Smoke Signals March 1990
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Only you can tell us!
Grand Ronde Enrollment
How many American Indians
are there in the United States?
Make yourself count in 1990.
Answer the census.
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The Federal recognition of an American Indian tribe
means that the U.S. government acknowledges the tribe
as a sovereign nation. As a sovereign nation, Indian
tribes have a unique government to government rela
tionship with the United States. By treaty negotiations,
and acts of Congress, the U.S. Federal government
provides special benefits solely for Indians.
Although Indian tribes are self-governing, there are
certain guidelines to be followed to assure federal
benefits for tribal members. The most important aspect
of a tribal government is identifying who its members
are, and what rights the membership has in the tribal
ENUMERATION: How will American Indians be
enumerated in the 1990 census?
The Census Bureau conducts the census using two data
collection procedures - the mailoutmailback and list
enumerate procedures.
In areas designated for the mailoutmailback proce
dure, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivers addressed
questionnaires for the respondents to complete and
mailback to the Census Bureau. Enumerations will visit
those households that do not return a questionnaire.
American Indians living in cities and surrounding areas
will be enumerated by the mailoutmailback procedure.
The listenumerate procedure is used in many rural
and sparsely populated areas. Most American Indian
reservations will be enumerated by the listenumerate
procedure. As the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde has a non-residential procedure designated to
their residential communities. In the listenumerate
areas, blank census reports are distributed to each
housing unit by the USPS for respondents to complete
and enumerators then visit every household to pick up
the completed forms.
QUESTIONNAIRE CONTENT
RACE QUESTION - TRIBAL AFFILIATION
In the 1990 census, persons reporting in the category
"Indian (Amer.)", the race will be counted as such in the
census. American Indians will be asked to report the
name of their enrolled or principal tribe. The Census
Bureau will code tribal affiliation from a list that had
been submitted for review by tribal officials.
As the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon is compromised of many tribal
affiliations, the code used by the Census Bureau for
tabulation of our members is strictly "Grand Ronde".
As a tribe, this self-identification is most important. If
you self-identify yourself as Umpqua, Calapooia, Rogue
River, etc., the Census Bureau will not code your
response to benefit our tribe. The following is an
example of the race question for use in the 1990 census,
and the tribe encourages you to identify yourself as
recommended.
(Example)
If you are self-identified as belonging to two tribes, the
first tribe listed in the identification box will be counted
as the principle tribe. Example: "Grand RondeSiletz",
the code entered will be tabulated as a Grand Ronde
member. Again, the tribe encourages you to identify
yourself as Grand Ronde to benefit the final tribal
count.
RACE QUESTION - TRIBAL HOUSEHOLDS
The Census Bureau will tabulate American Indians as
self-identified for each individual. The census will also
enumerate the total of American Indian households in
the U.S. The questionnaire will ask for the names of
each household member to assure that each person is
counted only once. The name listed in "PERSON 1"
will also be counted as head of the household. If the
race question for person 1 is answered as "Indian
(Amer.)", and GRAND RONDE as the tribal affili
ation, that household will be enumerated as an Ameri
can Indian household, regardless of the race iisted for
any other individuals in the household. The tribe
encourages you to identify the Grand Ronde member of
your household in the "Person 1" column for the tribal
household count.
Population of American Indians as reported by the 1970 and 1980 Censuses.
Census Day April 1, 1990
4. Race
Fill ONE circle for each person.
Report the race the person
considers himselfherself to be.
WHAT OTHER TYPES OF QUESTIONS WILL BE
ASKED IN THE 1990 CENSUS?
Each housing unit in the country will receive one of
two versions of the census questionnaire; a short-form
questionnaire containing a limited number of basic
population and housing questions, or a long-form
questionnaire containing these basic questions as well as
a number of additional population and housing ques
tions. The short-form questionnaire and portions of the long
form questionnaire will cover:
POPULATION HOUSING
Household relationship Number of units in structure
Sex, Race, Age Tenure-owned or rented
Marital status Vacancy characteristics
Additional Questions Included in the Long-form
Questionnaire will cover:
POPULATION:
Education - enrollment and attainment
Place of birth, citizenship and year of entry
Ancestry
Language spoken at home
Migration
Disability
Fertility
Veteran status
system. Regulations pertaining to enrollment eligibility
criteria that are adopted by the general membership as
tribal law, are reported to the Federal government. The
1 O White
2 O Black or Negro
3 O Asian or Pacific Islander
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7 O Other race (Print race)
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Federal government is then assured that the tribal
membership eligibility is met, and recognizes an
individual's enrollment within their tribe.
When the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was
restored federal recognition in 1983, the restoration act
stated that the final membership roll published in the
Federal Register, 1956, contained the names of individu
als eligible for enrollment. This specific membership
roll is identified as our tribes "base roll".
In addition to designating a base roll, the restoration
act also stated that a tribal constitution would be
adopted. The act also stated that the tribe would hold
an election for an Interim Council to govern until a
Tribal Constitution was adopted. The election criteria
was also included in the act. Following the reinstate
ment of federal recognition, an election was held by
eligible voters for a tribal constitution.
The Grand Ronde constitution was adopted by mem
bership vote on August 4, 1984. The constitution
contained tribal law pertaining to Grand Ronde,
enrollment eligibility. The eligibility requirements for
Grand Ronde membership are as follows:
An applicant must be a descendant of a Grand Ronde
member, must possess a minimum of 116 degree total
Indian blood, and must file an application for enroll
ment in accordance with the C.T.G.R. enrollment
ordinance.
DUAL ENROLLMENT IS PROHIBITED
Although the constitution states the eligibility require
ments for Grand Ronde enrollment, the procedure for
enrollment, and maintenance of the membership roll,
are defined in the enrollment ordinance.
Each individual application for tribal membership is
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If Asian or Pacific Islander, fill circle
and print one group, (or example: Chinese,
Filipino, Hawaiian, Laotian, Asian Indian,
Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese, etc,
If Indian (Amer.), fill circle and print the
name of enrolled or principal tribe.
If Other race , fill circle and print race.