Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Howlak Tichum
Daniel Herbert Macy ~ January 8, 1936 - January 17, 2022
Daniel Herbert Macy was
born January 8, 1936 in Warm
Springs, and grew up on the
reservation, roaming the high
desert land that forever claimed
his heart. He died peacefully at
home in Houston with his de-
voted wife Fran by his side, on
January 17, 2022. Dan was the
oldest son of Dan and Priscilla
Macy and beloved brother of
Robert, Richard, Jimmy, Vinson
and Marcia Macy.
Dan had a life of accom-
plishments and travel. To the
amused frustration of family,
he was a stubborn perfection-
ist in all aspects of his life, which
translated well into his career
choices.
He received a Bachelors de-
gree in Mechanical Engineer-
ing from Oregon State Univer-
sity in 1959 and went on to
post graduate work in Aero
Space Engineering at the Uni-
versity of Arizona, interrupted
by two years of service as a
Captain in the Army during the
Vietnam war. He was stationed
at Picatinny Arsenal Military
Base in New Jersey, working in
the missile program.
In order to finance his gradu-
ate studies, Dan worked for two
summers in Huntsville, Ala-
bama for NASA under the di-
rection of Werner Von Braun,
a leading figure in the develop-
ment of rocket technology in
Germany and space technol-
ogy in the United States. Dan
also worked one summer in
California for Jet Propulsions
Laboratory, contributing to the
team that engineered for spe-
cific tasks related to the Apollo
landing.
After leaving the University
Around Indian Country
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians Winter Convention
The Affiliated Tribes of North-
west Indians Winter Convention
is this week. Among the items in
the agenda are a Salmon Recov-
ery breakout session, and a
Salmon Recovery Panel com-
prised of Umatilla board of trust-
ees chair Kat Brigham, Jamestown
S’Klallam chair Ron Allen, and
White House Council on Environ-
mental Quality Chair Brenda
Mallory.
Fish passage
The U.S. Army Corps of En-
gineers has shared progress on
plans for fish passage, specially
lamprey, and other changes to
Willamette Valley dams. The Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs
has fishing treaty rights for lam-
prey at Willamette Falls.
The Corps shared its progress
on plans for future operations that
meet its mission while protecting
endangered species.
The Corps Portland District is
developing a new environmental
impact statement, which outlines
how its work would affect sur-
rounding environments. A revised
environmental impact statement
would be meant to balance ten-
sions between the Corps’ dam
operations and three species of
fish.
All four alternatives include
providing Pacific lamprey passage
and infrastructure.
Emergency order about Eu-
ropean green crab infestation
at Lummi Nation
Washington Governor Jay
Inslee issued an emergency order
to address the explosion of the
European green crab population
within the Lummi Nation’s Sea
Pond and outer coast areas.
The emergency order creates
three primary actions to eradicate
of Arizona, Dan began his career
with Texaco in Morgan City, Loui-
siana, and later transferred to the
Central Offshore Engineering
group in New Orleans.
His expertise was designing off
shore production facilities for
crude and natural gas. He was
granted a patent for Texaco in
1992 for his invention of a multi
phase separating apparatus for flu-
ids containing a gaseous compo-
nent.
His work as a troubleshooter
and his involvement in project
management and construction
took him to offshore facilities all
over the world. He worked in
Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Ni-
geria, Angola, and the United
Kingdom, but his lifelong desire
was always to return to Warm
Springs. Dan retired from Texaco
in 1996 after thirty years of ser-
vice.
Dan was a good son, a loving
husband, a wonderful father, a de-
voted grandfather, a generous
uncle, and a loyal friend. He was
proud of his land on the reserva-
tion and went home any opportu-
the invasive species and prevent
permanent establishment, which
would particularly harm endan-
gered species, impact resources
that are part of the cultural iden-
tity of Washington Tribes and
Native peoples, and affect small
businesses.
Deal reached between B.C.
First Nations and forestr y
company to defer old-growth
logging
The Nanwakolas Council,
which represents four First Na-
tions, and Western Forest Products
have agreed to ban old-growth log-
ging in a section of forest north
of Campbell River, for two years.
In November, the government
said it would defer the logging of
B.C.’s rarest old-growth trees and
gave 200 First Nations a deadline
January 26, 2022
nity he could to fish, hike and
target practice with his broth-
ers and buddies.
