Sherman Timothy Wapato

I miss you a lot I hope I will see you in heaven when I die.

It was a pleasure to work with Tim during the last few months, providing therapy in your beautiful home. My thoughts have been with you and your family during this time. Tim was a special person and he touched many of us at Rapid City Regional Home Health Care.

Gay, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.

Gay,I read Tim's obituary with a deep sense of sadness. He was a special person on this earth, able to motivate those around him and lead the way with his vitality when big things needed to be done. He was a proud man and left a legacy of many landmark achievements during his career, all of which were vital to tribal and Native American interests everywhere. It was my privilege to have participated with him in his work during some of those years. He will be greatly missed. I extend my most...

Gay, We all loved and respected Tim. It was so wonderful to see you both in Phoenix last week. He was the same Tim we got to know and appreciate through the years. He was upbeat, positive, and clear in his advice to protect gaming and sovereignty. With you by his side, he reached out to everyone who approached him. There was often a line of people waiting to greet and visit with him. His smile was infectious and it was a delight to talk with him about all the current and past NIGA struggles...

Gay, My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family for the loss of your 'beloved Tim'. He is an inspiration to all of those working with our Native Peoples. Blessed were you to share his life with him.

Peace and Blessings,

I am so grateful that I had the pleasure of visiting with Tim at the recent Nat'l Indian Gaming Commission Conference last week. We met Tim and his lovely wife on the street and I had a heartfelt one-on-one conversation with the gentlemen who has helped Indian country while my companions chatted with Gay. I feel so lucky that I was able to personally thank Tim for all his hard work to improve Indian country. Sadly, it is true that the good die young. My thoughts and prayers go out to the...

Lt. Wapato was a good man. I worked the Columbia river with the Yakama Nation Police and InterTribal Fish Commision Enforcement. Got to know him, he was a Great Leader. When ever I would see him at conferences we would always have that Police Officer connection. He had a great sense of humor, he did so much for Indian County. I will miss my friend
Kelcey B. Packineau