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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
2 Nammy nominations for Blue Flamez
T wo years ago Scott ‘Blue
Flamez’ Kalama became the
first Warm Springs tribal
member to win a Native
American Music Award.
The award was Best Mu-
sic Video for Rez Life.
After the 2016 recogni-
tion at the Nammys, Scott
began work on his next al-
bum, Rez Star. He wanted
to keep up the momentum
in a very competitive field.
Now, two years later Rez
Star is nominated for two
Nammys at the 2018 awards,
coming up in October at
Niagra Falls.
The categories for Rez
Star are Best Rap /Hip Hop
Album, and Best Music
Video Concept.
The music video is To the
Sky, filmed in Simnasho, di-
rected by LaRonn Katchia
Album cover of Blue Flamez’ Rez Star.
and his associate Isaac
Trimble.
Scott was inspired to write
To the Sky when he visited the
No DAPLE Standing Rock
protest, and other Native ac-
tivist events.
Scott is a Prevention Edu-
cation consultant. He per-
forms often around the re-
gion, such as the County and
State fairs. He will also be at
the upcoming Jim PepperFest
in Portland. And has per-
formed at reservations in the
Mid West.
Last year he accompanied
James Greeley to the 2017
Nammys, where James won
for Best Traditional Record-
ing, Before America.
Some of James’ flute
work appears on Rez Star.
Scott wishes to say:
Please vote daily for Blue
Flamez Rez Star and Blue
Flamez To the Sky in the
categories: Best Rap/HipHop
Album and Best Music Video
Concept!
AmeriCorps Vista member joins Action Team
Hello,
My name is Mallory
Smith. My father is Alvis
Smith III, mother is Juanita
White-Elk, and my extra lov-
ing parent is Vivian Smith.
Being a part of the Con-
federate Tribes of Warm
Springs, I hold a huge chunk
of my heart to my home
land.
Growing up on Warm
Springs Reservation I have
experienced how poverty can
affect us (my tribe) in many
different ways, but I also see
how it made us more of a
community, especially in
sports aspects.
I have been living on and
off in Portland for the past
six years. I went to school at
Portland Community College
and became a preschool
teacher at Small Wonders
School.
As much as I liked living
in Portland, I always had a
passion for my community
and knew I wanted to one
day give back to the com-
WSCAT VISTA member
Mallory Smith
munity of Warm Springs.
Not quite knowing where
to start, I took a healthy risk
and applied to a nonprofit
organization
for
an
AmeriCorps VISTA position,
which is volunteer work that
takes place all over the
United States.
As a new member of the
AmeriCorps VISTA pro-
Summaries of Tribal Council
September 11, 2O18
1. Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chair man Eugene
Greene Jr., Vice Chairman
Charles Calica, Raymond
Tsumpti, Valerie Switzler,
and Carina Miller. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Budget presentations:
· Fish and Wildlife Com-
mittee
· Timber Committee
· Water Control Board
· Health & Welfare Com-
mittee
· Education Committee
· Land Use Planning Com-
mittee
· Irrigation, Range and Ag
Committee will be resched-
uled.
3. Chairman Greene gave
a report on the meeting with
U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers.
4. Continued budget pre-
sentations:
· Culture and Heritage
Committee
· Human Resources
· Administrative Services
Management
· Governmental Affairs
· Tribal Court
5. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 4:35 p.m.
September 12
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. Kah-Nee-Ta Board of
Directors letter of resigna-
tion
· Motion made by
Raymond to take this under
advisement until further ac-
tion is taken on the Kah-
Nee-Ta property. Second by
Jody. Question: 6/0/0,
Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
3. Budget presentations:
· High Lookee Lodge
· Museum At War m
Springs
· Warm Springs Housing
Authority
· Tribal Council, Com-
mittees & Council Support
· Cannabis Commission
· TERO Commission
· Gaming Commission
and Surveillance
4. Fish Accords:
· Motion by Jody adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,514
approving the extension of
the 2008 Memorandum of
Agreement among the Con-
federated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion, Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reserva-
tion of Oregon, The Con-
federated Tribes and Bands
gram and the newest mem-
ber of Warm Springs Com-
munity Action Team, my pri-
mary focus is on economic
opportunity.
