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PAGE 2 - SILETZ, OREGON, OCTOBER, 1987 Letters To The Editor Chairman’s Report by Delores Plgsley I am sure as Council members and individual tribal members, we do not always take the time to say “thank you” or “I appreciate what you do” enough. I would like to take this opportunity to express ap p re c ia tio n to som e trib a l m em b ers fo r th e ir thoughtfulness, kindness, hard work, enthusiasm and, most of all, their dedication to the Siletz tribe. F irst of all, to Mary Alice Muncey, who wrote one of the nicest letters I have read in our tribal newspaper, last month’s issue, thank you for expressing what a lot of peo ple were thinking and saying but never took the time to write it. To Shirley Strickler, who worked those long hours in the kitchen during the Pow-wow and sometimes receives thank yous, thank you for donating your hard work and organizational abilities. To Terry Russell, who always represents the Siletz tribe in a dignified manner, dances at all the pow-wows spreading goodwill and m ak ing all our visitors feel welcome, thank you. To Bonnie Petersen, for giving so much of her own time to make sure that the pow-wow was successfull, thank you. To Bob Tom and Frank Petersen, for doing an excellent job as an nouncers, thank you. To Phil Rilatos, for putting in those long hours to accommodate the committees, staff, visitors and the Council, thank you so much. There were numerous volunteers, and staff, that put in more than their share of time to make this year’s pow wow a great success. The General Council meeting in November will be of great interest to everyone. We will be discussing the tribe’s proposed legislation to obtain more land. I urge everyone to attend, to ask questions and be informed. At the last General Council meeting we discussed the land transfer and effects it would have on tribal members. There was good input from the tribal members that were there, but there were too few in attendance. Tribal Council hopes to see a good turnout in November. Candidates for Tribal Council will also have time on the agenda to ad dress the membership. "MISSING MOCCASIN LIST" ENROLLMENT DEPT. AL-HUMAIDE, M e la n ie L. ALLMAN, P a u l e t t e J . ALLMAN, P a u lin e D. (L a n e ) BACAK, W a lte r (Uknown) BAILLIE, S a n d ra ( L a r s e n ) BEALS, P e t e r J . BELLINGER, G re g o ry P . BENNETT, E l s i e L. ( Z o s e l) BENNETT, S h a ro n D. BERRY, G e o rg e , J r . BLACKETER, Jo h n H enry BLACKETER, L o u ise M. BLACKETER, M ari BRENTS, C a ro ly n J . ( B e lg a r d ) BROWN, D a r le n e ( P i c a r d ) BROWN, W ild a J . BURDEN, Dana M. CABA, Tam era L. CALLAHAN, H enry A. (Unknown) CHARLEY, G eorge COMBS, Duane L. COMBS, Gene A . COMENOUT, P h y l l i s R. ( C o l l i n s ) CONN, H enry E . (Unknown) COOK, Jam es CROUCHER, R eb ecca L . (L undy) CULTEE, K aren D. ( F i e l d e r ) FLORES, R a n d a ll P . HEDRICK, V i r g i n i a M. HEDRICK, W illia m P . HEGGE, Anna M. HEGGE, ROSE M. HENRY, F r a n c e s D. JAMES, R o b e rt KERR, C in d ie L. (L aC h an ce) KLOKMAN, A l l i s o n (L o g sd e n ) KNOX, Mary M. (H e d r ic k ) LA CHANCE, C a r r i e S'. LA CHANCE, K evin R. LANIER, L o is L o u ise LARSEN, C h a r le s R. LARSEN, V ic to r I’m Robert Gardner, A Siletz Tribal Member and my parents are John and Glenna (Tweety) Gardner, my grandmother is Elenor Flores (Rolfson) and my great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Logan. I am currently attending th e U n iv e rs ity of Washington in Seattle with my m ajor being Health Sciences. I’ll be starting my third year (87-88) on the 28th of September. I have attended two years of a summer program at Western States Chiropratie College in Portland where I took c la s s e s in M ath, English, Biology, Anatomy and Chemistry. In the fall I’ll be tak in g Zoology and Chemistry which are deman- datory subjects towards my degree at the University of Washington. In closing I would like to suggest to further gradu ating students, to give col lege a chance. (See if you like it.) Donation to the Kitchen The Siletz Tribe would like to than Gary and Ishbel Butler for their donation of items to the comnunity center kitchen on behalf of their daughter, Tasha Marie, during her give-away. The towels, serving ladles, etc., are badly needed for the comnunity center. Thank-you very much for your donation. LEE, C h a r le s LOGAN, Che r i ne LOGSDEN, Bambi L. LOGSDEN, C a r l (D e c e a se d ? ) LOGSDEN, Jo h n A. (D e c e a s e d ? ) LOGSDEN, T h e o d o re (D e c e a se d ? ) LONG, A l f r e d A. These occurrences are all a matter of record. You cannot change history. In one of her future letters, maybe she can explain why she and her MC CAFFERY, N ic k ie L. MOODY, B r ia n G. MOODY, C h a r le s E. PEARSON, D avid F . PEARSON, F r a n c e s (Jo h n so n ) PETERSON, D elm ar S . PETERSON, P a u lin e J . (L an e) PETERSON, T im othy D. PORTER, K a th e r in e J . PRESTON, M axine (W a sh in g to n ) RANSIER, Kenya (Ja m e s) RAY, G w endolyn L. (Y a rb o u r) RAYA, P h i l l i p T . RAYA, S e q u o ia B. RICHARDSON, C h a r le s E . RICHARDSON, D e n n is E . RICHARDSON, R o b e rt C. RICKETTS, M ic h e lle R. RICKETTS, R osem ary (Law son) WARREN, R o s e l l a I . WARREN, S h e r y l A. WEDER, C a r o l A. ( T y l e r ) WILCOX, I n a I . WILCOX, M