He was an avid gun col-
lector and a gifted athlete,
playing tennis into his 80s.
One of his fondest memories
of youth was being on the
Madras basketball team un-
der Coach Ole Johnson. The
White Buffalos went to the
1954 state championship as
an underdog, the smallest
school in the tournament, and
proceeded to stun the Or-
egon sports world with their
victories.
Dan’s last trip to the res-
ervation was with his children
in 2018 to attend a family re-
union for the descendants of
Billy Chinook, signer and ne-
gotiator of the Warm Springs
Treaty of 1855.
A memorial service will be
held later this spring in Warm
Springs, where Dan will be re-
turned to the land he loved.
Dan is survived by his wife
Fran Macy, his children from
his first marriage to Vaughana
Henderson; daughter Emma
Angele Macy-Switzler and her
husband Charles Brant
Switzler, daughter Cara Macy-
Redmond and husband Peter
Redmond, and son Daniel Pe-
ter Macy. Stepson Richard
West and wife Courtney West,
and Stepson Eric Glaser.
Grandchildren:
Brant
Vaughan Switzler, Alexandra
Angele Switzler, Ava Jane
Redmond, Anton Redmond,
Jade Macy, Daniel Vaughan
Macy, Oliver West, Charlotte
West, James West, Jenny
Glaser, and Kyle Glaser.
Brother Richard Macy and
wife Vivian, sister Marcia
Macy, several sister in laws,
numerous cousins, nieces and
nephews.
to say if they supported the defer-
rals or if they thought further dis-
cussion was required.
Nanwakolas Council president
Dallas Smith used a pop-culture
reference to summarize his reac-
tion to the agreement.
“If you’re a Star Wars person, I
feel like Luke Skywalker in the
newer movies – we have our Jedi
powers now and we’re not ques-
tioning whether we are or not,”
Smith said. “We are First Nations
and we are in control of this.”
Rep. DeFazio calls for emer-
gency protections for gray
wolves
Oregon U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio
is pushing the Biden administration
to issue an emergency reinstate-
ment of Endangered Species Act
protections for gray wolves.
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Voter registration notice
to Warm Springs residents
The Jefferson County Clerk’s
Office will be sending out Voter
Notification Cards to all registered
voters in Warm Springs.
All of Warm Springs will be
changing state Senate and House
Districts, 29 and 57 respectively.
There will not be a change in the
Congressional District.
The rest of the County will re-
main in Senate 30 and House Dis-
trict 59, and Congressional District
2 with the exception of the lower
westerly corner of Jeff. Co., that will
change to Congressional District 5.
There are significant changes to
voting due to legislation: Houes Bill
3291—also known as the Postmark
Bill—will be effective for the Pri-
mary Election.
Another change: Voters will not
see a secrecy sleeve in their ballot,
as Senate Bill 27 allows clerks to
omit it providing they demonstrate
to the Secretary of States office that
the privacy of the voter will be
maintained.
The return or signature envelope
will have a secrecy weave and the
Election Board will follow guidelines
to insure voter privacy.
A special ‘Notice to the Voter’
will be placed in with the ballot, ex-
plaining these changes along with
instructions that they will be able to
live stream the Election Board at
as they process the ballots.
The ‘Notice to the Voter’ reads
as follows, explaining:
HB 3291: The Postmark Bill
has modified the time at which a
ballot can be accepted via the
USPS. If the elector returns the
ballot by mail, the ballot must have:
A postal indicator showing that
the ballot was mailed not later than
the date of the election. The clerk’s
office has a postal barcode reader
to be used to scan ballots received
after election day.
If a postal indicator is not
present or legible, the ballot shall
be considered mailed on the date
of the election and may be counted
if the ballot is received no later
than seven calendar days after the
election. The next election, the
20022 Primary, will be this spring
on May 24.
SB 27: Housekeeping Bill: ORS
254.470 Procedures for conduct-
ing election (section 14), not re-
quired to mail a secrecy envelop
or sleeve if the Secretary of State
has approved a different proce-
dure.
To observe the county Election
Board processing the ballotsin May,
go to:
jeffco.net
And follow the instructions to
the link.