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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1981)
, ' it )J r i -In v- h It I I t The Testimony of Harry Jones, a speaker from Grand Ronde at the Pacific Northwest- Congress in 1934; ... f s Harry Jones: , t . Ever since having come to this meeting and having heard some of the remarks ,of the i various delegations, the Grand Ronde people feel this way about the bill: Wejjare not. ' , going to divulge whether we accept or reject, but they have asked me to comment, on this bill. The Commissioner can confer with our delegation and we guarantee our answer today. Since we have been asTced to enter into a controversy this afternoon; I feel this way about it. I believe that if we had an Older man and one" who wouldepeak, having to have an interpreter, he would speak in the terms that I, speak now , There-,- . fore, 1 shall just summarize the contents briefly, in a few statements, -What assurance have we, as the people, that these gentlemen here assembled will declare, ous ,a more firmer and surer bill, or contract, or agreement or treaty, .whatever ,it mayjbeY; than A auj; m. c&,limcj. , kite uawc una t. 0uik.ct5iwt buut -mtu bu .utcti.. nuu o t-vw y- -,,v" vuAvaa cttiv y the Indians. That is the nuestinn. T think evervone of the oldet man Ivha'-mavlsnekk ' K " having to have an interpreter, want to be governed by the treaty rights. What, assurance ' have we that they will better the cause? Paul Palmer may have had such a. determined heart, such a willing heart and such a desire to pursue as these men may;have pwhen , he. made that treaty. What assurance have we that this is a .more genuine agreement that ujl rnji raiiner; iiiere arc stveiai Luj-uga jlii liuo fiupuscu ugicciueut uiat,uuiu vcv r utilized and used on our reservation, or some say that weare not a reservation if wes are not a reservation we want some way by which we can draw the good of this proposed bill. I believe there are those here that will benefit by this measure orlbill, ''There are tnose or us wno are still aouDtrui, stiii wonaerxng n we are going to peneiif oj K this bill or wherther we will stand in the future asperhaps.we have with . the .past f treaties. How much better off will we be then if we accept , it now There, are r,many questions that have been asked and there are many questions .that can be asked now, but because of time and because of other things and other members that must speak,. - shall put them on paper if you so elect. We have formulated an answer to-this question) because we believe that when we accept or reject that we can still be considered, a .people I that have attempted all along to dooperate with the government in its proposed 4plan. At one time there wore twenty-three tribes on the Grand Ronde reservation. Now the res ervation is comprised of an acre of eight by twelve miles. Now it is-; immaterial to you other delegations what we have done what we accept or reject ., We wills propose amend ments that will fit our own environments and we know everyone will do-the same S'iii: '.' .'-4'. The U.S. Forest Service is presently accepting-applications for temporary rtnpjjbyJ mcnt for next summer. There are approximately AO positions ihat will be available , ' involving forestry related duties. Such as campground maintenence, erosion control surveying, road maintenence, fire suppresion, slash burning, timber "sale layout and' marking, and reforestation. Employment periods vary However most aro full time" May . thru September. Applicants must be 18 years old by date they are available for work, .limited bunkhouse facilities are available. These applications must bs postmarked' ty January 15, 1982, so contact us. as soon as possible at 879-5253,
