Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Restoration Contest Winners
October 20, 2021
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~ Howlak Tichum ~
Laura Ellen Picard Grabner ~ 1928-2020
Courtesy Sara Averbeck, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland
Women’s Special at the Tamkaliks grounds, Wallowa.
T hank you to everyone
who joined us in October to cel-
ebrate the completion of a
Wallowa River restoration project
by Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries on
the Tamkaliks grounds in Wallowa.
We welcomed back our plant
and animal relatives with a morn-
ing Blessing Ceremony, a salmon
meal, and an afternoon of drums,
song, and dance. Congratulations
to the following dance contest win-
ners:
Women’s 18 and over Open
Category Contest Dance winners:
First,
Lynn
Pinkham,
Meninick, Lenore, Idaho, Nez
Perce Tribe.
Second: Katrina Miller, Mission,
Oregon, Yakama Nation.
Third: Cece Stanger, Nixyàawii,
Oregon, Umatilla Tribe.
Men’s 18 and over Open Cat-
egory Contest Dance winners:
First, Aaron Greene, Mckay
Creek, Oregon, Warm Springs
Tribe.
Second: Clifford Stanger,
Nixyáawii, Oregon, Umatilla Tribe.
Third:
Raymond
Cree,
Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla
Tribe.
Laura Ellen Picard Grabner
passed away peacefully on
Monday, October 4, 2021 at
her home in Klamath Falls with
family by her side. Ms. Picard
Grabner was 93.
She was born on January 16,
1928 in Chiloquin, Oregon to
Amos Lewis Picard and
Gertrude Lillian Pitt Bagley.
Although Laura was born in
Chiloquin, she was enrolled as
a member of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs, and
has a rich tribal history ances-
try that includes Wasco, Shasta,
Pit River and Kalapuya tribes.
As a Wasco tribal elder, she
was proud of her heritage and
enjoyed sharing with everyone
that she came from ‘the Big
River,’ more commonly known
as the Columbia River.
Laura married into the Kla-
math Tribes and most of her
children were raised in the
Chiloquin area. She loved the
people of the Klamath Tribes,
who treated her with love and
respect as if she were their
own.
In the 1940s, Laura attended
boarding school on the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation,
and at Stewart Indian School
in Nevada. Though she learned
practical domestic skills through
her boarding school experience,
she suffered significant trauma
that took a lifetime to over-
come.
After learning the Klamath
Indian Reservation in the ‘60s,
she moved to The Dalles prior
to returning to the War m
Springs Indian Reservation,
where she built a home and
dedicated herself to her family
and culture. In doing so, she
taught herself to sew and bead
regalia, make jewelry, and par-
ticipated in many tribal gather-
ings, events and powwow cel-
ebrations to watch her family
dance, bringing her immense
pride and joy.
In her spare time, she joined
a bowling team, and enjoyed
playing the guitar or the piano
while singing her favorite coun-
try gospel songs.
In the ‘70s, Laura was appointed
by Oregon Governor Tom McCall
to serve on an advisory board to
advocate for support for Native
American drug and alcohol recov-
ery programs. This work and shar-
ing her personal testimony were in-
strumental in establishing funding
for tribes to provide these neces-
sary services. She was extremely
proud of her service on this board,
as it was instrumental in her own
recovery and advocacy for sobri-
ety.
After the death of her mother,
Laura and her husband Raymond
moved to Redmond, Oregon,
where they lived for approximately
30 years. Laura returned to the Kla-
math Basin in 2018 to be cared for
by her daughter Mary and family.
Laura was a strong woman of
faith and relied heavily her relation-
ship and belief in God, and the
power of the written and spoken
word of the Bible.
She would pray daily for her
family, friends, and anyone that
requested it. She wore out pages
of several Bibles throughout her
lifetime, and almost every page has
hand-written names of her loved
ones next to scriptures she believed
were relevant for them. Later in
life she was very active in ministry
to Native Americans and partici-
pated in many Native conferences
through the West.
