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My name is Jaihline
Yaida Ramirez. My given
Indian
name
is
“Smalahne.” My parents
are Joy Ramirez (Soto)
and Jose Ramirez. My
maternal grandmother is
Yvonne Tapedo (Arthur),
my maternal great grand-
parents were McKinley
and Jessie Arthur. I am 11
years old and in the sixth
grade. I am part of the
TAG program in school,
and play soccer and bas-
ketball for run.
Most people here in
Warm Springs know me
by “Chacha.” I enjoy bak-
ing, and go around in the
community meeting
people, making new
friends and selling my
baked goods. I beadwork
alongside my family, and
love to go to the pow-
wows and dance. I am a
traditional dancer, and I
love the feeling when I’m
My name is Carlos
Jesse Reynoso Jr. My
mother is Joy Ramirez
(Soto), my maternal
grandmother is Yvonne
Tapedo (Arthur) and my
maternal grandparents
were McKinley and Jessie
Arthur. I am 25 years old
and this is my third time
being on the War m
Springs tribal adoption
list. I’m hoping that the
time is here, and that I
can finally call myself a
War m Springs tribal
member.
My interests are in art,
drawing, filming and
working on the side on a
business venture in skate-
boarding apparel that will
launch into an art vision
called “Reyn.” My hope
is that it will grown and
one day we are able to
sponsor local kids in the
Central Oregon commu-
nities. All this has come
about from a small busi-
ness my brother Damian
and I started which was
“Abandoned,” focusing
solely on the skateboard-
ing lifestyle.
I have been working
for the Indian Head Ca-
sino for the past four
months, and also for the
past year at the Jefferson
County school district.
Prior to that I worked
My name is Melissa
Dove Melting-Tallow.
My grandmother is
Lolita Greeley, my uncles
are Elton, Melvin, and
Hamilton Greeley; my
great-grandparents are
Merle Scott and James
Greeley.
My mother Maria
Godines taught me
many of our traditional
ways which she learned
from her sisters Roberta
Kirk, Olivia Wallulatum,
Redine Billy and Joan
Selam-Greeley. Through
them, I have learned to
be respectful to our el-
ders and traditions.
To me, enrollment is
being officially recog-
nized as one of our
people. It is being offi-
cially part of our tribe.
It is like having citizen-
ship to be able to obtain
employment and hous-
ing as well as being able
to dig roots, fish and
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
out there in the circle. I
tell my mom that it’s a
good and happy feeling in
my heart.
I have been raised here
and know that War m
Springs is and always will
be my home. I get to
camp and pick huckleber-
ries, dig roots and so
much more.
Jaihline
Yaida
Ramirez
many years at Kah-Nee-
Ta, working as a cashier
and in the accounting de-
partment. I am enrolled
in COCC working to-
wards a business degree,
and working while raising
my 2-year-old son, who
is an enrolled member of
the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs. One
day I hope to be able to
go fishing and hunting
with him because I know
how important it is to be
able to provide for your
family and learn these tra-
ditional ways. I unfortu-
nately have missed out on
many things, such as
hunting and fishing, but
was able to go along with
a good childhood friend
and his father on hunting
trips and watch them
hunt. I have been raised
here and plan on being
here to raise my son in
Warm Springs.
Carlos
Je s s e
Reynoso Jr
hunt. Being federally rec-
ognized gives me outside
opportunities for college
grants and other programs
that are not available to
me now.
I love fancy shawl
dancing and being a good
role model for my daugh-
ter and younger siblings.
Vote yes for me, my sis-
ters Victoria Godines and
Vivian Yazzie and our
brother George Yazzie.
Melissa Dove Melt-
ing-Tallow
My name is Izraii
Andres Mendez. My
given Indian name is
“Izzy.” I am 16 years old
and a sophomore at Ma-
dras High Schoo. My
mother is Joy Ramirez
(Soto) and my maternal
grandmother is Yvonne
Tapedo (Arthur). My ma-
ternal great grandparents
were McKinley and Jessie
Arthur.
I enjoy playing basket-
ball and football for MHS,
and in my spare time play
basketball with friends a
the Community Center. I
also spend a lot of my
time in and around the
community, doing hair-
cuts and meeting new cli-
ents, as this is something
I hope to do full time
once I graduate from high
school and barber school.
#CutsBYGordo
I enjoy spending as
much time as I can with
my classmates that I have
known since our day-care
From Anita Z. Bryant,
Alyson B. Cole and
Samantha M. Cole—
Wasco/Warm Springs:
We would like to take
this opportunity to thank
the Tribal Council for
passing Resolution 12,158
to hold an election on
June 13, 2016 to adopt
eligible candidates into the
CTWS Membership.
Our auntie atwai Irene
Wells was a leader in the
adoption election 20 years
ago, and she promoted the
"Vote Yes for All of the
Adoptees,” and it is my
honor to introduce to you
my daughters Alyson B.
Cole and Samantha M.
Cole.
Whether they meet
blood quantum or not, if
you are a descendant of
the Warm Springs Nation:
You are our people! Vote
Yes for All CTWS
adoptees on June 13.
My
daughters
Samantha M. Cole and
Alyson B. Cole are beauti-
ful inside and out. We
have many friends and
family here on the Warm
Springs Reservation. They
went to school and resided
here, participating in many
functions. They have
gone on to be successful
working young native
women.
Their grandmother is
Joann J. Bryant and atwai
Edna Sanders (Smith).
Our great grandparents
are Fred Smith and Lucy
Smith (McCorkle) or
Wau-tum-me.
