Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 9, 2018
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Veterans profiles of the Confederated Tribes
As the Confederated Tribes this
month have been honoring veterans
of the tribes, the following are two
veterans profiles, Theodore Brunoe
and Dan Martinez:
Ted Brunoe
Theodore ‘Ted’ Brunoe was
drafted into the U.S. Army in
1962, shortly after completing
college at the University of Or-
egon.
“My Madras High School and
college classmate Murray Newton
got his draft notice at the same
time. He went into the Air Force,
becoming an officer and a navi-
gator on a B-52.”
Ted went to complete boot
camp at Fort Ord, California, and
spent the next two years stationed
at Scofield Barracks in Hawaii.
His duties as a Battery Clerk
were to process those troops go-
ing to Vietnam, and to list those
who were absent without leave.
“The pay was $75 dollars a
month,” Ted says, “and my apart-
ment in Waikiki was $95 a month.
So I started a taxi company, which
I ran for two years.”
In 1963 Ted was in Thailand
on three occasions for Temporary
Duty (TDY) with the Military Ad-
visory Group made up of mostly
officers.
“We trained Vietnamese sol-
diers how to fight a war,” he says.
“We weren’t issued any ammuni-
tion, but bullets were flying
Courtesy Susan Guerin
Dan Martinez and Ted Barney
around us.”
Ted recalls that when he landed
in Vietnam in 1963, “there were
only 2,500 troops. Americans were
not fighting then. The war heated
up in 1964. At the end of the year
there were 140,000 troops there.”
Ted took ample advantage of
his location and traveled on his
days off.
“I visited Japan, Okinawa, the
Philippine Islands, Hong Kong,
Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, New
Zealand. My brother Mickey was
stationed in the Philippines. Of all
those, I favored New Zealand for
the beauty of the land, green ev-
erywhere, for the hills. I also liked
Summaries of Tribal Council
April 2, 2018
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis Heath,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chief Jo-
seph Moses, Vice Chair man
Charles Calica, Ronald Suppah,
Brigette McConville, Valerie
Switzler, and Raymond Tsumpti.
Phoebe Joe, Recorder.
2. Bureau of Indian Affairs
update.
3. Office of Special Trustee
update.
4. Land Buy Back Program up-
date.
5. Celilo Park Project update.
· Motion by Carina approving
Council letter of support for Celilo
Park Project reiterating Resolution
No. 11,327. Second by Brigette.
Question: 7/0/2, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
6. Federal and state legislative
conference calls.
7. Tribal attorneys update.
8. Motion by Ronald adopting
Resolution No. 12,460 approving
the purchase of The Dalles Public
Domain Allotments nos. 147-
51,147-51, and 147-53. Second by
Brigette; Question; 7/0/2, Chair-
man not voting. Motion carried.
9. Motion by Valerie approving
additional April delegations. Second
by Carina. Question; 7/0/2, Chair-
man not voting. Motion carried.
10. With no further discussion
the meeting adjourned at 3:44 p.m.
April 23, 2018
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis Heath,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chairman
Eugene Greene Jr., Vice Chairman
Charles Calica, Raymond Tsumpti,
Valerie Switzler, Carina Miller and
Brigette McConville. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Vehicle Pool Policy update
with Chief Operations Officer.
3. Capital Plan update with
COO.
4. Managed Care update.
5. Realty items:
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,473 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-332.
Second by Valerie. Question: 4/0/
3, Chairman not voting. Motion
carried.
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,474 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-670-
A. Second by Valerie. Question: 5/
0/2, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
· Motion by Raymond tabling
Items 3 and 4 due to title interest
only on an allotment v. assign-
ment, to be presented at a later
date. Second by Valerie. Question:
5/0/2, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,475 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
23-A. Second by Valerie. Ques-
tion: 5/0/2, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· Motion by Valerie adopting
Resolution No. 12,476 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
594-D. Second by Brigette. Ques-
tion: 5/0/2, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· Motion by Valerie adopting
Resolution No. 12,477 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
594-G. Second by Brigette. Ques-
tion: 5/0/2, Chairman not vot-
Australia, where I went scuba div-
ing in de Beers on the Great Bar-
rier Reef.”
