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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 19, 2018
Treaty: challenges to
keep treaty document secure
Rodney Guerin visits with friends at the
Forty-Third Annual Christmas Bazaar,
hosted by Warm Springs Recreation.
Community Action Team entry, Mickey &
Friends Christmas Lights Parade.
Some of the unique and beautiful gifts at the Christmas Bazaar
Jayson Smith photos
District, Council
summaries
Council nominations:
Simnasho District, Monday,
December 17:
· Floyd Calica nominated Levi
VanPelt; Second by Marella Sam.
· Janice Clements nominated
Raymond Tsumpti; Second by Eliza
Jim.
· Frank Charley nominated
Charles “Jody” Calica; Second by
Russell Charley.
· Bruce Jim nominated Ronald
Suppah; Second by Wanda VanPelt.
· Aurolyn Stwyer nominated Sal
Sahme; Second by Arlita Rhoan.
· Viola Governor nominated
Olney Patt, Jr.; Second by Cecelia
Collins.
· Charlene Dimmick nominated
Jaylyn Suppah; Second by Raphael
Queahpama.
· Lucille Suppach-Samson nomi-
nated Lincoln “Jay” Suppah; Sec-
ond by Raphael Queahpama.
· Loren Suppah nominated
Raymond Moody; Second by
Levi VanPelt.
· Iva McKinley nominated
Harold Pennington; Second by
Davis Stwyer.
· Lawrence Squiemphen nomi-
nated Emerson Squiemphen; Sec-
ond by Flossie Wolfe.
· Ardis Clark nominated TJ
Foltz; Second by Charlie Strom.
· Mina Shike nominated
Evaline Patt; Second by Sarah
Frank.
· Sal Sahme nominated
Aurolyn Stwyer; Second by
Lamont Brown.
· Charlotte Herkshan nomi-
nated Edward Heath; Second by
Harold Pennington; Edward de-
clined the nomination.
· Arlita Rhoan nominated
Priscilla Frank; Second by Olney
Patt Jr.
· Motion by Neda Wesley to
close nominations; Second by Lilly
VanPelt.
Tribal Council summary: De-
cember 17
Roll call: Chief Delvis Heath,
Chief Joseph Moses, Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Raymond Tsumpti, Lee
Tom, and Brigette McConville.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder (a.m.);
Alfredine Smith, Recorder (p.m.).
Office of Special Trustee up-
date. Bureau of Indian Affairs
update. Federal and state legislative
updates.
Tribal attorney updates. Execu-
tive session 2:42-3:30 p.m.
Agency nomination update with
Alyssa Macy, Chief Operations
Officer.
Tribal member request: Motion
by Brigette approving the medical
travel request in the amount of
$600. Second by Ron. Question: 4/
0/3, Chair not voting. Motion car-
ried.
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The museum partnered with the
High Desert Museum in Bend,
Oregon, about an hour away, to
fabricate a new exhibit case to
NARA specifications. The
museum’s archivist, Evaline Patt,
selected six pages of the treaty to
be displayed, including the signa-
ture pages.
In late September, on a sunny,
cool, and crisp morning, Carol met
NARA conser vator Beatriz
Centeno and I at our hotel in Ma-
dras. We drove to the museum,
where we to discussed plans for
the installation of the treaty.
Claus Koch from Security Pros
joined us to review security proto-
cols while the treaty was on site.
Later that morning, Gus Bradley
and Cindy Bradley from the High
Desert Museum joined us. Gus and
his colleague Dustin Cockerham
had fabricated the case in Bend.
Our greatest challenge was low
relative humidity. With the very
helpful museum staff, we were able
to have the relative humidity in the
gallery raised up to an acceptable
and sustainable level.
In the weeks that followed,
regular reports showed the envi-
ronment inside the case was being
maintained within NARA’s speci-
fied limits.
When all was ready, National
Archives conser vator Beatriz
Centeno carefully placed each of
the six pages into the display case.
After taking some time to obtain
balanced light levels, everyone
agreed the case could be closed.
With our mission completed,
Carol took us on a driving tour of
the high desert, and we rode out
to the Deschutes River Dam.
On our way back to the airport
in Portland, we traveled through
the Cascade Mountains and had
great views of the majestic Mount
Hood.
Meanwhile, the museum hosted
a prayer service to bless the ar-
rival of the Treaty.
In October the Museum at
Warm Springs hosted a Treaty
conference where Living Treasures
awards were presented to Redline
Billy, Geraldine Jim, Foster Kalama
Ku-Na, Arlita Rhoan, and Maxine
Switzler.
We are most grateful to former
museum executive director Carol
Leone and her talented staff, es-
pecially Natalie Kirk, Sunmiet
Maben, and Joseph Brisbois for
their warm welcome and help in
making the installation go so
smoothly.
Dana Whitelaw, Director,
Dustin Cockerham, Head Prepa-
rator, Gus Bradley, Assistant Pre-
parator, and Cindi Bradley, Direc-
tor of Exhibits at the High Desert
Museum provided invaluable as-
sistance that helped make the
treaty display possible.
