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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 19, 2017
A Last Roundup
R anching is a rare way of
life on the reservation. And
with every passing year the
working cattle ranch is
harder to find. Today there
are maybe one-third as many
cattle on the reservation as
in decades past.
Young people move on to
different things, leaving for
school or a career. The older
generation keeps the ranch
going as long as possible, until
time finally takes its toll.
This happened at the
Squiemphen-Yazzie Ranch in
June, the week before Pi-
Ume-Sha.
At their Sidwalter ranch
the family rounded up more
than 200 cows and calves,
and sold them all at the Cen-
tral Oregon Auction Yard. It
was a rare event, the sale of
an entire herd of the best
bred cattle.
The Squiemphen Yazzie
Ranch had been in operation
for decades. But with his
daughters now living and
working in Portland, Edison
Yazzie decided the time had
come to sell.
His daughters are Teri Jo
‘TJ’
and
Amanda
Squiemphen-Yazzie. The
girls are work Pegasus Social
Services in Portland.
In the fall Amanda will be
going to Portland State Uni-
versity for a bachelor’s in So-
cial Work. Teri is pursuing a
career in the field of medi-
cal assistance.
The girls grew up on the
ranch, going to school in
Warm Springs and then Ma-
Courtesy Edison Yazzie
Teri Jo and Amanda some years ago
working at the ranch; and at right, the
herd with hay.
Courtesy photos
dras High School. After
graduating they both moved
to Portland.
The sisters live in the
same apartment building and
work at the same company.
But they’re busy and keep dif-
ferent schedules, seeing each
other on occasion.
TJ and Amanda were at
Sidwalter in June, helping
Edison collect the cows and
calves for auction.
Seeing the herd leave for
the last time was hard, as the
ranch had given them
memories and lessons of a
lifetime.
“It gave us a head start in
life,” TJ says. “I learned pa-
tience, hard work, and how
to work as a team.” She
agrees with the way Amanda
explains the experience:
The cattle were the perfect
tool to teach my sister and me
Amanda and Teri Jo at the last roundup. In the background are the trucks that are
hauling more than 200 cows and calves to the auction yard.
perseverance, leadership, love,
hard work, patience and an-
ger, among many things.
This was the greatest, most
cherished time of my life. I
know as we retire the ol’ 10bar
Warm Springs climate, health story project
In partnership with
several tribal members,
the Oregon Climate and
Health Program is proud
to announce the release
of eight digital stories
about climate change and
community health in
Warm Springs.
The
experiences
shared in each video hold
valuable insights that can
help inspire local action
and inform decision-mak-
ers at the state and national
level.
This effort is part of the
Climate and Health
Program’s Resilience Plan,
released earlier this year.
The plan identifies
storytelling as an important
method for increasing
awareness and building com-
munity partnerships to bet-
ter prepare, plan, and re-
cover from climate risks.
Creating videos that
highlight the concerns of
community members is
one way to work together
and lift the voices of
people on the frontlines of
climate change.
The videos were created
in a workshop co-facilitated
by a non-profit called
StoryCenter.
Each participant devel-
oped his or her own story,
picked out their own images,
and put it all together using
a digital editing software
program.
The Climate and
Health Program is ex-
tremely honored to have
had the opportunity to
work with each partici-
pant and hopes that all
community members in-
terested in learning more
can come watch the
screening. Time, date and
location to be announced.
brand it will not be the end of
the story.
I am so incredibly thankful
for everything this taught me,
and I am happy to say I will
continue to use these tools in my
future.
I am thankful for my father,
who cared for our ranch all these
years, and who made our ranch
the best it could be.
FSA livestock and farm
meeting in W.S. Thursday
The Central Oregon
Farm Service Agency will
be speaking this Thursday,
July 20 at the Warm Springs
Community Action Team
building on campus. The talk
will begin at 9 a.m.
The focus is on Livestock
Disaster Assistance and
Farm Loan programs ad-
ministered by the FSA. The
upcoming County Commit-
tee election will also be dis-
cussed.
Anyone with a disability
who requires accommoda-
tion to attend or participate
in the meeting can contact
Cameron Kirsch at 51-923-
4358 (voice and TDD), or
Federal Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.
