Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 5, 2019
Progress with Veterans Memorial Park
W ork is progressing on the
Warm Springs Veterans Memorial
Park. The park and monument will
be located on the grounds of the
Museum at Warm Springs, at the
far end of the museum north field.
The team working on this
project is now in a key fundraising
phase—involving the bricks of the
memorial walkway.
The Confederated Tribes and
the Spirit Mountain Foundation
have provided the initial funding
for the project. This has allowed
Warm Springs Construction to be-
gin work on the foundation of the
memorial. Additional funding—
allowing for completion of this
long-planned memorial—will come
from donations.
The Veterans Memorial Park
will be in honor of all veterans
from the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, representing all mili-
tary branches, and all major con-
flicts, from the early tribal scouts
to the present day.
The memorial will display the
official seals of the seven branches
Architects rendering of the Warm Springs Veterans Memorial Park.
of service, along with the branch
flags. There will be 10 pillars on a
raised mound with the names of
the veterans inscribed on the pil-
lars.
To contribute
The walkways will be of bricks,
inscribed with the names of all do-
nors. There options to choose
from in making a donation: 4x8
bricks and 8x8 bricks, with inscrip-
tion and other options (see below).
If you would like more infor-
mation, contact Johnathan
Courtney at:
coujw196@gmail.com
To order, please complete the
Warm Springs Veterans Memorial
Park order form. The form pro-
vides space for the desired inscrip-
tion, and other options.
Celebrating addition to conservation lands
T he Confederated Tribes
Branch of Natural Resources man-
ages thousands of acres of fish and
wildlife conservation areas—west
from the Willamette Valley eastward
to the John Day River. These con-
servation areas are in addition to
the Natural Resources restoration
projects on the reservation, the Log
Springs project, for instance.
A recent addition to the tribes’
off-reservation conservation areas
is the Dunstan Homestead Pre-
serve—1,200 acres of critical habi-
tat along the upper reaches of the
Middle Fork of the John Day. The
area is at the heart of Chinook
salmon spawning and rearing terri-
tory.
The Nature Conservancy and
the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion are the tribes’ main partners in
the acquisition and future manage-
ment of the Dunstan Preserve.
The tribes and Branch of Natu-
ral Resources are joining their part-
ners this week at the Dunstan Pre-
serve to officially inaugurate and
celebrate this project.
The Dunstan Homestead Pre-
serve adds to the tribes’ other con-
servation areas on the John Day—
the Pine Creek, and the landmark
Oxbow Conservation Area.
The Nature Conservancy pur-
chased the Dunstan Preserve in
1990 from the Dunstan family, who
had owned the land since 1899.
For years, the Nature
Conser vancy
has
worked
collaboratively with neighbors, local
partners and the tribes to restore
habitat and advance research,
monitoring and land management
on the property and surrounding
area. With the addition of the
Dunstan Preserve to the tribes’
existing properties—also purchased
in partnership with BPA—nearly
3,000 acres of important fish and
wildlife habitat are now permanently
protected along the Middle Fork
John Day.
Courtesy W.S. BNR
The tribes’ Dunstan Conservation area.
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Korean and Cold War
Veterans of Warm Springs
The or ganiz ers of the
Wa r m Springs Veterans
Memorial Park are work-
ing on a definitive list of
Warm Springs veterans.
Your help is requested in
completing this list as ac-
curately as possible.
Over the coming several
weeks the Spilyay Tymoo
will be publishing the
names—and where avail-
able the branch of ser-
v i c e —o f t h e v e t e r a n s o f
War m Springs. We star t
here with the veterans of
t h e K o r e a n Wa r a n d
Cold War Era .
If you have any addi-
tions or corrections, please
stop by the Media Center,
or call KWSO at 541-
553-1968.
George Aguilar Sr.
Larry Arthur
Freddie Blodgett Sr.
Bruce Brunoe Sr.—Air
Force
Theodore Brunoe—
Army
Fred Charles
James Coburn
Lawrence Cohern
Albert Comedown
Daniel Craig Jr.
Gerald Danzuka Sr.
Kenneth Danzuka—
Army
Elvis Frank
Wilson Frank
Johnny George
Allen Gilbert Sr.
Johnnie Guerin
Elton Greeley—Air
Force
Hamilton Greeley—Air
Force
Melvin Greeley—Air
Force/Marines
David Greene—Army
Eugene Greene Sr.—
Army
Levi Greene—Army
Lundy Hawley
Eldred Heath—Army
Kathleen
Heath-
Foltz—Air Force
William Heath
Vernon Henry
Milton
Holliday—
Army
Louise Jackson
Cyril Johnson—Air
Force
Rueben U. Johnson
Sr.—Army
Henry Martin Kalama
Jr.—Army
Perry Kalama Sr.
Roland Kalama Sr.
David Kalani
Reginald Kalani
Richard Kalani
Ronald Kalani—Ma-
rines
Daniel J. Katchia—
Army
Levi Keo—Army
Charley Knight
Louie LeClaire Jr.
Wilkens Leonard
Dan Macy Jr.
Richard Macy
Ed Manion
Charles McKay
Joseph McInturff Jr.
Marvin Meanus Sr.—
Army
Duane G Miller Sr.
Sidney Miller—Army
Pierson Mitchell
Norman A. Nathan—
Navy
Jim Pennington
Arlie J Raboin
Eddie Reed
Jeffer y Sanders Sr.—
Army
Robert Sanders Sr.
Cecil Seyler—
Army
Danny Scott
Leroy Scott
Harvey Scott
Nat Shaw
Raymond Shike Sr.—
Marines
Bertson Simtustus
Lloyd Smith Sr.—Navy
Oliver Sohappy
Fabian D. Sutterlee Sr.
Delton Switzler
Virgil Switzler
Roscoe Thompson Sr.—
Army
Chester Van Pelt Sr.
William
Wainanwit
Sr.—Army
Leonard Wilkins
Dallas Winishut Sr.—
Army
Reginald Winishut—
Army
Omar Winishut Sr.—
Army
Chesley Yahtin Sr.—
Army Korea