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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
New Indian Education board in office
Jaylyn Suppah this year
continues her term on the
borad of the National Indian
Education Association.
Ms. Suppah is a student
of Evergreen State College,
and community planner for
the Confederated Tribes. At
Evergreen, Jaylyn is a gradu-
ate student, working toward
a Master’s Degree in Public
Administration-Tribal Gov-
ernance program.
She was elected to the
NIEA board last year. She
Jaylyn Suppah
serves on the NIEA Advo-
cacy Committee, the Native
Education Systems Commit-
tee, and the Government
Committee.
The National Indian Edu-
cation Association is the
leading Native education ad-
vocacy organization.
The association an-
nounced new board mem-
bers last week, noting also
that Jaylyn and four other
board members will continue
their terms.
Patricia Whitefoot, of the
Yakama Nation, also contin-
ues her ter m with the
NIEA, now ser ving as
board vice president.
Last week, during the
Annual NIEA Convention
and Trade show—the first
ever in a virtual format—
the new board members
were sworn-in during the
closing ceremony.
The five newly elected
and seven current board
members take on the chal-
lenge of governing a Na-
tive education organization
during times of unprec-
edented educational dis-
ruption.
October 21, 2020
Member Art Show
submissions by Friday
The Tribal Member Art Show at the Museum at
Warm Springs will open on Friday, October 30. For
safety this year there will be no opening reception.
The deadline to submit art is at 5 p.m. this Fri-
day, October 23. The 2020 Member Show awards
will be as follows:
Traditional Category: $500. Contemporary Cat-
egory: $500. Video-Film-Short Film: $500. Honor-
able Mention Awards: Four awards at $250 per sub-
mission. When visiting the museum remember to wear
a mask and social distance.
Crews continue work on Lionshead fire
Control of the Lionshead
fire is divided among three
local units: The War m
Springs
Agency,
the
Willamette National Forest
and the Mt. Hood National
Forest.
On the reservation the
fire burned roughly 97,000
acres, and another 107,000
acres off reservation. The
fire broke out during a light-
ning storm on August 16.
Currently, each of the
three agencies is working to
manage their portion of the
fire in the most efficient
means possible.
Hunting, woodcutting
and gathering remain closed
to members throughout the
fire area.
There are currently
dozer and grader machinery
operations ongoing around
the J-100, J-200, P-500 and
J-210 roads, as well as chip-
ping operations.
Aerial resources include
one helicopter to monitor
hot spots and to best sup-
port the footprint of the fire.
Crews continue to ensure
that fire is no longer active
or burning along the fire
perimeter.
Islands or pockets of
unburnt fuels well within the
fire’s boundaries do con-
tinue to be monitored and
will put up slight columns of
smoke in the days to come.
Suppression work continues
with long term repair assess-
ments.
All non-fire personnel
should remain outside of
the fire’s general vicinity of
the south-west quadrant of
the reservation. Safety is
the number one concern of
everyone working on the
Lionshead fire.
For hunting information:
hunting.warmsprings-
nsn.gov
Schools
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At their meeting last
week in Warm Springs,
the district board mem-
bers thanked Mr. Parshall
for his service with the dis-
trict. “We know that you
live and breathe 509-J,”
said board member Jamie
Hurd. “And with that is a
lot of personal sacrifice,
and the community is
grateful and indebted to
you.”
Meanwhile,
Evan
Brown retired in October.
Mr. Brown had been in
education for 38 years, in-
cluding 23 teaching and
coaching for Madras High
School.
Native Pride Month
November will be Na-
tive Pride Month and the
Warm Springs Academy
has some online events in
celebration.
Monday, November 2
will see the ‘Being Indian
is…’ read along and read
aloud. The following Mon-
day, November 9 will be a
Warm Springs Academy
Virtual Powwow, and Cul-
tural show and Tell.
The month continues on
November 16 with the Vir-
tual Rock Your Mocs; and
November 20 with a Vir-
tual Assembly with
Supaman.
Visit the Warm Springs
website for more details. In
order to participate in some
parts of the events, like
submitting photos or vid-
eos, the Academy needs
guardian permission. Per-
mission forms are available
on the website. Call 541-
553-1128 with questions.
Halloween image by Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb.