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Smoke Signals AUGUST 15, 2001 New Road for Pow-wow Grounds Access Improves Construction crews pour curbs for a new access road being built this summer on the Tribal campus near the pow-wow grounds. Changes at this Year's Pow-wow This year there will some new ob stacles at the pow-wow grounds due to the construction of our new Edu cation buildings and dry weather. For your safety, please read and respect the following general information: O SMOKING Please use ex treme caution and distinguish ALL cigarettes in designated containers. D PETS Absolutely no pets on the arena floor. D CAMPING Free camping in designated areas ONLY. Absolutely no exceptions will be made. D CANOPIES No canopies on arena floor. Canopies may be set up on the access area directly behind the arena floor. Please ask at the regis tration table if you have any ques tions. D PARKING - $ 1 dollar donation or canned food. Donations are given to the Grand Ronde Food Bank. Please be patient, as we are dealing with limited parking. ABSOLUTELY NO CAMPING FIRES. D ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. Thank You, Pow-wow Committee I I !. E 3 W Dear V''fr 4,' ; Prime Time Tribal Elder Dorothy Lawe was recently interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) television reporter Jessica Martin for an upcoming special program about the Grand Ronde Tribe's Elder's Housing development The program will air on OPB on Tuesday, Novem ber 27 at 9 p.m. Correction - Smoke Signals regrets misidentifying these two young Tribal members not once, but twice. We relied on incorrect information provided to us and we apologize to the families for the mistakes. Pictured here are sisters Victoria and Tenisha Rios. Dear Editor, I hope this letter finds its way to the ones who are concerned with the loss of our Tribal people due to the 1999 enrollment amendment. In the Smoke Signals I read with grief the lost moccasins and lost Tribal mem bers, but what of the Grand Ronde descendants who are being denied the membership of the Confederated Tribes of Grand. Ronde? It was 1986, at a garage sale a man came to me and said you are Native American I can tell! I said yes, my ancestral roots are LaBonte, LaChanceandPichette. He preceded to tell me he knew of current living relatives (something I did not know as I had been raised away from the Grand Ronde area). Only knowing I was a Native descendant of the first peoples of Oregon and being told, we do not have enough blood degree (be cause the records were incorrect) this new insight of unknown relatives in trigued me, so I started researching my Family tree. Finding cousins near and far I was really coming to find who I truly was. I went to Grand Ronde and found my Grandmother was enrolled, she was also on the termination and res toration rolls, her blood quantum did not seem right to me, this being the reason I was told we did not have enough blood to enroll before June 1999. But with reasonable deduc tion I said this is not right. So, my next task was to find all the docu ments and records to prove who I was. It was not until June of 1999 1 found all that was needed, I went before the enrollment committee with my proof. I was accepted as a mem ber of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde along with my Mother. Oh the happiness I felt when I re ceived my acceptance letter, now I knew who I truly was. My brother, however, was not able to prepare his application before the 1999 enroll ment amendment along with 50 other family members who had the required blood quantum. To our be wilderment he and 41 others in our family cannot now be known as mem bers of the Grand Ronde Tribe along side our Mothers, Grandmothers, Grandfathers. The heartache our family has en dured throughout this long process of applying, appealing, court pro ceedings and still being denied our rightful place side by side with our ancestors. I pray we as "One People" can find a remedy. Sincerely, Josephine Dreyer Roll 4796 grousecasco.net Correction Pictured here is Tribal member Jordan Smith, not Jeff. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, OR 97347 www.grandronde.org 1-800-422-0232 FAX: 503-879-2173 flfi V. " BRENT MERRILL PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOREDITOR 503-879-2321 brent.merrillgrandronde.org KIM MUELLER PRODUCTION COORDINATOR 503-879-2264 kim.muellergrandronde.org JUSTIN PHILLIPS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT 503-879-2190 iustin.phillipsgrandronde.org SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Con federated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu nity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted with out permission. Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. How ever, all letters received must be signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or email address must be induded for verification purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not be published unless requested. SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined to contain libelous statements or personal at tacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the edi tor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council. ELECTION EDITORIAL POLICY: In order to ensure a balanced election campaign and fairness to all candidates, the 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 SIGNALS. 2. Statements from candidates will be published in a special election edition of SMOKE SIGNALS, currently scheduled for July 1, 2001. 3. Letters to the editor from candidates 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. DEADLINE DATE ISSUE DATE Mon., August 20 SEPTEMBER 1 Wed., September 5 .. ...... SEPTEMBER 15 Thurs., September 20 OCTOBER 1 Frl., October 5 OCTOBER 15 Frl., October 19 NOVEMBER 1 Mon., November 5.... ...... NOVEMBER 15 Mon., November 19 . DECEMBER 1 Wed., December 5 DECEMBER 15 Mon., December 17....................... JANUARY 1 Members of: Native American J "yv Journalist Association K Society of News Design SND The Associated Press j Printed on recycled pape.
