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Meals for kids
The Summer Food Ser-
vice Meal Program is avail-
able at the Bridges High
School. Breakfast is from
7:45-8:30 a.m.; and lunch
from 12-12:30.
At the War m Springs
Youth Center breakfast is
from 8:45-9:15, and lunch
12-12:30. Nutritious meals
are free to kids 18 and un-
der.
Summer Club
The Boys and Girls Club
of Warm Springs is enrolling
now for its summer program.
Membership forms are
available at the club.
The Summer Program
will be available weekdays
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., meals
provided through the sum-
mer.
The member fee is $25.
For more information call
541-553-2323. Scholarships
are available through Warm
Springs Housing. Stop by
their office to apply.
Births
Leland Richard Smith
LaTonia Smith and
Nathan Danzuka are pleased
to announce the birth of
their son Leland Richard
Smith, born on May 26.
Leland joins his older
brothers Enzo King, 8, and
Aden Amor, 6.
His grandparents on the
mom’s side are Rachel and
LeRoy Smith Jr.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Loretta and
Gerald Danzuka.
Saphira Amora-Tigerlily
Espinosa
Marlo Erck Espinosa and
Sophie Lorene Smith of
Warm Springs are pleased to
announce the birth of their
daughter Saphira Amora-
Tigerlily Espinosa, born on
June 6, 2019.
Saphira joins brothers
Noble, 10, and Nolan, 8; and
sister Saraphina, 4.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Josefina
Garcia-Espinosa and Pascual
Espinosa.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Julie Ann
Suppah and Alvis Wesley
Smith III.
Alec Richard Tohet
Clinton Ray Tohet and
Allegra Robinson are pleased
to announce the birth of
their son Alec Richard
Tohet, born on June 14,
2019.
Alex joins brother Tho-
mas, 9; and sisters Cheylene,
10, and Ester, 4. Another
sister, Dory, passed away.
Grandparents on the
father’s side are Melinda
Frank and Jimmy Tohet Sr.,
both of Warm Springs.
Grandparents on the
mother’s side are Amanda and
Gidget Robinson of Warm
Springs.
Rockhounds
The Seventieth Annual
All Rock Hounds Powwow
Club of America’s Rock,
Gem and Mineral Show is
this Thursday through Sun-
day, June 20-23 at the
Jefferson County Fair-
grounds, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day.
There will be booths, ven-
dors, nightly entertainment,
activities and daily field trips.
Parking and admission are
free.
Boarding
school apps
Boarding school applica-
tions for Chemawa Indian
High School, Riverside
Indian
School
in,
Anadarko, Oklahoma;
Sher man Indian High
School at Riverside, Cali-
fornia; and Flandreau In-
dian
High
School,
Flandreau, South Dakota
are now available at Warm
Springs Higher Education.
The deadline to apply is
July 31.
Higher Education is lo-
cated in the Education
building, 1110 Wasco
Street, Top Floor, room
306. The phone is 541-
553-3311. Talk to Carroll
Dick.
Census jobs
in W.S.
A U.S. Census is coming
up in 2020, and the Cen-
sus Bureau is seeking to fill
census taker positions, in-
cluding jobs here in Warm
Springs. The application
process is easy. You can ap-
ply online at:
2020census.gov/jobs
As part of the applica-
tion process, you will be
asked to respond to ques-
tions that relate to your
educational, work and
other experience. If you
need help, just call 1-855-
562-2020.
If hired, your work
schedule will depend on
your position. Generally,
hours for field positions are
flexible. Some positions re-
quire day hours, and oth-
ers evenings and weekends.
Super visory positions
require employees to be
available for certain day,
evening and possibly week-
end shifts.
The goal of the Census
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
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Spilyay Tymoo June 19, 2019
‘Resilience’ examines boarding schools
Bureau is to place the Cen-
sus takers in his or her own
community.
Employees are paid
weekly. Field employees
will be reimbursed for au-
thorized work expenses
like mileage, incurred while
conducting Census work.
Pay during the training pe-
riod is a slightly lower rate.
General
Assistance
The Bureau of Indian
Affairs General Assistance
office is now only giving out
and accepting applications
from 9 to 11 a.m., Monday-
Friday.
After you return your ap-
plication, you will then
schedule an intake appoint-
ment. If you miss this ap-
pointment you will need to
reschedule.
The General Assistance
office is closed and will not
see anyone for the lunch
hour of noon to 1 p.m.
After 1 p.m., the office is
only open for scheduled ap-
pointments, and to drop off
monthly activity logs.
MedSafe
If you have unused or
expired medications you
need to get rid of, the Warm
Springs Health and Wellness
Center has a MedSafe drop
box to dispose of old meds.
Bring them to large blue
box located in the pharmacy
waiting area to safely dis-
pose of unneeded medica-
tions.
