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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1987)
P&2 TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS - SEPTEMBER 12 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT TRIBAL DEPOT OFFICE - 9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. WHO MAY VOTE: Any duly enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu nity of Oregon who will be 18 years of age or older on the date of any scheduled election shaU have the right to vote m the election. Duly enrolled member" shall mean any person who has been accepted as a member of the Tribe in accordance with the Tribal enrollment ordiance adopted pursuant to Article V of the Grand Ronde Constitution or in accordance with section 7 of the Grand Ronde Restoration Act ANNUAL ELECTIONS: At the Tribal Council election in September 1987, the three (3) members receiving the highest number of votes shaU be elected to three (3) year terms, the three (3) members receiving the next highest number of votes wM be eleded to two (2) year terms, and the three (3) members receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected on one (1) year terms. Thereafter, there shaU be annual elections in September and, in order to maintain the concept of staggered terms of office, all Tribal Council members shall be elected to three (3) year terms or until their successors are duty elected and installed. ELECTION BOARD: Chair -Bonnie Martin, Vice-Chair-Ivanetta Cook, Secretary-Sharon Hanson, Alternates: Lois Butler, Jeanne Larsen, and Ten Holsclaw. ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Absentee Ballots must be mailed or hand delivered to the Election Board at the Grand Ronde Tribal Office, P.O. Box 38, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347, and delivered no later than 6,-OOp.m. on September 12, 1987. My Dear Tribal Members, August has been a very busy month for the Tribal Council. On August 10th, Congressman Les AuCoin conducted a local hearing at Grand Ronde Elementary School regarding the Tribe's reservation plan. Atten dance was estimated at 200 people. Many people traveled a long way to support our reservation proposal. These people included Mike Clements and Delbert Frank from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Marjean Whitehouse from the Jefferson County Chamber of Commence in Madras, fomer tribal restoration coordinator, Elizabeth Furse from Hillsboro and Peter Murphy, representing Murphy Lumber from Springfield, Oregon. These people and many others presented excellent testimony on our behalf and we are deeply gratified for their support As of now, Congress is In recess and will reconvene on September 10th. I urge every one of you to continue to write letters in support of a 15,665 acre reservation. It is very important to let the Congressional delegation know of your support as the process begins to be wind down. I also wish to thank all of the people who participated in this year's annual pow wow. The first person I wish to thank is Val Grout and her children, men you are preparing a meal for 1,000 people, one can appreciate the extremely hard work this took. My thanks to Joann McClary and Mary Ring for coordinating the tribal pageant, the first ever. Also, the Council thanks Greg Archuleta, for all the hard work he did during the Pow wow and the clean-up afterward. There just Isn't enough room for me to list all of the people who pitched in for this year's pow wow, but the Tribal Council knows, and greatly appreciates all the hard work done to make this important annual event a great success. MarkMercier Tribal Chairman SAMPLE ELECTION BALLOT: TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTION i 11 Ml wOU MAY VOTE POX CANDIDATES FOR TRIBAL ELECTION. PLACE AN "V BY THE NAME Of BACH PERSON YOU WISH TO VOTE POR. YOU MAY NOT blVE ANY CANDIDATE MORE THAN ONE VOTE. ANY BALLOT WITH MORB biANt TOTAL VOTES IHALL BE IN V AUDI IP YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, THE ELECTION BOARD MBMBERS W1LLHELT YOU .OROVT, VALARBN8 -HARRISON, KATHKYN HAUa CARMEN UBONTB, BUOENB -LENO, MERLE LENO, RUSSELL , MOCNK3HT, RAYMOND -MERCER, MARK . FemTB. HENRY . PORTER, RILEY . FROVOST, KATHY . ROBERTSON, CANDY . SUFTA, PATRICIA "ALLEN WUTE-tN CANDIDATES I. 4- CONTACT THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SUPPORT THE TRIBES' RESERVATION PLAN. 1st District Rep. Les AuCoin 2519 Rayburn House Office Eldg. Washington D.C 20515 US. Senator Mark O. Hatfield 322 Hart Senate Eldg Washington, D.C. 20510 UJS. Senator Bob Packwood 259 Russell Senate Office Eldg. Washington D.C. 20510 4th District Rep. Peter DeFario (member of Interior and Insular Affairs Committee) 1729 Longworth House Office Eldg. Washington, D.C. 2C515
