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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 22, 2017
Getting to know your Warm Springs OSU Extension team
Agriculture program
My name is Scott Duggan and I
am the OSU agriculture faculty in
Warm Springs, and project director
for the Federally Recognized Tribal
Extension Program.
I grew up in Central Oregon and
attended Crook County High
School. After high school gradua-
tion, I earned a Master’s of Science
degree in agriculture from Cal Poly
State University.
One of my first jobs was as an
agriculture instructor teaching at
Churchill County High School in
Fallon, Nevada. After several years
in Fallon, I became the agriculture
instructor at Lassen Community
College in Susanville, Calif.
In addition to teaching classes in
agriculture, I was in charge of the
equestrian program at Lassen, and
Nutrition Education
taught horse training classes for ten
years.
Teaching agriculture was enjoy-
able, but in order to live closer to
family, we moved back to Central
Oregon.
In addition to teaching I have
worked as an agronomist in the ag-
riculture industry, managed a retail
garden store, worked on ranches,
farms and as a pen rider at a feed-
lot near Pasco, Washington.
KWSO Thanksgiving programming
KWSO wishes ever yone a
Happy Thanksgiving. The sta-
tion will feature special pro-
gramming this Wednesday and
Thursday.
The schedule of programs
looks like this:
Wednesday, November 22
12 p.m.: Remembering
Jim Pepper.
Each fall for the past sev-
eral years, a Native Arts Festi-
val is held at Parkrose High
School in Jim Pepper’s old
neighborhood.
Sean Aaron Cruz organizes
the event. A guest at the 2017
event was Winona LaDuke.
Avotcja Jiltonilro performed
at the 2016 Jim Pepper Native
Arts Festival.
Kenman Miller plays with
the Jim Pepper tribute band
The Flying Eagles.
They each share their sto-
ries about how their paths in-
tersected with Native saxo-
phone great Mr. Jim Pepper.
1-4 p.m.: KWSO Native
Music Mix.
Local music, both contem-
porary and traditional, plus the
2017 Nammy Winners and
some classic Native contempo-
rary tunes.
4 p.m.: Wisdom of the
Elders Marathon.
Oral histories, environmen-
tal science, storytelling, music
and cultural arts from tribal
people across the United States.
4: The Sacred Earth.
5: Circles
6: Cry of the Earth Proph-
ecy.
7: Honoring Women of Na-
tive Culture.
8: The Horse in Native Cul-
ture.
9: The Harvest.
10: Tribute to Native Artists.
11: Native Relationships.
Thursday November 23
Wisdom of the Elders Mara-
thon continues
12 a.m.: The Shanee, Otoe
and Omaha.
1: The Dakotah Sioux.
2: The Teton Sioux.
3: The Arikara (Salish).
4: Mandan Hidatsa.
5: Crow/Cheyenne.
6: Assiniboine and Gros Ven-
tre.
7: Blackfeet.
8: Lemhi Shoshone.
9: Salish and Kootenai
10: Nez Perce.
11: Yakama.
12 p.m. Umatilla.
1: Warm Springs.
2: Chinook.
3: Grand Rhonde.
4: Inupiak.
5: Athabascan
7 p.m.: Remembering Jim
Pepper.
8-Midnight: KWSO Native
Music Mix.
My name is Rosanna Sanders
and I have been working at Warm
Springs OSU Extension Service
since 2011.
I am an enrolled member of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, and have lived here on
the reservation for most of my
life.
I teach nutrition at the Early
Childhood Education Center and
the Warm Springs Academy.
I am a certified Master Food
Nutrition Education
and four other Native American
representatives filed a class-action
lawsuit against two departments of
the United States government: the
Department of the Interior and
the Department of the Treasury.
The plaintiffs claimed that the gov-
ernment had incorrectly accounted
for income derived from Indian
trust assets, which are legally
owned by the U.S. government but
held in trust for individual Native
Americans (the beneficial owners).
In 2009, the parties to the suit
negotiated a settlement in the case,
and in 2010 Congress passed
implementing legislation designat-
ing $3.4 billion for the settlement:
$1.4 billion was allocated to be
paid to the plaintiffs and $1.9 bil-
lion was allocated for a Land Buy-
Back Program and a newly cre-
ated educational scholarship fund
for American Indian and Alaska
Native students.
The settlement payment pro-
cess is being handled by the GCG
with the cooperation of the Inte-
rior Department. Class members
The partnership between
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs and Oregon
State University has existed
for over 50 years.
A formal Memorandum
of Understanding between
the university and the tribes
provides support for the
Extension program.
Extension is housed in
the Education Building at
1110 Wasco St.
My name is Sara Rogers, and I
have worked at OSU Extension
War m Springs in Family and
Community Health since 2010.
I am involved in Nutrition Edu-
cation through the SNAP-Ed pro-
gram. I am also a certified Mas-
ter Food Preser ver, and have
monthly food preservation classes.
And I also work with Native Farm
to School projects.
Howlak Tichum
Trudie Gaye Smith ~ March 5, 1953 - August 11, 2017
Trudie Gaye Smith was born
March 5, 1953 in Redmond,
and departed on August 11,
2017 in Warm Springs, her life-
time home.
She was born to Roscoe
“Massey” Smith of War m
Springs, and Rosemary Smith
of Grande Rhonde.
She was known to us as
“Root the Troot” or “Cha-
Cha.”
