Spi'Iygy Tym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon
September 17, 2014
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FASD Coalition Gathering
Dave McMechan photos.
Youth Dance group performs.
The Warm Springs Fe
tal AlcoholSpectrum Dis
order Coalition marked
FASD Awareness Day on
Sept. 9. •
The coalition hosted an
inform ation fair in the
gym nasium
of
the
fo rm e r
elem entary
school.
There were inform a
tion booths on health top
ics, dance performances
by tw o youth dance
groups, and a dinner af
terward.
For information on the
coalition, or on FASD, call
541-553-2211.
Drummers from Culture and Heritage performed for the Autni
Ichishkin Sapsiqwala Dancers.
Jackie Zamora Heath, Miss Weasel Tail, was
a host at the gathering.
Joy Ramirez and Kelli Palmer, from the clinic, share
information at their booth.
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Her experience in hu
man resources comes
from the private sector,
“but I also have a public
and non-profit perspec
tive,” she says.
She was vice president
o f operations o f the
Warner Group, distributor
of Johnson and Johnson
and other products.
Elizabeth is a former
director of development
of the American Leader
ship Forum of Oregon,
and she worked with the
United Way of the Co
lumbia-Willamette.
She counts atwai Vic
Atiyeh among her men
tors. The former gover
nor appointed Elizabeth to
the state Board of Edu
cation when she was just
19 years old. “ He was
very committed to Native
people, and to having di
versity on leadership
boards,” she says.
At Human Resources,
she says, another priority
is working with the tribal
enterprises, collaborating
on training and other hu
man resource services.
And another goal is to
recruit back to the reser
vation young people who
left to get a college edu
cation and never came
Elizabeth Asahi Sato
back.
E lizabeth has three
grown boys, who are in
college now.
When she first moved
to Warm Springs a month
ago, she lived with tribal
elder Charlotte Pitt. It was
a big change from living
in Portland.
“I think the Creator
called me here,” she says.
“Since I’ve been in Warm
Springs my life has been
tremendously enriched.”
“I have a dream,” she
was saying last week. “I
w ant the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs
to be known for equipping
and empowering Native
people, not only in this
com m unity but in the
Northwest.”
’ Elizabeth was featured
in 2008 in 0 Magazine,
the Oprah Winfrey publi
cation, and in the book,
Dream Big!
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Eighty-six million adults—more than one
in three—have pre-diabetes. Nine out often
people who have pre-diabetes do not know
they have it.
The Diabetes Prevention Program will
host blood sugar screenings from 2-3 p.m.
on Thursday, Sept. 25 in the lobby of the
Early Childhood Education center,
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Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Students arrive at the Warm Springs k-8 Academy. The doors open at 7:50 a.m. In the mornings, the k-5 kids have
breakfast in their classrooms. The sixth- through eighth graders have breakfast in the commons area starting at 7:50
a.m., and the first bell rings at 8:05 a.m.
Resolution of Tribal Council
Credit matter
Whereas the Warm
Springs Tribal Credit Enter
prise (“WSCE”) is a wholly
owned business enterprise of
the Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reserva
tion of Oregon, formed un
der Article V, Section 1 (o) of
the Tribal Constitution; and,
Whereas WSCE operates
in a self-sustaining .manner
A to offer credit to tribal mem
bers; and,
Whereas WSCE has ne
gotiated a Life Insurance
Contract Agreement with
American Republic Insur
ance Company for the acqui
sition of life insurance poli
cies for debtors of WSCE,
attached as Exhibit “A”, as a
measure to help protect the
available loan fund; and,
Whereas, as an induce
ment to issuing the requested
insurance policy to WSCE, it
is necessary to agree to dis
pute resolution provisions
that require the Tribe to grant
a limited waiver of sovereign
immunity in the form set
forth in Exhibit “A -l”; and,
Whereas Warm Springs
Tribal Code, C hapter 30'
“Waiver of Sovereign Immu
nity,” provides that the Tribal
Council may delegate the
power to waive the sovereign
immunity to a Tribal Business
Enterprise for such Business
Enterprise; and,
Whereas it is anticipated
that WSCE will periodically
enter into agreements and
conduct other business p u r-.
suant to WSCE’s Charter,
making desirable that the
Tribal Council delegate au
thority to grant limited waiv
ers of sovereign immunity to
the Board o f Directors of
WSCE to be exercised in ac
cordance with Warm Springs
Tribal Code, C hapter 30;
now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Sixth Tribal Council
of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reser
vation of Oregon, pursuant
to Article V, Sections 1 (f) and
(o), of the Tribal Constitution
and By-Laws and Tribal Code
Chapter 30, that the Tribal
Council approves the waiver
o f sovereign immunity at
tached as Exhibit “A -l” and
hereby delegates authority to
grant limited waivers of sov
ereign immunity to the Board
of Directors of WSCE to be
exercisedin accordance with
Warm Springs Tribal Code,
Chapter 30; and,
Be it further resolved by
the Tribal Council that upon
execution the waiver shall be
filed in accordance with the
provisions of WSTC 30.005
with periodic reports to the
Tribal Council on the exercise
of that authority. (Resolution
no. 11,906.) .
(More Council re so lu
tions on page 9.)