Smoke Signals
December 1990
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NOTICE
This notice is issued under authority contained in 25
CFR, Part 61.5 and concerns a membership roll of the
Coquille Tribe of Indians which is to be prepared in
accordance with Section 7 of the Coquille Restoration
Act of June 28, 1989 (103 Stat. 91). The statute specifies
that in order to obtain this tribal membership, applicants
must (1) possess at least one-eighth degree or more
Indian blood; (2) not be enrolled as members of another
federally recognized tribe; and (3) either be named on
the roll compiled and approved by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs on August 29, 1960; or (4) if they were not
named on the 1960 roll, establish that they were entitled
to be so listed. Similarly eligible for enrollment are the
lineal descendants of the persons, living or dead, named
in either categories (3) or (4) who otherwise meet the
requirements of the Act. In addition, to be enrolled
applicants must be born on or before June 28, 1989, and
be of Coquille Indian ancestry. .
The 1989 Act states that for the purposes of establish
ing eligibility for enrollment, any available evidence
establishing Coquille ancestry and the required degree
of Indian blood shall be accepted while that information
shown on the Coquille roll prepared pursuant to the Act
of August 30, 1954, shall be accepted as conclusive
evidence of Coquille ancestry. Likewise, blood degree
information shown on the January 1, 1940, census roll of
non-reservation Indians of the Grand Rondc - Silctz
Agency shall also be accepted as conclusive evidence in
determining degree of Indian blood for applicants.
In the event any applicants wish to relinquish their
present membership in a federally recognized tribe or
tribes in order to apply for enrollment with the Coquille
Indian Tribe, such applicants may submit a conditional
relinquishment of membership document in the other
tribe or tribes with their application forms. A condi
tional relinquishment will be accepted by the Superin
tendent only if it is executed by the person himself or
herself unless the person is legally incompetent, in which
case the legal guardian and only the legal guardian may
execute the conditional relinquishment document. In 1
the case of minors, only the parent or legal guardian
may execute a conditional relinquishment document.
Finally, the 1989 Act authorized the Secretary of the
Interior to prescribe regulations to carry out the provi
sions of the Act and on October 12, 1990, such regula
tions appeared in the Federal Register, Vol. 55, No. 198,
pages 41519. The regulations require that each appli
cant for enrollment file or have filed on his or her behalf
an application form with the Superintendent, Siletz
Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs. P.O. Box 539, Silctz,
Oregon 97380. At the time these applications are filed,
written documentation to support the eligibility of the
applicants must be submitted.
In accordance with the regulations, application forms
must be filed with the Silctz Superintendent by January
10, 1991. In some cases application forms will have to
be obtained from and, after completion, filed with the
Superintendent, Siletz Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
P.O. Box 539, Siletz, Oregon 97380. However, to
provide actual notice of the preparation of the roll to as
many potentially eligible individuals as possible, the
Superintendent, Silctz Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
shall send notices of preparation of this document to
those individuals, whose names have been furnished to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, at their respective last
available addresses.
We would like to emphasize the importance of persons
filing their applications for enrollment as members of
the Coquille Tribe of Indians with the Superintendent,
Silctz Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 539,
Siletz, Oregon 97380, by the deadline of January 10,
1991, outlined in the regulations if they believe they
meet those requirements. Otherwise, applications for
the enrollment of persons which are filed after that dale
will be rejected for failure to file on time regardless of
whether the applicants meet all of the remaining
requirements for eligibility.
It should be noted, though, that the Restoration Act
docs provide that after the Coquille tribal membership
roll provided for in the Act has been completed, mem
bership in the Coquille Indian Tribe shall be governed
by the tribal constitution adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9 of the Restoration Act. Thereaf
ter, however, in addition to any other membership
requirements contained in the tribal constitution,
persons must be of Coquille Indian ancestry and not be
members of any other federally recognized tribe to es
tablish eligibility for membership in the Coquille Indian
Tribe. Consequently, applicants who are rejected for
failure to file on time may be considered for member
ship after the adoption of the tribal constitution.
Should individuals have any questions regarding the
' 1989 Act, please contact the Superintendent, Siletz
Agency, at the address shown. His telephone number is
(503)444-2679.
If you or a family member are filing for enrollment in
The Coquille Tribe please contact the Coquille Tribal
Enrollment Officer, Sharon Parrish at 888-4274 so that
she will have a current address on file for the applicant
(s).
Thank You,
Lisa Brown
BIA Staff Support Clerk
"Chogo Muk Muk"
Elders Food Program
Wc, the Elders of the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Rondc, wish to thank the friends and relatives that are
non-members that have helped us make the elders'
program so successful by turning out for our various
events.
If we have failed to call any members before a trip we
are sorry and will try to remedy that. Wc usually have
room for all. When you arc called please give a definite
yes or no.
When the food program has a phone number wc will
publish it in the newsletter for everyone. There will be
no children allowed at the meal site and there will be no
smoking.
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