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greeted and treated while we were
there, and the openness of the people
was great," said Roseanne Lestenkof,
Tribal Liaison for the Forest Service.
"Everything was a real relaxing at
mosphere and Tribal Council was
wonderful for taking time out of their
schedule to meet with us."
The visitors participated in work
ing groups. They talked with Tribal
Elders and Tribal Council about joint
projects for the future. Some projects
they will be working on include a
possible land swap to get back more
of Spirit Mountain, gain cedar for the
Longhouse, and a traditional burn
ing project on a camas field in Sweet
Home.
, "The purpose of this (tour) is to
enhance government-to-government
relations," says Lindy Trolan, Tribal
Cultural Resources Specialist. "It all
went very well this year."
"It was a great tour," said Darrel
L. Kenops, Forest Supervisor of the
Willamette Forest. "It gave us a bet
ter understanding of the Tribe's
natural resource operation and gave
us a' greater insight on the culture
and the partnership that we, have to-
getherl It gave us a chance to dis
cuss some mutual interests and some
of our jdint projects that we are work
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The Tribe and Forest Service meet
two times a year, one to discuss up
coming projects and the other to fol
low up on their progress. '
"This is so important for us to be
together, we learn a lot about each
other and our mutual objectives and
to make things better in the future,"
said Kenops. ;
Members of the Willamette National Forest Service participated in a
Round Dance during the mini pow-wow held at the Tribal Governance
Center. The Forest Service and the Tribe meet twice a year to discuss
government-to-government relations and future joint projects.
"It was a very positive meeting' says June Olson, Cultural Resources
Manager. "This gathering gave them an opportunity to understand the
operations of the Tribe, and how much we've grown over the last four
years."
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B Whatever happened to Youpee: The status of 2 interests.
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