Department: Administration (2023)

2023

General Council

Program Reports

Department: Administration

Program (Sub-Program) Name: Human Resources

Staff names/titles/contact information: Shannan Mehringer Human Resources Director

Summary: Good evening, the following is a list of accomplishments that have been completed

or are part of an ongoing process that are taken care of by the HR Department.

Started on April 24, 2023, and on my first day had to onboard not only myself but another

employee.

Assisted on the inventory of property buildings for insurance coverage, this year will be

analyzing the cost and coverage.

Created an onboarding packet to make things easier for onboarding purposes.

| created a PowerPoint for the new hires that was presented to our 2"4 quarterly all staff

meeting on June 29, 2023. Since | started, we have hired 27 new hires for various departments.

Created benefit packets for the ones that will be enrolled on their 91° day.

Open enrollment was in the month of November. We enrolled back with Pacific Source and no

longer under the Bend Chamber of Commerce-Providence Health Plan.

| have enrolled 15 employees. Had about 45 employees attended the open enrollment meeting

on November 14, 2023

Updated all the employee files and organized all the term files. Updated the I-9 books for the

terms and current employees. Updated job descriptions to all be ina uniformed format.

We have safety meetings every month.

| attended 2 job fairs with the Harney Country Chamber on August 24 and November 2.

Been working with finance to make sure all benefits are being paid and assisting with Audit.

Completed salary compensation and working on updating the job descriptions with the GS pay

grades.

Reviewing and analyzing the recruitment on indeed and other websites that can reach the

workforce.

General Council report for year 2024

Department: Administration

Program (Sub-Program) Name: Finance

Staff names/titles/contact information:

Nalani Harvey — Staff Accountant (full-time)

Lynda Fine — Staff Accountant (full-time)

Cessilee Meters — Staff Accountant (full-time)

Paula lang — Accounts receivable clerk (part-time)

List accomplishments in concise form — one to two sentence(s). Fill in as many or as few

lines as you need to accurately reflect the accomplishments of the Program (Sub-Program).

In 2023 the Finance Department continued a path toward improving and becoming more

effective to better help all others run more efficiently. At the beginning of the year, we had a

huge turnover in employees and have had a couple of role changes as well as several new

employees joining our team. Nalani Harvey has moved from administrative assistant to a Staff

accountant position We have gained Lynda Fines knowledge back as a full time Staff accountant,

Cessilee Meyers as a full-time staff accountant and Paula lang as a part time accounts receivable

clerk. We have all taken on multiple roles and responsibilities to try and get the finance

department back on track and make it a successful part of the Tribe as a whole.

We are working on getting the audits up to date and completed. As well as working on new ways

to get the finance department to run more smoothly. We have continuously worked on getting

things in order and all departments updated as requested. The finance department has worked

alongside HR to get our department positions filled so we can provide more assistance with all

funding sources coming in.

The finance department looks forward to continuously working towards getting things done and

working hard to get our departments all on the same page.

2023 Burns Paiute Tribe - Lease Compliance & Water Rights Annual Report

Department: Administration

Program Name: Lease Compliance & Water Rights

Staff Names/Contact information: Charisse Soucie ~ Lease Compliance Specialist

charisse.soucie@burnspaiute-nsn.gov & Water Rights

Burns Paiute Tribe

100 Pasigo St.

Burns, OR 97720

Phone: 541-573-8066

Fax: 541-573-2323

Funding Source: Carry-over 638 BIA Funds/Carry-over ARPA Funds/ Administration

Scope of work:

Position did not receive funding from the BIA this year, but did apply for year end

funding just as it has the previous few years.

Prepared/Updated/Corrected and submitted homesite leases. Assisted individual land

owners and with maps to allotments, & provided copies of executed leases. Continued

working with individuals with interest in allotment lands, and or homes on the

reservation. Worked on updating leases in the lower and upper housing areas.

Conducted allotment inspections and monitored them for compliance. Treatment and

identification of noxious weeds on the reservation, and other duties as required.

Accomplishments:

e Conducted field visits to the allotments to monitor for violations such as trespass,

extended unauthorized use, and overstocking on allotments. One report to be

submitted to the Warm Springs Agency Realty department for corrective action.

e Assisted with HUD-184 documents for (2) First time home buyers

e Continued to work on funding for an over-due legal land survey, as GPS readings

have identified incorrect boundary lines and incorrect corner markers between

private and allotment boundaries.

e Attended the Regional IAC Meeting in Las Vegas, NV and was able to retrieve

resources that may be beneficial to the tribe, to apply for grant funding

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2023 Burns Paiute Tribe - Lease Compliance & Water Rights Annual Report

2024 Goals

Seek additional dollars for a Legal Land Survey

Request an updated assessment and appraisal from BIA for allotted lands

Continue to study noxious weed identification, and treatment methods.

Researching funding opportunities for signage, gates, fencing, and equipment

upgrades.

5. Attend drone training to better conduct allotment inspections in areas that are

hard to access.

6. Audit current homesite leases for compliance.

7. Prepare for 2025-2030 Allotment bids.

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General Council report for year 2024

Department: Facilities

Program (Sub-Program) Name: N/A

Staff names/titles/contact information: Kenneth Mehringer/ Facilities Director

Todd Richards/Custodian, Eric Juhola/ Maintenance, Robert Mc Cloud/ PT-Maintenance,

Cheyenne First Raised/Maintenance

List accomplishments in concise form — one to two sentence(s). Fill in as many or as few

lines as you need to accurately reflect the accomplishments of the Program (Sub-Program).

e Westarted and finished replacing the flooring in the Natural Resources trailer.

e We completed the stripping in the parking lots Gathering Center and Admin.

e Weassisted with the annual Pow Wow.

e We acquired a new John Deere zero turn mower.

e We had the overhead door replaced in the Maintenance shop.

e We repaired a water leak under the EPA trailer.

e We stripped and refinished the Gathering center floor.

e We repaired 3” main water line at the pump house.

e Remodeled the mop room in the Gathering Center

e We winterized water heaters at TC trailer and EPA Trailer.

e We had vendor repair leak in the pump house.

e We had Gordons Heating and Air replace units at the Admin.

e We had Gordons Heating and Air replace units at the Armory.

e Wehad Gordons Heating and Air inspect units at Natural Resources/EPA/Council

Trailer.

e We have been working with the Engineering firm Wenaha Group for the upcoming

projects on the Health Clinic, Gathering Center, Armory, and Downtown Building.

e We have started to re-painting the Admin Building and the railing.

e Repainted part of the exterior of the Gathering Center.

e Repaired damage on the awning on the Gathering Center.

e We sealed the wood at RV Park office.

e Weassisted in repairing the John Deere Tractor.

e Weassisted in having a sensor replaced on the water tower and increased the water

volume in the water tower to increase the water pressure by 5-10psi.

