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TRIBAL COURT JUDGES/NOTICFS
It’s Birthday Time
Again!
Memorial Day
Ceremony Set
The Lane Family cordially invites you
to Maude Lane’s 99,h birthday celebration.
When: Sunday May 28,2000
Where: Brenda and Judy’s
24254 Siletz Highway
Siletz, Oregon
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Potluck luncheon at 2 p.m.
Please stop by to help us wish her a
very happy 99,h birthday! If you have any
questions, please call Rose at
541-444-2268 or Dee at 503-393-6516.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Memorial Day Ceremony
11 a.m., May 29, 2000
Government Hill, Siletz, Oregon
Procession to Veterans Memorial -
Honor Guard
Welcome - Chairman Delores Pigsley
Invocation
Lord’s Prayer - Siletz Royalty
Memorial Address
Presentation of Wreaths
Salute to Veterans - Honor Guard
Taps - Jessica Werth
Closing - Three Rivers Singers
_unch at noon at the Community Center
Sponsored by Siletz Culture Committee
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Paul Washington Cemetery Clean-Up
Mark B. Williams will serve principally
as the Gaming Court judge. He may be
appointed by the chief justice to hear other
cases as needed.
Williams graduated from the University
of Oregon Law School in 1982. At Oregon,
he studied federal Indian law under
Professor Charles Wilkenson, a noted
authority in the field. During law school,
Williams was a law clerk on the Navajo
Indian Reservation, assisting Legal Aid
attorneys in representing tribal members in
a variety of legal issues.
In 1982, Williams received a regional
Heber Smith Fellowship to serve as a staff
attorney and community organizer on the
Leech Lake and White Earth reservations
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. He
represented tribal members in state, federal,
and tribal courts. He also has served as legal
counsel for Multnomah County, Ore., and
for Metro, the Portland-area regional
government, and as an arbitrator in the
Multnomah County court system. Most
recently, he has served as general manager
of MERC, the organization that operates the
Oregon Convention Center, the Portland
Center for the Performing Arts, Portland-
Metropolitan Exposition Center, and Civic
Stadium. He and his wife, Susan, live in
Portland with their 3-year-old daughter, Halle.
May 13-10 a.m.
Maintenance staff will be on site.
A potluck lunch is planned.
NICWA Hires New Community
Development Director
A longtime tribal liaison and child
welfare advocate became the new director
of community development for the National
Indian Child Welfare Association in March.
Mary McNevins comes to NICWA
from the Oregon Department of Human
Services. She was the Indian Child Welfare
Act manager and tribal liaison for the state
office for Services to Children and Families.
She brings to her new role at NICWA
more than 14 years of experience in child
protective services, specializing in Indian
child welfare issues.
NICWA provides information and
training, community development, and
policy-related services to American Indian
tribes nationwide.
“We feel privileged to have Mary join
our staff. Her experience and expertise in
child welfare from both the tribal and state
perspective will make her a great resource
to the tribes we serve,” said Terry L. Cross,
NICWA executive director.
During her time with SCF, McNevins
is credited for developing guidelines and
interpreting the Adoption and Safe Families
Act and its relationship to the Indian Child
Welfare Act.
As child protection professionals,
the decisions we make impact the lives of
children and families we serve,” said
McNevins. “There is a continuous need for
our child welfare and tribal partners to work
together to strengthen Indian children and
their families.”
In 1999, McNevins came to DHS
from Warm Springs, where she was director
of the Child Protective Services Department
for the Confederated Tribes. Her office is
located in Portland at 3611 SW Hood St
503-222-4044.
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