Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 1, 2017
Warm Springs
drummers helped
celebrate Seniors Day
at a Madras High
School boys basketball
game in February.
Tribal Council summary
February 10, 2017
1. Roll call: Chief Jo-
seph Moses, Chief
Alfred Smith Jr., Chair-
man Eugene Greene Jr.,
Vice Chair Charles
Calica, Lee Tom, Valerie
Switzler and Raymond
Tsumpti. Minnie Yahtin,
Recorder.
2. Tribal attorney up-
date:
· Motion by Charles
adopting Resolution No.
12,287. Seconded by
Valerie. Motion is to add
seven words into the
Gaming Ordinance for
approval from National
Indian Gaming Commis-
sion. Question: vote 6/
0/0, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· Motion by Charles
adopting Resolution No.
12,258A (regarding the
Jayson Smith photos
Resolutions of Tribal Council
Land exchange
Whereas pursuant to
Tribal Council Resolution
number 11,298, the Tribal
Council resolved to autho-
rize a team consisting of the
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO,
manager of the branch of
Natural Resources, and the
tribal attorneys to take steps
necessary to implement an
exchange of land (“Land Ex-
change”) in the John Day
River Basin between the
Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon (“Tribe”) and
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment (“BLM”), including by
executing an Agreement to
Initiate with the BLM; and,
Whereas the Tribe and
BLM entered into a Bind-
ing Land Exchange Agree-
ment dated effective Janu-
ary 21, 2016 (the “Agree-
ment”), which Agreement
effectuated the land ex-
change and a copy of which
is exhibit A to this resolu-
tion; and,
Whereas it is a condition
of the Agreement that the
Tribe convey acceptable title
of the real property that it
is transferring to the United
States (the “Tribal Prop-
erty”); and,
Whereas the Tribe has
engaged AmeriTitle to pro-
vide a title insurance policy
with respect to the Tribal
Property, and AmeriTitle is
requiring that the Tribe pro-
vide a limited waiver of sov-
ereign immunity as a condi-
tion of the issuance of a title
insurance policy; and,
Whereas the Tribal
Council has concluded that
providing a limited waiver
of sovereign immunity in
favor of the title company
(“Company”) related to any
disputes or lawsuits between
the Tribe and the Company
arising from the title insur-
ance policy issued by Com-
pany, in substantially similar
form as exhibit B to this
resolution, is necessary to
convey acceptable title of
the Tribal Property to the
BLM; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Seventh Tribal
Council of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Or-
egon, pursuant to Article V,
Section 1 (a), (c), (l) and (u)
of the Tribal Constitution
and By-Laws and War m
Springs Tribal Code Chap-
ter 30, that the Land Ex-
change authorized by Tribal
Council Resolution 11,298
and Tribe’s execution and
performance of the Agree-
ment and any other agree-
ments or documents in fur-
therance of the Land Ex-
change are hereby approved
and ratified, and the Tribal
Council Chair, Vice Chair or
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO
(“Authorized Representa-
tives”) are hereby autho-
rized to take or cause to be
taken all other acts on be-
half of the Tribe that the
Authorized Representative
deems reasonably necessary
or desirable to effectuate
the Land Exchange and the
Tribe’s performance of the
Agreement, including with-
out limitation by paying such
expenses and executing all
documents that such person
deems reasonably necessary;
and,
Be it further resolved
by the Tribal Council that
Health message for the month of March
by Jazmine Ike-Lopez
for KWSO and Spilyay
Since the year 2000 the
month of March has officially
been dedicated as National
Colon Cancer Awareness
Month. Since then, it has
grown to be a rallying point for
the colon cancer community,
where thousands of patients,
survivors, caregivers and advo-
cates throughout the country
join together to spread colon
cancer awareness by wearing
blue, holding fundraising and
education events, talking to
friends and family about screen-
ing and so much more. They
share this information to con-
sider:
Do you know that the
fourth most deadly cancer
is in the world?
Believe it or not it’s
colorectal cancer.
Every year this disease
kills 700,000 people, and it
more commonly occurs in
developed countries due to
difference in living style and
diet.
One recent survey asked
men and women what they
believed their risk in
colorectal cancer was, and
the result showed 48 percent
believed it was low. How-
ever, before we get into the
details of what you can do
to prevent or treat colorectal
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cancer, let’s first explain
what colorectal cancer is.
Colorectal cancer is a
form of cancer that grows
in the colon or rectum of
your body. The colon and
rectum are both part of
your digestive system. Your
colon helps you to absorb
water and salt from your
food in the small intestine
and then the left-over waste
is then stored into your rec-
tum until it is released.
