Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Conference: YouthLine project
June 16, 2021
Rosanna Jackson, Certified Pre-
vention Specialist focusing on sui-
cide prevention, has been working
with Melissa ‘Mel’ Butterfield, Cen-
tral Oregon Regional Youth Coor-
dinator—Lines of Life, on launch-
ing this program for the tribes.
YouthLine—Lines of Life is a
free support service for young
people, helping prevent substance
abuse and suicide. Youth can reach
out by calling, texting, chatting or
by email.
“As a adults, we know that young
people want to reach out and talk
with someone their own age, about
the issues they’re going through,”
said Ms. Butterfield.
The need for the YouthLine con-
tinues to grow as the world and our
communities become more com-
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plicated, with the Covid-19 crisis
and other issues, said Rosanna
Jackson. The call volume at the
Central Oregon YouthLine, for in-
stance, has increased by 18 to 19
percent since the pandemic began.
The Warm Springs YouthLine
will rely on youth volunteers, who
will receive training and supervision
through the program. The volun-
teers learn concepts and skills that
apply beyond the work with the
YouthLine. The Warm Springs
YouthLine would be the first such
service in Indian Country, and it
could serve as a model for other
tribes, Ms. Jackson said.
The reservation YouthLine is
based on the idea that young people
reaching out would like to talk
someone not only their own age,
but who are familiar with similar
experiences, and have awareness of
tribal perspectives.
The Warm Springs YouthLine is
a grassroots project. Ms. Jackson
and Ms. Butterfield are seeking vol-
unteers to help start the program.
The initial plan is for the hours
of operation to be from 3 p.m.,
about the time school gets out, to
10 p.m. For safety, a trained adult
supervisor is always on site during
phone calls. The Warm Springs
YouthLine would likely be based at
the Behavioral Health Center.
Anyone who would like more
information on this project, you can
reach Rosanna at 541-615-0036. Or
her email:
rosanna.jackson@wstribes
Dave McMechan
At the conference last week, Tashina Eastman visits the
YouthLine information table.
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They are Taawleewinch, Sam
Starr, Rosie Johnson, Mona
Cochran, Mona Schuster, Alex
Tohet and Alex LeClaire. Christine
presented them with Pendleton
blankets and other gifts of thanks.
The Grief Conference was also
a good opportunity to introduce a
new program of Prevention and
Health and Human Services: A res-
ervation-based youth help line.
Todd Beamer Twenty-Fifth
Annual Memorial Run
The Twenty-Fifth Annual
Todd Beamer Memorial Run is
coming on Sunday, July 4 at
Sahalee Park in Madras.
Registration starts at 6:15
a.m. Pre-register by June 28 for
$15. Day of race is $20 for
adults. Twelve and under free.
You can pre-register at
macrecdistrict.com
All proceeds go to the Todd
Beamer Memorial Scholarship.
T-shirts are $15, special motto
this year. There will be awards,
ribbons, coasters and overall win-
ners, top three in each division.
The events include the 6-mile
walk, 5k run, 10k run, and two-
mile fun run.
Race events and time schedule
as follows:
7 a.m.: start of the six-mile walk.
7:30: Bus leaves for the 5k run
and 10k run.
7:45: Start of the 5k.
8:15: Start of the 10k.
9: Start of the two-mile fun run.
9:30: Awards ceremony.
This is a Covid conscious event,
and masks and distancing will be
mandatory on the bus rides, and
encouraged at registration.
The Treaty of 1855 ~ One-Hundred Sixty-Six Year Anniversary, June 25
This is the time of year—late
June—when the Confederated Tribes
remember the signing of the Treaty
of 1855, the founding document of
the modern day tribes.
With Pi-Ume-Sha again on hold
t h i s ye a r, We c o m m e m o r a t e t h e
Treaty by reproducing the text of
the document—from its description
of the then newly-formed reser va-
tion, to the recognition of off-reser-
vation rights, to the signatories of
the Treaty of 1855:
Treaty of Wasco, Columbia
River, Oregon Territory with the
Taih, Wyam, Tenino, & DockSpus
Bands of the Walla-Walla, and the
Dalles, Ki-Gal-Twal-La, and the
Dog River Bands of the Wasco
June 25, 1855 ~ 12 Stat., 963.
