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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Please vote yes for my
son, Rufino Arriel Galan,
to become a tribal mem-
ber on June 13.
Rufino is 6 years old.
He has lived in Warm
Springs all his life. He has
attended ECE and cur-
rently attends WS k-8.
Warm Springs is his
home, as it is mine and
always will be. I want my
son to enjoy the oppor-
tunities I have had being
an enrolled member of
the tribes.
Rufino’s grandparents
are Chris and LeRoy
Smith Sr. His great-
grandparents
were
Stanley and Dorothy
Smith. His great great
grandparents were Wesley
and Annie Smith.
Please vote Yes for
R u f i n o on June 13.
Thank you! ~
I am James Hance and
I was born on January 29
of 2000 in Bend. My
mother is Farrell Lucei.
My maternal grand-
mother is Hazel T.
Saligan, and my maternal
grandfather is (unknown).
My matneral great grand-
mother is Janice M. Lucei.
My maternal great grand-
father is Nor man E.
Lucei.
I want to be a tribal
member so when family
need wood to cut I will
be able to do it. When
there is no meat in the
freezer I will be able to
go hunt and fish. I will be
able to do this when my
family is in need or of
they are sick. I will be able
to go on the back roads
without having to have a
tribal member with me.
Sincerely,
James Hance.
Myles Davis
Izeyah Frutos Lopez
Murray Blaine is the
son of Casandra Moses
and Jered Moses (step-
father), grandson of
Angelina Sorrelhorse and
great grandson of Jeff
and Shirley Sanders.
Murray is very active in
the community with
sports and cultural
events. Murray has been
in many sports such as
karate, soccer, t-ball and
football. He has also at-
tended the AIS (Autni
Ichishkeen Sapsikw’at)
school for a few years
and continues to learn
our language and culture.
Murray does well in
school and his new pas-
sion is raising chickens.
Murray is a grass dancer
and loves to powwow.
Murray is a fast learned
and he is eager to learn
more traditions.
Jered has been a great
influence on Murray and
his siblings by teaching
them to work hard, how
Hello, my name is Lea
sally Littleleaf-Kirk,
daughter of Charles
Littleleaf-Kirk, grand-
daughter of Lolita Greeley,
great granddaughter of
Merle Scott and James
Greeley.
I am 26, an artist and
business owner. I live in
Portland. I have worked
very hard to become the
woman I am today.
I would like to become
a member of the Warm
Springs tribe to connect
with my family, the lands
of our ancestors, and to
the future of this tribe, its
languages and traditions
and people.
To grow as a person,
educate myself further,
to help keep traditions
safe, to inspire and teach.
To give love and empa-
thy and respect where its
needed.
Please vote for all!
Lea Sally
My name is Jansen
Cody Harrington. I am
12 years old, in the sixth
grade and have lived in
Madras all my life.
My mother is Lori
Sue Smith. She is a tribal
member of War m
Springs. My father is Jean
D. Harrington and he is
a tribal member of the
Klamath tribe and he is
deceased. My grandfa-
ther is Stanley “Buck”
Smith Jr. on the Wasco
side and my grandfather
is
Richard
Dick
Harrington Sr. on the
Klamath side.
I am active in football,
basketball and baseball,
and could possibly be
your upcoming Native
American pro basketball
player.
I am interested in be-
ing adopted into your
tribe because I would like
to learn my Native Ameri-
can culture and continue
practicing my hunting and
fishing rights. I have been
feeding horses and cattle
with Grandpa Buck,
Uncle Jason and Uncle
Butch; I also help cut
wood. I want to continue
learning the reservation
lifestyle because it’s in my
blood.
My family is presently
getting a homesite on the
reservation. If you vote
to adopt me, I will make
you proud of me. Jansen
Cody Harrington.
Hi, My name is
Melanie Adams. My
mother was Shielyn Calica,
and my grandparents are
Wanda Calica and
Raymond Tsumpti. I am
very proud of my Wasco
descendancy, and I have
lived in Warm Springs on
and off my entire life.
Warm Springs always has
and will be my home,
which is why I would like
to be recognized as a
Shielyn Calica Adams
with her children Troy
Jr., Raymond, Melanie
and Mariah.
tribal member. Thank you.
Melanie Adams.
Nakomis Rivera
to fish and hunt, as well
as how to take care and
process fish and meat.
Murray loves living in his
home here in War m
Springs, and has accli-
mated to his surround-
ings. His friends and fam-
ily have strong ties here,
and as a parent I wouldn’t
want to have my children
grow up anywhere else.
This is our home, this
is where we belong and
this is where our family
is.
Vote on June 13!
The Tribal
Adoption
Election
The polling place at the
Community Center will be
open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Jaihline Rodriguez
I am Raymond
Adams, and I would like
to get enrolled in the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, because
all my family is here and
I’ve lived in War m
Springs and Simnasho
as a child. And I would
like to now be recog-
nized as a Warm Springs
member.
