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Letters to the editor
Great job,
Students
The Warm Springs Acad-
emy announced its Honors,
High Honors and Highest
Honors list for the recent
term. Here are the students
who made the lists:
Sixth grade
Honors:
Anthony
Caldera Jr. Warrian
Graybael. Kaylee Johnson.
Thomas Mireles. Jared Jim.
Jadrian Kalama.
JoLessa Main. Toaali’i
Smith. Daniel Arce. Brylee
Berry. Ellison Chavez Jr.
Wyatt Heath.
Jesiah Johnson. Tyree
Star r. Siddalee Suppah.
Katlyn Victorino.
High Honors: Mya
Blackwolf. Jicelle Gill. Mar
Rie Gill. Riley Heath. Cher-
ish Parra. Myla Spino.
Joshua White. Mikaylah
Dowty. Sequoya Edwards.
Askewin Tom. F i s k e
Clark. Mason Frye.
Highest
Honors:
Derise Jefferson. Miayala
Suppah.
Seventh grade
Honors: Kade Fuiava
Caldera. Dennis White IV.
Ciara Wolfe Lahr. Latoya
Boise. Colten Culps.
Audriyona Gilbert. Giselle
Medina. Arthur Miller Jr.
Lucius Stevens. D e l t o n
Switzler.
Harlan Waheneka Jr.
Abigail Eriza. CaitLynn
Hunt Anson. Aiyana
Saunders. Amare Brunoe.
Elijah Domingo. Kyra
Eastman. Jaycee Merrifield.
Andreaz Plazola. Donnie
Polk Tewee. Davin Slockish.
Tuimanua Smith. Orion
Wewa.
High Honors: Haydyn
Cross Dog. Riyah Stacona.
Kiona Aguilar. Kiellan Allen.
Ava Collins. Caden Greene.
Kylen Stevens. Liam Circle.
Dustin Tanewasha.
Highest Honors: John
Buffalo Ball Jr.
CheyLene Mireles. Julian
Stwyer.
Eighth grade
Honors:
Richard
Crooked Arm. Maylene
Smith. Jaurissa Bellanger.
Cody Brunoe. A m a r i u s
Stevens. Heaven Stwyer.
Crooked Arm Myron.
Shwanshaki Aguilar. Jare
Anderson. Evaristo Antunez
Jr. Charmaine Chee. Ramon
Greene. Oriel Leal.
Deklyn Parton. Paradise
Smith. Daunte Hurtado.
Jessica Johnson. LaRhia
Stevens.
Peyton Frank. Jalena
Howe Weaselhead. Dakota
Wewa.
High Honors: Kalyssa
Fuentes. Aja Nah Jefferson.
RedSky Waheneka. Wallace
Herkshan.
LeQuisha
Jackson.
Donavon Tanewasha. Skye
Victorino.
Maria Johnson. Mahayla
Cisco. Cayman Ippolito.
Gavin Williams.
Highest
Honors:
Arema White.
Ongoing
mystery
Gunner Johnson
Bailey was shot and
killed on March 17,
2019 on the reserva-
tion.
The murder of the
31-year-old remains a
mystery after he was
found dead on the side
of the road.
If anyone has infor-
mation about the case,
you are asked to call the
Warm Springs Police
Department at 541-553-
3272 or the Bend
branch of the FBI at
541-389-1202. You can
always submit a tip
online at tips.fbi.gov.
At the Clinic
Booster and other vacci-
nations—first and second
covid shots, and flu shots—
are readily available at the
Warm Springs Indian Health
Services Clinic.
If you haven’t already
been vaccinated—for
covid or the flu—Please
get the vaccine: The vac-
cines are saving lives and
they are keeping people out
of the hospital.
Vaccinations are the pri-
mary way to bring the
covid pandemic under con-
trol.
· Warm Springs IHS has
given more than 3,000 pri-
mary doses of the covid
vaccine. IHS has given an-
other more than 2,550 sec-
ondary doses. People who
qualify are now receiving
their third, or booster dose.
