{"id":1241,"date":"2020-03-23T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:42:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:42:55","slug":"sault-ste-marie-tribe-of-chippewa-indians-michigan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/03\/23\/sault-ste-marie-tribe-of-chippewa-indians-michigan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Michigan)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron Payment serves as chairperson of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and as vice president of the National Congress of American Indians. Photo by Kevin Abourezk<\/p><\/div>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n

MARCH 23, 2020<\/b><\/div>\n
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Tribe\u2019s emergency plan in line with Governor Whitmer\u2019s \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d executive order<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. \u2014Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d Executive Order directing all Michigan businesses and operations to suspend in-person operations that are not necessary to sustain or protect life.<\/div>\n
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The governor\u2019s order is effective March 24 for at least the next three weeks, during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div>\n
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The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians lauds Governor Whitmer\u2019s actions, which will strengthen efforts to assure the health and safety of tribal members and the community. The tribe has already put in place a plan that fits into the state\u2019s executive order. The tribal Board of Directors declared a state of emergency March 17 and gave the tribe\u2019s Executive Director, Casino CEO and EDC Director temporary powers to \u201cmodify policies or procedures, order closures, cancel or schedule events, implement programs, and take all other appropriate steps that are deemed essential to the protection of the public.\u201d<\/div>\n
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On behalf of the Sault Tribe Board of Directors, Chairperson Aaron Payment said, \u201cTribal lands are not subject to state executive orders. However, where it makes sense, we support voluntary compliance to keep our tribal members safe.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Sault Tribe governmental offices and casinos closed to the public March 23, retaining only essential core personnel and paying all employees for their regularly scheduled hours. The tribe\u2019s health clinics put restrictions in place limiting access to protect patients and staff. Tribal EDC closed property management to the public and put safety precautions in place for retail businesses. All Housing Authority offices are closed to the public but will continue to provide all essential and emergency services.<\/div>\n
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Sault Tribe advises members and employees to stay in their homes unless required to work in the office as essential personnel, as directed by the governor\u2019s executive order, unless, \u201cengaged in an outdoor activity, or performing tasks necessary to the health and safety of themselves or their family, like going to the hospital or grocery store.\u201d Whitmer\u2019s order also calls for social distancing measures, including remaining at least 6 feet from people from outside the individual\u2019s household.<\/div>\n
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 23, 2020   Tribe\u2019s emergency plan in line with Governor Whitmer\u2019s \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d executive order   SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. \u2014Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d Executive Order directing all Michigan businesses and operations to suspend in-person operations that are not necessary to sustain or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34,89],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tribes","tag-michigan","tag-soo-tribe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}