LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor.
As a tribal member with a long-held
interest in tribal government, I pay close
attention to any information presented by
the tribal government. And so it was while
attending the General Council meeting of
Aug. 5 in Siletz. While listening to
discussions on many issues, I wrote down
items that were brought up by the Tribal
Council to support their statements.
These are items that I want to learn more
about because they are news to me. Here’s
that list:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
8/5/00) Tribal Council “Proposed
Constitutional Amendments.”
. The IRS letter approving Tribal Council
to continue receiving retirement
benefits (401k).
Anything to substantiate the claim made
by the Tribal Council that they know who
reported them to the NIGC.
Before leaving the meeting, I
respectfully requested that copies of each
of these items be sent to me by mail. To
date, I have not received any of my
Financial reports about the ‘99 requests. I am extremely discouraged about
having invested the time and effort to
boxing event.
The completed, audited financial report attend the meeting, which unlike the Tribal
prepared by Deloitte and Touche for the Council members, I am not paid by the tribe
to attend.
casino FY ‘99.
I believe that Tribal Council members
The letter from the state of Oregon that
gave its position about the NIGC Notice must provide information to tribal members
because they are paid, elected
of Violation.
The comp-receipts used by the representatives to uphold the Constitution,
which requires open records. Instead, from
Tribal Council.
The comp-use reports that listed the my request they have provided nothing -
date of use, amount of item, and related absolutely no response from Tribal Council.
“Elected” Tribal Council members act
business prepared by the individual
Tribal Council members in response to unprofessional whenever they do not
provide information or acknowledge the
the NIGC.
The latest BIA correspondence (as of rights of tribal members. They act
unprofessional whenever they are unhelpful
or unresponsive to tribal members. Full
accountability should be a standard
operating procedure for the tribe and
anything less is irresponsible and should
not be tolerated by the tribe.
What can be done? Tribal members
do have rights - to take an interest,
to question, and get information without
being ignored, blacklisted, or treated as
a troublemaker.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Viles
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