Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
ECE Mini Powwow
November 22, 2017
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Tribal Council November agenda
The following are some of
the items on the Tribal Coun-
cil agenda for the rest of this
month:
Monday, November 27
9 a.m.: Board and commit-
tee appointments with Lynn
Davis.
1 p.m.: The Dalles tribal
housing-village development
plan with Gail Saldana (meet-
ing at the Greely Heights Com-
munity Center).
Tuesday, November 28
9 a.m.: 2018 budgets (if nec-
essary).
Tuesday, November 27:
Columbia River Treaty meeting
with Jill Small.
Wednesday, November 28:
Health and Human Services clus-
Resolution of Tribal Council
The Languages
(The following is a recent Reso-
lution of Tribal Council.)
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Dancers and drummers at the Early Childhood Education Center
fall mini powwow, earlier this month at the Agency Longhouse.
Whereas the Tribal Council is
the governing body of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon;
and,
Whereas Ordinance 68 of
pursuant to Article V Section 1(l)
enacted authority for “the protec-
tions, preservation and encourage-
ment of tribal and Indian history,
culture and tradition, and found it
necessary to insure the survival of
the Confederated Tribes, which
provides the foundation for the
continuance of the Tribes as a dis-
tinct political and cultural entity
perpetually adopted July 29, 1987;
and,
Whereas the Twenty-Seventh
Tribal Council adopted Resolution
12,195 directing the entire tribal
organization to support its priori-
ties including: Cultural education
and language revitalization efforts;
and,
Whereas Kiksht, the language
of the Wasco people, Ichishkin,
the language of the Ichishkin
Snwit Lma (aka Warm Springs
and/or Sahaptin people), and
Numu, the language of the North-
ern Paiute people, are the heritage
languages of the three tribes of
the Warm Springs Indian Reser-
vation; and,
Whereas the tribe recognizes
that the languages—Kiksht,
Ichiskin and Numu—are vital and
deserve recognition of official tra-
ditional languages of the Confed-
erated Tribes of Warm Springs;
now therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pursuant to Article V Section 1(d)
ter meeting.
Thursday, November 29:
Fiscla year 2020 IHS budget for-
mulation meeting.
Note: All draft resolutions
must be sent to the Secretary-
Treasurer by email in Word two
weeks prior to being taken into
Council for presentation. Copy
to Lynn Davis at the mgmt of-
fice:
michelle.stacona@wstribes.org
lynn.davis@wstribes.org
and (l) of the Tribal Constitution
and Bylaws authorizes that the lan-
guages Kiksht, Ichiskin and Nume
be declared as official traditional
languages of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs Reserva-
tion of Oregon; and,
Be it further resolved that all
efforts to ensure the survival of
the three languages through docu-
mentation, creation of speakers,
securing archival information, are
essential and vital to the sover-
eignty and history of the tribes, that
the Culture and Heritage Depart-
ment will continue its efforts
through grants, partnerships and
development of materials and stra-
tegic plans that respect the strict
control of ownership of the cul-
ture, traditions and languages of
the Wasco, Ichiskin Snwit Lma and
Numu people.
Resolution 12,380.
Gathering veterans’ names for memorial park
Call to Plateau Indian Artists,
Architectural conception rendering of the planned Veterans Memorial Park.
The Veterans Memorial Park
will honor all Warm Springs Vet-
erans, from the Indian Wars to
present day.
All of our veterans will have
their name engraved in stone at
the memorial, to be located on the
grounds of the Museum at Warm
Springs.
The Veterans Memorial Park
Committee is putting together a list
of all veterans who lived or
worked in Warm Springs.
The committee are asking for
the help of community members
to ensure accuracy in developing
the list of veterans.
If you would like to fill out a
form, or need more information,
you can stop by any of the five
drop box locations:
The tribal Media Center, Warm
Springs Market, the Mail and Re-
ception desk at the administration,
Indian Head Casino guest services,
or the front desk at IHS.
You can also call 541-771-
2564.
With a major grant from the Oregon Community
Foundation’s Creative Heights program, the Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture will select a Plateau Indian artist to give his or
her work a place in the city.
The grant includes an artist’s award of $25,000 and funds
for art casting and construction. For details or questions
contact Rich Wandschneider, 541-432-0505. Or email:
rich.wandschneider@gmail.com
The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture – 403 N.
Main St., Joseph Oregon 97846
2321 Ollallie Lane
(PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR
Call 541-
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