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Pgge 9 June 26, 2013 Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Tribal Council Summaries - June 2013 June 3, 2013 T rustee update was, given 1. M e m b e rs P re s e n t: D e lv is H e a th , Jo seph M oses, E ugene G reene, Jr., E v a lin e P a tt, R a y m o n d Tsum pti, Sr., R euben Henry, O rvi.e D a n z u k a , S c o tt, M o ses, A lfre d S m ith , Jr., Carlos Smith, K ahseussjack- so n , R h o n d a S m ith , R e corder. 2. M otion to adopt R eso lu tio n 11,762, R em oval o f W arm Springs F orest P ro d ucts Indu stry B oard o f D i rectors; m o tio n by Jo sep h ; second by R euben; Jo s e p h / Yes, E v alin e/Y es, C a rlo s / Yes, Scott/Y es, R euben/Y es, D e lv is /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , O rvie/Y es, R ay m o n d /N o ; 8 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain. 3. A p p roved to have a W arm Springs F orest P ro d ucts In d u stry B oard M eet ing, Ju n e 5, 2013. J o s e p h / Yes, E v alin e/Y es, C a rlo s / Yes, K ah seu ss/Y es, S c o tt/ Yes, R eu b en /Y es, D e lv is / Yes, A lfred/Y es, O rvie/Y es, R aym ond/A bstain. 9 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain 4. Agency Superintendent U pdate was given 5. O ffic e o f S p e c ia l 6. A pproved salm on re quest fo r R eturn o f the Val ley P eo p le g athering, Ju n e 16-13, 2013 in Boise Idaho; m otio n by Scott; second by R euben; E v a lin e /Y e s , K ah seu ess/Y es, S cott/Y es, R e u b e n /Y e s, D e lv is /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , O r v ie /X e s , R aym ond/A bstain. 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain. 7. D i s c u s s i o n w ith a tribal m em b er, this m atter w ill b e ta k e n c a re o f b y M ichael Collins, interim Sec retary Treasurer, w ith a re p o rt back to Tribal Council. Springs F orest P roducts In dustry and V an Port. 4. M o tio n to h av e th e Secretary-Treasurer contact Mr. Paul Breckinridge. M o tio n by O rv ie; seco n d by Carlos; O rvie/Y es, A lfred / Yes, D elvis/Y es, S cott/Y es, K ahseuss/Y es, Carlos/Yes. 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain 5. Public Utilities G eneral M anagers R ep o rt 6. Vital Stat Report. 7. Spilyay T ym oo R eport. 8. K W SO R eport. 9. P lanning Report. 10. G o v ern m en t A ffairs A dm inistration R eport. 11. E xecutive Session — W SFPI. June 4, 2013 1. M e m b e rs P re s e n t: Delvis H eath, A lfred Smith, J r ., E v a lin e P a tt, S c o tt M o s e s, O rv ie D a n z u k a , K ah seu ss Ja c k s o n , C arlo s Smith 2. M otion to adopt R eso lu tio n 11,763 M o to rsp o rts R e fe re n d u m . M o tio n b y Scott; second by Kahseuss; O r v ie /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s , K ahseuss/Y es, Carlos/Yes; 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. 3. D i scu ssed W arm tio n b y S c o tt; s e c o n d by R euben; J o s e p h /Y e s , E v a lin e /Y e s , C a rlo s /Y e s , K a h se u ss/Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s, R e u b e n /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , A lfr e d /Y e s ,. O r v ie /Y e s , R aym ond/Y es; 10 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. 4. A d o p ted R e so lu tio n 11,765 B o n d A p p lic a tio n N o te; m o tio n by Scott; sec o n d by Reuben; Joseph/Y es, E v a lin e /Y e s , C a rlo s /Y e s , K a h se u ss/Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s, R e u b e n /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , O r v ie /Y e s , R aym ond A bstain; 9 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain. June 12,2013 3. A d o p ted R eso lu tio n 1 1,764 L e tte r o f C o n d i tions; fo r signing authority, delegation and secure; M o 1. M em bers Present: J o seph M oses, D elvis H eath, A lfred S m ith, Jr., E u g en e G re e n e , Jr., E v alin e P a tt, R euben Henry, Scott Moses, K ah se u ss Ja c k s o n , C arlos Sm ith, R h o n d a Sm ith, R e corder. 2. W elcom e new Secre tary-Treasurer, Jake Suppah. 3. In tro d u c tio n o f Blue Stone g roup m em bers. 4. Teleco U pdate — Blue Stone. 5. G eo Visions U pdate — Blue Stone. 