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JUNE 1989
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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON
BROWN SELECTED FOR
INDIAN AFFAIRS POST
Confirmation hearings are expected to begin this
month for Eddie Frank Brown, President George Bush's
choice for assistant secretary of the Interior.
If confirmed by the Senate, Brown will head the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Brown, 43, is a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.
He formerly served as a director of the Arizona Depart
ment of Economic Security. According to the Arizona
Republic, he left that job in February amidst criticism
from some legislators that he lacked leadership skills
and had mismanaged the state's welfare agency.
The newspaper also noted, however, that Brown had
more big-agency managerial experience than nearly any
other government official of Indian heritage and that
Brown's work during his six-year tenure as assistant
DES director was highly regarded.
As assistant DES director, Brown restructured the
Arizona's contractual relations with Indian Tribes. His
work in this area became a national model, according to
the Arizona Republic. Brown says he is proud of his
record at the DES and is prepared to discuss it if it
conies up at his confirmation hearing.
During the time Brown was head of the Arizona DES
he instituted a comprehensive strategic planning system
within the department. Brown was also able to increase
efficiency through a major expansion of the
department's automated systems thus improving the
department's management productivity.
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Eddie Frank Brown, nominee for Assistant Secretary of
the Interior in charge of the BIA. Photo courtesy of the
Arizona Republic newspaper, Phoenix, Arizona.
RIBE MAKES FIRST TIMBE1
SALE FROM RESERVATION
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The Grand Ronde
Tribes held their first
timber sale from the
9,811 acre reservation
i on April 25, 1989.
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and was purchased by
Hampton Lumber. The
appraised value was es-
( timated at 220mbf.
The sale includes about
&2 3,695 mbf of timber,
mainly comprised of
douglas fir.
The sale had a total
value of approximately
$1.3 million.
The sale was about
one-half of the Tribes'
annual cut
it left is tribal member
jPete Petite, one of
many observers of the
timber sale.
TWELVE NOMINATED
FOR TRIBAL COUNCIL
Twelve members were nomimated for Tribal Council
at the May 7, 1989 General Council meeting.
Nominated were: Larry Brandon, Valarene Grout,
Katherine Harrison, Cecile Kneeland, Eugene R.
LaBonte, Merle Leno, Russ Leno, Tom Leno, Patricia
Martin, Darrell Mercier, Robert Mercier and Gary
Reibach.
Three seats are up for election and are currently held
by Valarene Grout, Katherine Harrison and Russ Leno.
Elections have been set for September 10, 1989 at the
Tribal Office from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m..
See page three for absentee ballot request forms and
election guidelines.
Candidate profiles will be published in "Smoke Signals"
in August.
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INSIDE:
Chairman's Report p.2
USDA Distribution Dates p.3
Job Announcement p.3
Student Feature p.5
You and Your Teeth p6
Enrollment Report p. 10
Fish Distribution p. 10
Tribal Council Minutes p.1 1