Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
Ten students
of the tribes
on college teams
The Confederated Tribes has
ten students attending college who
have also made one of their
school’s athletic teams. This is the
most number of students of the
tribes to make teams at college dur-
ing the same school year, said Carroll
Dick, of tribal Higher Education.
These student-athletes are:
Harlee David, playing Soccer at
the College of Siskiyous.
Jayden Davis, College of Marin,
playing Basketball.
Lynden Harry, College of the
Siskiyous, Basketball.
Dylan Heath, Lane Community
College, Track and Field.
Derrek Main, Haskell Indian
Nations, Golf and then Basketball.
Gabrielle Smith, George Fox
University, Swimming.
Jeremiah Smith, Football, West
Hills College Coalinga, California.
Natalia Tewee and Kayla Tewee,
Northwest Indian College, Basket-
ball.
DaRia White, Butte College, Bas-
ketball.
Wolf OR-93
may still be
alive in Calif.
An endangered gray wolf last
year and early this year traveled at
least 1,000 miles from the Warm
Springs Reservation to the Califor-
nia Central Coast. The wolf, OR-
93, probably left to find a female
and start its own pack, said Austin
Smith Jr., Branch of Natural Re-
sources wildlife biologist.
OR-93 was wearing a tracking
collar, allowing the tribes’ and other
wildlife officials to follow its GPS
position, as it moved south. Then
early this year the collar stopped giv-
ing signals. Speculation was the
animal may have been killed, acci-
dentally or otherwise.
However, just recently Califor-
nia wildlife officials received mul-
tiple reports of a wolf with a purple
collar in northern Ventura County.
They were able to confirm wolf
tracks in the vicinity. And the visual
sightings seem to match OR-93.
If confirmed to be the wolf,
originally from the White River
pack from the reservation, this
would be the farthest south in Cali-
fornia that any gray wolf has been
documented since 1922.
OR-93 was born on the reser-
vation about three and a half years
ago. The animal was among the first
of the litter born to the pair of
wolves that had traveled, probably
from Idaho, to the Warm Springs
Reservation. The tribes’ Branch of
Natural Resources first spotted the
wolf pair, and then the pups in 2018.
OR-93 left the reservation in the
winter months of 2020. Its jour-
ney has now made it among the
most renowned living wild animals
of the West.
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Membership input on 2022 draft tribal budget
The Tribal Council and staff
have developed a draft 2022
budget for the organization, with
a bottom line of $16,627,983.
This is $323,142 above the cur-
rent year budget expenditures
of $16,304,841.
Some of the enterprises, es-
pecially Power and Water and
Timber, saw decreases in their
dividends to the tribes. Power
and Water, for instance, saw a
decrease of $1.5 million from
last year’s $1.8 million. And to-
tal Timber revenue is down
more than $1.5 million.
However, the American Rescue
Plan Act—ARPA—would contrib-
ute $4,699,183 to the 2022 budget,
according to the draft document (see
page 2 for details).
While the overall non-Timber
enterprise dividends were down by
$1.2 million, Indian Head Casino
would see an increase of $200,000
to its dividend; and Warm Springs
Composite Products would see an
increase of $250,000, according to
the draft presentation. The carbon
sequestration program is also see-
ing a complete reduction, of $1 mil-
lion from the previous year of $1
million, though this was anticipated.
The Senior Pension will see an
increase of $92,000 from 2021 to
$2,144,100 in 2022. Some other
notes: Fines and fees are pro-
jected to stay about the same at
$809,000 for 2022; total interest
revenue would also stay the same
at $500,000; and overall Commu-
nity Assistance—funeral grants,
emergency fire relief, Miss Warm
Springs, etc.—would also stay the
same at $191,500.
Details on the tribal department
proposals for 2022 are in the draft
budget, as seen on page 2of this
publication: The bottom line dif-
ference in department funding
would increase by $248,070 to
$11.8 million. Public Safety would
see an increase of $180,620 to
$2,650,316.
The draft budget mail-out and
questionnaire is scheduled to go out
on October 16. The draft and ques-
tionnaire will also be delivered dur-
ing the mid October Senior Meals
deliveries.
