Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 21, 2017
Discussion of new Education Branch
Academy
Egg Drop
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Students used many different engineering designs
during the Warm Springs Academy Egg Drop. The
students came up with designs that would prevent
an egg from breaking: The designs were tested by
dropping the eggs—packed in any manner of
cushioning, such as a teddy bear (left)—from an
extended lift. The parachute method was among the
more innovative.
At Tribal Council
Coming up on the
Tribal Council agenda:
Monday, June 26
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Opera-
tions Office updates with
Michele Stacona and
Alyssa Macy.
10: July agenda/review
minutes with the S-T.
11: Draft resolutions
with the S-T.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative
update calls.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson
of Vital Stats.
3:30: Self Governance
Compact with Forestry
and Natural Resources.
Summaries of Tribal Council
June 5
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Vice Chair man
Charles Calica, Raymond
Tsumpti, Valerie Switzler,
Lee Tom and Brigette
McConville. Emily Yazzie,
Recorder (morning), Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder (afternoon).
2. Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs update.
3. Office of Special
Trustee update.
4. Realty items:
· Motion by Lee to table
a Sidwalter home site appli-
cation due to not having a
routing slip. Rescheduled to
June 26; Seconded by
Raymond. Question; 5/0/0,
Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
5. Kah-Nee-Ta update.
6. Federal and state legis-
lative call updates.
7. Tribal Attorney update
by Karnopp-Petersen Firm.
8. Tribal attorney update
by John Ogan.
9. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 4:40 p.m.
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June 6
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Vice Chairman Charles
Calica, Raymond Tsumpti,
Carina Miller, Lee Tom and
Valerie Switzler. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder (morning),
Emily Yazzie, Recorder (af-
ternoon).
2. Elder’s Council update.
3. Inter-Agency Agree-
ment/the Department of
Emergency Services
4. Motion by Carina to
table: Stan and Howard are
to work with the Secretary-
Treasurer to schedule on the
agenda. Seconded by
Raymond. Question; 5/0/1,
Chairman not voting. Motion
carried.
5. Children’s Protective
Services update.
6. Solar Eclipse Tourism
Project update.
7. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned at
3:30 p.m.
Please support the Smokin’ Moccasins team
as they prepare for the Portland to Coast Walk
Relay—130 miles! The team will be holding a
fundraiser during Pi-Ume-Sha at the powwow
grounds. They will have 32-ounce lemonade,
strawberry lemonade, and large and small pop-
corn. The sale will be June 23 and 25.
Zion RedRoad Frank
Tracy Frank and
Louisa Fuentes of
War m Springs are
pleased to announce the
birth of their son Zion
RedRoad Frank, born
on May 30, 2017.
Zion joins brother
Joe, 19, and Peyton, 8;
and sister Tans’leli, 16
months. Grandparents
on the father’s side are
Georgianna Frank and
the late Joe Frank, both
from White Swan,
Washoington. Grandpar-
ents on the mother’s side
are Lori Fuentes and
Tommy Fuentes, both
of Warm Springs.
Tribal Council continues
to direct the re-establish-
ment of the Education
Branch of the organization.
During the budget pro-
cess last year, Council voted
to bring back the Education
Branch, which some years
ago had been separated into
different areas of the orga-
nization.
Council members heard
an update on re-establishing
Education from Chief Op-
erations Officer Alyssa
Macy, Health and Human
Services general manager
Caroline Cruz, and Council-
woman Val Switzler, direc-
tor of the Culture and Heri-
tage Department.
Meeting the education
needs of the membership is
a priority emphasized mul-
tiple times in the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council
Proclamation, chief opera-
tions officer Macy said. “We
have a Natural Resources
Branch, Utilities, Health and
Human Services—but no
Education Branch,” she said.
Instead, the former Edu-
fort to bring the languages to
the Early Childhood Educa-
tion Center, she said. That
work took 20 years to accom-
plish, and during that time
the number of speakers may
have fallen from about 200
to 100, Ms. Switzler said.