After Ted’s departure from the
service, he lived on the West Coast
in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
eventually settling in Portland for
30 years.
Now retired and living in Warm
Springs, Ted is still in touch with
two of his comrades from the war
years.
Dan Martinez
Dan Martinez served in the U.S.
Marine Corps from 1971-75 in the
MTMCO 1st division 3rd Marine
3rd Battalion 7th fleet.
ing. Motion carried.
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,478 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-23-
B. Second by Carina. Question: 6/
0/2, Chairman not voting. Motion
carried.
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,479 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
124-A. Second by Raymond: 5/
0/2, Chairman not voting. Motion
carried.
· Motion by Raymond adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,480 approv-
ing the purchase of allotment 145-
204-A. Second by Carina. Ques-
tion: 6/0/1, Chairman not voting.
Motion carried.
· Motion by Valerie adopting
Resolution No. 12,481 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
579. Second by Carina: 6/0/1,
Chairman not voting. Motion car-
ried.
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,482 approving
the purchase of allotment 145-
590-A. Second by Carina. Ques-
He also received training as an
automobile and diesel mechanic. “I
wasn’t a tribal member back then,”
Dan says, “so they automatically
drafted me. I acquired my tribal
enrollment in 1975.”
After boot camp Dan was sent
to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,
for Embassy training, where he
rose to the rank of platoon leader.
He was then assigned to the Far
East Marine Corps barracks at-
tached to the U.S. Embassies pri-
marily in Japan, where he saluted
the President and welcomed politi-
cal leaders from around the globe.
“I was the first Native Ameri-
can to be assigned to the US Em-
bassies,” Dan says.
In 1975, as his term in the ser-
vice neared the end, Dan took the
required human relations training
for three months to reintegrate into
the American society, which by
then was up in arms about the Viet-
nam War.
Out of 26 of Dan’s military bud-
dies, seven remain. “We had a re-
union last fall,” Dan said. “I miss
them, because they’re dying off. We
were the last ones to leave Vietnam.
After we left no more troops were
sent over.”
Dan reflects on his career after
leaving the service: “Since 1980
I’ve served my community as a
fireman, an EMT, and I’m now the
Tribal Emergency Manager. My
heart has always been to take care
of my people.”
Dan’s words of encouragement
to the community are that “No
matter where you go in this coun-
try you’ll be judged by the color of
your skin, like I was.
“If you’re going to go into the
military, join because you want to,
not because you have to.
“I just want to be a role model,
a mentor, and a leader for my
people.”
Susan Guerin
Ladies Auxiliary
Girls State
Eleventh grade girls who are
at least 15 years old are eligible
to attend Girls State in Salem.
This week-long leadership
camp will be held in June. For
further details see:
WSala48.org
Or call the local American
Legion Auxiliary at 541-460-
8212.
Girls State is a non-parti-
san, non-secular nationwide
program sponsored by the
tion: 6/0/1, Chairman not voting.
Motion carried.
6. Meeting with Jefferson
County Commissioner candidate
Kelly Simmelink.
7. Salmon Donation
· Motion by Carina approving
six salmon be donated to the Uni-
versity of Oregon Mother’s Day
American Legion Auxiliary de-
signed to increase attendees’
awareness and knowledge of
governmental processes while
learning about the duties, privi-
leges, rights and responsibilities
of citizenship.
Salmon Feast on May 13. Second
by Brigette. Question: 6/0/1,
Chairman not voting. Motion car-
ried.
8. N’Chi Wana Pum Canoe
Family update.
9. With no further discussion
the meeting adjourned at 4:17 p.m.