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e We assisted in the purchase of an Excavator.

e Wehad meeting with IHS on upgrades to our water System.

e We laid mulched at the Health Clinic.

e Weare scheduled to install a filtration system at Beech Creek.

e Weare currently building to be 100% efficient with all minor projects.

e Weare working with the different departments to help achieve their project goals,

Funding Source(s):

Department: Administration

Program Name: Information Technology

Staff Names / Contact Information: Jonathan Mocan

jonathan.mocan2@burnspaiute-nsn.gov

Jonathan Mocan — IT Director

Brian Terrill —!T Support

Andi Harmon — IT Support

Burns Paiute Tribe

100 Pasigo St.

Burns, OR 97720

Summary

Good day, | hope everyone is healthy and well. Attached is a summary of major projects either

implemented by the IT Department or managed by the IT Department. My thanks go out to

everyone that helped support IT in getting these projects off the ground and going. We could not

have done it without the support of other departments and staff.

Some of these projects are still ongoing but in the final stages of their status. This list does not

include IT’s daily operations as well as smaller projects that were done throughout the year.

Again, a big thanks to all departments and staff for assisting with IT to make this all happen. The

IT Department looks forward to working with everyone 2024. Be safe and be well.

Accomplishments

NTIA Burns Butte Tower:

The IT Department has moved forward with getting the 195 foot tower going on Burns Butte, 2023 saw

the start of the NEPA and Permit process as well as coordination with local state and county agencies.

The NEPA process is estimated to take till Spring of 2024 while SHPO processes the needed filings and

reports.

Some things that need to be done is the road evaluation by Day Wireless, pole and line removal and

move by OTEC and then actual ordering of the tower.

Status: Ongoing

Capital Funds Project Grant: Towers for IT to NR:

Installed and finished two 50 foot towers at IT and NR locations. This updated a slow and failing line from

80MB to 65OMB. It also updated the connection from IT to Police as well. System was fully installed in

November of 2023.

Status: Finished

ACP grant:

Awarded ACP grant award to hire on a digital navigator for help in the community. Grant will pay for one

year of labor and events to help provide insight and training to local community.

Status: Ongoing

Water tower line upgrade:

Upgraded the dry line from pump house to water tower, included a new digital connection allowing the

line to go through Tribal infrastructure reducing down time due to shorts in the old line. This involved

installing point to point microwaves to the pump house and working with POA to install the controller for

the new unit.

Status: Finished

Jones Flood:

Assisted in moving assets and re adjusting things like camera and network resources to keep Jones up

and operational. This was adding additional cameras, moving network resources from the bunk house to

link the shop, and double checking on any possible damage.

Other actions were to give recorded footage of the event to NR and other agencies for review.

Status: Ongoing

Funding Source(s):

General:

. NTIA Grant

. CFP Grant

. ACP Grant

. Administration/Indirect

General Council Report for Year ending 2023.

Wadatika Health Center (WHC) — Twila Teeman, Health Director

Amy Dobson- Tribal Public Health Project Coordinator; Rachel Hofman- Registration Clerk; Shelley

Richards- Medical Billing Clerk; Pamela Lindgren- Tribal Nurse; Randall Lewis- Warehouse Manager

(Commodity Foods); and Victor Johson- Health Transporter.

Wadatika Health Center is funded by Indian Health Service and Commodity Food Program is funded

through USDA.

WHC accomplished the following:

Barbara Rothgeb, NP, continues to work at WHC every Wednesday from 8 am to 12 noon. Most of

our health care is through purchased referred care. We had 49 clinics with an average of 6 to 7

patients being seen. Telehealth continues to be an option for those patients requesting medical and

mental health services. WHC has been collaborating with Social Services in working with Dr. Anitra

Warrior for mental health services and referrals for in-patient treatment services and prescriptive

treatment facilitated by Barbara Rothgeb, NP. 25 WIC clinics were held with low client count as a new

WIC person was hired at the Harney County Health Department. Every other Wednesday massage

clinic was held and is always full of a total of 20 clinics being held. Monthly foot care clinic is offered

for elders and diabetics. 25 nutritional classes were offered with WHC Certified Diabetes Educator or

as requested by patients.

Dental services continue to be our top expense with prescriptions coming in second. 660 purchase

orders were issued for referred care. Approximately 250 patients were assisted with gas cards to

attend their medical appointments in Bend and Portland, OR for specialty care.

Healthy Heart awareness day was held in February along with March Diabetes Awareness Day. Blood

pressure and blood glucose check clinics were offered both times. Education/prevention articles are

placed in the weekly tribal newsletter throughout the year.

Blood borne pathogen training took place in person June 27th with Shawn Blackshear, IHS Sanitarian,

with a total of 22 participants and 25 people taking the Food Handlers class. Sanitation inspections of

several tribal buildings were done including the RV park buildings.

Completion of our fully integrated Electronic Health Records has resulted in increased specialist

referral processes and increased efficiency in patient billing and scheduling.

We continue to work with the Harney County Health Dept to get tribal community members and staff

immunized for Covid-19. We hand out the self-home Covid-19 tests as requested along with masks

and other protective equipment. Flu and Covid vaccine clinic were held November 11 with low

attendance.

The walk/run was held on June 3rd with 49 people attending. WHC provided a healthy breakfast. The

health fair was held on July 7*" with 50 people in attendance. July 18" CDE did a Wellness Warrior for

the month with the tribal children — 19 children participated.

Breast CA Awareness was held in October and Diabetes Awareness in November. Wear pink day was

held Oct 6" for breast cancer awareness.

The Tribal Public Health Modernization project health assessment was done in March and presented

to the tribal community. Our prioritization is some infrastructure that needs to be completed. This

project was done in collaboration with NWPAIHB and the Oregon Health Authority.

The tribal nurse collaborated with Social Services regarding sexual assault medica services available to

survivors.

Staff attended various training/meetings via Zoom. WHC staff participated in various activities

sponsored by the other tribal depts.

Community Health Representative (Deborah DeLaRosa) activities:

80 home visits to tribal community, provided transportation for patients to Bend (50 times) and 10

times for eye appointments for patients without their own transportation.

80 prescriptions were picked up and delivered to patients. Helped patients call in refills as requested.

Norco oxygen supplies were delivered 5 times a month.

40 transport for dental services in Burns and to Bend were done.

Provided Elders transportation to tribal activities and delivered meals to homebound. Assisted Elders

with home care tasks such as cooking, packing in wood and starting wood stove fires, light

housekeeping, and helped when requested to do daily exercise when recovering from injuries.

