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
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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
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www.grandronde.org
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FAX: 503-879-2173
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503-879-2321
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KIM MUELLER
PRODUCTION
COORDINATOR
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JUSTIN PHILLIPS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
503-879-2190
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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.
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