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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1994)
May 1994 Page 9 New employees: Smoke Signals Guidelines for Jr. & Sr. Miss Grand Ronde It's almost time to select a Royalty Court for the coming year. If you would like an application, please contact Debby at 879-2476 or Camille at 879-2901. The following are the guidelines for the candidates: 1. Applicants must be single, childless, and never married. If you becomepregnant, you will immediatelyforfeit any title, prizes, and crown you receive. :,- 2. Applicants must be an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. 3. Junior age category: 1 1-14 years old 4. Senior age category: 15-19 years old 5. If school age, you must be attending public or private school full-time. 6. All contestants are expected by their conduct, to represent the Tribe, their family, and themselves with integrity and gracious spirit at all times. 7. Contestants must attend all required events such as pow-wows, parades, fund-raisers, organizational meetings, and others. Excused absences may be pre-arranged with the Royalty Committee. If you miss three unexcused required events, you will be disqualified from the court. 8. Participants must be drug and alcohol free. Any misconduct will result in the immediate disqualification from the court. 9. Contestants must be willing to speak in front of groups of people. The Royalty Committee will provide coaching. , 10. Contestants must be fully dedicated and prepared to represent the ? Tribe in a positive way. -.,-. 11. Participantsmust show good judgement by not participating in any activities that would bring adverse publicity to the Tribe while you are a member of Royalty Court. 1 2. Contesants must be willing to dance. You will be expected to attend dance classes that are offered by the Tribe. 13. Participants need to make at least one article of their regalia. Craft classes are offered free of charge by the Pow-wow Committee. All girls are encouraged to attend. 14. Contestants must have knowledge of tribal history. The Committee will help you with this. 15. You must have a chaperone to represent you. This can be a parent or anyone willing to share responsibilities. 16. Failure to meet the requirements may result in disqualification from the Royalty Court. 17. Other reguired duties as assigned. HONORARY COURT RESPONSIBILITIES As a member of the Grand Ronde Honorary Court, participants will be notified and invited to participate in upcoming events like pow-wows, parades, etc. Contestants will be representing themselves, their family and the Tribe. Participants will be expected to follow the guidelines below: 1. An enrolled member of the Grand Ronde Tribe. 2. 6-10 years of age. 3. Show respect to elders, including parents. 4. Listen and follow instructions. 5. Try to do your best at all times. 6. Willingness to actively participate in tribal functions as a member of Honorary Court. 7. Conduct themselves to show their best behavior. 9. Have appropriate regalia for all events. 10. Willingness to learn about our culture. GUIDELINES FOR PARENTSSPONSORS 1. Willingnessto work with theRoyalty Court memberyou are sponsoring. 2. Willingness to work with the Royalty Committee on fund-raisers and other functions. 3. Be responsible for the Royalty Court member during functions. 4. Help Royalty Court member learn correct Royalty, pow-wow, and tribal protocol. The Royalty Committee encourages young women to apply and join in an opportunity to represent the Tribe. Look who's working for the Tribe... MARY ALICE DURAN I am a member of the Jicarilla Apache tribe and am now working for Grand Ronde as an administrative specialist working for the the Health and Human Services Division of the Tribe. I formerly worked for an Indian health facility in all phases of health care. Because of my experience in working for an Indian health care facility in an administrative setting, I have been able to adapt to my position here quite well. One of the projects I will be working on is JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations) as well as addressing Quality Assurance issues to insure our patients and clients the best of service. I look forward to meeting tribal members and working with the staff here at the Grand Ronde Tribe. m .. V, 1I I "I formerly worked for an Indian health facility in all phases of health care." Duran ''. i ,.,ii " x -. ' HSMfc. K. .. X JACKIE PROVOST I am an enrolled member of the Grand Ronde Tribe and have recently started work as a Contract Health Specialist in the tribal clinic. I have two daughters; Camille Mercier and Molly Rimer. I enjoy the work I do and getting to know tribal members. Before working for the Tribe I was employed by Chemawa IHS, first as a receptionist, and then as a medical records technician. I enjoy traditional activities such as dancing, drumming, making regalia, and bead sewing. ..-..-4 wfwj'wryy-''" Ifc 1 mmm fc,lwwfrtrtrtyV' r. : v ARTIFACTS FEATURED: On May 12 there will be an open house at the Tillamook Museum in Tillamook, Oregon which will feature Native American exhibits from several Oregon tribes. The Grand Ronde tribe received donations from tribal members for display at the museum. The open house will feature music from Shantee Klootchman Turn Turn drum group and information aboutthe artifacts on display. Tribal members are encouraged to attend. For more information please contact Tammy Cook at the tribal offices. The artifacts will be on display for several weeks.
