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Letters to the editor
Fall Round Up
Yard Sale Friday
The Warm Springs Rec-
reation Department is pre-
senting the Fall Round Up
Yard Sale this Friday, Sep-
tember 9 at the Community
Center front lawn.
Set-up starts at 8:30 a.m.,
and the sales begin at 9.
There will be delish Indian
Tacos and more.
For more infor mation
contact Carol at 541-553-
3243.
Member art
next month
The Museum at Warm
prings next month will host
the Twenty-Ninth Annual
Tribal Member Art Show.
The exhibit will open Octo-
ber 20 and run through the
remainder of the year.
The museum is combin-
ing the member adult and
youth art into one exhibition.
Come and enjoy many
generations of beautiful art-
istry in paintings, drawings,
mixed-media, beadwork,
weavings, video, photogra-
phy and more.
The entries are in two cat-
egories, Traditional and Con-
temporary Art.
Meanwhile, the museum
display Faces from the Land:
A P h o t o g r a p h i c Jo u r n e y
Through Native America
runs through September 24.
For your pets
The Warm Springs Com-
munity Pet Food Bank pro-
vides free pet food on the
second Saturday of each
month. The next distribu-
tion is this Saturday, Septem-
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September 7, 2022
Another great Portland to Coast for team No Fear
ber 10 from 10 a.m. until
noon. You can reserve your
pet food by calling or texting
503-319-9838 or email:
petfoodbank@fencesfor
fido.org
Regarding
office phones
Our Human Resources
phone line seems to be up
and running. You can now
call us at 541-553-3262. Also,
please remember that all
documents for human re-
sources need to be sent to
hr@wstribes.org
Please do not send Human
Resources documents to in-
dividual staff in HR or Comp
and Benefits.
Lastly, Human Resources
is now down to three full-
time staff (two positions are
being advertised) with two
folks working limited dura-
tion to assist us. Your patience
with us during this time will
be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards, William L.
Sam, Human Resources Di-
rector.
Other office phones
Phone service has been
an issue for many tribal
offices in Warm Springs.
As the lines are being cor-
rected, and if you need as-
sistance finding an email
address or alternate phone
number, you can call
KWSO at 541-553-1968.
The staff will try and as-
sist you.
You can reach Vital Stats
at 541-777-4381. For
Tribal Council call 541-
553-3257. A new phone
system is being installed to
resolve the phone prob-
lems.
Courtesy Earlynne Squiemphen
Team ‘No Fear’ representing Warm Springs and the
tribes made another inspirational showing in the
2022 Portland to Coast Challenge. The event raises
awareness and funds for the cause of the American
Cancer Society.
Team members include Marcus Martines (volunteer),
Susan Jim, Dena Coffee, I-hsin Song, Melissa
Benson and Becca McPherson (top row from left);
and Teressa Martinez, Liz Sachse, Sara Kelm, team
captain Earlynne Squiemphen and Lynn Graybael
(bottom row from left. Not pictured are volunteers
Marsha Spellman and Todd White.)
Earlynne Squiemphen this year marked her twenty-
fifth year with Porltand-to-Coast Challenge, while her
daughter Lynn Graybael completed her twenty-
second Portland-to-Coast.Thank you to everyone for
your support, and great job everyone!
Earlynn Squiemphen and Team No Fear
Confluence to
honor legacy of
founding director
All of us leave a legacy.
Our late founding director
Jane Jacobsen left many, in-
cluding the Confluence River
Sites by Maya Lin, thriving
cultural education programs,
a vibrant riverfront project in
Vancouver and countless
moments of joy for all who
knew her.
Twenty years after our
founding, we will honor Jane
and her impact on us all at
the Confluence Legacy
Maker Gathering. This infor-
mal event will include Indig-
enous-owned catering, a pow-
wow dance performance, and
an uplifting video of testimo-
nials about Jane.
