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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 27, 2019
Commissary project for business development
A nother interesting aspect
of the Commissary project:
The goal is to make the old-
est building on the reserva-
tion the most energy efficient
building on the reservation.
The solar panels and other
energy efficient components
will be part of the overall
remodel of the Commissary.
The building dates back
to the late nineteenth cen-
tury, decades before con-
struction of the boarding
school buildings that now
house Education and Behav-
ioral Health.
The Commissary business
incubator is a project of the
Warm Springs Community
Action Team. The plan is
to move the building from
its current location behind
the Post Office to a site just
off the highway on campus.
The move could happen in
June, said Chris Watson,
Community Action Team di-
rector.
For the project so far the
team has raised more than
$900,000 from 13 different
funding sources. This should
be enough for the Commis-
sary part of the project, Mr.
Watson said.
Other aspects will include
the landscaping, an outside
pavilion, a communal
Courtesy WSCAT
Architects’ rendition of the future Commissary small business incubator (above); and
the existing structure (below left), and the site design plan (below right).
kitchen, and food carts lo-
cated around the Commis-
sary.
A café, a shop for the
Tananáwit artists coop, and
other tribal businesses will be
on the ground floor of the
Commissary. Upstairs will be
support services, including
offices for the Action Team
small business coach.
On-site work so far in-
cludes the removal of the
BIA houses from the prop-
erty, and removal of the un-
derground fuel tanks. “The
tribe has been great in help-
ing with the site preparation,”
Mr. Watson said. There are
some trees on the site that
will still need to be removed.
The Commissary project is
modeled on other successful
projects, especially the
Mercado business incubator
in Portland. “The Mercado is
now self-sustaining, and that
is a goal for the Commissary
project,” Watson said.
The Commissary project
manager is Marissa Ahern,
working with the architecture
firm Hacker and Associates.
The firm has generously do-
nated their services to the
Commissary project.
After the building is moved
to its new site, and wholly re-
modeled, the plan is to have
the businesses open in the
Commissary early next year.
This project helps meet the
tribes’ goal of creating new
business opportunities, and
providing new services to the
community.
New school curriculum to tell tribal story
T his year Warm Springs
Culture and Heritage met
with the community for
their thoughts on the pub-
lic education tribal curricu-
lum. Most recently Cul-
ture and Heritage, of the
Education Branch, heard
suggestions on the curricu-
lum unit, Tribal Govern-
ment. The four other units
of the curriculum—to be
taught in public schools in
the region—include Tribal
History, Culture, Tribal
Languages, and Tribal Sov-
ereignty.
The curriculum is devel-
oping for three levels of
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Draft copies of the Tribal History unit, as presented for
public comment.
study: Elementary school,
middle, and high school.
This is the ‘Senate Bill 13’
project, coordinated at Cul-
ture and Heritage by Deanie
Summary of Tribal Council
March 18, 2019
Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chairman Eugene
Greene, Jr., Carina Miller,
Valerie Switzler, Brigette
McConville and Lee Tom.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
1980 Baseline Refer-
endum results:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,577 accepting results of
the referendum question
presented to the tribal vot-
ers by Resolution No.
12,520A on March 15,
2019. Hereby confirmed
by the Tribal Council and
deemed unapproved. Sec-
ond by Lee. Question: 4/
0/1, Chairman not voting.
Motion carried.
Hemp Code revision:
· Motion by Carina
adopting Resolution No.
12,578 with noted edits and
additions, adopting Ordi-
nance 99. Second by
Brigette. Question: 5/0/0,
Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
· Motion by Carina
adopting Resolution No.
12,579 as amended in the
tribal code, striking the Ex-
ecutive Office Commis-
sion, will be presented on
Monday, March 25. Ques-
tion: 5/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
State Transportations
Improvement
Funds
(STIF):
· Motion by Carina adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,580
that the STIF Advisory Com-
mittee, who shall advise and
assist the tribes to carry out
the purpose of the STIF and
prioritizing projects to be
funded by STIF moneys.