Like last year, there can be no
District or General Council meet-
ings regarding this draft budget, for
Covid-19 safety reasons.
Latest covid
demographics
The October 4 Covid-19 up-
date from the Response Team
indicates there were 35 active
cases on the reservation, and 55
close contacts receiving daily
monitoring.
Late September saw an un-
fortunate increase in covid
cases on the reservation, as
shown at right by the weekly
tracking chart.
Health and tribal officials ask
community members to please
use all Covid-19 precautions;
and the vaccine is encouraged for
all who are eligible. Call 541-
553-2131 for information, or to
schedule an appointment.
The number of community
memebrs with at least the first
vaccination dose is now almost
3,000. Fully vaccinated among
the community is close to 2,500.
Courtesy CTWS Response Team
Cases by week on the reservation, showing the recent upswing in positive testing.
Another 31 have received their
booster shot.
The Warm Springs Health and
Wellness Center had conducted
14,517 total tests, as of the latest
Response Team report earlier this
week.
Total positives was at 1,064
since the pandemic began. And
there have been 26 deaths.
See pages 2 and 3 of this publi-
cation for more demographic details.
Coming up at Tribal Council during October
The following are some of the
items coming up on the Tribal
Council agenda for the rest of
October (subject to change at
Council discretion).
Govermental Council, Thursday,
October 7.
National Tribal Health Confer-
ence, virtual, through Friday, Oc-
tober 8.
Thursday, October 7
9 a.m.: Nena Springs fire
litigation settlement discussion
with tribal attorneys.
10: Meet and greet with the
new Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission chair-
man, Quincy Ellenwood, for
strategic planning and organi-
zational development.
11: Meet and greet with
Jefferson County District At-
torney Steven Leriche.
1:30 p.m.: Amicus brief re-
quest for federal case with
tribal attorney Howie Arnett.
2:30: Water treatnent plant/
wastewater stage one work plan
update with Chico, Barry and
Ellen.
Monday, October 11:
Jefferson County 509-J School
Board meeting at the War m
Springs Academy, 7 p.m.
National Congress of Ameri-
can Indians, October 9-15, virtual.
Monthly meeting with the
Central Oregon Inter-
Monday, October 11-
Wednesday, October 13: Open
agenda.
Public notification and input
for 2022 tribal organization bud-
get: Mail out and questionnaire,
October 16. Distribute budget
and questionnaire in October dur-
ing Senior Meals delivery.
Monday, October 18
9 a.m.: Secretary-Treasurer up-
date with Glendon Smith, S-T/
CEO.
10: November agenda and re-
view minutes with the S-T.
11: Draft resolutions with the
S-T.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative update
calls, federal and state.
2:30: Enrollments with Lucille
Suppach-Samson, Vital Statstics.
3: Covid update with the Re-
sponse Team.
3:30: School bond update with
district superintendent Jay
Mathisen, 509-J board, Tribal Edu-
cation Committee, and Val
Switzler, Education general man-
ager.
4:30: Oregon State University
Extension traditional foods project
with Rosanna Sanders.
Tuesday, October 19
9 a.m.: Wastewater treatment
plant/waste water work plan dis-
cussion and update.
10:30: Housing, current job de-
scriptions and salaries discussion
with Danielle Wood, director.
11: Update on PBRL and BIRF
with Glendon, Isaac and Michele.
11:30: Fee land status on reser-
vation with Louie, Governmental
Relations, James Halliday, Lands,
and Ellen Grover, tribal attorney.
1:30 p.m.: NRD/Range Com-
mittee/Public Safety discussion
with Bobby, Terry, Flint, Dustin and
Nancy.
Wednesday, October 20: Open
agenda.
Monday, October 25
9 a.m.: Covid update with the
Response Team.
10: Akana update with Said,
Bruce and Chico.
Tuesday, October 26-
Wednesday, October 27: Open
agendas.
Note: Draft resolutions and or-
dinances, including any attachments
or exhibits, are due by the first Fri-
day of each month by 5 p.m. No
exceptions. Email copy to
gsmith@wstribes.org
Items for further consideration:
Funding summit on water treatment
plant. Blue Stone strategy two-day
work shop.