- Ratified Mar. 8, 1859. - Pro-
claimed Apr. 18, 1859.
Articles of agreement and con-
vention made and concluded at
Wasco, near the Dalles of the Co-
lumbia River, in Oregon Territory,
by Joel Palmer, superintendent of
Indian affairs, on the part of the
United
States,
and
the
followingnamed chiefs and head-
men of the confederated tribes and
bands of Indians, residing in
Middle Oregon, they being duly
authorized thereto by their respec-
tive bands, to wit:
Sym-tustus, Locks-quis-sa,
Shick-a-me, and Kuck-up, chiefs of
the Taih or Upper De Chutes band
of Walla-Wallas; Stocketly and Iso,
chiefs of the Wyam or Lower De
Chutes band of WallaWallas; Alexis
and Talkish, chiefs of the Tenino
band of WallaWallas; Yise, chief
of the DockSpus or John Day’s
River band of Walla-Wallas; Mark,
William Chenook, and Cush-Kella,
chiefs of the Dalles band of the
Wascoes; Toh-simph, chief of the
Ki-gal-twal-la band of Wascoes;
and Wal-la-chin, chief of the Dog
River band of Wascoes.
Article 1. The above-named
confederated bands of Indians
cede to the United States all their
right, title, and claim to all and ev-
ery part of the country claimed by
them, included in the following
boundaries, to wit:
Commencing in the middle of
the Columbia River, at the Cascade
Falls, and running thence southerly
to the summit of the Cascade
Mountains; thence along said sum-
mit to the forty-fourth parallel of
north latitude; thence east on that
parallel to the summit of the Blue
Mountains, or the western bound-
ary of the Sho-shone or Snake
country; thence northerly along that
summit to a point due east from
the head-waters of Willow Creek;
thence west to the head-waters of
said creek; thence down said stream
to its junction with the Columbia
River; and thence down the chan-
nel of the Columbia River to the
place of beginning.
Provided, however, that so
much of the country described
above as is contained in the fol-
lowing boundaries, shall, until oth-
erwise directed by the President of
the United States, be set apart as a
residence for said Indians, which
tract for the purposes contem-
plated shall be held and regarded
as an Indian reservation, to wit:
Commencing in the middle of
the channel of the De Chutes River
opposite the eastern termination
of a range of high lands usually
known as the Mutton Mountains;
thence westerly to the summit of
said range, along the divide to its
connection with the Cascade
Mountains; thence to the summit
of said mountains; thence south-
erly to Mount Jefferson; thence
down the main branch of De
Chutes River; heading in this peak,
to its junction with De Chutes
River; and thence down the middle
of the channel of said river to the
place of beginning.
All of which tract shall be set
apart, and, so far as necessary, sur-
veyed and marked out for their ex-
clusive use; nor shall any white per-
son be permitted to reside upon
the same without the concurrent
permission of the agent and su-
perintendent.
The said bands and tribes agree
to remove to and settle upon the
same within one year after the rati-
fication of this treaty, without any
additional expense to the United
States other than is provided for
by this treaty; and, until the expira-
tion of the time specified, the said
bands shall be permitted to occupy
and reside upon the tracts now pos-
sessed by them, guaranteeing to all
white citizens the right to enter upon
and occupy as settlers any lands not
included in said reservation, and not
actually enclosed by said Indians.
Provided, however, That prior
to the removal of said Indians to
said reservation, and before any
improvements contemplated by this
treaty shall have been commenced,
that if the three principal bands, to
wit: the Wascopum, Tiah, or Up-
per De Chutes, and the Lower De
Chutes bands of WallaWallas shall
express in council, a desire that
some other reservation may be se-
lected for them, that the three
bands named may select each three
persons of their respective bands,
who with the superintendent of
Indian affairs or agent, as may by
him be directed, shall proceed to
examine, and if another location
can be selected, better suited to the
condition and wants of said Indi-
ans, that is unoccupied by the
whites, and upon which the board
of commissioners thus selected
may agree, the same shall be de-
clared a reservation for said Indi-
ans, instead of the tract named in
this treaty.
