designed to compensate blood descendants of the Cow Creeks who
were members of the Band in 1853.
What this
you may be entitl
The law which app
determined if you
your ancestry and
from the qovernme
to help the peopl
called the Cow Cr
means is that if your ancestors were Cow Creeks
ed to a share of the $1.6 million settlement.
lies is technically complicated and it cannot be
are entitled to a share without researchincr
the nature of payments you may have received
nt after termination in the 1950 s. In order
e get their'jjpe' have formed an organization
evik Descendants,
THE COW CREEK DESCENDANTS ORGANIZATION
The organization is open to anyone who believes that he
or she may be a Cow Creek descendant. The committee which
volunteered to form and manage the organization is composed of
Carmen Haug, Sharon Hanson and Crystal Thomas, all Grand Ronde
tribal members.
The organization will raise the funds required to pay the
expenses of going forward with the members' claims. A lawyer
will be retained, an anthropologist will be consulted to help
establish our claims, and the expenses of travel, mail, and
telephone calls, among others, must be met.
The organization will work closely with our lawyer and
the BIA to insure that the Treaty with our ancestors is finally
honored and that the true history of our people is recorded.
MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION
In order to finance the expenses of moving on our claim
we ask each person who is a Cow Creek descendant to fill out and
sign the following form and mail it to:
THE COW CREEK DESCENDANTS ORGANIZATION
ATTENTION: MRS. CARMEN HAUG
P.O. BOX 225
GRAND RONDE, OREGON 97347
Please include a check made payable to the organization in the
amount of $10.00 for each family member who is a Cow Creek
descendant. If this presents a financial hardship, then send
what you can. SEND IN YOUR CHECK AND COMPLETED FORM BY JULY 14,
1984.
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