Conducted blood pressure checks. Received 20 calls from the community for emergency checks on

Elders.

Assisted with weekly clinics as requested.

Assisted with 6 tribal funerals helping the family with various tasks.

Assisted with the various activities Wadatika Health Center provided to the tribal community — Health

Fair Dental booth, Women’s Breast Cancer event (30 ladies, 1 man), Tribal Carnival,

CHR position is being advertised as Deborah left her position and moved November 28, 2023

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Department: Housing Department

Staff name/titles/contact information:

Gabe First Raised, Housing Director, gabe. firstraised@burnspaiute-nsn.gov, 541-589-4055

Dillin Holtby, Housing Maintenance Assistant, dillin.holtby@burnspaiute-nsn.gov, 541-589-1559

James Crawford, Housing Maintenance Supervisor, james.crawford@burnspaiute-nsn.gov, 541-589-0601

Accomplishments:

Trainings:

e Developing & Financing Infrastructure Training- Focus on how to develop and finance housing

and infrastructure projects.

e Manufactured Home Park Development Training- Attended a tour of Palm Harbor Manufactured

Home Plant, discussed potential project for Burns Paiute to develop manufactured home park.

Oregon Housing and Community Services: Tribal Housing Block Grant for Oregon’s 9 Tribes: Attended

bi-weekly work groups for the purpose of exploring the creation of state funded block grant. The

workgroup comprised of subject matter experts, tribal housing leaders, and human services leaders. At

its heart, THBG would allow for any use of funding related to housing and housing instability that falls

within range of OHCS programs.

Oregon Housing and Community Services: BAFI-NATO: The 9 Tribes of Oregon were allocated funds

from OHCS to develop programs to assist our community members who are homeless or at risk of

homelessness. BPHD has approved policy & procedures in place for our pilot programs, Homeless

Prevention Assistance Program, as well as our Emergency Shelter Program. Renovation of the duplex

property began in early March and was completed in September. Studio home repairs initiated in early

December and completed by the end of the year.

Oregon Housing and Community Services: Down Payment Assistance: Providing down payment

assistance to further alternative homeownership opportunities to serve all tribal members. The Tribe

installed four, 3-bedroom 2 bath, energy efficient manufactured homes. These four brand new units are

turn-key ready for Tribal members to move in once qualified for loan. The Tribal Council approved that

these four homes would be advertised for sale at market or appraised value to Tribal members thru the

HUD 184 Home Loan program. All revenues generated from these homes will be used to further

advance future housing development opportunities.

Indian Community Development Block Grant FY18- Exterior rehabilitation of 26 single-family homes,

each home will have existing roof repair or replaced, siding repaired as needed, painted with a latex

exterior paint, and trim around doors and windows will be repaired or replaced as needed.

Funding Source(s):

FY23 Indian Housing Block Grant

OHCS/State of Oregon

FY18 Indian Community Development Block Grant

General Council Program Report 2023 | Natural Resources Department

Staff:

Trey Wall — Director (Current — into 2024)

Calla Hagle — Director (2023)

Rhonda Holtby — Office Administrator

Jason Fenton — Environmental Program Manager

Brandon Haslick — Fisheries Program Manager

Matthew Hanneman — Wildlife Program Manager

Andrew Beers — Environmental Specialist

Rebecca Fritz — Fisheries Biologist

Collin Williams — Wildlife Biologist

Lucas Samor — Jonesboro Site Manager

Director & Administrative Assistant Accomplishments in 2023:

© Followed the 2023 Annual Work Plan which contains everything the Department is planning to do in

2023 and how each action meets the Tribe’s 2022 Strategic Plan. We continued to implement

mechanisms to increase Department resilience such as budgeting at the Department level and

conducting regular internal meetings at multiple levels.

° Staff were faced with a challenge in establishing an emergency response and long-term plan to

recover from the Jonesboro landslide and flood. We were able to help the Tribe in successfully

applying to FEMA disaster relief declaration by the US President which provides additional relief and

resources now and far into the future to continue short- and long-term recovery efforts. This work is

still ongoing.

* Staff provided assistance to the Tribal Council in various policy initiatives such as off-reservation

hunting tags, Malheur fishery, Hells Canyon MOU, FERC relicensing, Columbia River Treaty and

environmental compliance.

* The Highway 20 Wildlife Crossing Project was declared an Oregon Solutions project by Governor

Kotek and will now have professional facilitation and coordination support and a dedicated project

team from Oregon’s state agencies.

* NR Staff helped to host the 3-day Hells Canyon dam camping trip and jet boat tour in partnership

with C&H Department. We also helped in the Community Garden and hosted several tribal

community events and outreach activities.

Environmental Program Accomplishments in 2023:

* Participated in various meetings that pertain to Tribal Health. Solid waste on the reservation lands is

one of the major issues the Environmental Department has been dealing with. Our department is a

member of an organization (TS WAN) that will help with solid waste issues.

* Maintained the two dumpsters on the Kassler Property. Averaging one garbage dumpster every three

weeks and two pickup loads of recycle a week.

e Secured funding for FY 2024.

* Reviewed several small grants for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB). These grants

help improve the watershed in our area.

* Collected 5 months of data from the Silvies River at three different sites. At each site Dissolved

Oxygen, Turbidity, and pH were collected. This is the 11th year that the data has been collected. This

data is needed to have something to back up the claim that the Silvies River is in need of water

quality help. The data will be collected for at least two more years.

* Worked on the Jones flood damage several times since June.

* Attended several air quality conferences and continued to build that knowledge in the program.

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Fisheries Program Accomplishments in 2023:

Sponsored and monitored the release of approximately 200 adult Chinook salmon to continue the

tribal ceremonial fishery, now in its 8th year.

Removed 1,458 invasive brook trout from the Malheur Subbasin at High Lake (gillnetting) and Lake

Creek (electroshocking). Have removed about 14,000 since 2015.

Mapped, measured, photographed, and took flows and eDNA samples from the upper Lake Creek

drainage to help with rotenone treatment planning. Treatment to be conducted in 2024.

Worked with the Forest Service to gather baseline data on fish, amphibian, and macroinvertebrate

populations before a large riparian restoration project on Summit Creek. Also assisted in the fish and

mussel salvage efforts before the project commenced.

Continued to monitor brook trout presence and range expansion in the North Fork Malheur and

monitored summer water temperatures.

Conducted bull trout spawning surveys in the North Fork with partners.

Participated in the tribal youth field trip to Hells Canyon and sponsored a fishing trip to Trout Farm.