At the gathering the fea-
10 at the Pearson Air Mu-
seum Historic Hangar, 1115
East 5th Street, Vancouver,
Washington. This is an infor-
mal gathering of friends, not
a sit-down dinner. Dress code
is casual. Colin Fogarty, di-
rector, Confluence Project. See
the site:
confluenceproject.org
Courtesy Confluence
Keeli Nehani Littleleaf Kotchik and Jared Garcia.
tured powwow dancers will
be Keeli Nehani Littleleaf
Kotchik of Warm Springs,
and Jared Garcia, Klamath.
Catering will be by the
Brigham Fish Market of
Umatilla, and Shulamit
Urenia of KashRootz Cater-
ing, who are of the White
Mountain Apache, Mexican-
American, Seminole, and
Sephardic Jewish.
We hope you can join us
for this gathering as we honor
Jane’s legacy and build our
own together.
The gathering will be at 5
p.m. on Saturday, September
Kim Brigham Campbell
and Terri Brigham.
New officers at CRITFC include Chairman Ron Suppah
The picture of President Joe Biden and Raymond
Tsumpti Sr. was gifted recently to Raymond by
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.
Sen. Merkley and Raymond, who now is the
tribes’ Governmental Affairs director, worked
together with others to nullify the false 1865
treaty. Raymond’s sons, Ray Jr., Floyd and
Rusty are very proud of their father and his
lifetime service to all of our people. His late
daughters who have passed also shared this
same sentiment.
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
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Ron Suppah of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs is the 2022-2023
chairman of the Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Com-
mission.
Mr. Suppah was sworn
into the CRITFC office this
summer by the outgoing
chairman Quincy Ellen-
wood, Nez Perce. And
newly sworn in, Chairman
Suppah commented:
“This is a great honor.
The Warm Springs, Nez
Perce, Umatilla, and Yakama
tribes consider salmon and
the other First Foods as the
sacred center of our cul-
tures. It is our duty to pro-
tect them.
“We will always work to
protect salmon, lamprey,
and tribal treaty fishing
rights at all our traditional
locations for today and fu-
ture generations.”
Ron is from the Tyghpum
band of the Itcheeskin-
speaking bands of 1855
treaty signers. He practices
the Washat religion, and
hunts and fishes for feasts
and special spiritual ceremo-
nies.
Courtesy CRITFC
Ron Suppah takes the CRITFC chair oath of office, as
administered by outgoing chair Quincy Ellenwood.
He began ceremonial
hunting for the Simnasho
Longhouse when he was 9,
and still regularly fishes for
salmon on his family’s scaf-
fold at Sherar’s Falls for cer-
emonial harvests and family
subsistence. Ron is also a
keeper of the longhouse
songs and a drummer of
those songs.
In addition to protecting
the salmon resource, he is a
passionate advocate for pro-
tecting lamprey and the
treaty-reserved rights the
four CRITFC member
tribes have to har vest
them. He harvests this First
Food on the Warm Springs
Reser vation at Sherar’s
Falls as well as at the Warm
Springs traditional use area
of Willamette Falls.
“My first trip to harvest
lamprey at Willamette Falls
with my family was in
1965,” Ron recalls.
“In those days, we used
row boats to get to the falls
and spent several days gath-
ering enough lamprey to
bring back to the reserva-
tion to share among all the
clans for ceremonies and
feasts.”
Ron served on the Warm
Springs Tribal Council from
2001 to 2019 and served as
the tribal Chair from 2004
to 2010. He currently serves
on the Warm Springs Fish
& Wildlife Committee.
Outgoing CRITFC chair
Quincy Ellenwood com-
mented: “I have had the
honor and privilege in work-
ing with Ron at the CRITFC
table for about a decade.
He brings a lot to the table
for the well-being of all four
CRITFC member tribes. I
look forward to serving with
him as our new CRITFC
Chair.”
The other CRITFC offic-
ers elected for the 2022-
2023 term were Corinne
Sams (Umatilla), vice-chair;
Jeremy Takala (Yakama),
secretary, and Quincy
Ellenwood (Nez Perce),
treasurer. The election of
CRITFC officers takes
place every summer with the
seats rotated among the four
member tribes.