My goal is to promote
community development in
Warm Springs by building
community and financial
support for the Community
Action Team (WSCAT) pro-
grams that facilitate entre-
preneurship for low-income
individuals in the Warm
Springs Reservation.
My job is to develop out-
reach, communication strat-
egies, and partnerships to
build a broad-based com-
munity support for the
WSCAT programs, espe-
cially those relating to the
youth.
I will develop a plan to
recruit low-income youth
into WSCAT’s small business
promotion programs and
education IDAs (Individual
Development Accounts).
Working with the
WSCAT family, I will also
assist in the development of
small business promotion
projects, such as develop-
ment of an artisans’ coopera-
tive—Tananáwit—the out-
door market, and a small busi-
ness incubator.
As a VISTA member, my
objective is to help build fi-
nancial
support
for
WSCAT’s business pro-
grams that promote commu-
nity and economic develop-
ment on the Warm Springs
Reservation.
When my year of volun-
teer service is complete, I
hope to continue to be an
advocate for the Native
American youth, so that they
know that anything is pos-
sible!
I am very grateful to be a
part of the WSCAT family
and also to be back in the
community of
War m
Springs. Thank you! I will be
looking for your smiling fac-
ing around town.
Mallory Smith
of The Yakama Nation, Co-
lumbia River Intertribe Fish
Commission, Bonneville
Power Administration, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers,
and the U.S. Bureau of Rec-
lamation included as Exhibit
1, and authorizing the Tribal
Council Chairman or his au-
thorized representative to ex-
ecute the agreement. Tribal
attorney John Ogan will con-
tinue to serve as the ‘point
of contact’ for the federal
agencies party to the Fish
Accord Extension, and fulfill
those duties in close coordi-
nation with the general man-
ager of the Branch of Natu-
ral Resources, and providing
Tribal Council periodic up-
dates on the status of all
matters related to the Fish
Accords. Second by Brigette.
Question: 5/1/1, Chairman
not voting. Motion carried.
5. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned at
5:15 p.m.
munications
· Warm Springs Ventures
· Warm Springs Power En-
terprise
· Warm Springs Timber
Company, LLC.
3. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned at
3:55 p.m.
September 13
1. Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chairman Eugene Greene
Jr., Vice Chairman Charles
Calica, Raymond Tsumpti,
and Brigette McConville.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Budget presentations:
· Indian Head Casino
· Warm Springs Credit
Enterprise
· Warm Springs Compos-
ite Products
· Warm Springs Telecom-
September 26, 2018
$1.1 million grant to
tribes for public safety
The Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
will receive $1.1 million
to improve public safety.
The funding comes
from the U.S. Department
of Justice, as announced
last week by U.S. Attor-
ney Billy J. Williams.
The award to the Con-
federated Tribes is in the
amount of $1,191,523.
The tribes will receive
$754,568 from the Pub-
lic Safety and Community
Policing (COPS) program,
and $436,955 from the
Children’s Justice Act
Partnerships for Indian
Communities.
Other recipients in Or-
egon include the Colum-
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission; Confeder-
ated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians; Con-
federated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation; Coquille Indian
Tribe; Cowcreek Band
of Umpqua Tribe of In-
dians; and Klamath
Tribes.
“These awards mark
the Justice Department’s
continued commitment to
ensuring all tribes have
the resources necessary to
keep their communities
safe and effectively en-
force the administration
of justice on tribal land,”
Mr. Williams said.
The grant to Warm
Springs is part of a $113
million total to Northwest
tribes to improve public
safety, serve victims of
crime, combat violence
against women, and sup-
port youth programs in
American Indian and
Alaska Native communi-
ties, including.
Nationwide, grants
were awarded to 133
American Indian tribes,
Alaska Native villages and
other tribal designees
through the Coordinated
Tribal Assistance Solicita-
tion, a streamlined appli-
cation for tribal-specific
grant programs.
Of the $113 million to
Northwest tribes, just
over $53 million comes
from the Office of Jus-
tice Programs, more than
$35 million from the Of-
fice on Violence Against
Women, and more than
$24.7 million from the
Office of Community
Oriented Policing Ser-
vices.