Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
From the time Jadyn
Mya was a baby I have
shared with her the same
stories I grew up with. I
wanted her to know
about her great great
grandparents, Charlie
and Georgiana Jackson,
and their son Vernon and
his wife Louise who are
my grandparents.
Jadyn is proud to
share her regalia with
her class at school, and
show them how to do a
butterfly dance. Grow-
ing up I was always con-
fident about who I was
and where I came from.
Jadyn knows that my fa-
ther, Mark Jackson, is
her Ic‘ga‘kus, maternal
grandfather in Wasco,
and taught her little sis-
ter how to say it too. I
My name is Vivian
Yazzie. I have lived here
on the reservation all my
life. My biological mother
is Nesbah Yazzie, my
grandmother is Vivian
Adams, my great-grand-
parents are Caleb Adams
and Beatrice Scott.
I give thanks to
Louella Heath, Radine
Johnson, Alicia Adams
and Maria Godines who
have assisted with my
upbringing. Through
them, I have learned
Washut and many of our
traditional arts and cul-
ture as well as discipline
and respect for our tra-
ditions and elders.
In October of this
year I will be leaving to
boot camp to join the
Marines; however, Warm
Springs is my home.
Being enrolled is vali-
dation of who I am. It
Hello, my name is
Francisco Medina. I am
20 years old.
I’ve lived on the Warm
Springs Reservation all
my life. This is my home
where all my life is. This
is where I learned the
ways of my people. I
want to be a tribal mem-
ber because I want to be
able to provide for my
family, like I was brought
up but never got to do. I
want to be proud to call
myself a tribal member
of the Warm Springs Res-
ervation. I also want to
help more in the commu-
nity, and get more in-
volved. I want to make
changes and help clean up
the reservation. But most
of all I want my people
to be able to claim me as
their own. I claim the
Warm Springs Reserva-
tion and my family and
home, that’s all I’ve
known.
As a young boy I played
baseball here in Warm
would like to complete the
stories of Jadyn’s heritage
with knowing she is a
tribal member.
Thank you.
Aiyana Jackson
means family, friends,
and tradition. It gives me
privileges of being able to
harvest our traditional
foods on our reservation
and ceded lands.
Please vote for me,
Vivian Yazzie, and my sis-
ters Melissa Melting-tal-
low, Victoria Godines and
my brother George
Yazzie.
Vivian Yazzie
Springs on the Little Bucks
and Bucks.
My family is Phoebe
LaRose, mother; Kim
Medina, grandmother;
Billie Jo Bagley, great
grandmother,
and
Gertrude Bagley, great
great grandmother.
I have quite a few more
family members that are
tribal as well. I would just
like the opportunity to be
considered a tribal mem-
ber and recognized.
Francisco Medina
Hernandez.
June 8, 2016
My name is Victoria
Godines. My Indian name
Latit Latit was given to
me at my uncle Oliver
Kirk’s home by my
grandmother Lolita
Greeley. My mother is
Maria Godines. My
great-grandparents are
James Greeley and Merle
Scott. We are War m
Springs-Wasco, people of
the Columbia River. My
father Victor Godines is
of the Oaxaca Tribe.
Being an enrolled
member means being
part of our people, our
ancestors, and keeping
our traditions alive. It
gives me identity of who
I am and part of. It is
knowing that I have a
place to live, a place
where I have many
friends and family; and a
place to rest when Cre-
ator calls. It is knowing I
can dig roots, fish, hunt,
pick huckleberries and
explore our beautiful res-
ervation.
Hello, my name is
Leroy Archer Jr. I would
like to be a tribal member
because my mother,
grandmother, great grand-
parents, uncles and cous-
ins are tribal members. It
is something that I have
wanted for a long time. I
was on the last adoption
list in 1996, and unfortu-
nately did not get voted in.
I assist the Warm Springs
American Legion, when
needed. I assist the Warm
Springs seniors, when
needed. I’m a manager for
War m Springs Little
League Baseball. I help my
mother with various Red
Cross functions in warm
Springs, and am certified
with Red Cross. I will still
My name is Paul A.
Martinez Jr. My dad is an
enrolled member. His
name is Paul Alexander
Sr. My grandmother is
atwai Henrietta “Etta”
Kalama Johnson.
I have lived and
worked on the War m
Springs Reservation for
the past 24 years. I was
employed by Fire Man-
agement, Fire and Safety,
the Salmon Corp, and
currently for the past two
months I started working
for Fire Management at
the start of the season. I
started working for
Deschutes Crossing at age
13.
Most of you know my
past when I was lost in this
world, doing things wrong
due to bad choices. I have
changed my ways of liv-
ing to better myself and
regain good control of
my life. I have been to
Counseling CPS appoint-
ments, went to parenting
Being an enrolled
member should not be
taken for granted. It is
our responsibility as a
tribal member to help
make a better future for
ourselves and our people.
It means pride, dignity,
family, and culture, it is an
honor and a privilege.