Voiced support for salmon and steelhead reintroduction plans for the Upper Snake River to be

incorporated into the FERC relicensing for the Hells Canyon Dam complex.

Wildlife Program Accomplishments in 2023:

Filled two vacancies by hiring a new Wildlife Program Manager and Rangeland Ecologist.

Malheur River Wildlife Mitigation Site & Logan Valley Wildlife Mitigation Site: Completed

numerous and diverse projects such as avian point counts; nest box monitoring and bird banding;

amphibians surveys; controlled invasive plants by spraying and mowing; stream photo points;

collected sagebrush seed for propagation in 2024; planted 409 riparian plants along the Malheur River

with volunteers from Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA); planted 1000 upland plants with

volunteers from Portland Audubon; seeded approximately 1000 acres via helicopter, and monitored

Oregon Semaphore grass in collaboration with the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station.

Allocated significant time and effort to post-disaster clean-up after the landslide at the MRWMS

headquarters independently and in collaboration with FEMA.

At the Tribe’s Beech Creek property Wildlife Program staff continued or completed the following

projects: nest box monitoring and bird banding; perimeter fence repairs; attended Beech Creek

Committee meetings.

Wildlife Program staff held educational opportunities by banding American kestrels with Tribal

Stewards and US Forest Service staff. Staff also assisted Fisheries Program staff with the ceremonial

salmon release event and their ongoing brook trout removal work at High Lake.

Wildlife Program staff represented the Burns Paiute Tribe at several conferences including the Society

for Range Management conference in Boise, ID in February 2023, the Oregon Chapter of The

Wildlife Society annual conference held in Bend, OR in February 2023, and the Raptor Research

Association annual conference held in Albuquerque, NM in October 2023.

Secured funding for FY 2024.

General Council Program Report 2023 | Natural Resources Department

Natural Resources Department Funding in 2023 (funding currently used):

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Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation (Columbia River Basin Coordination) - Funded yearly.

(approx. $41,000 each FY)

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Repairs of NR Building) - Grant. ($10,000 in FY23)

Meyer Memorial Trust Grant (Department Operations & Legal Counsel) — ($186,661, used

$56,009 in FY 23)

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Climate Adaptation Community Outreach/Travel) — Grant. ($14,493,

used $2,421 in FY 23)

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Clean Water Act Section 106 Water Quality Grant -Funded yearly. ($65,000)

Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality Travel ($15,000)

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Bonneville Power Administration (Resident Fish) — Funded yearly. ($266,000)

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Invasive Fish Project) ($99,287, used $9,000 in FY 23)

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Bonneville Power Administration (Jonesboro) - Funded yearly. ($357,505)

Bonneville Power Administration (Logan Valley) - Funded yearly. ($161,434)

Project-generated revenue: Natural Resources Conservation Service CSP (Jonesboro, Logan

Valley, Beech Creek) - Funded based on contracted work. ($356.952/$24,527/$7,016.50);

Natural Resources Conservation Service CREP (Jonesboro, Logan Valley, Beech Creek) -

Funded based on contracted work ($18,531/$25,592/$25,516)

NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant — Three-year funded project. ($36,294, used $11,615 in

FY23)

High Desert Partnership Grant — Two-year funded project ($129,536, used $102,011 in FY23)

Fish and Wildlife Partnership Grant—Three-year funded project. ($149,261, used $144,261 in

FY23)

Congressional Directed Spend Request for Highway 20 Wildlife Crossing Project. ($940,000,

used $0 in FY23)

United States Fish and Wildlife Tribal Wildlife Grant — Four-year funded project. ($199,532,

used $40,382 in FY23)

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General Council Report 2023

Department:

Planning & Economic Development Department

Staff names/titles:

Keith MacGeagh — Interim Community & Economic Development Director (Since October 2023) & Business

Development Specialist

Logan Hunt — Economic Development Coordinator/RV Park Manager

Carla Teeman — Transit Specialist

Darrell Stamps — Grant Writer

Suzanne Settle — Emergency/Fire Management Coordinator

Vacant -- Planner

Vacant — Small Business Outreach Coordinator

The BPT has both a ‘Community & Economic Development Strategic Plan: 2015-2025’ and a ‘Community

Comprehensive Strategic Plan: 2015.’ Both plans, are community driven and identify a number of priority projects

to improve the economic vibrancy and overall quality of life.

1. Business Development 2023 — The goal is to increase the number of small businesses owned and

operated by Tribal members and the Tribally owned businesses.

a. The department continues to support Tribal entrepreneurs by hosting various learning

opportunities to include Building Native Communities — Financial Skills for Families, ONE

Program, Accounting 101, Youth Entrepreneurial Summer Camp and one-on-one technical

assistance. To-date we have provided over 190 technical assistance hours to 18 individuals and

opened 2 Individual Development Accounts (IDA). The ‘Small Business Outreach Coordinator’

position is vacant at this time.

b. The department is currently managing ‘Old Camp RV Park.’ The park completed upgrades this

year to include exterior painting of restrooms, landscaping, and updating tree planters.

Developed a marketing plan and will seek to implement the plan in 2024.

c. Staff and attorney worked to complete the Business Code and LLC Code for the Burns Paiute

Tribe. This code was accepted and adopted by Tribal Council in September.

d. Tribal Council also authorized and created the Wada Holding Company under the Business Code.

Tribal Council will act as the interim Board until new Board Members are elected and will seek to

capitalize the company in 2024.

e. Staff have worked on Foley Field to get it prepped for cultivation in 2024. Pivot irrigation has

been purchased and will be installed in Q1 2024. Alfalfa or other marketable crops to be grown.

f. Received a $900,000 ICDBG grant for the Downtown building.

g. Hired the Wenaha Group to manage construction projects for Health Center, Gathering Center,

Armory Building and Downtown Building.

h. Old Camp Warehouse to be re-envisioned as a Business Park with potentially 3 new businesses to

be located inside. This will require grant funding to renovate and update the space.

i. Staff set up the Casino Task Force to determine the viability of restarting the BPT Casino. Task

Force commissioned a Feasibility Study and determined the high interest rate environment was

not suitable for start-up at Old Camp. An additional feasibility study was commissioned for a

Casino Resort & Entertainment Project near Foley Field.

2. Community Development 2023 — The goal is to improve the local quality of life through community

planning to develop Tribal goals/projects to be completed.

a. Staff have engaged with Tribn LLC to complete the Tribes first ‘Comprehensive Economic

Development Strategy (CEDS.).’ The draft plan has completed its 30-day comment period. The

final draft with suggested edits will be presented to Tribal Council for formal adoption in Q1

2024.

General Council Report 2023

Staff partnered with Dept. of Energy to create the BPT Strategic Energy Plan (SEP). Received an

Energy Fellow who will work on Community Solar, Grid Resilience and Energy related economic

development projects.

