Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 7, 2022
Enterprise board position openings
The Tribal Council seeks to
fill the following positions on the
boards of directors of the Con-
federated Tribes enter prises:
The Telco Board of Direc-
tors—Three open positions:
Two tribal members for Class
I; and one tribal member for
Class III.
For the Class I position, the
Telco classification and term of
office states: For this classifica-
tion the candidate should be
interested in the economic and
social development of the tribe
and its membership, and possess
experience in telecommunica-
tions, private industry, finance,
banking or some other field
that would benefit the company.
Class I directors shall have a
term of office expiring Octo-
ber 31, 2024.
For the Class III position, the
classification calls for the quali-
fications as stated above, with
a term expiring October 31,
2023.
Letter of interest and resume
interested applicants should be
submitted by 5 p.m. on Fri-
day, September 30, 2022.
Drop off at the tribal adminis-
tration building addressed to the
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO. Or
send by mail:
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO,
PO Box 455, Warm Springs,
OR 97761.
Please sign a criminal and
credit background check.
Forms can be emailed or mail
to you. If you mail in, the
forms will be mailed to you
once your letter/resume is re-
ceived. Information will be sub-
mitted confidentially to the S-
T/CEO.
Warm Springs Tribal Em-
ployment Rights Office Com-
mission (TERO)—Five posi-
tions: Two 1-year terms; and three
2-year terms.
Qualifications: Any Indian 18
years and older who works or re-
sides on the reservation is quali-
fied to be appointed to the com-
mission.
Application process same as for
the Telco positions above, with
same deadline of 5 p.m. on Sep-
tember 30.
Warm Springs Power and
Water Enterprise Board of Di-
rectors—Two Class III positions,
one member and one non-mem-
ber. Applicant must be interested
in the economic and social devel-
opment of the Confederated
Tribes and its membership who
has experience in the field of en-
ergy or related matters.
Application process same as
above with same deadline of 5
p.m. on September 30.
Warm Springs Composite
Board of Directors—One Class
I position, tribal member or non-
member. Two Class II positions,
tribal member and non-member.
One Class III position, non-mem-
ber.
Candidates should be interested
in the economic and social devel-
opment of the Confederated
Tribes and the membership, and
possess expertise in marketing,
management, manufacturing, fi-
nance, banking or some other field
that would benefit Composite
Products. For Class I, the term
would be December 31, 2023; for
Class II term ending December
31, 2024; and for Class III term
ending December 31, 2022.
Process to apply same as
above, deadline of 5 p.m. on
Friday, September 30.
Warm Springs Economic
Development—Ventures—
Board of Directors: One Class
III tribal member, and one Class
III non-member. Candidate
should be interested in the eco-
nomic and social development
of the tribes and its membership,
and possess expertise in private
industry, finance or banking, or
some other field which would
benefit the corporation.
Process for application same
as above, deadline 5 p.m. Sep-
tember 30.
Water Board: Two positions.
The Water Control board is con-
cerned with all activities occur-
ring in the watershed areas of
the reservation. Before an activ-
ity is initiated, all plans are sub-
mitted to the borad for their rec-
ommendations to Tribal Coun-
cil to ensure that neither water
quality nor quantity is impaired.
Application process same as
above with the September 30
deadline.
War m Springs Housing
Authority—Two positions. The
board develops policies and pro-
cedures relating to tribal hous-
ing, giving direction to the Hous-
ing manager and Housing De-
partment, and making recom-
mendations to Tribal Council
regarding housing matters.
Application process same as
above, deadline September 30 at
5 p.m.
Regional jobs growth back to seasonal rhythm
Job gains in the region have
slowed dramatically this summer.
This is understandable, because
the region has mostly recovered
job-wise from the pandemic losses.
As a result, unemployment lev-
els were unchanged across Central
Oregon into this summer.
Jefferson County now has an
unemployment rate of 4.6 percent,
largely unchanged during this sum-
mer. For comparison: The rate was
4.1 percent in February 2020, be-
fore the first impacts from covid.
Total nonfarm employment fell
by 190 jobs in July-August, larger
losses than normal for this time of
year.