Please vote Yes for
me, my sisters Melissa
Meltingtallow, Vivian
Yazzie and brother
George Yazzie. Victoria
Godines.
do these things regardless
if I get adopted in or not,
but if I do get adopted in,
I will be someone that will
be proud to be a tribal
member, and tribal mem-
ber other tribal members
can look up to and know
that voting me in was a
wise and correct decision.
Sincerely,
Leroy Archer Jr.
classes and received my
certificate showing I com-
pleted the class success-
fully. I want to continue do-
ing well and hopefully one
day make another indi-
vidual see there is hope of
changing and becoming a
productive person for our
people. They also can
make better choices in life
and become a better role
model for others. Thank
you.
Paul A. Martinez Jr.
Hoops tourney June 17-19
The Honor Veterans
Powwow Committee will
host an open men’s bas-
ketball tournament, June
17-19, at the War m
Springs Community Cen-
ter.
The tourney will be in
memory of Dean Sean
Sohappy.
The entry fee is $350
(half to secure a spot paid
in full by first game). This
tourney is not for high
school students.
First place team wins
Pendleton leather sleeve
jackets. Other awards:
Ten runner-up sweat-
ers. Ten third-place t-
shirts. Ten All Star sweat-
ers (hoodies); one MVP
jacket.
For more information
contact Preston Meanus
at 503-997-9577; or An-
drea Sohappy at 541-
777-7238.
Virginia
Hoaglin
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My name is Annette
Chastain and my mother
is Caroline M. Cruz, who
is the current Health and
Human Services Gen-
eral Manager for our
tribe.
My maternal grand-
mother was the late
Henrietta
Kalama
Johnson. My maternal
grandparents were the
late Rose Kuckup and
Henry Kalama Sr.
I am Wasco, Tenino,
Pitt River, Nisqually and
Choctah. I am also 1/32
Hawaiian that is not ac-
cepted as Native Ameri-
can but this 1/32 nd pre-
vents me and my sister
Venesa Cruz and many
cousins who share the
same grandmother from
being automatically en-
rolled.
Therefore we need to
be adopted by the vote
of the War m Springs
people.
I was raised in the
Warm Springs area. You
might of known me as
Annette Archer. I at-
tended Warm Springs
Elementary, Madras El-
ementary, Madras junior
and high schools. Some
of my best memories
were playing in numer-
ous local basketball tour-
naments on War m
Springs teams.
I remember my
grandmother Etta at-
tending almost every
game. I received my
Bachelors from Eastern
Oregon State College,
and my Masters in So-
cial Work from Washing-
ton State University.
I am a License Clini-
cal Social Worker. I have
been co-training with my
mother for a number of
years, and have been pro-
viding clinical and pre-
vention ser vices to
War m Springs and
Jefferson County.
My paperwork to be-
come a tribal member
has been submitted for
most of my life. My
mother has always made
sure I have known my
history and the impor-
tance for my identity to
know my roots.
It would be nice to be
able to finally say I am a
tribal member instead of
saying I am Indian from
Warm Springs. Please
vote for me and other
family members. Thank
you,
Annette Chastain
My name is Muirinn
Janae Adams-Guijosa
(Warm Springs, Wasco).
My Indian name is
Utalpi Kusi (Crazy
Horse) informally given
to me by my great-grand-
mother Bea.
I am 17 years old and
a 2016 graduate of Ma-
dras High School. My
mother is Alicia Adams,
my grandmother was
atwai Myrtle Adams, and
my great-grandparents
were atwai Beatrice Scott
and Caleb Adams.
I have grown up on
the reservation for most
of my life. I often travel
to play in basketball tour-
naments and have also
been active in volleyball,
soccer, softball and
track. I have been a tra-
ditional food gatherer
and ser ver for the
Agency Longhouse. I
used to travel the Pacific
Northwest to participate
in powwows, and I’ve
participated in many ac-
tivities on the reserva-
tion.
I have represented
Warm Springs and called
Warm Springs home my
whole life. Being an en-
rolled tribal member
brings huge opportunities
through education and
employment. I plan on
becoming a police officer
for the WSPD or a para-
medic for Warm Springs
Fire & Safety, and hope
to make my way up to a
homicide detective.
Although I only
missed the blood quan-
tum for automatic en-
rollment by 1/64, I feel
that people look at me
differently because I am
not a tribal member. To
me, being a War m
Springs tribal member
means that I have a
place to call home, a
place where I am ac-
cepted, a place where I
feel safe, and a place
where I can be put to rest
when my time comes.
Muirinn
Janae
Adams-Guijosa
Please vote yes for my
daughter, Keira Marie
Saldana, to become a
Tribal Member on June
13. Keira will be five
years old on June 14,
Warm Springs has been
her home her whole life,
as it has been mine and
always will be. Keira
loves to dance at pow-
wows with her friends.
She also participates in
ballet classes. She loves to
play sports too.
Keira’s grandparents
are Heather Alford and
Edward Heath. Chris
and LeRoy Smith, Sr. are
her great-grandparents.
Leroy Allen, Jr. is her
grandfather and Linda
Allen is her great-grand-
mother.
Please vote YES for
Keira on June 13. Thank
you! ~ Krysten (Allen-
Alford) Saldana