6. Ventures U pdate — Blue Stone. three and no t exceeding five, eighty acres; to a family o f six persons, and n o t exceeding ten, one hundred and twenty acres; and to each family over ten in number, twenty acres for each additional three members. And the President may pro vide such rules and regulations as will secure to the family in case o f the death o f the head thereof the possession and en joym ent o f such perm anent hom e and the im provem ent thereon; and he may, at any time, at his discretion, after such person or family has made lo cation on the land assigned as a perm anent hom e, issue a patent to such person or fam ily for such assigned land, con ditioned that the tract shall not be aliened or leased for a longer term than two years and shall be exempt from levy, sale, or forfeiture, w hich condition shall continue in force until a State constitution embracing such lands within its limits shall have been formed, and the leg islature o f the State shall re move the restrictions. Provided, however, T hat no State legislature shall re move the restrictions herein provided for w ithout the con sent o f Congress. A nd provided, also, T hat if any person or family shall at any time neglect or refuse to occupy or till a portion o f the land assigned and on which they have located,- or shall roam from place to place indicating a desire to abandon his home, the President may, if the patent shall have been issued, revoke the same, and if no t issued, cancel the assignment, and may also withhold from such per son, or family, their portion o f the annuities, or other money due them, until they shall have returned to such perm anent home and resumed the pur suits o f industry, and in de fault o f their return the tract may be declared abandoned, and th e re a fte r assigned to some other person or family o f Indians residing on said res ervation. ARTICLE 6. The annuities o f the Indians shall n o t be taken to pay the debts o f indi viduals. ARTICLE 7. The confeder ated bands acknowledge their dependence on the Government o f the United States, and prom ise to be friendly with all the citi zens thereof, and pledge them selves to comm it no depreda tion on the property o f said citi zens; and should any one or more o f the Indians Violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfac torily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be re turned, or in default thereof, or if injured or destroyed, compen sation may be made by the Gov ernm ent out o f their annuities; nor will they make war on any other tribe o f Indians except in self-defense, but submit all mat ters o f difference between them and other Indians to the G ov ernm ent o f the United States, or its agents for decision, and abide thereby; and if any o f the said Indians commit any depre dations on other Indians, the same rule shall prevail as that prescribed in the case o f depre dations against citizens; said Indians further engage to sub m it to and observe all laws, rules, and regulations which may be prescribed by the U nited States for the governm ent o f said Indians. A RTICLE 8. In order to prevent the evils o f intem per ance among said Indians, it is hereby provided, that if any one o f them shall drink liquor to excess, or procure it for others to drink, his or her proportion o f the annuities may be with held from him or her for such time as the President may deter mine. ARTICLE 9. The said con fed erated b an d s agree th a t whensoever, in the opinion o f th e P resident o f the U nited States, the public interest may require it, that all roads, high ways, and railroads shall have the right o f way through the reser vation herein designated, or which may at any time hereafter be set apart as a reservation for said Indians. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties as Soon as the same shall be rati fied by the President and Senate o f the United States. • In testimony w hereof, the said Joel Palmer, on the part o f June 5, 2013 1. M e m b e rs P re s e n t: Delvis H eath, Jo sep h Moses, A lfred Smith, E ugene A us tin G re e n e , E v alin e P a tt, R a y m o n d T s u m p ti, Sr., Reuben H enry, Scott M oses, O rv ie D an zu k a, K ahseuss J a c k s o n , C a rlo s S m ith , R honda Smith, Recorder. 2. K -8 School U pdate. 7. W arm Springs F orest P roducts Industry U pdate > Blue Stone. 