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Tribal Business Council of TAT - Regular Meeting held on July 19, 2001- Action Items-- Continued

JTAC II Task Force to develop a plan to pursue compensation for the Hospital that was lost due to the Garrison Dam.
The Tribal Business Council formally approved Resolution #01-183-MWJR which states in part:
"Whereas, The Three Affiliated Tribes also suffered the loss of a Hospital, when the U.S. Government acquired Tribal lands in 1949 for the purposes of constructing a dam, and the Tribal Business Council believes that the Tribes should be compensated for the loss of the Hospital; and
Now, therefore be it resolved, That the Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes hereby establishes the JTAC II Task Force Committee to develop a plan to pursue compensation for the Hospital that was lost in the acquisition of Tribal land by the U.S. Government in 1949 and to also pursue funding for the establishment of a Three Affiliated Tribes comprehensive healthcare facility.
Be it further resolved, That the JTAC II Task force Committee that will pursue compensation for the loss of the Hospital shall be comprised of the following:

  1. Tribal Chairman Tex Hall and Tribal Council Members Austin Gillette, Marcus Wells, Jr., and Mark Fox;
  2. Health & Human Resource Committee Members Randy Phelan, Daylon Spotted Bear, and Malcolm Wolf;
  3. The Director of the Three Affiliated Tribes Kidney Dialysis Unit;
  4. The Tribal Health Administrator of the Three Affiliated Tribes;
  5. One Board member from each of the six segment boards; and
  6. One member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Elders Organization.

Elder Payment Approved for $500 Per each elder 60 and over prior to January 1, 2001.
The Tribal Business Council Approved the elder payment for July 2001 pursuant to Resolution #01-184-MWJR, which states in part; "Whereas, there are available sufficient Tribal Funds in the Fiscal Year 2002 budget to permit each elder to receive an elderly assistance grant in the amount of $500 for health care and other needs of each and every elder;
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Tribal Business Council hereby authorizes and directs the Tribal Finance Department to pay out by check to each and every living Tribal Member who is  an elder, as defined above, a check in the amount of $500 as one part of a Tribal elderly living assistance program, such funds to come from available Tribal funds in the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget."
Tribe hires in-house Architect & Engineer; Mr. Dennis Deutsch.
The Tribal Business Council offered Mr. Dennis Deutsch a position within the Three Affiliated Tribes to oversee construction to ensure the that the best interests of the Tribe taken into account on Construction Projects. His start date is September 15, 2001. Welcome to the staff Mr. Deutsch.

Volume 01, Issue 7

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