs have been
resilient, even during de-
pression days. Transpar-
ency creates ownership by
active participation and
fir m strong systems
among the investors.
One person cannot be
all of a well functioning
system. A body has many
branches with different
functions to operate prop-
erly. Achievement re-
quires all investors.
A long range plan can
provide actual results in a
reasonable time frame
with the least cost, with re-
view of measurable re-
sults.
Everlasting successful
results can happen with
endurable commitment.
Our reserved documents
have served our tribes
well, and have served to
protect how the tribes
have functioned success-
fully. Let us all join hands
as Indian people and be
strong in long-term suc-
cessful results.
Priscilla Frank
Sylvester ‘Sal’ Sahme
In me’ nai moo ma’,
my name is Wa’ticks na’
ckit, I was named after
my grandmother Millie
Queahpama’s father,
Chief of the Tygh Valley
Tye cch’ pums. I am a 70-
year-old grandson of
Frank Queahpama. My
grandfather was the
Warm Springs Chief at
the time our Constitution
and By-laws were adopted
in 1937.
I spent my school
years attending the
Simnasho School, gradu-
ating from Madras High.
I have a bachelor’s degree
from the University of
Minnesota. Before retir-
ing I worked for our tribal
membership for over 40
years. I earned my
Master’s Degree while
working full time, writing
our tribes’ first health
plan. The plan (my
Master’s Thesis) led to the
building of our health
clinic. Our number on
health issue was alcohol-
ism. Today alcohol is still
the drug of choice, with
meth a close second.
As a young health de-
partment manager and
planner, the secretary-
treasurer and Tribal
Council directed me to
use the data and research
from our plan to prepare
our Council’s testimony
for the appropriations
hearings held in Washing-
ton, D.C.
The results of our tes-
timony were alcohol treat-
ment and program funds
for our people, and a full
funded staffing package
to run our new clinic. To-
day we still hear our sis-
ter Northwest tribes say
how envious they are of
our staff and program
funding.
My work and traveling
with the Council taught
me how to develop our
tribes’ tribal, state and fed-
eral health care funding
and program unmet needs
and position statements. The
Council demonstrated to me
how to promote and win sup-
port with the counties, state
and tribes, especially ATNI,
NCAI and other national In-
dian organizations. During
these trips, we always came
back with new health, edu-
cation and economic devel-
opment resources for our
people. This made our qual-
ity of life and times good.
We all see and feel what’s
happening to our govern-
ment and the effect it has on
our people. We’re not on the
cutting edge of tribal health
care or leading Indian Coun-
try in economic develop-
ment.
I’d like to help bring those
good times back to all of our
people.
Within the next three
years we need to compact/
contract all IHS health fund-
ing and programs. I believe
it’s time for our people to
take complete control of our
health. We are responsible,
smart and self-supporting
people. The Health and Wel-
fare Committee is on record
recommending an IHS com-
pact to the present Council.
During my time on the
Health and Welfare Commit-
tee, I was told we have $30
million in health fund sav-
ings, and no plan on what to
do. I can help plan how to
use these savings and lead
compacting all IHS staff and
programs.
I have also worked as an
economic development di-
Have you heard about the Personal
Health Record? What? The Personal
Health Record, or PHR. What’s that?
The new IHS Personal Health
Record provides patients with access
to their own medical records.
Patients who choose to sign up for
an account will be able to view their own
health information online, securely.
This includes reviewing lab results,
rector. I helped build the
Simnasho Store and Com-
modity Food building. My
work in business and eco-
nomic development con-
tributed to the Oregon
Tourism Commission’s
Creative Tourism Devel-
opment Award for a sus-
tainable tourism plan.
Our people have a
tool to create jobs using
our natural resources.
This means our people
working and earning a
decent living wage. These
jobs would transport,
guide and control visitor
access and guest services,
and contribute to the
management of our natu-
ral resources.
One of the biggest
challenges we face is
working together. We
need community and eco-
nomic decisions that help
all our people. As stated
in our Declaration of
Sovereignty:
Ultimate sovereignty is
vested in our people, who
received that sovereign
authority in the forms of
laws given by the Creator
and by the land itself. Our
people have delegated
only limited authority to
the Tribal Council and
have reserved the rest of
our national sovereignty
to ourselves.
Our membership must
have a say and play a criti-
cal role in decisions that
affect our future. We
have the tools and plans.
We have retired seniors
who’ve had my experi-
ence of being mentored
by past senior managers
and Councils. I’m will to
share and teach what I’ve
learned. We don’t have to
create a new tribal mem-
ber leadership and men-
tor program or an eco-
nomic development strat-
egy. We have the tools
and resources.
Sylvester
‘Sal’
Sahme.
learning about their medications, veri-
fying the accuracy of their medical
records, and downloading a copy of
their health information.
Patients will also be able to email
their health care team through the sys-
tem.
Sign up at phr.ihs.gov
Or stop by the clinic for a brochure
on the new Personal Health Record.