Advisory Council

Mr. James Jay Halliday, Board Member and Cultural Advisor, Muckleshoot & Warm Springs Decendent

Mr. Halliday was raised in Seattle, Washington along Thorton Creek on the shores of Lake Washington and a member of the Seattle All American Indian Dancers, a dance group founded by Mr. Halliday’s patents, Jim Halliday and Jeanne Thomas. This group performed in the Seattle area in the 1960s and 1970s where they attended many culture events and traveled throughout the Pacific Northwest during the summers. Mr. Halliday’s parents instilled a deep appreciation of cultural values and craft.

In 1977, Mr. Halliday moved with his mother to Wapato, Washington where he lived in the Yakima Valley until 1992. Living on the Yakima Reservation was a wonderful experience to learn and appreciate the differences between Plauteu and Coastal relations. Mr. Halliday made lifelong friends and also worked from the end of the Ellensburg Canyon on the Yakima River to Camp Chaparral on Mount Adams. Mr. Halliday is the great-greatgrandson of Teeias, a peace Chief of the Yakima Tribe, who was known for living in the Selah area.

In 1992, Mr. Halliday moved to the Warm Spring Reservation in Oregon where he married and had four children. He enjoys practicing, teaching and raising his children in the traditional ways. The Columbia River Basin is the cultural foundation of the Plauteu Indian’s faith and all sustenance that derives from its waters, as well as ceremonies for the year. Mr. Halliday enjoys learning and sharing about his roots.

Wills and estates planning are probably the most sensitive issue that an individual will have to deal with in their lifetime and we need to respect the feelings of the Native American individual. I feel I have been blessed with the opportunity to share my personal experiences with SIRE to benefit the Indian Communities in which they serve.

Ms. Tresa R. Wickliffe, Spiritual Advisor
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Ms. Wickliffe, a licensed minister under the leadership of Bishop Joseph E. Simmonsfor Greater St. Paul Baptist Church, Oakland, California, serves as Spiritual Advisor to SIRE.

Minister Wickliffe founded W.O.W (Women of War) a non-profit Organization, in 2003, and accepted her call to ministry in 2004. She now serves as the interim leader for the Greater St. Paul College of Elders and Ministers, Lead Officer of Protocol, Evangelism Ministry leader, and Young Adult Sunday School teacher.

Minister Wickliffe continuously prays for the success of SIRE, and the biblical blessings of inter-generational wealth.