8. M otion to approve let te^ r e g a r d in g M t. H o o d M eadbws Parking Im prove m ents EIS 26954; m otion by S c o tt; s e c o n d by C arlo s; E v a lin e / N o , C arlo s/Y es, K a h se u ss/Y e s , S co tt/Y e s, D elv is/Y es, A lfred /Y es; 5 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain. June 17,2013 1. M e m b e rs p r e s e n t: Delvis H eath, Joseph Moses, A lfred S m ith, Jr., E u g en e G re e n e , Jr., E v alin e P a tt, R aym ond Tsum pti, R euben H enry, S cott M oses, O rvie D anzuka, K ahseuss Jackson, Carlos Smith, Rhonda Smith, Recorder. 2. Legislative U p d ate — W ashington D C. 3. A d o p ted R eso lu tio n 11.768 W illa m e tte F alls 2013 E el Season; m otion by S cott; S econd by R euben; E v a lin e /Y e s ,. C a rlo s /Y e s, K a h se u ss/Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s, R e u b e n /Y e s, D e lv is /Y e s, R aym ond/Y es. 4. A d o p ted R e so lu tio n 11.769 K -8 School C ontrac tor; m otion by Carlos; sec o n d by Reuben; Joseph/Y es, E v a lin e /Y e s , C a rlo s /Y e s , K a h se u ss/Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s / R e u b e n /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , R aym ond/ A bstain. 5. Tribal C ouncil p o ll to cancel Tribal Council agenda item s for June 18,19, 20 due to the death o f a tribal elder; J o s e p h /Y e s , E v a lin e /Y e s ; C arlo s/Y es, K a h seu ss/Y es, S c o tt/Y e s , R e u b e n /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , O rvie/Y es, R aym ond/Y es. 6. A d o p te d R e s o lu tio n 11.770 Tribal T ransportation Im provem ent Program ; m o tio n by S c o tt; s e c o n d by R euben; J o s e p h /Y e s , E v a lin e /Y e s , C a rlo s /Y e s , K a h s e u s s /Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s , R e u b e n /Y e s , D e lv is /Y e s , A lf r e d /Y e s , O r v ie /Y e s , R aym ond/Y es. 7. L egislative U p d a te ¡3 Salem. 8. Executive Session. 9. A d o p te d R e s o lu tio n 11.771 E nrollm ents; m o tio n by C a rlo s ; s e c o n d by K ahseuss; C a r lo s /Y e s , K a h s e u s s /Y e s , S c o tt/Y e s , R e u b e n /Y e s , A lfr e d /Y e s , O rvie/Y es, Raym ond/Y es. 10. M u lti D is c ip lin a ry Child A buse Team U pdate. The Treaty of 1855 (Continued from page 7) All o f which several sums o f money shall be expended for the use and benefit o f the con federated bands, under the di rection o f the President o f the United States, who may from time to time, at his discretion determ ine w hat p ro p o rtio n thereof shall be expended for such objects as in his judgment will prom ote their well-being and advance them in civiliza tion; for their moral improve ment and education; for build ing, opening and fencing farms, breaking land, providing teams, stock, agricultural implements, seeds, &c.; for clothing, provi sions, and tools; for medical purposes, providing mechanics and farmers, and for arms and am m unition. ARTICLE 3. The United States agree to pay said Indians th e additional sum o f fifty tho u san d dollars, a p o rtio n w hereof shall be applied to the payment for such articles as may be advanced them at the time o f signing this treaty, and in providing, after the ratification thereof and prior to their re moval, such articles as may be deemed by the President essen tial to their want; for the erec tion o f buildings on the reser vation, fencing and opening farm s; fo r th e p u rchase o f team s, farm ing im plem ents, clothing and provisions, tools, seeds, and for the payment o f employees; and for subsisting the Indians the first year after their removal. ARTICLE 4. In addition to the considerations specified the United States agree to erect, at suitable points on the reserva tion, one sawmill and one flour- in g -m ill; su itab le h o s p ita l buildings; one School-house; one blacksmith-shop with a tin and a gunsm ith-shop thereto a tta c h e d ; o n e w agon and plough maker shop; and for one sawyer, one miller, one-super intendent o f farming opera tions, a farmer, a physician, a schoolteacher, a blacksmith, and à wagon and plough maker, a dwelling house and the requi site outbuildings for each; and to purchase and keep in repair for the time specified for fur nishing employees all necessary mill-fixtures, mechanics' tools, medicines and hospital stores, b o o k s an d s ta tio n e ry fo r schools, and