Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 4, 2020
2 qualifers for Junior World Finals
C ongratulations to local
young rodeo riders Isaiah
Florendo and Siddalee
Spino-Suppah. Both have
qualified for the 2020 World
Finals competition.
Isaiah, 13, qualified in the
Senior Bareback division of
the Junior World Finals, com-
ing up in December in Fort
Worth, Texas. Isaiah is a two-
time qualifier.
Siddalee Spino-Suppah is
a three-time qualifier in the
Junior World Finals.
In 2018 she qualified in
the Peewee Bareback divi-
sion, and in 2019 in Peewee
Saddle Bronc.
This year she finished
out as one of the top five
in the world in the Junior
Saddle Bronc division,
qualifying for the Junior
World Finals.
This October, Siddalee
won in the Junior Saddle
Bronc competition in
Lakeview.
She is still riding for the
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Memorial shirts for sale
held to help raise entry fees
or travel funds for the con-
testants, and will feature
them doing what they love.
This year the World Finals
have moved from Las Ve-
gas to Texas because of pro-
tective measures regarding
Covid-19.
Courtesy Paleena Spino
Siddalee and Isaiah with trophy buckles.
Missing and Murdered In-
digenous Women cause, rais-
ing awareness with her shirt
printing by Bona-Fide Fear,
and featuring Savage Threat
on her riding gear.
She and her family are
now holding a 50/50 raffle.
Her next show will be the
Fourth Annual Bucking to
Texas Rodeo, November 7
in McMinnville.
This is a benefit rodeo
for contestants going to the
Junior World Finals from
the West Coast Region. It’s
Coming up on November
7 in McMinnville is the
Fourth Annual Bucking to
Texas Rodeo, where
Siddalee will be riding in
the Saddle Bronc
division.
Warm Springs Fire Management is offering t-shirts
and sweatshirts that memorialize the historically
massive 2020 fire season on the reservation.
Lionshead Fire T-shirts: Sizes medium to XXXL—
$30. Lionshead Fire Sweatshirts: Sizes L to XXL—
$50.
Contact Luther Clements at 541-460-8050. Or Tony
Holliday at 541-460-0675.
Resource assessment of reservation fires
Tribal Council has ap-
proved the Emergency
Lionshead Salvage Project
Assessment.
The action provides a bal-
anced approach to the har-
vesting of dead and dying
trees, and protect resources
within the Lionshead and P-
515 fire areas.
The Lionshead fire
burned 96,226 acres on the
Warm Springs Reservation,
and the salvage area is
24,432 acres.
Copies of the document
are available for the tribal
membership at the adminis-
tration building, the Post
Office, and the Branch of
Natural Resources office.
The decision by Council
included the recommenda-
tions from the Cultural and
Heritage Committee, ad-
dressing the need for fire-
wood for tribal elders.
Other matters being ad-
dressed are access to medici-
nal plants, especially those
useful for respiratory sys-
tems assisting with Covid-19;
and ways to control compet-
ing brush that could interfere
with the growth of huckle-
berries.
Board position open on W.S. Financial Strategies LLC
The Tribal Council of
the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs Reservation
would like to advertise the
following:
Warm Springs Financial
Strategies, LLC. One mem-
ber position is open.
The sole member of the
company is the Confed e
rated Tribes of the Warm
Springs by and through the
Tribal Council.
The Company’s purpose
is to invest in membership
approved capital improve-
ments and economic devel-
opment.
Letter of interest and re-
sume of applicant interested
in serving on the Warm
Springs Financial Strategies,
LLC., please submit by
Monday, November 9,
2020 by 5 p.m.
Or hand deliver letter
and resume to the Secretary-
Treasurer’s office located at
the tribal administration
building or mail to:
Michele Stacona, Secre-
tary-Treasurer/CEO; PO
Box455 Warm Springs, OR
97761
If hand delivering yrou
letter/resume to the Secre-
tary-Treasurer’s office,
please sign a criminal and
credit background check be-
fore leaving.
If you mail in, the forms
will be mailed to you once
your letter/resume is re-
ceived.
Information will be sub-
mitted confidentially to the
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO.
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
commission is advertising for a dispatch supervisor.
Thiis a regular, full-time position, salary $42,745 to
$63,039 depending on experience. Location is Hood
River. Closing date is November 30.
Submit a letter of interest, application, list of at least
three professional and three personal references, and
proof of tribal enrollment, if applicable, to:
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - Attn:
Human Resources. 700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite
1200. Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 503-238-0667 - Email: hr@critfc.org
For additional details, you may also contact the HR
department in Portland, 503-238-0667, or the Captain
at the law enforcement office in Hood River, phone num-
ber 541-386-6363.