a r g a r e t J . WILLIAMS, M atth ew , J r . WILLIAMS, M atthew R. •W i l l i a m s , R ory d . WILSON, K e n n e th H. WOOTEN, K aren D. SANDERS, D e n ise D. SANDERS, Edward D. SANDERS, R uben, J r . SANDERS, Wanda M. SCOTT, F r e d r i c k W. SHORT, G e r a ld D. SMITH, B e n ja m in D ., J r . (Unknown) STEELE, D a n i e l l e R. STEGGELL, A r le n e A. (B a k e r) STRICKLER, K en t A. STRICKLER, K evin L. SUAZO, Shawn D. SUTALO, R osem ary (T ro n so n ) TAYLOR, S o n ia R. TOWNER, L eah L. TUCKER, T ena L. UNGER, Edward WALLACE, Rhonda WARREN, M ic h a e l ( W illia m s ) Dear Editor: As a Tribal member and former Councilman, I would like to comment on the letter to our newspaper written by Mary Alice Muncey in the last publication. In it she said she was relating her "evaluation" of the recent Pow Wow, although her letter included several other subjects unrelated. A particular statement needs correction. In it she says that Gilbert Towner said her brother (Art) was "responsible for getting the Tribe restored 10 years ago.". This statement is untrue. I d o n ’t know Mr. Towner, but I doknow that-he was nowhere around during tribal reorganization and restoration work— and neither was Art Bensell or Mary Alice for that matter, since neither one joined the restoration effort until some two years after the hard work was done. Towner wa s n ’t even a "Johnny come lately", as were Art and Mary Alice, who did not support the reorganization or restoration when the tribe needed them. As Mayor of Siletz during most of the twenty years ' between termination and restoration, her brdther and the City Council have to be responsible for the shamefully delapidated condition of the Government Hill property which we all saw on T V when my father and a TV crew photographed it during Tribal reorganization. As mayor, Mr. Bensell refused along with the City Council to honor a request by the then tribal chairman and several councilman who appeared before them, to turn the Government hill back to the Tribal Council as an additional land base to the cemetary. YARBOUR, Rhonda F . YARBOUR, R o b e rt V. brother did not move a finger toward helping her people in a reorganizational effort, or why they did not support restoration in the first place! Another glaring error she has made in a previous letter is in referring to Charles Wilkenson as our "first" Tribal attorney. He was acctually thq.. third! First was John Volkman, who served for free, then Doug Nash, and then Wilkenson, both of whom were paid by the native American Rights Fund for their services. Since our paper is widely read, care should be given to facts, not something that we "wished" You c a n t change happened, history. know please In concluding, that I appreciate the many years of service Art has given and also that which Mary Alice has and is giving. But so have a multitude of other people, many with stronger leadership in the early years, and at least three now on the present council. It took guts and determination to effect reorganization, find and acquire free legal services for the tribes, and to L coordinate preparation of the restoration bill itself— not to mention getting Oregon’s most powerful Senator and Rep. Les AuCoin to sponsor the bill. Art did not do this! Someone else did...my father and Sister Francella griggs. That someone would say Mr. Bensell was "responsible" for restoration is completely untrue. Anyone so naive as to believe this would helipv» tho next Pope will be Ayatolla. I respect and admire hi m for many of his accomplishments, but being responsible for restoration is not one accomplishment h e can truly claim.. Sincerely, Mrs. Linda (Lane) Merrill Bend, Oregon I .D . CARDS Do you h a v e y o u r t r i b a l I .D . c a r d ? The I .D . m a c h in e i s l o c a t e d i n th e En r o l l m e n t o f f i c e a t th e A re a O f f i c e I : in S i l e t z . C a l l th e E n r o llm e n t D e p t. o r c h e c k w ith y o u r n e a r e s t a r e a o f f i c e t o s e e when th e I .D . m ac h in e w i l l be i n y o u r a r e a . REMEMBER you w i l l n e e d t h e I .D . c a r d i f you p la n on g o in g f i s h in g o r h u n t i n g , i t i s u s e d a s y o u r H u n t in g l i c e n s e and w i l l n e e d t o a new s t i c k e r on th e b a c k . I f you know t h e w h e r e a b o u ts o f any o f th e a b o v e p e r s o n s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t S h i r l e y S t r i c k l e r a t t h e En ro llm e n t O ffic e a t : S i l e t z A rea O f f i c e I , P .O . Box 5 4 9 , S i l e t z OR 9 7 3 8 0 , o r c a l l (5 0 3 ) 4 4 4 -2 5 3 2 E x t: 2 5 , o r t o l l f r e e i n O re g o n : 1 -8 0 0 - 9 2 2 -1 3 9 9 . CHANGED YOUR NAME? I f s o you s h o u ld c o n t a c t t h e E n r o l l m en t D e p t. an d f i n d o u t th e p r o c e d u r e f o r c h a n g in g y o u r name on th e t r i b a l ro ll. A l l c h a n g e s on th e t r i b a l r o l l MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION and T r i b a l C o u n c il a p p r o v a l . C e r t i f i c a t i o n s f o r p ro g ra m s o r a g e n c ie s m u st come d i r e c t l y fro m t h e t r i b a l r o l l . C heck w ith y o u r n e a r e s t t r i b a l a re a o f f i c e o r th e E n r o llm e n t D e p t. i n S i l e t z t o s e e how you a r e l i s t e d , i f you a r e n o t s u r e .