furniture for em ployees. The U nited States further engage to secure and pay for the services and subsistence, for the term o f fifteen years, o f one farmer, one blacksmith, and one wagon and plough maker; and for the term o f twenty years, o f one physician, one sawyer, one miller, one superintendent o f farming operations, and one school teacher. The United States also en gage to erect four dwelling- houses, one for the head chief o f the confederated bands, and one each for the U pper and Low er D e C hutes bands o f Walla-Wallas, and for the Was- copum band o f Wascoes, and to fence and plough for each o f the said chiefs ten acres o f land; also to pay the head chief o f the confederated bands a salary o f five hundred dollars per annum for twenty years, commencing six m onths after the three prin cipal bands named in this treaty shall have removed to the reser vation, or as soon thereafter as a head chief should be elected: A nd provided, also, T h at at any time when by the death, res ignation, o r rem oval o f the chief selected, there shall be a vacancy and a successor ap pointed or selected, the salary, th e dw elling, and im p ro v e ments shall be possessed by said successor, so long as he shall occupy the position as head chief; so also with reference to the dwellings and im p ro v e ments provided for by this treaty for the head chiefs o f the three principal bands named. ARTICLE 5. The President may, from time to time, at his discretion, cauSe the whole, or such portion as he may think proper, o f the tract that may now or hereafter be set apart as a perm anent hom e for these Indians, to be surveyed into lots and assigned to such Indians o f the confederated bands as may wish to enjoy the privilege, and locate thereon permanently. To a single' p e rso n over twenty-one years o f age, forty acres; to a family o f two per sons, sixty acres; to a family o f the United States, and the un dersigned, chiefs, headmen, and delegates o f the said confeder ated bands, have hereunto set th e ir han d s and seals, this twenty-fifth day o f June, eigh teen hundred fifty-five. Joel Palmer, Superintendent o f Indian Affairs, O.T. W asco: M ark. W illiam Chenook. Cush Kella. Lower D e Chutes: Stock- etley Iso. U pper De C h u tes: Simtustus. Locksquissa. Shick- ame. Kuck-up. Tenino: Alexsee. Talekish. ' D og River Wasco: Walachin. Tah Symph. Ash-ha-chat. Che- wot-nleth. Te-cho. Sha-qually. Louis. Yise. Stamite. Ta-cho. Penop-teyot. Elosh-kish-kie. A m . Z elic. K c-chac. T anes Salmon. Ta-kos. David. Sowal- we. P o stie. Y aw an-shew it. Own-aps. Kossa. Pa-wash-ti- mane, Ma-we-nit. Tipso. Jim. Peter. Na-yoct Wal-tacom. Cho- kalth. Pal-sta. Mission John. Le Ka-ya. La-wit-chin. Low-las. Thomson. Charley. Copeforrtia. Wa-toi-mettla. Ke-la. Pa-ow-ne. Kuck-up. Poyet. Ya-wa-clax. Tam-cba-wit. Tam-mo-yo-cam. Was-ca-can. Talle Kish. Waleme Toach,Site-we-loch. Ma-ni-nect. Pich-kan. Pouh-que. Eye-eya. Kam-kus. Sim-yo. Kas-la-chin. P io -sh o -sh e . M o p -p a-m an . Sho-es. Ta-modits. Ka-lim. Ta- yes. W as-en-w as. E -y ath Kloppy. Paddy. Sto-quin. Char- ley-man. Ile-cho. Pate-cham. Y an-che-w oc. Y a-toch-la-le, Alpy. Pich. William. Peter. Ischa Ya. George. Jim.'Se-ya-las-ka. H a-lai-kola. P ierro. A shdo- wash. Paya-tilch. Sae-pa-waltcha. Shalquilkey. Wa-qual-lol. Sim- kui-kui. Wacha-chiley. Chi-kal- kin. Squa-yash. ShaK a. Keaui- sene. Che-chis. Sche-noway. S cho-ley, W e-ya-thley.- Pa- leyathley. Keyath. I-poth-pal. S. Kolps. Walimtalin. Tash Wick. Hawatch-can. Ta-wait-cla. Patoch S n o rt. T achins. C om ochal. Passayei. Watan-cha. Ta-wash. A -nouth-shot. Hanwake. Pata- la-set. T ash-w eict. W escha- m a to lla .' C h le -m o c h le -m o , Quae-ms. Skuilts. Panospam. Stolameta. Tamayechotote. Qua- losh-kin. Wiska Ka. Che-lo-tha. Wetone-yath. We-ya-lo-cho-wit. Y oka-nolth. W acha-ka-polle. Ken-he. Ash-ka-wish. Pasquai. Wasso-kui. Quaino-sath. Cha- ya-tem a. W a-ya-lo-chol-w it. Flitch Kui Kui. Walcha Kas. Watch-tla. Enias. Signed in presence o f Wm. C. McKay, secretary o f treaty, O. T. R.R. T h o m p so n , In d ia n agent. R. B. Metcalfe, Indian sub agent. C. Mespotie. John Flett, in terpreter. D om inick Jo n d ro n , his x mark, interpreter. Mathew D ora, his x mark, interpreter. 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