Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 21, 2021
Register to vote by April 27
An important local Elec-
tion Day is coming in mid
May: The deadline to regis-
ter is by the end of the day
next Tuesday, April 27. Bal-
lots will be arriving at the end
of the month, and the Elec-
tion Day will be May 18.
The Warm Springs com-
munity is hosting voter reg-
istration events in the com-
ing days and weeks to in-
crease participation in the
vote. There is a voter regis-
tration event this Wednesday,
April 21 from 3:30 to 5:30
p.m. across from the Warm
Springs Post Office; and an-
other registration event
across from the Post Office
on Monday, April 26 from
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. These
events are to make registra-
tion readily accessible to resi-
dents of the reservation
community.
Host of these voter out-
reach events in War m
Springs is a non-affiliated
grassroots group: For infor-
mation contact Jolene or
Ron at:
rhdems20@gmail.com
After the ballots are
mailed, the group will host
more voter events, also set
across from the War m
Springs Post Office. These
events will be from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday,
April 30; from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May
11; and from 3:30 to 5:30
p.m. on Monday, May 17.
For the May 18 election,
three positions are open on
the Jefferson County School
District 509-J Board of Di-
rectors. Other positions that
will be filled include districts
such as the Jefferson County
Education Service District,
the Library District, Rural
Fire Protection, among a
number of others.
The May 18 election will
be conducted entirely by
mail.
Candidates for the school
board met recently with com-
munity members for the
School District 509-J Candi-
dates Forum.
For position 2 on the five-
member board, incumbent
Jamie Hurd is running
against Lorien Stacona. For
position 3 the candidates are
At Tribal Council in April
The following are some of
the items coming up on the
Tribal Council agenda for the
rest of this month, subject to
change at Council discretion:
Monday, April 26
9 a.m.: Portland Harbor
update with Natural Re-
sources.
10: Discussion of Memo-
Jaylyn Suppah and Jacob
Struck. Board chairwoman
Laurie Danzuka is running
unopposed for position re-
election to position 3.
Virtual forum
The Jefferson County
Democrats are hosting a
Jefferson County 509-J
school board candidate fo-
rum on Monday, April 26
at 7 p.m.
The Jefferson County
randum of Understanding
with 509-J and Education
Branch.
11: Covid-19 update with
Response Team.
1:30 p.m.: Culture and
Heritage Committee update.
2: Education Committee
For Earth Day 2021 on the reservation
Culture and Heritage and
Papalaxsimisha are hosting
an Earth Day cleanup event
this Wednesday, April 21
from 8 a.m. to noon, with
volunteers meeting at the
Community Center parking
lot. There will be raffle
prizes, supplies, water and
lunch provided to volun-
teers.
Masks and social distanc-
ing required; stay home if
you don’t feel well. For more
information contact Jillisa
Suppah at:
jillisa.suppah@wstribes.org
Simnasho, Seekseequa
Culture and Heritage and
Papalaxsimisha will host an
Earth Day Community
Cleanup at Simnasho and
Seekseequa this Saturday,
April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Meet at the Simnasho
Longhouse or at the
Seekseequa Fire Hall.
Raffle prizes for volun-
teers; supplies, water and
lunch provided to volun-
teers.
Masks and social distanc-
ing required; stay home if you
don’t feel well. For more in-
formation contact Charlene
Dimmick:
charlene.dimmick@wstribes.org
Democrats candidate forum
is in collaboration with
KWSO radio, the War m
Springs Education Commit-
tee and the Warm Springs
Community Action Team.
KWSO plans on broadcast-
ing the forum live on the ra-
dio.
People can also use the
zoom link to access the fo-
rum:
us02web.zoom.us/j/
85193426473
update.
2:30: Fish and Wildlife On-
Reservation Committee up-
date.
3: Fish and Wildlife Off-
Reservation Committee.
Tuesday, April 27
9 a.m.: Health and Welfare
Committee update.
9:30: Land Use Commit-
tee update.
10: Range and Agriculture
Committee update.
10:30: Timber Committee
update.
11: Water Board update.
Items for further consid-
eration: December and Janu-
ary financials.
Personnel Manual. Board
appointments.
Signing ceremony, 509-J
Memorandum of Under-
standing.
IHS Portland Area continues high covid incidence
The Portland Area of the
Indian Health Service con-
tinued to report an increased
incidence of Covid-19
through mid April. This con-
tinued a trend that began to-
ward the beginning of the
month.
The report comes as the
national headquarters of the
Indian Health Service up-
dated its Covid-19 data
through mid April. Accord-
ing to the data, IHS-admin-
istered tests nationally have
seen 192,868 positive results,
through mid April.
That represents an in-
crease of less than 1 percent
from early April.
Altogether since the pan-
demic began, IHS nation-
ally across Indian Country
has administered 2,270,235
coronavirus tests.
Based on the cumulative
percent positive, since the
pandemic began, the highest
rates have been seen in three
areas. Two of them include
the state of Arizona. The
areas are: the Navajo Area,
the Phoenix Area, and the
Oklahoma City Area.
Another set of IHS data
looks at more recent testing,
rather than the overall cumu-
lative total.
This 7-day rolling average
shows that the IHS Portland
Area saw the highest increase
in its positivity test rate.
The Portland Area was
followed by the Bemidji Area
in the Midwest; the Califor-
nia Area, the Nashville Area,
and the Tucson Area.
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Culture grants available
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Washanaksha Cultural Coalition is seeking grant
applications for projects and activities for this year.
Grant funding is sponsored by the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust, which provides funding to Oregon tribes
and county groups to support the arts and heritage.
The Warm Springs Washanaksha Cultural Plan seeks
to:
Promote tribal member and reser vation
communithy residents’ understanding of and involve-
ment in cultural activities, traditions, arts, language,
dance, history, music, etc.;
Pass on tribal knowledge and practices to our
youth and help them feel connected to their culture.
Preserve, practice and teach tribal languages; and
Support the work of our artists and traditional
teachers, including their ability to earn a living from
their work.
Applications are available at the Museum at Warm
Springs, at KWSO Media Center, and at Three War-
riors Market in Simnasho.
Woshanaksha is an lchishkin word. It means that
something is important, you take it in—heart, spirit,
and mind—and commit to carry it forward no mat-
ter what.
Our culture, tribal and family history, dance, art,
ceremonies, music, and traditional practices are the
foundation of our identity-for each tribe and each
tribal member. The Confederate Tribes of Warm
Springs Cultural Trust Committee chose this name
because it communicates the highest purpose of their
effort.
Please drop off or mail Washanaksha grant ap-
plication to:
The Museum at Warm Springs. PO Box 909,
Highway 26 Warm Springs, OR 97761.
Phone 541-553-3331. Or fax 541-553-3338.
The maximum grant award is $1,200. The
Washanaksha Board goal is to award as many as
possible.
Grant funding is sponsored by the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust, which provides funding to Oregon county
groups and tribes to support the arts and heritage.
The Oregon Culrural Trust is a public funded pro-
gram and thefunding is to benefit all tribal mem-
bers, other Indians, and residents of the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation. The fiscal sponsor is
the Museum At Warm Springs.