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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1999)
Smoke Signals 2 Bench Notes UVbUU b wJ IX u u kb u uvatffc&s Guide fee Paireifiite Dear tribal members, Just a note to say how proud I am of my granddaughter Shylo, who was crowned Miss Tiny Tot, and my niece Kristy, who was crowned Sr. Miss Grand Ronde. My heart goes out to the judges, it must have been tough. I know the girls put in many hard hours travel ing to Pow-wows, fund-raisers, and putting their regalia together. Con gratulations to their parents and relatives also. It's a real honor for our families. Love, Grandma and Auntie Sharon Grout Roll 1163 Dear tribal members, I have donated $1,000 to the Vet erans Memorial Fund. It sounds like a lot of money, but you can look at it another way: $100 a month for 12 months is $1,200. If you invest $50 a month for 12 months, it will equal $600; $25 a month for 12 months would be $300; $10 a month for 12 months would be $120; and $10 a month for 36 months would be $360. I would personally like to set a goal of $400,000 for the Veterans Memo rial target. Earl Floyd "Butch" LaBonte Roll 347 By Judge Katharine English Imagine your child being removed from your care. Imagine that you are frightened and confused. Imag ine that you are told to come to Court in a week or so, and that the Judge will decide then what to do about re turning your child, or placing your child in foster care. Do you feel calm? Eager to tell your side of the story? Confident that you can? Most parents who come to the Tribal Court in an effort to sort out what is happening to their children and their families, are not calm, or eager, or confident. They are scared, confused, and sometimes angry. Al though the Indian Child Welfare program investigator may have tried to help the parents and the family, and may have tried to explain to the parents exactly what is happening, the shock is sometimes too great. Parents often come to Court feeling like they are misunderstood, and be cause the Court proceedings are so strange to them, they may feel like they have not received a fair hear ing or justice when the hearing is over. The Indian Child Welfare program (ICW), the tribal attorney's office, and the Judge, are working together to prepare for publication a guide for parents who find themselves in this situation. The Guide To Parents will define such things as abuse, neglect, where parents can go for help, etc. The handbook will be detailed, and will address all aspects of these cases. It will be given to all tribal member parents who become involved in these cases, and will hopefully make the process more understandable to them. We have written the text of the handbook, but we are not satisfied YOUR . ARTWORK COULD GO with the illustrations and graphics that we are finding on the Web and in books and magazines that offer such graphics for use. It occurred to us that there must be tribal members who are artists, and who would like to participate in this project by offer ing artwork for publication. How much more meaningful if the hand book is written and illustrated by tribal members and employees. So we are asking you, the tribal members and employees, to send or bring to us your drawings for pos sible publication in the handbook. The drawings should be of children, parents, families, Court proceedings, or any other illustration that you think would fit into the theme of the Guide to Parents handbook. They can be realistic, or abstract, line drawings or patterns to be used for borders, or.. .you decide. Your artwork must be submit ted by OCTOBER 1. 1999 to: Dana Leno Indian Child Welfare Grand Ronde Tribe 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, OR 97347-9712 We will return the artwork after it has been used for publication if you send a self-addressed stamped enve lope. Thank you. We look forward to your part in this worthy project. TnW dQVintit Actions Wtftnutyu, Auyuit IF, till 9:00 a.m. Meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Reyn Leno. With the exception of Bob Mercier (excused), a full Council was present. TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT & BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE D Office of Museum Development FY 1999 Budget. Bob Haller moved, Reyn Leno seconded to approve the FY 1999 Budget for the Office of Mu seum Development in the amount of $210,215. Motion carried with a vote of 4 yes, 3 no (Ed Larsen, Ed Pearsall and Mark Mercier voted no) and 0 ab stentions. D Enrollment Ordinance Amendments first reading. Presented to Council for consideration and review. ! D Risseeuw Property. Prior to making the motion to approve the Public Works Dept. to begin a geo-technical and archaeological survey, Mark Mer cier urged Council to begin development of a Comprehensive Plan for the Tribe. Mark also noted that his motion in no way made a commitment by the Tribe to place a storage unit facility on this property. Ed Larsen seconded to motion to approve the surveys as requested. Motion carried. RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE D Stewardship Project Indirect Cost. Mark Mercier moved, Val Grout seconded to adopt Resolution No. 103-99 waiving the indirect cost associ ated with the Stewardship Participative Agreement PA-99-06-12-038. Motion carried 7-0-0. D Woods Products Marketing Scappoose Property. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 104-99 granting the Natural Resources Manager andor Lands Coordinator the authority to har vest and market wood products from the Scappoose property. Motion carried 7-0-0. Appointments to Veterans Memorial Ad Hoc Committee. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to approve the appointments of Candy Robertson and Dale Langley to the Veterans Memorial Ad Hoc Committee. Motion carried. ETHIC HEARINGS Ethic Hearing Claim against Kathryn Harrison brought by Andy Jenness. The Council heard testimony from the parties and their witnesses, and received evidence submitted by the parties. Ethic Hearing Claim against Reynold L. Leno brought by Val Sheker. The Council heard testimony from the parties and their witnesses, and received evidence submitted by the parties. Following both hearings, discussion was held concerning when a decision will be made on both hearings. Council consensus was to resolve each issue two weeks from today (August 18, 1999). Council can choose to extend the time if necessary. . Clothing vouchers available The Community Resources Department is announcing that it will provide clothing vouchers for tribal children this year. Parents meeting the guide lines below are eligible for clothing vouchers. If you are interested in the program, contact Community Resources at 1-800-242-8196, or (503) 879 2034. This program will run until October 15. No reimbursements will be given for school clothes already purchased. If the number of people in your household falls into these guidelines, give CRD a call. SIZE OF ANNUAL INCOME MONTHLY INCOME FAMILY UNIT 125 125 1 $10,063 $839 2 $13,563 $1,130 3 $17,063 $1,422 4 $20,563 ...$1,714 5 $24,063....; $2,005 6 $27,563 $2,297 7 $31,063 $2,589 8 - .-$34,563.... $2,880 For family units with more than 8 members, add $3,500 for each additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family sizes also, as can be seen in the figures above.)