As our guide, Laura shared fam-
ily and tribal history, and was a
wealth of wisdom to us all. She en-
joyed visiting friends and fam-
ily while sharing her faith, sto-
ries, insight, and the importance
of practicing tribal tradition.
She did this all through her
loving, caring, sometimes seri-
ous, strong personality, but was
riddled with her silly jokes and
wonderful and uplifting sense
of humor. She made all of us
feel like her number one, and
every single one of her children,
grandchildren, family and
friends held a special place in
her heart.
She was the matriarch of
our family, and we have been
truly blessed and deeply af-
fected by her faith, hope, love,
prayers, encouragement, ad-
monishment, correction, and
stories. She was an overcomer,
a respected elder, and a won-
derful example to us all.
Laura was preceded in death
by Grandmother Daisy Mary
Hayes Wright, father Amos
Lewis Picard, mother Gertrude
Lillian Pitt Bagley, loving dad
William ‘Bill’ Bagley; brothers
Lewis Picard, Wally Picard,
Donald Picard, William Bagley,
Louis Bagley; sisters Evelyn
Miller, Mildred Alene Picard,
and Billy Jo Bagley; son Calvin
‘Buttons’ Shadley, and daugh-
ter Lorilee Picard.
Laura is sur vived by
Lorraine Stockton, Dena Stock-
ton, Robert Stockton, Brenda
Shadley, Laura Shadley, Leanna
Shadley, Tony Waits, Trina
Randall, Tonya Shadley, Cara
Shadley, Darrell ‘Kobby’
Shadley, Ronald ‘Cobby’
Shadley Jr., Savanah Arnett,
Calvin Shadley, Raefiled ‘Pock-
ets’ Benson, Mildred Unive,
Aaron Gentry, Alicia Boston,
Adria Paschal, Angeline Sum-
mers, Destiny Summers, and
numerous great grandchildren,
great-great grandchildren,
nieces and nephews.
The viewing was on Octo-
ber 5 at O’Hair-Wards Funeral
Home, Klamath Falls. On
Wednesday, October 6 the fi-
nal procession departed O’Hair-
Wards Funeral Chapel to Warm
Springs for ser vices at the
War m Springs Community
Center Pavilion. Internment
was a the Dry Creek Cemetery,
Warm Springs.
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
Men’s Special, Wallowa River Restoration project.
Employee Covid-19 testing policy
The following is the policy of the
C o n f e d e r a t e d Tr i b e s o f Wa r m
Springs regarding employee testing
for Covid-19. The policy reads as
follows:
Due to the high risk to employ-
ees, co-workers and the public,
employees will be randomly tested
for Covid-19.
1. All employees of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
will participate in Surveillance
Testing. This will be done under
the direction of the Human Re-
sources Department and Indian
Health Services. Employees will
be randomly selected.
2. Employees will follow appro-
priate protocol indicated by the
health facility where the test is
given.
A. Employees understand that
a positive test result must be re-
ported to their immediate super-
visor and they agree to isolation,
quarantine or any other direction
given to them by the medical pro-
vider to avoid infecting others.
B. Administrative Leave of two
weeks will be granted to an em-
ployee if they:
1) Contract COVID-19, or
2) Must care for someone with
Covid-19 in their immediate fam-
ily, or
3) To adhere to a quarantine or
isolation order advised by a medi-
cal provider due to employee ex-
posure to Covid-19. A docu-
mented leave notice must be pro-
vided by the medical provider.
a) If additional time off be-
comes necessary the employee will
follow Personnel Policy PER 702
Personal Time Off and or PER
703 FMLA.
3. If employee declines to take
a Covid-19 test they will be sent
home for violation of PER 601
Employee Safety in the Tribal Per-
sonnel Policy Manual. Failure to
test after three days will be con-
strued as refusal to work. Appro-
priate disciplinary action will occur
up to and including Termination
under Personnel Policy, PER 801
Personal Appearance and Conduct
of Employees.