Job gains have been concen-
trated in wood product manufac-
turing (plus 60 jobs); and leisure
and hospitality (plus 40).
There were a handful of mod-
est industry job losses over the past
year, including a decline of 20 jobs
in wholesale trade.
Deschutes County now has an
unemployment rate was 3.5 percent,
not a signifiant change from 3.4
earlier in the summer.
The unemployment rate in July
remained near the record low lev-
els from before the onset of the
pandemic, when it was 3.3 percent.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimates that Deschutes County
lost 920 jobs in July. Job losses are
typical this time of year due to lo-
cal schools going on summer break.
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Tribal Council:
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Monday, September 19 - Bud-
get presentations
9 a.m.: Warm Springs Timber
LLC with Brian Prater.
10: Warm Springs Housing with
Danielle Wood.
11: Warm Springs Telecom
with Tim York.
1:30: Power and Water Enter-
prises with Cathy Ehli.
2:30: Warm Springs Compos-
ite Products with Jacob Coochise.
3:30 p.m.: Kah-Nee-Ta Village
project update with Jim Souers,
Economic Development.
Tuesday, September 20 – Bud-
get presentations
10: Warm Springs Credit with
Lori Fuentes.
11: Federal lobbyist with Matt
Hill.
11:30: State lobbyist with
Michael Mason.
1:30 p.m.: Tribal attorney/Co-
lumbia housing update with Brent
Hall.
2:30: Indian Head Casino and
2023 budgets
Plateau Travel Plaza.
3: Gaming Commission/Sur-
veillance with Josephine Johnson.
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, September 21-23: Bud-
get call backs.
Monday, September 26
9 a.m.: Secretary-Treasurer up-
date with the S-T.
9:30: October agenda and re-
view minutes.
10: Draft resolutions.
10:30: Enrollments with Lucille
Suppach-Samson, Vital Stats.
11: Federal and state legislative
update calls.
1:30 p.m.: 2023 budget discus-
sion and October posting with the
S-T and Finance.
Items for consideration: The
October 2022 National Council
of American Indians. National
Tribal Health Conference. District
meetings and General Council
meetings in October 2022.
Tribal fishery disasters
declared in the West
More than $17 million has
been allocated to address fish-
ery disasters that occurred in
multiple tribal salmon fisheries
on the West Coast from 2014
to 2019, reports the U.S. De-
partment of Commerce and
National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration, NOAA.
“Sustainable and resilient
fisheries play a vital role in help-
ing tribal communities put food
on the table and in supporting
economic well-being,” said U.S.
Secretary of Commerce Gina
M. Raimondo.
“It’s our hope that this disas-
ter declaration will help the af-
fected tribes recover from these
disasters and increase their abil-
ity to combat future chal-
lenges.”
Evaluation of each fishery
disaster request is based prima-
rily on data submitted by the
requesting tribe, state or ap-
pointed official; positive deter-
minations make the fisheries
eligible for disaster assistance
from NOAA.
In order to allocate funding
across the eligible disasters,
NOAA Fisheries used com-
mercial revenue loss informa-
tion. The agency also took into
consideration traditional uses
that cannot be accounted for
in commercial revenue loss
alone, such as cultural and sub-
sistence uses.
Developing Native school curriculum
Five years after the passage of
Senate Bill 13—which mandated
teaching Oregon students about
Native Americans—new curricu-
lum materials are rolling out.
Currently, kindergarten through
twelfth-grade educational materials
are being developed by the Oregon
Department of Education and the
state’s nine federally-recognized
tribes.
The Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians are the latest to roll
out their curriculum. Delores
Pigsley said: “I know when I went
to school, the only Indian we heard
about was Sitting Bull.”
Ms. Pigsley is the Siletz Tribal
chairwoman. She’s hopeful that by
sharing her tribe’s history, culture,
and practices, Native youth can
feel empowered and visible, while
non-Indians can appreciate their
Indigenous neighbors more.
“I think it’ll be a challenge to
teachers to adopt the curriculum,
and to give it their best shot,” she
said.