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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 12, 2022
Council seeks to fill Election,
Counting board positions
The Twenty-Eighth Tribal Coun-
cil of the Confederated Tribes seeks
to fill positions on the tribal Elec-
tions and Counting boards. The
tribal member positions are:
One Counting Board member;
and one Election Board alternate.
The candidate should be com-
munity oriented, and possess a
positive rapport with the commu-
nity.
The candidate must have an in-
terest in the tribal culture and heri-
tage; and understanding and ap-
preciation of and capability to in-
terpret the traditional activities of
the community. And the candi-
date should possess some under-
standing of the tribal organization
and functions.
If the candidate is an employee
of the Confederated Tribes, the
person should have the approval
of the supervisor to serve on the
board. The approval should be
submitted with the application.
If you are interested in serv-
ing, letters of interest and resume
should be submitted no later than
January 18, 2022. You can drop
off at the tribal administration
building, addressed to Glendon
Smith, Secretary-Treasurer.
Or send by mail to Glendon
Smith, S-T; PO box 455, Warm
springs OR 97761. Or submit by
email:
gsmith@wstribes.org
Please sign a criminal back-
ground check:
Forms are available at the Man-
agement area at administration; or
can be mailed to you.
Information will be submitted
confidentially to the Secretary-
Treasurer.
SHUTDOWN
“In alliance with Warm
Springs and the Task Force
recommendation, there will
be no school for students at-
tending the K-8 Academy
through Friday, January 14.”
The decision to close the
school down was not made
lightly, Mr. Mathisen said,
adding:
“Current numbers of
covid-related absences for stu-
dents and staff are not driv-
ing this decision. We are mak-
ing this decision as good part-
ners with the tribes while they
take precautionary measures
to slow the spread of the
highly contagious Omicron
variant.”
Last school year, 2020-21,
saw the extended closures of
the schools of the district, re-
quiring distance learning.
Shorter closures—a week, for
instance—would not require
this approach.
The teachers can make as-
signments for the closure days,
keeping in touch with students
as the week progresses. With-
out question, Mathisen said,
the goal of the district is to
have in-person learning in the
classroom throughout the
school year.
Courtesy IHS/Community Health/Response Team
Tribal community Covid-19 case demographics by week since the pandemic began in 2020. The
graphs shows the successive waves of cases, including the current wave (continues on page 6).