Staff partnered with the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture school as part of a

project with the National Parks for Old Camp. The result was a Completed Old Camp Historic Park

Plan with strong feedback and support from the local community.

Received $10k Roundhouse Grant for Food Sovereignty and conducted FEAST meetings and

projects.

Received a $1.8Million grant for the Armory remodel to upgrade the roof and add solar panels to

make the building a resiliency hub.

Staff have worked with BIA and First Tribal Lending on the sale of Yapa Homes and renting of

Yapa Homes to critical staff.

3. Fire / Emergency Management: The goal is to ensure that the Burns Paiute Tribe is fully prepared to

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Position was filled in late July with the hiring of Suzanne Settle.

She has worked with Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office to confirm the $500,000 Wildfire

Management received July 7°", 2023. That has helped pay salary as well as purchase the minitracked excavator for flood & wildfire mitigation.

Secured the Emergency Management Program Grant for $62,500 for salaries and program costs

to include vehicle maintenance, supplies, community outreach and travel.

Completed drafts for the Wildfire Management Program Plan and the Emergency Operations

Plan which expired in 2014 and should be updated every 2 years.

Completed and was awarded in December $36,500 from Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Public

Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Grant to cover the balance of salary and program costs,

supplies, community outreach and travel. This is an annual grant.

In October staff worked with ODEM to redirect 2 State Homeland Security Grants for $25,000

each The grants have been redirected for preparedness items for every member of the Tribe and

every household of the Tribe as well as emergency kits for every office on the Reservation.

Staff is working with Natural Resources Department on the Jonesboro incident with FEMA Public

Assistance and FEMA Hazard Mitigation and community outreach.

Staff is working on bringing the BIA Roads Transportation Improvement Plan. This is supposed to

be updated annually and was last updated and submitted in 2000. We did get the Old Cemetery

Road graded in October and have a quote to get the New Cemetery Road graded and graveled

and BIA is aware that this is a priority project for the Tribe. Past due reports and audits must be

completed before funding is released.

4. Planning & Grant Writing: The goal is to ensure that the Burns Paiute Tribe can plan for the long-term

success of the Tribe through a master land use plan and to apply for and win private and public grants.

a.

b.

Received the ANA SEDS grant for $1.2 million over 3 years to hire a planner and develop a lands

plan and inventory for the Burns Paiute Tribe.

Hired Darrell Stamps in June to serve as the Grant Writer for the Burns Paiute Tribe.

5. Transit: The goal is to ensure that the department provides the highest level of transportation service for

the growing needs of the Burns Paiute Tribe.

a.

b.

Hired an external accountant to comply with grant requirements and to make the Tribe eligible

for further funding.

Staff attended Transit Conference and received a Oregon State Rural Transportation scholarship

to cover the costs.

Purchased New van for $100,000 in November to add to current fleet.

General Council Report for Year 2023

Department: CULTURE & HERITAGE

Program (Sub-Program) Name:

1) Cultural Resource Consultation Review & Compliance Program

a. Tribal Historic Preservation Office

b. Tribal Aboriginal Lands Protection

2) Wadatika Neme Yaduan Nobi Language Program (WNYN)

3) Education Program

a. Higher and Adult Education Programs/Youth Opportunity Program (YOP)

b. Tuwakii Nobi Youth Program

c. Tehzi Tuaki Tehsutabe’i (TTT) Preschool

Staff Names/Titles/Contact Information:

Diane L. Teeman - C&H Dept. Director (FT/Perm) 541-413-1190

Vanessa Bahe — Review & Compliance Program Administrative Specialist (FT/Perm) 541-573-8007

Lindsey Dick - WNYN; Language Coordinator (FT/Perm) 541-413-1380

Elise Adams - Tuwakii Nobi; Youth Program Coordinator (FT/Perm) 541-589-2428

Vacant — Review & Compliance; GIS Archaeologist (FT/Perm)

Vacant — Education; Education Program Manager (FT/Perm)

Elizabeth Smith - Education; Education Specialist (FT/Perm) 541-573-8098

Kaydee Wall — TTT-Tuwakii Nobi; Teacher Pre-k to 12" grade (FT/Perm) 541-573-8094

Emily Rubinstein - Review & Compliance; Archaeologist (on-call/remote)

Lonnie Teeman - Review & Compliance; Lead Arch Tech/R&C Asst. (On-call)

Methius Barney- - Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Diane Browning - Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Jolene Snapp — Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Marissa Weaselboy - Review & Compliance; arch Tech (On-call/remote)

Myra Peck — Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Derek Hawley — Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Cecilia Phoenix — Review & Compliance; Arch Tech (On-call)

Rhonda Holtby — Tuwakii Nobi; Youth Program Asst. (Part-time)

Robin Holtby — Tuwakii Nobi; Youth Program Asst. (Part-time)

List accomplishments in concise form — one to two sentence(s). Fill in as many or as few lines as

you need to accurately reflect the accomplishments of the Program (Sub-Program).

e In 2023 we provided protective measures for nine Ancestral burials. Three reburials were

completed and the remaining six are in-progress. Discussion for disposition of “culturally

unaffiliated” Ancestors held at UO are underway as well.

e A Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) received FY2023 THPO Program funding for

approved on-reservation archaeological review & compliance evaluations, archival work, and

other cultural outreach activities.

e We completed tribal cultural survey in numerous counties within our aboriginal lands. We

completed survey and monitoring contracts and agreements for undertakings in Malheur, Harney,

and Lake Counties, and are securing more including work in our tribal traditional cultural

properties.

e We have responded to and monitored numerous emergency hazardous material clean-up in areas

deemed high probability for cultural resources in Malheur, Lake, and Harney counties.

e Weare continuing multi-year negotiations for undertakings and land management activities at:

Tucker Hill, Lake Abert, Fort Rock, B2H, Glass Butte, Warner Valley, Tukwahone,’ Grassy

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Mountain, Grizzly, Jindalee, Malheur Refuge, Delamar, New Oregon, and others. We are also

engaging in the Hells Canyon Complex relicensing discussions as it relates to tribal culture. Each

are expected to result in further heritage protection activities.

We successfully presented resolutions to Tribal Council to support short range to long term

language and culture revitalization efforts.

We sponsored numerous tribal community activities (local, Idaho, California, Nevada, and in-field

in Oregon) to foster increased relationships between our families and our lands and ecosystem.

We held monthly language activity nights and Elder Language Circle luncheons.

We planted chokecherry and Elderberry starts with tribal elders and USFS personnel on USFS

lands and made chokecherry plants available to tribal community members.