For more information
about Livestock Disaster
Assistance and other FSA
farm and Farm Loan pro-
grams, please visit:
fsa.usda.gov
Market on Friday
Jamboree Day coming up with Recreation in August
The War m Springs
Outdoor Market is held
every Friday from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. in front of the
Re-Use It Store next to
Warm Springs Market. It
War m Springs Recre-
ation will host Jamboree
Day in August. The theme
this year is comic book su-
per heroes.
There will be special per-
formances by the Dragon
features locally crafted
items and fresh produce.
For more information
contact the Warm Springs
Community Action Team
office, 541-553-3148.
Theatre Show, and music by
the Flying Eagle Band, and
Scott “Blue Flames”
Kalama. Come on down
and wear your favorite su-
per hero t-shirt.
Jamboree Day will be at
the Pi-Ume-Sha fields on
Wednesday, August 9, from
2 to 8 p.m. The blow-up
castle will be inflated from
2 to 6 p.m. There will be
facing painting, balloon fig-
ures and games.
The Flying Eagle Band
will play at 5. Blue Flames
will host the talent show at 7
p.m.
You can reach Recreation
at 541-553-3243 for more
information.
0-1, Chairman not voting.
Motion carried.
8. Veterans Memorial
Committee update
· Motion made by
Raymond, seconded by
Delvis approving funding as-
sistance for VFW/American
Legion members to attend
conference with limitations
not to exceed six persons.
Question: Vote: 5-0-2, Chair-
man not voting. Motion car-
ried.
9. Elder Council update.
· Resolution presented,
tabled and no number as-
signed.
10. Raymond mentioned
a member concern on pub-
lic safety.
11. Adjourned 4:56 p.m.
July 10, 2017
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Vice
Chairman Charles Calica,
Ronald Suppah, Raymond
Tsumpti, Carina Miller and
Valerie Switzler. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Financial Strategies
LLC supplemental budget:
· Motion by Carina
adopting Resolution no.
12,351, seconded by
Raymond, to approve the
operating agreement and
document for Warm Springs
Financial Strategies. Ques-
tion: 3/2/3, Chairman vot-
ing in favor. Motion carried.
3. Tribal attorney update.
4. Legislative update.
5. Las Vegas Grand Fi-
nale:
· Motion by Valerie ap-
proving Tony Holliday to
use a van and gas card, to
be shared with Alvis Smith
III, to take youth to Las Ve-
gas on July 21-23; seconded
by Carina. Question: 5/0/
2, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
6. 2017 Personnel Policy
update.
7. Board and committee
appointments will be re-
scheduled.
8. Horse program up-
date.
9. Columbia River Treaty
tribal leaders workshop dis-
cussion.
10. With no further dis-
cussion the meeting ad-
journed at 4 p.m.
Summaries of Tribal Council
July 5, 2017
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Charles Calica, vice chair-
man, Raymond Tsumpti Sr.,
Valerie Switzler, Carina
Miller, Lee Tom and Brigette
McConville. Emily Yazzie
recorder.
2. Economic develop-
ment plan update.
3. Inter-governmental
agreement with Oregon Of-
fice of Emergency Manage-
ment 9-1-1.
· Motion made by Jo-
seph, seconded by Brigette
approving
Resolution
12,349, the inter-govern-
mental agreement with Or-
egon OEM 9-1-1. Question:
Vote 4-0-2, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
4. Motion made by
Valerie, seconded by Brigette
that Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs do not sup-
port the state of Oregon sup-
porting the state of Washing-
ton in referring to Supreme
Court. Question: Vote: 5-0-
1, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
Tribal Attorney will follow
up on documentation to be
submitted by Friday, July 7.
5. Motion made by
Brigette, seconded by Delvis
amending agenda to move
the date of the General
Council meeting from July
20 to July 24. Vote: 4-1-1,
Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
6. Review minutes/reso-
lutions.
· Motion made by
Brigette, seconded by Lee
approving Resolution no.
12,350, the 2017 lamprey
harvest at Willamette Falls.
Question: Vote 6-0-1, Chair-
man not voting. Motion car-
ried.
· Motion made by Jo-
seph, seconded by Raymond
approving the November
2016 minutes. Question:
Vote: 6-0-1, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
7. Motion made by
Raymond, seconded by
Brigette approving Tribal
Council van for youth to at-
tend 2017 Grand Finale
AAU Basketball Tourna-
ment. Alvis Smith III is to
be the driver and only one
to use the fuel card. Vote: 6-