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OCR Page 1 of 75Puuallup Tribe of Indians
PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS - SOVEREIGNTY & SELF-GOVERNANCE
Since the 1989 Land Claims Settlement Act, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has completed the development
and operations of the Takopid Heath Facility which currently serves over 8,000 of the 21,000+ Indians
living within our Urban Service Area; we envision the development of an administration complex to bring
Tribal Services into the next century; we continue to expand Law Enforcement; Fisheries and Natural
Resource Management services; and has enhanced the Court System as an independent branch of the Tribal
Government. We have been guided by the community in these efforts through the following:
MISSION STATEMENT
"The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is committed to protecting and exercising the inherent inalienable
sovereign rights of the Tribe and individuals in the interest of the Medicine Creek Treaty
Territories, as stewards to ensure the preservation of our cultural and environmental
integrity for common good and prosperity of all.
GOAL STATEMENTS:
"To optimize the development of all tribal resources and opportunities within the Puyallup
Reservation and the Medicine Creek Treaty Territories,
To provide, protect and maintain all services and entitlements to the membership of the
Puyallup Tribe of Indians,
To responsibly assert and develop relationships and cooperate with those governments
or agencies - federal, state, or tribal that are willing and able to recognize and
respect the sovereignty of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and which can
assist the tribe to protect it's rights and interests, and
To justly and ably accomplish the above through self-determination means."
The Tribe takes this opportunity to provide members of Congress, the Administration and Agencies with
information on community concerns. Our information is summarized by topic area on pages which follow
this introduction. Thank you for your considerate review and affirmative response to the Puyallup
Tribe's testimony on the Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations.
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