We participated in the Tribal History/Shared History efforts and presented at schools/conferences.

We co-sponsored the Tribal Community Gardens Activities including helping Elders with

rototilling, providing a community rototiller for check-out, and administering a Facebook Page for

the community to share their gardening tips and progress.

We co-sponsored with other tribal departments and programs the Christmas holiday activities.

We provided various Elder supports with our technicians helping in the colder seasons.

We successfully continued our TTT pre-kindergarten language and cultural immersion school and

anticipate receiving preschool promise funding to support the effort.

We continued to offer the Wadatika Neme Yaduana App for all standard platforms and will be

scoping an additional on-line platform for Neme Yaduana language access in 2024.

We provide annual support for qualified higher education and adult education students, and we

also developed and made available.

We provided vocation schooling support and job assistance support to qualified applicants.

We continued a collaborative project with a graduate student to provide an on-line virtual reality

opportunity for people around the world to visit our lands and learn about our people, culture, and

history. Old Camp of the 1930’s will be available in virtual reality in 2024.

We continued co-sponsorship of the “Our Ancestors’ Walk of Sorrow Project” research and plan

to visit Ft. Simcoe spring of 2024.

We sponsored the Return of Boise Valley People BPT contingent with the assistance of other

departments and community.

We sponsored the BPT Annual Pow Wow with the support of other departments and community

volunteers.

We conducted National Archives retrieval and plan to send a team to collect more in 2024.

Funding Source(s):

-Federal and Private Contracts

-Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs), and Memoranda of Agreements (MOAs)

-Federal, State, and Private Grants

-Bureau of Indian Affairs 638 Funding

-Restitution Payments from cultural crimes convictions

-Philanthropic Organization and Individual Private Donations.

Thank you Burns Paiute Tribal Community for making this a successful year with many wonderful

experiences together. Our 2024 prospects in culture & heritage education, protection, and

revitalization ar looking great! Be safe and well!

- The C&H Team

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Department: Administration

Program Name: Social Services

Staff Names / Contact Information: James St Martin

James.Stmartin@burnspaiute-nsn.gov

Teresa Cowing, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program

Kristeny Soucie, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program

Shayla Barney, General Assistance Administrator/Childcare Program Coordinator

Vanessa Gonzalez, Problem Gambling Assistant

Steven Smartt, Tobacco Assistant

Michelle Bradach, Mental Health Coordinator

Desiree Sam, Suicide Prevention

Jessique Jim, CADC-R

Jody Richards (January — October 2023), Tribal Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention Prog & JCP

Burns Paiute Social Services Department

2023 list of accomplishments

The Social Services Program has experienced changes that have affected departmental function.

Mid-year Pam Cady the Social Services mental health coordinator resigned. . The program

offered the position to Michelle Bradach who was employed in the social services department in

years past.

Jody Richards, after 8 years of prevention work, has resigned to work for tribal council. This

position

is presently vacant.

e Michelle completed the efforts to put Dr. Anitra Warrior and Annette Chastain (LCSW)

under contract for to creation of a mental health program. Dr. Warrior had been seeing

clients via zoom. This service appears to be a program (therapy) that is seen as useful to

the membership.

e Michelle also completed the negotiations with Annette Chastain to come on-site to do

projects and activities.

e This year’s two members were hired to cut the wood pile up and deliver the wood to

elders. A total of 8 tribal elder members received a cord of wood.

e Five ICWA Clients received small financial assistance in the form of gas cards and gift

cards.

e 15clients received gift or gas cards from the social services fund.

e InApril Jim St. Martin traveled to Washington DC to co-present at the annual National

Child Welfare League of American. Topic: How ICWA was working in Harney County.

e In June, Jim St. Martin, Desiree Sam and Steven Smart traveled to North Dakota to attend

Jon Eagle’s Equine Therapy training program.

e In July a tobacco Prevention retreat was held at Logan Valley for about 35 tribal children.

Dr. John Spence came and held a 2 day Equine Therapy program there. All of the kids

said they really like the program.

e Aj Goins and Kevin Simmons were here in September to teach Motivational Interviewing

(M.L.).

e ICWA -— 19 staffing’s with ODHS or case reviews with ODHS. 4 appearances in State

Court, 7 LICWAC meetings here at the reservation, 3 ICWA 9 tribes quarterly meetings, I

sat on a ODHS job interview as a panelist in Burns.

e [attended the National Indian Child Welfare Association Conference in Reno NV. With

Jody Richards, and Desiree Sam.

e Other ICWA contacts with representatives from other Tribes. 3 District 14 quarterly

meetings here, I presented at the CWLA. 4 BIA Quarterly ICWA Reports. There no tribal

children in foster care.

e 4 Meetings with Symmetry Care to set up the CADC I training program.

e [have been working Julie Johnson, OHA to acquire additional slots for more CADC I

training.

e Social Services and Cultural Heritage came together to hold the Annual Christmas

Dinner. I had my staff count the number of people who came (100) ate and watched the

handing out of presents to the children.

Program: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program

The Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program is funded by Grants from ODHS/SIP,

VAWA, VOCA, ODSVS.

The program helps victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault to get out of an abusive

relationship.

The program staff helped with several of the Prevention activities. We attended the BPT Health

Fair where we had our program information and the program staff handed out MMIW shirts.

The program served 10 clients in the year 2023.

ODHS/SIP- Oregon Department of Human Services — Survivor Investment Partnership

VAWA- Violence Against Women Act

VOCA- Victims of Crime Act

ODSVS- Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services

VAWA, VOCA and ODSVS is provided by DOJ- Department of Justice

Program (Sub-Program) Name: General Assistance/Childcare

e Anew plan for the childcare program was approved for 2023-2025, worked with

Regional Administrator.

Bi-monthly meetings with Regional Administrator to go over program as well as trying to

get the Safety Procedure plan together and complete for the childcare program.

Currently working on a policy for parents and providers to follow it includes safety

standards, basic information of what the program requires as well as home safety

standards such as smoke detectors, outlet covers, first aid kits, fire extinguisher,

sanitization, cleanliness, provider record keeping, emergency contacts etc.

Working on a providers “Survival Kit” which may include safe healthy learning

environment, Advance Physical, and Intellectual Competence by age with many learning

activities, Providers productive relationship with families that they provide their childcare

services to. The book will have many ideas to help provider, recipes to make healthy

food, maybe snack ideas, outdoor activities. I have started gathering information that I

can implement into this binder for the provider.

Currently have 2 families and 3 providers that are utilizing the childcare program, hoping

to have another family soon, have helped providers with sanitizing supplies, any

equipment needed to help with them providing their services.

