Smoke Signals
JULY 1, 2001
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The 16 Tribal Council candidates will each have five minutes to introduce themselves
and speak about issues that are important to them. Then questions will be drawn
randomly and asked from the question box. This will be preceded by a potluck lunch.
Hamburgers, hotdogs, punch and coffee will be provided by the Election Board. At 2
p.m. the forum will continue with questions from the audience that will be fielded by
Election Board members. Candidate Statements will be published July 1.
CANDIDATE QUESTIONS WANTED
The general membership who would like to ask questions of the Tribal Council candi
dates but are not able to attend the July 7 Candidate Forum are asked to write their
questions to the Election Board. Note: The Tribal attorneys will review the questions
to be asked. Please send questions to: Election Board, P.O. Box 99, Grand Ronde,
Oregon 97347.
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All Tribal Offices
and the Clinic will be
CLOSED
on Wednesday, July 4
for Independence
Day.
Emergency
Assistance Notice
Tribal members needing emer
gency assistance from JUNE 18
JULY 20 are encouraged to utilize
their Member Benefit Fund Distri
bution money first. The Social Ser
vices department will freeze funds
from their Emergency Assistance
program, the Benevolence Fund and
the General Assistance program from
June 18-July 20.
Kloosh Tillicum,
Thank you June Olson, Cultural
Resources department, and the
Tribal Council for the opportunity to
take part in the first ceremony at the
Willamette Meteorite in New York
City.
The meteorite is displayed in the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York City, New York. We
flew nonstop from Portland to New
York City and returned on a nonstop
flight. Our people were greeted cor
dially and received a reception and
private access to the meteorite.
To come into a personal contact
with the Willamette Meteorite is an
unusual experience of wonder and
for me a spiritual access to the uni
verse. This is an object that traveled
through the darkness of space for
time uncalculated to land in our
beautiful Willamette Valley. Our
ancestors regarded this as sacred. Do
we know that Willamette comes from
an Indian word meaning River of
Life? So the Willamette Meteorite is
a symbol of sacred power, for those
who hold that sense of the unknown,
Saghalie Tyee.
Claudette Parazoo
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Tally of Suggestions Completed from
Tribal Member Community Meetings
Tribal members that attended late
April's Community Meetings in Eu
gene, Tualatin and Grand Ronde
ended each meeting by placing col
ored dots by the suggestions or com
ments they agreed with most. There
were more than 340 suggestions or
comments generated in the small
group meetings. Total attendance
was 85 (excluding assigned staff and
Tribal Council).
Combining the results from the
three sites, the top priorities were:
D satellite offices
II buying land near Grand Ronde
D non-member spouse health cover
age D equalization of benefits regardless
of income or residence
D youth and family recreation pro
grams and facilities
D tutoring and counseling children
B review of enrollment policies
D water development
B increasing the endowment funds
B development of Tribal bank
B home healthassistant living care
B scholarships and vocational train
ing While the number of Tribal mem
bers that participate in these meet
ings is usually small, they have been
valuable since members are able to
discuss issues with staff, and each
other, and to ask Council member's
questions.
Opinion surveys are another
means for collecting Tribal member
options. The 240 page final report
of the Social Economic Survey, pre
pared by Northwest Economic Asso
ciates, is now available for review at
the Government Center's Planning
office. The survey included 165
questions and had a 47 response
rate. (1,0932,337). A summary of
the results was mailed to all Tribal
members in April. The intent of this
survey was to get a general picture
of member opinions on a wide vari
ety of subjects. You may reach the
Policy and Planning Department at
503-879-2260.
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Information Sharing Tribal member and Small Business Development
Specialist Perri McDaniel (left) addresses a group of Tribal members at the Grand
Ronde Community Meeting at the Tribe's Community Center. Annually, Tribal Council
and Tribal staff members travel to communities within the state to meet with Tribal
members living in those areas. Information is gathered from Tribal members and then
implemented into various Tribal programs and services.
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SMOKE SIGNALS 2001 Tribal Council Election
Editorial Policy for letters to the editor will be
as follows:
Subject to existing editorial policies
regarding libel, personal attacks, and
unsubstantiated facts,
1 . Letters in support of candidates will not
be published in regular editions of SMOKE
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2. Statements from candidates will be
published in a special election edition of
SMOKE SIGNALS, currently scheduled for
July 1, 2001.
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will not be published during the time period
from nominations to the conclusion of the
Tribal Council Election.
4 . Feature articles and spotlights involving
candidates will be suspended during the time
period from nominations to the conclusion of
the Tribal Council Election.
This policy is intended to ensure an
equal forum for all candidates.
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