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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 3, 2021
Shelter-to-Independent living progress
The Shelter to Independent
Living project should be finished
by the end of the year. Warm
Springs Health and Wellness
general manager Caroline Cruz
organized the project, designating
funds generated by state Measure
110, passed by voters in 2020.
Measure 110 decrimanilizes
personal possession of some
controlled substances, though the
substances remain illegal under
federal law.
Through the law, revenue from
the state marijuana tax is used to
support treatment, and conditions
that can lead to addiction.
Homelessness falls within this
provision.
The decriminalization of
controlled substances in the state
does not apply on the
reservation. Revenue related to
these laws, however, is available
to tribes.
The Shelter to Independent
project will include the shelter
homes currently located by the
former elementary school. They
will be moved to the Shelter to
Independent site, behind the
Behavioral Health Center.
The facility will include laundry
and shower facilities. There will be
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Warm Springs Construction installs the storm drain system at the Shelter-to-Independent work site;
and below, the structures that will be the on-site housing.
two on-site residents living by the
shelters. Shelter to Independent
will be alcohol and drug free.
The new facilities should be a
good complement to the
Supportive Housing project, being
developed by the Warm Springs
Housing Authority.
Dave McMechan
Summaries of Tribal Council
October 19, 2021
The meeting was called to or-
der at 9:05 by Chair man
Raymond Tsumpti Sr. Roll call:
Glendon Smith, Lincoln Jay
Suppah, Lola Sohappy, Anita
Jackson, Raymond ‘Captain’
Moody, Vice Chair Brigette
McConville, Chief Joseph
Moses. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
· Water Treatment Plant/Waste
Waster Stage 1 Work Plan update
with Barry Buchannan, Chico
Holliday and Ellen Grover.
· Natural Resources, Range and
Ag Committee, and Public Safety
discussion.
· Nena Springs litigation settle-
ment discussion with Josh New-
ton, Howard Arnett and Bill Earle:
Executive session from 2:25-
3:20 p.m.
Motion by Captain adopting
Resolution No. 12,867 that the
Tribal Council hereby demands
that defendants pay the Tribe
$2,250,000 in full settlement of the
claims that it and the BIA have
brought against them and in ac-
cordance with the form of Settle-
ment Agreement and Release, a
copy of which is attached as Ex-
hibit A; By the Tribal Council that
the Chairman of Tribal Council
and the Secretary-Treasurer/CEO
of the Tribe are delegated the au-
thority to finalize the settlement
and execute the final Settlement
Agreement and Release to the ex-
tent that it substantially conforms
with the form attached to this
Resolution. Second by Jay. Discus-
sions Glendon/yes, Captain/yes,
Jay/yes, Brigette/yes, Delvis/yes,
Anita/yes, 6/0/0, Chairman not
voting. Motion carried.
Motion by Captain adopting
Resolution No. 12,868 that the
Tribal Council requests the Secre-
tary waive the collection of any
FMD that may be payable in con-
nection with the settlement of
claims that the Tribe and BIA have
brought against Defendants arising
out of the Nena Springs Fire; By
the Tribal Council that the Chair of
Tribal Council, Vice Chair, and Sec-
retary-Treasurer/CEO of the Tribe
are delegated authority to take ap-
propriate action in furtherance of
this resolution, including the super-
vision of any action by the Tribe’s
Branch of Natural Resources nec-
essary for compliance with the
memorandum, dated August 15,
2017, from the Regional Director
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs ad-
dressing FMD waivers. Second by
Jay. Discussion. Glendon/yes, Cap-
tain/yes, Jay/yes, Brigette/yes,
Delvis/yes, Anita/yes, 6/0/0,
Chairman not voting. Motion car-
ried.
Motion by Captain to adjourn at
3:30 p.m.
October 20
The meeting was called to order
at 9:05 by Chairman Raymond
Tsumpti Sr. Roll call: Lincoln Jay
Suppah, Glendon Smith, Vice Chair
Brigette McConville, Anita Jackson,
Lola Sohappy, Wilson Wewa Jr.,
Chief Joseph Moses, Chief Delvis
Heath. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
· Tribal Attorney update with
John Ogan.
· Meet and greet new Columbia
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Chairman Quincy Ellenwood.
· Meet and Greet new Jefferson
County District Attorney Steve
Leriche.
· Joint tribal letter re: Non-In-
dian Gaming, discussion with
Howard Arnett:
No action was taken.
Amicus request for a federal case
discussion with Howard Arnett.
· November agenda with S-T
Glendon Smith:
Motion by Brigette approving the
November agenda. Second by Wil-
son. Discussion. Glendon/yes, Jay/
yes, Brigette/yes, Wilson/yes,
Delvis/yes, Anita/yes, Captain/yes,
7/0/0, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
Motion by Brigette to adjourn at
1 p.m.
More job gains in region including reservation
Employment numbers in the
region—including Jefferson
County and the reservation— im-
proved greatly during September.