A. An employee will be allowed
three days to comply with the re-
quest. Those three days will be
recorded as Absent With Out
Leave.
4. This policy will also be ap-
plied to all Enterprises of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Added by Resolution 12,696.
WAYNE EAGLESPEAKER,
Petitioner,
vs
LOUISE
KATCHIA, Respondent; Case
No. DO96-09. TO: LOUISE
KATCHIA, CHANELLE JACK-
SON:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a MODIFICATION
has been scheduled with the Warm
Springs Tribal Court. By this no-
tice you are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 3 RD day of NOVEM-
BER, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
KYLE FRANK, Petitioner, vs
CTWS, Respondent; Case No.
DO96-09. TO: KYLE FRANK,
JAMIE WESLEY:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a CONSERVATOR
GUARDIANSHIP has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this mat-
ter at a hearing scheduled for the
15 TH day of NOVEMBER, 2021
@ 2:00 PM
CTWS,
Petitioner,
vs
WINTERDAWN
SELAM-
RENFRO, Respondent; Case
No. DO161,162,163-12. TO:
CAROLYN STRONG, BRIAN
RENFRO, WINTERDAWN
SELAM-RENFRO:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a REVIEW has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this mat-
ter at a hearing scheduled for the
15 TH day of NOVEMBER 2021
@ 3:00 PM
NATALIE KIRK, Petitioner,
vs SHAWN CARTNEY, Re-
spondent; Case No. RO52-20.
TO: NATALIE KIRK, SHAWN
CARTNEY:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a MODIFICATION
has been scheduled with the Warm
Springs Tribal Court. By this notice
you are summoned to appear in this
matter at a hearing scheduled for
the 16 TH day of NOVEMBER,
2021 @ 10:30 AM
CTWS,
Petitioner,
vs
MYNTORA AGUILAR, Re-
spondent; Case No. JV54A,55A-
12; JV27-17. TO: MYNTORA
AGUILAR, WILLIAM NAPYER
JR:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a ASSISTED GUARD-
IANSHIP REVIEW has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this matter
at a hearing scheduled for the 1 ST
day of DECEMBER, 2021 @
3:00 PM
CTWS,
Petitioner,
vs
MARION GRAYBAEL JR, Re-
spondent; Case No. JV13-15.
TO: MARION GRAYBAEL JR.:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a ASSISTED GUARD-
IANSHIP REVIEW has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this matter
at a hearing scheduled for the 7 TH
day of DECEMBER, 2021 @
2:00 PM
CTWS,
Petitioner,
vs
ELLEN JACKSON, Respon-
dent; Case No. JV3-19. TO:
ELLEN JACKSON, ROBERT
LUCEI:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a PERMANENCY has
been scheduled with the Warm
Springs Tribal Court. By this no-
tice you are summoned to appear
in this matter at a hearing sched-
uled for the 13 TH day of DE-
CEMBER, 2021 @ 10:00 AM
MARCELENE FOLTZ, Pe-
titioner,
vs
KEIKI
RAUSCHENBURG, Respon-
dent; Case No. DO133-21. TO:
MARCELENE FOLTZ, TAW
FOLTZ,
KEIKI
RAUSCHENBURG:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a CONSERVATOR
GUARDIANSHIP has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this mat-
ter at a hearing scheduled for the
15 TH day of DECEMBER, 2021
@ 4:00 PM
CTWS, Petitioner, vs THO-
MAS SAM, Respondent; Case
No. JV92,94,95-17. TO: THO-
MAS SAM:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-
FIED that a REVIEW has been
scheduled with the Warm Springs
Tribal Court. By this notice you are
summoned to appear in this mat-
ter at a hearing scheduled for the
15 TH day of DECEMBER, 2021
@ 10:00 AM
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