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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Student Profile
Happening at COCC
Good attitude makes all the difference
Gerald Tufti is a student at Cen-
tral Oregon Community College,
working towards a degree in Early
Childhood Education.
He is doing such a fine job that
the COCC Department of Early
Childhood Education has asked
him to be a mentor for incoming
Early Childhood students.
His advisor is Amy Howell. She
chose Gerald as mentor not only
because of his high GPA, but be-
cause she saw he was not afraid to
speak up for himself and others.
Gerald is the first person new
students speak with when they de-
cide to go to college, and he tries
to encourage and uplift them.
When Gerald first decided to
go to college, he was overwhelmed
and was not even sure he could
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Gerald Tufti
actually do it.
But he found his instructors to
be helpful and friendly, and also
strict and professional.
“It was no longer, ‘If it doesn’t
get done, then it doesn’t get done,’”
Gerald says. “It was now, ‘If it
doesn’t get done, I’m in big
trouble!’”
Gerald says, “I’ve overcome
many obstacles that have made me
who I am. I’ve learned to forgive
and move on, and every day I wake
up with a spirit of gratitude.”
His advice to incoming students:
Take it one step at a time and ask
lots of questions.
Gerald plans to stay in his com-
munity and become a positive male
role model: “It’s about helping out
our community,” he says. “I ap-
preciate what and who I have in
my life, and I’m going to make the
most of it.”
Grant funding
for culturally
aware strategies
Halloween Hall
The U.S. Department of
Education has awarded Central
Oregon Community College
with a $2.25 million grant to
implement culturally aware
strategies to better address the
needs of Native American and
Latino students.
The five-year grant will also
increase the number of students
successfully transitioning from
developmental to college-level
math and writing. Nearly 85
percent of new COCC students
test in the developmental levels
in math and writing.
The Education Title III grant
will provide for an increase in
the first-to-second term transi-
tion, and first-to-second year re-
tention rates of students.
No DAPL
Two Central Oregon Com-
munity College students will
share their experiences of their
time at the Sacred Stone Camp
for the Dakota Access Pipeline
movement. Yvette Leecy and
Jose Alvarez, both Native
Americans, will present from 4
to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27
in Room 116 of the Coats Cam-
pus Center on the COCC Bend
campus.
The event is free and open
to the public. Pizza will be
served. For more information,
please contact Gina Ricketts,
COCC Native American stu-
dent coordinator, at 541-318-
3782. Or email:
rricketts@cocc.edu.
Getting started
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
The Madras High School girls varsity soccer team plays their last regular season game against
Crook County this Tuesday, Oct. 25.
classes, to meet with a COCC
admissions representative.
For information or RSVP
call 541-383-7500.
COCC is offering a Getting
Started presentation in Madras
from 2 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 1, in room 105 of the
Madras campus.
This is an opportunity for
prospective students, whether
seeking a degree or just a few
COCC is hosting its Seventh
Annual Halloween Hall for chil-
dren 12 and under with parents
who are looking for a safe,
warm and fun place to trick-
or-treat.
This free event on Hallow-
een evening at the new Resi-
dence Hall on COCC’s Bend
campus at 2200 NW Mt.
Washington Drive.
Free candy, prizes and
games will be available from
4:30 to 6 p.m. The students of
the residence hall began plan-
ning Halloween Hall activities
weeks in advance.
Parents have the opportu-
nity to get a glimpse into cur-
rent college living while children
play games like Mummify Your
Mum, and Gone Candy Fishin’.
“We always have a great
turnout, and the COCC stu-
dents have as much fun as the
kids,” said Dan Brock, Resi-
dence Life coordinator at
COCC. “Last year visitors en-
joyed students dressed as
characters from Peter Pan in-
cluding Captain Hook,
Tinkerbell, a mermaid and
Peter himself.”
Complimentary parking is
available in specific campus
lots. Further information about
COCC’s Halloween Hall, in-
cluding parking details, can be
found by calling 541-383-7545
or
visiting
cocc.edu/
halloweenhall.
Admission is free and this
event is open to the public. In
advance of college events, per-
sons needing accommodation
or transportation because of a
physical or mobility disability,
contact Joe Viola: 541-383-
7775. For accommodation be-
cause of other disability such
as hearing impairment, contact
the Office of Disability Ser-
vices: 541-383-7743.
Resolutions of Tribal Council
The following are brief summa-
ries of Tribal Council resolutions
from recent months:
Resolution 12,190: Tribal
Council authorizes submission of
Energy and Mineral Development
Program grant proposal, and ap-
proves the EMDP project.
Resolution 12,191: Tribes sub-
mit Scope of Work for BIA fund-
ing for domestic/family violence.
Resolution 12,192: Appoint-
ments, Cannabis Commissioners:
Ronald L. Roome, chair; Shana M.
Radford, vice-chair; Starla Jade
Green, secretary. All with 3-year
terms.
Resolution 12,193A: Tribal
Council authorizes and approves
the third amendment (exhibit A to
resolution) to the Retirement and
401(K) Plan.
Resolution 12,194A: The Pen-
sion Committee is authorized and
directed to amend the 401(K) Plan
as needed for compliance. Pension
Committee shall notify Tribal
Council promptly of any/all
amendments.
Resolution 12,195: Proclama-
tion: The Twenty-Seventh Tribal
Council Proclamations, 12 num-
bered areas.
Resolution 12,196: Tribal
Council approves the War m
Springs Commercial Corridor
Safety Plan Inter-Governmental
Agreement.
