Post Office Box 151, Fort Road, Toppenish, WA 98948 (509) 865-5121
Treaty of June 9, 1855
Confederated Tribes and Bands
DATE
CONTRACTOR NAME AND ADDRESS
RE: Tax Exemption Restoration Project
Attached please find an executed Treaty Fishery Tax Exemption Certificate concerning the
Yakama
Nation's contracting with CONTRACTOR NAME for construction of salmon habitat which it undertakes
as co-manager
of
fisheries resources pursuant to the Treaty with the Yakama of 1855 (12 Stat.951).
The certificate is being provided to CONTRACTOR NAME to assist it in complying with seller record
keeping
requirements
in WAC 458-20-192(4). By executing the certificate, the Yakama Nation is
certifying only that it is a federally recognized Indian tribe and that the contracted salmon habitat
restoration work is part of its treaty
fishery
management program. The Yakama Nation does not
waive sovereign immunity from suit, nor
by
executing the certificate, acknowledge or dispute the
jurisdiction of the state of Washington over any governmental activities of the Yakama Nation or the
applicability or non-applicability of any statutes or rules
of the
state of Washington to the exercise
of tribal
government operations or rights reserved to
the
Yakama Nation or its members by the
Treaty of 1855. CONTRACTOR NAME is advised to keep this
letter
on record with the attached
certificate.
Sincerely,
Delano Saluskin, Chairman
Yakama Tribal Council