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TRIBAL COUNCIL TIMESHEETS
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2/15-16 Regular TC
2/19
Ad-hoc Restoration, read packet
2/21
State Board of Education
2/23-3/1BOD activity, NCAI hearings, Hill
visits, NIGA, gov’t task force
3/2
Read packet
JoAnn Miller- 1/28/02-2/22/02
TC
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EPA conference
EPA conference
EPA conference
EPA conference
Ocean Policies Council
Special TC, CW
Special TC, General Council
Packet and telephone
Ceremony
Job interview
Sign checks
Gaming Board
Sign checks
Sign checks, TC business
Packets
Regular TC
Regular TC, gaming
Packets
Reading, telephone
Sign checks, telephone
Meet w/Willamette N.F.
ESP interview
Delores Piaslev -1/27/02-2/22/02
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2/22
Calls, letters, agenda items
Calls, mail packets
Calls, travel San Diego, NIGA mtg.
NIGA mtg.
NIGA mtg.
Return, to L. City donation event,
Special TC
General Council, Special TC,
Health Board
Calis
Special TC, swearing in, calls, mail
Agenda prep, agenda items, reports
Mail packets, gaming items
Calls, Gaming Board mtg.
Financial wkshp., L. City
Financial wkshp., L. City
Budget Comm.
Mail, agenda items
Legal issue, ATNI, Portland
Calls, mail, prep for TC, BIA
reorganization mtg., Portland
Regular TC
Regular TC, signing
Mail, agenda items, calls
Calls, mail, reports
Agenda items, calls, prep for DC trip
Legal issues, gaming calls, read
reports, agenda items
Econ. dev. cluster mtg., Canyonville
New Non-profit Indian Land Tenure Foundation Names Staff
A newly formed non-profit,
philanthropic organization based in
St. Paul, Minn., will address issues
related to Indian land tenure.
The Indian Land Tenure
Foundation (ILTF) will focus on
increasing the knowledge about land
issues throughout Indian Country by
pursuing four predominant strategies:
development of education, creation of
financial mechanisms, fostering
awareness of historical and cultural ties
to land, and advocacy within legal and
regulatory systems.
These strategies were developed
through a four-year community
involvement effort led by a 32-person
steering committee. ILTF will support
activities and raise funds to carry out these
strategies related to Indian land tenure.
An 11-member board of directors
drawn from throughout Indian country
will govern the foundation. The board
consists of non-tribal and tribal
members who are knowledgeable and
active on Indian land tenure issues.
Cris Stainbrook will serve as
president of ILTF. Stainbrook (Lakota)
has more than 20 years of experience
working with foundations, non-profit
organizations, and tribal groups. He
most recently was the community
activities lead at the Northwest Area
Foundation, a private foundation in
St. Paul that focuses on reducing
poverty and empowering communities.
Stainbrook said the work of ILTF
is about correcting the land ownership
and management problems that have
grown out of the General Allotment Act
of 1887. This federal policy allotted
some reservation land to Indians and
authorized the remaining lands as
surplus and open to homesteading by
non-Indians.
“Indian people and the tribes have
dealt with the diminishment and
disestablishment of the land base for
the past 115 years without the necessary
resources to resolve the problems,’’ he
said. Stainbrook added that the amount
of time and resources necessary to change
the existing land problems in Indian
country will take generations to fully
remedy and will require large amounts
of human and financial resources.
“Our intention at the Indian Land
Tenure Foundation is to begin a legacy
of effectiveness that goes forward,” he
said. “Ultimately, we want to see a time
when Indian people and tribes once
again own and manage the land
within the boundaries of every
reservation and those lands that are
culturally important to them outside
of the reservation boundaries.”
Howard Valandra (Rosebud Lakota)
will serve ILTF as vice president of
grants and programs. He comes to the
foundation with a reservation
background in land management and
tribal administration where he was
involved in land acquisition.
Valandra’s nine years in land
management is valuable experience that
was enhanced by his most recent work
at the Northwest Area Foundation.
“I have a good sense of what’s
going on at the reservation level and
what the needs of the people are. My
work in the last couple of years with
the Northwest Area Foundation has
given me a glimpse of what the
philanthropic community is about.”
Tharen Stillday (Red Lake Ojibwe)
will serve ILTF as office manager. She
has experience working in the federal
government and the educational field.
“I’ve kept in close contact with the
community,” she said. “I like to say that I
keep a pulse on my own little community
and help out whenever I can.”
While the new ILTF team realizes
there is an immediate need to establish
the foundation administratively,
they are aware of the financial
challenges ahead.
“The land issues Indian people face
are enormous,” Stainbrook said. “We
will have to have a sizable resource
base to make an impact. One of our
early tasks is to aggressively recruit
those resources.”
The foundation will seek funds
from a variety of sources, such as
private and corporate foundations,
the federal government, tribes,
and individuals.
April 2002
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