Provided, also, That the exclu-
sive right of taking fish in the
streams running through and bor-
dering said reservation is hereby
secured to said Indians; and at all
other usual and accustomed sta-
tions, in common with citizens of
the United States, and of erecting
suitable houses for curing the same;
also the privilege of hunting, gath-
ering roots and berries, and pastur-
ing their stock on unclaimed lands,
in common with citizens, is secured
to them.
And provided, also, That if any
band or bands of Indians, residing
in and claiming any portion or por-
tions of the country in this article,
shall not accede to the terms of
this treaty, then the bands becom-
ing parties hereunto agree to receive
such part of the several and other
payments herein named as a con-
sideration for the entire country
described as aforesaid as shall be
in the proportion that their aggre-
gate number may have to the whole
number of Indians residing in and
claiming the entire country afore-
said, as consideration and payment
in full for the tracts in said country
claimed by them.
And provided, also, That where
substantial improvements have
been made by any members of the
bands being parties to this treaty,
who are compelled to abandon
them in consequence of said treaty,
the same shall be valued, under the
direction of the President of the
United States, and payment made
therefor; or, in lieu of said payment,
improvements of equal extent and
value at their option shall be made
for them on the tracts assigned to
each respectively.
Article 2. In consideration of,
and payment for, the country
hereby ceded, the United States
agree to pay the bands and tribes
of Indians claiming territory and
residing in said country, the several
sums of money following, to wit:
Eight thousand dollars per an-
num for the first five years, com-
mencing on the first day of Sep-
tember, 1856, or as soon thereaf-
ter as practicable. Six thousand dol-
lars per annum for the term of five
years next succeeding the first five.
Four thousand dollars per annum
for the term of five years next suc-
ceeding the second five; and Two
thousand dollars per annum for the
term of five years next succeeding
the third five.
All of which several sums of
money shall be expended for the
use and benefit of the confeder-
ated bands, under the direction of
the President of the United States,
who may from time to time, at his
discretion determine what propor-
tion thereof shall be expended for
such objects as in his judgment will
promote their well-being and ad-
vance them in civilization; for their
moral improvement and education;
for building, opening and fencing
farms, breaking land, providing
teams, stock, agricultural imple-
ments, seeds, &c.; for clothing, pro-
visions, and tools; for medical pur-
poses, providing mechanics and
farmers, and for arms and ammu-
nition.
Article 3. The United States
agree to pay said Indians the addi-
tional sum of fifty thousand dol-
lars, a portion whereof shall be ap-
plied to the payment for such ar-
ticles as may be advanced them at
the time of signing this treaty, and
in providing, after the ratification
thereof and prior to their removal,
such articles as may be deemed by
the President essential to their want;
for the erection of buildings on the
reservation, fencing and opening
farms; for the purchase of teams,
farming implements, clothing and
provisions, tools, seeds, and for the
payment of employees; and for
subsisting the Indians the first year
after their removal.
Article 4. In addition to the con-
siderations specified the United
States agree to erect, at suitable
points on the reservation, one saw-
mill and one flouring-mill; suitable
hospital buildings; one schoolhouse;
one blacksmith-shop with a tin and
a gunsmith-shop thereto attached;
one wagon and plough maker shop;
and for one sawyer, one miller, one
superintendent of farming opera-
tions, a far mer, a physician, a
schoolteacher, a blacksmith, and a
wagon and plough maker, a dwell-
ing house and the requisite outbuild-
ings for each; and to purchase and
keep in repair for the time speci-
fied for furnishing employees all
necessary mill-fixtures, mechanics’
tools, medicines and hospital stores,
books and stationery for schools,
and furniture for employees.
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