Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 27, 2015
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Tribal Council summary - May 11, 2015
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis Heath,
Chief Joseph Moses, Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Chairman Eugene Greene
Jr., Vice Chair Evaline Patt, Reuben
Henry, Raymond Tsumpti, Carlos
Smith and Kahseuss Jackson.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
2. 2015 Miss War m Springs
Suzanne Slockish-McConville in-
troduced herself to Tribal Council
members.
3. Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission update.
· A motion was made by Carlos
to have the Branch of Natural Re-
sources give monthly or quarterly
updates to Tribal Council on all
comments going out on behalf of
the Tribes, and to get approval from
Tribal Council beforehand; second
by Reuben; Question; Evaline/yes,
Carlos/yes, Reuben/yes, Delvis/
yes, Alfred/yes, Raymond/yes, 6/
yes, 0/no, 0/abstain, Chairman not
voting; Motion carried.
· A motion was made by Carlos
approving Reuben to attend the
meeting with Colonel Buck. Second
by Evaline; Question: Evaline/yes,
Carlos/yes, Kahseuss/yes, Reuben/
abstain, Delvis/yes, Alfred/yes,
Raymond/yes, 6/yes, 0/no, 1/ab-
stain, Chairman not voting; Motion
carried.
4. Coyote Island Update.
· A motion was made by Carlos
requesting monthly updates from
the tribal attorney and to gather facts
needed for next month’s update and
thereafter, including the possible
taxing of rail transports on the res-
ervation. Second by Reuben; Ques-
tion: Evaline/yes, Carlos/yes,
Reuben/yes,
Delvis/yes,
Raymond/abstain, Kahseuss/out
of the room, Alfred/out of the
room, 4/yes, 0/no, 1/abstain, 2/
out of the room, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
· A motion was made by Carlos
requesting that the Secretary-Trea-
surer and Bruce Jim keep in con-
tact with one another so when fish-
ing starts in the Port of Morrow,
send
Cultural
Resources
videographer be present to docu-
ment fishing at Coyote Island as
documentation for the upcoming
court battle. Second by Reuben;
Question; Evaline/yes, Carlos/yes,
Reuben/yes,
Delvis/yes,
Raymond/abstain, Kahseuss/out
of the room, Alfred/out of the
room, 4/yes, 0/no, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
Seniors party
at Cinema
The Madras High School Senior
Party will be on Saturday, June 6,
from 8:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. at the Ma-
dras Ciniema 5, the Madras Aquatic
Center and the Madras Bowl.
The cost is $25 per student. Se-
niors can sign up at the MHS of-
fice.
Summer food
for W.S. youth
The Jefferson County 509-J
School District is offering their Sum-
mer Food Service program at the
Warm Springs Youth Center June
15 thru August 21.
The entrance is the east door
of the old Warm Springs Elemen-
tary by the playground and basket-
ball court. All youth 18 and
younger can eat for free. Break-
fast will be served 8:30-9am and
Lunch is 12 to 12:30.
The Pi-Ume-Sha All Indian
Rodeo is Saturday and Sunday
June 27-28 at the Warm Springs
Rodeo Grounds. Slack at 9 a.m.
both days with the show starting
at 1 p.m. Call-ins are being taken
June 9 from 6-9 p.m. Call 541-
553-1354.
5. Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife Cascade Locks/Oxbow
Hatchery Transfer/Public Com-
ments for T-12029 and T-12028 let-
ter to Governor Kate Brown.
· A motion was made by Carlos
approving a letter be drawn up, with
corrections to Gov. Kate Brown re-
garding the Tribes’ opposition to sell
water to Nestle. Second by Reuben;
Question; Evaline/yes, Carlos/yes,
Reuben/yes, Delvis/yes, Raymond/
yes, Kahseuss/out of the room,
Alfred/out of the room, 5/yes, 0/
no, 2 out of the room, Chairman
not voting; Motion carried.
6. United States v. Oregon,
Fish Accords and Pacific
Salmon Treaty update.
· A motion was made by Carlos
based on last agreements, that tribal
attorney John Ogan outlined to es-
tablish a Committee starting today
for eight positions with the intent
to document what works or not and
to report to Tribal Council monthly.
Second by Reuben; Question; Dis-
cussion: to take a look at the fish
accords based on eight members,
and legal staff raised in his discus-
sions and names will be assigned to
the committee for the three agree-
ments listed above; Evaline/yes,
Carlos/yes, Reuben/yes, Delvis/
yes, Raymond/yes, Kahseuss/out
of the room, Alfred/out of the
room, Chairman not voting; Mo-
tion carried.
· A motion was made by Carlos
assigning the Fish & Wildlife Com-
mittee Chairman Bruce Jim, Fish
& Wildlife Committee member
Ryan Smith, Natural Resources
General Manager Bobby Brunoe,
and the Fisheries Policy Planner
Olney Patt Jr., and two Tribal Coun-
cil members to the negotiating team
for the named agreements. Second
by Reuben; Question; Evaline/yes,
Carlos/yes, Reuben/yes, Delvis/
yes, Raymond/abstain, Kahseuss/
out of the room, Alfred/out of the
room, 4/yes, 0/no, 1/abstain, 2/out
of the room, Chairman not voting;
Motion carried.
· A motion was made by Carlos
appointing a spokesperson on be-
half of the Tribes to be of the fol-
lowing: Tribal Attorney John Ogan
to take the lead, Branch of Natural
Resources General Manager Bobby
Brunoe and Fisheries Policy Plan-
ner Olney Patt Jr., to be a followed
process according to negotiation
agendas. Second by Reuben; Ques-
tion; Evaline/yes, Carlos/yes,
Reuben/yes, Delvis/yes, Raymond/
abstain, Kahseuss/out of the room,
Alfred/out of the room, 4/yes, 0/
no, 1/abstain, 2/out of the room,
Chairman not voting; Motion car-
ried.
7. Tribal Attorney John Ogan
requested an executive session start-
ing at 4:20 p.m.–5:35 p.m.
8. Meeting adjourned at 5:35
p.m.