Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 12, 2018
Howlak Tichum
Urbana Marie ‘Toto’ Ross
Urbana Marie “Toto”
Ross, 61, passed on to the
Creator at her home at Wolfe
Point on Saturday, September
1, 2018.
She is survived by sons,
Jacques Martinez of Las Ve-
gas, Nevada and Joseph
Martinez of Warm Springs
and
daughter, Monet
Martinez of Eugene. She is
also survived by granddaugh-
ters Jade and Spayne
Martinez, of Chiloquin,
Maleah Lehner of Eugene,
grandson, Jayden Builder of
Eugene, and great grandsons
Kendo Cuevas, Kai Holster
and Garrett Souza, Jr. all of
Chiloquin.
Her son, Joel Martinez and
grandson, Greisyn Builder,
passed before her.
Urbana is also survived by
sisters Mary Ross and Susan
Boileau of Warm Springs and
Relda
Peratrovich
of
Ellensburg, Washington and
her mother, Arlene Boileau of
Warm Springs. She is also sur-
vived by half-brothers and
half-sisters Harvey Ross, Jr.
of Oklahoma City, Pebbles
Ross of St. Joseph, Missouri,
Vincent Ross, Ralph Ross and
Joseph Ross, all of Horton,
Kansas, and Grace Ross of
Neah Bay, Washington.
In addition, she is survived
by her partner of 27 years,
Howie Arnett. Numerous
aunts, uncles, nieces and neph-
ews also survive her.
Toto was born in Redmond,
Oregon and was a lifelong resident
of the Warm Springs Reservation,
except for the years from 1993 to
1999 when she attended the Uni-
versity of Oregon and earned a
bachelor’s degree in Political Sci-
ence and a master’s degree in Pub-
lic Policy, Planning and Manage-
ment.
At the time of her passing, Toto
served as the Realty Officer for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Warm Springs Agency Office.
Prior to joining the BIA, Toto
held a variety of professional and
management positions with the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs and Kah-Nee-Ta High
Desert Resort.
In 2010, she was selected by the
Tribal Council to serve as the Con-
federated Tribes’ Chief Operations
Officer, a position she held until
2013.
During her time as COO,
she was most proud of her
work in planning and securing
funding for the new Warm
Springs elementary school,
now known as the War m
Springs K-8 Academy.
Her strong commitment to
children and their education
was demonstrated by her long
service as Secretary of the
Oregon Indian Education As-
sociation.
Toto loved spending time
with her family, especially her
children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. She also
loved to travel throughout the
U.S. and abroad, spending time
in recent years in New Zealand,
Australia, Canada and many
countries in Europe. She was
also an avid fan of the Oregon
Ducks in all sports.
Toto was very proud of her
home. She was always working
to improve it, and regularly
hosted dinners, cook-outs and
social events in her home for
family and friends.
Toto was loved by all of her
family and by everyone in the
Warm Springs community and
around Oregon and elsewhere
who had the great fortune to
know her.
She touched many, many
lives with her kindness, gener-
osity, her wonderful sense of
humor and her unflagging will-
ingness to help anyone in need.
Her loss will be deeply and
always felt by all who knew and
loved her.
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Summary of Tribal Council
September 10, 2018
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chair-
man Eugene Greene Jr., Vice
Chair man Charles Calica,
Raymond Tsumpti, Valerie
Switzler, Carina Miller, and
Brigette McConville. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Budget presentation.
· Budget Overview
· Chief of Operations
· Public Safety
· Public Utilities
· Branch of Natural Re-
sources
3. The afternoon budget pre-
sentations will be rescheduled.
4. With no further discussion
the meeting adjourned at 12:40
p.m.
On the Tribal Council agenda
Wednesday, September 12
Budget presentations:
9 a.m.: High Lookee Lodge
with Jolene Greene.
9:45: Museum at Warm Springs
with Carol Leone.
10:30: Warm Springs Housing
Authority with Danielle Wood.
11:15: Tribal Council, commit-
tees and Council support.
1:30 p.m.: Cannabis Commis-
sion with Joseph Jenson.
2:15: TERO Commission with
Wendell Jim.
3: Gaming Commission and
surveillance with Sandra Main and
Josephine Johnson.
Thursday, September 13
Budgte presentations con-
tinue:
9 a.m.: Indian Head Casino
with Jeffrey Carstenson.
9:45: Warm Springs Credit En-
terprise with Lori Fuentes.
10:30: Warm Springs Compos-
ite Products with Jacob Coochise.
11:15: Warm Springs Telecom-
munications with Tim York.
1:30 p.m.: Kah-Nee-Ta.
2:15: Warm Springs Ventures
with Rodrick Ariwite.
3: Warm Springs Power Enter-
prises with Jim Manion.
3:45: Warm Springs Timber
LLC with Cal Mukumoto.
Monday-Thursday, Septem-
ber 17-20: Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians 2018 Annual
Conference.
Thursday-Friday, September
20-21: Warm Springs Corrections
facility BIA visit with Vince
Anchono, BIA.
Saturday, September 22:
Wiwnu-Wash Ceremony and Cel-
ebration at SkiBowl East.
Monday, September 24
9 a.m.: Secretary-Treasurer and
Chief Operations Officer updates
with Michele Stacona and Alyssa
Macy.
10: Ocotober agenda and re-
view minutes.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative update
calls, federal and state.
2:30: Enrollments with Lucille
Suppach-Samson of Vital Stats.
3:30: Budget call-backs.
Tuesday, Septembre 25
9 a.m.: 2019 proposed budget
with Alfred Estimo and Dennis
Johnson.
10: Portland Harbor update
with Jen Graham, Bobby Brunoe
and Ellen Grover.
11: School district 509-J super-
intendent update with Ken
Parshall.
Thursday, September 27:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
government to government meet-
ing.
Gerald Tufti
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