“Tribal Council should set the example for curbing spending,” says the unanimously passed resolution.ĭocuments obtained by the advocacy group show average annual pay increases for tribal employees were between 2 and 4 percent annually for the decade ending in 2013. The 2004 resolution that became the law on council pay raises said tribe members felt the panel had previously given itself unfair raises of $10,000 or more. In the past, dismay over raises for the council led to changes in the law. Principal Chief Michell Hicks didn’t return a message left Wednesday with his assistant.
The tribe’s acting attorney general, Hannah Smith, and Tribal Council Vice Chairman Bill Taylor declined to comment, and Henry didn’t respond to a phone message.
