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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Films: Featuring Native themes
Hands Across the Bridge
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Warm Springs Behavioral Health and HAPPI
(Health and Promotion Prevention Initiative)
Births
Samantha Kaye Wolfe
Samuel Wolfe and
Rebecca Lockwood of Ma-
dras are pleased to announce
the birth of their daughter
Samantha Kaye Wolfe, born
on October 4, 2018.
Samantha joins brothers
Devon, 21; and sisters Kalan
20, Ashlyn, 10, Rikyna, 8,
Rosie 4, and Amber, 2.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are the late
James L. Wolfe Sr., and
Flossie M. Wolfe.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Ronald
Lockwood,
Jolene
Lockwood and Melanie
Lockwood.
Waluxpykee Walter
Barkley
Victor Barkley and Ca-
rina Miller of War m
Springs are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
son Waluxpykee Walter
Barkley, born on October
4, 2018.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Kathy and
Lloyd
Barkley
of
Pendleton.
Grandparents on the
brought members together at the Deschutes
River, celebrating Recovery Month.
mother’s side are Ken and
Sue Miller of Warm Springs.
Damaron Montiel Lomas
Evelio Zamora Lomas
and Alexis Mariah Lomas of
Madras are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their
son Damaron Montiel
Lomas, born on October 3,
2018.
Damaron joins brother
Johnathan.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Juan Perez
and Lisa Lomas.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Daniel
Bryan and Lori Eldridge.
The Native American Switzler Family Reunion
will be on Saturday, October 20 at the HeHe Longhouse.
There will be a potluck gathering, set-up starting at 9
a.m. Starting at 10: introductions, history, stories, fam-
ily photos. Noon: Meal and door prizes. For informa-
tion contact Beulah N. (Switzler) and Raymond Tsumpti
Sr., PO Box 173, Warm Springs, 97761.
Summaries of district meeitngs - 1980 baseline referendum
(The tribal membership in
February 2019 will be asked
by referendum whether to ap-
prove a proposed change to
the baseline for the pur pose
of automatic enrollment.
The three districts earlier
this month held information
meetings on the referendum.)
Agency District meet-
ing
summar y— 1 9 8 0
baseline proposal.
October 1, 2018
1. Present: Chief Alfred
Smith, Jr., Chairman Eu-
gene Greene, Jr., and
Valerie Switzler. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. A video explaining the
1980 Census Baseline was
shown.
3. Concerns, comments
and questions:
· How many on the list
are from the Agency district?
· Does this raise blood
quantum of enrolled mem-
bers?
· Vote whether you
agree/disagree.
· Resolution No. 12,157
was challenged so that tribal
members can voice input.
· Are any North Ameri-
can tribes excluded?
· Will this increase blood
quantum of a person who
is already enrolled?
· What are financial im-
pacts to the tribe?
· Does population affect
grants or other funds to the
tribes?
· 50 percent of voters
are required to validate a
referendum, 21 years of age
and older.
· What are the pros and
cons?
· One year residency
needs to be revisited.
· A call for a referendum
cannot remain valid once a
Tribal Council ter m has
ended.
· Vital Statistics is impor-
tant and should be tracked.
· Some ratios are differ-
ent between a person and
close relatives, why?
· It’s the responsibility of
parents, grandparents, or
relatives to find your
blood, your ancestry.
· Home meetings were
held by the Enrollment Of-
ficer for input towards the
last adoptions/referendum.
· Some are 3/64 from
being automatically enrolled
and is emotional for the par-
ents, children, and families.
With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 9:15 p.m.
Seekseequa District
meeting summar y—
1980 baseline.
October 2
1. Present: Lee Tom and
Brigette
McConville.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
2. A video explaining the
1980 Census Baseline was
shown.
3. Concerns, comments
and questions:
· Vote whether you
agree/disagree.
· Resolution No. 12,157
was challenged so that tribal
members can voice input.
· Some ratios are differ-
ent between a person and
close relatives, why?
· It’s the responsibility of
parents, grandparents, or
relatives to find your
blood, your ancestry, it af-
fects your children, grand-
children and great grand-
children.