Did do some babysitting during a training session that took place, we had a good number

of kids, in the future child care program would like to help to be able to provide the

services for such events, so parents can do the classes and trainings without having to

worry about childcare.

Did 12-hour training on Motivational Interviewing in September of 2023, along with

other tribes and state workers in attendance.

Training with Anitra

Helped with the youth camp that was held at the Lake Creek Camp, did many activities

with the youth who attended the camp.

Attended most of the monthly meetings with Harney Partners for kids.

Attended and had a booth at the Red Ribbon bonfire at the fairgrounds in October.

Helped with the Harvest family fair with different activities photo booth, pumpkin patch,

face painting, Carmel apple making, etc.

Help with the monthly elders luncheon that Social Services provides.

Trunk or treat for the kids, as well as helped with bucket of goodies for the little kids at

the community Halloween party.

Sponsored this year’s Christmas gifts for all local Native kids, we have about 73 children.

From ages 0-12" grade.

Provided school supplies and back packs to the local students who were in school, I do

believe we issued over 60+ back packs

Currently working with DHS on a program called Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund.

Referrals come from my office and are for native families that are on SNAP with a child

18 and under, who have specific need or crisis related to the COVID pandemic.

Helped plan and be involved with many of the events within the community that were

put on by prevention and the Social Services.

The General Assistance program is to help clients with becoming self-sufficient. Each

client is to work with the GA caseworker to develop an Individual Self-Sufficiency Plan

(ISP). The plan must outline the specific steps the individual will take to increase

independence by meeting the goal of employment.

Most of the year there have been 4 to 6 clients during one given month. Currently there

are six enrolled GA clients.

For General Assistance program the TANF payment amount is what we go off for the

standard payment for an adult in Oregon which is $339. The General Assistance is paid

out once a month usually the first week of each month.

Clients are then given an Activity Log that they track any volunteer work they may do,

their 4 weekly job searches, their A/D if applicable and any classes they may attend,

IMatch updates etc. The client knows what is expected of them and their responsibility to

keep in compliance with ISP. With non-compliance from any of the clients they will be

terminated for 30 days from the program and will then have to re-apply.

Gone over General Assistance program funds in September and October and came to find

that the General Assistance program depleted their funds, which caused us to have to

notify clients of funding, which caused them to be without of services for November and

December. Financials was a new learning experience and look forward to possible

keeping better track of funding stream.

Program: Problem Gambling

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My first day of work was on August 1, 2023

Currently taking free online training courses about Problem Gambling

Held “Family Bingo Night” in August, and Dodgeball in October; many community

members attended

Helped with Elders Lunch’s

Attended 15 hours in Motivational Interviewing training

Attended (2) Nine Tribes Quarterly Meetings (1 via Zoom)

Had the Prevention Tent set up at Pow Wow. Handed out giveaways such as

tshirts,pens,note pads,water bottles and coffee mugs with the tribes logo

Displayed information about Problem Gambling in public areas

Participated in Red Ribbon event, handed out a lot of “Proud to be Drug Free” items

Participated in the tribes 1* Harvest Fair, handed out goody bags that contained candy

and mini activity books

Participated in the Trunk r Treat as well as the Tribes Halloween Party,handed out more

goody bags

Attended the 2023 Oregon Suicide Prevention Conference

Training with Anitra Warrior

Participated in the Christmas Activity Day, made chocolate dipped marshmellows,

strawberries with the kids.

Submitted info about Problem Gambling for newsletter.

Will be ordering Budget Planners and End of life Planners, both will be available to

anyone interested.

I started as a part time employee and was offered a full time position, working for

Problem Gambling and Tobacco Prevention (soon will be full time for Tobacco

Prevention only)

Program (Sub-Program) Name: Suicide Prevention

Staff names/titles/contact information:

Desiree Sam

Suicide Prevention Coordinator

541-573-8033

Desiree.Sam2 @burnspaiute-nsn.gov

List accomplishments in concise form — one to two sentence(s). Fill in as many or as few

lines as you need to accurately reflect the accomplishments of the Program (Suicide).

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(Pictures from suicide vigil)

When Tribal offices were open, worked on youth/adult suicide prevention and early

intervention, to expand our services, to improve existing services, and create change.

Provided educational materials, collaborated with lead agencies using programs such as

988 and QPR for adults and youth.

Planned events for the community, outreach and education to community members and

youth in the schools.

Supported prevention program through outreach utilizing Facebook, newsletters, reader

board, flyers, and community meetings raising awareness regarding suicide prevention.

Assisted with QPR training for employees and community members for both adults and

youth.

Assisted putting together 400 prevention materials for Red-Ribbon for the elementary

and middle school to hand out. Also, had a booth with informational suicide prevention

game.

Helped with culture camp, cultural projects, and equine therapy.

Assisted in Native American Month event at local high school.

Attended Harney Partners meetings.

. Participated in several community activities, trunk or treat, Christmas gifts ete.

. Have met and are doing new picture with information for 988 and suicide awareness

billboard.

Program (Sub-Program) Name: Tobacco Prevention

We lost a couple of main employees in tobacco prevention. We had some difficulties in

conducting prevention activities. But we have a great Social Services Team that step in

and helps out.

Worked on youth/adult suicide prevention and early intervention, to expand our services,

to improve existing services, and create change.

Provided educational materials, collaborated with lead agencies using programs such as

“Zero Suicide,” and QPR for adults and youth.

Planned events for the community include Cancer Walk, Red-Ribbon, Indigenous Day

Dinner. Powwow and Native American Month performance.

Supported prevention program through outreach utilizing Facebook, newsletters, reader

board, flyers, local radio (kzhc) and community meetings raising awareness regarding

tobacco/Vaping prevention.

Assisted with QPR trainings for all employees and community members for both adults

and youth.

Assisted putting together 400 prevention materials for Red-Ribbon for the elementary

and middle school to hand out. Also Being on the local radio station kzhc talking about

tobacco as a medicine/ offering.

Helped with powwow club, cultural projects, and basketball camps and tournaments.

Worked on tobacco prevention project promoting smoke-free environments at the armory

and other Tribal facilities to include putting up no-smoking/ Vaping signs at the various

Tribal buildings.

Prevention Camp for youth Ages 10-18. Activities such as Equine Therapy, beading and

basketball and much more.

Training on Indigenous people, cultural awareness, ethics, and parenting concepts.

Source is Strength Trainer. Training middle and high school youth.

Attended Tobacco is medicine Conference, which got gifted Tobacco Starters. In October

we were able to harvest the Tobacco plant.

Held Sweat Lodge ceremony for Burns Paiute Native Community as well as tribal

employees. As well as having young ladies come in and learn how to cook. Preparing the

meal to eat after

Working on becoming an Equine Therapist through John Eagle (hunpapa souix) from

North Dakota. Currently 2 out of 3 sessions to be completed.