Great-great-great
grandparents paternal side
are: Robert Smith or Sam-
mutt & Annie Smith or
Clo-bin-wa.
Annie
Smith’s mom was Kam-a-
loush.
Fred Smith’s mom was
Lucy Tufti or Tcau-a-wai-
Call 541-553-1182
years. I also spend a lot
of time doing family
things with my parents
and brothers and sisters,
from powwows and set-
ting up selling family
beadwork to helping
whenever I can. I want to
hunt and fish along with
my family to help provide
for the elders in my fam-
ily. I have been raised here
in Warm Springs and this
will always be home.
Izraii
Andres
Mendez
ti. Lucy Tufti's father was
Slak-us.
Great-great-great
granddaughter’s maternal
side
are:
War ren
McCorkle or Tu-tan-u-
cet and Minnie Gadshaw
or
Wau-tum-me.
Minnie's dad was How-
ai.
Warren's father was
Sah-quah. Warren’s
mother was Gal-lumtk or
Kamushnai.
Please make this a re-
ality for Alyson B. Cole
and Samantha M. Cole.
To become enrolled
members of the Warm
Springs Confederated
Tribes. This validates
their lineage, heritage and
recognition.
Respectfully,
Anita Z. Bryant
2321 Ollallie Lane (PO
Box 6) Warm Springs,
OR 97761
June 8, 2016
My name is Damian
Ignacio Reynoso. My
mother is Joy Ramirez
(Soto), my maternal
grandmother is Yvonne
Tapedo (Arthur) and my
maternal grandparents
were McKinley and Jessie
Arthur. I am now 24 years
old and waiting for the day
to come when I can say I
am a Warm Springs tribal
member. I have been on
the tribal adoption list for
over 20 years and hold-
ing onto hope that I along
with my brothers and sis-
ters will all be tribal mem-
bers .I want to be able to
spend time with family
and learn to fish and hunt
so I can provide for my
mother as well as my
grandmother. When I was
a lot younger I was able
to go along with my best
friend and his father and
watch them fish, and still
to this day my wish is to
be able to fish and take
home salmon.
I graduated from Ma-
dras High School in 2010,
and attended COCC for
some years while working
at Kah-Nee-Ta for many
years. I spend a lot of time
To friends, family, and
tribal members of the
Warm Springs Indian Res-
ervation,
My name is Kira
Cook, for merly Kira
Langnese. My sister is
Kayla Casey, who is also
up for adoption. I was the
first baby born from
Warm Springs in 1982.
My mother is Roxanne
Langnese-Chinook, and
my grandmother who
lives in Warm Springs is
Lupe Samuels. My uncle
is Walter A. Langnese III,
who recently retired as the
Chief Judge for Warm
Springs Tribal Court. My
sister Jenaea Langnese,
and my cousins are Tama
and Eric Langnese, who
work in Warm Springs. I
have many close relatives
living on the reservation
as well.
After graduating from
Madras High School, I
excelled as a NCAA Pole
Vaulter for Western Or-
egon University (WOU)
Track and Field team, and
worked three jobs while
competing and going to
school. I graduated from
WOU in 2004, with a
Bachelors of Health Edu-
cation, and Minor in
Physical Education. I re-
ceived recognition for my
academics, volunteer
work as well as Track and
Field accomplishments. I
went on to gain one of
the Nations top personal
training certificates, the
American Council on Ex-
ercise Personal Training
Certificate. For the last 8
years I have been a
Sports Performance Spe-
cialist, Personal Trainer,
mother and wife. Four of
the eight years I have ran
my own successful train-
ing business.
In the 1996 election we
were not voted in by only
a handful of votes. My
cousins Eric and Tama
Langnese and Sister
4202
Holliday St.
skateboarding, hiking the
outdoors, and filming as
well as promoting a
graphic printing business
for my brother, and it all
coincides with our skate
crew, “The Abandoned,”
while remaining focuses
on a small skateboarding
apparel business with my
brother Carlos and the art
vision called “Reyn.”
Warm Springs is home
to me and my siblings,
and it is the only place we
know as home. This is
where our family and
friends live. I consider this
our community as a whole.
Damian Ignacio
Reynoso
Jenaea Langnese were all
voted in. As you can
imagine this was heart-
breaking for me and my
sister. I am very proud to
call Warm Springs my
home, and my roots. I
lived on the reservation
when I was baby, and left
the reservation only be-
cause my mother attended
Central Oregon Commu-
nity College from 1982–
84, and Boise State Uni-
versity from 1984-1988,
where she earned a Bach-
elor Fine Arts degree.
We moved back to
Warm Springs when I was
in the third grade. From
third grade to high school
graduation at Madras
High School, War m
Springs was my home.
While growing up in
Warm Springs I was ac-
tively involved in a num-
ber of areas. I played bas-
ketball, softball, partici-
pated in 4-H, and proudly
traveled around Oregon
and danced as a Warm
Springs’ Rainbow Dancer.
I proudly represented
Warm Springs in the 1997
North American Indig-
enous Games for Track
and Field in Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia. At the In-
digenous Games, I took
home one of the four
gold medals in the entire
history the games for Or-
egon, for the javelin throw
and Silver medal for the
long jump. I also of at-
tended multiple commu-
nity events as well as
events at the Longhouse.
War m Springs is my
home, it’s me, and when
anyone asks where I’m
from, I proudly tell them
all about Warm Springs
and my upbringing on the
reservation.
Thank you for taking
time to read my letter.
With Love and Respect,
Kira (Langnese)
Cook
Call 541-
615-0555