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Letters to the editor
Anniversary year at Museum
You can see exceptional artwork by Warm Springs
youth at the museum through March 3.
The Museum at Warm
Springs this year is celebrat-
ing its Twenty-Fifth Anni-
versary. There are some
unique events—a Treaty of
1855 exhibit, for instance—
coming up in 2018 at the
museum. Some events on
the calendar:
March 12: A Washat
Service at 10 a.m.
March 17: War m
Springs community cel-
ebration of the anniversary.
The museum opened in
March of 1993. The exhibit
Twanat: Celebrating Our
Legacy opens.
April 14: Honor Dinner
at the World Forestry Cen-
ter. Presentation of the
Twanat and Lifetime
Achievement awards.
May 31: Seeds of Dis-
covery science field day for
local fourth graders, sup-
ported by an Oregon State
University and NASA.
June 7: Opening of the
reception hall exhibit Patriot
Nations, a banner exhibit
from the National Museum
of the American Indian.
June 21: Opening of the
exhibit Memory of the
Land: The Treaty of the
Middle Columbia River
Tribes and Bands.
August 18: Huckleberry
Harvest annual banquet and
auction.
October 1: Opening,.
Middle Oregon Treaty of
1855 display.
October 25-27: Treaty
symposium At Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort.
November: Tribal Mem-
ber Art Exhibit; and Native
American Art Market.
Wishes...
Baby Fair
Warm Springs Recreation
invites you to the Sweetheart
Baby Fair from 5-7 p.m. on
Thursday, February 22. There
will be a family photo shoot
and door prizes.
Join us at the Community
Wellness Center Social Hall
for a light dinner at 5 p.m.
Enter your little one in the
Crawler Race. Then sport
your child’s regalia across the
stage for your walker to 5
years old.
Check out the baby board
gallery and learn new infor-
mation regarding issues fac-
ing our little ones and their
families.
Michael Martinez from
Prevention will provide infor-
mation on the use of meth-
amphetamine during preg-
nancy and the effects on new-
borns, infants and their envi-
ronment.
For more information call
Carol Sahme at 541-553-
3243, or visit Recreation at
the Community Center.
Seniors lunch
Seniors are invited to the
Warm Springs Senior Cen-
ter for lunch this Thursday,
February 15 from noon to 1
p.m. On the menu: Cajun
salmon with pineapple salsa.
Those 60 and older eat for
free. Lunch is $5 for anyone
age 12 to 59, and children
under 12 cost $3 each.
Tribal Council
I would like to
wish a ‘belated’
Happy Birthday to
our grandson Orion
Wewa, who turned
9 on February 8,
2018.
Happy Valentines Day
to Mato and Miayala
Suppah and Metaeh
Allen. Love you, Grama
Bonnie and Grampa
Ronnie.
We would like to wish
a ver y Happy 12 th
Birthday to our grandson
Ivan “Ka’Canus” Good
Lance. Hope all your
wishes come true on your
special day, February 22,
2018. We love you very
much, from Grama Bonnie
and Grampa Ronnie.
Happy Valen-
tines Day to Addy
and Pete Jacobs
Good Lance, with
love from Grama
Bonnie and
Grampa Ronnie.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
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Coming up at Tribal
Council:
Tuesday, February 20
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer updates with
Michele and Alyssa.
10: March agenda and
minutes with the S-T.
11: Draft resolutions with
the S-T
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls, federal and state.
2:30: Fee to Trust tribal
consultation.
3:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
Vital Stats.
Adolescent
group meetings
The Adolescent Alcohol
and Drug Education Group
meets every Monday 4:30-
5:30 p.m. at the War m
Springs Behavioral Health
Center.
The meetings are with
Stephanie Wachter, certified
alcohol and drug counselor
(CADC II), and Alexis
Salazar, CADC I intern.
Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb wishes everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!
For any questions please
contact Stephanie at 541-
553-3205.
From Extension
Warm Springs OSU Ex-
tension is seeking volunteers
for its Master Food Preserver
program.
Volunteers help folks
make safe food preservation
choices. Warm Springs Exten-
sion is recruiting applicants to
participate in 48 hours of in-
depth food safety and pres-
ervation training on Tuesdays
April 10-May 29.
If possible, you need to
apply by this Thursday, Feb-
ruary 15. For more informa-
tion, and to apply visit
extension.oregonstate.edu.
Get to the Deschutes County
page, and click on ‘food pres-
ervation.’
Veterans, Family Healing Circle
The Veterans and Fam-
ily Healing Circle an-
nounced the annual gather-
ing, coming up in April.
The gathering, April 25-
29, will be at the HeHe
Longhouse. This year the
theme is ‘Honoring Our
Women in Service.’ Every-
one is welcome.
The weekend includes
healing ceremonies, speak-
ers, elders’ wisdom, men’s
sweat lodge, women’s sweat
lodge, washing of the hands
ceremony, free healing
touch treatments, raffle,
fun and friendship.
No fees of any kind are
being charged. Contribu-
tions of food, volunteer
time and raffle items are
greatly appreciated. To do-
nate with giveaway item ex-
penses you may send a
check to:
Bullseye, 3180 NW
Gumpert Rd, Prineville,
OR 97754 (with ‘Vet-
eran family healing’ in
the subject line.)
Contacts: Mike Wil-
liams, 541-912-1962.
Heidi Katchia, 503-
804-4177. Washington
state: Elke Bach-
Zeerosah, 253-967-
7905. Cody Black, 360-
458-6840.
Relay kick-off
A kick-off event for
Jefferson County Relay for
Life is at the Madras-
Jefferson County Chamber
Business after hours gather-
ing this Thursday, February
15 at 5:30 p.m.
The after hours gatheirng
will be at the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds in the
Mackie Conroy building. Ev-
eryone is invited to attend
and learn more about the
Relay for Life, coming up in
July.
For sale
Nissan pickup, 1985.
Contact Ricky Minthorn,
541-615-0325.
Council seeks to fill tribal board positions
The Tribal Council of the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs would like to
advertise the following tribal
board positions:
There is one position,
non-member, on the Warm
Springs Ventures board.
This is the economic devel-
opment corporation of the
Confederated Tribes.
The candidate should be
interested in the economic
and social development of
the tribe and its membership;
and possesses expertise in pri-
vate industry, finance or
banking, or some other field
which would benefit corpo-
ration.
There is one position,
non-member, open on the
Warm Springs Composite
Products board.
There are two position
open on the Warm Springs
Tribal Employment Rights
Office (TERO) Commis-
sion, a division of Warm
Springs Ventures.
There is one position
open on the Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort board of directors;
and one position, non-mem-
ber on the tribal Credit en-
terprise board.
For all of these positions:
Letters of interest and re-
sumes of applicants should
be submitted by March 6
to the following address:
Michele Stacona, Secre-
tary-Treasurer/CEO, P.O.
Box 455, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Authorization letter will be
mailed to all applicants for a
criminal and credit back-
ground check to be com-
pleted returned to Secretary-
Treasurer/CEO office. In-
formation will be submitted
confidentially to the Secre-
tary-Treasurer.