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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 2013)
Pgge 8 December 11, 2013 Spilygy Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon Council hears update on cemetery at Columbia Tribal Council heard an up date on the purchase o f the Celilo Cemetery property. The 210-acre cemetery is located in Wasco County near Celilo Vil lage. T here are sites dating back to the 1940s, and many sites that are unmarked. There are two cemetery sites near Celilo Village. O ne is on U.S. Army Corps o f Engineers land, and the other is the privately held Celilo Cemetery property, which the tribes are currendy purchasing. T h e c o st o f th e p u rch ase is $300,000, coming from the tribal p roperty budget. T he tribes had been hoping there might be some help with the purchase. The Yakama N ation at first ap peared to be a possible partner, but decided n ot to join in the purchase. G o v ern m en t A ffairs D irecto r Louie Pitt made the presentation to Council. The tribes are interested in purchasing the cemetery site as p a rt o f the preserv atio n o f the tribes’ culture and history. Access to the cemetery may be an issue in the future, as vehicle access crosses private property. F o o t access may be possible across* Corps land. T here may also be a manage m ent plan for the Celilo Cem etery property. This w ould in clude regular maintenance, and fencing in order to keep cattle from the cemetery. Native Veterans memorial moving ahead in D.C. The creation o f a national N a tive American veterans memorial moved closer to reality last week, with the House Natural Resources Committee’s approval o f enabling legislation. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., now goes to the full H ouse o f Repre sentatives for consideration. A N ative A m erican veterans memorial was authorized in 1994 as part o f the National Museum o f the American Indian. Mullin’s bill allows the memorial to be erected outside rather than inside the museum, as specified in the 1994 act. An out door memorial is considered more feasible. The memorial is to be built with private contributions. Food drive through December at clinic Dave McMechan/Spilyay Robert Main, Flint Scott, Scott Kalama (as Indian Jesus), Rosanna Jackson, and Santa Clause (David Howensteine) at the Community Center holiday night last week. ' T he W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center Employee A p p re c ia tio n C o m m itte e is having a fo o d drive thro u g h D ecem ber. T here are don ation boxes placed throughout the clinic for anyone w ho’d like to, donate non-perishable food items for the Warm Springs community. Memorials and name givings T h ere will be M em orials for Lawanda “Culps” Kalama and H enry “M itot” Kalam a at the Agency Longhouse starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec, 14. F or m ore in fo rm atio n please contact Melinda, Lucille or Vera Thomas. (No stone-setting’at this rimé.) In February there will be a me morial and name-giving memorial fo r B onder E ugene G ibson (m o th e r • w as K a th e rin e Queahpama). The memorial and name-giving w ill be o n F e b ru a ry 1 at th e Toppenish Longhouse starting at 8 a.m. (stone setting will be later). T he nam e-givings will be for Clayton G ibson Jr., and A nthony G ibson, following the memorial. Giving the names will be grandmas, “Ul-las” Cleda Queahpama, Sybil Smardowit and Allie Queahpama. Everyone in invited. For infor mation call Cleda at 509-985-3874. T he M uriel C. Suppah and Jackie Simtustus Memorial with nam e-giving cerem ony is set for April 19, 2014. The Memorial and N am e -G iv in g w ill be at the Simnasho Long-house. 9 a.m. Washaat Service. N oon lunch, name giving and giveway. Resolutions of Tribal Council WSFPI Whereas Warm Springs Forest Products Industries (‘W S F P I”), an enterp rise o f the C o n fed erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reser vation o f O regon (“Tribe”), is a party to an O perations Agreement, dated June 30,2009, and its amend- fnent, dated June 10, 2010, (collec tively, “Agreement”) with Vanport. International, Inc. (“Vanport”); Whereas, Pursuant to the Agree ment, Vanport is the Mill Manager Of W SFPI’s milling operations lo cated on the Warm Springs Reser vation; W hereas the Agreement term i nâtes on June 30,2014, and Vanport desires to terminate the Agreement six-months early on December 31, 2013, but does n o t have a unilat eral right to do so under the Agree ment; Whereas W SFPI management Supports early term ination o f the agreem ent on appropriate term