30th Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Council sworn in

(Update: Adding video)

WARM SPRINGS (KTVZ) -- The 30th Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was sworn in Monday. 

Following tradition, the ceremony included singing, dancing and prayers to begin the day, as hundreds of Warm Springs members gathered in the sunshine outside of the Warm Springs Public Administration building. After the ceremony, participants were invited to shake hands with the members of the 30th Tribal Council, which included Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath and Wasco Chief Jefferson Greene.     

The incoming council then convened for its first meeting and voted Dennis White lll and Carlos Calica as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively.

Members of the 30^th Tribal Council are:

• Agency District
  • Alvis Smith III
  • Jonathan W. Smith, Sr.
  • Dennis White III
• Simnasho District
  • Carlos Calica
  • Raymond "Captain" Moody
  • Lincoln Suppah
• Seekseequa District
  • Bridgette McConville
  • Rosie Tom

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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon is a federally-recognized, sovereign Indian tribe, representing the Wasco, Warm Springs and Paiute peoples. The Tribes occupy the Warm Springs Reservation, which stretches from the summits of the Cascade Mountains to the cliffs of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon. The Reservation is reserved for the Tribes’ exclusive benefit by an 1855 Treaty with the United States, which reserved to the Tribes the right to fish, hunt, gather foods and pasture livestock in the ceded lands and at usual and accustomed sites throughout the John Day, Hood River, Deschutes and Columbia Basins.