The Education Branch
project is on the Council and
management agenda as the
tribes are negotiating a new
education agreement with the
school district 509-J.
This could provide an op-
portunity to partner with the
district in providing some of
these services, Ms. Macy said.
The newly formed Educa-
tion Branch could be housed
in the Education building on
campus, though some up-
grades would be needed. “It
is a matter of finances,” said
Tribal Council Chairman Aus-
tin Greene Jr. “So let’s keep
working on it.”
The 2019 target year for
the creation of the new
branch will be here before we
know it, Chairman Greene
said.
School: improvement in literacy, math
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“I’m looking forward to
getting that resolved,”
Councilman Calica said.
Councilwoman Carina
Miller said she appreciates
the progress in recent years,
but said there is significant
work to be done for the Na-
tive students, and the teach-
Howlak Tichum
Monica Rose (Kirk/Littleleaf) Tufti, 1970~2017
Monica passed away
after a long battle with
cancer. Services were
held at her and her
spouse Alex Tufti’s resi-
dence at the Kah-Nee-Ta
hamlets. Her last request
was verbal and not writ-
ten, was already planned
and agreed to. The burial
was to be a traditional
one at the Warm Springs
Agency Cemetery, as her
casket and white buck-
skin dress were ready for
her. But a last second
change in plan and con-
flict of interest took con-
trol and sent Monica to
cation Branch had over time
been dismantled, with various
functions moving to offices
in different locations around
the organization.
Budgeting is an issue in
bringing the branch back to-
gether. “This discussion and
planning comes as we deal
with limited resources,” Ms.
Macy said.
The project will take steps,
perhaps a process of a
couple of years. Next year
Education could begin as a
department of Health and
Human Services, becoming a
separate branch in 2019 as the
pieces are added.
Areas would involve Cul-
ture and Heritage, Head Start
and ECE Daycare, Higher
Education, OSU Extension,
eventually Vocational Rehab
and possibly the Native As-
piration summer youth work
program, among possible oth-
ers.
An immersion school for
students would be a welcome
addition, said Councilwoman
Switzler. This could be a con-
tinuation of the ongoing ef-
cremation instead.
She loved life and camp-
ing outdoors, beadworking,
trout fishing and taking her
kids to Lincoln City and to
the ocean. Her kids were ev-
erything to her.
She finished school in
Wapato, Washington, and
went to a Washington col-
lege.
She was born in Portland
to Anthony Kirk Littleleaf
and Bernice Ava Burns (de-
ceased), who lived in
Chiloquin and Portland.
Monica is survived by
her three sons, Jose Jr.,
Ismael (Ish), and Poco,
ers.
“We’ve made progress but
I’m not happy with the situa-
tion. If the teachers don’t feel
comfortable,” she said, “then
the students won’t.”
Incoming superintendent
Ken Parshall noted some of
the achievements at the Warm
Springs Academy, and the
need to continue building on
these. The literacy rate
among students at the school
improved by a factor of five,
and math proficiency doubled.
“And this year the preliminary
results look even better,” he
said. Mr. Parshall becomes
district superintendent on July
1.
daughter Anjelica, sister
Kalena Kirk, and brother
Jesse Riding In of Lincoln
City and Portland; and sisters
Juanita and Cheryal of
Wapato and Yakima Valley,
Washington; aunt Carol
Burns of Portland and
Ronnie Burns of Pendleton.
Also her father Anthony
Littleleaf and stepmom
SeeGray, and numerous rela-
tives in Warm Springs.
She had charisma and lots
of close friends and relatives
wherever she went. Locally
she helped out at the
Longhouse. She worked in
security at Kah-Nee-Ta Re-
sort, both casinos, Warm
Springs Police dispatch, court-
house security and at ECE.
She once owned a trailer
house
business near
Anniston, Alabama.
She enjoyed selling
hotdogs at her stand at Pi-
Ume-Sha and on campus.
In her younger days she
modeled. Monica was al-
ways her dad’s pride and
joy. Her charisma and
beautiful smile will always
be missed. Monica’s In-
dian name was Latxsa
Xaslu (Bright Star).