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Yakama Nation COVID-19 Reopening Plan (four phases)

Yakama Nation's COVID-19 Reopening Plan, Safely Reopening During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation · Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Washington) - tribal government (Tribal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Washington) - tribal government
Level
Tribal
Authority
Tribal Council; T-10-61; T-064-20; RYC Title XX
Issued
2021-10-01 Oct. 1, 2021
Effective
2021 (read as 2021-10-01)
End
Phase 4 (resume normal activities) not reached before Sept. 30, 2021 on the record available
In force
Oct. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • members, non-member residents, businesses, schools, day cares, governmental offices, longhouses and churches on the Yakama Reservation and off-reservation trust allotments
Functions reached
  • SF non-essential businesses closed (Phase 1) or reopened by sector (Phase 2)
  • DR dining at 50 percent (Phase 2)
  • PF manufacturing and JS construction (Phase 2 conditions)
  • IN schools and EC day cares closed to in-person (Phases 1-2)
  • WS worship capped at 50 (Phase 3)
  • GATH gatherings 0, 5 or 50 by phase
  • CRT governmental offices closed to public except by appointment (Phases 1-3)
  • EMP recommended safety practices enforced by employers
Collection
Tribal governments AGY-TRIBAL

Operative words

Reopening Plan: Phase 1... Masks Required: All individuals within the Yakama Reservation and off-Reservation trust allotments must wear a face covering or mask... Social Gatherings: No social gatherings with individuals outside your immediate household are permitted. For Employers and Businesses: Essential Businesses: All essential businesses should remain open... Governmental offices are closed to the public. Non-Essential Businesses: All non-essential businesses must remain closed. All schools and daycares must remain closed to in-person instruction and services. Reopening Plan: Phase 2... Social Gatherings: Individuals can gather with no more than 5 other individuals outside your immediate [household]... Non-Essential Businesses: Manufacturing, construction, retail sales, real estate, and barbershops, and outdoor dining, and indoor dining at no more than 50% capacity [may reopen]... All other non-essential businesses must remain closed. Schools should remain closed... Reopening Plan: Phase 3... Religious Gatherings: Longhouses and churches can resume indoor services of up to 50 individuals... Social Gatherings: Individuals can gather with no more than 50 other individuals... governmental offices remain closed to the public except by [appointment]... Non-Essential Businesses: Non-essential businesses, provided that such businesses enforce Recommended Safety Practices... may reopen.

Enforcement

Phase movement determined by the Tribal Council on Health Benchmarks; regression to a more restrictive phase on regression in the benchmarks; PSO No. 3 fines for masks

Notes

The undated plan is the Nation's operative 2021 framework; the file was posted Oct. 2021 and the phase criteria cite 2021 Washington DOH data; the AZ-style status regime for a Washington reservation

Retrieval note

The document carries no issue date; the file-name date is the Nation's posting month. Phase dates are stated only where a dated instrument supports them.