Helped put together approximately 90 backpacks for school age children and youth.

Attended Harney Partners meetings.

Participated in several community activities, trunk or treat, Thanksgiving food baskets,

Christmas gifts and food baskets, etc.

Picked up and helped coordinate food boxes for community members on 2 different

occasions throughout the year.

Cook Lunch For the tribal elders once a month. Talk about tobacco and the importance of

the tobacco plant.

Held daily activities for youth during Christmas break and introduced Source of Strength

(Suicide Prevention curriculum) to the kids.

Program: Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug

Prior to September 2023- Pam Cady operated the program. There was not a licensed

alcohol and drug staff in the alcohol and drug program since 2020. Referrals for clients

were done and the Tribal Opiod Grant was acted on as far as Narcan being ordered.

There were some activities with the community including some youth activities as well

as walking with elders. There were also some referrals made for mental health and some

one-on-one activities for mental health that took place.

Michelle started September 01, 2023.

Michelle Completed a waiver process for the alcohol and drug program license.

Currently Jessica Jim is working toward her CADC 1. She has completed the initial 150

hours required and is now working with Symmetry Care to provide services to clients.

Hopefully we will be able to have her start seeing clients on the reservation by February

2024. Currently we are coordinating with Symmetry Care for alcohol and drug services.

We are utilizing the TOR (Tribal Opiod response) Grant to work with clients for services

in their sobriety. We have offered two training courses to staff on Fentanyl, 12 people

attended. We offered one online to the community and as soon as we receive our

shipment of Narcan we will be doing in person community training. We have also

utilized this funding to refer and get treatment for 5 individuals in the community. We

have distributed 20 Narcan kits to BIA officers and community members.

All of the reports for TOR have been completed.

We work with the State of Oregon through contracts to be able to offer mental health

services to the community. Tribal Council approved a contract with Dr. Anitra Warrior a

psychologist for telehealth services on 09/25/2023. We adapted an office in the A/D

building in order to provide a space for telehealth services. We have space for 10 clients

a month and currently have 7.

Dr Warrior came in November and provided training to staff on mental health and selfcare. We then held a dinner and training provided by her on grief and mental health to

the tribal community including childcare being provided. 24 people attended this training

Tribal Council has also approved a contract in November for counselling and community

support with Annette Chastain, of Chastin Consulting. Annette will be in our community

at least once a month to provide child therapy, community training and work with the

equine therapy program when it starts.

We also entered into a contract with Conscious Discipline. Annette will also be helping

us with this. This is a parenting and teaching program to assist parents and teachers for

kids all ages. The first community event with conscious discipline will be held in

February 2024.

We have been involved in several community building and prevention activities

including candlelight vigil and walk for suicide prevention, Red Ribbon event, Harvest

fair, Distributed information and completed a survey at the Powwow, assisted with the

Indigenous dinner, held two canning classes, and participated in trunk or treat. We

helped with the community Christmas party as well as a ping pong event the end of the

month for adults.

We collaborated with Sakari Farms to bring back several squash and tomatillos as well

as hot sauce and onions. We held a class to process and can the tomatillos and prepared

the squash as part of the indigenous dinner, we also handed out the hot sauce at the

powwow. Tring to incorporate traditional foods and processing as part of a mental health

activities.

We are currently working with the State of Oregon and Tribal Council to develop a space

for sober living as well as additional alcohol and drug services, mobile crisis services

including peer support for 2024.

We will continue to incorporate tribal best practices into mental health as we can.

Staff are also being trained in 2025 in the Sources of Strength curriculum to be able to

offer a strength-based suicide prevention program to our youth. This is a collaboration

with the school district as we hope to be accessing some time with the youth in the

middle school and high school during school hours.

We worked with Amy Dobson and Carla Teeman to replace the bus stops, instead of a

project to improve them, new ones will be purchased.

29 surveys were completed at the Powwow with recommendations for several projects

and activities we are already doing as well as continuing to offer new ones. The basis for

most suggestions was gatherings- for a variety of physical activities as well as gatherings

to complete projects together. There were also suggestions for mental health and one on

one counseling for alcohol and drug as well as wellbriety meetings and parenting classes.

We will continue to offer activities that bring wellness into people’s lives, even if it is

just laughter that happens, as laughter is also medicine!

Merry Christmas elders, games and dinner!

Program: Tribal Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention Program and Juvenile Crime Prevention

Tribal Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention Program: 2023 Goals and objectives - To plan, implement

and evaluate strategies that prevent substance abuse by reducing risk factors and increasing protective

factors associated with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in Oregon Tribal Communities. Through

information dissemination, preventive education, alternative activities, community based processes and

environmental strategies, we hope to have positive outcomes. Support local youth in sports events by off

setting costs to families and paying sports fees.

Juvenile Crime Prevention: Goals and objectives - Provide preventative work with our youth, to

hope to avoid the juvenile justice system. The goal is to provide youth with opportunities and

tools to reduce the risk factors and increase protective factors. We want to provide support

academically, alternative activities and cultural activities that are positive and encourage family

engagement, community leadership, mentor leadership building and individual skill

development.

Outcomes: The Prevention department worked in collaboration with other Social Service,

Prevention and Diabetes Program to mee some of our goals.

Some activities included:

Teen Nights

Prevention Carnival

Youth Council meetings

Wrap Beaded Key Chains taught by Jody Richards

Kids/Family Fun Day — 35 youth in attendance

5 youth council attended UNITY

Prevention booth set up at Health Fair

Moccasin Making Class taught by Beulah Morgan

Summer Pow Wow Club

Tribal Best Practice Training, WSO

July 18", 21%, 25", August 1°, 4", - Wellness Warriors Running Club 19 youth

(coordinated with Amy Dobson, Diabetes Coordinator)

Chop Chop Cooking Class — 15 participants (coordinated with Amy Dobson, Diabetes

Coordinator)

July 26" — July 29" — BPT Youth Prevention Camp, Lake Creek — 30 youth

JCP SiteVisit

Casa Cool Down Outreach at county event — 80 participants

Water park trip to Meridian, ID, reward for Running Club- 8 qualifiers

Back to School Watermelon Feed Over 90 backpacks and supplies were handed out.

(Coordinated with Child Care Program and Parent Committee)

Earring making class taught by Jody Richards

Ribbon Skirt Class taught by Jody Richards

Regalia Making and Pow Wow Club

Informational booth at the Pow Wow

Red Ribbon event at Tuwakii Nobi

Harvest Fair

Halloween Party

Trunk or Treat