When the colorectal can-
cer infects you, it grows on
the interlining of the colon
or rectum in what is known
as a polyp. If the cancer is
there and grows into the wall
of your colon or rectum it
can also enter your lymph
vessels or blood, vessels and
can spread to further parts
of the body.
Now that you know what
colorectal cancer is, here as
some ways to help prevent
getting the diseases: First
off you can change your diet
habits.
One of the reasons that
developed countries are
more at risk of this disease
is because of our unhealthy
and larger proportioned
meals. If you want to know
what foods to eat you can
go to:
hopkinscoloncancercenter.org
Click on the healthy liv-
ing tab. A second tip is to
exercise regularly. Devel-
oped countries have access
to technology that can make
their lives easier and less la-
bor intensive. Although we
have cars, communication
technology and other help-
ful devices, you should al-
ways take time out to exer-
cise.
The third tip is the com-
bination of drugs. The drugs
you take can increase the
risk of being diagnosed with
colorectal cancer, and
should be discussed with
your doctor. The final tip is
at the age of 50 you should
get a screening at your local
clinic or hospital so that doc-
tors can detect any polyps
before it progresses into
something more serious.
If you happened to be di-
agnosed with colorectal can-
cer, you should follow up by
getting a colonoscopy.
There are treatments for
colorectal cancer. The treat-
ment will depend on the
stage of the cancer.
However, if you follow
the prevention tip, as well as
get regular checkups, you
can prevent the risk of get-
ting the disease. Right now,
a large percentage of the
population does not get
screened despite efforts and
benefits of getting one.
Don’t be embarrassed to get
a colorectal screening, it may
ultimately save your life.
any of the Authorized Rep-
resentatives are hereby au-
thorized, on behalf of the
Tribe, to sign and execute a
document granting the Lim-
ited Waiver in favor of Com-
pany in substantially similar
form as exhibit B.
(Resolution no. 12,291)
Transportation
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Seventh Tribal
Council of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Or-
egon, pursuant to Article V,
Section 1 (s) of the Tribal
Constitution and By-Laws,
that the following persons be
designated to serve on the
Board of Directors of the
Central Oregon Area Com-
mission on Transportation
(COACT) for calendar
years 2017 and 2018.
Primary member: Lonny
Macy, tribal planner.
Alternate
member:
Travis Wells, tribal engineer.
(Resolution no. 12,289)
Land transfer
Whereas the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Or-
egon is a federally-recognized
Indian tribe and is the suc-
cessor to the Indian signato-
ries of the Treaty With the
Tribes and Bands of Middle
Oregon of June 25, 1855,
12 Stat. 963 (The Treaty of
1855); and,
Whereas the Tribe’s ab-
original lands include those
lands it ceded to the United
States in the Treaty of 1855
(“ceded area”), reserving for
itself the Warm Springs Res-
ervation and sovereign rights
in the ceded area; and,
Whereas the Nature Con-
servancy (“TNC”) is a non-
profit, tax-exempt charitable
organization under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code who owns the cer-
tain real property commonly
known as the Dunstan
Homestead Preserve, located
within the Tribe’s ceded area
and more particularly de-
scribed in exhibit A to this
resolution (the “Property”);
carbon sequestration pro-
gram). Carries 7/0/0,
Chairman not voting;
motion carries.
· Executive session
10:00-11:55.
· Discussed hunting
and fishing citations.
3. Bureau of Indian
Affairs budget.
4. REZ Conference
discussion.
5. Fish & Wildlife
Committee:
· Chief Operations
Officer to mandate law
enforcement officers to
attend training in March.
· Discussed the refer-
ral programs.
· Discussed fishing
regulation concerns.
6. With no further dis-
cussion the meeting ad-
journed at 1:03 p.m.
and,
Whereas TNC has ex-
pressed an interest to trans-
fer the Property to the Tribe
and the Tribe has expressed
an interest in accepting own-
ership of the Property from
TNC, all under certain con-
ditions set forth in the Letter
of Intent, exhibit B to this
resolution; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Seventh Tribal Coun-
cil of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reser-
vation of Oregon, pursuant
to Article V, Section 1 (a), (c),
(l) and (u) of the Tribal Con-
stitution and By-Laws, that
the Letter of Intent attached
as Exhibit B is hereby ap-
proved and the Tribal Coun-
cil Chair, Vice Chair, or Sec-
retary-Treasurer/CEO (“Au-
thorized Representatives”)
are hereby authorized to ex-
ecute and take or cause to be
taken all other acts on behalf
of the Tribe that the Autho-
rized Representative deems
reasonably necessary or de-
sirable to carry out the Let-
ter of Intent.
(Resolution no. 12,292)