The members of the STIF
Advisory Committee are:
Andrea Breault, Melinda
Poitra, Rose Mary Alarcon,
Janell Smith, Tom Estimo Jr.,
Lyle Katchia and Lorien
Stacona. Alternates: Frances
Martinez and Michele
Stacona. Second by Brigette.
Question: 4/0/1, Chairman
not voting. Motion carried.
Harvest resolutions:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,581 approving the 2019
Commercial Crayfish Har-
vest Regulations; Second by
Carina; Question; 4/0/1,
Chairman not voting; Mo-
tion carried.
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,582 approving the 2019
Tribal subsistence smelt fish-
ing at the Sandy River; Sec-
ond by Lee; Question; 4/0/
1, Chairman not voting; Mo-
tion carried.
2017 Comprehensive an-
nual financial review - Over-
view.
Smith. Ms. Smith and Cul-
ture and Heritage have held
the community meetings,
while working weekly with
tribal elders at Education on
details of the curriculum.
Once in place in the pub-
lic school system, these les-
sons will be an innovation.
The Warm Springs curricu-
lum will be taught in the
schools of the Central Or-
egon region; the eight other
recognized tribes of the state
are working on their own
curricula.
This will correct a public
education problem that has
existed for decades: The
tribal story—as taught in
public schools—told and in-
terpreted by non-Indians.
For years now the Culture
and Heritage teachers have
taught tribal languages, cul-
ture and history in schools.
The Senate Bill 13 curricu-
lum, scheduled for comple-
tion this summer, will bring
this perspective to general
student body.
Two years ago the Oregon
legislature heard testimony
calling on the state Educa-
tion Department to imple-
ment a statewide Native
American curriculum. Tribal
Education Branch manager
Councilwoman Val Switzler
represented the Confeder-
ated Tribes at the hearings.
The legislature responded
with Senate Bill 13, with Gov.
Kate Brown as another ad-
vocate.
Oregon Education then
made resources available to
each of the nine tribes, al-
lowing for development of
the individual curricula. SB
13 states the purpose of the
law:
“To develop a curriculum
relating to the Native Ameri-
can experience in Oregon,
and make the curriculum
available to schools. And to
provide professional devel-
opment to teachers and ad-
ministrators relating to the
curriculum.”
In the end the students
will benefit, learning the ac-
tual story of the Native
tribes.
Dave McMechan
Over Spring
Break...
The Warm Springs
Prevention program
will host a Penny Car-
nival this evening
Thursday, March 28 at
the War m Springs
Youth Center Gym.
There will be food,
music, games and
crafts. Interested in
setting up a booth?
Call Prevention at 541-
615-0112.
There is a Family
Movie showing this
Thursday, March 28 at
1:30 in the Commu-
nity Center Social Hall.
Warm Springs Rec-
reation invites youth to
the Community Center
for spring break ac-
tivities. There will be
lots of things for
school age kids to do
each day.
The Warm Springs
Youth Wellness Pro-
gram at the Youth
Center gym is open
for youth during spring
break. There are daily
morning walks, group
games, sports skill de-
velopment, basketball
and other physical ac-
tivities plus healthy
snacks. There’s a La-
crosse Camp this
Thursday afternoon,
March 28 from 1-4
p.m. And a special
guest from Linfield
College.
The University of
Oregon is offering the
Indigenous Pre-Col-
lege Academy this
summer.
The classes and
workshops will cover
college prep, the ad-
missions process, fi-
nancial aid, the unique
challenges of being a
Native scholar and
various academic ar-
eas. The academy will
be held July 21-28 at
the University of Or-
egon, open to students
who will be in grades
9-12 in the coming
school year.
It is free, with
rooms and meals pro-
vided. Applications are
due April 15. Get all of
the details and apply
online at:
admissions.uoregon.
edu/ipca