Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 25, 2020
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Howlak Tichum
Covid-19 cases grow in Indian
Country as tribes push for
action in Washington, D.C.
Mary Dodds Schlick ~ 1925-2020
Mary Dodds Schlick
passed away on March
17, 2020 at Rock Cove
Assisted Living Commu-
nity of Stevenson, Wash-
ington.
Mary was born on Oc-
tober 31, 1925 and was
94 years of age at the
time of her passing.
Due to concern of the
novel coronavirus known
as COVID-19, friends
are encouraged to leave
a note or message of
condolence for family at
www.AndersonsTribute
Center.com. Mary’s web
guestbook will be up-
dated with her future ser-
vice details once deter-
mined.
Family is asking that
in lieu of flowers that you
make donations of
money, food or assis-
tance to the Fish Food
Bank of Hood River or
to your local food bank
in memory of Mary.
Arrangements are un-
der the direction of
Anderson’s Tribute Cen-
ter , 1401 Belmont Av-
enue, Hood River.
Mary became inter-
ested in the basket-mak-
ing traditions of the mid-
Columbia River’s Native
peoples while living on
the War m Springs,
Yakama and Colville res-
ervations with her hus-
band, a forester with the
U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
Although not a Native
American herself, she
gained the trust of sev-
eral elder Indian weavers
who generously shared
their basket-making
knowledge with her.
As her weaving skills
improved, under the tu-
Courtesy
This photograph was taken by Nancy J. Nusz on February 8, 1991 to document
Mary D. Schlick training apprentices (left to right) Pat Gold, Bernyce Courtney, and
Arlene Boileau in the art of full-turn twining. The four women worked together through
the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program of the Oregon Historical Society Folklife
Program.
telage of artists like Julia
Sohappy (Yakama), Schlick
became increasingly con-
cerned that the basketry tra-
ditions of the mid-
Columbia’s people were be-
ing lost.
Schlick took a special in-
terest in reviving the art of
full-turn twining, a rare
weaving method mastered
by basketmakers of the
mid-Columbia. The last
known maker of the tradi-
tional Wasco-style cylindrical
baskets, Louise Van Pelt
Sconawah Spino, died in
1971. Schlick first studied
old baskets that had been
preserved in private and
museum collections, and af-
ter much trial and error,
learned the basics of the
full-turn twining technique.
She then fine-tuned her un-
derstanding of the weaving
tradition by talking with
tribal elders who had ob-
served the baskets being
made. In 1990, Schlick was
awarded a grant through the
Traditional Arts Apprentice
Program of the Oregon
Historical Society Folklife
Program to teach the three
women. The apprentice-
ships were successful and
the basketmaking tradition
has been effectively re-
vived on the War m
Springs Reservation.
With the number of
coronavirus cases in In-
dian Country growing by
the day, tribes are press-
ing the federal govern-
ment to abide by its treaty
and trust responsibilities
and ensure their commu-
nities are not left out of
relief efforts.
The Indian Health Ser-
vice was aware of 14
positive COVID-19 cases
within the federally-run
system. The number is
significantly higher than
the four that were known
earlier in the week.
The positive and pre-
sumptive positive cases
are spread across five
IHS service areas. That
means the coronavirus
has impacted nearly half
of Indian Country.
The Navajo Area,
which serves the Navajo
Nation, appears to have
been hit the hardest. So
far, the IHS there had
seen three COVID-19
cases, with all of them
coming from the same
community
of
Chilchinbeto, located on
the Arizona portion of
the reservation, which is
the largest in the United
States.
Chilchinbeto
is
small—only about 500
people lived there in
2010, according to the
U.S. Census Bureau.
Though the local chapter
house offers some health
ser vices, the three
COVID-19 patients re-
ported with symptoms to
the Kayenta Health Cen-
ter, which is about 24
miles away.
The Kayenta Health
Center, an Indian Health
Ser vice facility in
Kayenta, Arizona, has
been at the center of the
COVID-19 outbreak on
the Navajo Nation.
From there, the pa-
tients—a 46-year-old
woman, a 40-year-old male
and a 62-year-old male—
were taken to facilities in
Phoenix, off the reserva-
tion. That’s where further
testing has occurred, ac-
cording to tribal and fed-
eral officials.
Altogether, the IHS had
facilitated testing for more
than 330 people, according
to a tribal official who was
made familiar with the data.
Of those, 14 returned
positive and 89 returned
negative, meaning results
are still in progress on the
remainder of the cases.
IHS officials, however,
have warned that the num-
ber of positive cases will
surely rise in the coming
days and weeks as the
coronavirus upends daily
life in Indian Countr y.
More than 50 tribes have
declared emergencies, in-
cluding War m Springs.
More than 40 have im-
posed travel restrictions,
also including War m
Springs, and dozens have
attempted to close their
borders to outsiders and
non-residents in hopes of
slowing the spread of the
potentially dangerous dis-
ease.
With economic and so-
cial engines grounding to a
halt, tribes are pushing the
federal government—as
their trustee—to live up to
its obligations. So far, the
U.S. Congress has re-
sponded by enacting two
pieces of legislation to ad-
dress the coronavirus pan-
demic.