Brain states
A three-day class—Intro-
duction to the Brain States—
is coming up on Tuesday,
June 24, and June 27 and 28
from 11 a.m. to noon at the
Family Resource Center con-
ference room.
It’s a free class open to
anyone. You must attend all
three classes to receive a cer-
tificate of participation.
Contact Charlene 541-
615-0036 for more informa-
tion.
Tribal Council
The following are some of
the items on the Tribal
Council agenda for the rest
of June (subject to change at
Courtesy photo
Warm Springs Agency boarding school, circa 1890.
T he Museum at Warm
Springs will examine the
Indian Boarding School
experience with a new
exhibit opening this
month.
The exhibit is Resil-
ience: The Boarding
School Experience of
Warm Springs and be-
yond.
Boarding Schools
have had lasting im-
pacts—both good and
not so good—for many
Native Americans.
With Resilience you
will see and hear first
hand observations from
some who have lived the
Council discretion):
Wednesday, June 19
9 a.m.: War m Springs
Power and Water Enterprises
bond refinancing with Jim
Manion.
11: Oregon Department
of Education meeting with
director Colt Gill.
1:30 p.m.: Business Or-
egon meet and greet with Lisa
Ansell.
2:30: Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee per capita update.
Thursday, June 20:
Tribal Council proclamation
and priorities.
Monday, June 24
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer updates with Michele
Stacona and Alyssa Macy.
10: July agenda and review
minutes.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date calls, federal and state.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
boarding school experience.
Some memories will be
heartfelt, poignant, sad, bit-
ter, but most important, it
will be the truth, as remem-
bered by the students, now
parents and grand parents.
In the decades past,
families were not given the
choice for their children to
attend boarding schools.
Over time, it became a
choice, tribal high school
students are now opting to
attend boarding schools,
finding positive learning ex-
periences. You will see and
hear their memories as well.
You will not want to miss
this meaningful, candid ac-
count of Boarding Schools,
then and now. Resilience
opens next Thursday, June
27.
Vital Statistics.
3:30: Board and commit-
tee appointments.
Items for future consid-
eration: Four Chairs meet-
ing, Oregon National Desert
Association, Government to
government meeting with
the Army Corps of Engi-
neers
This year’s Fourth of
July parade in Warm
Springs will honor Ma-
rines. Parade lineup
will begin at 9 a.m. for
participants, judging at
10, and the parade at
11. A barbecue and
family games will fol-
low at the Community
Center.
Returning to Spirit
On the morning of
the opening of Resilience,
the museum will also host
a visit from Phil Cash
Cash, speaking on ‘Heal-
ing from historical trauma
and the board school ex-
perience.
This will be at 10 a.m.
on Thursday, June 27.
For information contact
Tamera Moody, museum
Education coordinator,
541-553-3331.
Outdoor Market on Friday
The Warm Springs
Friday Outdoor Market
continues this Friday,
June 21.
The market provides
community members a
place to sell locally made
arts, crafts, value-added
foods, and locally-grown
fruit and vegetables.
This year Tananáwit
community of War m
Springs artists is facilitat-
ing the market.
If you would like to
become a Warm Springs
Friday Outdoor Market
vendor, please contact the
Community Action Team
and Tananáwit at 541-553-
3148.
After this Friday, the
market will be on July 5, 7
and 19; August 2, 16 and
30; and September 30.
Tribes, partners dedicate Dunstan Homestead Preserve
About seventy-people
people were on hand for
the official dedication of
the Confederated Tribes’
Dunstan Homestead
Preserve.
The tribes and Branch
of Natural Resources
welcomed guests from
the Nature Conservancy,
Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration, Fish and
Wildlife and other part-
ners to the dedication.
Tribal Councilman
Wilson Wewa Jr. gave the
invocation; and Warm
Springs Chief Delvis
Heath, Councilwoman
Brigette McConville, and
tribal Fish and Wildlife
Committee Chairman
Bruce Jim were among the
speakers.
The Dunstan Homestead
Preserve is a 1,200-acre criti-
cal habitat along the upper
reaches of the Middle Fork
of the John Day—an area
at the heart of Chinook
salmon spawning and rear-
ing territory.
The Nature Conser-
vancy donated the property
to the Confederated Tribes,
for management by the
Branch of Natural Re-
sources. The BPA provides
reparation funding for the
habitat restoration.
The Dunstan Homestead
Preserve adds to the tribes’
other conservation areas on
the John Day—the Pine
Courtesy CTWS/BNR
At the site of the recent dedication.
Creek, and the landmark
Oxbow Conservation Area.
With the addition of the
Dunstan Preserve to the
tribes’ existing properties,
nearly 3,000 acres of impor-
tant fish and wildlife habi-
tat are now permanently
protected along the
Middle Fork John Day, as
managed by the Branch
of Natural Resources.