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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1989)
Page 5 TRIBE THANKS HATFIELD FOR HELP WITH RESERVATION BILL JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY JTPA PROGRAMS The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program has a Title IV. Employment Program which serves only Native American Indians, Native Hawaiians and Alas kan Natives. If you are looking for work, need GED, job counseling, vocational training, assistance with resumes, etc., contact the Indian JTPA Service provider listed below for your county of residence for information or an appointment. JTPA must document your eligibility for Title 401 services. Please bring the following information with you to your appointment: proof of American Indian or Alaskan Native enrollment or decendency, date of birth, citizen or alien status, proof of residence, number in household and household income. Because you are not eligible for food stamps or food commodities does not necessarily mean you are ineligible for our program. We are allowed to exclude certain types of income. Certain applicants will need to provide other documen tation. It is to your advantage to phone ahead for program information andor an appointment. If you live in: Marion, Polk or Yamhill Counties: Phone The Confed erated Tribes of Siletz-Salem Area Office at 585-4428 and ask for Luclla J. Azule. Clackamas, Multnomah or Washington Counties: Phone The Confederated Tribes of Siletz- Portland Area Office at 255-3510 and ask for Denise Peterson or Kelly Strickler. Lane or Linn Counties: Phone The Confederated Tribes of Siletz-Springfield Area Office at 746-9658 and ask for Tammy Brown. Benton, Lincoln or Tillamook Counties: Phone The Confederated Tribes of Siletz-Siletz Area Office at 1-800-922-1399 or 444-2532 and ask for Linda Rilatos. Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson or Wasco Counties: Phone The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs at 553-1161 and ask for the JTPA Program. Umatilla County: Phone Umatilla JTPA Program at 276-8120. If you live in any county not listed above, you need to contact the Organization of Forgotten Americans (OFA) at 882-4441. ENERGY ASSISTANCE Each Thursday in January 1989, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Ann Bond will be coming to the Tribal Office to help Senior Citizens and the Disabled with Energy Assistance. Please bring the following with you: L Income verification for everyone in household. 2. Social Security numbers for everyone in household, preferably Social Security Cards. 3. Copy of your heating bill. Hill -1 v v Am r i. Mi P i lf- 111 jp Members of the Grand Ronde Tribal Council met with Oregon Senator Mark O. Hatfield to thank him for his help with establishing the 9,81 1 acre reservation. The Council presented Hatfield with a plaque engraved with a map of Oregon and the reservation. Above: Senator Hatfield, Susan Long (a member of Hatfield's staff) Mark Mercier, and in front row, Council member Val Grout, Council Secretary Kathryn Harrison and tribal member Diana Stogsdill. FISH AND WILDLIFE REPORT The 1989 hunting and fishing stickers are available and can be picked up at any time. The Tribal Subsistence Program and the Fish and Wildlife Com mittee would like to thank tribal members for the excellent return and report rate on huntng tags. This will result in fewer members losing hunting andor fishing privileges for the next year. Below are the procedures fol lowed for those who did not return their tags, report a kill or lost tag: The Committee shall notify the tribal member of any reported violation alleged to have been committed by him or her. The notice shall be In writing and shall Include the following: A) A statement of the facts con stituting the alleged violation; (B) The date, time and place of the Committee's next meeting; (C) That the tribal member may present any evidence relevant to the alleged violations to the Committee at its next meeting. The notice shall be sent by certi fied mail to the member's last known address. If the notice is not accepted within five working days, the Committee shall send a second notice by certified mail. The second notice shall state, in addition to the information in the first notice, that it is the final notice and that the Committee shall proceed with action on the alleged violations. Consideration By Committee: The Committee shall consider the facts and nature of the alleged violation and all reliable evidence regarding it. The Committee shall make its findings regarding the alleged violation in writing with supporting reasons. ' . ,,. , Suspension Or Revocation of ' Privileges: If the Committee finds that the tribal member has committed violation, it shall suspend or per manently revoke the member's hunting, fishing, andor gathering privileges. The Committee shall consider whether the violation is the member's first in deciding the length of the suspension and whether to revoke privileges. Reconsideration: In its discretion, the Committee may reconsider its findings at the request of the member. The member must make such a request in writing with supporting reasons within 30 days of not tee of his or her suspension or revocation of privi leges. The member may appeal the Committee's decision to the Tribal Council based on the record of the Committee's meeting at which the violation was considered, provided, however, that the Tribal Court shall handle such appeals once the Tribal Council empowers it to do so. the appeal must be in writing with supporting reasons and made within 14 days of the Committee's action. The Tribal Council may pardon the member, reverse the Committee's decision, or decrease : the extent of the suspension or revocation as justice requires. The decision of the Tribal Council shall be final. Pardon: Any member whose privileges are permanently revoked may request that the Tribal Council pardon him or her after three (3) years from the date of revocation.