See INDIAN COUNTRY on 10
W.S. Housing Authority
Indigenous PACT launches COVID-19 support center
Warm Springs Housing Authority is taking precau-
tions due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
For the next three to four weeks, the Warm Springs
Housing Authority staff will not be entering any homes
to do routine maintenance or inspections. Emergency
workorders for electrical and water issues will be ad-
dressed on a case by case basis during this time. All
other repairs will be on hold until the pandemic warn-
ings have passed. Please call in your workorders, they
will be logged and completed in the order they are re-
ceived.
The Housing Authority office will be on reduced
hours with the office open to the public on Monday
and Friday only.
No one at housing is sick right now but we want to
ensure safety for our staff and the community.
The Housing Authority is responding with an abun-
dance of caution for everyone in our community. Any
questions or concerns please give Warm Springs Hous-
ing Authority a call at 541-553-3250.
Indigenous PACT is
launching an online infor-
mation center in response to
the Coronavirus COVID-19
pandemic.
This knowledge hub will
supply daily progress re-
ports, provide public health
resources, tools tailored to
tribal and urban audiences,
and offer an exclusive abil-
ity to go behind the front
lines with healthcare experts
via video live stream in the
Response Support Center to
help provide real-time solu-
tions to tribal communities.
Washington State and
Seattle’s healthcare systems
are in the first epicenter,
dealing with one of the larg-
est caseloads of COVID-19
in the United States.
It is Indigenous PACTs’
intent to educate the Native
community and the whole
of Indian Country about
this evolving situation.
Please visit our website
for the latest updates from
our team:
indgenouspact.com
Indigenous PACT pro-
vides oversight to the trib-
ally owned clinic, which runs
a location in Auburn, Wash-
ington. Daily operations are
ongoing in an area highly af-
fected by COVID-19, en-
abling their clinics’
healthcare experts to pro-
vide unique insights and les-
sons learned about this out-
break as it spreads across
the United States.
The Live Support Cen-
ter aims not only to educate,
but also to provide a deeper
look for tribal health pro-
grams, communities, gov-
ernments, and leaders about
developing best practices to
prevent the spread of
COVID-19 and how a resil-
ient healthcare system can
fight back during the pan-
demic.
Indigenous Pact’s CEO
and Founder, Kurt Brenkus,
says, “This is an unprec-
edented event in modern
public health. We want our
organization and our clinic
to act as a resource for com-
munities near and far.
“And on behalf of Indig-
enous PACT, I extend our
gratitude to the healthcare
workforce on the front lines
during this trying and strenu-
ous time.”
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Please note: All hearings are
conducted at the Warm Springs
Tribal Court.
matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 27 TH fay of
April, 2020 @ 4:00 PM
Warm Springs Ven-
tures, Petitioner, vs
Juanita Smith-Lopez,
Respondent; Case No.
CV42-19. TO: Juanita
Smith-Lopez, War m
Springs Ventures:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a CIVIL
COMPLAINT has been
filed with the War m
Springs Tribal Court. By
this notice you are sum-
moned to appear in this
L E E V I
HERKSHAN, Peti-
tioner vs DANNI
KATCHIA, Respon-
dent; Case No. DO123-
19. TO:
LEEVI
H E R K S H A N ,
DANNI KATCHIA,
TASHA HERKSHAN:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that a RE-
VIEW, MODIFICA-
TION, SHOW CAUSE
has been filed with the
War m Springs Tribal
Court. By this notice you
are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing
scheduled for the 24 th day
of APRIL, 2020 @ 11:00
AM
M I S T Y DA W N
JENSEN, Petitioner, vs
SUSAN WOMMACK,
RESPONDENT; Case
No. DO147;148-12. TO:
M I S T Y D A W N
JENSEN;
SUSAN
WOMMACK:
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that an CUS-
TODY REVIEW has been
filed with the War m
Springs Tribal Court. By
this notice you are sum-
moned to appear in this
matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 15 TH day of
APRIL, 2020 @ 3:00 PM
PROBATE
In the matter of the
estate of Patrick Mitchell,
W.S., U/A, deceased.
Estate no. 2013-PR21. To
Carmen Mitchell: You are
hereby notified that an
informal probate hearing is
scheduled for April 23,
2020 at 3 p.m.
In the matter of the
estate of Cori F. Yahtin,
W.S., U/A, deceased.
Estate no. 2019-PR50.
Notice is hereby given that
Cori F. Yahtin, who at the
time of his death last
known residence was 7252
Schoolie Flat Rd., Warm
Springs, OR, died on the
29 th day of October, 2019,
and the court has
appointed
Squiemphen
administrator.
Valerie
as
In the matter of the
estate of Theda E.
Char ley, W.S., U/A,
deceased. Estate no.
2010-PR-18. To Alias
Char ley,
Benjamin
Char ley,
Caramiah
Charley and Alveda
Charley: You are hereby
notified that an informal
probate
hearing
is
scheduled for April 23,
2020 at 3:30 p.m.