s, based on its belief that it is in the W SFPI’s interest to take over m an agement o f the milling operations early in 2014, Whereas Vanport has proposed key terms for an early termination o f the Agreement (“Key Terms”), a copy o f w hich are attached as Exhibit “A” and which include ter m in atio n term s, p ro v isio n s fo r Vanport becoming W SFPI’s export marketing agent, and Vanport pro viding a loan to WSFPI for work ing capital and to finance W SFPI’s fixed and m obile asset purchase fro m V a n p o rt (collectively, th e “transaction”); Whereas W SFPI managem ent supports those key terms and re quests that Tribal Council, in its role as governing body for the Tribe and Its role as W SFPI’s acting board o f ¡directors, approve the Key Terms and authorize the Chair and Vice- Chair o f the Tribal council to work with the Tribal Council negotiating team, W SFPI management, Tribal staff, and the Tribal attorneys to fi nalize the Transaction in substan tial co n fo rm an ce w ith th e K ey Terms while continuing to endeavor I to negotiate the specific terms o f the Transaction in a manner that is as favorable to WSFPI as reason ably possible. Whereas W SFPI management also requests that Tribal Council grant a limited waiver o f W SFPI’s sovereign immunity as part o f the Transaction because V anport will not conclude the Transaction absent such a waiver, and WSFPI manage m ent proposes the form o f limited waiver o f sovereign immunity at tached as Exhibit “B”; Whereas, having been briefed in the m atter by WSFPI management, Tribal Council believes that it is pru den t and in th e b est in terest o f WSFPI to finalize the Transaction in substantial accordance with the Key Terms and that a limited waiver o f sovereign immunity is necessary to complete the Transaction; Whereas, based on information from W SFPI management, Tribal Council also understands that there is urgency to concluding the Trans action, because WSFPI m ust begin purchasing log inventory as soon as possible so that it can resume mill operations in early February 2014; W hereas Tribal C ouncil sup ports WSFPI management’s request to authorize the Chair and Vice- Chair o f Tribal Council to work with W SFPI management, Tribal Staff, and the Tribal attorneys to finalize the Transaction in substantial con formance with the Key Terms and to grant a limited waiver o f WSFPI’s sovereign immunity as part o f the Transaction; now, therefore, Be it resolved by the Twenty- Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reservation o f O regon, pursuant to Article V, Section 1 (f), (1), and (u) o f the Tribal Constitution and By-Laws; Section 12 o f the Tribe’s federal corporate charter; Chapter 30 o f th e W arm Springs T ribal Code; and the Second Amended and R estated P lan o f O p eratio n s o f W SFPI, that: 1. Tribal Council approves the Key Terms and authorizes the Chair and Vice-Chair o f Tribal Council to work with the Tribal Council nego tiating team, WSFPI management, Tribal staff, and the Tribal attorneys to finalize the Transaction in sub stantial conformance with the Key Terms while continuing to endeavor to negotiate the specific term s o f the transaction in a manner that is as favorable to WSFPI as reason ably possible; 2. P u rsu an t to W arm Springs Tribal Code, Chapter 30, the Tribal Council delegates to the Chair and Vice-Chair o f Tribal Council the authority to grant a limited waiver o f W SFPI’s’sovereign immunity, in the form o f Exhibit “B,” as a part o f the Transaction; and 3. The Chair and Vice-Chair are authorized to' execute -all riecèss'âry documentation and agreements off b eh alf o f W SFPI relating to the Transaction. (Resolution no, 11,803.) Enrollments Reservation o f O regon, pursuant to A rticle II I, S ection 2 (a) as amerided;Vfdhe Tribal Cöri&tibition and By-Laws, the following are en rolled members o f the C onfeder ated Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reservation o f Oregon, as o f the date set out below in accordance with Resolution 4301: Scott, Jenny Tara - 11/04/2013. Tailfeathers, Jr., Craig Eric - 1 1 / 12/2013. (Resolution 11,806.) Be it resolved by the Twenty- Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs H&R Block - New location: 65 NE Oak St. suite 1230 Madras, OR 97741 (by Thrifty Hometown Drugs) Ph. 541-475-2603 Cell 541-777-9623 We’ve Moved. But the high level of tax expertise that you’ve come to expect from us hasn’t wavered. Visit us at our new location and talk with an experienced tax professional about getting the most from your tax return. OTP#B13696 HRBTax Group Inc. H&R Block —- J
