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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1995)
Smoke Signals April 5, 1995 Page 2 Tribal Life " - . r -; z Chairman's Report By Mark Mercier On March 1 3th, Council mem bers Bob Haller, Leon Tom, Ed Pearsall and I attended a hearing conducted by the House Appro priations Subcommittee on the Interior and related agencies. This is the Committee responsible for providing program dollars un der the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian'Health Service, and Admin istration for Native Americans. With the new Republican it is anticipated that some social pro grams will no doubt, be targeted for cuts, since many of the new members ran on the platform of balancing the budget. Bearing this in mind, the Tribal Council struc tured our testimony requesting that Congress retain funding for the federally funded programs. The following categories were covered in our testimony: Perceptions of wealth in Indian Country There are some members of Con gress who have the perception that all Indian Tribes are becoming wealthy as a result of gaming. We urged Congress not to make any budget cuts due to this perception, since there are some members of Congress that will introduce leg islation which if passed, will re strict the ability of tribes to do gam ing. Also, given the current popu larity of gaming, this may not last on a long term basis, since many tribes are now getting into gam ing. t J i Preserve current Indian pro gram Indian budgets. We asked Congress to preserve the Indian program budgets, since in the past BIA and IHS have not received substantial increases while other federal agencies received sub stantial increases. Therefore, across the board Cuts should not be implemented. We also requested Congress to mandate the BIA to follow the re organization recommendations made by many tribes throughout the nation. We were able to dem onstrate that the BIA could reduce many layers of bureaucracy with no negative impacts on services to tribes. Our comments were well re ceived by the members of the Com mittee, and we can only hope that no cuts will be made. Easter Egg Hunt April 15, 1 995 at the Grand Ronde Community Center starting at 9:30 a. m. for kids 10 and under. Come join the fun! If you have any questions or if you would like more information, please call Jill, Tracy or Bonnie in the Wellness De partment at 1-800-775-0095 or 879-2016. Spon sored by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Hu man Services. Elder's Spotlight ' Pete Petite loves the land, people Tribal elder Pete Petite was born May 7, 1 9 1 0 in Grand Ronde to Jane and Henry Petite. He was the eleventh of twelve children. , Pete has lived in Oregon all of his life, except for a period of time during his youth when he entered the military. He entered the military in 1942 and military papers state that he was a hand grenade expert and a bayonet expert. Pete served in the Alas kan Territory and the Aleutian Islands until 1943. He was awarded the Purple Heart after being shot in action, and honorably discharged on Oct. 10, 1943. Pete married Adhrine Trudell and raised three children with her. He worked most of his life as a logger, mostly up and down the Columbia River and the coastal range. He remembers viv idly the days in the old logging camps. At nearly 85 years old, he still enjoys fishing, hunting, working in his workshop, and reading. Pete currently lives in Salem and likes to travel to Grand Ronde to visit folks and have lunch with the elders. He also loves animals, and dotes on two beagles named Beasley and Teddy. Pete has six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. ....... "ft Cl: I 1 k 7 '. -Hx .3 Pete served in the military and fought in WWII. Tuesday, April 4 Wednesday, April 5 Thursday, April 6 Baked Mac Dinner Roast Beef Chicken with Dumplings Tossed Salad Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Jello Salad Mixed Veggies Buttered Corn Fresh Veggies Tapioca Pudding Pound Cake Sugar Cookies Tuesday, April 1 1 Wednesday, April 12 Thursday, April 13 Sausage and Kraut Baked Cod Dinner Fries Baked Pork Chops & Scalloped Potatoes Tossed Salad Mushroom Gravy Spinach Apple Cake Mashed Potatoes Carrot Salad ' Broccoli Bread Pudding Ginger Bread Tuesday, April 18 Wednesday, April 19 Thursday, April 20 Cubed Steak & Gravy Baked Salmon Oven Baked Chicken Mashed Potatoes Seasoned Rice Potato Salad Green Beans Pickled Beets Baked Beans , Custard Apple Pie Pineapple Upside Down Cake Tuesday, April 25 Wednesday, April 26 Thursday, April 27 Hamburger gravy Clam Chowder Baked Ham over rice Toasted Cheese Sandwich Mashed Potatoes & Steamed Veggies ' Tossed Salad Gravy Jello with Bananas Cookies and Fruit Mixed Veggies Cake & Ice Cream
