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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 23, 2015
Tribes, state leaders meet
The Warm Springs
Eagle Academy boys
basketball team had a
busy schedule of
games during the first
half of the month.
They played at Sisters
and at the Jefferson
County Middle
School, and hosted
Crook County and
Obsidian.
The students are
taking a break for the
holidays, returning to
school on January 3.
Oregon law directs state
officials to meet with the nine
federally recognized tribes of
Oregon, for government-to-
government discussion on is-
sues of common interest.
In carrying out this law,
tribal leaders met last week
with Gov. Brown and other
state officials.
The theme this year was
how to better our relations
with each other, said Louie
Pitt Jr., tribal government af-
fairs director.
Representing the Confed-
erated Tribes were Council
Chairman Austin Greene,
Chiefs Delvis Heath and
Chief Joe Moses, along with
Natural Resources general
manager Robert Brunoe,
Health and Human Services
Jayson Smith/Spilyay
Coming up on Tribal Council Jan. agenda
Tribal Council last week
reviewed some of the items
that will be on the January
agenda.
The Council plans to meet
with school district 509-J of-
ficials, to discuss the long-
term education agreement.
Council in January is plan-
ning to meet with Indian
Health Service representa-
tives regarding clinic services.
Council is also planning to
meet with Columbia River In-
ter-Tribal Fish Commission
executive director Paul
Lumley to discuss tribal hous-
ing at the Columbia River.
A meeting with War m
Springs Forest Products In-
dustries is on the agenda. Fire-
wood and cutting policy at
WSFPI is an item for discus-
sion. Another early January
Warm Springs OSU
Extension 4-H is
hosting archery
classes for youth (at
right shooting from 15
meters).
The archery class will
meet on Wednesdays
during Christmas
break.
Call 541-553-3238 for
more information.
item of importance will be a
meeting with Ventures re-
garding the next steps in the
cannabis production project.
Some other January Coun-
cil agenda items: Board and
committee appointments for
2016; energ y facility site
evaluation with Power and
Water Enterprises; tribal wa-
ter rights leasing update; and
the Joint Health Commission
Annual Report.
general manager Caroline
Cruz, Cultural Resources
Native American Graves Pro-
tection and Repatriation Act
Coordinator Roberta Kirk,
and Louie Pitt Jr.
A recurring comment dur-
ing the meeting was the need
to meet early in the state de-
cision-making process, so
there are no surprises for the
tribes, Pitt said. There was a
reminder of ‘the fourth C’—
with communication, collabo-
ration and consultation is con-
sent, he said, “especially when
the state decision impacts
tribal lands, resources or
treaty rights.”
“Governor Brown was
very accessible for tribal lead-
ership to share their con-
cerns,” Pitt said.
Tribal closures for holidays
The tribal organization will
close at noon on Thursday,
Dec. 24, and will be closed
on Friday for the Christmas
holiday.
Kids at the Early Child-
hood Education center need
to be picked up by 12:30 on
Thursday.
Closures do not apply to
tribal police, corrections, po-
lice dispatch, Fire and Safety
EMTs, the Group Home or
Public Utilities.
The tribal organization will
also close at noon on Thurs-
day, Dec. 31, and will then be
closed on Friday, New Year’s
Day.
As with Christmas Eve,
the New Year’s Eve closures
do not apply to tribal police,
corrections, police dispatch,
Fire and Safety EMTs, the
Group Home or Public Utili-
ties.
Courtesy Bethann Beamer/Extension 4-H
Summary of Tribal Council - Dec. 1
1. Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Chair-
man Eugene Greene Jr., Vice
Chair Evaline Patt, Carlos
Smith, Kahseuss Jackson,
Scott Moses, Reuben Henry,
Or vie Danzuka, and
Raymond Tsumpti. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
2. Discussed areas of in-
terest to bring forth during
the Government-to-Govern-
ment
meeting
with
Bonneville Power Adminis-
tration today.
3. A Government-to-
Government meeting was
held with the Bonneville
Power Administration.
4. There was a consensus
to forego the legislative up-
date conference calls.
5. Executive session with
the tribal attorney, 2:30-
4:25PM.
6. A motion was made by
Raymond approving Chair-
man Greene to sign off on a
letter to Mr. Stan Speaks, BIA
Regional Director; second by
Reuben; question; Evaline/
yes, Kahseuss/yes, Reuben/
yes, Delvis/yes, Raymond/
yes, Joseph/out of the room,
Carlos/out of the room,
Scott/out of the room,
Alfred/out of the room,
Orvie/out of the room, 5/
yes, 0/no, 5/out of the room,
Chairman not voting; motion
carried.
7. A motion was made by
Kahseuss approving Chair-
man Greene to sign a letter
to Mr. Melcher, eirector, Or-
egon Department of Fish and
Wildlife and to Mr. Tom
Byler, director, Oregon Wa-
ter Resources Department,
requesting corrections be
made to misinformation in
the Grand Ronde Tribes’ let-
ter, dated May 13, 2015; sec-
ond by Reuben; question;
Evaline/yes, Kahseuss/yes,
Reuben/yes, Delvis/yes, Jo-
seph/out of the room,
Carlos/out of the room,
Scott/out of the room,
Alfred/out of the room,
Or vie/out of the room,
Raymond/yes, 5/yes, 0/no,
5/out of the room, Chairman
not voting; motion carried.
8. With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned at
4:50 p.m.
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