Resolution 12,197: Tribal
Council approves document en-
titled Title VI Plan - Planning De-
partment Public Transit Program.
Resolutions 12,198 and
12,199: Enrollments.
Resolution 12,201: Policy and
Procedure.
Resolution 12,204: Tribal Coun-
cil accepts the recommendation of
its consultant Clyde A. Hamstreet
& Associates, LLC, and does not ob-
ject to the lawful liquidation of
WSFPI equipment and fixtures.
Resolution 12,205: Tribal Coun-
cil adopts the Confederated Tribes
of War m Springs Reser vation
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, for
which it receives grant funding.
Resolution 12,206: Tribal Coun-
cil assigns staff to prepare all known
and necessary documents to estab-
lish a non-profit organization, and
appoint subordinate boards for the
501 3C funding.
Resolution 12,208: Tribal Coun-
cil amends the 2015 budget savings
be authorized for immediate expen-
diture in calendar year 2016.
Resolution 12,210 and 12,211:
Enrollment: relinquishments, ac-
cepted by Tribal Council.
Resolution 12,212: The Tribal
Council confirms, accepts and vali-
dates the results of 2016 Tribal
Council election for Simnasho,
Agency and Seekseequa Districts.
Resolution 12,216: Chapter
350.210, 2016 CTWS Ceded Lands
Hunting Regulations are adopted as
recommended from BNR and
F&W Committee.
Resolution 12,217: Tribal Coun-
cil hereby declares it’s wholehearted
and unequivocal support for the cur-
rent efforts of the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe, using both federal court
litigation and direct appeal to Presi-
dent Obama to halt construction of
the DAPL.
Resolution 12,218: Warm Springs
Contracting mining grant for a two
year term FY 2017-2018: Tribal
Chairman will be authorized to ne-
gotiate and execute necessary docu-
ments and also authorize to negoti-
ate and contract with BIA subject
to specific terms.
Resolution 12,219: Separation
of Indian Head Casino and Kah-
Nee-Ta approves and adopts the
first amended charter of WSCRE
enterprise and first amended char-
ter of IHC enterprise as well.
Resolution 12,220: Purchase
and sale agreement, including waiver
of sovereign immunity for property
in Jefferson county Parcels 1 and 2
partition plat no. 2006-05.
Resolution 12,221: Limited
waiver of sovereign immunity set
for financing of the communica-
tions equipment upgrade for Kah-
Nee-Ta Resort.
Resolution 12,222: Hunting
regulations: amends sections on
deer, antelope, bear and cougar sea-
son: subsection: Legal weapons
(amended 12,216) changed to legal
weapons: centerfire rifle .22 caliber
or larger.
Resolution 12,223: 2016 reser-
vation hunting season regulations
are adopted as approved.
Resolution 12,224: Tribal Coun-
cil approves Behavioral Risk Fac-
tor Surveillance Survey Project.
CTWS authorized and directed to
execute this resolution; ST/CEO
authorized and directed to execute
the following certification.
Resolution 12,225: Realty item.
Resolution 12,226 - 12,227 -
12,228: Enrollments, and relin-
quishments of enrollment.
Resolution 12,229: Secretary/
Treasurer-CEO political appoint-
ment.
Resolution 12,230: Chief Op-
erations Officer political appoint-
ment.
Resolution 12,192A: Cannabis
Commission – amending and re-
scinding 12,192 to determine their
salary for outside work not to ex-
ceed 6 hours and for travel from
outside of Warm Springs or travel
of more than 30 minutes to attend
to duties for reasonable and neces-
sary expenses.
CRITFC
Whereas the Tribal Council is
the governing body of the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon
(“Tribe”) by the authority of Ar-
ticle V, Section 1 of the Constitu-
tion and By-Laws of the Tribes,
adopted November 15, 1937 and
approved on February 14, 1938,
as amended; and,
Whereas the Fish and Wildlife
Committee is tasked with protect-
ing the fish resources of the Tribe;
and,
Whereas the Tribal Council
recognizes the importance and
value of its involvement and par-
ticipation in meetings that involve
War m Springs Tribal Fishing
Rights, especially at meetings of
the Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission (CRITFC)
where the Tribal Council has a
vested interest in setting policy for
CRITFC; and,
Whereas the appointment of
Tribal Council to CRITFC will be
in addition to the involvement of
the Fish and Wildlife Committee;
now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon, pursuant
to Article V, Section 1 (a), (l) and
(u), of the Tribal Constitution and
By-Laws, that the Tribal Council
appoints Ronald Suppah Sr. to the
Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish
Commission, and Brigette
McConville as alternate; and,
Be it further resolved, This reso-
lution rescinds and amends Resolu-
tion No. 11, 793 approved on Sep-
tember 10, 2013.
NCAI
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council of The Con-
federated Tribes of the War m
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pursuant to the authority granted in
Article V, Section 1 (s) of the Tribal
Constitution and By-Laws of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
hereby appoint Valerie Switzler, as
the Voting Delegate at all meetings
of the National Congress of Ameri-
can Indians; and Raymond Tsumpti,
as the Alternate Delegate; and,
Be it further resolved by the
Tribal Council of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reser-
vation of Oregon to renew its af-
filiation with NCAI through remit-
tance of the 2016 annual dues of
$10,000 as appropriate; and,
Be it further resolved that this
resolution rescinds Resolution No.
12,169 adopted May 11, 2016. Reso-
lution no. 12,169A.