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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Preferred Preowned Vehicles
2018
Mazda
CX3 -
107,782
miles -
2015
GMC
Sierra -
167,657
miles -
$20,995
$19,995
#201614A
#36444B
2018
GMC
Sierra -
27,016
miles -
2020
Toyota
Highlander
- 22,119
miles -
$41,995
#63805A
$60,995
#13294A
2019
GMC
Acadia -
15,660
miles -
2020
Buick
Encore -
53.457
miles -
$40,995
$22,995
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Covid incidence in tribal community
Covid incidence in the tribal community, as of August 17, showing the number
holding relatively steady over the past few weeks. Fortunately, there were no
covid-related hospitalizations at the time of this report.
Trail reopens after Lionshead fire damage
A fire-damaged stretch of
the Pacific Crest Trail in the
Mount Jefferson Wilderness
has finally reopened, follow-
ing a two-year closure.
The U.S. Forest Service
announced that hikers can
once again access the af-
fected 12-mile segment of
the route through Central
Oregon.
The area was marred in
2020 after lightning sparked
the Lionshead Fire.
The burn actually broke
out on August 16, just a few
weeks before the headline-
grabbing 2020 Labor Day
blazes.
However, the historic
Around Indian Country
2019
Jeep
Cherokee
- 138,519
miles -
$14,995
#86643B
2022
GMC
Sierra -
New -
$61,480
#593442
New Vehicles
#345898
2022
GMC
Terrain -
New -
$37,510
#248179
2022
Chevrolet
Colorado
- New -
2022
Chevrolet
Silverado
- New -
2022
GMC
Yukon -
New -
$72,015
$46,205
$58,030
#271249
#620822
August 24, 2022
Tribal Co. has
immunity, even
if ‘unfair’
A California tribal entity
has sovereign immunity that
shields it from a consulting
firm’s complaint over alleged
wage and hour violations dur-
View of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Courtesy USFS
Septempter 7 windstorm
ended up spreading the
Lionshead fire, too; and it
traveled
west
from
Lionshead Canyon on the
Warm Springs Reservation
into the Willamette,
Deschutes and Mount Hood
national forests.
The fire closure for the
area was actually lifted this
month, but the trail re-
mained off-limits until re-
pairs could be made.
ing the cleanup of wildfire
damage on reservation land,
even if that leaves the com-
pany with no path to litigate
its dispute, a Ninth Circuit
panel ruled last week. Else-
where:
tive and Native Hawaiian
communities, according to
the Senate Committee on In-
dian Affairs.
“More than $720 million
in federal funding is heading
to Native communities to
support Native-led climate
solutions and advance tribal
energy development,” said
Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii,
chair of the committee.
The recently signed Infla-
tion Reduction Act will bring
more than $720 million to
American Indian, Alaska Na-
MAC annual maintenance closure
The Madras Aquatic
Center will be closed
for annual mainte-
nance September 4-
26, and will reopen on
September 27 with
our school year
schedule, available on
the website:
macrecdistrict.com