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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
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Chairman's Report
By Mark Merrier
Dear Friends,
Those of you who live in the local area or who have
had a chance to drive by the Tribal property on Grand
Ronde road have seen some of the initial development
as we prepare to move our administrative and govern
mental functions, onto the Tribal land.
Naturally, our expectations for a move-in date have
come and gone and we are rapidly regrouping and
targeting other dates. Our most recent schedule is to
have the modular buildings on the property within the
first week of December, and to have the utilities hooked
up and moving complete somewhere around the middle
of the month. We'll see!
We have hired the architectural firm of Settccase
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General Council Meeting
December 2nd, 1990
Meeting at 11:30 am.
Meal following the meeting
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Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii has asked Native Americans to take give Manuel Lujan's plan a chance to work.
Give Lujan Plan a Chance, Inouye Tells Native Americans
By Susan Landon
Recently, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye urged Indian leaders
to give Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. a chance to
reorganize the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"After years of neglect and inattention to the BIA, we
now have an Interior Secretary who is not only sensitive
to Indian issues, but who is willing to stick his neck out
and do something to improve the bureau," the Hawaii
Democrat told more than 1,000 Tribal representatives at
the closing session of the National Congress of Ameri
can Indians in Albuquerque.
Inouye received three standing ovations from the
audience. After four years as chairman of the Senate
Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Inouye has gained
the reputation among many Tribal leaders as being a
champion for Indian causes.
Lujan's proposal to restructure the BIA has been
greeted with skepticism and criticism by many Indian
leaders worried that the plan would fragment federal
services to Indians. The secretary wants to divide the
bureau into three areas, a bureau of education, an office
of trust responsibility and a bureau for the remainder of
the BIA services.
Inouye said the most popular sport in Indian country is
"BIA bashing." The senator said he has also criticized
the agency, noting that several reports have found
mismanagement and lack of accountability in the
bureau.
But it's time to stop nitpicking, he said. Re-organization
of the bureau will only succeed with Tribal partici
pation, Inouye added.
The senator said he will propose in the next session of
Congress that a permanent Indian advisory committee
be established on revamping the bureau.
Earlier in the day, Eddie Brown, the head of the BIA,
said Tribal govcrnments-not the bureau- must take the
lead in Indian affairs in the 1990's.
Inouye said the climate is right for Tribes to have a
bigger say in federal policies concerning Indians.
"The last 200 years of the history of Indian people have
given you every reason to be skeptical when fundamen-
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