OCTOBER 1, 2000
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
'myites Tribal members andjamiiies to the:
"N OPEN FOR COMMENT
WHERE:
WHEN:
TIME:
Portland Area Office
mO Alder St.
Portland, Oregon
Tuesday, October 3
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
For more information call:
PORTLAND:
503-239-8859 Jon George
GRAND RONDE: 1-800-422-0232
Deena, ext. 4591 Dorna, ext.2282
GET INFORMATION ON:
Adult Basic EducationGED
Attending school on a part-time
or full-time basis
Attending seminars, workshops...
Employment opportunities
Vocational Rehabilitation
Learn about PSU's First American
Series classes this FALL 2000
Learn about other college classes
National Native Scholarship Available
Catching the Dream (CTD), for
mally the Native American Scholar
ship Fund, announced the availabil
ity of five grants and awards for the
current year. All of the programs
offered by CTD give funds to schools
or to individuals to help Native stu
dents to earn college degrees, accord
ing to Dr. Dean Chavers, Director of
the organization.
Three award programs give recog
nition to outstanding individuals and
programs. These three are the Ex
emplary Programs in Indian Educa
tion (EPIE) award, the Principle of
the Year (POY) award, and the
Counselor of the Year (COY) award.
"Any school or individual serving
Native Americans is eligible to win
these awards," stated Dr. Chavers.
Two grant programs give awards
to schools to motivate Indian stu
dents to read the Reading Award
Program (RAP) and to increase the
number of Indian teachers in the
Native American Educator Scholar
ships (NES) Program.
"The winner of the two grant pro
grams will be announced in Decem
ber," he continued. "The deadline for
applications will be November 15.
The winners will be announced on
December 15. Both RAP and the
NES have been in operation for two
years now."
"CTD is a national scholarship and
education program for Native Ameri
can students," he continued. "Our
oldest award, the EPIE, has been
offered for ten years now. The new
est, the POY and the COY, are of
fered for the second time."
The deadline for nominations and
applications for the EPIE and COY
Award is December 31, 2000.
The deadline for RAP and NES is
November 15, 2000.
Applications may be obtained from
CTD by mail, fax or web site at
www.catchingthedream.org.
National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Applications for the 2001-2002
competition for the National Science
Foundation (NSF) Graduate Re
search Fellowship Program are now'
available. The NSF will award ap
proximately 900 new graduates Re
search Fellowships to support gradu
ate study in science, mathematics,
and engineering. The NSF contracts
with Oak Ridge Associated Univer
sities (ORAU) to provide the support
services for this prestigious fellow
ship program.
Fellowships are awarded for gradu
ate study leading to research-based
master's or doctoral degrees in the
field of science, mathematics, and en
gineering supported by the NSF.
Applicants must be in the early
stages of their graduate study in sci
ence, mathematics, or engineering.
The deadline for applying in the
2001 competition is November 7,
2000. Awards will be announced in
March 2001. Each three-year fel
lowship provides a stipend of $16,800
for 12 month tenure, and a cost-of-education
allowance of $10,500 per
tenure year. Graduate Research Fel
lowships are awarded on the basis
of merit. Disciplinary panels of sci
entists, mathematicians, and engi
neers convened by ORAU will re
view each applicant's qualifications.
For additional information contact:
NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program, ORAU
P.O. Box 3010
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-3010
Phone: (865) 241-4300
Fax: (865) 241-4513
E-mail: nsfgrfporau.gov
SMOKE SIGNALS is available to anyone at no cost.
Fill out this form with your name and address, mail to:
Smoke Signals, Attn: Justin Phillips
9615 Grand Ronde Road - Grand Ronde, OR 97347
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Proposed Ordinance Amendments
The Tribal Council, in consultation with the Tribal Attorney's Office, has
proposed amending the HEALTH AUTHORITY ORDINANCE to pro
vide for a maximum of nine (9) voting Health Authority Board members rather
than seven (7). The first sentence of section (d)(1) of the Health Authority
Ordinance, as amended, would read as follows:
"The Board shall consist of at least five (5) but no more than nine (9)
voting members, who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Council."
The first reading of the proposed amendment to the Health Authority Or
dinance was presented at the June 14, 2000, Tribal Council Meeting.
Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendment. Please send
your comments to the Tribal Attorney's Office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
Comments must be received by October 15, 2000.
The Tribal Council, in consultation with the Tribal Attorney's Office,
has proposed several amendments to the ENROLLMENT ORDI
NANCE. The first reading of the amendments to the Tribal Court Ordi
nance was presented at the August 30, 2000 Tribal Council meeting.
The purpose of the amendments is to make technical corrections to various
provisions of the Ordinance and to make necessary substantive changes to
the Ordinance to update the Ordinance. The substantive changes include,
but are not limited to, adding a provision to allow expedited enrollment of
children between the ages of newborn, and six months, clarifying access to
enrollment records, clarifying burden and standard of proof in enrollment
appeals, and providing for development of procedures for correction of the
membership rolls by enrollment staff. The Tribal Council believes amend
ment of this Ordinance will assist the Tribe in continuing to provide efficient
enrollment procedures to its members.
For a copy of the proposed Ordinance amendments please contact the Tribal
Attorney's office at (503) 879-2265. Tribal Council invites comment on the
proposed amendments. Please send your comments to the Tribal Attorney's
Office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
Comments must be received by October 30, 2000.
WED.. OCT. 18 IN PORTLAND
Governor's Summit and Youth Award
The Fourth Annual Governor's Summit on Over-representation of Minori
ties in the Juvenile Justice System will be in Portland, at Mt. Olivet Baptist
Church in the Family Life Center on October 18. James Bell from the Youth.
Law Center will be the Keynote Speaker. The Youth Law Center recently
initiated the research for the National Report "And Justice for Some," which
gave a national overview on Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC).
Governor John Kitzhaber will be presenting the First Annual Governor's
YOUTH Award (Youth Overcoming difficult Times and Hardship).
Contact Shawna Hill at (503) 378-4667 for registration information.
The Small Business Development department would like to add Native
and Grand Ronde Tribal member owned businesses to the Business Direc
tory on the Tribe's Small Business web page located at www.grandronde.org.
Please fill out the information below and mail to the address provided
along with your business card.
Business Name:
Business Address:
Business Telephone: ( ).
Business Type:
Owner(s) Name:
Tribal Affiliation: '
For those businesses already listed on our web site, please take this op
portunity to provide us with address and telephone number changes.
If you have your own web site and would like us to add a link to yours
along with your other business information please provide your web ad
dress below.
Web Site Address: www.
Please send this to:
Small Business Development, Attn: Business Directory
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR 97347