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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
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