The latest numbers from the Or-
egon Employment Department
show monthly hiring in the region
exceeded seasonal expectations.
Jefferson County: Unemploy-
ment was at 6.1 percent in Sep-
tember, down from 6.3 percent in
August. The unemployment rate re-
mains two points higher than before
the first impacts from Covid-19 in
February 2020, when it was 4.1 per-
cent.
Nonfarm employment in the
county rose by 50 jobs in Septem-
ber. As of September employment
levels remain down only 1.9 per-
cent from the pre-covid peak in
February 2020.
Construction remains the fast-
est growing major industry sector
in the county. The retail sector
added 60 jobs; and manufacturing,
50 jobs.
There were also significant em-
ployment gains in local government
over the past year with the tribal
organization and education both
hiring.
Deschutes County: The sea-
sonally adjusted unemployment
rate dropped to 5.1 percent in Sep-
tember, down from 5.4 percent in
August. The unemployment rate
remains higher than before the first
impacts from Covid-19 in Febru-
ary 2020 when it was 3.3 percent.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimates that Deschutes County
added 800 jobs in September,
stronger gains than typical for this
time of year.
A handful of industries posted
significant job gains over the past
year, including financial activities (
plus 480); education and health ser-
vices (plus 400); manufacturing
(plus 380); other services (plus
370); and construction (plus 160).
Crook County: The seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate was
6.5 percent in September, an-
other significant decline from 6.8
percent in August. The unem-
ployment rate remains around 2
percentage points higher than be-
fore the first impacts from
Covid-19 in February 2020 when
it was 4.4 percent.
Pitt named
to Power,
Conservation
Council
Louie Pitt
Gov. Kate Brown has
nominated Lewis Pittto a seat
on the Pacific Northwest Elec-
tric Power and Conservation
Council.
Mr. Pitt is currently the di-
rector of Governmental Af-
fairs for the Confederated
Tribes.
On the Power and Conser-
vation Council, he will finish
the term of Chuck Sams, a
former top administrator of
the Confederated Tribes of
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
who resigned when President
Joe Biden nominated him as
National Parks Director.
Mr. Sams is awaiting U.S.
Senate confir mation. Pitt
would start his new position on
November 19, and ser ve
through January 15, 2024.
At CPS
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The Warm Springs Christian
Fellowship, Jefferson County
YoungLife, and the Journey Church
of Redmond provided volunteers
to help build the borders, assemble
the trampoline, and spread play-
ground chips.
Erin Fielder, Realtor at Fred
Real Estate, partnered with local
friends, family and real estate part-
ners to purchase the trampoline.
Jimmy Rodriguez at Rodriguez
landscaping is donating landscape
and maintenance on the property
now and in the future.
“It was so great to see all of
these people working together for
child care this community,” Mel-
issa said.
Dedication and Honoring on
Monday, November 8
This coming Monday, Novem-
ber 8 at noon will be the Blessing
of the Playground and Honoring
of Volunteers at the CPS play-
ground site. The Confederated
Tribes’ covid protocols will be ob-
served, such as masks will be re-
quired. There will be sack lunches
and cupcakes. The public is invited.
Covid testing, vaccination across Indian Country
Across Indian Country in
the U.S., the Indian Health
Ser vice has conducted
3,183,730 covid tests through
October. Of the total tested,
269,629 have returned posi-
tive for covid, since the pan-
demic and testing began.
October saw a significant
increase in positive cases
across Indian Country, IHS re-
ported.
Based on the cumulative
percent positive, the highest
rates have been in five IHS ar-
eas. Two of them include the
state of Arizona, indicating a
disproportionate toll of Covid-
19 in the state:
Navajo Area, 13.6 percent
positivity. Phoenix Area, 12.7
percent. Oklahoma City Area,
12.4 percent. California Area,
10.4 percent. Albuquerque Area,
9-.6 percent
The Portland IHS area saw a
6.9 percent positivity, a
comparitively low rate.
Based on the 7-day rolling av-
erage positivity, all 12 IHS areas
are seeing high Covid-19 rates,
marking yet another instance of
surges across every region of In-
dian Country.
Notably, the 7-day rolling av-
erage positivity for the Alaska
Area has steadily grown in recent
weeks. The region recorded its
highest-ever rate with the release
of data in October.
Throughout most of the pan-
demic, the Alaska Area had seen
the lowest covid rate.
Overall, 9 percent of IHS
tests have been positive since
the onset of the pandemic, the
data shows.
Vaccine distribution
Across Indian Country, IHS
is distributing all three covid
vaccines currently authorized
or approved in the U.S, includ-
ing
Pfizer-BioNTech,
Moderna, and Janssen/
Johnson & Johnson. The IHS
administration rate is 78 per-
cent. The Albuquerque Area
has a greater than 100 percent
administration rate, which may
be due to vaccine overfill in
the vials for both Pfizer and
Moderna products.