Back home at the National
Archives, Patrick Kepley, Jane
Fitzgerald, Michael Hussey,
Beatriz Centeno, and Abigail
Aldrich helped with all the essen-
tial preparations behind the scenes.
Interested in learning more
about Native American records?
At the National Archives, we
are in the process of digitizing hun-
dreds of Indian Treaties. They will
soon be available for free on our
online catalog. Our Professional
Development webinars will feature
Native American themes during
the coming year.
At the National Museum of
the American Indian in Washing-
ton, DC, visitors can view the
original Fort Laramie Treaty of
1868 in the “Nation to Nation”
exhibition.
And for even more informa-
tion about Native American
records at the National Archives,
visit our website.
(This article was originally pub-
lished as a National Archives blog ,
and is reprinted here with permission,
at request of the Museum at Warm
Springs.)
More Year in Review ~ 2018 ~
July
T he N’Chi Wanapum Canoe
Family joined 119 other tribal ca-
noes at the landing of the Power
Paddle to Puyallup.
The N’Chi Wanapum Canoe
Family began nine years ago, when
the tribes acquired the 36-foot ca-
noe. And this:
Tribal Council met in July with
the owner of a Las Vegas medici-
nal cannabis organization, a tribal
financial facilitator, and Warm
Springs Ventures.
Dr. Nicola Spirtos owns the
Apothecary Shoppe in Las Vegas,
employing scientists and other doc-
tors to produce award-winning can-
nabis products. In other news::
The vision is taking shape for
the Warm Springs Community Ac-
tion Team small business incu-
bator.
Chris Watson and his team have
been carefully planning and work-
ing on this idea for some time, with
large funding components now in
place. A leading architecture firm
has donated design services.
Additional funding requests are
pending, with a great chance for
success, bringing the project just
within reach. Elsewhere:
As of this month, Tribal Coun-
cil has taken no action on the fu-
ture operation of Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort and Spa, and the potential
operator continues to seek fund-
ing that would allow the resort to
stay open.
The Kah-Nee-Ta board will
make a presentation soon to
Tribal Council, presenting various
options.
August
Testing shows the War m
Springs domestic water is per-
fectly safe to drink. That is the
good news. On the other hand,
the tribes are facing critical and
expensive issues regarding the fu-
ture of the Warm Springs domes-
tic water system.
The Dry Creek Water Treat-
ment Plant must be expanded and
improved, or replaced entirely by
a new plant, according to a recent
study. Meanwhile the water dis-
tribution lines are leaking, most
clearly shown by the many small
wetland areas in neighborhoods
and around the community. There
are likely many more leaks that are
not immediately visible. In other
news:
A tribal referendum is set for
February 15, 2019, and will ask
tribal members to vote on changes
to the how blood quantum is de-
termined for the purposes of au-
tomatic enrollment. The change
would be the addition of the 1980
census to the list of baseline cen-
sus years for determining the Con-
federated Tribes blood quantum.
In youth sports news:
Siddalee Spino-Suppah won the
West Coast Regional Finals Rodeo
in Peewee Bareback. The win
qualifies Siddalee for the Na-
tional Finals in Las Vegas. Mean-
while:
A federal judge this month has
ruled in favor of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Warm Springs and
Portland General Electric, in a law-
suit alleging violations of clean
water regulations. The judge ruled
that undisputed evidence showed
that the tribes’ and PGE’s Pelton
Round Butte hydroelectric project
is operating consistently with con-
ditions of its water quality certifi-
cate from the Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality. Later
in August:
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs Tribal Council took
formal action Tuesday to close the
Kah-nee-ta Resort. The closure
includes the Lodge, the Village,
and the golf course. Immediate
steps will be taken by the tribal
management and the board to
implement a closure plan.
The Kah-nee-ta Board of Di-
rectors has presented a number
of eco-tourism options to the
Tribal Council for consideration
over several sessions.
These ideas included a trial sea-
son of heli-skiing on Mt. Jefferson,
multi-day lodge-based fishing trips
along the Deschutes River, trophy
game hunting, and the develop-
ment of a culture and wellness
center. Each of these options re-
quired action by the Tribal Coun-
cil to move forward as permitting
and capital investments were
needed.
The Board also included per-
mitting areas on Mt. Jefferson for
limited commercial film and pho-
tography production. In better
news:
Through a combination of
grants the Confederated Tribes
now have the funds to make some
significant improvements to the
Dry Creek Water Treatment
Plant. The final piece of fund-
ing—$447,000 from the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban De-
velopment—adds to an eariler
$343,000 from the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs, and $80,000 from
Indian Health Service—Portland
Area Office. That brings the to-
tal available to $870,000, all to
be used for improvements at the
treatment plant.
September
he Museum at Warm Springs
Board of Directors has appointed
Elizabeth Woody as executive di-
rector. Ms. Woody will succeed
Carol Leone, who has ably served
the museum since 2002, and is
retiring at the end of November.
Ms. Woody will begin her post
on December 1. She has a long
history with the Museum at
Warm Springs, starting in 1993.
T he N’Chi Wanapum Canoe Family made the Power Paddle
to Puyallup in July 2018.