· Nineteen young people
of the community, between
the ages of 5-11, have re-
ceived the covid vaccine.
Vaccinations for young
people are based on recom-
mendations by the Advisory
Committee on Immuniza-
tion Practices, the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Western
States Scientific Safety Re-
view Workgroup.
You can call to schedule a
vaccination anytime at the
Warm Springs Health and
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(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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Precautions
Community members
are asked to please use all
covid precautions, as ap-
proved by Tribal Council
upon recommendation of
the Response Team:
Wear a face mask and
maintaining distance from
anyone you do not live with.
Understandably, this is es-
pecially challenging to use
those protocols when inter-
acting with family and
friends.
If you have covid symp-
toms, or if you have tested
positive:
Stay home and avoid oth-
ers. Don’t go to the grocery
store, the casino, the
longhouse or work.
Do not go to sporting
events or school activities,
birthday parties or meetings.
Stay away from celebrations,
funerals and any public ar-
eas.
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Community covid case demographics
The following are
Community Health, In-
dian Health Service and
the Warm Springs Covid
Response Team demo-
graphics for the tribal
community, as of No-
vember 24. As of that
date, there were 24 ac-
tive cases in the commu-
nity.
This number brings
the total positive covid
cases in the community,
since the pandemic began
in March 2021, to 1,236.
On November 24, there
were no in-patient hospi-
talizations from Covid-19
among the community.
Ninety-three people
had been hospitalized
since the pandemic be-
gan; and there have been
28 deaths from the ill-
ness, including the most
recent passing on No-
vember 8.
Hospitalizations
St. Charles Health Sys-
tems hospitals are at 86.7
percent occupancy. The St.
Charles intensive care unit
is at 75 percent occupancy.
There are 48 St. Charles
patients with covid 19, and
nine people are in the ICU
with covid.
(Covid case demographics
for the tribal community are
on page 3 of this publica-
tion.)
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For the last two years,
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educational programs in
schools and communities
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As a thank you to you—
our
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Secretary Haaland on the power of Indigenous representation
Secretary of the Interior
Deb Haaland visited Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco, Cali-
fornia on the 52nd anniver-
sary of its occupation by In-
digenous activists in pursuit
of tribal self-determination.
Secretary Haaland deliv-
ered remarks about the
progress that has been made
in Indian Country in the in-
tervening years, as well as the
work needed ahead.
A full recording of
Haaland’s remarks are avail-
able on Interior’s YouTube
channel. Here are some of
her comments:
“Guw’aadzi haupa—
Greetings everyone. I am
honored to speak today
from Alcatraz Island. Like
many of the public lands in
Secretary of the Interior
Deb Haaland
the care of the Department
of the Interior, these lands
tell a story, and you can feel
it.
“Some may think of
Alcatraz Island as a place
that movies and novels have
described where prisoners
were kept in cells and tried
to escape, but for me, and for
many Indigenous people, this
land tells another story.
“Representation matters.
Being here matters. No longer
do Indigenous people have to
occupy a site to get the atten-
tion of the government. We
are at the table and we are
not giving up our seats.
“We have a long way to go
to fully heal from the trau-
mas created by historical op-
pression. I know that remov-
ing racist names, investing in
broadband for tribal commu-
nities, and protecting Native
languages won’t change ev-
erything. But change—even if
incremental—is still change.
And our moment is now.
“With Indigenous voices in
power, perhaps we can cre-
ate the world that those who
occupied ‘The Rock’ envi-
sioned—one of equity and
justice.
“I know that I stand here
on the shoulders of so
many leaders who came be-
fore me. I stand here, be-
cause the path that many
carved ahead of me was
clear, and I am very grate-
ful for that.
“I intend to work with
and for all Native people so
that we can ensure Indig-
enous children have every
opportunity to achieve their
dreams and one day stand
on my shoulders to achieve
more than we can even
dream of.
“Daa’waee. Thank you.”