Raymond Adams
Camp Naimuma is
June 12-16 at HeHe.
It’s open to the first 50
boys and 50 girls who
apply. Camp is open
to youth currently in
grades 6-8. The reg-
istration deadline is
June 10 th . For infor-
mation talk to Deanie
Smith at Culture &
Heritage.
Starlaina Lawson
Kira Langnese-Cook
June 8, 2016
Our names are Joseph
Alexander Chaplin and
Charles Chaplin. Our
mother is Dawn Osmond
and we would like to re-
ceive your vote to be en-
rolled into the Confeder-
ated Tribes of War m
Springs. We are descen-
dants of Jeannette Brunoe
and Delores Garcia. It has
been a long dream of ours
to become tribal mem-
bers, and to be part of
something so great and to
help continue the tradition
of Warm Springs is an
honor.
We are Wasco Indian
and grew up in War m
Springs. We both went to
elementary school here
and lived at 1302 Eagle
Way for most of our lives.
I remember playing tee
ball for Fire and Safety
and going to Pi-Ume-Sha,
listening to 8 Ball do his
thing on the microphone,
and playing craps with
Lyell at the Longnouse. We
Laki Aiden Jones is my
great grandson, and I feel
it is important for me to
write in behalf of him to
become a tribal member.
He is descendant to
Oits Johnson, Paiute
leader of the 78 Paiutes
who returned to the
Warm Springs Reserva-
tion in 1878. Oits was
married
to
Sarah
Johnson, and they had a
son, Mark Johnson, who
married Sallie Johnson.
Mark fathered four chil-
dren, Una, Addie, Orin
and Luella. Una would
have been Laki’s great-
great-great grandmother.
Una Johnson and Johnnie
Tewee had a son,
Raymond Johnson Sr.
Raymond Johnson Sr.,
Paiute Chief, would have
been Laki’s great-great
grandfather. Raymond
(Tape) Johnson married
Rosanna Charley and had
several children, one be-
ing me, Myra Johnson-
Orange. I had children,
one being Sandra
Johnson-Perez, now mar-
ried to Isidro Perez.
Their daughter, Alaina
Johnson Jones is now
married to Isaac Jones,
and are the parents to
Laki.
Laki was born at Ma-
dras and has been resid-
ing within the boundaries
of Warm Springs since
birth. I have taken the
time to raise my grand-
have tried several times as
children to get enrolled
but we were too young to
voice our thoughts about
being adopted. With all
this being said, we need
your help as tribal mem-
bers to vote for us when
the time comes.
We will always con-
sider War m Springs
home. Thank you for
reading this and please
help us accomplish our
life-long goal, which is to
be members of the Con-
federated Tribes and con-
tinue our legacy as Native
Americans.
Joseph Alexander
Chaplin and Charles
Chaplin
children, knowing who
they are and where they
come from. My grand-
children, who now will
include Lake, are taught
and exposed to the three
cultures and languages of
our reservation.
Laki is one-eighth
War m Springs blood,
Paiute, Sahaptin, Colville,
Yakama and Umatilla. I
believe that it is very very
important that Laki learn
his heritage and where he
is from, so that he will be
identified as a War m
Springs tribal member.
He will learn much of
that by belonging to a
place and being grounded
and stable in his personal
life. So please submit his
name for adoption. As all
can see, Laki will have
open opportunity to learn
his bloodline, languages
and traditions of the
Warm Springs Reserva-
tion. Respectfully submit-
ted,
Myra Johnson-Or-
ange.
We are submitting
our son Laki Aiden Jones
for adoption into the
Confederated Tribes. I,
Alaina Johnson-Jones,
tribal member, have re-
sided on the reservation
all my life.
It is important to us
and to Laki to belong to
this tribe, as we all need
to belong and obligate
ourselves to a place. We
believe Laki has oppor-
tunities to learn his lan-
guages and traditions that
will strengthen his heri-
tage, therefore opening
his opportunities to give
back to the tribe when he
grows to adulthood.
We appreciate your at-
tention and consideration
regarding the future of
our son, Laki Aiden Jones.
With respect, Alaina
Johnson-Jones ,
mother.
Adoption into the Con-
federated Tribes of warm
Springs would be a great
privilege to me. It has al-
ways been my hope to
one day obtain tribal
membership status so that
I can become a fully rec-
ognized member of the
War m Springs tribe.
Membership will allow me
to become a fully Native
member of the tribe.
Membership will also al-
low me to strengthen my
link with my heritage as
my family has always en-
couraged me to maintain,
as well as foster, my bond
with the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
By obtaining member-
ship status with Warm
Springs, I would strive to
promote the cultural, so-
cial and economic well
being of the War m
Springs people and their
community.
Laura Manion