Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 13, 2021
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These graphs are the most
recent Covid-19 data for the
reservation. Compiled by
Tribal Community Health and
IHS, the data reflects the
numbers as of January 6.
Since the pandemic began,
there have been 18 Covid-19
deaths among the
membership, with two last
week.
As of this past weekend, the
Warm Springs Health nad
Wellness Center had
completed 6,885 Covid-19
tests. Six-hundred and
sixteen have come back
positive since testing began
last spring. There have been
691 total positve results
among the mebership, as
other facilities conducted an
addiotional 75 tests of tribal
members.
In the graph lower right: Place
of exposure among confirmed
cases, as of January 6, 2021.
In the graph below: Since
March, cumulative deaths
among the membership was
at 18, as of January 6, 2021.
January 6, 2021 cumulative Covid-19 deaths on the reservation: 18.
Tribal Council summary
January 6, 2021
The meeting was called to order
at 9:03 by Chairman Raymond
Tsumpti Sr. Roll call: Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Lincoln Jay Suppah,
Raymond Captain Moody, Anita
Jackson, Vice Chair Brigette
McConville, Glendon Smith, Wil-
son Wewa Jr., Chief Delvis Heath.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
Trust dollars discussion with Fi-
nance director Alfred Estimo Jr.
and Secretary-Treasurer Michele
Stacona:
· Discussion will continue in
February after reviewing Minutes
regarding Senior Pension and the
original intent.
Landfill update with Said Amali,
Joie Simtustus and Travis Wells.
· Resolutions with the S-T:
Limited Waiver of Sovereign
Immunity:
· Motion by Brigette adopting
Resolution No. 12,762 that the
Tribal Council hereby approves the
limited waiver of Tribal Sovereign
Immunity set out in the (Apollo
Inc.) Contract attached to the reso-
lution as Exhibit A;
That Tribal Council hereby au-
thorizes the Tribal Chair, Vice Chair
or Secretary-Treasurer/CEO to
sign and execute the contract on
behalf of the tribe, and authorizes
the authorized representatives or
their delegate to take or cause to
bet taken all acts on behalf of the
Tribe to perform and carry out the
contract. Second by Anita. Discus-
sion. Glendon/yes, Captain/yes,
Jay/yes, Brigette/yes, Delvis/yes,
Alfred/yes, Anita/yes, Wilson/yes,
8/0/0, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
· Bureau of Indian Affairs In-
dian Highway Safety Program
Grant.
· Motion by Captain adopting
Resolution No. 12,763 that pursu-
ant to Article V, Section 1 (d), (f),
and (l) of the Tribal Constitution
and By-Laws, upon the tribes noti-
fication of the grant award for
$184,214.00, and after a review of
all the conditions and responsibili-
ties for participation in this Indian
Highway Safety Program, the tribes
agree to these conditions and re-
sponsibilities as stipulated in the
grant award;
Any changes to this agreement
already signed by the tribes’ autho-
rized representatives shall be resub-
mitted to Tribal Council, or their
delegate. Second by Brigette. Dis-
cussion. Glendon/yes, Captain/yes,
Jay/yes, Brigette/yes, Delvis/yes,
Alfred/yes, Anita/yes, Wilson/yes,
8/0/0, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
· Board appointments with
Michele:
Financial Strategies, LLC:
· Motion by Captain adopting
Resolution No. 12,764 that there is
hereby created the Warm Springs
Financial Strategies LLC Manage-
ment Committee for the Warm
Springs Financial Strategies, LLC
for the purpose of managing, in-
vesting, and directing the appropria-
tion for the membership approved
capital improvements and economic
development. The members of the
Management Committee shall be:
Garland Brunoe, Judith Charley,
and the Secretary-Treasurer;
The Management Committee
members shall serve at the pleasure
of the Council. The term of a
Management Committee shall be in
accordance with Article 5.3 of the
Warm Springs Financial Strategies
LLC Operating Agreement;
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Federal charges in shooting of teen
Mark Poor Bear, 46, was
charged last week with federal
charges for the December
shooting of a 17-year-old on the
reservation.
War m Springs Police re-
sponded in the early morning
hours of December 16 to the
area of Looksh Street. There
they found a teen with a single
gunshot wound, said Public
Safety general manager Will-
iam Elliott.
The teen was taken to St.
Charles Bend with serious in-
juries. At the hospital the teen
was treated and later released.
Warm Springs detectives in-
Mark Poor Bear
vestigating the shooting, assisted by
the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Of-
fice, the next evening arrested
Mark Poor Bear. Poor Bear
was also wanted on an outstand-
ing tribal warrant for another
violation.
The shooting first led to
tribal charges of assault and
reckless endangerment.
After investigators gathered
more information, Poor Bear
was charged federally with as-
sault with a dangerous weapon
and assault resulting in serious
bodily injury.
He was being held without
bail on a hold for federal mar-
shals at the Multnomah County
Jail in Portland.