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Counties due to the establishment of the Grand Rondc
Reservation. In 1985, Tribal Council members began
meeting with Tillamook and Yamhill Counties, to
negotiate a payment plan to the affected Counties.
After many months of meetings, the affected Counties
and the Tribe agreed to a twenty year payment plan to
each County for funds lost to them as a result of the
establishment of the reservation.
Once the reservation was established, the Tribal
Council determined the payment to Yamhill County
would be approximately $1,000 annually, for the twenty '
year period. In order to avoid bearing the administra
tive cost for a twenty year period of time, the Council
offered a lump sum of $20,000 to Yamhill County for
revenues lost as a result of the establishment of the
reservation, which the County agreed to.
So on February 28th, Tribal Chairman Mark Mercicr
presented to the Yamhill County Commission a check
for $20,000 compensating Yamhill County for revenues
lost as a result of the establishment of the Grand Rondc
Reservation.
This payment represents the Tribes' committment to
compensate the County as agreed to prior to the
establishment of the reservation lands. We look forward
to maintaining a good working relationship with Yamhill
County," said Mercier. .
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United States Senator Mark Hatfield takes a look at the 1990 Grand Ronde Pow-Wow calender.
Tribal Council Take Trip to
Washington D.C.
I I On February 5, 1990, Tribal Council members Mark
Mercier, Kathryn Harrison and Candy Robertson along
with staff members Greg Archuleta and Jim Willis made
a trip to Washington D.C. to meet with officials of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Services, and
legislative representatives regarding youth services, child
welfare, health services, forestry and other issues
affecting our Tribe.
Tribal representatives discussed the idea of developing
our internal capabilities for child protection services to
enhance the operation of our Tribal Court when it
begins this Spring. We have found that neither the State
of Oregon, the BIA or IHS have the appropriate
structure and services to assist our tribal children and
families in a manner consistent with tribal traditions and
customs. Therefore we are looking at ways to expand
our services to provide a broader range of protection for
our people. We will be following up these meeting by
presenting testimony to the House Appropriations
Committee this month in hopes that some of our plans
can be funded in fiscal year 1991.
In other meetings, tribal representatives presented
issues ranging from our youth treatment center to
forestry practices. The Indian Health Services was given
a color photo album of the treatment center along with a
current status report. Additionally, Tribal Council
representatives took a bit of Oregon and the Tribe to
each of our congressional delegates and to representa
tives of the BIA and IHS by presenting them with a
package of Tillamook Cheese, a Tribal Calendar, and
some smoked salmon prepared by Jim Butler.
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While in Washington D.C. last month, Vice Chairperson of the Grand Ronde Tribal Council Candy Robertson,
Tribal Council Chairman Mark Mercier, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Eddie Frank Brown, Tribal Council
person Kathryn Harrison, GeneralManager Jim Willis and Lobbyist Mark Phillips, took time to pose for this shot.
(Photo by Stanley Speaks).