· 50 percent of voters
are required to validate a
referendum, 21 years of
age and older.
· How many on the list
are from the Agency dis-
trict?
· How many on the
adoption list would be eli-
gible for automatic enroll-
ment?
· Enrollment decisions
should be made by the
people.
· How many adoptees
are there? Where are they?
4. With no further dis-
cussion the meeting ad-
journed at 8:47 p.m.
October 10, 2018
Simnasho District
meeting summar y—
1980 baseline pro-
posal.
October 3
1. Present: Chief Delvis
Heath, Vice Chair man
Charles Calica, Raymond
Tsumpti. Minnie Yahtin and
Norma Heath, Recorders.
2. A video explaining the
1980 Census Baseline was
shown.
3. Concerns, comments
and questions:
· Resolution No. 12,157
was challenged so that tribal
members can voice input.
· Vote whether you
agree/disagree.
· Request to have Ordi-
nance 44 read to those in
attendance.
· How many votes are
required to validate the ref-
erendum?
· How many on the
adoption list would be eli-
gible for automatic enroll-
ment?
· We have claimed non-
tribal members as family
and/or they were not en-
rolled. They took part in
traditional activities, learned
to speak the language and
learned how to prepare the
foods.
· Will ballot boxes be
placed in each district?
· Absentee ballots will be
available for tribal members
who will not be here during
the voting, contact the Vi-
tal Statistics Department for
more information.
· Request to have the
video shown more so tribal
members can watch it and
better understand the infor-
mation given.
· What is the cost to
have a referendum?
· Where will funds be
paid from?
· Will this only include
blood quantum from Treaty
tribes?
· We appreciate the
Tribal Council members
who challenged this so we
can speak on this very im-
portant matter facing the
Tribes.
· Will the three districts
come together in a General
Council meeting on this sub-
ject? (Yes, a General Coun-
cil meeting will take place.)
· It’s the responsibility of
parents, grandparents, or
relatives to find your blood,
your ancestry; it affects your
children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
· Tribal I.D.’s show differ-
ent ratios.
· Some are not eligible for
automatic enrollment and it’s
emotional for the parents,
children, and families (indi-
viduals on the adoption list).
4. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 9:50 p.m.
(Continued from page 1)
Dawnland . Oregon pre-
miere. The story: A story of
stolen children and cultural
survival: Inside the first truth
and reconciliation commis-
sion for Native Americans.
Dirt McComber: Last
of the Mohicans .
The story: In Kahnawake
Mohawk Territory, rough-
and-tumble Dirt McComber
struggles to support his large
modern family as the last
member of his community
to maintain a traditional
Mohawk livelihood.
Smoke Signals .
The story: Though Victor
and Thomas have lived their
entire young lives in the same
tiny town, they couldn’t have
less in common. But when
Victor is urgently called away,
it’s Thomas who comes up
with the money to pay for
his trip. Starring Adam Beach
(Suicide Squad, Wind Talk-
ers), Evan Adams, and Irene
Bedard.
Join Us . Four families
leave an abusive church in
South Carolina and realize
they have been in a cult. The
film documents them as they
enter the only accredited,
live-in cult treatment facility
in the world, where they
learn the true extent of the
brainwashing they have all
experienced.
The Last Hot Lick .
Jack is a washed-up mu-
sician on a never-ending
tour, desperate to recapture
Courtesy
Actor Adam Beach (left)
will be at the BendFilm
Festival at the Madras
Performing Arts Center,
and at the Warm Springs
Academy this Wednesday
evening, October 10.
the fleeting fame he experi-
enced in the 1970s. When he
meets a mysterious woman,
he believes her beautiful
voice is the key to his suc-
cess; but she has a secret that
could threaten Jack’s plan.
White Tide: The Leg-
end of Culebra .
Rodney is an American
dreamer, but when the great
recession wipes out his con-
struction business, his family
faces a nightmare of debt.
One evening around a camp-
fire, he hears a story from an
old, bare-footed hippy that
just might solve his family’s
problems. There’s an island.
There’s a map. And there’s
buried treasure…
(See page 5 for schedule.)