Survivors include her chil-
dren Demus Martinez,
Shadrack Martinez, Michael
Martinez
and
Rosetta
Herkshan; and grandchildren
Jarrin Martinez, Francisco
Martinez, Gunner Herkshan
Jr., Wallace Herkshan, Bella
Herkshan
and
Ember
Herkshan, all from War m
Springs; and Donavan
Martinez, Devon Martinez,
Shaylene Martinez, all from
Clarkdale, Arizona; and Tanner
Martinez, Quintis Martinez
and Henry Martinez, all from
Warm Springs; as well as two
great-granchildren, Takada and
Marquis Martinez of Ari-
zona.
She also leaves behind her
Cobell Settlement ‘whereabouts
unknown’ deadline November 27
The Department of the In-
terior announced it is taking the
final steps in its efforts to iden-
tify the whereabouts of ap-
proximately 17,000 Native
Americans to provide compen-
sation as part of the Cobell
settlement. Some of these in-
dividuals are members of the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs.
The settlement of the
Cobell lawsuit has reached an
important deadline and the De-
partment needs Class Mem-
bers, or the heirs of Class
Members, to provide docu-
mentation of their status to the
Office of the Special Trustee
for American Indians (OST)
and/or the Garden City Group
(GCG), the Cobell claims ad-
ministrator, by November 27,
2017, which is a court-imposed
deadline for claiming settle-
ment compensation so that
payment may be made.
In 1996, Elouise Cobell, a
member of the Blackfeet Tribe,
Preser ver and help with the
monthly food preservation classes.
Every year in June I host a
group of students from Oregon
State University who comes to
Warm Springs and stay for a week.
The group does several projects
in Warm Springs during their stay.
We also take community mem-
bers on two ‘Fruit Loop Tour’ trips
to the fruit stands and orchards in
Parkdale.
I can be reached at the OSU
Extension office in the Education
building, or by calling 541-553-
3238. Or by email at:
Rosanna.sanders@oregonstate.edu
all over the country have re-
ceived detailed information
about their legal rights and op-
tions via the United States Postal
Service. Information was also
provided through an extensive
media campaign which included
Native America print media,
social media, television and ra-
dio ads, and online advertising.
Notice to all IIM Account
owners: If you name is on the
Office of Special Tr ustee
(OST) Whereabouts Unknown
(WAU) list of IIM accounts that
contain Cobell Settlement de-
posits, you must contact OST
to claim your Cobell Settlement
funds before November 27,
2017. Cobell Settlement depos-
its that remain in WAU IIM ac-
counts after this deadline may
be involuntarily transferred to
the Cobell Settlement Scholar-
ship fund. The toll free num-
ber for OST’s Trust Beneficiary
call center is 1-888-678-6836.
husband and life partner/best
friend Henry Demus Martinez.
Brothers and sisters include
Marcia Soliz, Toni Made Darryl
Smith, Dennis Smith Sr., Kenman
Miller, Eldred Smith Sr., Bobby
Smith, Julian Smith, Sharon
Miller, Robin Smith and Pam
Cardenas. Preceding in death are
her brother Ronald Smith and sis-
ter Joni Aguilar.
Trudie enjoyed studying the
Bible, and became one of
Jehovah’s Witnesses, her favorite
scripture being Revelation 21:3
and 4.
Trudie was an all-around ath-
lete as a youth, playing for the
Warm Springs Bravettes. She later
went on to coaching softball, and
loved teaching sports to young
people in family.
Trudie worked locally at
Kah-Nee-Ta in house keeping
as a teen. Later in life she was
a fire fighter and private con-
tractor. She ran a labor crew
for at-risk/opportunity youth,
and was a tribal liaison with
Foster Kalama with the 509-J
school district. She worked at
High Lookee as a care pro-
vider, and with assisted living
in Madras.
We all remember Trudie as
very funny, welcoming, a good
listener, jokester and prank-
ster. She had many friends,
even “adopted” many over the
years. She was Aunty, a sec-
ond mom, and adopted
grandma.
We will miss her dearly:
Her smile, her ability to make
us laugh, her cooking, her
good heart, her cheerfulness,
her resisting social events only
to be the “life of the party”
when we convinced her to at-
tend. She was more than our
Mother, daughter, sister,
Grandma, Great-grandma,
Aunt. She was a true friend.
The world will seem smaller
without her big heart.
Carl Sampson ~ August 19, 1933 - November 15, 2017
Carl Sampson, also known as
Peo Peo Mox Mox (Yellowbird),
the hereditary Chief of the
Walla Walla Tribe, passed away
November 15, 2017 in
Pendleton.
Carl was born August 19,
1933 at Tutuilla Flats on the
Umatilla Indian Reservation.
His parents were John and Car-
rie Abraham Sampson. He was
married to Marian “Arleta”
Sampson for 65 years, and for
the past many years were rec-
ognized as the longest married
couple in the Pendleton Round-
Up Indian Village.
Carl attended Pendleton High
School and Chemawa Indian
School.
He served for many years on
the Umatilla Tribe’s Board of
Trustees and as the Chairman
of the General Council.
He was the Umatilla Tribe’s
first Tribal Housing Manager,
served on the Tribal Health
Commission, Portland Area
Indian Health Board, Umatilla
Fish and Wildlife Committee,
Healing Lodge of the Seven
Nations, Hanford Advisory
Board, and National Congress
of American Indians. He also
served in the United States Air
Force.
He was a strong advocate,
spokesman, and activist for pro-
tecting and honoring the Tribe’s
1855 treaty with the United
States, protecting Mother
Earth, and promoting the
Tribe’s cultural pride and edu-
cation.
As a young man he fished at
Celilo Falls on the Columbia
River.
Over the many years, Carl
and Arleta helped take care of
over 30 of their grandchildren,
nieces, nephews, and family
members who needed their
help.