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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 2025)
170th anniversary this year of Treaty of 1855 Seven or so generations ago, on June 25, 1855, the Wasco and Warm Springs people agreed to the ‘Treaty with the Middle Tribes of Oregon,’ with the United States government. Terms included ceding owner- ship or possession right 10 mil- lion acres of land located south of the Columbia River from the Cascade Mountains to the Blue Mountains, the traditional land of the tribes. The treaty reserved 644,000- acres in Central Oregon exclu- sively for the tribes, now the Warm Springs Reservation. Im- portantly, the treaty also re- served to the tribes the rights to fish, hunt, gather, and pasture livestock in their usual and accus- tomed places within the ceded lands. Still, even with these res- ervations, the terms were clearly one-sided for the federal gov- ernment, agreed to by the tribes because of no other real choice: By the mid-1800s the unending migration of non-Native settlers to the region was well underway. This year marks the One-Hun- dred and Seventieth anniversary of the Treaty of 1855, signed by 89 delegates of the Wasco and Warm Springs people, on behalf of the tribes, at a place called Treaty Oak near The Dalles. This was by Celilo Falls, the area where the tribes had lived since time immemorial. In fact, “Celilo Falls and the Celilo settlement were the oldest continuously inhabited place in North America...,” according to archaeologists. Pi-Ume-Sha tradition The Confederated Tribes began celebrating Treaty Days in the late 1960s, during the Vietnam War, as a way of remembering the treaty and sacrifices of ancestors, and also honoring veterans, traditions that continue today. The Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Powwow this year—the Fifty-Sixth Annual Pi-Ume-Sha—will be Friday through Sunday, June 27-29. All dancers and singers are welcome. Pi-Ume-Sha Specials this year in- clude: The Cassie Katchia Shell Dress Special. The 60-and-over Short Fringe Special. The Miss Pi-Ume- Sha—ages 7-11 Girls Traditional Special. The Men’s Round Bustle Special. Team Dance. The 3-Man Old Style Hand Drum. The Miller Family Hoop Dance Special. The EJ Denny Grass Dance Spe- cial (all ages). And the Jingle Dance Special. The Pi-Ume-Sha Traditional Dress Parade is Saturday, June 28, honoring War m Springs Chief Delvis Heath Sr. The parade is from the campus area to the Pi- Ume-Sha grounds, line-up at 10 a.m. and the parade at 11. The 2025 Pi-Ume-Sha Master of Peters Pasture Culture Camp The Culture Camp at Pe- ters Pasture is coming up soon. Sign up and enjoy sharing the tribes’ culture and heritage with friends. The camp this year is June Tribal Council summaries The following are summaries of recent proceedings of the Tribal Council: April 7 The meeting was called to or- der by Chairman Jonathan W. Smith Sr. Roll call: Lincoln Jay Suppah, Chief Jefferson Greene, Vice Chairman Raymond ‘Captain’ Moody, Alvis Smith III, Carlos Calica, Chairman Jonathan W. Smith Sr., Chief Joseph Moses, James ‘Jim’ Manion. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder. Invocation given by Carlos. · Bureau of Indian Affairs up- date with Kenneth Brochert, act- ing Superintendent. · State legislative update with Michael Mason. Federal legislative update with Matthew Hill. · Tribal attorney update with tribal attorneys Josh Newton and Ellen Grover: Executive session, 1:56-3:31 p.m. Moton by Carlos to authorize the tribe to file motion to inter- vene in Pinnacle Utilities, L.L.C. v. Oregon Water Resources Depart- ment et al., Marion County Cir- cuit Court No. 25CV07127, for the sole purpose of filing a mo- tion to dismiss for failing to nec- essary and indispensable parties. Second by Alvis. Question: Jim, Jay, Alvis, Jefferson, Carlos, all in favor; 5/0/0, Chairman not voting. Motion carried. · Other Business: Motion by Jim approving paperware, garbage bags, toilet pa- per and paper towels for the Celilo Salmon Feast. Second by Carlos. Jim, Jay, Alvis, Jefferson, Carlos , all in favor; 5/0/0, Chairman not voting. Motion carried. · Tribal Aattorney update with Brent Hall: Executive session, 3:40-4:35 p.m. Summaries continue 3 12-14, Thursday through Saturday. You can sign up with Culture and Heritage at the Education building, 1110 Wasco Street; or call 541- 553-3290. Ceremonies is Council Carlos Calica; and the Whipman is Coun- cilman ‘Captain’ Moody. Follow- ing is the contact information for Pi-Ume-Sha: Traditional Dress Parade, Ramona Greene-Baez, 541-460- 0077. The Stickgame Tournament, Vanessa Knight-Crance, 541-460- 0105. The Pi-Ume-Sha Rodeo, Alfredine Smith, 541-460-3257. Powwow Chairman is Gorkey Mitchell, 541-325-2968. Vendor information, Sharon Katchia, 541- 295-6046. Powwow information, Cyrille Mitchell, 541-460-0241.
