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ENROLLMENT REPORT
Dear Fellow Tribal Members and
Friends,
The total enrollment of our tribe now
numbers 2130. In the month of April
we have added 46 applicants to our
membership roll. Congratulations to
all our new members! Also in April,
a training workshop was held for the
Enrollment Committee to review the
regulations regarding name changes
and inclusion of other tribal blood.
It is very important to keep our of
fice and the B.I. A. informed of any
name changes. To change a client's
name on the membership roll, documen
tation must be provided, and the name
change approved by Tribal Council. A
client must provide a legal document
(divorce, adoption or legal name
change decree, marriage license,
etc.) stating their new name. If a
copy of the documentation is not
available, a notarized statement will
be acceptable. The statement must
include the client's previous name,
reason for change and the date the
change became effective. I have
forms for a notarized statement that
I will be happy to mail on request.
The Grand Ronde Tribe will include a
client's possession of other federally-recognized
tribal blood. The
minimum blood quantum requirement for
enrollment in Grand Ronde is 116
degree total Indian blood. A client
must provide certification of Indian
blood for the other tribe that they
wish to include in their total Indian
blood quantum. The certificate must
be issued by the federally-recognized
tribe, B.I. A. or the Department of
the Interior. The roll number and
blood quantum must be listed. If the
certificate was issued for a client's
parent or grandparent, birth documen
tation to trace descendancy to said
member must also be provided.
A client's blood quantum will be
listed as possessing 12 of the par
ents' combined Indian blood degree.
All blood quantums for applicants or
members are determined by the docu
mentation provided as proof of pos
session of Indian blood. Our Tribe's
1954 termination roll is used to pro
vide documentation of possession of
Grand Ronde Indian blood. Some of
the blood quantums listed on this
roll are incorrect by a mathematical
error. A procedure is used to cor
rect a mathematical error. If a mem
ber wishes to correct their blood
quantum, but a mathematical error is
not evident, a different procedure
must be followed. A blood quantum
change must be submitted to the
B.I. A. A client should submit all of
the documentation available to prove
the listed degree incorrect. If you
feel that your blood quantum is incor
rect, please contact me for more in
formation There are still over 200 incomplete
applications on file in my office.
Even if a client receives Indian
Health Services, heshe still may not
be enrolled. Please check with me on
your enrollment status! My thanks to
all of our members who inform me of
their change of address! If you have
moved, please let me know.
Over 300 tribal I.D. cards have been
issued. The cards are photo I.D. so
tribal members must be present to re
ceive one. The information listed on
the I.D. cards includes name, address,
date of birth, roll number and blood
degree. Members may drop in at the
depot tribal office on Thursdays and
Fridays to receive an I.D. card. The
hours are 9 a.m. - 12 noon; 1 p.m. - 4
p.m. The first I.D. cards are issued
at no cost to our members, age 11 and
over. A $2.00 fee for replacement
cards will be charged but this fee is
waived for elders, age 55 and over.
If you have any questions concerning
the enrollment procedure or I.D.
cards, please call or write to me in
care of the tribal office.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
FISHING UPDATE: Tribal Councilman
Russ Leno, son Rusty, and Marty
George went cat fishing the other day.
(within the Trask Unit, of course)
and caught 3 nice cats. They didn't
travel far. In fact they did't even
travel for this hot spot. Anyway,
Russ took his rod and reel and went
after those cats. Russ tossed his
line into the fishing hole, and not
before too long, reeled one in.
"Gee, thats a nice one" said Marty.
Before long, Russ had caught three
"nice" cats and called it a day.
(Fished them all out, Russ said.)
Where's his fishing spot? Inside his
house. . .quite literally! It seems
that Russ's cat (meow, meow kind)
recently had babies in the attic.
The poor critters fell between the
walls. Russ, a good fisherman (ac
cording to his fish tales) , took his
fishing pole and made a snare from
the fishing line and reeled in three
cats! Quite a hot fishing day for
Russ. However, before an on rush of
fishermen head for Russ's hot spot,
please take note. . .reservations are
required!
COMMITTEE OPENING
The Fishing and Hunting Committee has
one vacancy. If you are interested
in applying, please call Greg
Archuleta at 879-5215.
POWWOW UPDATE
The Pow wow committee has established
its subcommittees. They include the
following: Publicity, Food, Mainte
nance and Security, Housing, Royalty
Court, Volleyball Tournament, Fun
draising and Give Away. If you are
interested in serving on a committee,
please call Greg at 879-5215. We
will need all the help possible to
make a successful event.
The raffle tickets have been printed
and will sell for $1.00 each. Top
prize will be a VCR. We need other
prizes, so if you have something,
please call Greg.
Thanks to the efforts of JoAnn
McClary and Mary Ring, we will have a
Royalty Court this year. Several
girls will be participating. Their
main tasks will be to publicize the
Pow wow and represent the tribe at
various community events and other
tribal pow wows. They will also be
selling raffle tickets. Be sure and
support their efforts. It will take
a lot of work and learning on the
girls' behalf.
Don't forget to go and buy your
frybread! The stand will be open on
June 13 and 27. It usually opens
around 11:00 a.m.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
June 12 & 13 - Delta Park Pow-wow
Portland, Oregon
June 14 - ANPO Pow-Wow
Waterfront Park - Portland, Oregon
June 26,27 & 28 - Pi-ume-sha Pow-wow
Warm Springs, OR
June 26 - Benefit Concert featuring
John Tudel and Jesse Ed Davis, Kah-Nee-Ta
Village, 12 Noon.
August 7.8 & 9 - Nesika Illahee Pow
wow Siletz, Oregon
August 22 - Grand Ronde Pow-wow
Grand Ronde Elementary School - Grand
Ronde, Oregon
Aug. 28 - Sept. 7 - American Indian
Culture Festival & Pow wow (Competi
tion Pow wow Sept. 5 & 6) at the Ore
gon State Fair - Salem, Oregon.