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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Recent Council resolutions
By resolution Tribal Council
approved a sublease agreement for
an electric car charging service at
the Plateau Travel Plaza. “An elec-
tric car charging center would be
beneficial to grow the Travel Cen-
ter business,” Council said in the
resolution, no. 12,805. Some other
recent resolutions of Tribal Coun-
cil include:
Fisheries
Council adopted commercial
crayfish harvest regulations. The
crayfish fishery is based on rec-
ommendations in Scott Lewis’s
1997 Master’s Thesis, Life, His-
tor y, Population Dynamics and
Management of Signal Crayfish in
Lake Billy Chinook.
The regulations are also based
on recommendations of Natural
Resources, and the On-Reserva-
tion Fish and Wildlife Committee.
Council adopted subsistence
fisheries regulations. The regula-
tions apply to the Ceded Lands,
and other usual and accustomed
fishing stations.
Tribal Council by Resolution
no. 12,800 approved settlement
agreements and consent decrees
regarding the Portland Harbor
Superfund Site. The liability of
certain parties is under the Com-
prehensive Response, Compensa-
tion and Liability Act, CERCLA.
The Confederated Tribes are a
natural resource trustee of the
harbor site.
Council adopted a resolution
designating a creek and meadow
on the reservation as ‘Toto Creek’
and ‘Toto’s Meadow.’ The resolu-
tion, no. 12,812, reads in part:
“High on the slopes of Mount
Jefferson in the southwest corner
of the Warm Springs Reservation
lie a small creek and a small
meadow that are currently with-
out official geographic names. The
small creek flows down from
Whitewater Glacier in an easterly
direction into a pine and fir forest
at 6,000 feet elevation. The creek
passes through a small, grassy
meadow, then proceeds easterly
for two miles, where it joins Parker
Creek.”
The War m Springs Tribal
Branch of Natural Resources
Geographic Information Systems
Center will identify the precise lo-
cations of each of the geographic
features.
Tribal Council agreed to an
updated charter for the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs. Coun-
cil adopted the original museum
charter in 1975, with updates in
1987 and 1992. Museum staff
this spring provided an updated
draft charter, and Council
adopted the updated version.
Resolution of Tribal Council
Improvements for the museum
Whereas the preservation and
perpetuation of the history of the
Confederated Tribes is of central
importance to the tribes; and
Whereas the Confederated
Tribes originally chartered the
Middle Oregon Indian Historical
Society in 1974 by Resolution no.
4084 to plan for and develop a
tribal museum and oversee the
collection of tribal artifacts; and
Whereas the charter was sub-
sequently amended by Resolution
no. 4422 in 1974, Resolution 7441
in 1987, and Resolution 8467 in
1992; and
Whereas the charter for the
Museum at Warm Springs, a sub-
ordinate organization was char-
tered by the Tribal Council of the
Confederated Tribes, and adopted
on June 30, 1992; and
Whereas the Museum at
Warm Springs began operations in
March 1993; and
Whereas the Tribal Council
contributes significant annual sup-
port for the museum’s general
operations; and
Whereas the museum is cur-
rently nearing 30 years of opera-
tion and the museum’s Archives
and Collections departments need
improvements to better serve the
community of Warm Springs and
the care of the collections and
archives; and
Whereas such needed im-
provements would be in the form
of increased storage capacity; re-
place conservatory equipment,
such freezers, which meet
Seniors lunch
Pick up your Seniors
Lunch this Wednesday, July
14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Greeley Heights com-
munity building.
On the menu: salmon
loaf, wild rice, asparagus
and canned fruit
This Friday, July 16 the
Seniors Lunch is also for
pick-up at the Greeley
Heights
community
builidng. On the menu:
sloppy joes, sweet potato
mash, pineapple slaw and
fresh fruit.
Smithsonian Museum standards,
as the original museum was in-
tended when built; new software
to assist in the cataloging and digi-
tizing of the Collections and Ar-
chives; and financial support to
the salaries of Archives and Col-
lections; and improvement of se-
curity cameras and lighting that is
outdates; now therefore
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Eighth Tribal Council of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon pursuant
to the Tribal Constitution and By-
Laws, Article V, Section 1(l) and
(o), that Tribal Council declares
that the Museum at Warm Springs
is a priority and hereby approves
the preparation and submission of
a grant application, by the museum
to the Spirit Mountain Community
Fund Tribal Grant Program for
$100,000 for the purchase of two
museum quality freezers and digi-
tal security cameras and replacing
faulty lighting for the protection
of the rare collection and tribal
archieves. Resolution 12,804.
July 14, 2021
Council specifies new jail will be BIA owned
Tribal Council has clarified
that the planned new Warm
Springs detention facility will be
owned by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The decision, by resolution
12,809, was in response to a let-
ter from the Department of
Interior-Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs to Tribal Council Chairman
Raymond Tsumpti.
The letter from Interior was
an initial consultation with the
tribes regarding a new detention
facility in Warm Springs. Inte-
rior-BIA will plan, design and
construct the facility with tribal
consultation.
The letter requested a Tribal
Council decision specifying the
ownership of the new facility
when complete: The ownership
could be either ‘Bureau owned’ or
‘Tribal stewardship.’ In the reso-
lution, Council responded:
“The detention facility on the
Warm Springs Reservation has al-
ways been owned by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Tribal
Council sees no reason to depart
from the past practices of requir-
ing the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to own the Warm Springs deten-
tion facility, and therefore wishes
to have the Bureau own the pro-
posed new facility.”
The current Warm Springs Jail
is no longer able to house in-
mates, as there are a number
problems that render the facility
unsafe.
The Department of Interior
Employment with the Tribes
The following are positions
posted by the Confederated
Tribes Personnel Department.
You can reach the department
at 541-553-3262.
Wildlife technician. Fisheries
tech II. Branch of Natural Re-
sources Summer Youth (eight
positions).
Public Safety general man-
ager. Health coordinator. Medi-
cal social worker.
Community health nurse.
Corrections officer (five posi-
tions). Communications officer.
Protective care provider.
Daycare
teacher
(six
positions).Firefighter-Engines
(five positions).
Indian language teacher.
Medical
social
worker.
Children’s Protective Services
specialist. Youth program em-
ployment.
Here is a recent list of posi-
tions open at Indian Head Ca-
sino.
See indianheadcasino.com
for information on applying:
announced recently that a new
facility will receive funding.
For several months tribal
Corrections has contracted to
house inmates with the North-
ern Oregon Regional Correc-
tions Facility, or Norcor, located
at The Dalles, as the existing
Warm Springs Jail is decades
old and long past its usable life.
A new facility has been a
Council priority for several
years, with funding from Inte-
rior-BIA being the reason for
delay.
Interior this spring indicated
that funding would be made
available, following War m
Springs Corrections’ detailing
of the deficiencies at the exist-
ing facility.
Blackjack Dealer. Cage
Cashier. Coffee Stations Atten-
dant. Facilities/Maintenance.
Guest Services Operator.
Lounge Bartender. Players Club
Host. Players Club Host Lead.
Restaurant Manager. Security
Officer. Server. Slot Keyperson.
Tule Grill Attendant. Tule Grill
Cook.
The following are recent posi-
tions advertised at the Plateau
Travel Plaza:
C-Store Cashier. C-Store Shift
Supervisor. Custodian. Fuel
Pump Attendant.
Line Cook. Receiving Inven-
tory Specialist. Security Officer.