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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Year in Review ~ 2022 ~
March
The membership in March
chose the new Tribal Council.
There was an excellent voter
turnout for all three districts, the
Election Board reported. The
ballot counting process also went
smoothly, with every single ballot
cast included in the final tally, the
board reported.
There are five new members on
the Twenty-Ninth Tribal Council.
Meanwhile, three incumbents of
the Twenty-Eighth Tribal Council
won re-election to the tribes’ policy
decision-making body. The results
by district:
Agency District: James Manion,
Alvis Smith III, and Jonathan W.
Smith.
Seekseequa District: Rosa
Graybael and Wilson Wewa Jr.
Simnasho District: Carlos Calica,
Raymond Moody and Lincoln Jay
Suppah.
The elected members join the
three life-time members, the Chiefs
of the Warm Springs, the Wasco
and the Paiute.
April
In April of this year, Jim
Manion announced his retirement
from the Warm Springs Power and
Water Enterprises. Mr. Manion
had been with the enterprise since
the age of 21.
He was with Power and Water
Image from Savages and
Princesses: The
Persistence of Native
American Stereotypes.
The exhibit was on
display at the Museum at
Warm Springs in April and
May of 2022.
Simnasho Lights
Parade Thursday
The Second Annual
Simnasho Christmas Lights
Parade is this Thursday, De-
cember 15 at 5:30 p.m.
The parade line-up will be
at the Simnasho Longhouse.
The community invites every-
one to decorate your rez cars,
and meet at the longhouse
parking lot.
From Warm
Springs Credit
Enterprise
The following check cash-
ing policy applies to this
Thursday, December 15:
Bank doors will be locked.
The drive-through win-
dow will be available to cash
checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
closed from 12 noon to 1
p.m.
Checks will be cashed
only in the person’s name on
the check; and you must have
ID. Conser vators must
present documentation.
December 14, 2022
Mr. Tsumpti had been a long-
serving Councilman, choosing in
2022 not to run again. Through
his lifetime adventures, including
a distinguished military career, Mr.
Tsumpti brought to the Tribal
Council table his knowledge of tra-
dition, dedication to service and
good work for the betterment of
the tribes.
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for 41 years, the last several as the
general manager, having overseen
among many changes, the tribes’
acquisition of half of the over
hydro project. A very short time
after his retirement, Jim was elected
as a Tribal Council member of the
Agency District. Also in April:
A commercial moving crew
carefully towed the Commissary
building in early April to its new
location by Highway 26, at the cor-
ner of Wasco and Paiute streets on
the campus area. Moving the two-
story, 126-year-old structure took
a few hours. There was a light rain
during the move, which neverthe-
less went smoothly.
During the morning and after-
noon of the move, people were
pausing to take pictures and vid-
eos, witnessing the rare site of a
5,000-square-foot structure mak-
ing its two-block trek. The Warm
Springs Community Action Team
is now well on the way toward ful-
filling its Commissary business de-
velopment plan. Over the coming
year the building will see a com-
plete three-stage remodel.
April at the Museum at Warm
Springs saw the opening of Sav-
ages and Princesses: The Per-
sistence of Native American Stereo-
types. The show explores common
stereotypes about Native peoples
that are falsehoods, followed by the
truths behind them. The artists use
the unexpected—humor, emotion
Spilyay picture
People stopped to take pictures in April of the Commissary
building in transport to its new location by the highway.
or shock—to encourage viewers to
question and challenge stereotypes,
even unspoken, unacknowledged
ones. And in some positive health
news:
Tribal Council at the recommen-
dation of the Response Team
dropped most the Covid-19 pro-
tocols for tribal buildings. There
had been a promising decline in the
number of reported cases of the
virus in the community, prompt-
ing the change.
May
The Twenty-Ninth Tribal
Council of the Confederated
Tribes took office in early May,
with many tribal members on hand
to show their support. The new
Council then held their first meet-
ing of their three-year term. The
Council chose Jonathan W. Smith,
Agency District, as the new chair-
man; and Raymond ‘Captain’
Moody, Simnasho District, as the
vice chairman. In other tribal gov-
ernment news from early May:
Former Tribal Councilman
Raymond Tsumpti accepted the
position as the tribes’ new Govern-
mental Affairs director.
Continuing a disheartening
theme that began in 2020, the Pi-
Ume-Sha Committee announced
that once again the full powwow
could not happen again this year.
Explaining the unfortunate yet nec-
essary decision, the committee an-
nounced,
“To honor and respect the
health and welfare of our commu-
nity and potential visitors from
other places, the Pi-Ume-Sha Pow-
wow will not be held in 2022. Our
most precious resource is our
people and we wish them all good
health and well-being. We will work
towards coming back the summer
of 2023.” In May education news,
as graduation day is approaching
June:
Amanda Squiemphen-Yazzie
was initiated recently into the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
the nation’ oldest and most se-
lective all-discipline collegiate
honor society. Ms. Squiemphen-
Yazzie was initiated at Portland
State University, where she is re-
ceiving her Master’s in Social
Work Degree. Phi Kappa Phi
membership is by invitation only,
and requires nomination and ap-
proval by a chapter.